Peace Talks Collapse | Trump Threatens A US Blockade Over Iran's Hormuz Blockade! | Akash Banerjee

It was confirmed on Sunday morning that the peace talks that were being held in Pakistan have been completely collapsed. JD Vance, after a two-line press conference or a four-line press conference, has left Islamabad. The possibility of a war restart has increased. Okay guys, I hope you can hear me loud and clear and that we are live and that everything is okay. Because sometimes technology can be deceiving. So, let's hope that everything is fine and you are able to see us.

Viewers, already our minimum Quora is very much in. Thank you so much, ladies and gentlemen, for joining us for another SNL. If you don't know what is SNL, then let me tell you quickly. It is our transparency initiative, communication initiative. We are here for you to ask questions to Deshbhakt. Guts Black is lighting a candle for us. Thank you very much for that.

And as far as the late-night curses are concerned, we have already used them. We also eat 4 kg of curses. What is the big deal? We don't eat mushrooms, we eat 4 kg of vegetables, we don't eat mushrooms. So, lots of developments happening as far as the war is concerned. We made a detailed episode on Bengal elections, if you haven't seen it, do watch it. We start SNL in a way that you tell us where you are watching us from. From which corner of the world are you watching us from? Because if we take a bag and run away, our ego will get inflated.

So it feels good that we are making a connection with you on the weekend. I will try to take out my anger for 2 minutes. I will try to give you some updates on the war and the things that I'm worried about. Rasheen is saying, Hello Akash, I've been watching you since 2018. First and foremost, Rasheen, thanks so much. As old-timers tell us, the biggest kick is that there are some people who have seen us from the beginning.

So, we haven't taken a U-turn, we haven not changed our angle, we have not changed our popo. Because there is no popo, there is only one, there are family members, no one has made a popo till date. And that is what the consistency that we have been able to maintain is something that is very very precious to me. Rashid is saying, hello Akash, I have been watching you since 2018, you do good work. Please make more videos on women's safety. My wife is a doctor and when she goes for night shifts at hospitals in India, I get really worried. Thank you. And I can completely understand your concern here. We had a colleague who was shot dead late at night when she was returning home once.

So these scars and this worry is something very valid. Rashid, the only unfortunate news I want to tell you is that when you go and see women related safety issues, assaults in India, those episodes don't do well. Somewhere we have also closed our eyes as the extent of women's safety issue. Because this is a bipartisan issue. There is no party politics in this. Can't all parties ensure women's safety? So that is indeed very unfortunate.

Rashid, I wish you all the best and I just hope that we continue to have this conversation so that government is forced to ensure more safety for women. So we have people joining us from Qatar, from Noida, from Ladakh, from Bengal, from Durgapur, West Bengal, from Jammu. This is what? Viraj Patel is saying 30 days ceasefire works. 30 days ceasefire didn't happen. It was a 2-week ceasefire. And whether it will work or not, we'll see. There's still a week or two left.

Will America take that time and push their troops? We can certainly discuss that. Okay, Tesla on trial. Let's start the conversation. After that, I'll take all your questions. I feel we look back on this as World War 3.

What are the odds that this will go as nuclear? Will USA become the only country to ever use nuclear weapons twice? The US is sitting there, the US is sitting there, Israel is sitting there. The conversation about nuclear weapons is already happening in their media. Desperation is already happening there. They are itching to use a small tactical nuclear device.

I just hope that that conversation still remains as a 9 o'clock television conversation only in that country. So very quickly what happened in the last few hours, when there was talk of a conversation in Pakistan, it started on a shaky ground. Iran is not in the mood to forgive anyone. We saw that when their official plane landed with the pictures and school bags of the 165 kids who were brutally killed by the US.

We believe that AI deliberately selected that target as a girls school because the girls of the IRGC commanders used to go there to study. So, somewhere there is a big story that how these girls were killed, how the double attack was done. This is not a mistake. It was deliberately attacked. Iran is not ready to forget this. So, when the beginning itself was shaky, when Iran said, okay, you do the goodwill measure and refused to unfreeze the frozen accounts. After the first day, when the conversation was going on at such a high level, there should have been some trust building exercise. I think there was not much trust building exercise.

And after that, the question of Lebanon and Hormuz became a lot more unbund. And this is also because, and we can talk about this in detail, what is the perception today? America still thinks that it is the world's guru. And Iran thinks that it has not lost this war. Actually, if you have not fully tracked our episodes, I will definitely recommend you to watch two episodes.

Although there are more than 30 episodes, but do watch two episodes. This is our last episode which we uploaded. Israel's reality, the way the genocidal, genocidal, criminal, fascist is unprecedented. So, now after the ceasefire, will the ceasefire continue or not? Will America withdraw or not? Will the war start again or not?

But two things are clear. Number one, the illusion of America is now broken. The way the American military has been manipulated has made the situation of America worse. The country like Iran, which you have sanctioned for so many years, has made you like this. America's unipolar world, world's grandfather, world's guru, world's guru, is definitely coming to an end. The whole world is moving towards China. Which is amazing because China, as a communist country, was not supposed to be the leader of the world.

But think about it, China is now taking up the role of world leadership. And secondly, how Israel's policy of victimization that we are the victims, we have a right to exist, and we are killing others by saying that we are victims, is also ending. The way people are now raising questions on that. So, the peace conversation, the peace talk failed.

But America has been exposed America and Israel are exposed. So, geopolitics has changed in the last month. There is no debate on this. Now, the way America is building up its troops in this conversation is is not a good sign. The way America was trying to get their ships into Hormuz in the middle of this conversation, just trying to see test barriers

whether they will stop us or not or we will prove them wrong and take our ships out. That made it clear that no one was really serious to make concessions. And as I told you earlier, Iran is not in a hurry.

They are not begging for anything. And as I told you earlier, Iran is not in a hurry. It is not begging for anything. And this perception problem is the biggest. Of course, there is the question of Lebanon. Of course, there is the question of nuclear. Of course, there is the question of whether there will be reparations or not. But if America thinks of itself as a grandfather, a guru, a winner, I have won, I have destroyed you. And if he comes in conversation with this attitude, then Iran will say, what attitude, what pride? You have been broken.

So, one thing is that the insiders are saying that the way there was an attitudinal difference, that we will not compromise with you, there was no conversation going to happen with that. And the second thing is that Iran has not lost this. We have repeatedly told Deshbhakt that even after so many deaths, if Iran maintains itself in this manner for a few more days, then it has won the war on its own.

So, this is very interesting. And America has not yet given up its resolve that we need 400 kg of uranium and nuclear material. State of Hormuz is also in control. Iran also needs nuclear weapons. Iran is not going to agree to all this. The most interesting thing is that the news that Trump is going to leave is that he has has started again. Now, the latest tweet is threatening that

he will now completely double blockade the Strait of Hormuz. You have blocked it once. You are allowing Chinese ships and your friends' ships. So, I will double blockade you. No ship will come out of there. Any ship that will pay you money and come out of there,

we will target it because it is extortion. So, this is Trump's new idea. These days, we are not getting any ideas. So, someone tweeted some ideas and we have pasted them. The problem in this masterstroke is that if Hormuz is double blockaded, if double UNO is played, that if you block, we will also block.

The only problem is that you have brutalized Iran in such a so much that it will be able to handle the double blockade. The question is whether you and the world will be able to handle the double blockade or not. Putin has also said that he has the he will mediate. Everyone is enjoying themselves in this war. And the seriousness and gravity of America is now being completely eliminated. If you ask me, there is only one way out. Nuclear deal with Iran, which Obama did. The nuclear deal that Trump uncle tore up because he hates Obama.

But actually, the way out is only that. So, this was my little rant. Rest, whatever coverage we have, whatever episodes we have, as I say, I am not a scientist like the anchors of 9 PM, but whatever we have covered, whatever we have researched, whatever episodes we have aired,

I get the answer to all those questions personally. And that is the reason why I am answering you here. Yes, that's it. There is a little method to the madness. You can ask me questions or abuse me, but do it through super chats. So that I can also pay my office bill and there is some method to the madness. This is Sumera. Hi Akash, myself Sumera from Pakistan. You're

the only Indian that I'm a big fan of. Keep up the good work. And you don't really have to be a fan. As we say on Deshbhakt, this fan-bazi is half our business. I'll talk not only about India but about South East Asia. The problem in our country, our area and our subcontinental issue is that we become fans and then we are not able to criticize. You see us, you support us, ask questions to everyone, ask questions to the leaders of your country, we ask questions to the leaders of our country. Because if all people ask questions to their system, to their country, to their leaders,, I think a lot of things can be better.

We think it doesn't matter, but I think it does matter. By asking questions, by putting the government in the cut. Mycar09067, thank you so much for becoming a member at Deshbhakt. Really appreciate that. Drcb, I would assume. Drcb, I've been following you since your interview with Ravish Kumar.

That's a long time ago. That was actually before I think Ravish got the... shifted to YouTube. Great fans... No, not fan. Great...

