Hyderabad: “Former President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam’s life teaches us that anybody who has imagination, who is pious and has faith in God, can achieve success in life. Our nation needs lady Kalams too and initiatives like Balagokulam have intrinsic strength to produce many more Kalams,” said Shri Arun Tiwari who has co-authored five books with the former President of the country.
Speaking at annual function of Balagukulam, Shri Tiwari urged the children to imagine the kind of future they want for themselves and work hard to achieve that goal. Shri Krishna does not give anybody anything unless they are pure from the body, mind and heart. Have faith in God. If we do good work, He will surely take care of us. This year, a total of 65 Balagokulams were enrolled and the event was conducted in three regions of Hyderabad. The events witnessed more than 1200 children harmoniously reciting the Bhagvad Gita (Chapter 6 first 20), shlokas. In the same event, Telangana RSS Prant Prachar Pramukh Shri Ayush Nadimpalli said the concept of Balagokulam is to learn to work together. We may be good individually, but we should learn to work in team. The morale of Bharat, which was once at the pinnacle of its glory, has gone low recently. We have lost our confidence. The experiments like Balagokulam, Sangh and Sangh inspired organisations are trying to build the morale of the nation once again. At the function of Gachibowli zone, conducted on December 3, Telangana RSS Prant Pracharak Shri Devender Reddy called upon the children to visit the slums and help people there. He revealed that there is a plan to start a new initiative called ‘Kishore Vikas’ which will be separate for both girls and boys. Ace Badminton player Sai Praneeth, Chairman of GNITS Shri Subba Reddy and young entrepreneur Shri Kiran Biligiri (founder of Biligiri Hotels), also inspired children to inculcate habit of selfless service towards the nation.
Protest Against Killing of Hindu Activists
Bengaluru: Hindu Hitarakshana Samiti organised protests in all districts of Karnataka on December 19 condemning the increasing murders of Hindu activists namely the BJP, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Bajrang Dal and Hindu Jagarana Vedike. Many other organisations also supported the protests and joined in large number.
There has been rampant increase in the killing of Hindu activists by the fundamentalist Muslim groups like PFI, SDPI during the last few years particularly after CM Siddaramaiah assumed power in the state of Karnataka. The brutal killings have no personal animosity, but are targeted to instill fear in the Hindus and also to disturb the harmony of the society. Paresh Mesta in Honnavara is the recent victim of such killing and 20 other Hindu activists have been killed so far and the government is silent over it. It is over a year when Rudresh was murdered in wee hours of the city and chargesheet has been filed against five criminals by the state police and NIA which is investigating the case. All the five culprits had responsibilities in PFI and SDPI.
Educating a Girl is Educating the Entire Family
Mysuru: “India has about 120 million population of Scheduled Tribes. The country is registering good
development, but the Janjati communities are still deprived in many ways. Since education is the prime pre-requisite for development, it is the bounden duty of the educated Janjati people to generate awareness about education,” said Smt. Kumuda, an engineer in Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd (KPCL), while speaking at a Seminar on Janjati development organised by Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram, Karnataka on December 10. She stressed that education for girls is more important because when a girl is educated, the whole family is educated in future. Still our Janjati people are unaware of various welfare schemes. So, we have to help villagers to avail those schemes, she added. More than hundred delegates representing various Janjati communities and social organisations participated in the seminar. Shri Made Gawda drew attention to the problem of displacement of Janjatis due to various developmental projects like mining, dams, wildlife centuries, etc. He stressed that governments should try to avoid displacement and if they are displaced, respectable rehabilitation should be done forthwith. Dr Jade Gawda spoke on Forest Right Act and indicated towards the ignorance of the administration. He said Janjati communities depend on forest; they know very well how to take care and nourish the forest. He stressed on the significance of Minor Forest Produces for Janjati economy. Senior bureaucrat Shri BS Krishna Prasad pointed out that the government is trying to empower the Janjati communities through various schemes. He also stressed that the medium of education at Primary level should be Janjati language. At the outset Joint Organising Secretary of Akhil Bharatiya Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram Shri Atul Jog said due to development in various spheres of life in Janjati communities, the scenario is changing and in future it will change fast. Considering all these facts the seminar should give an opportunity to ponder over the solutions on the present issues. Joint Secretary of Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram Karnataka Shri Shantaram Siddhi spoke about the activities being conducted by the organisation. At concluding session, Shri Pandurang Vithal expressed apprehension about increasing addiction of alcohol and narcotics among some Janjatis. He stressed on de-addiction activities.
