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In this editorial, Mr. Sujit Nair addresses the recent Pew research findings concerning India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mr. Nair raises several critical points and expresses his dissent about the research at several stages.
According to the Pew Research Center's survey, approximately 80% of Indians hold a favorable view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Additionally, nearly seven out of ten Indians believe that their country's influence has increased in recent times. This survey was released in anticipation of the G20 Summit and also highlights that India receives generally positive opinions from around the world. A median of 46% of respondents across the globe reported favorable views of India, with 34% having unfavorable views, and 16% holding no specific opinion.
The survey also delves into regional variations, noting that Israel stands out with the highest percentage of respondents (71%) expressing a favorable view of India.
Pew conducted this survey between February 20 and May 22, gathering data from 30,861 adults across 24 countries, including 2,611 respondents from India. The survey aimed to explore global perceptions of Prime Minister Modi, India's international influence, and the attitudes of Indians towards other nations.
One of the key takeaways from the survey is that around 80% of Indians have a favorable view of Prime Minister Modi, with 55% having a ""very favorable"" opinion. This comes during Narendra Modi's second term as Prime Minister, and he is also gearing up for a potential third term in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Notably, only one-fifth of Indians expressed an unfavorable opinion of PM Modi in 2023, according to the Pew survey.
In response to the Pew survey results, the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) asserted that Prime Minister Modi's popularity remains unwavering.
#PewResearch #PMModi #RahulGandhi #G20 #India #Indians #LokSabhaElection2024 #BJP #Election2024 #HWNews
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In this editorial, Mr. Sujit Nair addresses the recent Pew research findings concerning India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mr. Nair raises several critical points and expresses his dissent about the research at several stages.
According to the Pew Research Center's survey, approximately 80% of Indians hold a favorable view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Additionally, nearly seven out of ten Indians believe that their country's influence has increased in recent times. This survey was released in anticipation of the G20 Summit and also highlights that India receives generally positive opinions from around the world. A median of 46% of respondents across the globe reported favorable views of India, with 34% having unfavorable views, and 16% holding no specific opinion.
The survey also delves into regional variations, noting that Israel stands out with the highest percentage of respondents (71%) expressing a favorable view of India.
Pew conducted this survey between February 20 and May 22, gathering data from 30,861 adults across 24 countries, including 2,611 respondents from India. The survey aimed to explore global perceptions of Prime Minister Modi, India's international influence, and the attitudes of Indians towards other nations.
One of the key takeaways from the survey is that around 80% of Indians have a favorable view of Prime Minister Modi, with 55% having a ""very favorable"" opinion. This comes during Narendra Modi's second term as Prime Minister, and he is also gearing up for a potential third term in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Notably, only one-fifth of Indians expressed an unfavorable opinion of PM Modi in 2023, according to the Pew survey.
In response to the Pew survey results, the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) asserted that Prime Minister Modi's popularity remains unwavering.
#PewResearch #PMModi #RahulGandhi #G20 #India #Indians #LokSabhaElection2024 #BJP #Election2024 #HWNews
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00:00 Namaskar! Welcome to another episode of Editorial.
00:05 And today, we will finally do Pew Research.
00:08 Okay, we will have a short editorial on Pew Research.
00:11 Reason being, A) It's a stale topic.
00:14 B) But I have to tell you this because I have got something
00:18 that I want to talk to you about Pew Research
00:21 because I do not agree to the analysis of this particular research.
00:24 So I want to give you my point of view.
00:26 And I know most of the things that certain parts of Europe
00:32 is very favorable to India, certain parts of Europe is not.
00:35 America is favorable to India.
00:37 All that major jazz and all, you know about it.
00:40 So I am not going to dwell into all that.
00:42 I am going to get directly into the point
00:44 and I will tell you where I beg to differ with this particular research.
00:48 Let's get right into the show.
00:53 See, this research has come out right out before the G20 Summit in India.
00:57 So therefore, I am not saying that the research is biased
01:01 or this research is a conspiracy to help India,
01:06 to create an image for India and all that.
01:09 I will not say all that.
01:11 While a lot of people, if the research was wrong,
01:13 if this research had said that India is not doing too well,
01:16 a lot of people in India, including possibly the government,
01:20 would have said, "Oh, this is a foreign conspiracy."
