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Memories of Divison

Ram Madhav, August 12, 2023

(The article was originally published by Indian Express on August 12, 2023 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s Two-Nation Theory was fragile and lacklustre. Intellectually, it was hollow and far removed from objective reality. Muslims lived all across India. There couldn’t have been a […]

J&K, like other states

Ram Madhav, August 5, 2023

(The article was originally published by Indian Express on August 05, 2023 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) If the head of an Indian state tells you that an INOX theatre, which also screens Hollywood movies, has been opened in the state capital, or that a new […]

From Delhi to Manipur

Ram Madhav, July 29, 2023

(The article was originally published by Indian Express on July 29, 2023 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) According to Greek mythology, Pandora was the first female created from clay. She was sent by the Greek god Zeus to the Titan Prometheus with a jar of evil […]

Upholders of Strategic Autonomy

Ram Madhav, July 22, 2023

(The article was originally published by Indian Express on July 22, 2023 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to France to participate in the Bastille Day parade will be seen as an important milestone in the Indo-French relationship. Bastille Day is celebrated […]

Healing touch, not propaganda

Ram Madhav, July 15, 2023

(The article was originally published by Indian Express on July 15, 2023 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT’S intervention in what is India’s internal matter, the violence in Manipur, is bound toruffle many feathers in the country. In a session at Strasbourg in France […]

Reckoning for Multiculturalism

Ram Madhav, July 8, 2023

(The article was originally published by Indian Express on July 8, 2023 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) France is the land of revolutions. We know of three revolutions, in 1789, 1830 and 1848. But there were many short, “near-revolutions” too. They were not peaceful. They involved a […]

National Research Foundation: Preparing for the new revolution

Ram Madhav, July 1, 2023

(The article was originally published by Indian Express as a part of Dr Madhav’s bi-weekly column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) Not many would have understood the significance of the Narendra Modi government’s decision to set up a National Research Foundation (NRF) with the stated aim to “seed, grow and promote research and […]

When PM Modi meets President Biden

Ram Madhav, June 17, 2023

(The article was originally published by Indian Express on June 17, 2023 as a part of Dr Madhav’s bi-weekly column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) There is palpable excitement on both sides over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US next week. He will be among the few dignitaries to get the […]

Dharmocracy, the Indian version of democracy

Ram Madhav, June 2, 2023

(The article was originally published by Indian Express on June 2, 2023 as a part of Dr Madhav’s bi-weekly column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) “2023 BC” – blared the headline of an English daily published from Kolkata. It had a picture of the saints of the Adheenams from Tamilnadu standing in the […]

Decoding Sengol, the Sacred Sceptre

Ram Madhav, May 26, 2023

(The article was originally published by Indian Express on May 26, 2023 and in the print edition on May 29,2023. Views expressed are personal.) By now, the people of India have become familiar with the extensive history of “Sengol”, the sacred sceptre. Once a part of the regalia of royalty in the ancient West, it […]