What we do
Providing a space for broad and open-minded debate, with the focus on connecting India-watchers and diaspora to India.
A platform for discourse on public policy in a manner that sets agendas and provides room to explore ideas, with diverse engagement at the heart of everything we do.
Facilitating high-level conversations and international delegations, including with policymakers, changemakers and leading thinkers.
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Upcoming Events
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- May 30, 2025
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Ideas For India 2025
The annual Ideas for India® conference is the leading forum to engage in high level discussions on the New India. India continues to lead global economic growth, outpacing other major...
Special Series: The Untold Histories of Kashmir
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Dogras, The Most Competent Militaries of the Great Games and The Policy Imperatives of Their Legacy
Lithograph of the palace of Maharaja Gulab Singh, on the banks of Tawi River, Jammu in the mid-19th century. Photo courtesy: Hardinge, Charles Stewart/Wikimedia Commons. The history of India’s...
The billions of dollars worth of my grandfather’s one rupee
My maternal grandfather’s pockets were always full of coins and everyday one of them was mine. It was invested into me everyday with a smile and a tap on my...
Can the ancient ‘Kashmir to Haridwar’ route be revitalised into a National Educational Route?
I hired a cab to the village of 95-year-old Beli Singh, a former bodyguard of Maharaja Hari Singh and also a former presidential guard during the time of India’s first...
Ancient Battles at India’s Gateway and and its Constant Reflections in Contemporary Geopolitics
Neglecting a region’s history is akin to waging a covert war against it. Recorded history has often been a mixture of fiction and fantasy, its angle is often defined by...
Hydro-geology, bowlis and the people we call Dogras
I’m a Dogra – put simply I’m from a land geologically sandwiched between the fertile plains of Indus and the mighty ranges of the North western Himalayas. For thousands of...
My Discovery of a ‘Victorian Sword’ in a Sleepy Hamlet of Jammu and its Connection to Gilgit’s History
Its monsoons and my ancestral mountains are overflowing with water. Green forests stare glaringly at the cloudy sky as I make my way riding pillion with my father to Rampur-Rasool,...
Latest Publications
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The Powerful Dewans of Dogra Kingdom, Chancing Upon a Heritage and Discovering Answers to Historic Questions on Kashmir
In 2017 I received an email from a leadership trainer and reformer of school ecosystems. My good friend whom I also consider a mentor, Sandeep Dutt ji was told about...
Family Migration Stories in the Indus Basin, Kashmir’s Customary Laws and a Mysterious Murder
As a teen I once took a lifetime journey, trekking down from my picturesque village, through thick jungles to a river and then uphill to another village to meet children...
Family Memoirs, Civilisational Heritage, and Great Game Competition for Sanskrit Manuscripts
This essay in the series from Kashmir to Haridwar is about Sanskrit and cross-civilisation routes in the Northern Frontiers of the Indian sub-continent or Sanskrit in the Indus river basin....
19th Century Great Games and Indomitable Dogra Warriors
Great Games were a series of geo-political activities between the Russian Empire and the British Empire from 1838 to 1907. They still continue today, albeit with different players. In the...
Open letter to the Prime Minister regarding religious freedom in India
To: The honourable Prime Ministers of the UK and India We write to you today as members and representatives of Indian diaspora civil society organisations and, most importantly as British...
UK-India Energy Collaborations report
Bridge India is proud to introduce this review of UK-India energy opportunities. Its launch is timely, as the UK will be hosting the COP-26 meeting in Glasgow in November 2021....
Latest News
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Megastar Chiranjeevi receives Lifetime Achievement Award in Parliament from Bridge India
Indian actor and megastar Dr Chiranjeevi Konidela received the first-ever Lifetime Achievement award presented by non-profit think tank Bridge India, in a highly oversubscribed special event at the House...
India’s China Challenge
On April 10, 2024, amid the high-pitch and polarising campaign for the upcoming national elections, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a crucial interview with Newsweek. Generally, BJP election campaigns put a high...
Bridge India’s delegation to Economic Forum in Karpacz follows PM Modi’s historic visit
Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Poland last month to raise Polish-Indian relations to the level of a Strategic Partnership was the first from an Indian PM in 45 years. Bridge...
Addressing the rise of far-right violence and anti-immigration sentiment
Today, the UK’s multicultural society status is at stake, and it’s vital we work together to preserve it. The recent outbreak of far-right violence and anti-immigration sentiment in the UK...
Bridge India’s response to the recent racist riots in the UK
Bridge India has always championed an inclusive approach to bring communities in the UK and India together, celebrating the diversity of both our cultures. All Bridge India members are proud of their heritage as Indians and...
A world-leading Hindu Studies centre is about to take a quantum leap
An Anglican cleric and a Hindu cleric meet for a cup of tea in Oxford. This might sound like the start to a funny story but is actually the story...
