Is Fareed Zakaria Souring on India?

[RiazHaq]

Is Fareed Zakaria Souring on India?

CNN GPS host Fareed Zakaria is known to be among the loudest cheerleaders for India and a sharp critic of Pakistan . While he still refuses...

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CNN GPS host Fareed Zakaria is known to be among the loudest cheerleaders for India and a sharp critic of Pakistan. While he still refuses to say anything that could even remotely be considered positive about Pakistan, it seems that he is souring on his native India.

Fareed Zakaria

Speaking with Indian journalist Shekhar Gupta on The Print YouTube channel, Fareed Zakaria called the Indian state an “inefficient state”.“Indian government functions very poorly, even in comparison to other developing countries. Coronavirus has highlighted that reality, " he added. He did not clearly speak about the lynchings of Indian Muslims by people affiliated with the ruling BJP and the brutality of Indian military against Kashmiri Muslims, but he did ask: “What I wonder about (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi is, is he really bringing all of India along with him?”

Has New Delhi's abject failure in containing the coronavirus pandemic finally done what Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's extreme brutality and open hatred against Zakaria's fellow Indian Muslims could not do? Has he really had it with Hindu Nationalist government? While he has not used his perch on CNN to do it, it appears that he has started expressing his disapproval of the performance on other platforms.

Here are a few of the key points Fareed Zakaria made while speaking with Shekhar Gupta:

1. There’s no doubt in my mind that the Indian government, and by that I mean the Delhi government, has handled this crisis (COVID19) very poorly.

2. Indian government functions very poorly, even in comparison to other developing countries. Coronavirus has highlighted that reality.

3. In a way, India seems like roadkill for China’s obsession with absolute control over their borders. I do think there is an opportunity here for diplomacy. I don’t think India needs to be confrontational about it (the LAC issue), but of course it should push back.

4. It is now a bipolar world. US and China are way ahead of the rest of the world. For the long term, India needs to decide it’s position with China.

4. Turkey under Erdogan has become more confident and independent. It is culturally proud. It is telling Americans to buzz off.

5. Popularity of political leaders around the world is linked to their performance on the coronavirus pandemic. In India, however, the issues of religion and caste are still dominating.

6. What I wonder about (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi is, is he really bringing all of India along with him? How many Muslims in Indian government? Or South Indians in BJP? It is much less diverse than Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet.

7. I have been very sad to see how Indian democracy has developed over the last few years. It has become an illiberal democracy.

8. The India media is slavishly pro-government. Self-censorship is widespread in India.

9. The Indian courts fold in cases where government takes serious interest.

It has become increasingly clear that India's loudest cheerleaders like Fareed Zakaria are now starting to see the stark reality of Modi's India as a big failure on multiple front. Indian state has failed to contain the deadly COVID19 pandemic. India's economy is in serious trouble. The country's democracy is in decline. India seems like a roadkill for China.

Here's a video clip from CNN GPS Show:

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Is Fareed Zakaria Souring on India?

CNN GPS host Fareed Zakaria is known to be among the loudest cheerleaders for India and a sharp critic of Pakistan . While he still refuses...

www.southasiainvestor.com

 

[hussain0216]

Everyone is waking up to the reality

Modi has been really great for us

 

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

Is Fareed Zakaria Souring on India?

CNN GPS host Fareed Zakaria is known to be among the loudest cheerleaders for India and a sharp critic of Pakistan . While he still refuses...

www.southasiainvestor.com

CNN GPS host Fareed Zakaria is known to be among the loudest cheerleaders for India and a sharp critic of Pakistan. While he still refuses to say anything that could even remotely be considered positive about Pakistan, it seems that he is souring on his native India.

​

Fareed Zakaria

Speaking with Indian journalist Shekhar Gupta on The Print YouTube channel, Fareed Zakaria called the Indian state an “inefficient state”.“Indian government functions very poorly, even in comparison to other developing countries. Coronavirus has highlighted that reality, " he added. He did not clearly speak about the lynchings of Indian Muslims by people affiliated with the ruling BJP and the brutality of Indian military against Kashmiri Muslims, but he did ask: “What I wonder about (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi is, is he really bringing all of India along with him?”

