"Everything looks propitious and Indian thought, philosophical and spiritual, must once more go over and conquer the world."

Vivekananda Kendra International - a centre for dialogue - is global in perspective and in scale of operations, supported by an extensive infrastructure manned by a dedicated workforce of proven intellectual competence and integrity. the constitution and work of Vivekananda Kendra International will allow India to promote the greatness of its culture and wisdom, and endeavour to overcome the challenges that we face at a global scale. Drawing from the teachings of Swami Vivekananda, Vivekananda Kendra International will provide a new international platform to the Indian voice, by creating awareness about Indian philosophy and ancient wishdom towards propagating global peace and harmony and preventing the predicted clashes among civilizations.

 

Vimarsh - monthly talk series on contemporary issues by eminent experts for concerned citizens.

 

"Cope, not just lament" -Ambassador T.C.A. Rangachary

            Vimarsh, the monthly discussion session of Vivekananda Kendra International, was held in its premises at 6.30 pm on 24th July 09. Sri AjitDoval, the honourary director of VKI introduced the topic and the speakers, Sri T.C.A Rangachari and General J.F Jacob.  General Jacob initiated the discussion and gave a brief account of his experiences with the Chinese. more


VIMARSH- INDIAN POLITY: WHERE ARE WE HEADED?

Vimarsh, the monthly discussion session of Vivekananda Kendra International was held in its premises at 6.30 pm on 25th June 09. Sri Ajit Doval, the honourary director of Vivekananda Kendra International, gave a brief introduction of the topic of the day and the speaker, Sri Govindacharya. Sri Dovalji explained that the individual, the society and the political thoughts along with the values constituted the radii of concentric circles which converge to a common centre, that was our national consciousness. The political tenets prevalent in the society not only decide the strategic future of the nation, but also give an orientation to it. more

 

VIMARSH : CONFLICT IN SRI LANKA, ITS IMPACT ON INDIA AND POLICY OPTIONS

Vimarsh,the monthly discussion session of VKI was held at 6.30 pm on 23rd May 09 in the premises of VIVEKANANDA KENDRA INTERNATIONAL, CHANKYAPURI. Sri Ajit Doval, the honorary director of VKI, introduced the topic and the speaker, Dr Chandrasekharan - director of South Asia analysis group. He mentioned about the annihilation of LTTE in Sri Lanka which is culturally and historically very close to India. It was a significant development which would leave repercussions in the entire south Asian region for a long time. He added that LTTE which was one of the finest guerilla forces in the world had displayed ferocious fighting tactics in the past. It lost the battle miserably due to various reasons like lack of proper strategy, over confidence etc. Unlike the Maoists in Nepal and the insurgent groups in east Timor, they did not make use of judicious political and strategic manoeuvring and took on the Sri Lankan army which surpassed it in the quality of weapons, training etc, due to which they got eliminated. more

 

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