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Swami Vivekananda: Life and Views in Brief
Friday, 9 December 2011, 4:57 pm | Dr. Ravindra Kumar
Swami Vivekananda [1863, 12 January–1902, 4 July], was a great Vedic-Hindu thinker-philosopher, reformer and revolutionary saint of contemporary-modern times, who dedicated his entire life to the spiritual and social upliftment of the common man. More >>
Bharat Ratna Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy
Friday, 1 July 2011, 4:09 pm | Dr. Ravindra Kumar
A renowned physician, an educationist, a social-reformer and a leading freedom fighter Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy was one of the makers of modern India. He was an able administrator and an icon of morality and ethics in public life. More >>
Fundamental Structures of Buddhism: Change and Self-Reliance
Monday, 2 May 2011, 12:01 pm | Dr. Ravindra Kumar
Buddhism is one of the foremost religious-spiritual, social, and indeed, political philosophies of the world. As is well-known, Gautama Buddha, the Light of Asia , not only brought about a revolution in religious-spiritual thinking, but also divulged ... More >>
Nehru’s Commitment to Healthy and Fair Criticism
Saturday, 16 April 2011, 2:02 pm | Dr. Ravindra Kumar
On March 13, 2011 I had gone to deliver a keynote address at the UGC sponsored national seminar on Nehru and Socialism organized by the DAV [PG] College for Women [affiliated to Kurukshetra University, Haryana]. As excepted it was attended by several professors ... More >>
Global Peace Movement and Relevance of Gandhian View
Tuesday, 12 April 2011, 2:33 pm | Dr. Ravindra Kumar
“Mahatma Gandhi embodied in his life certain universal principles that are inherent in the moral structure of the universe, and these principles are as inescapable as the law of gravitation.” –Martin Luther King Junior More >>
Political Morality and Confucianism
Monday, 21 February 2011, 3:51 pm | Dr. Ravindra Kumar
Li, Yi and Ren, the three principles, fully imbued with morality, and propounded by Confucius, the matchless Chinese thinker, constitutes the fundamentals of his philosophy known as Confucianism. I am of the opinion that akin to Jainism, Buddhism ... More >>
International Seminar on Education and Peace
Monday, 24 May 2010, 11:16 am | Dr. Ravindra Kumar
The two days international seminar on Education and Peace, organized by the World Peace Movement Trust (Founded in 2001 by Dr. Ravindra Kumar, a renowned scholar and Former Vice Chancellor of the CCS University, Meerut, India) at The Club, Andheri ... More >>
Similarity among Teachings of Religions
Sunday, 27 December 2009, 12:51 pm | Dr. Ravindra Kumar
It has been depicted in the Vedic Hindu philosophy that Dharma is to ‘Adopt’, i.e. “Darmo Dharyate Praja.” I am in total agreement with this. But the question still remains as to what ought to be adopted? The straightforward answer is adopting ... More >>
Gandhi: India And Universalism
Friday, 2 October 2009, 1:34 pm | Dr. Ravindra Kumar
India is a country committed to internationalism or universalism. This commitment is thousands of years old and can be well acknowledged and understood through India’s ancient slogan of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ . Besides this, thousands of years ... More >>
India: Democracy versus Mobocracy and Gandhi
Friday, 10 July 2009, 11:00 am | Dr. Ravindra Kumar
The roots of democracy in India are very deep. Probably it is India where democracy started functioning first. It is evident from the existence of institutions like Sabha , Samiti and Viditha in the Vedic era. A fterward, the existence of many republics ... More >>
India’s unity: democracy and minorities
Monday, 15 June 2009, 9:32 am | Dr. Ravindra Kumar
India is a country of diversities. Her population is basically made up of descendants of six ethnic groups. It doesn’t matter if all of them are of Indian origin or not. It is also not important whether they came from other parts of the globe. Today, ... More >>
Indian Democracy in Twenty-First Century
Thursday, 9 April 2009, 1:25 pm | Dr. Ravindra Kumar
After India’s freedom from the colonial rule in 1947, our national leaders having nucleus their experiences gained from the constitutional reforms which were initiated by the colonial government in the first-fifth decades of the twentieth century in ... More >>
My Belief in the Vedas
Tuesday, 24 February 2009, 12:28 pm | Dr. Ravindra Kumar
In many of my articles and works I have been quoting the Vedas, particularly the Rig-Veda, and other Vedic literature from time to time. Those quotations, especially the ones used in my articles, have been part of a critical study of various related ... More >>
India, Its Concept of Peace and Gandhi
Friday, 30 January 2009, 10:25 am | Dr. Ravindra Kumar
If we go through the pages of world history, we find Indias status to be unique and extraordinary there. In India, a country of unity in diversity, human activities have been continuing since ancient times. Indians have been filled of enthusiasm. ... More >>
China Must Develop More Cordial India Relations
Monday, 26 January 2009, 9:48 am | Dr. Ravindra Kumar
India and China are two great nations of the Asian continent. Both impact each other over events big and small that occur in any part of the continent. Moreover, their role in world affairs is important and sometimes vital too. More >>
Why I am Proud to be an Indian!
Monday, 22 December 2008, 11:20 am | Dr. Ravindra Kumar
I am proud to be an Indian. But for what? Is that simply because I am a sheer creation of the Indian soil? Or, for that the Indian soil upbrings me? Certainly not for these reasons only. This can be a matter of pride for somebody else, but the reason of ... More >>
Jainism, Tirthankaras and the Indian Way
Tuesday, 2 December 2008, 9:23 am | Dr. Ravindra Kumar
In spite of vital role played by the Vedic- Hindu view of life in the making and developing of the Indian Way, the contribution of others towards its strengthening and welfare cannot be minimized. Also cent percent credit of strengthening the Indian ... More >>
Unique and Devoted Sardar
Thursday, 30 October 2008, 6:58 pm | Dr. Ravindra Kumar
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was a great leader. For the freedom, progress, unity and integrity of the country, whatever work he has done, proved that he was a unique personality filled with dedication and devotion. More >>
Attacks on Churches are Cowardly
Tuesday, 14 October 2008, 8:19 pm | Dr. Ravindra Kumar
India is a country of "unity in diversity" where harmony is the basis of its integrity and solidarity. Therefore, friendly contact among followers of different religious-communities, sects and sub-sects is necessary and not clashes among them. More >>
Buddhism, Gautama Buddha, Indian Way and Humanity
Monday, 1 September 2008, 12:51 am | Dr. Ravindra Kumar
In spite of not having faith in Godlike Supreme Power, like Jainism, Buddhism has also made excellent contribution towards strengthening the Indian Way, particularly making it dynamic and in bringing the common men to its fold. Especially, the role ... More >>