Dash, sir. G.O.I. declared CG free of... Chhattisgarh free of Naxalism on one hand and deforestation massively on the Dhanchak forest, on the other I know no one else would. So, in Dandak forest, you know this, you know, you can remove Naxalism from the gun for some time and kudos and credit to the government for doing what it has. Because remember there are other Home Ministers like P. Chidambaram who had said that I will remove Naxalism from the roots,

they were not able to remove it. It is true that the top Naxal leaders have been removed. The top Naxal leaders have been killed. But when I reported on Naxalism, I wrote a book on it and talked about it in detail. So, one of the brigadier told me a very interesting thing, off the record obviously, that removing Naxalism's not a big deal to get rid of Naxalism. Give us orders, we can kick them out in two days.

The problem is that when we kick them out and move back, they rise again and come back. And that is because that area is so backward. And I have travelled on those areas and I have seen the backwardness. They are so backward, so backward, they are so

dependent on the government and the forces, because of which they become a good fertilizer for Naxalism. So that also needs to be taken into account. And I hope that the government is working on removing Naxalism and ensuring that there is

developmental activity. Otherwise, this scourge of Naxalism will come back and this process of deforestation issue, that is why people are more against the government, this mindless deforestation which we allow in the name of development, that becomes a problem. So I hope that these issues are also taken care of. Okay, so let's see. Let's start the questions. So guys, you know the method to the madness is let's keep it yellow chats and above.

Otherwise, it gets too much. Then it becomes a little bit of a problem. So I'll of course try to take as many questions as I can. But just to ensure that you don't miss out on your super chat, can you please do yellow, orange or above, please? Can there be a naval confrontation between USA and China, Russia or maybe India following not really India following Trump's blockade thread? This is Abhilash. That's a very good question. What is Trump saying? And I and I and I wrote down his exact word. He is told to interdict ships who have paid in whatever Chinese currency or whatever, paid to Iran money to go out.

He is saying that it is extortion. And we will interdict ext Russian ships on high seas. Now imagine a Chinese ship leaving from Hormuz and America asks how did this ship leave from Hormuz and we will point a missile at it. So, Chinese is a fake ship. So, will China say that this is my ship? Because China does not say directly, it also uses unnamed shippers.

So, this will be a very interesting thing to see if Trump really blockades a Chinese ship or an Indian ship, what will happen? So that's a very interesting situation and that is why I'm saying that this situation can actually now spiral out of control. This is not a great idea that I will also block you. You have blocked me., this will be a problem. That's why I asked the same question, will Trump restart a war or find more excuses? We have got 6849 votes, 56% are saying that America will restart the war after restocking the ammo. And 44% are saying that Trump will find ways to declare a win and exit.

So, that remains to be seen exactly what he does.

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Thamak Dhoom. Okay, I'm just not going into the name right now. Do you think that India... Do you think that America and Iran can sit and talk? One second. I am... This scroll that happens sometimes... Do you think that America and Iran can sit and talk? Will it also take thousands of innocent lives before Pakistan and India can sit and talk? I mean India and Pakistan sitting and talking I don't think it's happening anytime soon. We are happy with

Dhurandar movies where we are completely thrashing and defeating Pakistan. So I think that stays there. I think that there is no conversation there. India and Iran, you know, America and Iran, 1979 ke baad, this is the highest level delegation talks that have happened. So the fact that talks happened, that's good. What will come out of it, we saw.

And you know, unfortunately, aaj ke duniya mein, more than conversation, what is valued is strength and power. Now, basically, it is how much ballistics Iran has left, how much power Iran has left, versus how much economic resilience America has to endure. Because if oil goes above $150-200 dollars a barrel. If we come to global recession,

the US stock market has not hit that much. We have hit more than that. Now we will have to see what will happen to our stock market on Monday. Although it is clear that there is no war. On the news of the end of the war, the stock market had shown a great leap. So we will be impacted.

This conversation that is happening in Pakistan, has a lot of effect on India at the moment. I was talking about this. Sunny was saying Nifty down 2% tomorrow. 2% is very much a possibility. Dr. CB is saying, OK, Dr. CB, I took your question.

This is Abhishek. Abhishek, first and foremost, thank you for being a top fan, as I can see. You are number two on the top fan list. Thank you so much. I, again, not really love the word fan, but OK.

Thank you so much for your support. Do become a member on patreon.com slash the DeshBhakt. Really appreciate that. Thank you so much for being a voice against cruelty, one cruelty that needs to be addressed is that every year 80 billion land animals and one trillion marine life are tortured and killed. Humans have enough agri-land to give life

on a plant-based diet. Plants don't feel pain and no brain and nervous system. So Abhishek, this vegetarianism versus non-vegetarianism debate has been an exceedingly long debate. I do not have any solid points as far as the world should go vegetarianism.

I think it still is a matter of personal choice. There could be of course more ethical treatment of the environment and of animals. A lot of people say that but you know isn't that inhuman. I agree it's a lot of people can feel very touchy about it. But I feel that inhumanity is that sometimes the pain we see that a lot of people are willing to come out and protest and organize for voiceless animals, I don't see that for human beings. So this is a very evolved thinking and we should have more

compassion for every living thing. But when will we get compassion for human beings? Why is there so little compassion for human beings? I do have some issues with that. I just hope that first we sort out the ridiculous levels of lack of compassion. I mean that is what we covered in our latest episode also. We let Gaza happen. Most of the world is guilty for letting Gaza happen. Most of the people all over the world did not put pressure enough. So you are talking about animals.

70,000 people were crushed and killed in this way. 15-20,000 children were killed. We could not say anything. So I think there is a lot more that we need to resolve and then we can of course come to this issue as well. This is Hemang right. Hey Akash you covered the war very well when will you focus on domestic issues like recent Supreme Court rulings, NCRT case and other things. We tried to come back we did one on West Bengal. Also very interestingly, we have to depend on the kind of viewership that we get. We don't have international funding, we don't have international

grants, we don't have corporate funding, we don't have pop-ups, we don't have industrial funding. A lot of our existence, like we are now struggling to get two Mac minis and upgrade our monitors. And I am like, boss, why are people not watching Indian episodes? Look at the West Bengal episode numbers, and look at the numbers of the war.

So there is a viewership problem that we are facing, and it is so glaring at this point of time. So old-timers know this, just restating, our job is to inform, educate, entertain, but that can only happen when there is viewership. I am not doing this so that I land up on the streets tomorrow and I don't have money to feed my family. I also have responsibility for my family

as much as I have responsibility towards my country. Now it depends on who is seeing what and I do find that there is a lack of attention and viewership. Of course we thankfully have people who support us on Patreon, people who are our members so that's why we stay alive but a lot more needs to be done. This is Vikram. So, will the Siyap go on till people allow it? I have no doubt on this. No matter how bad the politicians are,

the citizens keep them in line. We also allow the Siyap to go on. Tell me when will the right time come? Mohak is saying, why are there no deadlines for the appointment of judges in High Court and Supreme Court? Well, lacuna, which is very much exploited by the political class. Trump has said that the war on Venezuela was for oil, but in fact, Venezuelan oil is the worst type of oil. So, Mohak, first and foremost, I mean, appointment of the judges is something that there are so many lacunas. There was the lacuna on the appointment of the Supreme Court judge.

Supreme Court has also said that a three-member committee has to be formed in which the Supreme Court will be judged. The government has made a new law for that. So there are lacunas in our constitution which the government has exploited very well. As far as Venezuelan oil is concerned, a lot of people say that Venezuela is a masterstroke. First they took Venezuela and then they fought with Iran. Venezuela will supply, a lot of supply will come.

No one is extracting Venezuelan oil. It's very dark oil. It is very dense oil. To process it, you need different refineries. You have to tune the refineries separately. It takes years to process. But we thought that Trump has done a masterstroke. Dixie is saying thoughts on recent millennia Trump address on relations with Epstein and Maxwell. I have no relation with that man. I would only met him at public parties. Maybe she went rogue or the war went so wrong that they're using files to distract us from that.

Imagine using Epstein to distract from Iran. The situation was such that Iran started to distract from Epstein. Iran's situation is so bad that now they're saying that let's release Epstein. People's attention will come here. that now they are saying that Epstein will release it and people will pay attention to it. Trump is being abused so much. If you haven't seen how Alex Jones, Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Navika, Rubika, Arnab all of them are making Supreme Leader stand up and talk about how the whole day will be like.

In America, it is happening the same way. Dixie, the other theory also on Melania coming out and dissociating herself from Trump is the fact that she knows that there could be other files that could be coming out very soon which implicate her with Epstein. Or Iran is playing, or Israel is playing some sort of game trying to put pressure on Trump by saying that we will reveal more information.

Remember how he had agreed to the whole Lebanon thing and then suddenly Netanyahu called him and then he changed his tone. So is there some U-turn that Trump is being forced to make? First he had agreed to largely the 10 points and then he said, no, I don't agree largely to the 10 points. So there could be games within games and pressures within pressures being played

here and that is why suddenly out of nowhere, Melania who never speaks, comes and says, I had no relations with the man. So there are some games that are being played at this point of time. DT Shree Nivas, many thanks. And Sandeep Ghosh, many thanks for becoming members. Really appreciate you becoming members.