01:22 "This is international conspiracy."
01:24 "There would be some international businessman who is involved in this."
01:28 So that is the way it would have been otherwise seen.
01:31 But the fact is this, at least the headlines of it
01:34 looks to be in favor of India.
01:36 So this research is good, is how we have seen it.
01:39 But I have a point of view.
01:43 And that point of view is as follows.
01:46 First of all, this research says that the globe views India favorably.
01:52 I do not necessarily agree to that.
01:56 I do not necessarily agree to that.
01:59 Because what does it mean when you say the world views India favorably?
02:05 It means that the world was not viewing India favorably yesterday,
02:12 but it is viewing India favorably today.
02:16 So versus yesterday, India is being viewed favorably today.
02:22 That I don't think is the case.
02:24 Number one.
02:26 Number two is the biggest thing about this research that I took home
02:31 is the fact that our perception about ourself and the reality are two different things.
02:38 When I spoke to you about numbers a couple of days back,
02:42 which I had very few viewers because obviously such topics do not get much viewers,
02:47 but all the same, when I spoke to you about numbers in my editorial called 'Numbers Don't Lie',
02:52 I said the difference between, you know, the good thing about numbers
02:56 is numbers gives you the difference between the perception and the reality.
03:01 And this number to my mind has given us the difference between the perception and the reality.
03:06 That is also something that nobody is really speaking about.
03:10 And secondly, this concept of we are viewed favorably in certain places,
03:17 actually this concept is not gelling.
03:21 So let's first talk about what exactly do I mean by perception and reality.
03:28 You see, if you go by this same pure research,
03:33 Indians, we sitting in India, think that we are getting stronger.
03:39 68% of our people think that our influence over the world is getting stronger.
03:48 68% of people think.
03:51 19% of the people say that it is about the same.
03:56 Kuch bada nahi hai, kuch ghata nahi hai.
03:58 It is almost the same. It is the same as what it was before. It is the same.
04:03 And 13% says it is getting weaker.
04:07 This is what India feels.
04:10 We feel, the 68% of us feel that our influence is getting stronger.
04:15 Okay, 68%.
04:16 Now let me come to the reality, which means what the world is seeing us.
04:21 In fact, this is the median of 19 countries.
04:26 19 countries out of the 23 countries which they have,
04:29 23 plus 1, that is India, 23 countries they have researched.
04:32 19 countries median is only 28% of this 19 countries feel that our influence has grown.
04:43 48% says that we were where we were.
04:47 Jo pehla tha, aaj bhi wohi hai. Grow ho nahi hua hai.
04:50 It is the same as what it was before.
04:52 And 13%, which actually matches with our own perception, 13% says that we have gone weaker.
04:59 Arey, which means that there is a definite difference between what we perceive about ourselves
05:06 and our international influence and all that, and what internationally people perceive ourselves.
05:12 Now, if this is taken as the base, if this is taken as the base,
05:18 then let me go on to their other research, where they say that UK, 44% do not favour us,
05:25 but 51% are favourable to India.
05:27 Canada, 34% do not favour us, but 47% are favourable to India.
05:32 UK, where 30% do not favour us, but 66% favours India.
05:37 Italy, 38% do not favour us, 52% favours India.
05:41 Germany, 38% not favourable, but 47% favourable to India.
05:44 Poland, 33% not favourable, but 46% favourable to India.
05:48 Spain, 49%, 34% favourable to India, where we are lesser.
05:53 Japan, again 34%, 55%.
05:55 Israel, 20% not favourable, 71% favourable to India, that's one of the largest after UK.
06:02 So, when you look at this, and you juxtapose this median, means what?
06:10 Means, it is not that the country is all of a sudden favouring India in the last whatever 10 years.
06:16 The countries which look at India favourably, in their minds, India is same.
06:24 They were, we were favourable before, we are favourable now.
06:27 Because that's what pure research, this particular research itself says, which nobody is comparing.
06:32 I like this pen.
06:34 I liked this pen yesterday.
06:36 I like this pen today.
06:38 Now, if there is a research today, and if you ask me whether I like this pen, I will say, yes, I like this pen.
