(The article was originally published in Indian Express on July 13, 2024 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) Conservative parties are on the rise in Europe. They have captured power in several…
(The article was originally published in OPEN Magazine on July 12, 2024. Views expressed are personal.) India is a deeply religious country. Conservatism is in its blood. A PEW survey found that nearly all Indians – 98 per cent – say they…
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on July 06, 2024 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) A month after the unexpected mandate delivered by the people of the country, its…
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on June 29, 2024 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) India and the United States of America have been close allies for more than two…
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on June 22, 2024 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) It is a travesty that those who lost the election are in a celebratory mood while…
(The article was originally published in OPEN Magazine on June 21, 2024. Views expressed are personal.) DEFINE YOUR WORDS, Jesus appealed to Pontius Pilate, before we engage in an argument. Words carry different meanings for different…
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on June 15, 2024 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) THE GROUP OF Seven countries (G7) began its summit meeting at Puglia in southern…
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on June 08, 2024 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) It took me some time to reflect on the results of the Lok Sabha elections. As…
(The article was originally published in April 2024 issue of Transformations Parivartan – An India Habitat Centre Publication) What is the true meaning of freedom? This one question has bothered the human mind for millennia. Is freedom…
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on June 01, 2024 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) AT A CONFERENCE in the European Parliament earlier this week, I noticed an…
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on May 25, 2024 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) Buddhists and Hindus recently celebrated Buddha Purnima, birth anniversary of the…
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on May 18, 2024 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT, a celebrated US president, had once cautioned that “democ-racy…
Second in the series of Dr Madhav’s musings, The Indian Reality – Changing Narratives, Shifting Perceptions is the story of the new reality that has overtaken countries and populations. The diversified agendas of altered societies call for…
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on May 11, 2024 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) EVA VLAARDINGERBROEK, A young conservative political activist from the Netherlands,…
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on May 4, 2024 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) Ren Chonghao is a commentator on Chinese geopolitics on social media platforms like…
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on April 27, 2024 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) Brussels, the seat of European Parliament, witnessed a unique tussle between the…
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on April 20, 2024 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) As election fever peaks, political discourse in India is becoming shriller. The…
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on April 13, 2024 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) B R Ambedkar is remembered for his great contribution to the meticulous drafting…
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on April 6, 2024 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) When news of China renaming some geographical entities in Arunachal Pradesh broke…
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on March 31, 2024 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) The year 2024 was billed by Time magazine as “the election year”, when almost half…
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on March 23, 2024 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) In 2022, Pakistan moved a resolution at the United Nations calling for the…
(The article was originally published in OPEN Magazine on March 17, 2024. Views expressed are personal.) Herald Macmillan, a former prime minister of the UK, was once asked by someone about his vision for the country. “If you want to know…
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on March 16, 2024 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) As the rules for the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), passed by Parliament on…
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on March 9, 2024 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) Should we call ourselves “conservative”? A section of India’s ruling right-wing…
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on March 2, 2024 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) Agalega is a tiny speck in the vast waters of the Western Indian Ocean. This atoll,…
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on February 24, 2024 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) People in China have just returned to work after a week-long annual Spring…
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on February 17, 2024 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) These days, there is palpable unease among sections of political scientists…
(Text of Dr Ram Madhav’s Curtain Raiser Address at the Inaugural Session of the 7th Indian Ocean Conference – IOC 2024 – in Perth, Australia on February 9-10, 2024) Namaskar and Good Evening! It is my privilege and honour to welcome all…
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on February 10, 2024 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) Angus Maddison, renowned British historian, in his monumental work The World…
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on February 03, 2024 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) The President’s address to Parliament traditionally showcases the achievements…