Articles

It is time to deepen political engagement in Kashmir

Ram Madhav, December 20, 2025

(The article was originally published in Indian Express on December 20, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) It is more than a year since the new government came to power in Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory. Eight months after the brutal Pehalgam massacre that led to […]

We need a calm and mature decision on terror

Ram Madhav, December 13, 2025

(The article was originally published in Indian Express on December 13, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) A month has passed since the deadly car bomb explosion in Delhi. Coming after more than a decade of terror-free life in the national capital, and the first after […]

From COP30 to G20, a churn – and India’s opportunity

Ram Madhav, November 29, 2025

(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 […]

As Mission Ram Mandir Concludes, Let’s Seek Ram Rajya

Ram Madhav, November 22, 2025

(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 […]

Bihar’s voters have chosen good governance over caste politics

Ram Madhav, November 15, 2025

(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 […]

Vande Mataram : The national song with a tragic journey

Ram Madhav, November 8, 2025

(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 […]

Multilateralism, after the UN

Ram Madhav, November 1, 2025

(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 […]

Unstable World, Stable Partner

Ram Madhav, October 25, 2025

(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 […]

Can’t Rely Only on Government

Ram Madhav, October 18, 2025

(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 […]