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S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Article

I. The Critical Question
The single most critical question which has tormented the Indian establishment consisting of most thinkers, intellectuals, academics, political leaders, policy makers, economists, sociologists of India sinc....

February 03, 2025 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Hindu , Indian Civilisation , Western World , Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam , Indian culture , Modernity
Can the West Understand Indian Traditions Better?
Rohith Krishna Commentary

The Western descriptions of India in scholarship, early travelers, media, and movie depictions like Indiana Jones have mostly been problematic. Many of such descriptions stand today as ‘common sense’ even to many Indians, creating a blockade to a....

May 18, 2023 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , ancient India , Modernity , Post-colonialism , Orientalism , West , Decolonization , Ancient Greek
Metaphors of Reverence: A Tale of Two Civilisational Gestures
Rohith Krishna Article

Reverence to others comes out as what one has inherited and learned from their elders or ancestors. As Martin Heidegger puts it, “In giving thanks, the heart gives thought to what it has and what it is.”1 The praxis of revering would v....

September 16, 2021 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Tradition , Modernity , Inheritance , Progress
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