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Discussion on ‘Emergency: Darkest Hour in Indian Democracy’,

A discussion was held at the VIF on 24th June 2019 on the eve of 34 years since the declaration of the National Emergency in India. The idea behind was to retell stories related to Emergency - considered as one of the darkest periods in the history ....

July 03, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Book Discussions , Constitution , elections , New India , Policy Initiatives , Indira Gandhi , Emergency , Law

Sardar Patel, Unifier of Modern India, by RNP Singh, Vitasta Publishing Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, Mar 2018, Rs 795

O P Sharma

RNP Singh has lucidly narrated the heroic saga of integrating the nation by indomitable Sardar Vallabhbai Patel by incorporating the princely territories into it. The account refreshes the memory of struggle to keep together the parts of the dismemb....

June 12, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , Sardar Patel , Book Reviews , Modern India , Divide and Rule , Unity , Political map , Indira Gandhi , Yuga Purush

Book Discussion by Bertil Falk, a Swedish author, on his book ‘Feroze: The Forgotten Gandhi’

A round table talk with Bertil Falk was organised by the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), on Oct 6, 2017, on his book ‘Feroze: The Forgotten Gandhi’. The author Bertil Folk is a Swedish author whose book was released last year. The tal....

October 12, 2017 Governance and Political Studies , Book Discussions , Congress Party , Indira Gandhi , Forgotten Gandhi , Bertil Folk