Changing Mindset through Sewa
Marchak: A get together of Sikkim Kalyan Ashram Pariwar workers was held on December 16 in the presence of Dr DR Singh from ICAR, Sikkim, Kalyan Ashram national vice president Shri Kripa Prasad Singh, state president Shri PS Subba, RSS Prant Sanghachalak Shri DC Nepal, Director Glenmark Shri Saumya Dutta and Dr Sonam Palzor.
Initiating the discussion state president of Kalyan Ashram Shri PS Subba explained objective of the get together and said collective efforts are needed to gear-up the organisational work in Sikkim. General Secretary Shri GA Tamang presented a brief report about the Kalyan Ashram in the state. He specifically mentioned the change that the village children have witnessed with the
introduction of single teacher schools in some villages of the state. He said awareness programmes are going on in villages which make up the mind of people for
development. He said more than 500 Janjati archers would participate in the National Archery Competition to be held in Bhopal from December 27 to 30 from Sikkim.
Dr DR Singh appealed to the gathering to take interest in organic farming and cultivation of flowers. Sikkim is known as organic state in the country. We are trying to make the state self-dependent in vegetable production. Organic fertilizer, which is easily available, less expensive and is prepared within a couple of weeks, can play a good role in it. Shri Kripa Prasad Singh pointed out that the Kalyan Ashram is working for their development through various projects like schools, hostels, hospitals and village health care centres, women empowerment centres, skill development centres, rural sports centres, etc. He said the Kalyan Ashram runs 20,116 projects at 14,029 places. A total of 1,48,222 students get education in different centres, whereas 11,27,116 patients are treated in a year.
‘Work Together for Larger Goal’
Sarsanghachalak on five-day visit to Tripura
Agartala: “The objective of Bharat is to help the world move on the righteous path. If we fail to discharge this duty today effectively, the world would one day question us, the Hindus only, for it,” said RSS Sarsanghachalak Shri Mohan Bhagwat, while addressing a Vishal Hindu Sammelan on December 17.
Shri Bhagwat further said: “Our ancestors, being part of the oldest civilisation and accepting it as their bounden duty, taught the world how to live a meaningful life. The entire world is aware of our rich history. That is why the world expects us today to come out with a way that shows the path to live a safer life. If Bharat does not fulfill this
responsibility today who will be responsible for it? It is the duty of the Hindus to own this responsibility.”
The RSS Sarsanghachalak further said the Hindus, tortured anywhere in the world, move to Bharat with the hope of sure shelter. The Government of India also says to welcome all such Hindus, because Bharat is the Hindu land. Bharat remained powerful until the number of Hindus was strong. As the number decreased, the boundaries of the country too started shrinking.
He said a Muslim Rajya Sabha MP from Congress once called on him in 2006-07. Once he had praised Narendra Modi, so he was removed from the Congress. Now he is not in politics and runs his own newspaper. He once
attended an RSS function organised by Vishwa Samvad Kendra. He wanted to know why the RSS opposes the
recommendations of the Sachar Committee. But he asked it in a different manner. He asked. “Bhagwatji, the Muslims of India are Hindus. They changed their way of worship due to some reasons in the past. They still go to Mazars, because they are habitual of worshiping the idols. They sing kavvallis, because they are habitual of singing the bhajans. If they are educated about it, all disputes will be over in the country. But they can know it only through education, and the Sachar Committee talks about educating them.”
I told him,” Being a Hindu we think for betterment of all. But what you are saying is already known to us and we have been repeatedly saying it since 1925. Better, you tell it to those whom you are mentioning. When they accept it, we would stop opposing the Sachar Committee,” Shri Mohan Bhagwat added.
Tribute to the Perfectionist Subbarao
Coimbatore: Senior Sangh Pracharak from Tamil Nadu, Subbaraoji, passed away on December 20. A swayamsevak from Chennai he became a Sangh Pracharak more than six decades ago. He was a Maths teacher in Government school. He resigned to dedicate himself to a greater social cause. He had been a Pracharak in all Vibaghs of Tamil Nadu and worked among the teachers through Desiya Kalvi Kazhagam and the Samskar Bharati. He stayed at Vidya Bharati office in Kurukshetra, Haryana, for more than six years. Subbaraoji taught Sangh padhati to numerous karyakatas all across Tamil Nadu. He has been a perfectionist and a creative person. He conducted numerous workshops on vyavastha and sampark well before they were recognised as separate wings in the Sangh. He was a staunch believer of Swadeshi philosophy and used to insist that we should use our respective mother tongues in our daily conversations. His mortal remains were kept in Chennai Shakthi Karyalayam, Chetpet. The last rites were performed on December 21. n
