Ram Madhav

India – South East Asia: A Cultural Connect

Ram Madhav, August 14, 2019

Text of Shri Ram Madhav’s Keynote Address at the Seminar on “India – South East Asia: A Cultural Connect” Indians have largely forgotten that they had a vast area of influence over the territories of South East Asia in the first millennium of the current era until some European scholars, like French scholars George Coedes and Sylvain […]

Chinese influence over SE Asia began with ‘boots of soldiers’: Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav, August 14, 2019

Speaking at a seminar on “India and Southeast Asia: The Cultural Connect”, Madhav said former PM P V Narasimha Rao should be credited with formulating the ‘Look East Policy’ in the early 1990s and engaging with the region. Chinese influence over Southeast Asia first began with “boots of soldiers”, while the impact of Indians on […]

BJP’s Political and Geopolitical Agenda for India

Ram Madhav, August 13, 2019

Text of Shri Ram Madhav’s Address at an interaction organised by Gateway House in Mumbai on August 13, 2019 Friends Namaskar to all of you, I want to start by saying ‘We are back’. We came back with a big majority, and we are back in power to run the country for the next five […]

The supremacy of the Indian State and Parliament

Ram Madhav, August 7, 2019

The opposition’s criticisms do not hold. The government’s move is legally sound. Kashmir is an internal affair. Through a Presidential Order, the Narendra Modi government has taken the teeth out of Article 370. The government used clause 3 of the same article to undo it. Clause 3 empowers President to make any changes to this […]

Correcting a historic blunder

Ram Madhav, August 6, 2019

Abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A is a much-needed step for the complete emotional integration of people of Jammu and Kashmir with the Indian Union. August 5, 2019, will go down in the constitutional history of India as a glorious day. A historic blunder committed about 70 years ago, on October 17, 1949 during the […]

5th International Dharma Dhamma Conference: Sat-Chit-Ananda and Nirvana

Ram Madhav, August 5, 2019

Text of Keynote address delivered at the 5th International Dharma Dhamma Conference at Nalanda University, Rajgir, Bihar on July 27, 2019 Alexander was on his way when he bumped into Diogenes, a naked monk resting nonchalantly by the beach. Soldiers woke him up asking to give way to Alexander The Great. Diogenes laughed out loud. […]

Promise fulfilled: Ram Madhav tweets old photo of PM Modi with scrap Article 370 in background

Ram Madhav, August 5, 2019

BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav tweeted an undated photo of a young Narendra Modi with a banner which said ‘Remove 370, end terrorism…’ in the background. Madhav captioned the photo ‘Promise fulfilled’.  After home minister and BJP chief Amit Shah announced the government’s move on Article 370 which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, […]

Martyrdom of Dr Mukherjee for complete integration of J&K honoured: Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav, August 5, 2019

Madhav said that the complete integration of J&K was a longstanding demand. What a glorious day. Finally the martyrdom of thousands starting with Dr Shyam Prasad Mukherjee for complete integration of J&K into Indian Union is being honoured and the seven decade old demand of the entire nation being realised in front of our eyes; […]