06:46 What the derivation of this research is, that my likeness for this pen has not changed.
06:53 It has remained the same.
06:55 I liked it yesterday, I liked it today.
06:57 Correct?
06:59 The difference only will be, that if I didn't like this yesterday, but today I say, no, today, now I like this pen.
07:06 Then, the understanding of the research should be, that now we are favourable.
07:13 The point that I am trying to make is, we were favourable yesterday, and we are favourable today.
07:21 Again I am telling you, the reason I say this, is because bulk of the world said that, listen, we are the same.
07:28 Our influence is the same, which means that there is nothing much difference in our status as favourable or unfavourable.
07:37 And that's precisely what my deduction is based on what the globe said about, has our influence grown more?
07:46 Globe says no. 28% believe it has grown more.
07:49 48%, which is the majority, says no, and 13% says no, it has come down.
07:55 So, majority of people believe it is the same or it has come down.
07:59 Only a small minority believes that it has grown.
08:02 And here, we are saying that the world is viewing us favourably.
08:06 Logic doesn't work.
08:08 The logic, I think, somewhere is going haywire.
08:10 That's the point I wanted to make. Number one.
08:13 Number two, let's compare our views of India over time.
08:21 Views about countries of India over time.
08:25 Now, in this particular graph, they don't have all the countries.
08:30 They have only very few countries.
08:31 And let us go through these countries.
08:33 Now, France, in 2007, favourable was 70%.
08:39 In 2007, favourable was 70% and in 2007, unfavourable was 29%.
08:48 Please see it in your screen.
08:50 Favourable 70%, unfavourable 29%.
08:54 Today, favourable is 39%, unfavourable also 39%.
08:59 This is also pure research.
09:01 Ok, this is how views of India have changed over time, is what their section is.
09:07 And what they say is, views of India have been measured before in some of the countries surveyed this year.
09:13 And across these selected countries, views of India have generally become more negative since the question was last asked.
09:20 Arrey, you were just saying that India's views have been favourable.
09:26 And now, this is different.
09:28 Now, let us go to Spain.
09:29 Spain, in 2007, favourable was 48%, unfavourable was 34%.
09:36 Now, unfavourable is 49%, that is 2023, unfavourable is 49% and favourable is 34%.
09:44 Has it grown or has it come less?
09:47 Let us go to Brazil.
09:49 In 2015, favourable was 47%, unfavourable was 40%.
09:53 Now, unfavourable is 43% and favourable is 33%.
09:57 Has it grown or has it come less? Germany, favourable was 60% in 2007, unfavourable was 29%.
10:05 Now, it is still favourable, but the graph has come down from 60% to 47%.
10:11 Today, favourable is 47%, unfavourable is 38%.
10:15 Has the graph gone up or come down?
10:18 Let us talk about Poland.
10:19 Favourable was 59% in 2007 and the favourable now is 46%.
10:26 In fact, unfavourable was 20% in 2007.
10:30 Now, the unfavourable has gone to 33%.
10:33 Has the favourable grown or come less?
10:35 Indonesia, favourable was 74% in 2007.
10:39 Today, the favourable is 45%.
10:42 Unfavourable was 15% in 2007 and in 2023, unfavourable is 29%.
10:49 Okay, let us go to South Korea.
10:52 59%, 58% was, earlier on favourable was 59%, now the favourable has gone down by 1%, but it has gone down to 58%.
11:02 And, non-favourable has gone down, gone up from 24%, it has gone up to 34%.
11:08 Okay, let us take Mexico, same 37%, 33%, 27%, 42%.
11:14 By most, all these countries, the graph has come down.
11:20 The graph has come down, yet, overall, we say that, listen, you know what, India has been looked at favourably.
11:27 Overall, it is made to look as if our influence in the world has grown, wherein it is very clear, the global median says that no, our influence has not grown.
11:38 Our influence has not grown, 48%, like I told you, says it has remained the same.
11:42 So, this is one of the things that I wanted to get to your notice because I thought that the narrative that was being spread was not really correct.
11:50 It is not reading this research right.
11:53 Okay, if you have to read a research, you have to read it in its totality.
11:56 Okay, that is number one.
