External affairs minister S. Jaishankar expounded on Prime Minister Narendra Modi바카라s concept of Vasudhaiva Kutumbaka to explain India바카라s view of the world. He was speaking at a session of the Raisina Dialogue, India바카라s premier strategic global conference which has gathered momentum since it started six years ago.
 With health becoming a major concern around the world, the initial session was devoted to health, vaccines and global expectations. India has made a mark by providing vaccines to over 80 nations, even as the rich nations grabbed them for their citizens. Ironically this is at a time when the second surge of the Covid pandemic is sweeping the country and the health infrastructure across cities and towns are creaking at the seams.
The foreign minister was in conversation with Mark Suzman CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Suzman showered fulsome praise on the Indian government. The minister spoke of India바카라s partnership with the Gates Foundation as an attempt at 바카라a kind of global fairness coalition바카라, to make sure that the weaker, vulnerable and less privileged across the world are not left behind.
Interpreting the Sanskrit term 바카라Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam바카라 which means the world is one family, Jaishankar said:Â 바카라Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam is an outlook... Now, when I say it's an outlook, it means both that the world is important to us and also that we are important to the world.바카라
He went on to explain that it was not enough to be good but a country had to also be smart.
바카라Now, I would argue, international cooperation is good. But I think being good is not just being good. I think being good is also being smart, that there are values you derive out of international cooperation, things which wouldn't be possible if you didn't have international cooperation.바카라
Patting his government on the back, the foreign minister said, 바카라And if you look today, it isn't just a question of our saying 바카라Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam바카라, we actually mean what we say, and we have a practical way of demonstrating it.바카라
In a self-congratulatory mode, Jaishankar said: 바카라This is a very practical, delivery-oriented government. And you spoke about vaccines; we delivered vaccines to a lot of countries. But even before the pandemic, if you look in terms of humanitarian assistance, whether it was an earthquake in Nepal, or a civil war in Yemen, or a cyclone in Mozambique, or a typhoon in Fiji, or a mudslide in Sri Lanka, or whether it is taking the Paris agenda forward through initiatives like the International Solar Alliance, or how to respond collectively towards disaster resilience. So, there are very practical ways by which we have demonstrated our belief in the world as a family.바카라
Jaishankar also spoke of the need for equitable access to vaccination, as 바카라no one will be safe till everyone is safe바카라. He gently criticised nations for not practising what they preach though he acknowledged governments had a duty to their citizens. 바카라Now, I understand that, I'm not against that. I think if any country is under stress if the numbers are going up, which by the way they are for us right now, I think it's completely legitimate that we apply, and repurpose our production to where the immediate challenge is.바카라
Critics have questioned the Modi government바카라s outreach to the world at a time when the pandemic is raging at home. The government has temporarily stopped exports of vaccines, though a small quantity is still being released.