You will also find Patreon below. Patreon obviously has less cut than YouTube and of course Patreon also allows you to become an annual member which is which would be very useful for us because we are now looking at getting two new computers, Mac minis so that would be great for us. Can you cover the entire stage, this is Shantanu, can you cover the entire stage...

This is Shantanu. Can you cover the entire stage 2 of nuclear program at Kalpakkam reaching criticality? We had thought of an episode on this. It's just that the war thing has completely decimated any sort of planning. Because obviously we are very, very interested in what is happening here. Because it has massive ramifications to India. You will understand in the coming days. We had started working on this but we can only do as many episodes. As you are seeing we are doing one episode almost daily. So we will try to do this as well. Guys, we will have to do orange and above. Or else I will have to do it orange and above, boss. Otherwise, I will do yellow and above. Because I won't be able to take all questions.

Okay.

Oh boy. Long time viewer from Tirupati. This is Venkat. Hi Venkat! Long time viewer from Tirupati and now moved to Vancouver. Wow! Tirupati to Vancouver, that's quite a transition. Wishing you all the very best,

including the cold, by the way. I really appreciate your efforts over the years, and especially since Iran war started. Thank you so much. And the fact when you get appreciation for work over the years, it means all the more.

Venkat, really, really, thank you so much and have a good time. This is Teslon is saying, Pak is forced to mediate due to USA, but after Trump U-turn about the Lebanon post, agreeing to 10 points, in case that doesn't work out, will any other country mediate?

If not, what is the exit ramp for you? So listen, the Pak mediation thing, I think we, we, people overreact here as well. Pakistan is mediating. Obviously, Pakistan would be very convenient for America. The most obvious choice is that we are safe here, this is our paltu, we will work from here.

I think they really have the administration there very well oiled. So, it is good playing ground for them and Pakistan happened to be suitable. Could it have happened to India? In India, if we hadn't abandoned Iran, if we hadn't stopped buying deal from them, if we hadn't abandoned Chabar port just recently. So we allowed our relations with Iran to go bad, but you know, let's not overwork this also, calling names to Pakistan or getting overworked that

this has happened to Pakistan or getting overworked that this has happened to Pakistan or calling them Dalal. As a matter of fact, if you go to the description, I've actually put an MEA link also. This whole Dalal business, a lot of people say, you've supported Pakistan, you're criticizing Dalal. It's not about supporting Pakistan. I focus on my country, what my country is saying. Why is my country's foreign minister calling another country a Dalal when we tried the same thing in Ukraine?

Let's assume that Pakistan is a Dalal. It's not even 10 years that this country was going to bring a legislation. Foreign Minister, Junior Foreign Minister, in the Parliament, I have given the link of Ministry of External Affairs in the description below, you can go and see it. We were very proud in our Parliament that there was a discussion going on, that how a bill is being introduced in America, where Pakistan will be declared a terror state. Designated terror state. There was a move in America to do this. 2017. From 2017 to 2026, a designated terror state has now become a diplomatic country where international discussion is going on. You can call it a proxy. So, you have become a proxy from a terror state.

We should ask ourselves that we were going to declare Pakistan a terror state 8-10 years ago. And now what happened? What were our laser eyes doing? What were our world leaders doing? So Pakistan had to be, and I have always said, the enmity of Indian government is with the deep state of Pakistan,

the ISI, the army. Have you been able to expose them? Or has the Pakistani army got more stronger at this point of time? Why has Pakistani diplomacy got more stronger at this point of time? Why has Pakistani diplomacy got more stronger at this point? Why were you not able to expose the terror angle within Pakistan at this point of time? So there is a failure obviously there. As far as the exit ramp is concerned, there is only one exit ramp which is the nuclear deal

which is the Obama deal which Trump had ripped apart. So I can't see the exit ramp right now unless and until Trump says that he will swallow his ego and give up. Which he won't do. So, this can become a quagmire and can even lead to a low-intensity war. This is D P Khaira. Is it true that the Indian government is thinking to stop IPL? Harassing YouTubers by government. How do you think we can handle this? Bhai, harassing of YouTuber by the government toh isme koi discussion hai hi nahi.

It's a stated fact. Har din naye regulations, har din naye laws, har din naye conditionalities aati hain. Hamare upar bhi harassment shuru ho chuka hai. We have good lawyers, we have good friends, we have good well-wishers, we are alive. But we don't know till when we are alive. But why are you saying this? Is it true that the Indian government is thinking of stopping IPL? If you close the circus, people will start raising questions.

What are you talking about? What are you talking about? The biggest distraction is that today people will sit and watch IPL or they will watch Deshbhakt's blah blah black sheep. People will watch it and see if it is a blabbering of a patriot. If IPL is stopped, people will come out on the streets. Now people come out on the streets only to celebrate that the Royal Chalets won and people die.

In ancient Rome, they used to say, give them bread and circus so that people can be busy. Today, the same way of bread and circus is being given to keep people busy. IPL is not going to stop anywhere. The government will encourage IPL even more. This is Blend Error 2001. How does Egypt manage to stay out of all these Sunni, Shia, Turk, Kurds, Israel, Arab Spring front versus the resistance factions. See, I am not going to say that I am some sort of a Middle East expert. I am also learning as we speak. Let me show you this.

How can I go to the first page on Kindle? I think I have effectively... Is it visible? Yes, it is visible. Kindle. I think I have effectively managed. A line in the sand. A line in the sand. If you want to understand exactly who created this mess, what role did England play in it, what role did France play in it. America's role comes later. How was the Middle East divided?

How were these fault lines created 100 years ago? Why was Israel supported? We link Israel with America. But how big was England's hand in making Israel? Why did England support Israel in making it? Not because they supported Zionist movement.

More than that, they wanted to keep their presence in this area. To keep it away from French Palestine. So, as an excuse, we will keep Zionists here. So that there is no independence in Jerusalem and its area. And they will be in our control. This type of dirt has been played. area par na koi independence ho ya humare control me rahe. Is tariki ki gandagi kheli gayi hai, games kheli gaye hai.

As far as Egypt is concerned, I am sure that there is some sort of internal polity there also that they have been able to stay away from this. Of course it did get involved in the previous wars and Sinai peninsula had been taken over. But it's a valid point of research. Let me see what I can get on researching all this. This is Charu Smita.

You and your team are doing a great job, Akash. Your videos are very informative for me and my family. Eagerly wait for them. What role can India play during this war? Do you think that India should stay neutral? Charu, the government already has said in certain terms

that this is not our war. Of course, the government already has said in certain terms that this is not our war. Of course it is not. But the irony is that we might get most impacted out of this war. So I think what the government is doing at this point of time is that a first and foremost, there is no mediation role that India has been asked to play. So the mediation role has already gone. So diplomatically we are anyways nowhere in this war. So what are we doing in this war? I think we are doing the next best thing. Knowing that we are not peacemakers, we don't have as good relations with Iran as we used to.

Imagine 10-15 years ago, when they were talking about making a pipeline from Iran. That a pipeline will be made from Iran, oil will be supplied directly to India, not through sea route but through Pakistan. And this pipeline was not successful because Pakistan is in the middle and there are a lot of security implications. But those were the days that we were good friends with Iran and the Chawar port and all that stuff. Today, we are saying that give us some oil, allow our ship. And Iran is also appreciating it because they are trying to put people away from US influence. So I think right now the government is just trying to ensure that we get the supplies.

We get as much supply as we can get from anywhere. So that the price of fuel doesn't increase. Because we are just ticking down the clock. You see what is going to happen after 4 months. If this war doesn't stop by 4th May, by 21st, I think we have time for the war to restart, if I'm not wrong. The ceasefire gets over on the 21st. What will happen after that? We really, really don't know. So, we are just, we are looking out for ourselves at this point of time.

Addy, many thanks for becoming a member. Do you think that China will do nothing when US blocks its tanker? Absolutely. That's the whole play. China, please see the episode. This war involves China.

This war involves Russia. Of course, China will do a lot when its tanker is blocked. That's the whole play. So Trump might just actually worsen the situation by doing a double blockade of Hormuz. It's not a great idea.

This is Abby, right? Abby. Abhay. Abhay. Sorry. Abhay.

Kudos to the sustained work to your team and you're doing great on this issue. Sane voices are so critical when the world is going mad. Thank you so much. Yeah, just saying voices. Keep up here. Yes, same voices. Go. Soon. They can look at the new come to I just hope that you're seeing voices. Go. Soon.

They can look at the Zada. Kuki Lacta. Yeah. He has seen voices. Go. Look.

What's your article? Maybe they did. Jitnaki. Pagal. So I just hope that through this program, through this live stream, we can engage a little bit more of the sane voices. This is Nitish.

This is Nishit. This is Nishit from Lucknow. What government and EC is doing feels like all hope is gone. Will there be no point of election left, especially when SC has given a free pass? Seems like we are stuck.

