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

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....

February 03, 2025 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Hindu , Indian Civilisation , Western World , Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam , Indian culture , Modernity

Durga Bai Vyam and Popularisation of the Gond Art

Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Positive Bharat

India is home to several tribal communities, each with its unique culture, language, art, and customs. Tribal arts and cultures are diverse and rich, representing the distinctive customs, way of life, and legacy of the numerous indigenous tribal peop....

October 16, 2023 Governance and Political Studies , Nature , Indian culture , Positive Bharat , Tribal Art , Gond Art , Padma Shri , Indian art

Human Rights and the Uses of History: Expanded Second Edition | Author-Samuel Moyn, Verso; Reprint edition, 2017, 208 pp, London: ISBN-13:978-1781689004, Price-₹ 940 (paperback)

Rohith Krishna

When the history of human rights is written, there is a general tendency in scholarship to teleologically derive the concept from antiquity to the enlightenment period and its matured form today (for instance, Lynn Hunt, 2007). In such a framework of....

July 04, 2023 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Book Reviews , Cold War , Human Rights , Indian culture , Last Utopia

Vimarsh on Technological Aspects of Indian Strategy by Shri Sridhar Vembu, Founder & CEO, Zoho Corporation, India

In the contemporary Information age, technology has become an integral and ever-present part of every nation’s society. Technology has empowered citizens in various ways, including ease of access to technology and States’ economic sectors benefit....

September 14, 2022 Vimarsh , Technological and Scientific Studies , Civilisation , dharma , Indian culture , Atmanirbhar , Technological , Sridhar Vembu , Indian Strategy , Vishwakarma Awards , Zoho

Vimarsha: Talk by Shri Swami Avdheshanand Giri ji Maharaj, Acharya Mahamandaleshwar of the Juna Akhara on ‘Desh, Samaj aur Vyakti’

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), New Delhi, hosted its monthly event, Vimarsha, on in the commemoration of 125th years of Swami Vivekananda's Chicago Speech. The topic was ‘Desh, Samaj aur Vyakti’ and to speak on the topic, Swami A....

October 03, 2018 Vimarsh , Historical and Civilisational Studies , Swami Vivekananda , Chicago speech , Desh , Samaj aur Vyakti , Indian culture , Tradition

Alternate Perceptions of India: Arguing for a Counter Narrative

Dr Anirban Ganguly

Introduction Descriptions of India and of Hindus that have assumed a dominant position in the discourse on Indian civilisation and culture have mostly been those which have distorted the perception of India. Written and expounded with a cle....

May 17, 2013 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Indian Civilisation , Indian culture , India’s traditions