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Sri Guru Gobind Singh & Public Leadership

Guru Gobind Singh (1666-1708) was the tenth Guru in the illustrious spiritual lineage of the ten Sikh Gurus. Born in Patna, Bihar in 1666 CE, the Guru went on to raise the great ‘Khalsa’ army against the Mughal Empire, which had unleashed hell on the dharmic communities of India under...
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तुलसीदास कृत श्रीरामचरितमानस में प्रकृति एवं पर्यावरण

गोस्वामी तुलसीदास द्वारा रचित श्री रामचरितमानस केवल भक्तिमार्ग के साधकों का भाव ही पुष्ट नहीं करती, वरन उनका अध्यातिमिक, सामाजिक तथा व्यवाहरिक जीवन का मार्गदर्शन भी करती है | एक सम्पूर्ण व्यावहारिक जीवन दर्शन को समेटे हुए एक ऐसा ग्रन्थ है जिसने हम संसारी जीवों के व्यक्तिगत, पारिवारिक, सामाजिक और...
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IDENTITY, CULTURE AND THE AGE OF PARADOXES

The contradictions suffered by the latest forms of liberalism as well as neoliberalism are of a serious nature. On one hand, these ideologies—which have betrayed their colonial character in the last three decades since globalisation—advocate individualism; and on the other, these encourage people to define themselves by racial, sexual, gender...
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Lohri, Pongal, Makara Sankranti: The Common Thread

The first day of this transit of the Sun into the Makara constellation is an important Hindu festival, marking this tithi as ‘Makara Sankranti’. On the night previous to the ‘Sankranti’ (literally: passage, transit, or entry into) the people of Punjab celebrate Lohri.
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Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda’s Teachings on Education

Education is the manifestation of perfection already in man." This statement by Swami Vivekananda gives us the essence of his thoughts on education. It is only with proper education that such knowledge gets transformed into a means for all-round development.
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