Vivekananda International Foundation | Seeking Harmony in Diversity

On November 27, 2024 the Vivekananda International Foundation in collaboration with the Habibi Center, hosted a commemorative Indonesia joint seminar, celebrating 75 years of diplomatic relations between India and Indonesia. The seminar served a...

November 27, 2024

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , strategic partnership , Civilization , India Indonesia relations , Habibi Center , Indonesia Trade

Book discussion on Discovering India Through the Bharatiya Lens: Breaking the Colonial and Marxist Myth

On May 15, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a discussion on the book titled ‘Discovering India Through the Bharatiya Lens: Breaking the Colonial and Marxist Myth,' a book by Dr. Kamlesh Kumar Bajaj published by Prakhar ...

May 15, 2024

Tags: Historical and Civilisational Studies , Swami Vivekananda , Indian history , Civilization , Bal Gangadhar Tilak

India’s Musical Footprints in Asia

On 8 October, VIF organized a lecture in the ‘Understanding Indian History & Civilization’ series. Kalamandalam Shri Piyal Bhattacharya, artist, researcher and founder of Chidakash Kalalay in Kolkata, spoke on ‘India’s Musical Footprints...

October 08, 2020

Tags: Historical and Civilisational Studies , Asia , Civilization , History , Indian musical , Bharata Muni , Bin-baja

Re-conceptualizing Religious History: Archaeological Findings from Itkhori, a Composite Sacred Space

VIF organized a talk by Professor Rupendra Kumar Chattopadhyay (Vivekananda Chair Professor of Social Science, University of Calcutta) under the VIF Lecture Series ‘Understanding Indian History & Civilization’. The talk was titled Reconce...

July 16, 2020

Tags: Historical and Civilisational Studies , Buddhism , Civilization , Understanding Indian History , Itkhori , Bhadrakali temple , Brahmanism