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TopicRuth Harris

Topic: Ruth Harris

Human side of a global guru: Lecture focuses on Vivekananda’s anti-colonial enterprise

Author Ruth Harris says her aim was ‘not to reinforce the narrative of Vivekananda as the 1st global guru in the West’ but to ‘part from vision of him as Hindu revivalist’.

Vivekananda rejected image worship and the guru cults of contemporary Indian spirituality

In Guru to the World: The Life and Legacy of Vivekananda, Ruth Harris shows how Swami Vivekananda’s thought became a touchstone of Hindu nationalist politics.

New lecture series to discuss life and legacy of ‘iconic’ monk Swami Vivekananda

‘The Lecture’ will host its inaugural session on Ruth Harris’ Guru to the World: The Life & Legacy of Vivekananda on 27 January, at the Indian Habitat Centre.

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.