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Academic Freedom: Some Unpleasant Considerations
Dr Dilip K. Chakrabarti, Editor, VIF History Volumes Commentary

Among the left-liberal intellectuals, this has been a frequently used term in India for quite some time. The people, who use it, find it generally convenient not to explain its connotation. This way they enjoy the advantage of suggesting that a dread....

April 20, 2021 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , archaeology , Academic Freedom , Ayodhya judgment , left liberals
Vimarsha on Defining Democracy by Dr. A Surya Prakash

In the recent past, several reports have come out questioning the functioning of the Indian democracy. Responding to these reports, the Indian Foreign Ministry said that India had “robust institutions and well established democratic practices”....

March 31, 2021 Vimarsh , Governance and Political Studies , Congress , BJP , governance , India democracy , Political Party
‘असहिष्णुता’ की रक्षा में
Dr Dilip K. Chakrabarti, Editor, VIF History Volumes Commentary

इस बात के अभी ज्यादा समय नहीं हुए हैं, जब नरेन्द्र मोदी सरकार के पहली बार सत्ता में आने के बाद भार....

March 30, 2021 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , मीडिया। अकादमिक। फासिस्ट। सहिष्णुता। विश्वविद्यालय।
In Defence of 'Intolerance’
Dr Dilip K. Chakrabarti, Editor, VIF History Volumes Commentary

It was not long after the first Modi government came to power that a number of Indian academics based in some Indian and Western universities, issued a public statement expressing apprehension about the dangers that the country supposedly faced fr....

March 26, 2021 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Media , academia , fascist , tolerance , university
Operationalising the Supply Chain of Corporates as an effective Disaster Management Response
Dr Swati Mitra Article

Introduction
The Pandemic has re-drawn lines in the entire gamut of the social system wherein concepts like globalization, industrialization, information technology etc, have re-coined themselves. Mankind’s imaginative ideas that had cr....

February 24, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies , Disaster Management , Article , Pandemic , Supply chains , sustainable development , NDMA , CFC , corporate social responsibility , Parsonian state
Reforms for Atmanirbhar Bharat

COVID-19 has exposed the serious strategic implications of India’s import dependence, especially on China. Politics, Policy and Pandemic are the challenges to Prime Minister Modi’s vision of Atmanirbharta (self-reliance). While the initiative is ....

February 07, 2021 Governance and Political Studies , economy , trade , COVID-19 , Self-reliance , LAC , Reforms for Atmanirbhar Bharat , Boycott China
A Review of Atmanirbharta Policies
Aayush Mohanty Article

The year 2020 can be described as an extraordinary year. COVID-19 wreaked havoc in all policy arenas, severely affecting public, economic, international relations. The Government of India meanwhile, has taken significant steps to promote the ‘Atman....

January 04, 2021 Governance and Political Studies , Article , India , agriculture , Defence , Policy , Self-reliance , Manufacturing
गांधी जी की समकालीन प्रासंगिकता
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

महात्मा गांधी जी का जन्म 2 अक्टूबर 1869 ईस्वी में हुआ था। यह उल्लेखनीय है कि उनके जन्म के 150 वर्षों क�....

November 06, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , नश्वरता। भगवद्गीता।अहिंसा। सर्वोदय। सत्याग्रह। स्वराज्य
Durand Line: Did India Fail Frontier Gandhi?
RNP Singh

‘You have thrown us to the wolves!’ these words by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan will continue to haunt the nation for decades to come. In the story of India’s freedom struggle, he was one of the bravest. A martyr. Yet he and his Pakhtun brothers wer....

October 28, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Congress , Book Published , Gandhi , Durand Line , Abdul Ghaffar Khan , Pakhtun , Frontier Gandhi , Wolf , Freedom , Betrayal
Gandhi’s Contemporary Relevance
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869. It is remarkable that even after 150 years people read and study Gandhi in the hope that they will find answers to contemporary problems. This is testimony to the universalism of Gandhi’s ideas. On Gandhi Jay....

October 01, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Morality , Bhagavad Gita , Non violence , Sarvodya , Satyagraha , Swarajya
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