Articles

Revisiting Cooperation in South Asia from Vivekananda’s Perspective

Abstract

Western scholars and thinkers have dominated the field of international relations. Be it the study of world affairs or regional affairs, western perspectives have paved the way for their understanding. This paper looks beyond the....

November 13, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Vedanta , tolerance , Orthodoxy , Non-Western IR , Universal Acceptance

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

Swami Vivekananda: A Short Life Sketch

Ruveer Vohra Commentary

“The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is the most successful.” &nb....

June 24, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , Swami Vivekananda , Yoga , tolerance , Ramakrishna Mission

A Different 9/11: How Vivekananda Won Americans’ Hearts and Minds?

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attack on the World Trade Centre in which thousands of Americans died, the American people were in grief. On the same day, the Taliban were in a celebratory mood in Kabul having ‘defeated’ the Americans ....

September 13, 2021 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Swami Vivekananda , Chicago speech , World Parliament of Religions , tolerance , SEPTEMBER 11 , Hindu religion

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