Opposition is also useless. In a democracy, the opposition raises their voice for freedom of speech. Here, stand-up comedians are fighting in the courts and not apologizing when they are being surrounded and threatened. So, the less said the better about the opposition. I think the public outrage is something, and when I've always said outrage doesn't mean you go out on the streets. It means talking about it, sharing it, criticizing it, asking questions to the government. I will put out more information tomorrow on how you can contact the government over the new social media guidelines and why we need to tell the government that the social media guidelines you are implementing will only ruinsen. We are now on China level censorship. Constable will say that he didn't like the content,

his smile, his face. I will tell him that he is not my ex-girlfriend. But at this rate, the government is trying to reduce the content. So we are entering a very difficult phase at this point of time. What can we do? We can have a conversation. We can share information. We can put pressure indirectly.

The government is listening. The problem is the government thinks it can get away because people don't care. That's the brute reality. If enough number of people start caring, the government will also behave itself. This is Rees from Pakistan, really impressed with your unbiased and relatable work, pure analysis every time, keep it up.

Thank you so much, really appreciate the support. This is Bulba, non-nuclear nations attempting to assert their influence typically face a binary choice, capitulation or confrontation. I'll send another super chat when the dust settles. I hope we are not talking about nuclear dust settling and just the dust settling, Bulba, Zod.

Yes, it's very sad the way non-nuclear powers are being treated and the whole point of non-nuclear powers are being treated and the whole point of non-nuclear powers being protected by international law, rule of law, some sort of order, some sort of semblance of propriety is coming to an end. So all the countries will think, why don't I become a nuclear power too? When people see North Korea, they will wonder if there is no dictatorship there?

There is no need for democracy need for democracy, no poverty. But Trump never talked about bringing democracy in North Korea. He talked about bringing democracy in Iran because Iran has oil, it is beneficial to loot Iran, and it is geopolitically important. So, this lie is coming out now. To expose this lie, we are also launching our English channel. Congratulations to the first 10,000 people who have already become a member of Vox Media.

What is Vox Media? Voice of the Global South. This is something that I had wanted to do for a very long time. In the last month, my belief has been solidified. The way these governments are working, whether it's the UK government or the US government,

the way the European powers remain silent, the perspective of a global south is very important. How lies are being spoken here, how truth is needed to be spoken. And that's why we are launching another channel in English called VOGS, Voice of the Global South. If you look at the first line of description below, I will also pin comment later when this live ends.

Go and join it. We are starting the hiring process at this point of time. And we hope to be live on the second channel very soon with English commentary with a Global South perspective. We have launched a teaser for Vox Media. Do watch it on our channel and subscribe. This is Zaman. Right? Zaman. Hi Akash, top-notch journalism from your team.

I'm from England. Do you think that Israel will stop its aggression in Lebanon? If not, do you think that the time has come that the world would come forward to stop this madness? So Zaman, that's what the latest episode is about. I could not have made this episode 15 days ago, 20 days ago because I would have gone completely mad. But the way in the last one or two weeks, the actions of Israel, especially the bombing of Lebanon immediately after the ceasefire, the way people have become angry, the anger that was not there, the blindness after Gaza,

people have started waking up to the brutality of Israel and the fact that Israel and Netanyahu very much like Hitler, he will not stay in one country. He will neither stay in Gaza nor in Lebanon. He will leave the country after becoming greater Israel. He sees himself as a great emperor. And if he stops the war, then the allegation of corruption and the case against him will restart. So I don't think Israel is going to stop anytime soon because Netanyahu will be finished the day he stops the war and his corruption case will start again. Arunima, many thanks for your support.

Skipped, this is Vinay Singh, skipped MBA, job 9-5, trapped. Two years, lost to competitive examinations, now building an AI digital product, already profitable, scaling to course. Enlighten me on this as I'm 23 year old and I'm a little lost. Enlighten you on what dude? You're already building AI products, you're already profitable, you must have understood everything. There is nothing that you cannot be enlightened if you choose to be just a little bit

more tuned to what is happening around us. A lot of people said we watch your war episodes because there is so much information. There is too much information. So Vinay, I think there is a very good AI case for you to do. I will lose my job and my channel will shut down. But you can support me in the channel. The negative news, not negative, the real news is negative. How can AI weed out the hype news, the wrong news? And just to distill the real news for people, using AI analytics to find out what is true,

what is not, what is possible, what is not. The work that human beings do, the work that we do, to sift through vast amount of data and then to give an episode which really has the facts as they are. If AI can do that, I think that'll be great. Shantanu is saying, can you cover India? Yes, so we talked about that Kalpakkam reaching criticality. Let's see. Can we do an episode on it?

Can we do a shorts on it? This is something that was on my mind. It's just that we can only do one episode. We don't have that much capability in terms of production capability. Machines, human beings, editors don't have that much capability to do more than one episode. And that's why, otherwise you would have definitely seen a reaction an episode on this. I would say Kalpakkam going critical is like the

Mangalyaan moment when India did something that the global peers could not, doing it at a cost that global peers cannot, doing it when others haven't been that successful. A lot of people forget that no nation reached Mars on its first attempt. We made it to Mars with Mangalyaan on our first attempt, which is really the biggest moment for ISRO. I mean, there is a sad part that ISRO is also going off a little bit these days and becoming a political entity.

Okay, guys, guys, guys, guys, guys. Oh, I am so sorry. You misread PIL, public interest litigation as IPL. Oh, I am so sorry. Yes, there is that whole news about the government saying that PIL is not needed.

See clearly the week has been a very long week. So yeah, it is true that the government has been a very long week. So yeah it is true that the government is looking at stopping PIL. See RTI is already dead. It's as good as dead. So the government is, see whether be it social media, whether be it the courts, the government has, okay, I'll die after saying all this. Let me explain this. What is the time? Okay, 10.48.

How many questions below? I am only now going to take orange and above questions. There was a phase, because I have done so much media. So, the 2014 phase was that, boss, 13-14 is like, boss, the intense anger against the UPA government, intense anger against the Congress party.

And of course, Modi did what a good politician should do. He rode on the wave and he came to power and with massive numbers, which has allowed him to of course, you know, make the laws as he chooses.

After that, 16, 17, demonetization happened, but still intense support.

Every Modi, every Modi.

We were told that you are a liar, you are doing this information, you are doing propaganda.

This is not right. Refusing to believe anything to the contrary, that demonetization is wrong, or the way GST implementation is wrong. So from intense hatred and anger towards the Congress to intense support for the initial years of the BJP. After that, 2019, Pulwama and all that stuff, BJP comes back into power. People are not very happy, but people are grudgingly supporting the government. And I have always said that 2024 was maybe the last

chance for the Congress Party to redeem itself. It screwed it because if India Alliance had worked properly for 6 months, the election results would have been different. But what has happened after 2024, I open the comment section and see where the abuse has gone. No, no, because for me, abuse is very important. Only when people abuse, will there be engagement. And somewhere, the algorithm also checks what sort of crowd are you getting. Left wing, right wing, center wing, where is the is coming from. I have always said abuse is good news.

I said, you have become so abusive these days. These days people don't even say that you are lying. These days people say, hmmm, you are right. What can we do now? Earlier people used to say, you are right. But why do you have to say all this?

Why are you so negative? These days people say, you are saying but what can we do? The government understands this exactly and that is why control over social media, control over RTI, control over PILs. So there is a very concerted move. I am taking more time to explain this to you is that there is a very clear move. I can see it. I am sure you can also see it. That now when the dissent is increasing, cut all the modes of dissent. And they might be successful at it also if people don't stop it.

And after that you will be angry, you won't have this live stream to converse, nor this channel to talk to me. You will sit at home and keep cursing, you will be afraid to even open your mouth. Even now people write in the comment section that I won't be trapped by writing comments. Think about it, in the mother of democracy, a person is scared to write a comment in the comment section. We are here. I have a theory.

Why is this digital arrest happening so successfully in our country? Because we are such cowards in our country that a fraudster comes in our uniform and says that he will arrest us, we get scared. But why? Because we have been taught not to mess with the government, not to mess with the government machinery. Neither ask questions to politicians nor to policemen. And that is exactly what the scamsters have understood. That boss, he saw the uniform, he saw that I am going to be raided,

whether he has committed a crime or not, he will quietly withdraw the money. The fear of the government and the influence has now settled in people's hearts. So, kudos to the criminals who have understood this and who are exploiting this. This is... Okay. Again, it has jumped a little.

So, I'm just trying to go back. Going up, going up, going up, going up. Guys, I think we can now only take orange and above guys. Otherwise, it won't be possible. Guys, I will not be able to take these questions. Can you please keep it to magenta and red only?

