The writer, president, India Foundation, is with the RSS.

June 25, 2020 03:01 IST
Ram Madhav writes: The “freedom” that the anarchists and their left-liberal cohorts enjoy in the country’s media and public life today is because we have leaders in the government who fought for that very freedom and are committed to liberal democratic values, not just as a matter of compulsion but as an article of faith.
Thu, Jun 25, 2020
June 18, 2020 04:05 IST
Ram Madhav writes: Post-2014, a policy shift has been witnessed at Chushul in 2014, Doklam in 2017 and Galwan Valley and Pangong Tso lake now. Unlike in the past, our border security establishment actively engages and physically prevents incursions by the other side.
Thu, Jun 18, 2020
June 04, 2020 04:00 IST
A mature China, that does not resort to 1962 tactics, this time replacing Khrushchev with Trump, nor is bent upon provoking nationalist sentiments back home to ward off leadership challenges, would help roll back the situation.
Thu, Jun 04, 2020
May 21, 2020 01:46 IST
Certain harsh measures like denial of 4G services, which were necessary under special circumstances, can now be done away with, as the state administration and security apparatus are capable of handling difficult situations.
Thu, May 21, 2020
April 30, 2020 01:28 IST
It is time for a new Atlantic Charter: Environment, healthcare, technology and democratic liberalism can be its foundations.
Thu, Apr 30, 2020
April 07, 2020 03:00 IST
Modi has not called the army onto the streets. He has not denied people any fundamental human rights. The lockdown instructions were largely voluntary and for the public good.
Tue, Apr 07, 2020
December 25, 2019 04:30 IST
Vajpayee’s humility made him a man of the people and won over adversaries
Wed, Dec 25, 2019
December 11, 2019 04:50 IST
The proposed Bill is a continuation of that unfinished agenda. It has become necessary that the issue of the illegal immigrants be addressed in one go, as their numbers have swelled to millions in the last several decades.
Wed, Dec 11, 2019
November 18, 2019 00:45 IST
Like Lincoln, Modi too needed an iron-will. Lincoln had to be ruthless with racial fascism in his time. For Modi, it was, to quote Bashir Assad in his book K File, masla-e-Kashmir is no longer political; it is about Nizam-e-Mustafa; it is a pan-Islamic movement now. Lincoln didn’t have any choice. Neither did Modi.
Mon, Nov 18, 2019
November 10, 2019 04:35 IST
Symbols of vandalism and iconoclasm at the most sacred places of Hindus, like Ayodhya, have been very big sources of embarrassment as the sentiments associated with such places are quite deep-rooted.
Sun, Nov 10, 2019
October 02, 2019 03:04 IST
Gandhi-haters are still there, though Gandhi wouldn’t mind it. “If I had no sense of humour,” he wrote in 1928, “I would long ago have committed suicide”. Gandhi used to say that, “Nobody can hurt me without my permission.”
Wed, Oct 02, 2019
September 25, 2019 01:33 IST
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya was the second top Jana Sangh leader to die under mysterious circumstances — the first being the founder, Syama Prasad Mookerjee, who also died mysteriously on June 23, 1953. Mookerjee too was 52 at the time of his demise.
Wed, Sep 25, 2019
September 04, 2019 03:30 IST
The Indian leadership needs to appreciate the fact that in the emerging multipolar world order, India is a natural leader in the Indian Ocean region. By turning eastwards and focusing on building an Indian Ocean Bloc, it can aspire to rise as a guiding pole for many countries in the region.
Wed, Sep 04, 2019
August 27, 2019 00:47 IST
Like Vajpayee, Arun Jaitley was a quintessential democrat. Atal ji used poetry to express himself, Jaitley used prose.
Tue, Aug 27, 2019
August 22, 2019 02:00 IST
Kashmir needs a new leadership, built not on the separatist narrative of the 20th century but on the development narrative of the 21st century. It is here that the investment and focus of the central government should go.
Thu, Aug 22, 2019
August 06, 2019 00:10 IST
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.
Tue, Aug 06, 2019
May 24, 2019 00:05 IST
“In the turmoil of battle, the great general maintains a psychological serenity like the needles of the compass in the storm-tossed ship”, writes Clausewitz. Consciously or otherwise, the Opposition has centred this election round Modi. And the results affirm a phenomenon that Marxist social scientist William Davies describes as “the leader becomes the truth”.
Fri, May 24, 2019
May 07, 2019 01:30 IST
Credit for Azhar's listing as a global terrorist goes to the Narendra Modi government. If Pakistan wishes to overcome this isolation and ignominy, it has to join the world community in the fight against terror.
Tue, May 07, 2019
April 10, 2019 04:45 IST
Dignity has been the running theme of all of PM Modi’s programmes.
Wed, Apr 10, 2019
March 19, 2019 00:30 IST
Manohar Parrikar's greatest strength lay in his simplicity and transparency, and his reticent nature — not the positions he occupied or the policies he framed.
Tue, Mar 19, 2019
March 08, 2019 00:22 IST
The aspirations of women in India have evolved. Policy, public discourse must keep pace.
Fri, Mar 08, 2019
February 26, 2019 02:30 IST
India has a huge problem with the regional narrative in the Kashmir Valley that helps Pakistan enormously.
Tue, Feb 26, 2019
January 30, 2019 00:19 IST
There were many who had disagreements with Gandhi... but to kill him needed not just difference of opinion, but a certain type of hatred borne of extreme frustration.
Wed, Jan 30, 2019
January 24, 2019 00:08 IST
The Citizenship Amendment Bill has stringent applicability criteria. It is not —as it is being made out to be — an open invitation to minority groups in neighbouring countries.
Thu, Jan 24, 2019
December 29, 2018 01:16 IST
Party machine has to be aggressively geared up for the election. It needs centralised inspiration, but decentralised initiative.
Sat, Dec 29, 2018




