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Swami Vivekananda’s Message for the 21st Century India

Swami Vivekananda’s 155^th birth anniversary is being celebrated throughout the country today. Though already recognized in Bengal for his enlightenment and as a patriotic saint, he burst into international fame at the World Parliament R....

January 12, 2018 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Swami Vivekananda , 21st Century India , birth anniversary , Chicago , Parliament of Religion , 1983 , 11 September , Hindu philosophy

Engagements with the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna—A Survey

Dr Arpita Mitra

Published in Prabuddha Bharata, special issue The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna and Its Universal Message, 123(1), January 2018....

January 03, 2018 Historical and Civilisational Studies , VIF Scholars Outreach

An Introduction to the Series ‘History of Ancient India’

Dr Dilip K. Chakrabarti, Editor, VIF History Volumes

The project began in April 2011. The first five volumes were released in December 2013. The titles of these published volumes are the following : (1) Prehistoric Roots, (2) Protohistoric Foundations, (3) The Texts, Political History and Admin....

December 27, 2017 Historical and Civilisational Studies , History of Ancient India , Protohistoric Foundations , Administration , BC , Political History and Administration

Commentary: Sister Nivedita’s Ideas on Writing Indian History

Dr Arpita Mitra Commentary

“One of the first tasks before the Indian people is the rewriting of their own history.” - Sister Nivedita Sister Nivedita (1867-1911) is one of the most well-known disciples of Swami Vivekananda. She was born as Margaret Elizabeth Nobl....

December 21, 2017 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , Swami Vivekananda , Sister Nivedita , Indian history , geography , synthesis , Indian Nationality , idea of India

Hindu – Buddhist Philosophy on Conflict Avoidance & Environment Consciousness

Driven by the myopia of profits and an ego that craves superiority over fellow brethren, man is leading a life of wanton devastation, and going through what is perhaps the most violent time in history. At stake is not just our own lives and values, b....

December 20, 2017 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Hindu Buddhist Philosophy , Environment Consciousness , Conflict Avoidance , Book Published

SAMVAD-II: Dialogue for Peace, Harmony and Security - Global Initiative for Conflict Avoidance and Environmental Consciousness

It will be recalled that ‘SAMVAD’ is an initiative of Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) that was borne out of dialogue between the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The purpose was to adopt princ....

September 28, 2017 Conference , Historical and Civilisational Studies , Conferences , Peace , Conflict Avoidance , Security , Harmony , SAMVAD-II , Global Initiative , Environmental Consciousness

SAMVAD-II: Dialogue for Peace, Harmony and Security - Global Initiative for Conflict Avoidance and Environmental Consciousness

September 28, 2017 Historical and Civilisational Studies

Engagement and Encounters of Troops from Colonies and Dominions of the British Empire in WW I

Ajay Pratap Singh

Introduction It is because of the Euro-centrism and the dominance of the Realist tradition that the study of empire in international relations has been ignored. Historiography around the imperial nature of war has not been properl....

September 14, 2017 Historical and Civilisational Studies , British , WW I , India’s contribution , World war 1 , World war

भारतीय सभ्यता और संविधान

RNP Singh

पारंपरिक भारत ही आज के भारत का उद्भव और स्रोत है। यही भारत के अस्तित्व की रीढ़ है। दार्शनिक स्तर �....

August 21, 2017 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Indian history , पारंपरिक भारत , सहिष्णुता , संविधान , बुनियादी मूल्य , Indian Civilisation , Constitution

Indian Civilisation and the Constitution

RNP Singh

The traditional India is the origin and source of the India of today. At the existential level it is the backbone of India. In the philosophic plane it is verily its soul. It is visible in the every walk of life, unless the ‘modern’ Indian, blind....

August 03, 2017 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Indian Civilisation , Constitution , Hindutva