(Article written in 2009) For days, one TV Channel ran visuals of how the Christians have been targeted for violence in Orissa’s Kandhamal district. Several other so-called national channels too joined the chorus sufficient enough for Mombattiwalas (Candle-Light Activists) to plunge into the ring and declare that ‘entire Orissa’, if not ‘entire India’, is in […]
(Article written in 2009) It was a couple of days after the deadly Israeli attack on a Lebanese village Kfar Kana that killed scores of innocent children, on the 31st of July 2006, that the Prime Minister of Israel chose to come out with a statement. And what a statement it was! “There are no […]
RAM MADHAV (Views expressed here are personal) India probably doesn’t need another Central Agency by name NCTC – National Counter Terrorism Center – a name borrowed from the Center that has been established in the US after 9/11. As it always happens Chidambaram, as Home Minister, became enamored of the idea of replicating it in […]
Tragedy at Kumbh is shocking. May the departed souls attain Moksha. It is an uneasy feeling to know that people had to die in dozens just because of the callousness of some. This is not first time that such a big congregation is taking place in Prayag. The Kumbh last time was in 2001. There […]
Shinde’s remark has weakened country’s ability to fight terror: Ram Madhav at IBNLive Interaction January 23rd, 2013, 10:18 am How does the RSS react to Union Home Minister Sushil kumar Shinde’s ‘Hindu terror’ comment? RSS spokesperson Ram Madhav joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Ram Madhav, RSS Akhil Bharatiya Sah Sampark Pramukh. […]
“We will explore all options to form a stable government.We have emerged as a very strong party securing highest number of votes. We will try to give a stable government in the state. ” ,said Shri. Ram Madhav on BJP’s performance in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls.
This conference is being organised on the occasion of 50 years of the Sino-Indian War of 1962. The outcome of that war was a sad national memory. We lost our territory, we lost our men and we lost of honour. It is for victors to celebrate, not for the vanquished. Then why are we organising […]
We Need a New Strategic Culture India has earned the sobriquet ‘Soft State’ due to its handling of terrorism and hostile neighbours over the years. After the hanging of Ajmal Kasab, the terrorist responsible for Mumbai attacks in 2008, some commentators opined that India has now shed the image of a Soft State. Is it […]
DOES THE EUROPEAN UNION DESERVE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE? Last week in Brussels I bumped into a junior level official at the European Commission. Brussels has one of the best public transport systems – underground and overground metro, tram and bus – and our chance meeting happened in one of the overground metros. It was in […]
Text of the Speech Delivered at Bengaluru on 01-09-12 We all must be evergrateful to the All Assam Students Union and it’s leaders like Prafulla Mahonta and Sarvananda Sonowal. It was they, as young men and women some 30 years ago, who fought against the illegal migration from Bangladesh into Assam and the rest of […]
