shashi tharoor, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. good to see you again, stephen. you just heard me talk about india s current place in the world, the most populous nation, a growing economy, a stable government. would you agree that india right now is in a good place? it s not in a bad place in overall terms. that is that it s a country, it has always been, i think, a country to be reckoned with on the world stage, but now it s number one in global population, it s number three in purchasing power parity terms in the overall gdp, number five in dollar terms. it s a country of some substance. it does have free and fair elections. every once in a while we sort of overturn state governments, so we haven t yet been able to overturn the central government. so it counts for a great deal on the world stage. and i must say that when you look at things like technology, it s done rather well for a so called developing country. it s got some very fine talents. we seem to have exported an
shashi tharoor, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. good to see you again, stephen. you just heard me talk about india s current place in the world, the most populous nation, a growing economy, a stable government. would you agree that india right now is in a good place? it s not in a bad place in overall terms. that is that it s a country, it has always been, i think, a country to be reckoned with on the world stage, but now it s number one in global population, it s number three in purchasing power parity terms in the overall gdp, numberfive in dollar terms. it s a country of some substance. it does have free and fair elections. every once in a while we sort of overturn state governments, so we haven t yet been able to overturn the central government. so it counts for a great deal on the world stage. and i must say that when you look at things like technology, it s done rather well for a so called developing country. it s got some very fine talents. we seem to have exported an
shashi tharoor, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. good to see you again, stephen. you just heard me talk about india s current place in the world, the most populous nation, a growing economy, a stable government. would you agree that india right now is in a good place? it s not in a bad place in overall terms. that is that it s a country, it has always been, i think, a country to be reckoned with on the world stage, but now it s number one in global population, it s number three in purchasing power parity terms in the overall gdp, number five in dollar terms. it s a country of some substance. it does have free and fair elections. every once in a while we sort of overturn state governments, so we haven t yet been able to overturn the central government. so it counts for a great deal on the world stage. and i must say that when you look at things like technology, it s done rather well for a so called developing country. it s got some very fine talents. we seem to have exported an
take us through what the police are actually saying here. the? take us through what the police are actually saying here. actually saying here. they have arrested up actually saying here. they have arrested up to actually saying here. they have arrested up to 20 actually saying here. they have arrested up to 20 people - actually saying here. they have arrested up to 20 people from | actually saying here. they have - arrested up to 20 people from those riots that happened a week ago monday. 0n the 22nd of may. let me just run through the story again really, because we first got wind that something was happening in the west of cardiff in a neighbourhood called belief, one of the most deprived areas of whale. we heard that there was a ride happening. there was a live stream coming from the riot and you could see about 30 to 40 the riot and you could see about 30 to a0 young men, mostly really having the best part of a fight with riot police, really hurling missiles and set
said it was the most unfair election in years and he felt saddened by the troubles awaiting turkey. aru na iyengar reports. ecstatic erdogan supporters outside the presidential palace in ankara last night. earlier in the day, the president had sung to the crowd and recited a poem. this erdogan supporter says, bye bye mr kemal. thank god islam has won. translation: we are very happy. full ofjoy- - i can t even contain myself. i thank god. big celebrations, but they don t show that this was the biggest challenge to mr erdogan s authority in years. he became prime minister in 2003, later becoming president. to build up that position, he has stifled all opposition. his non religious rival, kemal kilicdaroglu, says the election was unfair. mr erdogan had one big advantage almost total control of the media. mr kilicdaroglu s chp party had campaigned against crackdowns on dissent, and for a return to an independentjustice system and parliamentary democracy. a sombre mood her