South African Minister Applauds India’s Rise from the “Ashes of Colonialism” to Tech Giant at BRICS

An in-depth examination of India’s emergence from the ruins of colonialism to its current status as a digital titan is merited, a South African minister said on Wednesday during a BRICS conference. The Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, praised India’s growth in the international economy.

“The Indian civilisation, which spans thousands of years, and the country’s rise and development from the ashes of colonialism should be looked at closely,” she said in Durban, South Africa, to delegates from the BRICS bloc at the BRICS Youth Summit. The summit is one of many gatherings held in advance of the 15th BRICS Summit, which will be held in Johannesburg next month.

Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa make up the BRICS group.

Few people could have predicted three decades ago that India would dominate the IT sector and that over half of the top 10 IT businesses in the world would have Indian roots. Fewer of us had any idea that Indian businesses would be creating employment all around the world, even in the West, according to Dlamini-Zuma. “The history, investment, and decisive leadership that went into making India a tech giant today is worth an in-depth analysis,” added the minister.

She exhorted the young to take charge and lead efforts to alter the prevalent Eurocentric narratives of the globe and so alter the trajectory of human history. In this summit, “every single one of you is sitting on the verge of a geopolitical revolution that is BRICS, and you are all in the process of jolting the global community from its slumber,” she remarked.

“What we do with BRICS and how this alliance develops has the power to alter the course of history and hasten the demise of an unjust imperialist regime. In her introductory comments, the minister said that BRICS represents a departure from the past.

In order to strengthen and future-proof this partnership, Dlamini-Zuma asked the delegates to give special attention to skill, knowledge, and cultural exchanges among BRICS youth.

“Skills and cultural exchange programs are now simpler and less expensive thanks to the internet and the digital transition. I anticipate that your ambitions to become more fluent in one another’s languages will be a key component of the BRICS countries’ further integration and closeness,” she remarked.

She urged the young to get familiar with the histories of the BRICS countries themselves and move away from the conventional image of formerly colonial countries. These stories are just Western interpretations of our countries that try to perpetuate previous patterns of international dominance and control at any costs.In order to grasp the wheel and drive this BRICS train of freedom and multipolarity towards its logical and planned destination, she continued, “you need to invest in an accurate version of your past.”

The minister urged the younger generation to work for a world in which everyone has a minimum level of socioeconomic stability. She emphasized that it was your duty as BRICS young leaders to unify all of Africa and the Global South in support of the organization’s mission of win-win cooperation.