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OPINION

How India Led the Way Toward

a Human-Centered Future

For India, the G20 Presidency is not merely a high-level diplomatic endeavor. As the Mother

of Democracy and a model of diversity, we opened the doors of this experience to the world

NARENDRA MODI Prime Minister Narendra Modi, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, United States President Joe Biden, Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and
Indonesia President Joko Widodo lay a wreath at Raj Ghat to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi in New Delhi on Sunday (ANI)
“VASUDHAIVA
KUTUMBAKAM.” human-centric progress. As One that came before it. There have been tilateralism through the reform of
Earth, we are coming together to three important changes, among global institutions.
hese two words capture a nurture our planet. As One Family, others. First, there is a growing reali- Our G20 Presidency has played
deep philosophy. They mean,
T“The world is one family.” It’s we support each other in the pursuit zation that we need a shift away from the role of catalyst in all three of
these shifts.
of growth. And we move together
a GDP-centric view of the world to
an all-embracing outlook that en- towards a shared future—One Fu- a human-centric one. Second, the In December 2022, when we
courages us to progress as one uni- ture—which is an undeniable truth world is recognizing the importance took over the Presidency from In-
versal family, transcending borders, in these interconnected times. of resilience and reliability in global donesia, I had written that the G20
languages, and ideologies. The post-pandemic world or- supply chains. Third, there has been must catalyze a mindset shift. This
During India’s G20 Presiden-
cy, this has translated into a call for der is very different from the world a collective call for boosting mul- Continued on next page... >>

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