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Addressing the @raisinadialogue. https://t.co/SQY8EDvjUU

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 13, 2021

This edition of Raisina Dialogue takes place at a watershed moment in human history.

A global pandemic has been ravaging the world for over a year: PM @narendramodi

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) April 13, 2021

Today, I submit to you that this was the wrong question.

As a result, all the steps taken were like treating a patient’s symptoms without addressing the underlying causes: PM @narendramodi

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) April 13, 2021

But, under the shadow of the two Wars, they were aimed at answering only one question.

How to prevent the Third World War? - PM @narendramodi

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) April 13, 2021

The horrors of the First and Second World Wars compelled the emergence of a new world order.

After the end of the Second World War, over the next few decades, many structures and institutions were created: PM @narendramodi

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) April 13, 2021

So, what would have been the right questions?

They could have included:

Why do we have famines and hunger?

Why do we have poverty?

Or, most fundamentally:

Why can’t we cooperate to address problems that threaten the entire humanity? - PM @narendramodi

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) April 13, 2021

During this pandemic, in our own humble way, within our own limited resources, we in India have tried to walk the talk

We have tried to protect our own 1.3 billion citizens from the pandemic

At the same time, we have also tried to support pandemic response efforts of others: PM

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) April 13, 2021

We understand fully, that mankind will not defeat the pandemic unless all of us, everywhere, regardless of the colour of our passports, come out of it.

That is why, this year, despite many constraints, we have supplied vaccines to over 80 countries: PM @narendramodi

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) April 13, 2021

While we may be used to having “Plan A” and “Plan B”, there is no Planet B.

Only Planet Earth.

And so, we must remember that we hold this planet merely as trustees for our future generations: PM @narendramodi

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) April 13, 2021