Articles

Can’t Rely Only on Government

Ram Madhav, October 18, 2025

(The article was originally published in Indian Express on October 18, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) In recent years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is putting a lot of emphasis on enhancing India’s preparedness in deep-tech areas like artificial intelligence, semiconductors, quantum computing and green-tech. Prime […]

Diplomacy, Not Romanticism

Ram Madhav, October 11, 2025

(The article was originally published in Indian Express on October 11, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) “The old world is dying. And the new world struggles to be born. Now is the time of monsters,” wrote the renowned Italian philosopher and politician Antonio Gramsci. It […]

A Century of Goodwill

Ram Madhav, October 4, 2025

(The article was originally published in Indian Express on October 04, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) On October 2, #RSS@100 was one of the top ten trending hashtags globally. For the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) that turned 100 on that day, there cannot be any […]

Delhi to Beijing, with Caveats

Ram Madhav, September 27, 2025

(The article was originally published in Indian Express on September 27, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) Are India-China relations on a reset mode? Strategic circles are agog with speculation ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled to Tianjin last month to attend the SCO Summit […]

On Our Own Terms

Ram Madhav, September 20, 2025

(The article was originally published in Indian Express on September 20, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) Greetings and good wishes poured in from all over the world for Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 75th birthday. What stood out was the widespread respect he commands […]

The Critic is at Sea

Ram Madhav, September 13, 2025

(The article was originally published in Indian Express on September 13, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi penned an OpEd in a prestigious English daily recently, criticising the Development of Greater Nicobar Islands Project, being undertaken by the Narendra Modi government. […]

The Sangh Outside the Shakha

Ram Madhav, September 6, 2025

(The article was originally published in Indian Express on September 06, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) Last week, Delhi’s elites were treated to a three-day lecture series by RSS sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat on the occasion of the organisation’s centenary. In his usual unostentatious and candid […]

The New World: 21st Century Global Order and India

Ram Madhav, September 4, 2025

(The article is a re-publication of a book review of Dr Ram Madhav’s latest book “The New World: 21st Century Global Order and India”. The review is by Muhammad Waffaa Kharisma and was originally published by Gateway House on September 4, 2025.) In The New World: 21st Century Global Order and India, Ram Madhav offers a […]

Making America Small

Ram Madhav, August 30, 2025

(The article was originally published in Indian Express on August 30, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) The fundamental ideas of the United States of America (USA) were first enunciated by President Woodrow Wilson after the 1st World War. He was a Kantian liberal. Immanuel Kant, […]

Reforming the Steel Frame

Ram Madhav, August 23, 2025

(The article was originally published in Indian Express on August 23, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) On this Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered an important address from the Red Fort ramparts. Unlike in the past, there was a greater emphasis on the grand […]