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TopicSwami Vivekananda

Topic: Swami Vivekananda

BJP working president Nabin’s advice for aspirants: Avoid shortcuts, politics isn’t a 100-metre sprint

Nabin said Swami Vivekananda placed immense trust in power of youth, and believed whenever the nation has to move forward, the leadership would be provided by youth.

Global politics had a week of mayhem. India was the beacon of peace

The world continues to club India as “South Asia”, but India stands alone as a beacon of dharma and peace.

Found a ‘life of purpose’ through RSS, understanding Sangh not that simple, says PM Modi

Sangh provides a clear direction toward what can truly be called a purpose in life, the prime minister asserts.

PM Modi’s Kanyakumari trip is about more than just meditation, it is packed with political messages

Modi will meditate at Vivekananda Rock Memorial once the campaign closes on 30 May. It’s where Swami Vivekananda is said to have had a divine vision of Bharat Mata & developed India.

Swami Vivekananda first saw Ramakrishna Paramhansa as a ‘brain sick baby’. He hated it

Swami Vivekananda had a firm conviction that salvation did not depend on the grace of God—because ‘freedom always is,’ writes Rajni Bakshi in her book, Vivekananda and Our Times.

Swami Vivekananda didn’t preach religious tolerance. But his secularism was beyond politics

In Eternal Religion, Karan Singh draws upon 70 years of his writing on aspects of Hinduism, to show why he believes that Hinduism is more egalitarian than perhaps any other concept known to man.

A Rajasthani king gave Swami Vivekananda his name & turban. He also funded the Chicago trip

A new docu-drama, Ajit-Vivek: Tale of a Monk and a King, follows the relationship between Vivekananda and Raja Ajit Singh. But it reduces the monk to a caricature.

The Vivekananda story: ‘India’s secular liberals run away from everything the Sangh touches’

Swami Vivekananda’s philosophy was antithetical to Hindutva—he was a ‘victim’ of appropriation.

Vivekananda shared a deep bond with Junagadh’s dewan, never forgot his ‘fatherly kindness’

Dewan Haridas was one of the two Indian members of a nine-member Royal Opium Commission approved by Queen Victoria.

Vivekananda went to Japan in 1893. He was fascinated by its army, tunnels, match factories

In 'The Importance of Shinzo Abe', Sanjaya Baru traces the evolution of the India-Japan ties.

On Camera

Indian queer authors are moving from trauma memoir to adventure, romance, fantasy

Publishers are recognising that LGBTQ+ readers, like any demographic, seek escapism, elaborate world-building, and genre-specific catharsis.

As world chases sky-high jet fuel profits, why India is resisting the new global gold rush

While refiners in Europe, the US and parts of Asia are boosting jet fuel output to cash in on rising jet fuel margins, India and China are taking a cautious approach.

Phase 2 of ballistic missile defence completed, India in elite group with capability to neutralise ICBMs

Besides the interceptors, the critical element of BMD are its radars, initially procured from Israel in the mid-2000s and later developed by DRDO on its own with greater capability. 

Five challenges await Modi. First, he must shake off the past and Nehru

It’s a perfectly reasonable presumption that Modi will be around for a significant enough time for us to reflect on the challenges that lie ahead. I will list five.