Most people know that Swami Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Mission which today has grown into a large spiritual-social mission quietly working in all parts of the world for the betterment of humanity and amelioration of suffering. Very few know of another extraordinary organization that was founded on the suggestion of Swami Vivekananda.… Continue reading
Narendra’s formative years
Many of the experiences that we have in our young age shape our lives and character. Each of us form our own interpretation of our early experiences and this impacts the way we think and react to what happens around us.… Continue reading
The intellectual prowess of Swami Vivekananda
More than a century ago, Rabindranath Tagore wrote “If you want to know India, study Vivekananda. In him everything is positive and nothing negative”. Romain Rolland, the French Nobel Laureate had this to say: “I cannot touch these sayings of his…without receiving a thrill through my body like an electric shock…what transports must have been produced when in burning words they issued from the lips of the hero”.… Continue reading
Remembering Swami Vivekananda…
My article in today’s Prajavani on Swami Vivekananda: Vivekanandara Nenapina Belaku
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Understanding Swami Vivekananda…
India is celebrating the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda as a series of events spread over the last year and extending till January 12th next year. The National Youth Festival will begin today and go on till the 16th in Mangalore.… Continue reading
Swami Vivekananda’s message of social service for the Youth of India
Youth is that wonderful time in life when energy is limitless, human creativity is at its best and the ’never say die’ spirit is at its peak. Today, one keeps seeing and reading about the achievements of hundreds of young people in practically all spheres of life.… Continue reading
What Swami Vivekananda means to me
A few days ago, I was traveling with a well-wisher of SVYM. During our conversation, she suddenly asked what Swami Vivekananda meant to me. Though I have deliberated on this question many times in the past, this was indeed the first time that someone asked me pointblank about it.… Continue reading