Want to be PM? Jaishankar has a different view

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"A list of the top 50 influential people in the world… half of them will not be in politics.” Jaishankar’s advice to student who wanted to become Prime Minister.

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00:00I would also like to be the Prime Minister.

00:02Today you're asking the wrong person because I am, as I said, I'm a relative novice in politics.

00:08I got into it by accident, but I don't want to discourage you.

00:12I can ask you a question.

00:32So as a youth of Thailand, as a youth of Bharat staying in Thailand for my entire life, I

00:39envision to be a member of the Parliament, and if I have the capability and if I have

00:45the blessings of my people, I would also like to be the Prime Minister.

00:49And if not me, at least I would like to see other youths go to that stage.

00:55And your guidance, what should I do right now to be able to envision this vision into

01:01a reality?

01:03Just as the condition of New Zealand is, so how can we have a very youth-driven nation

01:09in reality?

01:10That's my question.

01:11Let me start with the young lady who would like to be Prime Minister one day.

01:18So, I wish you well.

01:22I can only say, you know, in a way you're asking the wrong person because I am, as I

01:27said, I'm a relative novice in politics.

01:30I got into it by accident.

01:32I never imagined I would.

01:37And you know, it was a totally different line.

01:41I don't have anybody, no family member, nothing.

01:47So it is, in a sense, it was only because it was this Prime Minister that, in a way,

01:55I would say, could have someone like me who otherwise would not have gone in that direction,

02:03actually enter the political field.

02:04But I'm very glad that you are showing interest and aptitude very early on.

02:08I'll just make one point to you.

02:11You know, my own experience is today, it's a, while we all value experience, and understandably,

02:25we are also seeing that the younger people are obviously, understandably, able to embrace

02:32or capture a lot of the change far more effectively.

02:36So if you look across the world and say, okay, look at opportunity, what can I do?

02:45My own sense is, even the idea of changing a society or leading a society or shaping

02:51a society, one doesn't anymore have to think about it necessarily in an orthodox term.

02:59You know, you don't have to be necessarily, say, a minister or a community leader.

03:04There are so many other ways.

03:06I mean, if you take today, say, a list of the top 50 influential people who are impactful

03:14people in the world, I guarantee you at least half of them will not be in the world of politics.

03:20So I just leave that thought with you.

03:21I don't want to discourage you.

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