NO MATTER WHO BECOMES INDIA'S NEXT PRIME MINISTER, THEIR
ELECTION WILL HAVE GLOBAL CONSEQUENCES.
OUR OWN JASON JONES HAS MORE.
>> Jason: INDIA IS HAVING AN ELECTION. AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN
TOLD IT'S AN INCREDIBLE PLACE TO VISIT. BUT I'D RATHER AVOID
DYSENTERY IN 120 DEGREE WEATHER. SO INSTEAD I WENT
TO THE INDIA CONSULATE IN NEW YORK AND MET WITH AMBASSADOR --
(MISPRONOUNCING NAME) -- I MET WITH THE AMBASSADOR.
MR. AMBASSADOR, I AM NOT AT ALL EMBARASSED TO ADMIT THAT I KNOW
NOTHING ABOUT INDIA.
>> YEAH, WELL IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO START.
>> I HEAR YOU GUYS ARE HAVING A LITTLE ELECTION.
>> YES. INDIA IS ACTUALLY THE GREATEST DEMOCRACY IN THE WORLD.
>> NO, THAT'S THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THAT IS THE GREATEST DEMOCRACY IN THE WORLD.
>> NO, HOW DO YOU DEFINE IT?
>> Jason: OH, I DON'T KNOW, 121 MILLION PEOPLE VOTING IN OUR
LAST ELECTION.
>> AND WE HAVE 814 MILLION REGISTERED VOTERS.
>> Jason: OK, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S IN RUPEES.
HOW MANY IN AMERICAN?
>> I THINK WE DON'T CONVERT PEOPLE INTO RUPEES AND DOLLARS.
>> I KNOW WHY YOU KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT US BECAUSE WE'RE THE BEST.
BUT, WHY DON'T WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT YOU?
>> YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND INDIA IN ONE LIFE.
A PERSON SAY FROM TAMIL NADU IN THE SOUTH WOULD NOT
UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE OF SOMEBODY IN THE NORTHEAST.
MY WIFE OFTEN THINKS WHEN I SAY NO, SHE THINK IT'S YES.
>> Jason: HOW DO YOU SAY NO?
>> I SAY IT LIKE THIS.
>> Jason: WHAT, YOU SAY NO LIKE THIS?
>> SO, NOW ACTUALLY YOU'RE CONFUSING ME.
I REALLY DON'T KNOW.
>> Jason: YOU DON'T REMEMBER HOW YOU SAY NO?
>> AT ONE LEVEL INDIA IS VERY CONFUSING, AT
ANOTHER LEVEL IT'S VERY, VERY FASCINATING.
>> Jason: WELL, AMBASSADOR, IF YOUR ELECTIONS ARE SO
FASCINATING THEN WHY IS THIS ALL I CAN FIND ABOUT
INDIA ON AMERICAN TELEVISION?
>> GOOD RICE, GOOD CURRY, GOOD GANDHI, LET'S HURRY.
>> THE COVERAGE HERE IS, I WOULD SAY, LOPSIDED.
IT DOESN'T CAPTURE THE COMPLEXITY, IT DOESN'T CAPTURE
THE ENTHUSIASM OF INDIAN PEOPLE.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU MUST SEE TO BELIEVE.
>> Jason: PLEASE DO NOT DARE ME TO GO TO INDIA.
>> THIS IS REALLY A FASCINATING ELECTION.
>> Jason: DON'T MAKE ME GO TO INDIA.
>> NO, YOU MUST GO.
>> Jason: BUT, I DON'T WANT TO GO.
>> SITTING BEHIND A DESK IN THE U.S., AND
APPRECIATING OR UNDERSTANDING INDIAN ELECTIONS IS ALMOST NEXT
TO IMPOSSIBLE.
>> Jason: OK, YOU KNOW WHAT, PAL?
I AM GOING TO GO FIND SOMEONE WHO IS WILLING TO TRAVEL TO
INDIA.
>> YOU BETTER GO. YOU BETTER GO.
>> Jason: I'M NOT GOING.
>> YOU BETTER GO.
>> Jason: LUCKILY, I KNEW SOMEONE WHO LOVED INDIA.
(KNOCKING)
GUESS WHAT? WHO THE (bleep) ARE YOU?
>> HI, I'M JORDAN.
>> YEAH, I DON'T CARE. WHERE'S MANDVI?
>> HE'S HAS AN HBO SHOW.
>> Jason: WELL, GOOD NEWS. YOU ARE GOING TO INDIA.
>> OH, I CAN'T. I'M A RACIST.
>> Jason: JESSICA.
>> I CAN'T. I'M RACIST, TOO.
>> LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO INDIA, HAVE A NICE TRIP.
>> I REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO COME TO INDIA. YOU KNOW,
I'M PRETTY HUNGRY. LET'S GO GRAB SOME CHILLED MONKEY BRAINS.
IS THAT RACIST, BY THE WAY?
(MUSIC) >> OKAY, LET'S AVOID THAT CIVIL
WAR.
NO, NO, CAN'T FLY IN THEIR AIRSPACE.
WHOA, TOO MANY DRONES THERE.
THERE WE GO. DELHI. JUST ONE LOOK AT THE CHAOS OF
INDIA'S CAPITAL CITY AND IT WAS CLEAR THERE WAS NO WAY THIS
DEMOCRACY COULD EQUAL OURS. FOR EXAMPLE,
IN THE U.S. YOU ARE FREE TO CHOOSE ONE OF TWO PARTIES AND IN
INDIA YOU HOLY (bleep) THERE'S A LOT OF CHOICES.
OK, BUT IN AMERICA, A STAGGERING 23% OF OUR YOUTH PLAN ON VOTING
IN OUR NEXT ELECTIONS.
MATCH THAT, INDIA.
>> AS YOU KNOW 60 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN WITH THE CONGRESS PARTY,
WE'RE TRYING SOMETHING NEW THIS TIME.
>> SO, YOU'RE 15 YEARS OLD AND YOU ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT POLITICS.
>> YES, WE DO BECAUSE IT IS OUR FUTURE.
>> REALLY? YOU GUYS ALL CARE ABOUT POLITICS?
>> YES.
>> YES, OF COURSE I CARE ABOUT POLITICS BECAUSE OUR
FUTURE DEPENDS ON US SO WE CARE A LOT ABOUT POLITICS.
>> YOU CARE THAT MUCH YOU DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE THAT
MOTORCYCLE.
>> YEAH.
>> WOW. AND WITH 150 MILLION FIRST-TIME VOTERS, MAYBE INDIA'S
YOUTH IS A LITTLE MORE ENGAGED THAN OURS.
BUT IN AMERICA, OUR POLITICIANS KNOW HOW TO SPEAK TO EACH
COLOR-CODED GROUP.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU DADDY YANKEE.
>> WHO LET THE DOGS OUT?
WHO?
>> SO, INDIA, DOES YOUR DEMOCRACY PANDER TO ITS
MINORITIES?
I'M LOOKING FOR MINORITIES -- PEOPLE WHO LOOK -- MINORITIES --
I DON'T KNOW, WHAT IS YOUR MINORITY HERE?
HEY PAL, YOU SPEAK ENGLISH?
>> YES.
>> Jason: YOU DO. OKAY. WHAT'S UH,
WHAT DO MINORITIES LOOK LIKE HERE?
>> YOU.
>> Jason: LIKE ME?
>> YES.
>> Jason: OH YES. WHY AM I ASKING THE QUESTIONS THEN?
HERE, YOU TAKE IT. I'LL TAKE THAT.
HERE, LET'S, LET'S SWAP THEM.
JUST READ THEM.
>> WHY ARE WHITE PEOPLE SO FAT?
>> Jason: WHAT?
>> WHY ARE, WHY ARE WHITE PEOPLE SO FAT?
>> Jason: NO, I HEARD YOU. IT'S JUST VERY OFFENSIVE.
>> WHY ARE WHITE PEOPLE SO LAZY?
>> Jason: YOU CAN'T SAY THAT!
>> I HAVE 30 OTHERS, DO YOU WANT ME TO KEEP GOING?
>> Jason: NO. I DON'T WANT YOU TO KEEP GOING.
IS THAT WHAT THIS INTERVIEW IS ALL ABOUT? TO MAKE ME LOOK
FOOLISH AS A MINORITY?
THE INTERVIEW IS OVER.
BUT, THE REAL WORK IS BEGINNING.
BECAUSE EVERYWHERE I WENT IN INDIA, EVERYONE HAD AN OPINION
ON POLITICS.
>> EVERY PERSON'S ASPIRATION, EVERY SINGLE VOTE.
>> Jason: YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE ALL THAT BUT I'VE GOT A LONG,
LONG LINE OF GUYS I'VE GOT TO GET TO.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT POLITICS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Jason: OF COURSE, YOU ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT POLITICS.
>> -- LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT.
AND IN A COUNTRY WITH 1.2 BILLION PEOPLE, 780 OFFICIAL
LANGUAGES AND 330 MILLION HINDU GODS, CUTTING THROUGH THE NOISE
WAS GOING TO TAKE A WHILE.
>> Jon: JASON JONES, WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK!