Ram Madhav

Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Development, Security and Ecology

Ram Madhav, June 14, 2026

(Text of Dr Ram Madhav’s Welcome Address at the Inaugural Session of the Conference on “Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Development, Security and Ecology on June 12, 2026.) Good Morning Friends ! We are here for a day long conference today, on a very important subject. The United States had once described Diego Garcia as its […]

India at G7 : From guest to strategic partner

Ram Madhav, June 13, 2026

(The article was originally published in Indian Express as a part of Dr Ram Madhav’s column titled Ram Rajya on June 13, 2026. Views expressed are personal.)  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be attending the G‑7 summit next week in France. This will be his seventh consecutive participation and 14th for India reflecting its growing […]

Modi’s road is distinct as he passes Nehru’s milestone

Ram Madhav, June 6, 2026

(The article was originally published in Indian Express as a part of Dr Ram Madhav’s column titled Ram Rajya on June 06, 2026. Views expressed are personal.)  Prime minister Narendra Modi will soon be crossing an important milestone in his own political career and also in country’s post-independence history by becoming the longest continuously serving […]

Who gets ST benefits, who shouldn’t? Debate continues

Ram Madhav, May 30, 2026

(The article was originally published in Indian Express as a part of Dr Ram Madhav’s column titled Ram Rajya on May 30, 2026. Views expressed are personal.)  Last Sunday, Delhi witnessed a massive congregation of tribals who came from all over the country to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of a renowned freedom fighter of […]

Alliances are key to Delhi’s deep tech ambitions

Ram Madhav, May 23, 2026

(The article was originally published in Indian Express as a part of Dr Ram Madhav’s column titled Ram Rajya on May 23, 2026. Views expressed are personal.)  Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Nordic countries was marred by the unruly behaviour of a local journalist, Helle Lyng Svendsen. Her screams at the joint media appearance […]

Are Trump and Xi reviving bipolarity?

Ram Madhav, May 16, 2026

(The article was originally published in Indian Express as a part of Dr Ram Madhav’s column titled Ram Rajya on May 16, 2026. Views expressed are personal.)  Global developments raise an important question. Are we heading again towards bipolarity of a different kind? The hype surrounding President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing this week and […]

Two trysts with nationalism, 1911 and 2026

Ram Madhav, May 9, 2026

(The article was originally published in Indian Express as a part of Dr Ram Madhav’s column titled Ram Rajya on May 09, 2026. Views expressed are personal.)  Bengal was once the hotbed of nationalists. It produced great reformers and patriots like Raja Rammohan Roy, Bankim Chandra Chattarjee, Swami Vivekananda, Rishi Aurobindo, Rabindranath Tagore and Shyama […]

Who ‘surrendered’ to the US? It’s the wrong question

Ram Madhav, May 2, 2026

(The article was originally published in Indian Express as a part of Dr Ram Madhav’s column titled Ram Rajya on May 02, 2026. Views expressed are personal.)  Last week, a major debate erupted over an observation of mine at a conference in Washington DC. I talked about oil imports from Iran and Russia. I was […]

North vs South – A manufactured fault line

Ram Madhav, April 25, 2026

(The article was originally published in Indian Express as a part of Dr Ram Madhav’s column titled Ram Rajya on April 25, 2026. Views expressed are personal.)  By defeating the 131st Amendment to the Indian Constitution that was intended to facilitate implementation of the 106th Amendment passed in 2023 guaranteeing 33 percent reservation to women […]

In Bengal, EC has laid the foundation for a fair poll

Ram Madhav, April 18, 2026

(The article was originally published in Indian Express on April 18, 2026 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) What the Election Commission of India, led by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, did in Bengal for the upcoming Assembly elections is unprecedented. The election commission was transformed […]