(The article was originally published in Indian Express on April 12, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) History is a complex discipline with several layers. In his famous work, 1984, George Orwell prophetically said, “Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls […]
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on April 05, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) All geopolitics is regional. The growing redundancy of the United Nations and its affiliates is convincing countries that the future is going to be not globalism but regionalism and […]
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on March 29, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) The unfortunate controversy surrounding the alleged recovery of burnt bundles of cash from the official residence of a sitting Delhi High Court judge revived the decade-old debate over the […]
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on March 22, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) History is not easy to grapple with. When you revisit it, it starts haunting you. After all, as Mahatma Gandhi pointed out, “there have been tyrants and murderers” throughout […]
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on March 17, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) EURASIA IS CURRENTLY an active theatre of two major conflicts – Ukraine and Gaza. The US is an important player in both. What will happen to these conflicts under […]
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on March 08, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) It is customary to celebrate femininity on International Women’s Day. Promises are made, schemes announced, and at times tears are shed on the state of women. But have we […]
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on March 01, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) The six-week-long Maha Kumbh has come to an end. Analysts, though, are still commenting about the crowds, arrangements, water quality and the devotion of millions who thronged Prayagraj. Prime […]
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on February 22, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) Donald Trump, no doubt, is the most powerful leader in the US. But who is the second-most powerful? It is Tulsi Gabbard, the enigmatic Hawaiian, a woman of colour […]
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on February 15, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) India, together with its Indian Ocean partners like Singapore and Oman, is hosting the 8th Indian Ocean Conference (IOC) at Muscat this weekend. Foreign ministers from around 30 countries […]
(The article was originally published in Indian Express on February 08, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) Many Indians look at annual budgets only for relief in direct and indirect tax regimes that benefits the middle class. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman did not disappoint them this […]
