Articles

Forest and Hills People: Civilizational Issues in the Context of India

Dr Dilip K. Chakrabarti, Editor, VIF History Volumes Commentary

S. Gurumurthy’s recent thoughts on the issue have redirected our attention to an age-old problem related to Indian history and civilization. The purpose of the present brief note is to define the problem in terms of some salient features of the res....

November 14, 2023 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , Indian civilization , Caste , hindus , Indigenous people , Tribals

Discussion on Hindutva and Caste

On 5th July 2023, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a Vimarsh public lecture on ‘Hindutva and Religion’ by Prof. Arvind Sharma. Prof. Sharma, formerly of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), is the Birks Professor of Compar....

August 25, 2023 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , Hindutva , Caste , Nalanda , Casteism

Release of Book ‘Caste as a Social Capital’ by Prof. R Vaidyanathan

A seminal book, namely, ‘Caste as a Social Capital’, revisiting Caste as playing an important role in promoting economic growth, written by Professor R Vaidyanathan was released on 9th April 2019 at the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF),....

June 14, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Book Discussions , Caste as Social Capital , Caste , Backward Classes , Scheduled Castes , Sampradaya’