Orange, magenta or red? Because I think I won't be able to take any more of even yellow questions. Thank you so much. AJDE613. This legion is saying, what do you think? Is Trump intentionally damaging the economy? War erases debt because it gets easier to pay the debt with cheaper money. Also, Middle East instability helps the US sell more oil and he benefits from insider training. Ho sakta hai legion? You know, I admire at the

ability of many people to come out with a positive spin even to the most negative stories. America is heading for its worst disaster ever. It's not about saving anything. America's position as the unipolar leader of the world is under, I mean more than oil, more than debt. America had one thing, control over the petrodollar, control over the global economy, control over the fact that it is the greatest military on earth. A bit of a joke at this point of time, if this is

the condition of the greatest military, China is sitting there smiling. So I don't think this is a profit making thing. Personally, Trump is definitely profiting, there is no debate in that. Muzamil Sheikh is saying, Trump's arrogance reminds me of Aurangzeb. He, like Trump, continued with the war in the Deccan against the advice of his best generals, they both are the reason for the downfall of their empires. Are we seeing the beginning of the downfall of the American empire?

Yes, to a certain extent. The unquestioned respect it got, the image that it had, the seriousness with which it was taken is definitely seeing a downfall at this point of time. This is Arunima saying, hi, if Trump double blocks Hormuz at the mouth of the Arabian Sea and the Sea of Oman, what should ideally the Indian Navy do? Also what do you feel that they will actually do?

I don't think that the Indian Navy can do much at this point of time in this whole confrontation and I do not think that the Indian Navy is going to go up against the US Navy, even if there is a complete blockade in front of Hormuz. That's a good one. Where Trox is saying Iran is charging toll for ships transiting through Strait of Hormuz, how can Iran charge money?

Strait of Hormuz is not its own property. So there is actually an international convention that says that you can't charge toll on natural waterways. And Hormuz is a natural waterway. So, if you talk about international property, if you talk about order, then it is not like that.

But, where talks? According to international law, America has also committed war crime. When it deliberately killed 168 girls in a school. According to international law, America has also committed war crimes. When it deliberately killed 168 girls in a school. America has also committed war crimes when it supported genocidal Israel in Gaza. So, keep the law on the tack.

Because we have come to the era of the might is right. And that is why I am telling you Iran war is much more than a war between two nations. We are seeing global order break down. So they are saying we will charge on Hormuz because we can charge. That is the level that Iran is saying. Because America has been breaking every rule book. Netanyahu should be arrested because he's a genocidal criminal. International criminal court has said that, brother, arrest him.

So, was he arrested? No, right? So, he has made a lamp out of international law. So, Iran is saying that they will make a lamp out of international law. So, I hope you understand that we are far away from textbook definitions at this point of time. Asif is saying, hey bro, I have been watching you since 2018. Thank you so much, Asif, really means a lot. We'll join back soon through Patreon.

Couldn't watch your last episode as it was too hard. And it was too hard for our team to make also. To see the chain of abuse that Israel has been doing with such brazenness, with such arrogance, with such confidence. Even Nazi Germany didn't do this much.

Do you think that there is any silver lining over humanity overall? Please give me some hope. There is hope. Look at the tide that is changing against Israel. America is losing and winning is a separate issue. This war has two prongs to it now. America and Israel being exposed also.

And that was what the last episode is all about. I know it was tough to watch but the silver lining is finally people are speaking up against Israel. Finally people are calling Israel for what it is. It is a genocidal fascist country with a large support of the population being also genocidal. Am I being anti-semitic for saying that? No because Jews themselves are saying, it's enough, you guys have gone mad. You guys have become dogs,

you guys have become bloodthirsty dogs. So there is clearly hope that the world will stop this madness before it spreads even further. We've seen it in Gaza, we've seen it in Lebanon. Imagine the Spanish Prime Minister is criticizing Israel and the Israeli Prime Minister is criticizing Israel and the Israeli Prime Minister is saying, I will see you. I am afraid for Pedro. Don't give him the same treatment. This is the situation.

This is Keshav. Brother, tell me this unwanted language is not respected language. Everything is ruined at the minister level. I am not any party supporter but sometime look like Dr. Manmohan Singh

Sir was better than these people. I am a notary supporter I don't support any party. Can you imagine for all the flaws in the quietness and the silence of Modi and whatever, no minister used to speak in parliament. No educated, since Stephen's College, educated external affairs minister who has done diplomacy his whole life, Mutton, Mughal, Masjid, Mangal, Sutra. All these things are spoken in public meetings.

Us vs. them game is played. See where we have gone down in terms of public discourse. It is very very tragic. Keshav, it is absolutely true that sometimes we feel that Dr. Manohan Singh... We also made fun of Dr. Manmohan Singh a lot. I was a journalist at that point of time. I raised a lot of questions, I critiqued a lot, I tweeted a lot.

Sometimes I feel that yes, I mean, never thought things will come to this head. Vipul, many thanks. Really appreciate the support. Ejaz is saying, hi Akash. I am Ejaz, 20 years old, love your videos. I always look forward to your new ones.

I'm going to Mecca for Umrah. And I am sure to pray for you and your family. Hope you will keep making more great videos. I hope that you have a great trip. I hope it's safe to travel at this point of time to the Middle East, because the flight disruption continues apparently.

So please take care of yourself pray for peace pray pray for sense pray that you know talk to anybody who's gone to China. I feel so bad that our biggest threat is the country. If someone goes there, they come back with open eyes. They don't know where their civilization has reached and what level they are working at. We are not focused anywhere. They are fighting with America. We are fighting with Pakistan. We are happy that we have made Pakistan.

Here we are not able to take the name of Galwan. Not even in the movie. And here we are like Dhurandar. We are surrendering in life. You... dash dash dash... just joking. You keep saying pay and give slang in the abuse. So I tried. My question is on Bengal. What Modi is promising in Bengal election should he first implement in his own state. Modi ji is also saying in Bengal to eat fish. This non-vegetarian can take advantage.

So, every state has its own rule. In Meghalaya, it is said to eat beef. In Kerala, it is said to eat beef. In Goa, former defence minister Monohar Parrikar said that he will ensure that people eat beef. If you say the same thing in UP, you will be finished. The state is like the buffalo, the food is like the buffalo.

People listen to all these things and accept them. People have such a good intelligence level then what can we do? This is Alia. Do you think the opposition leader in Taiwan going to China has some pressure on us to leave the peace with Iran? This is Ali from Saudi, big fan. No, I don't think it's a message to India. But just guys, please understand this is serious stuff. We are seeing the Iran war like this and it's good that it didn't happen in Pakistan.

It happened in Iran. It's good. America is a superpower. Bro, the repercussion of this entire war in Iran will be on us first. Because America is busy in Ukraine. America now is busy in Iran. Iran also could become a Ukraine type situation where nobody is a winner, nobody is a loser and war is just going on. In such a situation where America is busy in Ukraine and Iran, what will China do? First of all, it will eat Taiwan.

After that it will say that it will look at Arunachal Pradesh. After that it will say that he will look at Ladakh. Who will come to save us? Who will speak for us? And that is why I say that we should prepare at the level of war. Tomorrow, our war will be with China.

It will not be with Pakistan. It will be with China. If it will be with Pakistan, then China will support it. China is not a joke. This is Asghar Singh, I have followed you for over six years. The Gaza humanitarian crisis is globally known, yet many turned a blind eye. When will developed nations act against this open

genocide? How long could the US-Iran conflict impact India? Right now, there is a shortage of gas and petrol. And as soon as the price of petrol rises, there will be a cascading effect. We are looking at at least 1-2% drop in GDP. 1% GDP has not gone anywhere. Already, efforts are being made to reduce the estimates.

You know, this propaganda, this media control, that it was because of Gaza. We were attacked. We killed Gaza because of October 7. It was not a justification. You don't justify a terror attack with a genocide, first and foremost.

But somewhere they were able to do that. Now they've started doing the same thing in Lebanon. People are saying that they were made a puppet. These people are like that. They are genocidal. They enjoy killing people.

They don't care about the lives of children. That is when the international population is waking up. But it is only waking up. It's not like they have taken action against Israel. Or Israel has been crippled. Or weapons have been snatched from Israel.

But I said, they have opened their eyes. There is a silver lining. There is some hope. Let's see. This is Sankalp. Many thanks. Really appreciate the support Sankalp. Teslon is saying, like civil services, there should be a tougher exam for politicians and only taxpayers should have voting rights. This will force government to focus on economy and take focus away from freebies.

Tesla, I have a simple proposal. You can do politics by doing exams and all. In Nepal, the new government is saying that your son has to study in government school if you are working with the government. If you want to become a minister, then the child will study in government school if you are working with the government. If you want to become a minister, then the child will study in a public school. I have a simpler question. I am not even talking about lower level union ministers.

Can the BJP government say that the child of a union minister will not study abroad? Especially that he will not study in America or UK. He can study anywhere, in private or public. But if there is a union minister, his child will not be expelled. If there is a senior minister, his child will not be expelled. If there is a senior party functionary at the national level, his child will not be expelled.

I am not talking about signalling here. I am talking about national security. Just think, more than half of our parliament family is security of the country. If more than half of our parliament's family is abroad, then it would be so easy to threaten us if someone wants to impact our policy. China has already started this work. All the foreign ministers' children have been called back. Either become a minister or don't.

And if you become a minister, your children will not study abroad. So, there are many things that could be done. I am saying a simple thing. You are a minister, teach your child in the country. The country has developed in 12 years. People are shivering seeing our passport.

