PM Modi’s Five Pledges Fulfil Deendayal’s Five Suggestions
One of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s most enduring achievements of the last 11 years is his emergence as Deendayal Upadhyaya’s true philosophical and political legatee As early as 1949, Deendayal Upadhyaya articulated the need for “economic, social, cultural as well as spiritual freedom”. Within each of these dimensions, he envisioned the fulfilment …
Narendra Modi Strives To Realise Deendayal Upadhyaya’s Vision
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s fundamental governance philosophy reflects Deendayal Upadhyaya’s thought and vision The 60th year of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya’s historic lectures that shaped the philosophy of Integral Humanism is being commemorated at a time when a BJP’s Prime Minister completes 11 years in office. Narendra Modi may not have …
To Be Reborn To Carry On India’s Fight For Freedom – Tribute to Rash Behari Bose
As we remember him on his birth anniversary, we see Rash Behari Bose and his legacy making a comeback in our national discourse “I mean no disrespect to Shri Rasa Bihari Basu [Rash Behari Bose]. But he went to Japan and became a citizen and national of Japan. He married …
Turkey And Pakistan: Leadership Of The Ummah
The pampering and patronising of a rogue state like Pakistan seems to be ingrained in Erdogan’s foreign policy Countries that have come out in support of Pakistan by opposing India’s right to retaliate through Operation Sindoor themselves possess a dubious record of democracy, human rights and constitutional governance. Azerbaijan has …
Operation Sindoor Heralds India’s Steady Emergence As A Responsible Power
Prime Minister Modi has brought India a long way from those dark days of helplessness, wrong decisions, abdications, hesitations, and lack of self-faith India unleashed Operation Sindoor with Prime Minister Narendra Modi leading from the front. India’s immediate response to it had the clear Modi imprint. On the one hand, …
Decoding Munir’s Outbursts: It All Leads Back To Iqbal’s Ideology
Mohammed Iqbal, often hailed as the ideological founder of Pakistan, laid the groundwork for its politics of division. Asim Munir’s rhetoric today is a continuation of that legacy. The leader of Pakistan’s mercenary force, Asim Munir, delivered a series of rants in April—almost literally on the eve of the Pakistan-backed …
Pahalgam And After: Collective Will Is Bedrock Of Collective Response
The imperative for this hour of trial, as called upon by PM Modi, is to firm up our resolve and our will to display our collective national will to stand as one nation. In the 121st episode of Mann Ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed the innermost emotions of …
Congress’s Failed Attempt To Marginalise Babasaheb Ambedkar
Ambedkar has outlived and outshone the Congress and its desiccated and warped ideology. First things first! Endorsing Dhananjay Keer’s monumental biography of Babasaheb Ambedkar, Veer Savarkar observed that Keer’s style was fascinating and that the biography was “so truthfully written.” “This life of Dr Ambedkar,” Savarkar wrote, “should be read …
Resurrecting Vikramasila: PM Modi’s Efforts To Lay Foundation Of ‘Asian Century’
As Narendra Modi embarks on his tour of Thailand and Sri Lanka, which have played a seminal civilisational role in the preservation and spread of Buddhism in ancient and modern times, the PM’s milestone achievements remain significant. Addressing a mammoth public meeting in Bhagalpur, Bihar, in February 2025, Prime Minister …
The Lotus Eater From Janpath And His Great Grandfather
Rahul Gandhi lives up to his great-grandfather’s reputation—an ill-tempered, irritable, and intolerant guignol prone to indulging in bravado. His theatrics in Parliament evoke the same amusement today as Nehru’s did in the past Replying to the Motion of Thanks to the President in the Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Modi regaled …
Congress And The ‘Registration’ Of Sadhus
Nehru’s Congress attempted to license Hindu sadhus, revealing a historical pattern of state overreach into religious affairs. This controversial bill, though defeated, exposes a long-standing tension between the Congress and Hindu traditions Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge is increasingly sounding not like the president of the principal Opposition party of India, …
Sri Narayana Guru: The ‘Ideal Hindu Sannyasi’
Pinarayi Vijayan’s assessment of Sri Narayana Guru must be obligatorily dismissed and dumped as the rantings of an ageing and disoriented communist In a remarkably succinct and moving assessment of the iconic Sri Narayana Guru, legendary philosopher-scholar-monk of the Ramakrishna Order and its thirteenth president Swami Ranganathananda describes a unique …
Atal Bihari Vajpayee: A Centennial Reflection
For many of our generation, then in college, Vajpayee becoming Prime Minister was the response that we had yearned for to Congress’s politics of status quoism and entitlement. It was the first triumph, at the national level, of the politics of an alternate vision The commemoration of Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s centenary will …
Pali: The Civilisational Bridge Connecting India To Its Global Buddhist Heritage
As it evolved as a key language in our cultural, religious, and spiritual life, Pali emerged as a major civilisational bridge, fostering religious and cultural connections between India and Southeast Asia. The conferring of classical language status on Pali by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has received widespread approbation across the …