Rohith Krishna has a master’s degree in Historical Studies from Nalanda University, Rajgir. He also has a postgraduate diploma in Rural Development Management from the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad. His areas of interest include Religious and Cultural Studies, Western Reception of Indian Thought, Intellectual History, Historicism, Cultural Experiences of Time. His Master’s dissertation titled “Through the Lens of Time: Time and the Discourse of Universal Religion” throws light on how the ‘sense of time’ gets reflected among various modern Hindu thinkers as they try to identify Hinduism as a universal religion in the context of modernity. It also focuses on the temporal background by which the cultural category called ‘universal religion’ was formulated

Contributions 
The ‘Doctrine of Discovery’ and India’s ‘Adivasi’ The Vatican recently disowned the ‘Doctrine of Discovery’ that it was associated with for several centuries. This comes a year after the much-discussed apology of the Pope to the indigenous Canadian population. The Vatican has only renounced the ...

Can the West Understand Indian Traditions Better? The Western descriptions of India in scholarship, early travelers, media, and movie depictions like Indiana Jones have mostly been problematic. Many of such descriptions stand today as ‘common sense’ even to many Indians, creating a blockade to a...

Revival of the Ancient Indian Martial Art of Kalaripayattu Kalaripayattu or Kalari is popularly known as the ‘mother of martial arts’ for specific reasons. The term ‘Kalari’ refers to the martial art and the arena where it is taught and practiced, while ‘payattu’ means combat or practice. The tra...

Is Vasudhaiva Kuṭumbakam a Pacifist Notion? Discussing the Blind Application of the Phrase Introduction: A Brief Background of the Phrase and its Usage at International Forums As India ascended the G20 presidency, the discussions on its theme, ‘Vasudhaiva Kuṭumbakam’, became widespread. The theme’s motto is ‘One Eart...

Book Published / Book Reviews 
The Ruler’s Gaze: A Study of British Rule Over India From a Saidian Perspective |Author: Arvind Sharma, HarperCollins India, 2017, New Delhi| ISBN: 978-93-5264-102-4, 427 pp, Price - ₹552 Introduction The seminal work of Edward Said titled Orientalism, which was first published in 1978 established itself as a canonical text of Cultural Studies. It studied the nature of Western insidious attitude towards the East, an approa...

VIF Briefs 
Foreign Universities in India: An Analysis on the Criticisms Is the arrival of foreign universities to India really a negative development? Of course there could be reasons both for and against. But ultimately, it wouldn’t be as harmful or alarming as it is portrayed, especially if the challenges are convert...

Language of ‘Dharma’ in a World of ‘Right-Duty’ Discourses Human rights dry up without a language of human duties, which have consequences for the right protection demands itself. But again, the language of human duties withers without a language of Dharma. This article argues that it is a crisis that the mo...

Event Reports 
Gītā for the Millennia, Tenth Lecture On 31 January 2023, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised the tenth session of ‘Gītā for the Millennia’, an online talk series based on Śrīmad Bhagavad Gītā by Swāmī Mitrānanda of Chinmaya Mission. The Chapter 4 of the ‘...

Seminar on ‘The State of Archeology in India (in 2022)’ On 29 November, 2022, VIF organised a Seminar on ‘The State of Archeology in India (in 2022)’ led by Dr. Dilip Chakrabarty, Professor Emeritus, Department of Archeology, Cambridge University and Distinguished Fellow, VIF. The event was conducted ...

Gītā for Millenia, Ninth Lecture Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised the ninth session of ‘Gītā for the Millennia’, an online talk series based on Śrīmad Bhagavad Gītā by Swāmī Mitrānanda of Chinmaya Mission on November 14, 2022. Swāmiji began the talk...

Vedānta and Nationalism On 23 November 2022, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a virtual talk on ‘Vedānta and Nationalism’ by Śrī. Śrīnāth Mohandās, Assistant Professor at the School of Ethics Governance Culture (EGCS) and Social Systems, Chi...

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