Bunga Azaadi

Bunga Azaadi (Institute for Azadist Studies) is a Sikh think tank producing and curating Vichaars (contemplations, research and opinions) applying Sikh principles to the modern world.

It began with Azadism: my own exploration and systematised interpretation of Sikhi, articulated in the Azadist Manifesto. Azadism is primarily a political-economic philosophy, but one grounded in Sikh spirituality. Sikhi at its core is the Guru-guided pursuit of spiritual and political liberty, and that this has concrete implications for how societies should be organised, how power should be distributed, and how the Khalsa should operate in the modern world.

That body of work became the basis for sustained advocacy, publishing, and knowledge-sharing in the form of Vichaar, research, social commentary, policy proposals, historical analysis. All put out openly and subjected to scrutiny and debate. A diverse global network developed around it: people who engaged seriously with the ideas, pushed back, brought their own expertise, and became nodes I could draw on for advice and challenge. The Bunga arose as that network took shape. It is both the platform and the institution that houses it.

In practice it functions as my voice and intellectual home, the foundation from which everything else is built upon. The Sikh Investors Club, the Azaad Debate Society, Logicnama, etc are all downstream of Bunga Azaadi. It is also how talent finds its way into those projects: people encounter the work via social media, engage with it, and become collaborators.

The Vichaar Repository at BungaAzaadi.com organises outputs across Raajniti Vidiya (statecraft and economics), Khalsa Revival (re-engaging with Khalsa traditions), Vichaar Vidya (the epistemology of rigorous thinking) and more. Events and workshops bring the network together physically — the flagship being the Khalsa Raaj Workshop.

Completely volunteer-run, part-time. Current reach: 12K+ Instagram followers, 840+ Substack readers, 70+ paying patrons, 3K+ YouTube subscribers.