They say, oh, you are from the land of the Supreme Leader. Akshay ji and UPI didi had also said this. So, we will have look at all these things. I am your fan since 2018. This is mass underscore TI. I am your fan since 2018. Viewer, since 2018, US is under too much pressure with depleted war resources and also does so and so does Israel. Turkey is the next target after Iran. What if Turkey jumps in along with Iran to put Israel on the spot?

If Turkey comes, it will be very interesting because the game that is going on till now is China and Russia are playing from behind, giving coordinates, supplying weapons. But if Turkey comes from the front, it will be very interesting because for Israel, after Iran is taken out, Turkey is the next angle. Now, there is one thing in this too, Turkey is part of NATO, so Israel cannot attack directly. That's why Trump is saying that I will leave NATO. So, is Israel playing a long game here that is forcing America to leave NATO so that later they can attack Turkey later. Israel has no faith.

Any long-term planning can happen. Their planning is like this, long distance. Guhai is saying, hi Akash, big fan of your show and for many years now I'm based in Dubai and wondering, what do you think of UAE and Saudi's position on Abraham Accords in US military position versus maintaining religious and regional solidarity with Iran.

What I do find a little strange, of course the whole Shia-Sunni thing we've already covered, but the fact is that because of security guarantees, America's economy is running from here.

Think about it, if you remove the petrodollar and people can buy petrol in various other ways and currencies including the Yuan, including Rupee, including Euros. So, the world can change a lot. So, I think that this is a great deal that they got in the 70s. There was a lot of insecurity with these kingdoms and they thought that America will protect us. Now, think if Iran has put this basic protection in question that America cannot protect you, then can they go and seek protection from China? What if the Middle East goes and seeks protection from China? Then what will America do?

Its petrodollar will be over. So, the question is now being raised on the originality of America. So, there are many angles to this. There is the military angle to this. There is the perception angle to this. There is the economic petrodollar angle to this, there is the military angle to this, there is the perception angle to this, there is the economic petrodollar angle to this.

Is yudh se bahut saare angle jo hai, wo abhi jodhe huye hain. This is Kago Lisa. Love from Arunachal, my question is on border states like Arunachal, we face both climate impacts and the China tension. So what should matter more to us, environmental security or geopolitical security? And I miss Bhakt Banerjee. Bhakt Banerjee has been crushed by the Deshbhakt, he has been suppressed, he is trying to censor him.

Bhakt Banerjee has been taken away from him. What can I tell you, Mr. Kagol? It's a good question. How do you balance national security and climate? But I would still say that in this force to choose between the two, one has to take into account national security as much as sustainably it is possible. I'll give you a small example also.

There are four dams and we are building new highways in the Himalayas. You are building highways for tourism. You are building four lane roads in the name of defence. After which there are more road collapses. If you build roads for defence and no one is stopping you from building roads for defence. But you have to earn numbers, you have to do religious tourism,

so there is a balance that could be struck between defense and the environment. The China threat is real, by the way. China will use its muscle in a very subtle way, in a very creepy way, in a very salami slicing tactic way. Not as a... It hides its strength.

America... This is Partha. Okay guys, it's 11.11. I please do not send any other question unless and until it's a red question. I will not be able to take any other questions post 11.11. I'm not taking any questions's a red question, I will not be able to take any other questions. Post 11-11, I'm not taking any questions except a red question,

if somebody feels so, in contributing the rent and contributing towards our computers. Partha is saying, this is Partha, what is your opinion on this? Suppose there are two extremely corrupt political parties, would you support the lesser evil or would you prefer voting for change to create an incentive for them to improve? This question's framing is wrong, first and foremost. Partha, answer is very simple.

Would you support the lesser evil? You're saying, suppose there are two extremely corrupt parties, would you support the lesser evil or would you prefer voting for change to create an incentive for them to improve but what is the voting for change? Are you saying voting for Nota? Then that's a very bad option because what happens in Nota is basically the weaker candidate gets voted out because the most corrupt candidate has his core voter base and he gets it. So it's better to give less to the corrupt. As far as what my opinion is, whether be it Iran or America, whether be it one political party versus other political party, we have said this for the last 7-8 years, I am saying this again.

Politics, even geopolitics is about choosing the lesser evil. Is Iran evil? Does it have an evil regime? Yes. What is happening in the name of democracy? Is America being even more evil? Absolutely! No f**king question, no beep question about it. So a lot of people say, but Iran is evil. Yes, it is. But what is America doing? Is America coming as a gold fairy? It's greater evil when a paedophilic, colonial-minded, authoritarian leader is trying to come and teach a lesson of democracy. In the same way, all political parties are corrupt.

Now you find who is a thief, who is a robber, who is a murderer, who is a genocidal. You have to find this. It's always going to be a race of finding the lesser corrupt and please don't choose Nota. Dixie is saying hi again. I just saw that maybe the new census would have caste census as well long overdue in India in my opinion how do you think that this will impact the core fanatic vote bank of the BJP the higher caste and their hold on institution this this is a this is a simmering problem for the BJP the reservation problem the caste problem and they will have to manage a lot whether the opposition is able to because opposition

Rahul Gandhi had this caste angle he himself himself got the cast enumeration done, so he snatched the agenda of Rahul from somewhere, BJP. But even now, the fact is, this opens a Pandora's box. Because then if you say that opportunities will be according to the population, then the general category will sink even more. And I think there is a logic to the Supreme Court saying that you have to maintain at some level a 50-50 split. If it becomes more, then you will have more unrest, you will have more upper caste unrest

against the BJP. So interesting times, but it depends to be seen that opposition is how much it can enumerate, how much it can explain, how much it can own. Hi Akash, I am, this is Pushkaraj from Poland. Thank you for doing what you are doing. Lots of power and strength to you. Thank you so much.

Really appreciate it. It means a lot. And also watching us all the way from Poland. This is Sovan, love your content, one of the only folks that I can rely consistently for world updates, keep doing what you do, just wanted to know whether you think that this war is going, where this war is going,

knowing the uncertain nature of Trump and his acquaintances. Sovan, if you've been watching us, if you appreciate us, then you will not ask me this question that where is this war going according to me. It's because I am not the 9 o'clock anchors who will be able to tell you exactly where the war is going. I can't. Because no one knows. Even Trump doesn't know. Trump knows something at 9 o'clock in the morning and something else at 9 o'clock in the night. Tomorrow, before the American markets open, there will be some sort of a settlement.

Then America will jump the market a little and then say, Oh no, it's not happening. A lot of money is being printed, a lot of markets are being played. Nobody knows at this point of time. We can only lay the facts out for you, which indicate that this might become a bigger war at this point of time because Trump can't swallow his ego and say, okay, you win this round. I don't think it is in Trump to do this.

Oh, thank you so much. By the way, we had a, there is a little bit of a target game also that we have magenta and red super chats. We are halfway there, almost halfway, 14 out of 30 magenta and red super chats. Thank you so much for saying and again this jumped. Guys please do not add any other question than a red question. Because I will not be able to take it anymore.

Okay, Mina is saying the world needs a pause. We need interdependence to take prominence in the discourse. Hope sense prevails. I don't know what will happen after two weeks of pause. I don't think that there is pause at this point of time. As I am telling you, geopolitics is changing as we have seen interdependence, rule of law,

international order is all breaking down at this point of time, Meena. This is Aritra from Northern Ireland. Hi, how are you? Thanks for your continued coverage and your sharp analysis. Don't you find Trump's praise for Pakistan a bit odd considering nothing came out of the Islamabad talks?

Everybody likes good foot soldiers. Pakistan has always been a faithful foot soldier of America. It has always done America's bidding. Pakistan's deep state, Pakistan's army depends on American benevolence, whether be it the F-16, whether be it American funding. So they have very good reason to be nice to America, to defer to Trump, to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize and Trump

is very pleased with this sort of behavior of politicians who you know defer to him and so that's really not a surprise. That's how Pakistan is, the leadership is and they're very happy in that. This is Elf, just wanted to know your opinion. Is China a superpower? If your answer is yes, then why is it so difficult for our government to accept it? The fact that China is a superpower, you can understand from the fact is that the Prime Minister of India will not even mention China.

He will not even criticize China one bit. When Galwan happened, he says, na yaha koi aaya tha, na yaha koi ghosa hai. The fact that we have a hundred billion dollars of trade deficit with China every year. China is a superpower and it is a super worry for India. Militarily, diplomatically, economically, India should be most worried out of China. But we somehow don't want to look at China. We only want to look at Pakistan. Swapnil is saying, as a US citizen,

it pains to see what damage Trump is doing. With all due respect, I don't agree with what you say, that America is doing this. It is done by one madman. Majority US don't represent this nonsense. Similarly, as majority of India isn't communal.

Majority of India isn't communal is a question that now increasingly is coming under debate. Whether majority of America is not like this is going to be shown in the next few days. Swapnil, I would agree with you that Trump completely got elected on a separate platform of being the peace president, of not getting American to useless wars. And now he seems to have completely flipped.

