Articles

India's Culture, Society and Economy - Past present and future

February 03, 2025 S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Article

I. The Critical Question The single most critical question which has tormented the Indian establishment consisting of most thinkers, intellectuals, academics, political leaders, policy makers, economists, sociologists of India sinc....

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Article , Hindu , Indian Civilisation , Western World , Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam , Indian culture , Modernity

Developments in India in the Field of Culture in 2024

January 16, 2025 Saudiptendu Ray, Research Associate, VIF Article

India witnessed several major developments in the field of culture in the year 2024. Major discoveries were made through archaeological excavations in different parts of India. Several ongoing research works in the field of archaeology are on the pre....

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Article , Ayodhya , Ram Mandir , Buddhism , UNESCO World Heritage site , Nalanda , Archaeological Survey of India , Rakhigarhi , Keeladi , Ahom Dynasty , Relics of Lord Buddha , Charaideo Moidams , Repatriation of Cultural Property

Creation of Barahanagar Matha: First Hermitage of Ramakrishna Sangha

January 10, 2025 Nirmalendu Roy Article

It was past midnight of the last day of Shravana of Bengali Era of 1293, 16 August 1886 as per the Gregorian Callender, Thakur Sri Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa, the God-incarnate in the eyes of his ardent devotees, breathed his last at 0102 hours at Ka....

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Article , Swami Vivekananda , Kolkata , Ramakrishna Mission , Ramakrishna Paramhansa , Sarada Devi , Barahanagar Matha , Belur Math , Goddess Kali , Sanatan Dharma

Reflections

December 30, 2024 S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Commentary

Left Historians were noseled by Karl Marx and Max Weber who influenced 20th Century Indian intellectualism, academics and historians. Karl Marx two articles in New York Harold Tribune in 1854 and Max Webers religion of Hinduism & Buddhism were their ....

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Commentary , Buddhism , Hinduism , Indian society , Indian civilisations , karma , Karl Marx , Max Webers

The Forgotten ‘Student Movement’ of East Pakistan

December 10, 2024 Saudiptendu Ray, Research Associate, VIF Article

On Wednesday, 17th July 2024, top officials of Dhaka University announced the suspension of classes and closure of the university dorms following violent protests against quotas for government jobs. ....

Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Article , East Pakistan , Sheikh Mujibur Rahman , Ayub Khan , Bangladesh Liberation War , Bhasha Andolan , Dhaka University , Shaheed Minar , Yahya Khan , 16 December

Dara Shukoh: Pioneer of Inter-faith Dialogue

December 07, 2024 Dr Hafeezur Rahman Article

In the annals of medieval Indian history, Prince Dara Shukoh, the eldest son of Mughal Emperor Shahjahan, shines as a learned personality of considerable eminence, so much so that his influence is felt even to this day. He was a man of many parts -- ....

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Article , Dara Shukoh , Inter Faith Dialogue , Kitab-i-Maknun , Upnishads

Air India Flight 182: A Tale of Canada's Pampering of Canadian Khalistani Terror

November 14, 2024 Saudiptendu Ray, Research Associate, VIF Article

Canada as a country is renowned for its maple forests producing sweet maple syrup, beaver dams built by hard-working beavers, good-looking actors with the name Ryan, the best view of Niagara Falls, and, of course, an unbiased justice system and effic....

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Article , Air India Flight 182 , Montreal-Mirabel International Airport , Canadian Khalistani Terrorist , Babbar Khalsa , Royal Canadian Mounted Police , Canadian Security Intelligence Service , Talwinder Singh Parmar , Inderjit Singh Reyat , Ajaib Singh Bagri , Ripudaman Singh Malik.

Revisiting Cooperation in South Asia from Vivekananda’s Perspective

November 13, 2024 Aadya Ananta Article

Abstract Western scholars and thinkers have dominated the field of international relations. Be it the study of world affairs or regional affairs, western perspectives have paved the way for their understanding. This paper looks beyond the....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Article , Vedanta , tolerance , Orthodoxy , Non-Western IR , Universal Acceptance

From Operation Desert Hawk to Indo-Pakistani War of 1965

November 04, 2024 Saudiptendu Ray, Research Associate, VIF Article

About 59 years ago, in the year 1965, India was experiencing an extreme food shortage across the country. The monsoon had failed badly in the year, and the subsequent droughts had severely impacted food production.....

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Article , Ayub Khan , Operation Gibraltar , Indo Pakistani War , 1965 , Operation Desert Hawk , Opre , Battle of Haji Pir Pass , Battle of Asal Uttar

My humble Homage to the great man, Ratan Tata

October 10, 2024 S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Commentary

Ratan Tata my friend whom I admired immensely is no more. My 5 decades of relation with him became more intense during & after globalisation hit Indian industry like a tsunami. Indian businessmen were selling out. I met many of them, but found Ratan ....

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Commentary , Ratan Tata , Tata group , Jamshed Tata