Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam

Exploring India's Soft Power Assets: Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam Revisited

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) has nurtured deliberations on the concept of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' and its strategic relevance for the world today since 2019. The concept of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam was the culmination point in a...

November 22, 2024

Keywords : foreign policy, India Soft Power, Indian Knowledge Systems, Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, Historical and Civilisational Studies

Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam - Relevance of India’s Ancient Thinking to Contemporary Strategic Reality

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

Dr Arpita Mitra

The adoption of 21st June as International Day of Yoga by the United Nations General Assembly in 2014, in response to an India-led resolution with a record high number of co-sponsors, was a landmark event. In this backdrop, it is all the more...

March 27, 2020

Keywords : Contemporary Strategic Reality, India’s Ancient Thinking, International Day of Yoga, United Nations General Assembly, Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, Historical and Civilisational Studies