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TopicSwami Vivekananda

Topic: Swami Vivekananda

Vivekananda loved spicy mutton curry. ‘No amount of eating grass’ brings any good

Before Amogh Lila Das, ISKCON’s founder Srila Prabhupada had also objected to Vivekanand’s views. He had called him ‘rascal’.

Swami Vivekananda is not a Sangh Parivar icon. Liberal-progressives allowed his appropriation

Capturing Vivekananda's legacy was much easier for the Sangh Parivar. The average Indian relates to him largely as a saffron-clad sanyasi. That's all RSS would like them to know.

Vivekananda wanted to wash Jesus’ feet with his blood. Even invited Christian missionaries to India

In ‘Vivekananda: The Philosopher of Freedom', Govind Krishnan V talks about the monk's deep interest in Christian theology, topics that are arcane for lay Christians.

Who is Amogh Lila Das — ISKCON monk sent to the hills to ‘atone’ for insulting Vivekananda

The 43-year-old monk came under flak after a video of him criticising Swami Vivekananda and Ramakrishna Paramhansa went viral online.

ISKCON bans monk Amogh Lila Das for ‘derogatory’ comments on Swami Vivekananda, Ramakrishna

In a video clip that has gone viral on social media, Das criticised Swami Vivekananda for eating fish, stating that a 'virtuous person can never harm a living being'.

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.

Swami Vivekananda was Buddha for the West. He was more than just Hindu mystic

Known for teaching Hinduism in the West, Vivekananda was one who battled cultural inferiority.

Can’t expect world to eat greens, Vivekananda said meat was needed to make Indians mighty

In ‘Vivekananda’, Sankar writes that Vivekananda did not believe in the concept of vegetarianism for the hardworking poor of India.

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In Great Game for Kabul, India plays a patient hand. Multi-alignment to compartmentalisation

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Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.