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Proclaiming the Path of Surrender

By Shyam Krishna Kumar, Vision India Foundation Fellow This article was published in the  India Facts The source of the image is Vision India Foundation Proclaiming the Path of Surrender: 750 Years of Vedanta Desika The sheer panditya that Vedanta Desika embodied and the austerity of his living illustrate the...
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How To Elevate Public Discourse In India

ByShyam Krishna Kumar, Vision India Foundation Fellow This article was published in the Swarajya The source of the image is Vision India Foundation In ancient India, discussions or debates were a means to arriving at knowledge and wisdom.Sadly, today, the very opposite is being pursued. Every other day we find...
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Tirupati Controversy

By Shyam Krishna Kumar, Vision India Foundation Fellow This article was published in the  Swarajya The source of the image is Vision India Foundation The head priest of the Tirumala Tirupati temple is served retirement orders within days of his alleging that precious jewels, including a rare pink diamond gifted...
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Sister Nivedita: Coming together of tradition & modernity

By Shyam Krishna Kumar, Vision India Foundation Fellow This article was published in the  DNAIndia The source of the image is Vision India Foundation Swami Vivekananda asked for a hundred young men, sincere to the backbone, for transforming India. However, in many ways, it was Margaret Noble, a woman from...
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Why the triple talaq judgement reveals India as a ‘Fragile’ Republic

By  Shyam Krishna Kumar, Vision India Foundation Fellow This article was published in the  Huffington Post The source of the image is Vision India Foundation The process of creative churn is the only way the past can stay relevant in the present and offer the gift of its experience and...
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Vivekananda’s Vision Transcends Narrow Political Binaries

By Shyam Krishna Kumar, Vision India Foundation Fellow This article was published in the  DNA India The source of the image is Vision India Foundation Swami Vivekananda’s remarkable three-minute speech at the Parliament of World Religions catapulted him to world renown and put India on the global stage. In many...
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Jallikattu stir: Cultural identity or chauvinism?

By Shyam Krishna Kumar, Vision India Foundation Fellow This article was published in the Hans India The source of the image is Vision India Foundation A stunning aspect of the movement against the Jallikattu ban is how a predominantly rural issue gained the active support of urban sections of the...
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Know The Teachings Of Swami Vivekananda On His 154th Birth Anniversary

By Shyam Krishna Kumar, Vision India Foundation Fellow This article was published in the Logical Indian The source of the image is Vision India Foundation  “So are my words spirit and life; they will burn their way into your brain and you will never get away from them!” said a...
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Remembering Sri Aurobindo And The Vision Of A Life Divine

By Shyam Krishna Kumar, Vision India Foundation Fellow This article was published in the Swarajya The source of the image is Vision India Foundation Sri Aurobindo spoke of his five dreams for the nation – a united India, the resurgence of Asia, unification of the world, the spiritual gift of...
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