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The Shared Heritage of Yoga: Ideas and Practices from Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism

On the occasion of International Day of Yoga, VIF organized a talk by Professor Christopher Key Chapple (Loyola Marymount University, USA) under the VIF Lecture Series ‘Understanding Indian History & Civilization’. The talk was titled The Shar....

June 29, 2020 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , Buddhism , International Day of Yoga , Shared Heritage of Yoga , Hinduism , Jainism , Key Chapple , Philosophy
The Islamic Reception of Yoga
Dr Arpita Mitra Article

The history of the Muslim world’s engagement with Yoga spans at least about a millennium. The purpose of this essay is to briefly recount some high points in this history, which will help put in perspective the historical interactions between Islam....

June 20, 2020 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , India , Islam , Yoga , Arab World , Patanjali , Yogasutra , Hatha Yoga , Amritakunda , Alberuni , Tahqiq-i-Hind , Abul Fazl , Ain-i-Akbari , Sufism , Arabic & Persian translation , cultural translation
Book discussion on Dharma in Governance authored by Gunjan Pradhan Sinha

VIF organized an online book discussion on Dharma in Governance: Towards a Welfare State (Aditya Prakashan, 2018) authored by Gunjan Pradhan Sinha on 21 May 2020. The panel included the author, Prof. Arvind Sharma (McGill University), Col. Pra....

June 12, 2020 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Book Discussions , governance , Buddhism , dharma , Public policies , Arthasastra
Shift to Plant Based Proteins to Prevent Future Pandemics
Dr Vijay Sakhuja Article

Three consignments of African Pangolin scales have been recently seized at ports in two Southeast Asian countries. On the first day of April, port authorities in Port Kelang, Malaysia confiscated six tons of the contraband packed in a shipping contai....

May 01, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , COVID-19 , SARS-CoV-2 virus , Vegan , Vegetarian , Lab-grown meat , Kebabs , Soy , Poultry , Satvik
What the World Needs to Revise? – Lessons from Repository of Indian Civilisation’s Thought and Praxis
Gunjan Pradhan Sinha Article

As we stand amidst a crisis owing to the pandemic caused by the rapid spread of the deadly corona virus, there lie shrouded in ignorance and oversight immense learning for the world from Indian Food Ethics- a discipline where ethics and food collide<....

April 30, 2020 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , dharma , Food Ethics , Bhojana Dharma , COVID19 , Dharmaśa̅stras , Doṣa̅s
Samvad: Global Hindu-Buddhist Initiative for Conflict Avoidance - Inter-Religious Understanding and Interdependent Sustainability, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, September 6 and 7, 2019

The III Edition of Samvad at Ulaanbaatar was a great success in many ways. In particular it cemented the relation between India and Mongolia as Spiritual Partners. It was held in the premises of Gandan Monastery in Ulaanbaatar. The pre - inaugura....

April 17, 2020 Conference , Historical and Civilisational Studies , Conflict Avoidance , Samvad , Ulaanbaatar , Global Hindu-Buddhist Initiative , Inter-Religious Understanding , Interdependent Sustainability
International Day for Monuments & Sites 2020: The Indian Scenario
Dr Arpita Mitra Commentary

In 1983, the 22nd General Conference of the UNESCO approved the establishment of the International Day for Monuments and Sites by the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), the only global NGO that works for the conservation and prote....

April 16, 2020 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , UNESCO , United Nations , ICOMOS , monuments , antiquities , archaeology , conservation , heritage , space archaeology , World Heritage Sites , CAG Report 2013
Rare eBooks on VIF Website

Majumdar, R.C., Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East, Volume I: Champa, Greater India Society Publication, Lahore: The Punjab Sanskrit Book Depot, 1927.
The book deals with the Indian connection with the ancient kingdom of Cha....

April 02, 2020 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Asoka , Corporate Life in Ancient India , Cradle Tales of Hinduism , The Dance of Śiva: Fourteen Indian Essays , The Economic History of India , Ancient World , Essays in National Idealism , Foreign Notices of South India , From Colombo to Almora , India and Java , The Hindu View of Life , History of Sri Vijaya
भारत में COVID-19: रणनीति मानव व्यवहार पर केंद्रित होनी चाहिए
Dr Arpita Mitra Article

कोरोना वायरस महामारी से उपजे वैश्विक संकट के मद्देनजर, जिम ओ'नील की भारतीय शासन व्यवस्था के बार�....

March 31, 2020 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , India , China , governance , चीन , strategy , UK , Coronavirus , Pandemic , Covid , Jim O'Neill , Public health , Civic liberties , Social distancing , Lock down , Behavioral fatigue , Isolation , Quarantine , कोरोना वायरस महामारी
Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam Revisited: Exploring India’s Soft Power Assets

In January 2019, Vivekananda International Foundation organized the seminar Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam: Relevance of India’s Ancient Thinking to Contemporary Strategic Reality to mobilize the Indian repository of ideas—ancient and modern—and ....

March 27, 2020 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Seminars , Soft Power , Bollywood , Yoga , Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam , India’s Soft Power Assets , Ayurveda
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