India in one word?
In this High Five India segment, Vivek Desai entrepreneur, co-founder of iMeUsWe, and the man who traced India’s name story through 1.6 billion public records answers some fun but revealing questions.
Along the way, where does Chanakya one of the ancient world’s most influential thinkers on statecraft, economics and power figure in all this?
But the full story begins in the main episode.
Which names shaped India after Independence?
Why are Ram and Lakshmi among India’s favourite names since 1947?
How did Bollywood make Rahul unforgettable?
And what do Indian names reveal about faith, family, aspiration and identity?
Watch the full episode of India: A Story in the Making with Vivek Desai, co-founder of iMeUsWe.
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[00:00:00] India for you in one word? Love. What is it about India that the world still doesn't understand? Of a civilization. What about it? The whole scientific way things have happened since ages which the world is rediscovering now they don't understand that we were far ahead of our times. If you could name your decades that you found your names by each decade of India what would those names be?
[00:00:28] I'll combine some decades I would say 47 to 70 would be all about identity 70 to 90s would be all about cinema 90 to 2000 would be about liberalization to 2010 and 2010 onwards would be globalization. If you were not a businessman what would you be doing? I would have been a shire. I'm a shire, so I'm not.
[00:01:00] You would have been very poor Vivek. I might have been poor. That's what my passion would have been. But you're doing that. He's writing a shire, of course, so that's good. That would be our next thing. If you could go back in history, who is the one person, historical figure, even from your family, anyone you would like to meet and what would you like to ask?
[00:01:22] The one historical figure that I would like to meet is Chanakya to understand his philosophy of making wealth, Arthashastra. We all have read it but there are a lot of questions which remain unanswered. So you will want to be shire and then ask Chanakya how to make money so that I can keep continuing doing my shire. But that's the gentleman I would like to meet, you know. Okay, that's wonderful. India for you today.
[00:01:52] A global power. Okay, you did it. Thank you. Thank you.