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In Nepal and Bangladesh, the people have spoken

Ram Madhav, March 14, 2026

(The article was originally published in Indian Express on March 14, 2026 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) India is not only the world’s largest democracy but a successful one too. It presented a model to its South Asian neighbours to emulate. In the last few decades, […]

Sonia Gandhi’s criticism of Government over Iran is misplaced

Ram Madhav, March 7, 2026

(The article was originally published in Indian Express on March 7, 2026 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi penned an article in these columns earlier this week criticising the Indian government for not condoling the death of the supreme leader of Iran, […]

A storm is brewing in the Indian Ocean Region

Ram Madhav, February 28, 2026

(The article was originally published in Indian Express on February 28, 2026 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) Until a few years ago, we believed that the world’s worst trouble spot will be in the Western Pacific due to the exploding firestorm between the Western powers and […]

As machines learn to think, we need to ask if we have an AI ethics

Ram Madhav, February 21, 2026

(The article was originally published in Indian Express on February 21, 2026 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) “There are weeks where decades happen”, Vladimir Lenin once quipped. Revolutionary moments come very rapidly, and transformative changes occur in breathtaking speed. At the recently concluded Global AI Impact […]

Rahul Gandhi’s churlish attacks on PM, US deal diminish LoP

Ram Madhav, February 14, 2026

(The article was originally published in Indian Express on February 14, 2026 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) The Opposition has every right to question the Government on its actions. Indo-US Trade Deal, concluded last week following a telephone conversation between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President […]

Gandhi, Nehru and the ways of looking back

Ram Madhav, February 7, 2026

(The article was originally published in Indian Express on February 07, 2026 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) Spokespersons of the Congress Party are not illiterates. They clearly understood what I wrote in my column last week. I not only held Nathuram Godse’s act of killing Gandhi […]

In his last days, a dilemma the Mahatma couldn’t resolve

Ram Madhav, January 31, 2026

(The article was originally published in Indian Express on January 31, 2026 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) 78 years ago, on January 30, 1948, Nathuram Godse killed Gandhi for crimes that he believed the latter was responsible. Godse had several grievances that he enumerated before the […]

Davos is a Western, not World, forum

Ram Madhav, January 24, 2026

(The article was originally published in Indian Express on January 24, 2026 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2026 at Davos concluded earlier this week with much fanfare. Besides several important panel discussions on issues like artificial intelligence and green energy addressed […]

In Fortress America, a narrowing of spaces, migrants on edge

Ram Madhav, January 17, 2026

(The article was originally published in Indian Express on January 17, 2026 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) Two visits to the United States of America in a span of four months – between August last year and January this year – brought out the stark reality […]

Trump may be wrong in law but he has upper hand in power game

Ram Madhav, January 10, 2026

(The article was originally published in Indian Express on January 10, 2026 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) The new year began with the capture and deportation of Nicolas Maduro, the president of Venezuela, by the US special forces. The daring act of Donald Trump’s men caused […]