And we've seen the King's protest. So no King's protest. I hope that America does a better job of not coming across as Trumpish. India hasn't done a great job as not coming across as a communal nation.

I do see independent publications in America criticize Trump. I do see actors criticize Trump. I see YouTubers criticize Trump. I see former Trump supporters criticize Trump. But I don't see that in India, unfortunately. So I do not know if I can, you know,

I can say with a big chest that my country is not communal. My country has become more communal. And when I see Israel, I get very scared because the kind of communal racial hatred that has been allowed to seep in into Israeli people. I'm seeing the same process happen here also. So I get very scared. Let's see, as far as Trump is concerned, midterms is going to decide a lot.

His popularity is going down, historic lows. So I just hope that Trump is not America. As somebody said, Trump is going to spend, the successor of Trump is going to spend four years apologizing for what Trump has done. And I think that is why Vance is also distancing himself a little bit.

This is Ojoy. Hi, Akash. I've been a fan of you just moments ago. Someone commented on the fact that plants don't feel the pain as those do not have any nervous system. But when there is no nervous system in plants,

how are flowers, which hunts insects, entrap those? Wow, now we are into deep science. And whether plants have the ability to feel pain, or is there a nervous system, or is there a reactionary system? And of course, you have the Venus flytrap that traps insects as well. Ajay, it's a valid point but I just

I just you know I have never got into this veg non-veg debate is because I think as a civilization as humanity we first need to do a lot more bit for humanity before we actually get into feeling sensitive for animals and for plants. That's my stated position. This is M. Dhilno.

I thought about it from all perspectives. I don't see BJP RSS going away anytime soon. We should accept the fact that this is the entire setup of the BJP RSS has been in process under the hood for decades. So, you know, a lot of people get very confused when I say this. What is this whole business ki aayega toh Modi?

Aagaya? Teen baar aagaya? Kitne baar aayega? How many more times is he going to come? He's come three times already. Chalo theek hai, he'll come for one more time. The point is that at what point of time, Modi has come. Now let's talk to Modi. Now let's talk about development. Now let's talk about governance. Now let's talk about the pothole. Now let's talk about the cow in front of the house. Now let's talk about 15 lakhs. Now let's talk about Vishwa Guru. Now let's talk about per capita. So it doesn't matter.

I always say that that is a secondary question. Ki aayega kaun? Pappu hai, Pheku hai, Didi hai. Are jo hai usse sawal kab puchoge? It's as basic as that. Nei, nei humne toh vote diya.

Ape toh vote diya toh sawal nahi puchoge? Yeh kahan ke aagaya educated answer? This is Anand Sinha. Hi Anand, appreciate the support. How serious is the US-Iran conflict risk for NRIs in the US over the next five to ten years? Specifically how credible is Iran developing and using a nuclear weapon against the US? First and foremost Iran had agreed not to develop a nuclear

weapon. It had signed on the nuclear deal with Obama, which was ripped apart by Trump. Secondly, it takes a lot more delivery mechanism technology for Iran to reach the US. I do not think that there is anything to fear from Iran. Iran has never attacked a country on its own. Iran, we forget, is a is part of a very old

civilization which Trump said that I will wipe out. I do not think that there is and that is what Trump is very angry with Tulsi Kabad for saying is that there is no credible threat that America faces, the homeland faces from Iran at this point of time or in the foreseeable future. But it has been built in such a way to make us convince that boss, it's being made yesterday, in two weeks it's being made. This is Harsh. Hi, Harsh. Appreciate the support.

Hi, Akash. I've been following you since 2018. When I questioned India's two-week silence after 100 plus schoolgirls were killed, people called it smart diplomacy.

Is this smart diplomacy or inhumanity?

And I don't understand geopolitics diplomacy. Is this the standard that we are defending? We will defend anything at this point of time. And the bhakts will defend anything. And the amount of anger that there is in and bhbhakt is also not funny. Of course, many Andhbhakts are already breaking, which is also quite big that you have very many interesting voices who are starting to break out from the established BJP thing that we

will defend anything because, like in America, the Alex Jones and the Megyn Kellys are finding and Tucker Carlson's are finding is that indefinitely you can't defend Trump and they are actually going against Trump. The fact that we spoke on the schoolgirl tragedy after more than a week is not smart diplomacy, it's clueless diplomacy. We thought, okay, let's not get angry at America. America will end the game here anyway and we have left Chabarpur anyway. America is our friend, it will be a win-win situation.

It's only that we realized that we have shot ourselves in the foot, Iran is not going anywhere, not anytime soon. Then we started saying, let's be friends with Iran, we shouldn't have killed the kids. If there was humanity, if there was a principle stand of India, if we valued human life and we had some principles, then on the second or third day, we would have given a reaction to it, which we didn't. Ashutosh is saying, Ashutosh, first and foremost, thanks for being a

long-term member also of the Deshbhakt. I was not able to watch your SIR video till the end because I started feeling so helpless. Somebody is starting to feel helpless over SIR video. Many people are feeling helpless over watching Israel's genocide video. Think about our condition when we make these videos. Even judiciary is not helping. People are also so much brainwashed that most of them will not be ready to accept that it is wrong what to do. But Ashutosh, trust me, many times you will be surprised with the fact that people do come around also. Maybe

the Bengal election results might just surprise us. After all of this that is being done also, there might be still a surprise. I am still the one who believes when I meet people on the streets, when I talk to people, when I talk to experts, when I am seeing reactions coming on social media, I see a change. It will take time, I am not saying that tomorrow there will be a revolution. It will take time, there will be awakening, it will take some time but I am hopeful.

The fact that I am sitting here and talking to you all. The fact that so many of you are watching me at this point of time. And one of the screens, there is so much load that the metric screen is not showing at this point of time. So you can well imagine what things are and how things are. Oh by the way, I think this… Okay, it must have stopped.

Okay. This is Azeem. Hi, Akash Bhai, I learned geopolitics and politics from your channel since the last one year, along with Dhruv Rathee. I hadn't subscribed. I hadn't subscribed earlier. Learn everything, geopolitics. Don't press the subscribe button. I hadn't subscribed earlier. Learn everything, geopolitics. Don't press the subscribe button. I hadn't subscribed earlier. Now I did. Love how you present current affairs while holding citizens accountable.

Absolutely. The government needs to be held accountable. The citizens also need to be held accountable. And people who don't subscribe need to be held accountable. Now, Azeem, as a punishment, you will go down to the description. You will see the link

that has been given there and that link belongs to VOGS Media, Voice of the Global South Media, our upcoming English news channel with a view from the Global South. You will go and you will watch the promo and you will click subscribe and you will make two more people subscribe as well to the channel. We have already crossed 10,000. The aim is to cross a lakh as we did along with the first episode that we do,

or at least the second episode that we do. Saurabh is saying, if a ship from India, Pakistan, or any other country pays Iran for permission to cross the Strait of Hormuz, will the US Navy stop or destroy it? And what could happen if they did. See, I don't think Trump's taco will always work.

Trump always chickens out. Can Trump really afford after what has happened in the last 40 days, afford to open an international war by shooting down international ships who have paid whatever you call it, you call it extortion, you call it hafta vasooli, you call it toll or whatever. Can America do that? I mean, of course it canortion, you call it hafta vasool, you call it toll or whatever. Can America do that? I mean, of course it can do that and Trump can do that,

but would they want to do that and start a whole new war on its own? I don't know. Amy is saying, this is just the beginning of the end times, widespread corruption, conflict is spreading, internal conflict will happen between the Muslim countries also. Well, the Great War fought for the greater Syria region. I just hope that the Gulf states don't get into this because

that's exactly what Israel wants. The Gulf states react to this. Gulf states fight with Iran. Iran fights with the Gulf states. Both of them buy weapons from... I mean, if needed, Israel will sell both to Iran and America will sell weapons to Iran.

America is willing to sell weapons to anyone, even Iran if it comes down to that. I just hope it doesn't get to that. I hope that greater sense prevails. I think Iran has been handling the situation pretty well given the fact that they have lost their entire leadership. I think they have the situation pretty much on their side at this point of time. Let's see what America does.

You two are siding. One second. One minute. Coming to that, this is Akash, okay. This is Akash Kuruk. Okay, for mid powers trapped between mafiaics, Murica and commie China, what's

the best move? They hold out for, okay, if the middle power web fails to drive growth, nations destined to fall in, okay. Now, so for example, Canada has said the age of 70 cents for every Canadian dollar going to America for purchase of weapons is over. Can we see a realignment of powers? It's not good news for anybody. Everybody will have to watch out for their own security. Europe is already looking at creating its own European army. India will have find out who its traditional allies are.

Our problem is that we have been trying to make opportunistic allies for years. Can India have some natural allies? After Operation Sindoor, Pakistan had more natural allies than India had. So, we need to find more natural allies. In Nepal, India is being... India's flag is being taken off when vehicles are coming. The media, politicians, IT cell have hated the Gen Z revolution so much.

