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The ‘Feminist’ Ruling Angering Indian Women

By Shyam Krishna Kumar, Vision India Foundation Fellow This article was published in the  BBC Website The source of the image is Vision India Foundation VIEWPOINT: THE ‘FEMINIST’ RULING ANGERING INDIAN WOMEN A recent Supreme Court ruling, which has been hailed as a feminist victory, has instead angered the Indian...
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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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Padma Shri To Lakshmikutty Is A Reminder For Us To Foster Indigenous Knowledge Systems

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 nationwide recognition of Lakshmikutty’s remarkable contribution to traditional medicine is just the first step. This opportunity must be used to create sustainable benefit and access-sharing...
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National Siddha Day: From Optics To Policy Intervention

By Shyam Krishna Kumar, Vision India Foundation Fellow This article was published in the Swarajya The source of the image is Vision India Foundation It is high time that an Indic knowledge systems like siddha receives concrete policy attention it deserves to realise its potential for human wellbeing. The recent celebration of...
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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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For Kashmiriyat To Have Any Meaning, The Yatra Must Go On

By Shyam Krishna Kumar, Vision India Foundation Fellow This article was published in the  The Huffington Post The source of the image is Vision India Foundation IT CANNOT FALL PREY TO EXTREMIST DESIGNS. Bhagya Mani, a poor Maharashtrian woman, was admitted to the hospital with multiple fractures. “We were on...
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