1. FESTIVALS: Gita Jayanti is celebrated on Margshirsh Shukla Ekadasi (December 2 this year). On this day, about 5000 years ago, the "Bhagavad Gita" was revealed to Arjuna by Sri Krishna Himself in the battlefield of Kurukshetra.
Gita Jayanti is celebrated worldwide,
generally by en-masse recitation of all 700 verses of the Gita, observing
fast, bhajan and pooja and discourses by learned saints on teachings of
Bhagwadgita. --GoTop
2. HINDUISM A GLOBAL
LEGACY, FOR EVERYONE: RSS CHIEF: RSS
Sarasanghachalak Mohan Bhagwat and Vice President of Bharat Hamid Ansari
jointly launched the Encyclopedia of Hinduism at Vijnan Bhavan, New Delhi on
10th October.
Dr. Bhagwat highlighted the pragmatic and
global dimensions of the Hindu ‘dharma’, and its exceptional character. He
distinguished between religion and rituals, spoke of the need to be flexible
while rooted, prioritized experience over any written text, and referred the
Hinduism as a religion to which different people at different stages had
contributed. “Hinduism is not the property of just Hindus, it is their
legacy” he said.
In his speech, chief guest Vice President
Hamid Ansari said the selection of entries on different concepts in the
encyclopedia as also identities of historical significance were
comprehensive.
A project of India Heritage Research
Foundation guided by Swami Chidanand Saraswati, President Parmarth Niketan,
Rishikesh, the encyclopedia is in 11-volumes and has approximately 7,000
entries. Several spiritual leaders also spoke at the occasion.
--GoTop
3. SEWA INTERNATIONAL USA
Sewa Day (www.sewaday.org) was celebrated on
5th October in the US , UK , Australia , Canada ,Singapore , Kenya USA Singapore Kenya
4. CENTRE TO GRANT
LIFELONG VISAS TO PIOs SOON: Days
after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assurance to the Bharatiya diaspora,
the Centre issued a notification on 7th October
on lifelong Bharatiya Visa to Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) and 10-year
Visa for US nationals. The new norms have abolished the mandatory police
reporting of PIOs for staying above 180 days in Bharat.
“I am very glad to share that the Government
of Bharat has moved swiftly on the announcements I had made on consular and
visa issues during my USA
“I am sure these efforts will further
strengthen our bond with the Diaspora and give an impetus to our development
journey,” added Modi.
Prime Minister has also asked the Home
Ministry to work out a new scheme to merge the PIO and OCI schemes.
--GoTop
5. SHAKHAS HAVE GROWN BY
13% - J NANDAKUMAR: A
13% increase in number of Shakhas of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), is
registered across the country between July 2012 and July 2014. During the
period 4,635 Shakhas were started, All Bharat sah prachar pramukh J
Nandakumar told the journalists in Kolkata on 10th October.
However, the growth in West
Bengal is three times
of the national average. The office bearers of the RSS in Bengal had
earlier told The Hindu that the number of Shakhas have gone up by nearly 38%
in the State in the corresponding period.
In 2012, RSS had 34,761 active Shakhas in the
country. In next one year it went up to 37,125 and now (last July) it stands
at 39396, said Mr Nandakumar.
--GoTop
6. KAILASH SATYARTHI AND
MALALA JOINTLY SHARE 2014 NOBLE PRIZE FOR PEACE: The
Nobel Commitee has announced 2014 Nobel Peace Prize to Bharat's child rights
activist Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan
Malala Yousufzai, the 17-year-old Pakistani
girl education campaigner who was shot in the head in 2012 by a Taliban
gunman, is the youngest person ever to win a Nobel Prize.
Kailash Satyarthi, 5th Bharatiya
to win this prize is a Bharatiya children's rights activist for years now.
His organization New Delhi-based Bachpan Bachao Andolan has been at the head
of the fight against child labour by creating domestic and international
consumer resistance to products made by bonded children, as well as with
direct legal and advocacy work.
