Ram Madhav

Can’t drop guard as China has soaring ambition

Ram Madhav, May 28, 2020

In 2013, the then defence minister A K Antony, addressing an army commanders conference, had warned that “this hardening Chinese stand on the boundary issue” was unlikely to change with the ascent of Xi Jinping to power. “Therefore, there is a need to constantly develop our capability to achieve minimum credible deterrence, even while we […]

The Kochi Post | Ram Madhav: Whatever the party assigns me will be my work

Ram Madhav, May 27, 2020

BJP National General Secretary and Senior Pracharak of the RSS, Ram Madhav, who is loaned to the party said that the country has to prepare itself for a greater role to play in the emerging new world order. He said that Post–Covid world order will be guided by a different agenda than the present one […]

Decoding the Centre’s plan for migrant workers

Ram Madhav, May 26, 2020

It extended monetary support through various routes. Now, states must step in, end the political blame game  Eight decades after he formulated his General Theory, John Maynard Keynes remains a demigod to many liberal economists. Keynes’ “trickle-up” theory is seen by them as a panacea for the migrant working class affected by the coronavirus disease […]

Role of Public Diplomacy during and Post COVID-19

Ram Madhav, May 22, 2020

Text of Shri Ram Madhav’s address at a Webinar on “Role of Public Diplomacy during and After COVID-19” organised by India Foundation’s Center for Soft Power in association with Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) on May 22, 2020 My greetings and Namaskars to all the distinguished friends present in this webinar. Public diplomacy has always […]

The Heat in Beijing

Ram Madhav, May 22, 2020

At the National People’s Congress meet today, the Chinese leadership may further stoke nationalist sentiments This coronavirus pandemic is turning out to be catalysing major geopolitical upheavals. There appear to be not many takers in the world, at least among the big powers, for the UN Secretary General António Guterres’ appeal on March 23rd, “To […]

Cultural Diplomacy Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic

Ram Madhav, May 21, 2020

Text of Shri Ram Madhav’s Inaugural address at the Video Conference on “Cultural Diplomacy amidst COVID-19 Pandemic” organised but the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Center, Embassy of India, Seoul, South Korea to mark the World Culture Day on May 21, 2020 Amb Dinesh Patnaik, DG, ICCR, Amb Sripriya Ranganathan, Dr Sonu Trivedi, friends from Korea and […]

Reward the people

Ram Madhav, May 21, 2020

Denial of 4G services, necessary in special circumstances, can now be done away with. It is time to allow J&K full-fledged political activity. The gazette notification of the rules on domicile has brought the process initiated on August 5, 2019, in Jammu and Kashmir to a logical end. The annulment of Article 35A of the Constitution called […]

India’s Grand Strategy in a Changing Global Order

Ram Madhav, May 15, 2020

Text of Shri Ram Madhav’s address at The New India Dialogues on “India’s Grand Strategy in a changing global order” organised by The Indian Futures on May 9, 2020 We are passing through difficult times and not just in the sense of the spread of this pandemic but also the effects that it is bound […]

Lectures on the Ramayana

Ram Madhav, May 15, 2020

“aadau raam tapovanaadi gamnam , hatva mrigam kanchanam|vaidehi harnam jatayu marnam sugreev sambhashanam ||baali nigrahanam samudra tarnam lankapuri daahnam |paschaadravan kumbhkaran hananam etadhi ramayanam ||” This was how Tulsidas had summarized the great epic Ramayana one verse. ‘Ram went to forests, went after the golden deer to kill, Sita was kidnapped, Jatayu killed, friendship happened […]