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.
Recent highlights
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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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....
The Future of Clean Transportation: Sodium-ion Batteries
The lithium-ion battery is the highest energy density battery technology currently in existence commercially. It is no surprise that for electric vehicle (eV) applications, it is the go-to battery around...
Latest News
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Bangladesh: A bottomless basket, or is it?
At the time of Independence on 16th December, Bangladesh had a GDP of only US$ 6.3 billion in 1971. It increased to US$ 100 billion in 2009. The GDP of...
The path for Indian torture legislation: Where are we now and where should we go?
The lathi has become a symbol synonymous with the police force in India, where everyday discourse has normalised and accepted the state-sanctioned use of violence. Ved Marwah writes for the...
How progressive parties can better engage with India’s diaspora
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to the US in June this year was a tour de force in strategic communications. On his last visit, 50,000 Indian diaspora came to...
James Cleverly on India
I’ve just had the pleasure of meeting the Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, when he generously made time to attend a breakfast with me and a few dozen friends and colleagues, to...
Bridge India wins Award for Most Dedicated Public Policy Non-Profit
Bridge India is delighted to be the the recipient of the Most Dedicated Public Policy Non-Profit award from Acquisition International Magazine in this year’s Non-Profit Organisation Awards. Awards Coordinator Holly...
Featured in The Daily Telegraph: Education for all
The education sector globally is seriously underfunded. This negatively impacts the poorest and most marginalised in society the most. Bridge India Members were signatories of this Letter to the Editor...
