Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur met the co-founder of Netflix, Reed Hastings, for a discussion this morning. Mr Thakur also presented Mr Hastings, the co-founder and co-CEO of Netflix, with a copy of the Bhagavad Gita in the course of their meeting. Sharing two photographs from the meeting on social media, the union minister mentioned they had a productive discussion on what India has to offer you the world in terms of customer content.
“Good discussion with Mr Reed Hastings (Co-Founder & CEO Netflix),” Mr Thakur wrote whilst sharing the photographs on Instagram. “Today consumers of content are traveling the world through stories; India offers a variety of opportunities and ideas – in multiple languages,” he mentioned.
Mr Thakur added that he presented the Netflix co-founder with the Bhagavad Gita – a sacred scripture in Hinduism which actually implies “the song of God”.
In 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had presented the emperor of Japan with a copy of the sacred scripture, saying that he had “nothing more valuable to give and the world has nothing more valuable to get.” At that time, Anurag Thakur had praised the Gita as the ideal present as it ” teaches us eternal ways of life relevant in all times.”
True!”@iamnikhilnanda: Gift of “bhagwad Geeta” best gift fr it teaches us eternal ways of life relevant in all times http://t.co/jc2HjMzUo3″
— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) September 4, 2014
The government in November place OTT platforms such as Netflix as effectively as news and present affairs content on on the web platforms below the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and gave it powers to regulate policies and guidelines for the digital space.