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Reimagining India’s Strategic Culture: From Endurance to Environment-Shaping

India’s strategic culture is deeply intertwined with its civilizational history, reflecting a blend of moral philosophy, pragmatic statecraft, and enduring resilience. Unlike Chinese strategy, which is often interpreted through the lens of Sun Tzu’s...

April 25 , 2025
The Asian Century of Dharma - Dhamma; Call for Universal Responsibility and Interdependent Sustainability

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) in collaboration with Bodhigayavijalaya 980 Institute (BGVI) & Bharat Studies Centre, Mahachulalongkornrajyavidyalaya University (MCU), International Buddhist Confederation (IBC), India & Japan...

March 6 , 2025
Opinion | Samvad And The Asian Century Of Dharma And Dhamma

The fourth edition of Samvad – the Global Hindu-Buddhist Initiative for Conflict Avoidance and Environmental Consciousness will be held in Thailand from 14 to 17 February. This flagship outreach programme, initiated in 2015 by Prime Minister...

February 16 , 2025
The Indic Religious Tradition and the Philosophical Tradition of India

On June 24, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a talk on ‘The Indic Religious Tradition and the Philosophical Tradition of India’ by Prof. Arvind Sharma, Birks Professor of Comparative Religion in the School of Religious...

July 8 , 2024
Vimarsh on Religion, Dharma and the Indic Religious Tradition

On 17th June 2024, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a Vimarsh lecture on ‘Religion, Dharma and the Indic Religious Tradition’ by Prof. Arvind Sharma. Prof. Sharma, formerly of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), is the Birks...

July 8 , 2024
Welcome Remarks by Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director VIF during the Vimarsh talk by Prof Arvind Sharma on Religion, Dharma, and the Indic Religious Tradition on Monday, 17 Jun 2024

Dear Friends It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to today’s Vimarsh talk by Prof Arvind Sharma on “Religion, Dharma, and the Indic Religious Tradition”. Formerly of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Prof Sharma is the Birks Professor of...

June 21 , 2024
History of Ancient India (Set of 11 Volumes)

It is imperative to reassess, formulate and develop India’s civilizational and cultural imperatives in an increasingly globalised world. The nation’s perception of its ancient history plays a major role in this. The present series on the history of...

April 25 , 2024
Bharat Rising: Dharma, Democracy, Diplomacy; Author: Utpal Kumar; BleuOneInk; Rs. 599/-

When a colonised nation gets rid of its masters, one of its first acts is to reclaim its civilisational and cultural narrative, a legacy that had been pummelled and distorted beyond recognition and replaced by the coloniser’s worldview. For, what...

March 27 , 2024
Vimarsh on Hindutva and Religion

On 17th May, 2023, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a Vimarsh public lecture on ‘Hindutva and Religion’ by Prof. Arvind Sharma. Prof. Sharma, formerly of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), is the Birks Professor of...

August 25 , 2023
How Ayurveda can Power the Development of a Global Health Culture

The Global Burden of Disease Study reveals that people live longer but with more diseases. The global burden of disease is shifting from infectious diseases to non-communicable diseases; chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, stroke,...

February 10 , 2023
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