Articles | Vivekananda International Foundation

Remembering Swami Vivekananda's Concept of Universal Brotherhood on Africa Day

In the history of mankind, there have been rare instances where the introductory words spoken by a person have electrified the whole audience as much as Swami Vivekananda’s groundbreaking speech to the 1893 World’s Parliament of Religions. ....

May 20, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Africa , Egypt , Ramakrishna missions , Swamiji , universal brotherhood

भारतीय अभिलेखागार के कई पहलू

Ankita Vinayak Article

एक अभिलेखागार (आर्काइव) और इसके उपयोग के महत्त्व के विचार के संबंध में बहसें होती रही हैं। वर्तम....

May 13, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , इतिहास , शोध-अनुसंधान , अभिलेखागार , निजी अभिलेखागार , भारत का अतीत , सभ्यागत अध्ययन

Book Discussion - Hinduism in America: A Convergence of Worlds by Prof. Jeffery D. Long

On 9th May, 2022, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a book discussion on "Hinduism in America: A Convergence of Worlds, authored by Prof. Jeffery D. Long, Professor of Religion and Asian Studies at Elizabethtown College, U.S.A. His....

May 12, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Book Discussions , United States , Hinduism , America , Jeffery D. Long , Hindu Americans

Gītā for the Millennia (Lecture III)

On 2nd May 2022, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted the third talk on ‘Gītā for the Millennia’, an online talk series based on Śrīmad Bhagavad Gītā by Svāmī Mitrananda, Chinmaya Mission. In this discourse, Svāmīji continu....

May 06, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , Gita , Chinmaya Mission , Millennia

"Many facets of the Indian Archive"

Ankit Mohonto Article

There have been debates galore with respect to the idea behind an Archive and its usage. In the present context, unlike the Library and in circles outside academia, the Archive (state and privately run) is a less popular structure not completely sure....

May 03, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Research , History , archives , private archives , India's past , civilizational studies.

‘Gītā for the Millennia’ (Lecture II)

On 18th April 2022, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted the second talk on ‘Gītā for the Millennia’; an online talk series based on Śrīmad Bhagavad Gītā by Svāmī Mitrananda, Chinmaya Mission. In his introductory remarks duri....

April 25, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , Bhagavad Gita , Gita , Chinmaya Mission , Svāmī Mitrananda , Arjuna

नेताजी सुभाष चंद्र बोस और भारत में आर्थिक योजना

Dr Arpita Mitra Article

पिछले कुछ दशकों में नेताजी सुभाष चंद्र बोस पर सार्वजनिक चर्चा उनकी मृत्यु के विवाद में इस कदर उ�....

February 18, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , नेताजी सुभाष चंद्र बोस , समाजवाद , योजना आयोग , आर्थिक योजना , पंचवर्षीय योजना , हरिपुरा संबोधन

Talk on Introduction to Mīmāṃsā and Vedānta Philosophy

On 16th July 2021, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a lecture on ‘Introduction to Mīmāṃsā and Vedānta Philosophy’ by Prof Shashi Prabha Kumar, Dean, Sri Sankaracharya Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, New D....

February 02, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , Philosophy , Vedanta , Mīmāṃsā

Congrats Mr Tirumurti for defending an Orphaned Civilisation

S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Article

You, the United Nations, cry about Islamophobia, Christianophobia, anti-Semiticism – all three Abrahamic religions. But what about non-Abrahamic religious phobias – the anti-Hindu, anti-Sikh and anti-Buddhist? You should see that also.” Approxi....

January 24, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Islamophobia , Christianophobia , anti-Semiticism , anti-Hindu , anti-Sikh , anti-Buddhist

Routes of Exchange, Roots of Connectivity-The Archaeology of Ancient India’s Trade Networks by Dr. Marike van Aerde

On 19th January 2022 Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted Dr. Marike van Aerde for a talk on ancient trade connectivity and the integral role played by the Indian Subcontinent in these exchanges. The Director, Dr. Arvind Gupta’s openin....

January 21, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Conferences , East Africa , Buddhism , Indian Subcontinent , Trade networks , Indian Ocean Trade