Has New Delhi's abject failure in containing the coronavirus pandemic finally done what Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's extreme brutality and open hatred against Zakaria's fellow Indian Muslims could not do? Has he really had it with Hindu Nationalist government? While he has not used his perch on CNN to do it, it appears that he has started expressing his disapproval of the performance on other platforms.

Here are a few of the key points Fareed Zakaria made while speaking with Shekhar Gupta:

1. There’s no doubt in my mind that the Indian government, and by that I mean the Delhi government, has handled this crisis (COVID19) very poorly.

2. Indian government functions very poorly, even in comparison to other developing countries. Coronavirus has highlighted that reality.

3. In a way, India seems like roadkill for China’s obsession with absolute control over their borders. I do think there is an opportunity here for diplomacy. I don’t think India needs to be confrontational about it (the LAC issue), but of course it should push back.

4. It is now a bipolar world. US and China are way ahead of the rest of the world. For the long term, India needs to decide it’s position with China.

4. Turkey under Erdogan has become more confident and independent. It is culturally proud. It is telling Americans to buzz off.

5. Popularity of political leaders around the world is linked to their performance on the coronavirus pandemic. In India, however, the issues of religion and caste are still dominating.

6. What I wonder about (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi is, is he really bringing all of India along with him? How many Muslims in Indian government? Or South Indians in BJP? It is much less diverse than Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet.

7. I have been very sad to see how Indian democracy has developed over the last few years. It has become an illiberal democracy.

8. The India media is slavishly pro-government. Self-censorship is widespread in India.

9. The Indian courts fold in cases where government takes serious interest.

It has become increasingly clear that India's loudest cheerleaders like Fareed Zakaria are now starting to see the stark reality of Modi's India as a big failure on multiple front. Indian state has failed to contain the deadly COVID19 pandemic. India's economy is in serious trouble. The country's democracy is in decline. India seems like a roadkill for China.

Here's a video clip from CNN GPS Show:

Related Links:

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South Asia Investor Review

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Fareed Zakaria Never Misses Any Opportunity to Bash Pakistan

Pakistan's Pharma Industry Among World's Fastest Growing

Is Pakistan's Response to COVID19 Flawed?

Pakistan's Computer Services Exports Jump 26% Amid COVID19 Lockdown

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Pakistani-American Woman Featured in Netflix Documentary "Pandemic"

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How Grim is Pakistan's Social Sector Progress?

Pakistan Fares Marginally Better Than India On Disease Burdens

Trump Picks Muslim-American to Lead Vaccine Effort

Democracy vs Dictatorship in Pakistan

Pakistan Child Health Indicators

Pakistan's Balance of Payments Crisis

Panama Leaks in Pakistan

Conspiracy Theories About Pakistan Elections"

PTI Triumphs Over Corrupt Dynastic Political Parties

Strikingly Similar Narratives of Donald Trump and Nawaz Sharif

Nawaz Sharif's Report Card

Riaz Haq's Youtube Channel

PakAlumni Social Network

Is Fareed Zakaria Souring on India?

CNN GPS host Fareed Zakaria is known to be among the loudest cheerleaders for India and a sharp critic of Pakistan . While he still refuses...

www.southasiainvestor.com

Great post as always. Thanks for sharing your work.

Fareed Zakaria is a rightwing commentator who has always functioned to push pro-Indian and anti-Pakistan agenda in the US. He has had a prominient role in Newsweek for a long time.

Americans are getting fed up with India's failures, best characterized by Feb 27 and Galwan.

Probably his views are a reflection of that.

If this continues, then America will have to deal directly with resurgent Pakistan and China, while giving up on India.

 

[PradoTLC]

Fareed is just a biased and dishonest journalist.... a typical Indian asshole.

he claims Pakistan didnt do any thing in relation to covid which is complete nonsense. Pakistan adopted a targeted lock down among other things

he claimed Pakistan army war on terror was in effective ... this really blew up on his face...

ps how can he compare modi to Turkey?.... Turkey is 100 times better than India

 

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

Fareed is just a biased and dishonest journalist.... a typical Indian asshole.

he claims Pakistan didnt do any thing in relation to covid which is complete nonsense. Pakistan adopted a targeted lock down among other things

he claimed Pakistan army war on terror was in effective ... this really blew up on this face...

When I was younger, I used to read Newsweek in school as part of a class. I used to write in answers to all of his errors and fabrications.

