(The article was originally published in Indian Express on February 08, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) Many Indians look at annual budgets only for relief in direct and indirect tax regimes that benefits the middle class. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman did not disappoint them this […]
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on February 01, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) I was at an Indian community event in Dubai recently where a prominent business leader was being felicitated for a prestigious award he won. During the interaction, one of […]
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on January 25, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) This year marks 75 years of the adoption of India’s Constitution. The government has planned year-long programmes with the slogan “Hamara Samvidhan, Hamara Swabhiman” — our constitution, our pride. […]
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on January 18, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) Donald Trump’s inauguration will take place on January 20, formally setting the stage for Trump 2.0. Unlike his election in 2016, which was seen more as an accident and […]
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on January 11, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) India is the land of festivals. The Maha Kumbh Mela, set to start in the Prayagraj city of Uttar Pradesh in the coming week, is the festival of festivals. […]
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on January 04, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) A new year brings new resolutions for individuals. But what about nations? The year 2024 ended with mixed outcomes. Over 60 countries went to the polls last year, dubbed […]
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on December 28, 2024 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) “Who, me?” This was the revealing cover text in The Economist, over a photograph of Dr Manmohan Singh speaking on the phone, when he became the surprise choice for […]
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on December 21, 2024 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) The politically-motivated protests of the Congress Party over Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement in Rajya Sabha, that led to a scuffle and hospitalisation of a couple of MPs, are […]
(The article was originally published in OPEN Magazine on December 20, 2024. Views expressed are personal.) THE RASHTRIYA SWAYAMSEVAK SANGH (RSS) HAS entered its 100th year this October. Started in 1925 by a politically and socially motivated freedom fighter from Nagpur, Keshav Baliram Hedgewar (fondly known in RSS as “Doctorji”), the organisation has the unique […]
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on December 14, 2024 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) James Carville, the campaign strategist of Bill Clinton in the 1992 presidential elections said, famously, “The economy, stupid”, a phrase that turned the tables on George H W Bush’s […]
