Vivekananda International Foundation | Seeking Harmony in Diversity

Conceptualising ‘One Health, One-Earth’ for Āyurveda

In the 9th World Āyurveda Congress (WAC) organised by the Ministry of Ayush on 11/12/2022, India put forth the vision of ‘One Earth, One Health’ before the world. To put it in the words of Prime Minister Sri. Narendra Modi;

September 14, 2023 Download

Tags: Ayurveda, G20, One Health, One-Earth, Governance and Political Studies, Historical and Civilisational Studies

Foreign Universities in India: An Analysis on the Criticisms

Rohith Krishna

Is the arrival of foreign universities to India really a negative development? Of course there could be reasons both for and against. But ultimately, it wouldn’t be as harmful or alarming as it is portrayed, especially if the challenges are...

May 19, 2023 Download

Tags: college education, Foreign Universities, National Education Policy, university, UPA government, Governance and Political Studies, Historical and Civilisational Studies

Language of ‘Dharma’ in a World of ‘Right-Duty’ Discourses

Rohith Krishna

Human rights dry up without a language of human duties, which have consequences for the right protection demands itself. But again, the language of human duties withers without a language of Dharma. This article argues that it is a crisis that...

May 26, 2022 Download

Tags: dharma, Dharmic duty, Human Rights, Language of Dharma, Right-duty, UDHR, Historical and Civilisational Studies

Either Side of Historical Conclusions: Evidences and Interpretations

Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee, Editor, VIF

… historical narratives should be right, as far as possible accommodative of duly qualified civilisational memories, and so balanced and trust worthy … dignified or infamous, balanced historical narratives bring great advantages to the society,...

September 10, 2018 Download

Tags: Civilisational History, Historical Narratives, Military History, Historical and Civilisational Studies