Articles | Vivekananda International Foundation

Need for an Indian Civilisational Approach to Study India’s Forest and Hill People

Asia’s economic and geopolitical rise in the last decade is powering a civilisational consciousness across the world earlier dominated by political and economic ideologies of the post-World War II period. Even Communist China, which had sworn to d....

November 20, 2023 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Indian civilization , Indigenous people , Harmony in diversity , Indian tribes

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

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

Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam Ki Oar – 2.0 Manilaxmi Tirth Declaration | 19th October 2023

Under the guidance of Spiritual Sovereign His Holiness Jainacharya Yugbhushansuriji, Jyot, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), India Foundation (IF) and Gitarth Ganga, came together in a Conclave to deliberate over the concept of Vasudhaiva K....

October 27, 2023 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam , multipolar world order

Vimarsh on Practical Gaṇita vs Religious Mathematics

On 14th September 2023, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a Vimarsh on the topic “Practical Gaṇita vs Religious Mathematics" by Prof. C.K Raju. Prof Raju is PhD from the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata and was a member of....

October 26, 2023 Vimarsh , Historical and Civilisational Studies , Practical Gaṇita , Religious Mathematics

Gandhi: The Apostle of Non-Violence

Rup Narayan Das Commentary

Ever since 2007 when the United Nations adopted 2nd October, the birth day of Mahatma Gandhi regarded as the ‘Father of the Nation’ in India, and the torch bearer of India’s protracted freedom struggle, the day is observed as the ‘Internation....

October 01, 2023 Governance and Political Studies , Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , modi , Gandhi , UN resolution , Martin Luther King , Non-violence

Not Fair to Equate Religion with Caste: Insights from Swami Vivekananda

Dr Arpita Mitra Article

Perhaps we are once again at that historic juncture where religion has to bear the brunt for the existence of social evils such as caste system. India was at such a juncture during the social reform movements of the late nineteenth century. We can ge....

September 25, 2023 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Upanishads , Caste system , Vedanta , Sanatana dharma , smriti , Brahminhood , social reform movements

Vedic Prayers for Global Peace and Universa Well-being

Professor Dr. (Ms.) Shashiprabha Kumar, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

The present book intends to highlight universal Vedic vision and provide an overview of ennobling ideas enshrined in the four Vedas. It contains select Vedic mantras in Sanskrit , with Hindi and English translation, which solicit peace and welfare fo....

September 15, 2023 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Book Published , Global peace , Vedas , Culture , Sanskrit , Vedic Prayers , One Earth One Family

Conceptualising ‘One Health, One-Earth’ for Āyurveda

In the 9th World Āyurveda Congress (WAC) organised by the Ministry of Ayush on 11/12/2022, India put forth the vision of ‘One Earth, One Health’ before the world. To put it in the words of Prime Minister Sri. Narendra Modi; “Ayurveda te....

September 14, 2023 Governance and Political Studies , Historical and Civilisational Studies , G20 , Ayurveda , One Health , One-Earth