Sankalp Singh Chauhan India’s historic BRICS Presidency comes at a defining moment for the global order. Its challenge is not to build another bloc, but to make a more diverse world capable of working together. What began as BRIC, Brazil, Russia, India and China, formally came together at its first summit in Yekaterinburg in 2009, … Continue reading India and the Next BRICS: Turning Diversity into Strategic Influence
Tag: Politics
Going Beyond Government!
Broad civic engagement as part of RSS transformative agenda draws heavily from Bharat's ancient ethos to build a modern society. Vinod Kumar Shukla Foundational philosophy of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) posits that Vyakti Nirman (individual / personality development), coupled with Charitra Nirman (character building) and Samaj Nirman (social development) naturally culminates to Rashtra Nirman (nation-building). … Continue reading Going Beyond Government!
RSS: Massive, Complex and Quickly Evolving!
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh a vast, powerful Hindu volunteer organization has become target of a counterproductive Western campaign. Bill Drexel Mohan Bhagwat idrees mohammed/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Mayor Zohran Mamdani found time in his busy schedule to condemn a visit to New York two weeks ago by the head of an Indian nonprofit that almost none of … Continue reading RSS: Massive, Complex and Quickly Evolving!
Wait for Washington Over!
India should evolve its own Indo-Pacific strategy as US turns an unreliable partner in counter balancing China in the region. NC Bipindra For nearly a decade, "Indo-Pacific" was more than a map. It was a promise. When the Pentagon renamed Pacific Command to Indo-Pacific Command in 2018, the message to New Delhi was unmistakable: India … Continue reading Wait for Washington Over!
PRESS NOTE: CIHS to Host Polish Ambassador for a scintillating Dialogue People Connect
New Delhi, August 18, 2026 - Centre for Integrated and Holistic Studies (CIHS), a non-partisan think tank based in New Delhi, will host an interactive session with H.E. Mr. Piotr Antoni Świtalski, Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to India, "India-Poland People Connect” This dialogue will bring together scholars, policy experts and strategic thinkers to … Continue reading PRESS NOTE: CIHS to Host Polish Ambassador for a scintillating Dialogue People Connect
Five Years of Taliban
Afghanistan swings between Stability, Repression and Uncertainty; women face brunt of poverty, limited or no access to food & education. Dr Shambhavi Thite The world witnessed the fall of the Afghan republic on 15 August 2021, with a shocking degree of rapidity. With Taliban fighters marching into Kabul, President Ghani fleeing from his post, and … Continue reading Five Years of Taliban
Four Hyperlinks, One Demand: Ban a Century-Old Hindu Movement
Fact-Checking claims behind a letter for banning RSS and bar Dr. Mohan Bhagwat from Canada. Rohan Giri Read the McPherson-Kwan letter once, quickly, and it sounds urgent. Read it twice, slowly, and a different question starts to form. Two sitting Members of Parliament are asking three cabinet ministers to ban an 89,000-branch (Shakha) civic organization … Continue reading Four Hyperlinks, One Demand: Ban a Century-Old Hindu Movement
RSS Chief Sides with Gen Z, Alpha
Were Jantar Mantar protests peaceful to trigger dialogue in spirit of ‘reasoned debate’ to forge consensus on education reforms? K.A. Badarinath Bharat’s youth who fall under 35-years age bracket total to over 800 million. Only a few thousands of these youngsters joined Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) led Jantar Mantar protests on NEET paper leak last … Continue reading RSS Chief Sides with Gen Z, Alpha
Engage, Converse, Solve, Achieve!
Youth be engaged in education reforms & setting up our own information technology ecosystem that’s youthful, open, competitive, cost effective. K.A. Badarinath When Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered to forgive youngsters who abused him and his late mother, large number of sneers and jeers were let out by anti-social elements that infiltrated the students protests … Continue reading Engage, Converse, Solve, Achieve!
Scientific Deconstruct of Cockroaches
Jantar Mantar protests were never just about students. Foreign-funded NGOs, radical Islamists, Maoists, criminals and church, gave a lethal twist to the campaign. K.A. Badarinath A scientific deconstruction of what Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) and its 49-days violence ridden protests at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi warrants looking beyond the ordinary. Neither the protests were … Continue reading Scientific Deconstruct of Cockroaches










