The astute founders of India decided to establish a liberal, secular democracy with equal rights for all of its people. This has preserved the unity of our unique nation and the freedom and tranquillity of its people. We must stay on this course in light of the lessons learned from our friends.
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Throughout many years, Japan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been two of India’s closest allies and partners. Both are prosperous nations, but they were formerly impoverished developing Asian nations, and there were numerous ways that things could have gone wrong.
Each of their ascents began with crises, as is typical. Thanks to a Sturm und Drang display by a US Navy Admiral and his warships on a steamy July morning in 1853, Japan travelled through several millennia. The Japanese ruling elites were rudely ushered out of decades of isolation under the Tokugawa Shogunate and into the age of steam. The Restoration of Power with the Emperor Meiji and the Charter Oath was the outcome of that churning.
The Japanese were aware that not everything in their culture and religion was wonderful and that significant sacrifices needed to be made in order to maintain independence and achieve prosperity. These developments included the social cohesion of all groups, the triumph of reason and science over superstition, and a global openness in knowledge and culture.
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However, when the time for renewal came after World War II’s defeat, Emperor Hirohito once more recalled the Charter Oath and its modernising, humane, and democratic impulse as the founding moment that modern Japan must return to. Rising ultra-nationalism would ruin Japan in the first half of the 20th century.
Early in the 1960s, Abu Dhabi discovered oil, but this could have brought about the resource curse that plagues many other places. A flat tribal social structure, a limited population, and wise leadership were beneficial. As soon as there were enough finances, they were allocated for housing, roads, health, and education.
Beginning in 1969, Dubai also discovered oil, but this was insufficient to change the city. The meagre income was invested in infrastructure, but more crucially, Sheikh Rashid started a policy of tolerance and openness in both the economy and culture. In a neighbourhood teeming with rival businesses, he saw that Dubai’s change would be impossible without the social, religious, and economic freedom it provided.
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