(The article was originally published in Indian Express on December 05, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) “You can love him or hate him, but you cannot ignore him” – The phrase was once used to describe Augustine, the 5thcentury Christian reformist theologian and bishop of […]
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on November 29, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal) Last week saw two major global events taking place in two important countries in the Global South – the G-20 Summit at Johannesburg in South Africa on November 22-23 […]
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on November 22, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal) Prime minister Narendra Modi and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will be in Ayodhya next week for the Dhwajaarohan ceremony – hoisting of the sacred flag – in the precincts […]
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on November 15, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) We need to find a new vocabulary to describe the near-sweep of the BJP and its allies JD (U) and LJSP in Bihar assembly elections. This result once again […]
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on November 08, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) Prime minister Narendra Modi inaugurated year-long celebrations commemorating 150 years of the stirring national song Vande Mataram. He described the song as “an enduring symbol of devotion to the […]
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on November 01, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) The United Nations Organisation (UNO) celebrated its 80th anniversary this week. The spurt of articles seeking to project the organisation as the only panacea for the mankind betrayed a […]
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on October 25, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) The 20th East Asia Summit – EAS – is taking place on 26-27 October at Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. This annual gathering of leaders from 18 countries from Asia […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
