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Published · transcript-backedBarkha Dutt: belief
29 Jun 2022 Conversations with Tyler Barkha Dutt on the Nuances of Indian Life
“I’m not a fan of that capture, but TikTok isn’t going to send the Chinese who are sitting on our territory in the Himalayas out. Also, I think banning technology is useless.”
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- Barkha Dutt
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- belief
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- 29 Jun 2022
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- Conversations with Tyler
Transcript context
…Should India ban TikTok? No. I’m not a fan of the Chinese capture of the Indian markets. For example, every Diwali, it really bothers me. I grew up lighting potter-made diyas, and now you see the cheap plastic that the Chinese have permeated our markets with. I’m not a fan of that capture, but TikTok isn’t going to send the Chinese who are sitting on our territory in the Himalayas out. Also, I think banning technology is useless. You can always create a VPN and get TikTok anyway. It’s not even something that works. Why do you think WhatsApp has proven so especially popular in India?…
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