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Friday, March 29, 2024
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

Ukraine foreign minister’s visit to India opens door for Delhi to shape post-war Europe

Ukraine’s outreach to India is about constructive engagement of a rising power that has bridged the broken links between East and West and North and South on many occasions.

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.