Now our holiday from history is over. Instead of preaching and teaching, it's time for us to learn from others. And India would be a good starting point. India has been under no illusions for your entire independence. You have based your foreign policy on a pragmatic and realistic worldview. You've showed the rest of the world what strategic caution and safeguarding autonomy means, all the while championing multilateralism and global cooperation. It is time to that we all became a little bit more India. (14:15–14:26)
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Asserts that India has maintained a pragmatic and realistic foreign policy since its independence.
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