Articles

Vimarsh on Nation's Strategic Thought: Perspectives from Ancient India

On September 26, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a Vimarsh on "Nation's Strategic Thought: Perspectives from Ancient India" by Lt. Gen. Ajai Kumar Singh (Retd) PVSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM. He retired from the Indian Army as Gene....

September 30, 2024 Vimarsh , Historical and Civilisational Studies , Swami Vivekananda , ancient India , Ram Rajya , Nation Strategic Thought , Rigveda , Yajurveda

Book discussion on Discovering India Through the Bharatiya Lens: Breaking the Colonial and Marxist Myth

On May 15, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a discussion on the book titled ‘Discovering India Through the Bharatiya Lens: Breaking the Colonial and Marxist Myth,' a book by Dr. Kamlesh Kumar Bajaj published by Prakhar Goonj....

June 03, 2024 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , Swami Vivekananda , Indian history , Civilization , Bal Gangadhar Tilak

The Unique Message of Swami Vivekananda

Dr Arpita Mitra Commentary

Swami Vivekananda is yugacharya, the prophet of this age, not only for India but for the whole world. His message is the same as the eternal message of India, the sanatana dharma taught by the rishis (seers) of yore, cast in a mo....

January 12, 2024 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , Swami Vivekananda , Vedanta , Shakti , Advaita , karma , mukti , Ramakrishna , rishis

Swami Vivekananda: Illuminating Paths for a Transformative World

Dr J.R. Bhatt, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Every year we celebrate the life of Swami Vivekananda by remembering his works, ideals, eruditeness, and with fondness, purpose, and ideas to uplift human spirit and endeavour. At this 161st Birth Anniversary, it is a time to pause, ponder and reflec....

January 12, 2024 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , India , Swami Vivekananda , National Youth Day , Swamiji , Bhagvad Gita , Parliament of Religions , Western ideas

Nurturing the Divine: Swami Vivekananda's Vision for Women and Womanhood

Rakshith Shetty Article

Swami Vivekananda consistently emphasised that India's decline was largely attributed to its neglect of women.^[1] Throughout history, illustrious figures such as Maitreyi and Gar....

January 12, 2024 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Swami Vivekananda , Vedas , American women , motherhood , Savitri , Shakti , Sita , Women power

Sister Nivedita to the Women of Modern India

Dr Arpita Mitra Article

We recently celebrated the 156th birth anniversary of Sister Nivedita on 28 October 2023. One of the important messages of this extraordinary disciple of Swami Vivekananda was for the women of future India. Though this message is nearly a century old....

November 16, 2023 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Swami Vivekananda , nationalism , Sister Nivedita , Education , Nation-Building , Women’s emancipation

The Unbroken Guru-Sishya tradition and The Continuity of Bharatvarsha

S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Article

Bharatvarsh, the nation that is today Bharat, has an antiquity dating back to the Vedic period -- at least 3500 years before. There is no land and people on this earth who have been aligned like Bharatvarsh and Bharatiyas. Their alignment has an anti....

February 01, 2023 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Swami Vivekananda , Indian Civilisation , Upanishad , Guru Sishya tradition , Bharatvarsha , Purana , Sanatan

Vedānta and Nationalism

On 23 November 2022, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a virtual talk on ‘Vedānta and Nationalism’ by Śrī. Śrīnāth Mohandās, Assistant Professor at the School of Ethics Governance Culture (EGCS) and Social Systems, Chi....

November 30, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Conferences , Swami Vivekananda , nationalism , Chinmaya Mission , Ramakrishna Mission , Aurobindo

India's Contribution to World Thought and Culture (Abridged and Revised Edition)

On the occasion of the inauguration of the Swami Vivekananda Rock Memorial in 1970, the Vivekananda Kendra Prakashan Trust published a book, India’s Contribution to World Thought and Culture, that contained about 70 articles by well-known experts o....

September 13, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Swami Vivekananda , Indian history , Book Published , Indian cultural , World Thought and Culture

The Precondition to ‘Tolerate’: Remembering Swami Vivekananda’s Wisdom on September 11

Nikhil Yadav Article

The usage of the word ‘tolerance’ could be traced back to 15th century when it denoted ‘the power or capacity of sustaining’. It evolved to receive a more political meaning in the 16th century to mean ‘action of allowing; license, permissio....

September 10, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Swami Vivekananda , Chicago , Harmony , 1893 , tolerance , SEPTEMBER 11 , Parliament of World’s Religions