Iqbal Chand Malhotra is an Indian filmmaker, author, and expert on geopolitics. He studied Economics at Cambridge University and has produced over 500 hours of documentaries. As the Chairman of AIM Television, he focuses on topics like terrorism, geopolitics, and nuclear strategies. He has also been a juror for the International Emmy Awards. Malhotra has directed three award-winning documentaries: The Legend of Malerkotla, Subhas Chandra Bose: The Mystery, and Netaji Bose and the Lost Treasure. He co-wrote the bestseller Kashmir’s Untold Story – Declassified and authored Red Fear – The China Threat.
You Can buy his books here:
https://www.amazon.in/Books-Iqbal-Chand-Malhotra/s?rh=n%3A976389031%2Cp_27%3AIqbal%2BChand%2BMalhotra
You can check out his documentaries here:
https://aimtelevision.com/
In this episode, Vinamre and Iqbal talk about:
- How China weakened India’s industries and how India can reduce its dependence on China
- The future of India-U.S. ties and Starlink’s role in India
- China’s dams on the Indus River and their impact
- The British opium trade in China
- Pakistan’s role in the drug trade and how Pakistan created the Taliban
- His experiences in Afghanistan and Turkmenistan with drug lords and renting an AK-47
- China’s tricks in 1962 and the existence of “The Great Game”.
Watch the episode to learn more about China’s threat to India and the history of India-China relations.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
1:10 - Deindustrialization of India by China
10:30 - What can India do to disengage from the Chinese economy?
14:43 - Why is he so harsh towards China?
17:48 - India-U.S. relations and Starlink in India
20:28 - China is building dams on Indus rivers
23:20 - Opium trade in China by the British
24:36 - Pakistan is a narcotic state
28:18 - The Taliban was created by Pakistan, not America
31:05 - Traveling in different parts of Afghanistan
35:48 - The crazy dictator of Turkmenistan
39:13 - Renting an AK-47
44:00 - Meeting the drug lord of Afghanistan
50:08 - How did he end up in these places?
54:22 - Traveling to China and Kailash Mansarovar
59:00 - How China fooled us in 1962 war
1:11:00 - Does "The Great Game" still exist in the modern era?
1:13:20 - Conclusion
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