(The article was originally published in Hindustan Times on November 3, 2022. Views expressed are personal.) History serves the masters of the past. But historians serve the masters of the present too. That’s why Napoleon quipped that history is, after all, a “fable, mutually agreed upon”. Recently, the accession of the princely state of Jammu […]
(The article was originally published by Dainik Bhaskar on October 22, 2022. Views expressed are personal.) ईश्वर के अस्तित्व का प्रश्न पश्चिम को सदियों से परेशान कर रहा है। 1078 ईस्वी में कैंटरबरी के आर्चबिशप एंसेल्म ने कहा था, कोई न कोई वैसी शक्ति अवश्य होनी चाहिए, जो हमारे जानने की क्षमताओं से परे हो। […]
(The article was originally published by Indian Express on October 22, 2022 as a part of Dr Madhav’s bi-weekly column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) Did God exist? This question bothered the West for centuries. One of the earliest arguments for the existence of God, which Immanuel Kant called “ontology”, was given by […]
(The article was originally published by Indian Express on October 18, 2022. Views expressed are personal.) Although the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has attracted enormous attention, it is clear that, like in the past, this session too will be a tightly choreographed affair. With everything decided during the run-up […]
(The article was originally published by Dainik Bhaskar on October 8, 2022. Views expressed are personal.) आज देश की प्रथम नागरिक एक आदिवासी महिला हैं, जिन्होंने दलित राष्ट्रपति का स्थान लिया है। सरकार, न्यायपालिका और प्रशासन में मुस्लिम, ईसाई, अन्य अल्पसंख्यक उच्च पदों पर हैं। सिख बहुसंख्या वाले राज्य पंजाब में सिख मुख्यमंत्री हैं। नगालैंड, […]
(The article was originally published by Indian Express on October 8, 2022 as a part of Dr Madhav’s bi-weekly column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) India’s first citizen is an “Adivasi” woman from one of the remotest tribal areas in eastern India who succeeded a “Dalit” president. Muslims, Christians and other “minorities” hold […]
(The article was originally published in OPEN Magazine on October 2, 2022. Views expressed are personal.) On his 75th birthday, October 2, 1944, Mahatma Gandhi received one moving message from Albert Einstein. He described Gandhi as “a leader of his people, unsupported by any outward authority; a politician whose success rests not upon craft, nor upon […]
(The article was originally published by Institut Montaigne on September 27, 2022. Views expressed are personal.) The conflict in Ukraine has begun reshaping the global order. Ram Madhav, Former National General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Member of the Governing Council of India Foundation, questions the legitimacy of the Western leadership model for […]
(The article was originally published by Indian Express on September 10, 2022 as a part of Dr Madhav’s fortnightly column called ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) Rajpath, the 1911-vintage Kingsway built to welcome King George V, became Kartavya Path. A tall black-stone statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, described by Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]
(The article was originally published by Chintan-India Foundation Blogs on September 14, 2022. Views expressed are personal.) Musings on my recent travels to South Korea Gimhae is an ancient city in South Korea. It was the capital of the Geumgwan Gaya kingdom – one of the three ancient kingdoms of Korea. Gaya kingdom has a […]
