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SAMVAD Series of Conferences - India and Japan Find a Common Language on Shared Values

Prime Minister Modi’s official visit to Japan in October 2018 has greatly cemented the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership. The two countries are building a relationship on common values rooted in their ancient cultures. The Vision....

November 03, 2018 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , Samvad Conferences , Indo-Japan cooperation , Hinduism-Buddhism ideplogy

संवाद – टोक्यो में संपन्न चौथी संगोष्ठी – रिपोर्ट

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी और जापान के प्रधानमंत्री शिंजो आबे ने टकराव दूर रखने और एशियाई क्षे�....

September 11, 2018 Historical and Civilisational Studies , टोक्यो में संगोष्ठी , एशियाई देशों के सांस्कृतिक विरासत

Lead, Kindly Light! - The Importance of Teachers in Our Lives

Dr. Arpita Mitra, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

India has always bowed in veneration before the teacher. Why? Ancient Indians considered Creation itself a great sacrifice on the part of the Cosmic Being. This act of sacrifice is to be replicated by human beings in all their actions to uphold this ....

September 05, 2018 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , Featured , Teacher’s day , Gift of knowledge

In Defense of Nationalism

Dr. Arpita Mitra, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

In 1917, Rabindranath Tagore came out with a booklet on nationalism. It was a collection of three articles and a poem. Two of these, ‘Nationalism in the West’ and ‘Nationalism in Japan’, were lectures delivered in the USA in 1916-17 and in Ja....

September 04, 2018 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , Vivekananda’s patriotism , Tagore’s nationalism

Samvad: the Fourth Symposium held in Tokyo - A Report

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

In 2015, Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Abe of Japan had mooted a unique idea of a holding a regular dialogue on ‘Samvad’ amongst Asians to discuss conflict avoidance, and philosophical and cultural heritage of Buddhism and Hinduism, the ....

July 13, 2018 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Samvad , Conflict Avoidance

योग और नैतिकता का भारतीय स्वरूप

Dr. Arpita Mitra, Associate Fellow, VIF

सितंबर, 2014 में प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी संयुक्त राष्ट्र महासभा में गए और पूरी दुनिया अचंभे मे�....

July 10, 2018 अंतरराष्ट्रीय योग दिवस , योग की परंपरा , Historical and Civilisational Studies

Constitution, Judiciary and the Memories of Congress Rule

Dr Makkhan Lal Article

Recently in a TV interview, Mr. Harish Salve said that to a few Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders he had said, “you may have got the absolute majority but please do not underestimate the destabilising powers of media, political activists, and pe....

July 09, 2018 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article

India’s Soft Power and Heritage: A Gift to the World

Amb Bhaswati Mukherjee Commentary

In the foreign policy context, soft power and heritage have become as important a tool of diplomacy for States as hard power. It promotes inter-cultural dialogue, essential to counter the multiple challenges to the existing world order by non-State ....

July 04, 2018 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , India’s soft power , India’s civilisation heritage

Kashmir, Nehru’s Idealism and Article 370

Dr Makkhan Lal Article

Though the State of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) is an integral part of India, Pakistan claims that it is a disputed territory, particularly the Muslim majority Kashmir Valley, while some Kashmiris and the militant groups think that they are an independent....

July 04, 2018 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Kashmir’s accession , Article 370

Exhibition ‘India and the World’

Dr. Arpita Mitra, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

In view of the completion of 70 years of Indian independence, the National Museum, New Delhi, conceived a project that has finally materialised as a landmark exhibition, India and the World: A History in Nine Stories (inaugurated in May 2018 i....

July 03, 2018 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , New Delhi , India’s pre-modern global contact , India and the World , Exhibition