Across 12 Independence Day addresses, PM Narendra Modi’s changing vocabulary traces India’s journey from fixing basic deficits to pursuing technological, economic and strategic ambition There is a simple way to measure the distance India has travelled in the last decade: listen to the Prime Minister’s Independence Day speeches. In the …

Political independence remains incomplete without the confidence to protect India’s cultural inheritance, intellectual freedom and civilisational sense of self Launching the 150th anniversary commemoration of Vande Mataram, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had spoken of the ode as the anthem of freedom, which also inspires us on how to protect that …

The idea of India as Viswaguru demands discipline, constitutionalism and national purpose—not rhetoric, disruption or the politics of anarchy A glimpse of what it takes to transform India into Viswaguru was seen during the dark days of the pandemic, when Covid inundated the world and India stood out, radiating hope …