India’s greatest soft powers lie in her value systems, their ability to impact lives of individuals and communities across cultures, and foster the value’s growth throughout the world. It is …
We knew him best for his bold colors which took Indian fashion to the next level. This week, India lost a beautiful son, designer Satya Paul. Born in pre-independence times …
The Anubhava Event on December 20, 2020 was a chance for a number of individuals from around the world to discuss their personal journey and work with Ayurveda. Video: https://youtu.be/svhUay4n5e8 …
On the eve of Winter Solstice, Center for Soft Power launched a heart-warming dance video featuring the creative Rukmini Vijayakumar. Nadi: The balance of elements (Nāḍi, The Balance of the …
Indic Book Club’s Shri Abhinava Agarwal hosted a lively talk by Dr. Nimin Sreedhar, regaling the audience with his storytelling of the history of Ayurvedic Literature. An overview of Ayurveda …
Shreyasi: Ayurveda Education Video: DMtqsfkt_Yshttps://youtu.be/DMtqsfkt_Ys Dr. Nagaraj Patauri welcomed all the panelists and their vast and diverse experiential backgrounds in knowledge, training, theory, and practice. He explained the goal of …
Swasthya: Inner Balance Conducted by Indica Yoga, this program was chaired by Dr. Vinayachandra, who pronounced that Swasthya is “One who stands in his own essential nature: this is someone …
Introduction Published in the journal “Biological Conservation”, the authors K. Ullas Karanth, N. Samba Kumar, Krithi K. Karanth show that, based on the rise in the tiger population of Malenad in Karnataka, …
Ayurveda and Ayurvedic lifestyle is fairly well-known in India. Many Indians, even without knowing, follow Ayurvedic principles in their home cooking and eating habits. This panel discussion looked around the …
“When we say soft power, it comes from culture and way of life, people promoting it. Not the government. Soft power comes from the narratives of the people from the …
Sowmya Ayyar is the Founder of Prafull Oorja Charitable Foundation, training yoga therapists to work with communities in vulnerable conditions such as special needs children, prison inmates, and children with cancer. She holds an MA in Peace Studies from the University of Innsbruck (Austria), an MA in Environmental Security from UN UPeace (Costa Rica), and a BS in Sociology from Santa Clara University (California). In addition, Ms. Ayyar has a PG Diploma in Social Innovation Management from Amani Institute (Bangalore) and a Yoga Teacher Training Certification from Southwest Institute for Healing Arts (Arizona). A keen student on a wide variety of Indic related topics, Sowmya plans her PhD work to intersect across several such fields. Sowmya is an avid hiker, loves to dance in the rain, and enjoys the company of elders.