Russian involvement in Global South ‘very unique’ – Indian writer
Russia’s active participation in initiatives involving the Global South is “very unique” and “encouraging,” Indian writer and former bureaucrat Achala Moulik has said.
Speaking ahead of the Intervision contest, which was held in Moscow in September, Moulik said Russia was giving a voice to emerging countries by inviting them for such programs.
“This is a very unique situation in which a European nation, European state, a superpower, a nuclear power, is finally taking interest in the Global South,” Moulik said. “And this is very encouraging for the Global South, which has endured a lot of oppression, exploitation, and injustice.”
She said India was happy to be involved in initiatives that involved Russia and Global South nations. “So India, as a partner in Intervision with China, another great civilization, with Iran, another great civilization, Iraq, which is probably older if you think of Sumeria and Babylon,” she added. “I think it will be a wonderful opening of a new age.”
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Moulik also praised Russian President Vladimir Putin for pursuing multipolarity as a policy and for saying that “everybody is equal” and that there is no room for a global hegemon.
“I mean, it was always there. If you look at the pre-colonial age, nobody was a superpower,” she said. “I salute our fellow Asians and Africans that these years of colonial rule have not been able to destroy our souls. We have still maintained our culture, our tradition, our civilizational values and respected the civilization diversity of other countries.”
Moulik is a member of the International Jury of the Leo Tolstoy International Peace Prize.
Russia continues to engage with India and other Global South countries in arts and culture. Moscow showcased over 1,500 books from more than 100 publishers at the New Delhi World Book Fair in February, where Russia was the focus country.
Intervision, the revived Soviet-era competition that Moscow has cast as a rival to Eurovision, has seen performers from 22 nations, including China, India and Brazil, participating. The event organizers said Intervision’s mission was to foster “dialogue between civilizations based on the mutual enrichment of national histories and traditions.”
