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The academic study of Hinduism is the subject of numerous ongoing debates and initiatives increasingly taking place on a global scale. Hence, many crucial questions may arise when we think of conceiving the academic discipline called Hindu Studies. T....

June 29, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Indian Constitution , Research , Hindu Studies , Tradition , Podcast , university , Western academia , IKS , Discipline , social sciences , European Enlightenment

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

‘Gītā for the Millennia’ (Lecture V)

Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised the fifth session on ‘Gītā for the Millennia’, an online talk series based on Śrīmad Bhagavad Gītā by Svāmī Mitrananda of Chinmaya Mission on June 10, 2022. In this session, Svāmīji f....

June 20, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , Gita , Chinmaya Mission , Swami Mitrananda , Millennia , Shree Krishna , Ajuna

‘Gītā for the Millennia’ (Lecture IV)

On 12th May, 2022, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized the fourth session on ‘Gītā for the Millennia, an online talk series based on Śrīmad Bhagavad Gītā by Svāmī Mitrananda of Chinmaya Mission. Svāmīji began the lectu....

May 31, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , Bhagavad Gita , Gita , Chinmaya Mission , Swami Mitrananda

Language of ‘Dharma’ in a World of ‘Right-Duty’ Discourses

Human rights dry up without a language of human duties, which have consequences for the right protection demands itself. But again, the language of human duties withers without a language of Dharma. This article argues that it is a crisis that the mo....

May 26, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , dharma , Human Rights , UDHR , Right-duty , Dharmic duty , Language of Dharma

Remembering Swami Vivekananda's Concept of Universal Brotherhood on Africa Day

Nikhil Yadav Article

In the history of mankind, there have been rare instances where the introductory words spoken by a person have electrified the whole audience as much as Swami Vivekananda’s groundbreaking speech to the 1893 World’s Parliament of Religions. ....

May 20, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Africa , Egypt , Ramakrishna missions , Swamiji , universal brotherhood

भारतीय अभिलेखागार के कई पहलू

Ankita Vinayak Article

एक अभिलेखागार (आर्काइव) और इसके उपयोग के महत्त्व के विचार के संबंध में बहसें होती रही हैं। वर्तम....

May 13, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , इतिहास , शोध-अनुसंधान , अभिलेखागार , निजी अभिलेखागार , भारत का अतीत , सभ्यागत अध्ययन

Book Discussion - Hinduism in America: A Convergence of Worlds by Prof. Jeffery D. Long

On 9th May, 2022, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a book discussion on "Hinduism in America: A Convergence of Worlds, authored by Prof. Jeffery D. Long, Professor of Religion and Asian Studies at Elizabethtown College, U.S.A. His....

May 12, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Book Discussions , United States , Hinduism , America , Jeffery D. Long , Hindu Americans

Gītā for the Millennia (Lecture III)

On 2nd May 2022, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted the third talk on ‘Gītā for the Millennia’, an online talk series based on Śrīmad Bhagavad Gītā by Svāmī Mitrananda, Chinmaya Mission. In this discourse, Svāmīji continu....

May 06, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , Gita , Chinmaya Mission , Millennia

"Many facets of the Indian Archive"

Ankit Mohonto Article

There have been debates galore with respect to the idea behind an Archive and its usage. In the present context, unlike the Library and in circles outside academia, the Archive (state and privately run) is a less popular structure not completely sure....

May 03, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Research , History , archives , private archives , India's past , civilizational studies.