Third Year Sangh Shiksha Varg of RSS began in Nagpur on May 11. The 25-day Varg was inaugurated by the RSS Sahsarkaryavah Shri Dattatreya Hosabale at Reshimbagh premises. Varg Sarvadhikari Shri Govind Singh Tank offered floral tribute to the Samadhi of the RSS founder Dr Keshav Baliram Hedgewar and Second Sarsanghachalak Shri Madhav Sadashivrao Golwalkar. Varg Karyavah Shri Yashwant Bhai Chowdhary and Varg Palak Adhikari Shri Arun Kumar (Akhil Bharatiya Sah Sampark Pramukh) were also present.
About 870 selected RSS cadres from all over the country are taking part in the highest level of RSS annual training camp. Shri Chandrashekar Jagirdar, RSS Karnataka Dakshin Prant Sharirik Pramukh, is the ‘Mukhya Shikshak’ of the Varg.
Shri Hosabale introduced various adhikaris of the Varg to the participants. Speaking on the occasion Shri Arun Kumar said there is big expectation and confidence about RSS in the country today. “We have to live up to the expectations of the people and transform the country into a powerful and united nation,” he said. He observed that a dedicated RSS volunteer should have proper understanding and expertise of the subject and bonding nature. The purpose of the Varg is to polish these skills. At the same time he should be able to do self-introspection and connect himself with national integrity of Bharat. “To understand the characteristic of a real swayamsevak, one can look at his conduct and purity of his heart,” he added. n
Once birthplace of Naxal movement, Naxalbari hosts Sangh camp
It is an interesting coincidence that the annual summer training camp of RSS is being held at the very place from where the dreaded Naxalite movement had sprung to life during the early seventies. Inaugurating the training at Sarda Vidya Mandir premises on May 7, RSS Sahsarkaryavah Shri V Bhagayya said the Naxalite movement was launched so that the working class, labours and farm workers could lead a respectable life. But that did not happen. Today, we are holding the RSS camp here. The RSS believes in principle of love, brotherhood and welcomes and honours all sections of the society. A total of 148 RSS workers from 106 places are attending the camp. Siliguri Vibhag Sanghchalak, Akhil Bharatiya Sah-Pracharak Pramukh Advait Charan Dutt, Kshetra Pracharak Pramukh Ramapad Pal, Prant Karyawah Pradip Chandra Adhikari, Varg Karyawah Bimalendu Das were also present on the occasion. —Organiser Bureau
Sewa Bharati training camp in Chennai
Sewa Bharati’s annual 10-day training camp began in Chennai on May 9 with 94 trainees. DAV School Principal Smt Geeta inaugurated the camp by lighting the ‘kuthuvilakku’. Smt Kalpana is the Vargadhikari. Shri Duraishankar, president of Sewa Bharati, Uttar Tamil Nadu and other Sewa Pramukhs were also present at the function. (VSK Tamil Nadu)
Vidya Bharati schools in Odisha excel again
Bhubaneswar: Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir schools run by Sikhya Vikash Samiti affiliated to Vidya Bharati, continued to perform exceptionally well in Metric Examination in Odisha. A total of 13,939 students from Saraswati Shishu Mandir schools appeared in the Board Examination 2015. Vidya Bharati schools recorded pass percentage (99.57) is much higher than the overall pass percentage in the State—82 per cent.
The Sikhya Vikash Samiti organised a felicitation programme in Bhubaneswar to honour the students, who secured highest marks in the exam. On this occasion Dr Banchhanidhi Panda, president of the Samiti said the holistic and value based curriculum, an edifying atmosphere, strong teacher-student relationship and strict monitoring system are the main reasons for the success of the Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir schools. — Samanvya Nanda
Shri Guru Granth Saheb offers remedies
for social conflicts — Rameshwar
RSS Uttar Kshetra Pracharak Pramukh Shri Rameshwar said the teachings of Shri Guru Granth Saheb provide solution to many problems that the society is facing today. He called upon the Sikh Sangat workers to take those teachings to every house of the country. He was speaking at a meeting of senior office bearers from Haryana, Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh in Ambala Cant. Senior Pracharak Shri Jasbir Singh, who is now with the Sikh Sangat was also present. Sikh Sangat founder Sardar Chiranjiv Singh and former Kshetra Karyavah Shri Ramesh Prakash Sharma, Sikh Sangat organising secretary Shri Avinash Jaiswal, noted educationist and Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Managmente Committee member Sardar Gurlad Singh and noted educationist and Vice Chancellor of Central University of Himachal Pradesh Dr Kuldeep Chand Agnihotri were also present on the occasion.
—Organiser Bureau
Media workshop by Shaikshik Mahasangh
Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh organised a two-day media workshop in Delhi to educate the teachers how to use social media to champion their causes. Speaking at the workshop, Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Shri Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said the teachers should not hesitate to use this highly effective medium of communication. He said one who is expert in using technology wins half of the battle. He said the Mahasangh is rendering valuable services to the teacher fraternity and that contribution should reach the maximum people.
Speaking in a session former editor of India Today Shri Jagdish Upasane said the credibility of the print media still survives and its usefulness will continue in coming decades. Prof BL Sharma, Vice Chancellor of Sarguja University stressed the need to maintain transparency and values in the media. Mahasangh president Dr Vimal Prasad Agrawal said they would use the social media as an alternate means of communication.
Mass marriage by Kalyan Ashram
It was a wedding ceremony with a difference. The wedding of the couples who were already living as husbands and wives were solemnised at this ceremony. Some couples have even children. There are many reasons why they did not officially tied the knot till now, the poverty and social backwardness are the prominent reason. The wedding ceremony was organised at Birsa Shishu Shiksha Kendra, Salbari compound in Siliguri on May 10 by the Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram, Uttar Bang Prant. Kalyan Ashram national president Shri Jagdev Ram Oraon highlighted the necessity and sacredness of wedding in the social system. A total of 101 pairs got married following Hindu rituals by performing yajna. Every pair was gifted with some items needed in the daily life. Local MP Shri SS Ahluwalia inaugurated three insurance schemes of Central Government.
