Articles

Respect the freedom: Who is accountable? The authoritarians or the anarchists or the digital platforms like Facebook and Twitter?

Ram Madhav, March 1, 2021

Technological innovations are not going to stop. But those responsible for those innovations must remember that it was democratic freedoms and human rights that have helped their innovations flourish. They should ensure that those values survive and flourish. As Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of the American Constitution, walked out of the famed […]

The Heteropolar Challenge

Ram Madhav, February 17, 2021

India needs a coherent legal framework to deal with non-state players like Greta Thunberg and Disha Ravi Greta Thunberg has done a great service to India by inadvertently exposing the toolkit through social media. While it helped the Indian Government understand the sinister nature of the external supporters of India’s farmers’ agitation, it also highlighted […]

Gandhian Approach to Duties and Rights

Ram Madhav, January 30, 2021

All through his life, Gandhi fought for the rights of people. Whether in South Africa or in London or back home in India, Gandhi’s struggles were for the people who were helpless, politically, economically and socially. Gandhi launched major agitations against the oppressive colonists in South Africa as well as in India for securing the […]

A roadmap to reform democracy

Ram Madhav, January 25, 2021

Elected institutions must become less majoritarian, while other institutions must give voice to non-majorities and provide balance The new American President, Joe Biden, has announced his intention to host a summit of democracies in the first year of office. The growing democracy deficit in the world is bothering the world’s oldest democracy — the United […]

A New Challenge in the Valley

Ram Madhav, January 19, 2021

After DDC election results, it’s time to curb radicalism and start winning Kashmiri hearts and minds again Several weeks after the completion of the District Development Council (DDC) elections and declaration of results, the Gupkaris are struggling to form the councils. In an exuberant mood, the Gupkar leaders declared the results to be a victory […]

Civil-military friction in US, army supremacy in Pak

Ram Madhav, January 9, 2021

Pentagon’s anxiety had a reason. It stemmed from a series of statements by Trump’s close aides about his authority to impose Martial Law in the country. When Donald Trump supporters stormed the Congress building on the Capitol Hill on 6 January, minutes after the joint session of the House and the Senate began counting votes […]

Indo-Pacific is the Power Axis of the 21st Century

Ram Madhav, January 4, 2021

Year 1992 was momentous in the history of the Indo-Pacific. In February that year, the Chinese legislature passed a resolution innocuously named as the ‘Law Concerning Territorial Waters and Adjacent Regions’. This resolution was the starting point of China’s ambitious and aggressive maritime adventures in Nanhai or Nanyang – the Chinese name for the South […]

The Life and Teachings of Swami Ranganathananda

Ram Madhav, December 15, 2020

Remembering the great legacy of Swami Ranganathananda of the Ramakrishna Mission on his birth anniversary.  Kerala is called ‘God’s Own Country’ for more than one reason. It is a land of ethereal natural beauty. It is also divine because of the great men and women who tread the land – from Adi Shankara to Sri […]