“India and Indians always consider Ram Rajya as the ideal state due to the justice system of Lord Shri Ram. Professor Balram Singh conducts a detailed discussion on Ram Rajya, politics, and village self-governance (Gram Swarajya) in the context of Ramcharit Manas, and explores the difference between ‘Rajneeti’ and ‘Politics’. Goswami Tulsidas, despite being a Sanskrit scholar, composed the Ramcharitmanas in the Awadhi language so that common people could understand it with ease.”

About the Speaker:
Professor Bal Ram Singh, PhD, has been a professor since 1990 at UMass Dartmouth and at the Institute of Advanced Sciences (INADS), Dartmouth, Massachusetts. He is also the Founding Director of the Centre for Indic Studies at UMass Dartmouth. He is presently a Fellow of the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Advanced Study, JNU, Delhi.