I know his thought process very well, and you are 100% correct.

Even if Pakistan does anything positive, he will always spin it in a negative manner.

i get upset when ISNA (an American Muslim organization with roots in MB) invite him as a speaker, I protested that decision heavily many times.

Once my MSA in undergrad wanted to invite him, I fought heavily against it and eventually had them cancel the invitation.

 

[Protest_again]

How does it matter what Fareed Zakaria says? Not many people in US are liking CNN these days for their biased news coverage. It's ok if he doesn't like our current dispensation at the helm. He cannot diss India because that is his identity. He just dislikes Modi like he dislikes Trump. Big deal. Really who cares?

Latest polls says Modi's popularity in India is at an all time high of 78%. That's all matters.

 

[PakFactor]

Is Fareed Zakaria Souring on India?

CNN GPS host Fareed Zakaria is known to be among the loudest cheerleaders for India and a sharp critic of Pakistan . While he still refuses...

www.southasiainvestor.com

CNN GPS host Fareed Zakaria is known to be among the loudest cheerleaders for India and a sharp critic of Pakistan. While he still refuses to say anything that could even remotely be considered positive about Pakistan, it seems that he is souring on his native India.

​

Fareed Zakaria

Speaking with Indian journalist Shekhar Gupta on The Print YouTube channel, Fareed Zakaria called the Indian state an “inefficient state”.“Indian government functions very poorly, even in comparison to other developing countries. Coronavirus has highlighted that reality, " he added. He did not clearly speak about the lynchings of Indian Muslims by people affiliated with the ruling BJP and the brutality of Indian military against Kashmiri Muslims, but he did ask: “What I wonder about (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi is, is he really bringing all of India along with him?”

Has New Delhi's abject failure in containing the coronavirus pandemic finally done what Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's extreme brutality and open hatred against Zakaria's fellow Indian Muslims could not do? Has he really had it with Hindu Nationalist government? While he has not used his perch on CNN to do it, it appears that he has started expressing his disapproval of the performance on other platforms.

Here are a few of the key points Fareed Zakaria made while speaking with Shekhar Gupta:

1. There’s no doubt in my mind that the Indian government, and by that I mean the Delhi government, has handled this crisis (COVID19) very poorly.

2. Indian government functions very poorly, even in comparison to other developing countries. Coronavirus has highlighted that reality.

3. In a way, India seems like roadkill for China’s obsession with absolute control over their borders. I do think there is an opportunity here for diplomacy. I don’t think India needs to be confrontational about it (the LAC issue), but of course it should push back.

4. It is now a bipolar world. US and China are way ahead of the rest of the world. For the long term, India needs to decide it’s position with China.

4. Turkey under Erdogan has become more confident and independent. It is culturally proud. It is telling Americans to buzz off.

5. Popularity of political leaders around the world is linked to their performance on the coronavirus pandemic. In India, however, the issues of religion and caste are still dominating.

6. What I wonder about (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi is, is he really bringing all of India along with him? How many Muslims in Indian government? Or South Indians in BJP? It is much less diverse than Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet.

7. I have been very sad to see how Indian democracy has developed over the last few years. It has become an illiberal democracy.

8. The India media is slavishly pro-government. Self-censorship is widespread in India.

9. The Indian courts fold in cases where government takes serious interest.

It has become increasingly clear that India's loudest cheerleaders like Fareed Zakaria are now starting to see the stark reality of Modi's India as a big failure on multiple front. Indian state has failed to contain the deadly COVID19 pandemic. India's economy is in serious trouble. The country's democracy is in decline. India seems like a roadkill for China.

Here's a video clip from CNN GPS Show:

Related Links:

Haq's Musings

South Asia Investor Review

COVID19 in Pakistan: Test Positivity Rate and Deaths Declining

Fareed Zakaria Never Misses Any Opportunity to Bash Pakistan

Pakistan's Pharma Industry Among World's Fastest Growing

Is Pakistan's Response to COVID19 Flawed?

Pakistan's Computer Services Exports Jump 26% Amid COVID19 Lockdown

Coronavirus, Lives and Livelihoods in Pakistan

Vast Majority of Pakistanis Support Imran Khan's Handling of Covid19 Crisis

Pakistani-American Woman Featured in Netflix Documentary "Pandemic"

Coronavirus Antibodies Testing in Pakistan

Can Pakistan Effectively Respond to Coronavirus Outbreak?

