Akshay Alladi“Hinduism” and “Dharma”-a responseHarsh Gupta had a very good on the definition of Hinduism and Dharma more broadly, and hence the distinctions between Hinduism, Buddhis…6 min read·Jul 14, 2020--1--1
Akshay AlladiSpeculative: (Unintended) Vaccine or Deadly Virus- What is the long term effect of China’s…The situation on the India-China LAC is tense, with 20 soldiers killed in action on the Indian side, and casualties (numbers unconfirmed…7 min read·Jun 18, 2020----
Akshay AlladiReformist Hindu nationalism vs. Hindu traditionalismThe online Hindu right is a vocal bunch of people. Over time there has been a segmentation that has emerged within them of what are called…4 min read·May 26, 2020----
Akshay AlladiLiberalism vs. Indian conservatismA couple of days ago, the commentator Sadanand Dhume posted an excerpt from a piece by Aleksandr Dugin, Putin’s guru, commenting that he…6 min read·Apr 25, 2020--1--1
Akshay AlladiYes, there are fewer public “intellectuals” in the right, than in the left in India …Recently, on Twitter there was a characteristically impolite exchange between Swapan Dasgupta (BJP MP and journalist) and Salil Tripathi (a…4 min read·Mar 8, 2019----
Akshay AlladiThoughts on Balakot and it’s implicationsMain gains for India are the following:2 min read·Mar 7, 2019----
Akshay AlladiReimagining North East Asian security, or the death of nuclear non-proliferation as a desirable…A lot of criticism of Donald Trump’s strategy in reaching out to Kim Jong-Un of North Korea has centred on the fact that it is impossible…4 min read·Jun 21, 2018----
Akshay AlladiinIndian National InterestExploring the Jammu & Kashmir TrilemmaIs separation of Jammu and Kashmir necessary for a sustainable political process to manage the conflict?8 min read·May 4, 2017----
Akshay AlladiinIndian National InterestWill radically networked democratic societies inevitably descend to populism?The nature of democracy is evolving from competition between curated marketplaces (or multi-sided markets) to a perfectly free market of…7 min read·Apr 26, 2017----
Akshay AlladiinIndian National InterestVietnam: One of India’s most important strategic partnersVietnam is a potentially critical ally for India to strategically hobble China.7 min read·Feb 12, 2017----