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Celebration of Africa Day 2022 Over a Book Discussion | ‘The Harambee Factor: India - Africa Economic and Development Partnership by Ambassador Gurjit Singh’

Every year on May 25, the world celebrates Africa Day. On May 25 1963, 30 independent African leaders signed the founding charter of the OAU (Organization of African Unity). In 2002, to give more impetus to the organisation, many new areas were added....

June 15, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Book Discussions , COVID-19 , India Africa Forum Summit , Gandhi , Line of Credit , ITEC , Banjul Formula , India-Africa Relationships , Mandela

"India–Africa Relations: Changing Horizons" by Rajiv Bhatia, Routledge India, Pp 244, 15 November 2021, INR 995. ISBN 9781032268989

Samir Bhattacharya, Senior Research Associate, VIF

Former High Commissioner to Kenya, South Africa and Lesotho, Ambassador Rajiv Kumar Bhatia, is a Distinguished Fellow of the Foreign Policy Studies Programme at Gateway House. In his new book titled "India-Africa Relations: Changing Horizons",....

March 31, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Book Reviews , Gandhi , India-Africa Relations , Non-Alignment Movement

The Re-election of Gambian President Raises Hope for Justice

Samir Bhattacharya, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

On 4th December 2021, The Gambia, the smallest country in mainland Africa, held its presidential election. The present election can be viewed as a strong statement in support of successful transition towards a democratic society. To recall, in the la....

December 13, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , democracy , Myanmar , election , Rohingya , India Africa Forum Summit , Human Rights , Gandhi , ECOWAS , coup , Coalition , Gambia , Adama Barrow , Jammeh , Marbles , African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights , Term limits , India Gambia Relations , Banjul Charter

Harnessing the Trade Winds: The Story of the Centuries-Old Indian Trade with East Africa, Using the Monsoon Winds by Blanche Rocha D’Souza, (First published in Kenya in 2008 by Zand Graphics Ltd, Reprinted in India 2021 by Pentagon Press LLP.) Pp. 204. IN

Samir Bhattacharya, Senior Research Associate, VIF

Long before the Christian era, Indians had the knowledge of monsoon winds. And Indians started sailing, not only before the European explorers of 14th centuries and around, but Indians sailed even before Hippalus, the Greek mariner, famous for discov....

November 15, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Indian Diaspora , Indian Ocean , Book Reviews , Gandhi , Eastern Africa , History , Indian Traders , Indian Marchants , Monsoon wind , Maritime trade , Scramble for Africa , Ugandan railway , Historiography

Durand Line: Did India Fail Frontier Gandhi?

RNP Singh

‘You have thrown us to the wolves!’ these words by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan will continue to haunt the nation for decades to come. In the story of India’s freedom struggle, he was one of the bravest. A martyr. Yet he and his Pakhtun brothers wer....

October 28, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Congress , Book Published , Gandhi , Durand Line , Abdul Ghaffar Khan , Pakhtun , Frontier Gandhi , Wolf , Freedom , Betrayal

Webinar on “NEP-2020 –Towards Holistic Education”

The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is a milestone document in the context of nation-building. VIF has thus planned to take up, in a series of webinars, issues arising out of the NEP-2020 which have a rather long-term bearing on the country’s ....

October 19, 2020 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Seminars , Swami Vivekananda , STEM , Gandhi , National Education Policy , Holistic Education , NEP-2020 , Nation-Building , Gurukul system

Gandhi’s Ideas of Education and the New Education Policy

Rup Narayan Das Commentary

It is worth a while on the eve of Gandhi’s birth anniversary to recall his ideas of education and how they are reflected in India’s New Education Policy (NEP). In the times of artificial intelligence, robotics and machine learning, seemingly perh....

September 30, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , ethics , New Education Policy , Gandhi , character building

A talk on ‘Netaji's Contribution to the Freedom Moment’ by Dr. Kalyan De

On 10 February 2017, Dr. Kalyan De, a US-based Netaji enthusiast and engineer by profession, delivered a refreshingly insightful talk on Netaji Subash Chandra Bose’s inimitable contribution to India’s freedom struggle. Quoting extensively from th....

March 24, 2018 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , Congress , Jawaharlal Nehru , Gandhi , Netaji Subash Chandra Bose , India’s freedom movement

Half Lion: How PV Narasimha Rao Transformed India; Vinay Sitapati; Penguin Viking Books

Rajesh Singh

When Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao became the country’s Prime Minister, he came with few expectations. His track record as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (then undivided) and many years later as Union Cabinet Minister was mediocre. The party ....

July 28, 2016 Governance and Political Studies , Narasimha Rao , Book Reviews , 10 Janpath , Congress leader , Gandhi