Dr. Balasubramaniam: Kautilya reduces governance to protecting and enabling citizen security
Dr. R. Balasubramaniam (Balu) · PM Modi's Childhood, RSS Philosophy, Morbi Disaster, Farm Laws & Article 370 | Dr R Balu | Neon Show · Jan 17, 2025 · at 33:12
Dr. R. Balasubramaniam explains the foundational political philosophy of Kautilya's Arthashastra regarding the core duties of a sovereign.
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“A king's responsibility is only two things. Yogakshema and Lokasangraha. Welfare of society. And he says, every citizen keeps acquiring a lot of securities, economic, political, social, intellectual. The king's responsibility is to protect those securities he acquires and enable an ecosystem where he can keep acquiring securities.”
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