Development that Burns || Acharya Prashant
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00:00 Politicians say we are fighting this election and development is the topmost on our manifesto.
00:06 Now what do you mean by development? Please explain. What do you mean by development?
00:09 One of the reasons why the heat wave is so severe is because of development.
00:14 Will we ever count the casualties of development?
00:17 Let me tell you a simple thing. No shade is left in our big cities
00:22 because all the trees have been massacred in the name of development.
00:26 Development is such a vague word, is it not? Development, Vikas.
00:30 What exactly are you talking of? Come on, let's specify.
00:32 What do you mean by development? What do you mean by growth?
00:35 And how do you account for all the people who are dying?
00:38 Because they can't find even a single tree to rest under.
00:41 And can you imagine what has happened to the birds and the insects?
00:45 When there are no trees, do we spare even a thought to them?
00:50 But we don't want to talk about it. We say development, development and GDP,
00:53 GDP and everybody feels happy. GDP.