The Canadian press has reported that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had supported the claim of one of the public service officials in his government blaming “factions in Indian government” for “sabotaging” his recent trip to India. This amounts to ulta chor kotwal ko daante, the thief blaming the police. Trudeau could have been a little […]
Ram Madhav
Firstpost: BJP committed to pluralism and bringing early end to Naga peace talks, Ram Madhav on upcoming North East polls
Shri Ram Madhav Ji spoke to Firstpost on a wide range of issues. Edited excerpts: How is BJP’s election strategy in Tripura different from other states? Each state will have a specific strategy, which is unique to that state. Tripura is a very special case. Here, a Communist government has been in place for the […]
The hesitations of history
“Swagat hai mere dost! Why did it take so long? We have been waiting for you for 70 years,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Narendra Modi when the latter visited Israel in July last year. Netanyahu was right. It took 70 years after Independence for an Indian prime minister to set foot on Israel, and […]
Raisina Dialogue 2018
Text of address at the Raisina Dialogue on “Strategic Conversation: The Emerging Security Dynamics in the Indo-Pacific” hosted by the Observer Research Foundation in association with MEA, India on 16-18 January 2018 in New Delhi 6 Strategic Realisations for India: Realisation 1: Global Power Axis has shifted from Pacific – Atlantic to Indo – […]
PM Modi and Amit Shah knew Gujarat challenge, what to deploy and when
Winning elections has become an art and a science these days. It is no longer just about the traditional ways of campaigning, casteism and cash. Democracy, right from the days of Herodotus, is, no doubt, the will of the people. But the ways of ascertaining the will of the people, or rather moulding their will, […]
The Beauty of Indic Thought
A profound quest for eternal bliss that is yet to take its rightful place in the world Indic thought is the most liberal that the world has ever produced. This is because it is the most democratically evolved of all. It is a product of the deep contemplation of great sages and saints, their great […]
Indic Thoughts Festival
Text of Inaugural Address at the 1st Indic Thoughts Festival hosted by India Foundation and Indic Academy on December 17-18, 2017 in Goa Indic thought is the most liberal thought that the world has ever produced. Because, it is the most democratically evolved thought. It was a product of the deep contemplation of great sages […]
Can we all get along? We should all stand up against violence in the name of the sacred
It was the year 49 BC and a general in northeast Italy, Gaius Julius, took the momentous decision to cross a shallow river called the Rubicon to march into the city of Rome. Roman law forbade entering the city of Rome with armies. Julius’s action led to a civil war and eventual conquest of the […]
For BJP, Ram mandir movement a one-way street
Sometime in the mid-1980s, the then RSS chief Balasaheb Deoras had asked the assembled leaders of the organisation from all the states a simple question: “Should the RSS plunge fully into the Ram Janmabhoomi movement or allow it to be led by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas (the body of saints […]
Swarajya Exclusive: Shri Ram Madhav speaks on Kashmir, North East, Foreign Policy And Going Back To The Roots.
https://swarajyamag.com/politics/swarajya-exclusive-ram-madhav-on-kashmir-north-east-foreign-policy-and-going-back-to-the-roots Ram Madhav spoke to Swarajya on a wide range of important issues, from the growing influence of the BJP in the North East and its historic alliance with the PDP in Jammu and Kashmir to the shift in India’s foreign policy You played an instrumental role in scripting the BJP’s spectacular electoral […]