How Grim is Pakistan's Social Sector Progress?

Pakistan Fares Marginally Better Than India On Disease Burdens

Trump Picks Muslim-American to Lead Vaccine Effort

Democracy vs Dictatorship in Pakistan

Pakistan Child Health Indicators

Pakistan's Balance of Payments Crisis

Panama Leaks in Pakistan

Conspiracy Theories About Pakistan Elections"

PTI Triumphs Over Corrupt Dynastic Political Parties

Strikingly Similar Narratives of Donald Trump and Nawaz Sharif

Nawaz Sharif's Report Card

Riaz Haq's Youtube Channel

PakAlumni Social Network

Is Fareed Zakaria Souring on India?

CNN GPS host Fareed Zakaria is known to be among the loudest cheerleaders for India and a sharp critic of Pakistan . While he still refuses...

www.southasiainvestor.com

@Pan-Islamic-Pakistan @RiazHaq

He's one of those sorry *** people doesn't have a home to go back to as his kind is being lynched, and in the new country has to act like a dog.
I feel sorry for him and his children they will live a confused life in terms of their identity.

 

[PradoTLC]

When I was younger, I used to read Newsweek in school as part of a class. I used to write in answers to all of his errors and fabrications.

I know his thought process very well, and you are 100% correct.

Even if Pakistan does anything positive, he will always spin it in a negative manner.

i get upset when ISNA (an American Muslim organization with roots in MB) invite him as a speaker, I protested that decision heavily many times.

Once my MSA in undergrad wanted to invite him, I fought heavily against it and eventually had them cancel the invitation.

don’t worry he just one of those “Muslims” in India who love bash Pakistan for no logical reason... he barks about pak army but ignores the millions of Muslims murdered by Hindus .. where was Indian democracy then..!


to sum up I will leave you what real Americans like micheal scheuer think of this critter...

.” he knows as much as my chair”

as I said before Indian Muslims deserve what they got for sticking up with Hindus...

 

[PradoTLC]

How does it matter what Fareed Zakaria says? Not many people in US are liking CNN these days for their biased news coverage. It's ok if he doesn't like our current dispensation at the helm. He cannot diss India because that is his identity. He just dislikes Modi like he dislikes Trump. Big deal. Really who cares?

Latest polls says Modi's popularity in India is at an all time high of 78%. That's all matters.

who cares.?...really..

u Indians used to jump like baboons when Pak bashing was on going now ... he says some truth about the rottenness of India .. so a u turn.?

hypocrites

 

[PradoTLC]

Latest polls says Modi's popularity in India is at an all time high of 78%. That's all matters.

you have a lot of dumb people in India ....

keep it up!

 

[RiazHaq]

It's increasingly clear to #India's loudest cheerleaders like Fareed Zakaria that #Modi's India is a big failure on multiple fronts: Failure on #COVID19 pandemic; #Economy in serious trouble. Democracy in decline. India seems like a roadkill for #China. http://www.pakalumni.com/profiles/blogs/is-fareed-zakaria-souring-on-india

 

[Kailash Kumar]

@Pan-Islamic-Pakistan @RiazHaq

He's one of those sorry *** people doesn't have a home to go back to as his kind is being lynched, and in the new country has to act like a dog.
I feel sorry of him and him and his children will live a confused life in terms of their identity.

Zakaria is a self-described secular and nonpracticing Muslim. He added: "My views on faith are complicated—somewhere between deism and agnosticism. I am completely secular in my outlook." His wife is a Christian and his three children have not been raised as Muslims.

Fareed Zakaria - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Protest_again]

you have a lot of dumb people in India ....

keep it up!

It's ok. As long as we are not begging for loan waivers.

 

[Imran Khan]

even he barked day night to pakistan surrender modi and fasisct gang did not allow him to lick their feet

 

[Protest_again]

who cares.?...really..

u Indians used to jump like baboons when Pak bashing was on going now ... he says some truth about the rottenness of India .. so a u turn.?

hypocrites

A lot of people make their living by being Modi detractors. Why is Fareed any special? I still think he is anti-modi not anti-India. He would still advocate India over Pakistan.Lol.