Articles

The academic study of Hinduism is the subject of numerous ongoing debates and initiatives increasingly taking place on a global scale. Hence, many crucial questions may arise when we think of conceiving the academic discipline called Hindu Studies. T....

June 29, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Indian Constitution , Research , Hindu Studies , Tradition , Podcast , university , Western academia , IKS , Discipline , social sciences , European Enlightenment

Jammu and Kashmir: A Compendium

Jyoti Kumar

Over the last seventy years, Jammu & Kashmir has seen political machinations, violence, cross-border terrorism, instability and economic stagnation. On August 5, 2019, the Indian Government decided to amend Article 370 of the Indian Constitution and ....

October 22, 2020 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , Terrorism , radicalization , Indian Constitution , Article 370 , Book Published

Bilateral Meeting Vivekananda International Foundation (India) & the Pathfinder Foundation (Sri Lanka)

On 17 August 2020, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a bilateral meeting in collaboration with the Pathfinder Foundation (Sri Lanka) on “India - Sri Lanka relations”. Dr Arvind Gupta - Director of the VIF, welcomed the part....

August 29, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , BIMSTEC , Security , Indian Constitution , Article 370 , COVID-19 , Pandemic , Ayodhya Mandir , Indo- Sri Lanka economic , ETCA , SAGAR

Our Constitution: Preamble Debates

Rajesh Singh Article

Last month (June), the nation remembered Emergency, which had been imposed by the Indira Gandhi government in 1975. The horrors that followed have been repeatedly chronicled — large-scale arrests of the then Prime Minister’s political adversaries....

July 23, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Article , Indian Constitution , Preamble of Constitution , Constitutional debates

The Spirit of Indian Federalism

Rajesh Singh Article

The issue of India’s federal nature has been both a subject of reiteration and conflict between the ruling party and the opposition. There have been instances when the opposition parties accused the Centre of violating the federal spirit through po....

July 18, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Article , Indian Constitution , Federalism in India , Indian Union

Book Release: ‘The Emergency: Indian Democracy’s Darkest Hour’, authored by Dr. A. Surya Prakash

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), on June 25th 2018, organised a book release ceremony for the release of the book, ‘The Emergency - Indian Democracy’s Darkest Hour’, penned by Dr. A. Surya Prakash, eminent political commentator a....

August 08, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , Book Discussions , Indian democracy , Indian Constitution , Fundamental Rights , Vice President

Governing the Governors & Article 356

Rajesh Singh

Through its forceful intervention in political developments in Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh, which were brought under President’s Rule, the Supreme Court affirmed that it would not let the letter and spirit of the SR Bommai versus Union of ....

August 02, 2016 Governance and Political Studies , Policies & Perspectives , Article 356 , Governors , President’s Rule , Indian Constitution