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North East India: The Centre of Gravity in ‘Act East’ Policy

Ram Madhav, July 20, 2018

When we talk about the North Eastern region of India we must keep in mind that we are talking about the 30th largest region in population in the world. The eight small states that constitute the North East region of India – Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura is the 11th […]

Bengaluru to Delhi

Ram Madhav, May 30, 2018

Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr, an American theologian, ethicist, and commentator on politics and public affairs, had once said of democracy: “Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary”. It is this dance of democracy, a product of man’s capacity and cold-bloodedness, that the nation is witnessing with awe […]

Couple Therapy

Ram Madhav, April 27, 2018

Prime Narendra Minister Modi begins his two-day visit to Wuhan city in China today for a unique meeting with President Xi Jinping, described as an “informal meeting”. PM Modi is being accompanied by National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale and a few other officials. It is expected that the two leaders would […]

Leader, cadre, parivar

Ram Madhav, April 6, 2018

BJP has grown on the strength of its ideology, party structure and political accommodation The BJP enters the 39th year of its inception today. The party celebrates April 6 every year as its Foundation Day. The ideological foundation of the party takes it back further by three decades to 1951. In May that year, the […]

Ma Ganga by Another Name

Ram Madhav, March 23, 2018

The Mekong region and our Gangetic civilisation share an ancient past that enriched both Some scholars in India consider Mekong a distorted pronunciation of Ma Ganga, Mother Ganges, thus implying that the two rivers, flowing at a distance from each other and enriching large parts of the region, are actually connected with each other through […]

No mean victory

Ram Madhav, March 5, 2018

“Congrats Ram! The world needs fewer Communists.” This message that I received from a foreign diplomat aptly sums up the significance of the Tripura results. Ronald Reagan is credited with decimating Communism; so is Margaret Thatcher. In India, that task will most likely be completed by Narendra Modi. “How did he do it”, those puzzled […]

Engaging to contain

Ram Madhav, March 1, 2018

The Canadian press has reported that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had supported the claim of one of the public service officials in his government blaming “factions in Indian government” for “sabotaging” his recent trip to India. This amounts to ulta chor kotwal ko daante, the thief blaming the police. Trudeau could have been a little […]