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The Unbroken Guru-Sishya tradition and The Continuity of Bharatvarsha

Bharatvarsh, the nation that is today Bharat, has an antiquity dating back to the Vedic period -- at least 3500 years before. There is no land and people on this earth who have been aligned like Bharatvarsh and Bharatiyas. Their alignment has an anti....

February 01, 2023 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Swami Vivekananda , Indian Civilisation , Upanishad , Guru Sishya tradition , Bharatvarsha , Purana , Sanatan

India: Mother of Democracy @G20

Dr Hitashi Lomash Commentary

India is a country of 1.3 billion people, and the value of democracy and rule of law is embedded in its culture. The country has been a champion of democracy and the rule of law at every international forum. At the G20 Summit in Osaka last year, Prim....

January 17, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , India , democracy , G20 , civilizational roots , Nyayasutras , public opinion , public reasoning

VIF Interaction with the visiting delegation from Iran On Interfaith Dialogue in the Historical Perspective, especially from India and Iran Point of View

On December 15, 2022, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized an interaction with a high level delegation from Iran. The theme of the discussion was 'Interfaith Dialogue in the Historical Perspective, especially from India and Iran P....

December 26, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , Conflict Avoidance , Samvad , Religions , Interfaith Dialogue

Seminar on ‘The State of Archeology in India (in 2022)’

On 29 November, 2022, VIF organised a Seminar on ‘The State of Archeology in India (in 2022)’ led by Dr. Dilip Chakrabarty, Professor Emeritus, Department of Archeology, Cambridge University and Distinguished Fellow, VIF. The event was conducted ....

December 26, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Seminars , Indian history , Archaeological , 20th century , mediaeval India , valley civilisation , Vedic traditions

Gītā for Millenia, Ninth Lecture

Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised the ninth session of ‘Gītā for the Millennia’, an online talk series based on Śrīmad Bhagavad Gītā by Swāmī Mitrānanda of Chinmaya Mission on November 14, 2022. Swāmiji began the talk....

December 23, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , Bhagavad Gita , Geeta , Swami Mitrananda , Swami Chinmayananda

Book Discussion – Iconic Indians

Book Discussion – Iconic Indians: 75 Extraordinary Individuals Who Inspired the Country by Sanjeev Sanyal and Rajesh Singh

On 24th November 2022, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a book discussion on “Iconic Indian....

December 14, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Book Discussions , Narratives , Syama Prasad Mukherjee , BB Lal and Balbir Singh Dosanjh , RC Majumdar , Mihir Sen

Vedānta and Nationalism

On 23 November 2022, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a virtual talk on ‘Vedānta and Nationalism’ by Śrī. Śrīnāth Mohandās, Assistant Professor at the School of Ethics Governance Culture (EGCS) and Social Systems, Chi....

November 30, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Conferences , Swami Vivekananda , nationalism , Chinmaya Mission , Ramakrishna Mission , Aurobindo

Book Release | Nationalism in the Study of Ancient Indian History and Towards a Nationalist Narrative of India's Ancient Past: Including Recent Research on the Indus Civilization authored by Dr. Dilip K. Chakraborti, Prof Emeritus, Cambridge University

On 10 October 2022, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a Book Release and Discussion on two books recently published by Aryan Books International and authored by Padmashri Dr. Dilip K. Chakraborty, Professor Emeritus of South Asian ....

November 16, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Book Discussions , nationalism , Ancient Indian History , India's Ancient Past , Indian civilisations , Indian archaeologists

Sister Nivedita and India’s Freedom Struggle

Dr Arpita Mitra Commentary

As we recently completed 75 years of Indian independence and will also observe the 155th birth anniversary of Sister Nivedita (1867-1911) on 28 October, it is time to uncover a not-so-well-known part of the history of our freedom struggle—Sister Ni....

October 28, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , nationalism , Sister Nivedita , Bengal , freedom struggle , Aurobindo Ghose , revolutionary movement , Swadeshi years , secret society

Gītā for the Millennia, Eighth Lecture

Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised the eighth session of ‘Gītā for the Millennia’, an online talk series based on Śrīmad Bhagavad Gītā by Swāmī Mitrananda of Chinmaya Mission on September 21, 2022. At the beginning of....

October 11, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , dharma , Bhagavad Gita , Gita , Swami Mitrananda