Born in Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, Satyarthi,
who gave up a promising career as an electrical engineer when he was 26,
expressed hope this recognition would strengthen the struggle of child
labourers. Both the Rashtrapati and Pradhan Mantri congratulated him on this
occasion. --GoTop
7. LOOKING EAST, TO
THE SEAS - India-Myanmar shipping
link is a game-changer: If the
Union Government does indeed follow up the new India-Myanmar direct shipping
service, launched earlier this month, with similar connections to Vietnam and Thailand as
planned, then together it will possibly be delivering one of the biggest
boosts to New
Delhi Colombo Myanmar 's Rakhine State ,
the Sittwe port is at the mouth of the Kaladan river in the Bay
of Bengal . Notably, its upgradation was financed by India as
part of the Kaladan Multi-modal Transit Transport Project, an important
bilateral initiative that aims to develop transport infrastructure in India 's
North-East and Myanmar India Myanmar
Beyond commerce, the Government's decision to
strengthen its Look East policy through sea trade also has an important
strategic dimension. First, it is necessary to better secure the North-East,
particularly the region that is commonly known as the ‘chicken's neck'.
Second, strengthening ties with the South East Asia is India 's
best bet to counter-balance China India
But for a variety of reasons, New
Delhi , despite all its talk about a pro-active Look East policy,
has mostly limited itself to South
Asia . Hopefully, there will now be a visible change in this
regard. For instance, one of the reasons why Myanmar initiated
sought to end its isolation from the rest of the world was because it did
not want to become a satellite state for China
8. NYT APOLOGIZES TO
BHARATIYAS FOR RACIST CARTOON: The
New York Times put up a cartoon soon after PM Modi hailed Bharat's Mars
mission in the United
States
The cartoon depicted a 'typical' Bharatiya,
in a turban and dhoti and with a cow in tow, trying to enter the 'elite
space club', which appeared to be populated by rich tuxedo-sporting white
men of the type typical in English clubs around 1913.
The cartoon quickly spread and attracted the
ire of Bharatiyas online. NYT quickly apologized after facing some heated
comments by thousands of Bharatiya via twitter and on their Facebook page.
--GoTop
9. HAL, DRDO TEST FIRST
LCA TEJAS AIRCRAFT BUILT FOR IAF: State-owned
HAL and DRDO carried out on 30th September
the maiden sortie of the first LCA Tejas aircraft produced for the Indian
Air Force by them in Bengaluru.
The IAF has ordered 40 LCA Mk 1 aircraft and
is likely to induct five more squadrons of an advanced version of the
aircraft being developed by the DRDO and HAL.
The aircraft had received initial operational
clearance last year and has to get the FOC in next few months before it
starts operational flying.
HAL has so far built seven LCA aircraft for
trial purposes, which have been used to determine the final configuration of
the plane to be given to the IAF.
--GoTop
10. BHARAT SET TO ENTER
GLOBAL NUCLEAR CLUB: Bharat has
completed all the requirements for membership to the Nuclear Suppliers Group
(NSG) and Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), the US told
the Bharatiya side during the discussions between Prime Minister Narendra
Modi and US
This brings Bharat much closer to becoming
part of the global nuclear system, and essential if Bharat has to access
nuclear and dual-use technologies in fields as diverse as pharmaceuticals
and space. Bharat has been negotiating for membership to NSG, MTCR,
Wassenaar Arrangement and Australia Group for the past few years.
--GoTop
11. ‘BIMARU’ MADHYA PRADESH NOW FASTEST-GROWING STATE IN
BHARAT: For
some years now, Bihar has
been Bharat's fastest-growing state. In 2013-14 it has been overtaken by
another backward state, Madhya Pradesh (one of the backward states BIMARU –
Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and UP ), which grew 11.08% against the
national 4.7%. MP has averaged over 10% in the last three years, even as
national rate has plummeted. Agriculture has been MP's dynamo, averaging
over 20% growth for three years. This is fabulous: rarely in history has any
region consistently averaged even 10%. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh
Chouhan's irrigation thrust has quadrupled the irrigated area to 28 lakh
hectares, completing major Narmada projects.
