Don’t underestimate the peace loving Hindu society—Ashok Singhal

VHP welcomes Pakistani Hindu pilgrims

“Those who are attacking the minority Hindus in Pakistan should not underestimate the valour of the Hindu society. The VHP will not sit silent until the Hindus are insecure in any part of the world and will continue to fight for their rights,” said patron of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad Shri Ashok Singhal. He was felicitating a group of Hindu pilgrims from Sindh Prant of Pakistan in New Delhi on May 27. This group from Pakistan is on pilgrimage to different places in India like Haridwar, Jabalpur, Chitrakoot, Vaishno Devi, Amritsar, Sadani Darbar in Raipur, etc.

Apart from felicitating the group, the problems of the Hindus who have migrated from Pakistan and are living in Delhi for some time were also listened by Shri Ashok Singhal and former Union Law Minister Dr Subramanian Swamy. The group of Hindus from Pakistan entered India on May 10 and is visiting various pilgrimage centres. They are scheduled to return on June 5. VHP general secretary (organisation) Shri Dinesh Chandra and many other prominent leaders were also present on the occasion.

Speaking on the occasion Dr Subramanian Swamy said Muslim for 800 years and the Christians for 200 years ruled over India. But despite all their efforts to convert the Hindus, still more than 80 per cent people in the country are Hindus. He stressed the need that the plights of Hindus in Pakistan, Bangladesh or in any other part of the world should be taken seriously by and addressed accordingly.  He said if Hindus get weak in any part of the world the entire life cycle of the region changes.  (FOC)

Sevika Samiti Varga in Jamshedpur

To gain, shun your ego—Punita Haldekar

A fortnight long training camp of the Rashtra Sevika Samiti was inaugurated at Bharat Sevashram Sangh premises in Jamshedpur on May 20. A total of 75 activists underwent training at the camp. Addressing the activists Akhil Bharatiya Sampark Pramukh of the Samiti, Sushri Punita Haldekar said anyone who wishes to learn anything must shun the ego. She said since the day women have been started treating like a commodity, they have lost their dignity and this menace would continue until the correct measures are taken up. She said those who treat women as weak are not aware of their strength. She called upon the women to show their strength and destroy the evil forces in the society. Vargadhikari Smt Nibha Jha, Varga Karyavahika Smt Tripula Das, Prant Karyavahika Smt Sharda Gupta and Vibhag Sampark Pramukh Smt Nirmala Singh were also present on the occasion.

(Sanjay Kumar Azad, VSK)

 

Narad Jayanti celebrated in Delhi

Foreign interference in media could prove very costly—Ashok Tandon

 “There is almost a flood of news channels in the country. Hundreds of channels have gone air, while many hundred are in the pipeline. But the objective of majority of the channels is profit making and not the protection of the national interest. Narad can be the ideal for all such media houses,” said senior journalist and former Media Advisor to Prime Minister of India Shri Ashok Tandon. He was speaking at the Narad Jayanti function organised by Indraprastha Samvad Kendra in Delhi on May 27. Three journalists, Shri Suresh Chavhanke of Sudarshan TV, Shri Vivek Sinha of the Hindustan Times and cameramen of Aaj Tak Shri Kripal Singh were felicitated on the occasion.

Shri Tandon expressed concern over the growing influence of foreign media in the country and said foreign media only think of commercial interest and it has nothing to do with the Indian interest. They trust the news of foreign agencies and air them without cross checking the facts. But at the same time they avoid using the news released by the Indian news agencies.

Senior journalist Dr Kuldip Agnihotri said journalism has today become a profession where advertisements are more important than the news. He said public welfare was supreme for Narada. Secretary of the Samvad Kendra Shri Vagish Isaar conducted the proceedings. President of the Samvad Kendra Shri Ashok Sachdev proposed a vote of thanks.

(FOC)

 

Lecture on new paradigms of Indian Education

Education has never been for individual gain in India —Indumati Katdare

“Education has been imparted in our country as a samskar. It was neither sold or purchased nor was mechanised like today,” said director of Punrutthan Trust, Ahmedabad, Sushri Indumati Katdare. She was delivering a lecture organised by the Shaikshik Manthan Sansthan in Jaipur on May 17.

Sushri Katdare said the education in our country began from home and everything around a child in the family was for inculcating and imparting samskars. First five years of the child were for love and the next 16 years were for study. After the age of 16 years, the child was treated like a friend. This is the set rule prescribed by our ancestors for educating and bringing up the child. She said under this system of education a child was not said no to any thing till the age of five years. The objective of it was to ensure that a child can do whatever he/she wishes to do. The age after five years was for imparting different kinds of samskars and values in the form of education. But today the education system that has been adopted in our country is only leading us to destruction. The creativity is erasing from life. What we need is balance of knowledge, culture and samskars. Education has never been for individual gain in our country rather it was according to the needs of the nation and the society,” she added. Presiding over the function president of the Sansthan Dr Vimal Prasad Agrawal said the major crisis today is of character building and until it is looked after properly, the problems would remain the same. Secretary of the Sansthan Shri Mahendra Kapur apprised the gathering of the activities of the Sansthan.                     

(FOC)

Symposium on Swami Vivekananda in Ranchi

Bharatiya samskars made Vivekananda great

“India has very much potential to become a super power. But to achieve this objective we have to overcome the internal problems that we are facing today in different forms. The ideals of Vivekananda show us a way on this path,” said RSS National Executive Member Shri Indresh Kumar. He was speaking at a symposium organised in Ranchi on May 11 by the Vivekananda Sardhashati Samaroh Samiti in Ranchi. Former justice of Jharkhand High Court Shri Vikramaditya Prasad was the chief guest on the occasion.

Shri Indresh Kumar said Vivekananda was born at the time when the country was passing through a dark phase. He awakened the country’s self-respect to the extent that the entire nation stood up with full vigour. He taught the countrymen how to stand with courage. Shri Indresh Kumar said the country is again sick and despite having the resources and prosperity we find the society directionless. In this scenario the ideals of Swami Vivekananda enlighten our path.

Justice Shri Vikramaditya Prasad said Swami Vivekananda is equally relevant today as he was during his life. He said the relevance of organising such programmes can be more fruitful when the people draw inspiration and change their deeds accordingly. RSS Kshetra Sanghachalak Shri Siddhinath Singh and chairman of the reception committee Shri Himanshu Verma were also present on the occasion (Sanjay Kumar Azad, VSK)