ADDRESS AT THE BRICS POLITICAL PARTIES FORUM 10-06-2017 FUZHOU, CHINA Brother leaders of BRICS political parties and friends. Let me at the outset compliment IDCPC for hosting such elaborate preparatory meetings in the run up to the forthcoming BRICS summit in September. We hosted the 8th BRICS summit last year at Goa. We also held […]
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REMARKS AT THE GROUP MEETING WITH PB MEMBER OF CPC AT BRICS POLITICAL PARTIES FORUM, FUZHOU, CHINA
11-06-2017 Thank you for hosting this political parties forum and inviting us in the run up to the forthcoming BRICS Leaders Conclave. The amount of preparatory work that is being undertaken by the IDCPC clearly demonstrates the importance that China attaches to BRICS alliance. In ten years BRICS has come of age. It has grown […]
#BRICS2017 – The Advent of BRICS Era
The Advent of BRICS Era ADDRESS AT THE INAUGURAL SESSION OF BRICS POLITICAL PARTIES, THINK TANKS AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS FORUM Fuzhou City, China on 11 June, 2017. Namaskar! Excellencies, distinguished leaders from the BRICS and other countries, ladies and gentlemen! Greetings from the government and people of India! Let me at the very outset […]
BJP SAMMELAN/SPEECH : THEY BURNED LIKE EARTHEN LAMPS
http://organiser.org/Encyc/2017/5/22/2229177.aspx Old Karyakartas of the Jan Sangh time till 1990 in Assam were felicitated at a function in Guwahati. Over 300 old Karyakartas attended the event In a way it is a departure from the usual practice. It is an event hosted by the BJP to felicitate old party workers. It is well known that both […]
Text of Shri Ram Madhav’s Address at Adi Sankara Prakatotsav in Bhopal (01-05-2017)
Adi Shankara belonged to Kerala. He spent most of his time in North India at places like Badrinath and Kashi. Later he established 5 mutts in all the corners of the country – Badri in the north, Puri in the east, Sringeri in south and Dwarika in west. He established the fifth mutt at […]
TRANSFORMATIVE IDEAS – GENERATIONAL THINKING – Shri Ram Madhav’s Speech at BJP National Executive held in January, 2017
(SOME MUSINGS FROM THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED BJP NATIONAL EXECUTIVE) As members of the Sangh Parivar we have heard or sung a famous song which begins with the lines: पथ का अन्तिम लक्ष्य नहीं है सिंहासन चढ़ते जाना। It means ‘power is […]
Shri Ram Madhav’s inaugural address at the international conference on ‘India and the Indian ocean’ by Symbiosis International University at Pune on 18-12-2016
Thank you for inviting me. Foreign policy is considered in India as an elite domain, not something for ordinary folks. Conferences like this will help larger national community understand India’s diplomatic imperatives and endeavours. Foreign policy is too important to be left alone to the diplomats. Diplomacy is Dynamic I am happy that this conference […]
WELCOME ADDRESS AT THE NEPAL-INDIA DIALOGUE KATHMANDU 02-11-2016
Excellency Prime Minister of Nepal Shri Pushpa Kamal Dahal, distinguished and eminent scholars on both sides of the dais and dear friends! It gives me immense pleasure to extend a warm welcome to His Excellency the Prime Minister of Nepal to this very important Bilateral Dialogue. The India Foundation, Delhi is hosting this Dialogue in […]
Imprints of Colonialism in our Political Discourse
Text of Shri Ram Madhav’s address at the Lokmanthan Colloquium Bhopal 12-11-2016 This subject, ‘Imprints of Colonialism in our Political Discourse’, is coming rather 75 years late. We should have settled this issue 65-70 years ago at the time of the Independence itself like many other countries. There was an excellent opportunity at that time […]
INDIA NEEDS A ‘GRAND NATIONAL DREAM’
(Text of Shri Ram Madhav’s Address at the Times Lit Fest at Delhi on 26 November 2016) Let me at the outset confess that this is my first time at any literary festival. I have dabbled in literary activity for many years in the past. But as a political activist today I am cut off […]