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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

The Ruler’s Gaze: A Study of British Rule Over India From a Saidian Perspective |Author: Arvind Sharma, HarperCollins India, 2017, New Delhi| ISBN: 978-93-5264-102-4, 427 pp, Price - ₹552

Rohith Krishna

Introduction

The seminal work of Edward Said titled Orientalism, which was first published in 1978 established itself as a canonical text of Cultural Studies. It studied the nature of Western insidious attitude towards the East, an approa....

September 20, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Book Reviews , Traditional , cultural studies , Orientalism , social Darwinism

India's Contribution to World Thought and Culture (Abridged and Revised Edition)

On the occasion of the inauguration of the Swami Vivekananda Rock Memorial in 1970, the Vivekananda Kendra Prakashan Trust published a book, India’s Contribution to World Thought and Culture, that contained about 70 articles by well-known experts o....

September 13, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Swami Vivekananda , Indian history , Book Published , Indian cultural , World Thought and Culture

Maharaja Ranjit Singh: The Rise of the Sikh Empire and The Military History of The Punjab

RNP Singh

Ranjit Singh was the most adventurous, audacious, and sagacious ruler of the Indian subcontinent since Chandragupta Maurya. Like the Kohinoor he wore, he was a gem among rulers. He rose like a bright and brief firmament when India became a part of th....

September 13, 2022 Governance and Political Studies , Historical and Civilisational Studies , Punjab , Book Published , Indian Subcontinent , Afghan , Ranjit Singh , Chandragupta Maurya , Sikh Empire

The Vedic doctrine of the creative Sacrifice of Purusha and the Christian doctrine of redemptive Sacrifice of Yeshua as the keystones of Hinduism and Christianity

On August 30th, 2022 Vivekananda International Foundation organised a talk titled “The Vedic doctrine of the creative Sacrifice of Purusha and the Christian doctrine of redemptive Sacrifice of Yeshua as the keystones of Hinduism and Christianity....

September 12, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , Vedic doctrine , doctor habilitatus , Christian