Today, Nepal is not a relatable ally for Indians. We need fair weather allies. And mid-coun mid countries need to come together to challenge this hegemony. Today it's the US, tomorrow it will be China. I think new partnerships is the way out. Unless and until we do that, it might just become a little bit of a serious problem. This is Harinder Pal, many thanks, really appreciate your support all the way from Canada.

This is, okay, I can't read the name obviously because it's in Arabic. Sorry, it's a little rough in Arabic reading. You two are both siding and not calling the occupation of Palestine for what it is. All Indian YouTubers do it, calling it a complex issue. I'm glad people are awakening and recognizing the truth. I'm not being able to get your name because it's in Arabic,

but clearly you are new in the block. You really need to spend a little bit more time at Deshbhakt and what we do. Not the last 40 days episodes, but all our Gaza episodes. Go to the search bar, just type in Gaza, just type in Gaza genocide. I think we are one of the first channels to clearly call out

Israel, label it as a genocide. Maybe you need to spend a little bit more time to see exactly why we have a little bit of credibility amongst the people who understand what is happening in this world and are not afraid of seeing the things the way they are. So we have not only called out the occupation of Palestine for what it is, we have

called it as a genocide, we have called out Israel. See our last episode that actually has Netanyahu as a genocidal criminal on the thumbnail. So do let me know which American YouTuber is doing that. UK YouTuber is doing that at this point of time. Harinder Pal Singh is saying, hello Akash can you do a show on Bollywood siding with RSS oriented ideology as it is

damaging democracy as people idealize films more than education? Bhaiya, film hi satya hai. Demonetization ka asli kaaran BJP ne bhi nahi bataya tha. Ab jaa kar pata chala Dhurandhar mein humein. So, this is a long-drawn project, Harinder. The way the media was co-opted, the same way it was co-opted in Bollywood. People sit, influence the directors,

finance. This is not the way Bollywood has been promoted. This has also been worked on. I am saddened by the same thing, what the opposition does, what other parties do,

who will make the counterbalance. But this is all part of a detailed long strategy. This is Rakeeb. Rakeeb is saying, hi brother Akash, watching you since 2018. I'm from Srinagar. Why no one is talking about Cuba? Just because they are not able to retaliate. No one will talk about Cuba, nobody will talk about Gaza, nobody will talk about Lebanon because they can't retaliate. That unfortunately is the harsh reality of today that we appreciate people who can retaliate. At least Iran understood that much before

others did. Rajkumar is saying I had a heated argument with my parents about Israel. Their church teaching them that Israel is right and others are fake news. Imagine. A Christian church is teaching that. By the way, Israel spits. The Zionist leaders would spit on Christians as well.

They strongly believe that whatever Israel is doing is good and think Modi is making India Vishwa Guru. The fact that the global leaders are now speaking against Israel. And Israel has a very detailed project on influencing conversations. Does Israel have paid YouTuber and social media content influencers in India? I believe they do.

Because I see some random folks suddenly come out with Israel Jhandas and support Israel and how on earth would anybody with a right sense of mind support a genocidal nation. So clearly the tentacles are spreading in India, we need to be a little bit more careful. All I'm saying is don't fight with your parents for it, state the facts. If they don't want to understand, it's okay, they are your parents.

Move on, discuss with other people. Jayesh is saying, this is Jayesh, J-A-Y. Jayesh, hi Akash, love your content. Since I don't watch mainstream media, seeing only criticism feels one-sided. Requesting you to cover both pros and cons, then your opinion of any policy. It would help viewers form a balanced point of view. Keep it up.

Jayesh, I honestly say that if we get good work, I mean when ISRO did good work, we made a lot of episodes. When we get good work in between, when we got back our sailors from Oman, then I made an episode. So when there are genuine good stuff, then we try to to do but we can't sugarcoat stuff that is good and also our point is that given the limited scope that we have, we don't have a 24-hour news channel we cover the biggest news. And unfortunately what we have been seeing is there is more bad than good news to cover but if you think that

there is something that is damn good that needs covering, like for example, the Kalpakkam reactor going critical and India being able to use its thorium reserves, which is a great story, then we'll try definitely to do more on that. But it's just the war situation right now.

But I appreciate what you're saying. We'll keep it in mind. OK, guys, I'm just going to take a last few questions. This is Arunav, right? Have you looked into the growing anti-India sentiment in our neighborhood? Yes, you would find full episodes on this, on how India has isolated all its neighboring countries

also. So have you looked into the growing anti-India sentiment in our neighborhood in our current regime? Balen Shah or Tariq Zia have all anti-India sentiment. By the way, what Asif Munir did to Trump to make him his aid, no one is talking about Imran Khan. Yeah, imagine Democracy ka champion America Asif Muneer ke saath ghoomega, lunch par bulaega, lekin Imran Khan ke baat even Trump nahi kar raha hai. Democracy ki zarurat ya phir opposition ki zarurat kya Trump ko waha nahi lag rahi hai. So it is not about democracy.

It's about geopolitics. It's about your convenience. And now it is very convenient for them to lock up somebody, a tall leader, a former prime minister, and forget all about it. And America has no issues there. But it wants democracy and a revolution in Iran because waha milega tel. But yeah, we have covered India's growing isolation in the neighborhood. You will find it if you search it. This is Sri. Hi Sri, really appreciate the support. Thank you so much for your work. Akash upgraded myself on Patreon to intermediate. Thank you so much. Congratulations on launching Vogs. Just subscribed. Trump is sad because he's not

personally profiting from all the toll at the state of Hormuz. So he's going to blockade it himself. Comments. I mean imagine you bamboozle somebody, they blockade you, then you are seeing dreams that okay he has blocked it, I will also blockade with him, we will earn money together. Where does he get such ideas from? What is he blowing? I also want to have that stuff that he is having. So he is delusional, there is some problem with him because he thinks that after Iran has done what it has done, it is going to give it all up and be seen publicly with sharing money with America.

Whatever goodwill Iran has earned will all be gone if they do this sort of a deal. So Gaurav is, Gaurav appreciate the support, really appreciate the support. Okay, time to sort of wrap it up. This is Okaing, he is saying I am waiting for state elections to be over, then Modi ji can stop chunao prachar and stop this war. I know he is so busy, otherwise the pop up kap the pop-up a long time ago. Completely agree with you. Dhruv D'Souza is saying, thank you, sir, for reporting. Gives some sense of hope that there are still righteous people still doing good work. Thank you for watching and supporting.

It gives me hope that there are righteous people viewing and supporting us. Massive respect to you. People like you should be in position of political power. I guess if people like us are in position of political power then we won't be able to speak truth. So when people ask me when I join politics, I say I am very happy here. I have no interest in joining politics. If they shut down my channel, then I will go and join politics. I will trouble people and join politics as it is the

last resort for scoundrels. This is Niagl, keep doing the good work, always great to watch your shows. Thank you so much. This is Abhinav, love your work Akash. I have noticed quite a difference between the topics covered by the Insta left and the YouTube left, mostly lacking on YouTube side side due to length and time taken, especially on issues like new anti-India trans law and proposed IT rules. Abhinav, it's easy to make a two-minute content

versus 20 minutes, even 25 minutes content. I hope that we get more bandwidth. But my understanding is that Insta content is very snackable. I understand the pull for it. I wish I do more of it.

But I enjoy making more long format content. And I really think the true value comes in long format content. Having said that, would I like to do the short format content, covering more topics? Yes. The new IT rules is something that is going to hit me also.

And we have covered it many times, by the way. Whenever the Sanchar Saati app came, something that is going to hit me also. And we have covered it many times by the way. Whenever before this when the IT bill came, we have covered it every time. We will do it this time as well. So it is only the war situation has resulted in us not being able to cover

a lot of content that we otherwise would have loved to cover. Okay, so will Trump restart a full war? As of now 56%. I think this poll got over because these numbers didn't increase. I think there was some problem here. I think it got over. But anyways, leave that. It's a small thing. Big live streams are small things. Thank you so much for about the 10,000 people who are still watching us. Because it was completely stuck here. So many people were watching.

But really really appreciate the support. And I think the numbers are also outdated. The numbers I can see here are much more. But thank you so much. Just a little bit of hygiene. So the English channel,

I have been doing a of hygiene. So the English channel is coming up soon. The hiring is on for that. We'll be putting out Google forms for the hiring of that. So I'll put a pin comment in the description below. Be sure to become a member of Vox Media. It will give us a little bit more confidence to do that there also. T-shirts as always kadakmerch.com slash thedeshbhakt are given in the description below.

All the people who are members, if I can just quickly request you, if you can, if you can take a higher tier on YouTube, on Patreon, if you can shift to an annual membership, it will be great because we are looking at getting more editors, getting more computers. It's become difficult to get a computer due to the RAM shortage.

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I don't. Does Trump know? Maybe not, but looks like a long slog situation might start. Maybe they will use a little bit more days to get all their forces on the ground. Those are already on the way.

And we'll another have another round of confrontation coming in. Sadly, that is what it seems like. Many thanks. I see you. I'll see you soon. Episodes coming up. Thanks for watching. And please, members, keep sending your feedback in,

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