11:58 Number two is, I do not think headlines make the analysis of a research.
12:03 I do not think you should go by the headlines.
12:05 I think each research, each parameter of the research makes the analysis of the research.
12:10 So, if you look at these parameters, then the view is slightly different to what it is made to look like.
12:16 Now, there is only one more thing that I want to take you through, that is Indians view Modi and other national leaders.
12:25 Now, the four people that they have chosen are Modi, Gandhi, which I think is Rahul Gandhi, Malika Arjun Kharge and Adhiranjan Choudhary, four people.
12:37 Now, I do not know how Adhiranjan Choudhary and Malika Arjun Kharge currently fits into this scenario.
12:43 So, per se, I think, I do not know how the question was asked.
12:49 Was the question that out of these four people, who would you choose as the Prime Minister?
12:54 Was that the question?
12:56 Because then the derivation is different.
13:00 Was the question that how do you like Narendra Modi? Then how do you like this?
13:06 Then how do you like Kharge? Then how do you like Choudhary?
13:10 Then the derivation is different.
13:12 Or you ask the people that who are the four top people you think are ideally suited as Prime Minister of India?
13:21 The derivation is different. The analysis is different.
13:26 So, I really do not know how this analysis has happened.
13:30 But according to this analysis, they say that Modi, somewhat 20% says Modi is unfavourable.
13:38 Somewhat 24% says Modi is somewhat favourable.
13:43 And 55% says very favourable.
13:46 So, 79% says Modi is very favourable.
13:50 34% says Gandhi is somewhat unfavourable.
13:54 36% says somewhat favourable.
13:57 And 26% says somewhat very favourable.
14:01 So, 62% overall says favourable.
14:04 Kharge, again 31% says somewhat unfavourable.
14:09 33% says somewhat favourable.
14:13 And 13% says very favourable.
14:17 Choudhary, 30% says unfavourable.
14:22 31% says somewhat favourable.
14:25 And 11% says very favourable.
14:28 So, 42% says favourable.
14:30 Now, I will tell you my problem.
14:32 As an Indian, whatever little politics I understand, and whatever little fellow Indians that I understand,
14:38 I refuse to believe this research where 62% favourability for Rahul Gandhi and 42% favourability for Adhiranjan Choudhary.
14:51 With all due respects to Adhiranjan Choudhary, I don't even think 42% of India knows who Adhiranjan Choudhary is.
14:58 So, getting this kind of a figure, I find that pretty odd.
15:05 While I agree to the fact, overall yes, Modi of course tops the list in favourite list.
15:11 There is no question about it. I have no doubt in my mind.
15:14 Whether that figure is 79%, 80% and all, that's something that I may not completely agree.
15:22 Which means 8 out of 10% agrees that Modi is the most favoured politician.
15:29 I may not agree to that particular figure, but Modi being number one in the favourite list, I do agree to that.
15:35 Rahul Gandhi being number two in the favourite list, I agree to that.
15:38 But, Kargay coming as third, Adhiranjan Choudhary coming as fourth, well, that's something I do not know.
15:47 I don't agree because I don't see why Mamata Banerjee's name doesn't figure in.
15:52 I don't see why Arvind Kejriwal's name doesn't figure in.
15:56 And I don't see why such other names don't figure in.
15:59 I don't see why Stalin's name don't figure in then.
16:01 I don't see why Uddhav Thackeray's name don't figure in.
16:04 Then I don't see why these names also don't figure in.
16:06 So, yeah, I mean, here I have a problem.
16:08 So, that talks about the Indian views of Modi and other national leaders.
16:13 This is another point of view that I had.
16:18 And if the answer to this is, or if somebody wants to write to this saying that,
16:22 "Ok, you know, it could have been just a research where you say that, do you think he is a good leader?"
16:27 And they say, "Yes, and 60 to 50."
16:29 Then it's not a research.
16:31 It's some kind of a dipstick survey that happens in Nook and Corner of this country.
16:37 Then this entire research has no relevance.
16:40 So, that's the point I wanted to make.
16:42 That's my two bits about pure research.
16:47 Till I see you next time.
16:49 That's tomorrow at 9 pm for my opinion.
16:53 Namaskar.
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