When a 133-Year-Old Speech Still Has Something to Say to the World

September 11 carries a lot of weight. For most people, the date immediately evokes a very different kind of memory. But in Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday, Chief Minister Pema Khandu reminded everyone that this date also belongs to something quietly profound — a young monk from India who walked into a hall in Chicago in … Read more

Pema Khandu Remembers Swami Vivekananda — “The Man Who Gave India Back Its Confidence”

Pema Khandu Remembers Swami Vivekananda — "The Man Who Gave India Back Its Confidence"

On Vivekananda’s death anniversary, Arunachal Pradesh’s top leadership paused to remember a monk who changed how the world saw India — and why that still matters today. There’s something quietly powerful about a sitting Chief Minister taking a moment, in the middle of governing a complex frontier state, to bow before a 19th-century monk. That’s … Read more