Nithin Sridhar

RAJASUYA YAJNA AS A METAPHOR FOR DHARMIC EXPANSIONISM

December 11, 2020

In the previous column, I had argued that the only way India can become a global superpower in every sense of the word is when we embrace ‘dharmic expansionism’ as a geopolitical goal and assert ourselves by reclaiming the geographies and cultural spaces that we have lost in the last...

Time for India to adopt and embrace ‘dharmic expansionism’ as a geopolitical goal

September 12, 2020

In the previous columns, this author had argued the need for our leadership to recalibrate India’s geopolitical approach such that becoming Kautilyan Chakravarti or a global superpower should be our strategic goal and how this alone will pave the way for India to truly don the mantle of ‘Vishwa Guru’....

How India can be a Vishwa Guru

August 8, 2020

Indian politicians including current Prime Minister have made repeated reference to making India a Vishwa Guru. A worthy goal indeed. However, the ground-reality is while India is increasingly discarding its own cultural and knowledge systems and our children grow up believing our ancestors were losers until the West civilised us,...

Time for India to recalibrate its strategic approach

July 17, 2020

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a bold and inspiring speech to the soldiers, including a reference to the Sanskrit half-verse “Veer Bhogya Vasundhara”, in Ladakh, many had hoped that India would finally shed its shy and disempowering attitude to strategic issues and recalibrate its approach to one coming from...

Countering Chinese threat: An Indic civilisational perspective

July 1, 2020

India is currently facing a violent standoff with China that may lead to a limited war. There is a clear attempt from the Chinese side to intimidate India, create new ground facts along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and grab Indian territory -- all of which are guided by...