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The Unique Message of Swami Vivekananda
Dr Arpita Mitra

Swami Vivekananda is yugacharya, the prophet of this age, not only for India but for the whole world. His message is the same as the eternal message of India, the sanatana dharma taught by the rishis (seers) of yore, cast in a mold suitable for the m

January 12, 2024 Historical and Civilisational Studies, Commentary, Swami Vivekananda, Vedanta, Shakti, Advaita, karma, mukti, Ramakrishna, rishis
Sister Nivedita to the Women of Modern India
Dr Arpita Mitra

We recently celebrated the 156th birth anniversary of Sister Nivedita on 28 October 2023. One of the important messages of this extraordinary disciple of Swami Vivekananda was for the women of future India. Though this message is nearly a century old

November 16, 2023 Historical and Civilisational Studies, Article, Swami Vivekananda, nationalism, Sister Nivedita, Education, Nation-Building, Women’s emancipation
Not Fair to Equate Religion with Caste: Insights from Swami Vivekananda
Dr Arpita Mitra

Perhaps we are once again at that historic juncture where religion has to bear the brunt for the existence of social evils such as caste system. India was at such a juncture during the social reform movements of the late nineteenth century. We can ge

September 25, 2023 Historical and Civilisational Studies, Article, Upanishads, Caste system, Vedanta, Sanatana dharma, smriti, Brahminhood, social reform movements
Sister Nivedita and India’s Freedom Struggle
Dr Arpita Mitra

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
नेताजी सुभाष चंद्र बोस और भारत में आर्थिक योजना
Dr Arpita Mitra

पिछले कुछ दशकों में नेताजी सुभाष चंद्र बोस पर सार्वजनिक चर्चा उनकी मृत्यु के विवाद में इस कदर उ�

February 18, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies, Hindi, Article, नेताजी सुभाष चंद्र बोस, समाजवाद, योजना आयोग, आर्थिक योजना, पंचवर्षीय योजना, हरिपुरा संबोधन
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Economic Planning in India
Dr Arpita Mitra

In the past few decades, public discussion on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose has been so mired in the controversy around his death that we forgot to pay attention to his life. Netaji’s contribution to the Indian national movement is in any case under r

January 22, 2022 Governance and Political Studies, Article, Socialism, Planning Commission, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Economic Planning, Five-Year Plan, Haripura Address
एकाग्रता : स्वामी विवेकानंद के शिक्षा के विचार में एक महत्त्वपूर्ण घटक
Dr Arpita Mitra

टोम्स ने स्वामी विवेकानंद की शिक्षा की अवधारणा के बारे में लिखा है। शिक्षा के बारे में उनकी उक्�

February 12, 2021 Historical and Civilisational Studies, Hindi, Article, स्वामी विवेकानंद। 12 जनवरी। विवेकानंद जयंती। शिक्षा। एकाग्रता। ध्यान। मन। मन और उस पर नियंत्रण। मन को साधना।
Concentration: An Important Component in Swami Vivekananda’s Idea of Education
Dr Arpita Mitra

Tomes have been written on Swami Vivekananda’s concept of education. Pages have been filled with his quotations related to education. But have any of them been worked out on the ground? There could be individual or local instances, but we do not ye

January 11, 2021 Historical and Civilisational Studies, Commentary, Swami Vivekananda; 12 January; Vivekananda’s birth anniversary; education; concentration; meditation; mind; mind & its control; training of the mind
भारत के स्वतंत्रता सेनानियों पर स्वामी विवेकानंद का प्रभाव
Dr Arpita Mitra

भारतीय इतिहासकारों ने देश के इतिहास में स्वामी विवेकानंद के सही स्थान और आधुनिक भारत के निर्मा

September 22, 2020 Historical and Civilisational Studies, Hindi, Article, स्वामी विवेकानंद, स्वतंत्रता दिवस, स्वतंत्रता संग्राम, भारतीय राष्ट्रीय आंदोलन, स्वतंत्रता सेनानी राष्ट्रवादी, महात्मा गांधी, क्रांतिकारी, हेमचंद्र घोष, अरबिंदो घोष, श्री औरबिंद
Swami Vivekananda’s Influence on Indian Freedom Fighters
Dr Arpita Mitra

Swami Vivekananda’s true place in Indian history, his contribution in the making of modern India has not been duly assessed by Indian historians. It is impossible to fully assess the extent of his impact on the course of national or even world even

August 14, 2020 Historical and Civilisational Studies, Commentary, Swami Vivekananda, Independence Day, freedom struggle, Indian National Movement, freedom fighters, Indian nationalists, Mahatma Gandhi, revolutionaries, Hemchandra Ghosh, Aurobindo Ghose, Sri Auribindo
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