The old power shortages have been replaced by
surplus power, facilitating tube well irrigation.
--GoTop
12. 5,000-YEAR-OLD
HARAPPAN STEPWELL FOUND IN KUTCH, BIGGER THAN MOHENJODARO'S: A
5,000-year-old stepwell has been found in one of the largest Harappan
cities, Dholavira, in Kutch ,
which is three times bigger than the Great Bath at Mohenjo Daro.
Located in the eastern reservoir of Dholavira
by experts from the Archaeological Survey of India working with
IIT-Gandhinagar, the site represents the largest, grandest, and the best
furnished ancient reservoir discovered so far in the country.
It is rectangular and 73.4m long, 29.3m wide
and 10m deep. Another site, the ornate Rani ki Vav in Patan, called the
queen of stepwells, is already on UNESCO list.
"This is almost three times bigger than the
Great Bath of Mohenjo Daro that is 12m in length, 7m in width, and 2.4m in
depth," said V N Prabhakar, visiting faculty at IIT and superintending
archaeologist, ASI. --GoTop
13. VHP TO HOLD
NATIONWIDE BLOOD DONATION CAMP ON
The organisation has fixed a target to
collect one lakh units of blood in the camps to be set up in the entire
country. In Lucknow
VHP in the past has always observed November
2 as a Balidan Diwas as a mark of respect for the karsevaks who were killed
in the police firing at Ayodhya on 2nd November
1990 during the Mulayam Singh Yadav’s tenure.
--GoTop
14. BHARAT, FOUR OTHER
COUNTRIES TO BUILD WORLD’S BIGGEST TELESCOPE: Bharat
along with Japan, the US, China and Canada will start work on the world's
biggest telescope on Hawaii Island that will enable to identify an object as
small as coin from a distance of 500km.
The 30-meter telescope, or TMT, will be
established near the summit of the Mauna
Kea volcano with a
cost of $1.4 billion.
The TMT will be larger than Japan 's
Subaru Telescope, one of the world's biggest, which was also built on the
summit of Mauna
Kea and started
observation in 1999.
The TMT's light-condensing capabilities will
be 13 times greater than the Subaru telescope's, enabling the identification
of an object as small as a coin from a distance equivalent to 500km.
--GoTop
15. GERMANY EYEING
SKILLED WORKERS FROM BHARAT , INDONESIA : With
skilled work force in technology-smart country Germany fast
depleting, particularly in the area of science and technology, Germans have
now started targeting Bharat , Indonesia and Vietnam Germany Germany ’, Germany Germany
16. BOOK ON SHRIKANT JI
JOSHI: RSS
Sarkaryvah Shri Bhaiyaji Joshi released a book on the life of former veteran
Pracharak the late Shrikant Joshi. The book, Shrikant Joshi: Dhyeynishtha
Jeevan, has been written by Shri Atul Tare editor of Swadesh. The function
was jointly organised by the Hindusthan Samachar and the Swadesh Group on
September 29 inDelhi
Speaking on the occasion Shri Bhaiyaji Joshi
said the life of Shrikantji was like a lotus—spotless. Shrikantji was first
Prachar Pramukh of RSS and a he also owned the responsibility spreading the
Sangh work in north-eastern areas when there were least means of
communication and transportation. Similarly he revived the Hindusthan
Samachar with equal commitment and dedication.
Union Minister for Steel and Mines Shri
Narendra Tomar and RSS Uttar Kshetra Sanghachalak Dr Bajranglal Gupt also
spoke at the occasion. --GoTop
17. FORGOTTEN HINDU
EMPEROR HEMACHANDRA REMEMBERED: “Vikramaditya
won 22 of 24 battles he fought against Mughals to save Bharat. He was
coroneted at old fort of Delhi on
October 7, 1556 and was titled as ‘Vikramaditya’,” said Prof. Satish Mittal,
president of Akhil Bharatiya Itihas Sankalan Yojana in a program held in Delhi
Former Union Minister Dr Subramanian Swamy
said wherever Afghans, Mughals and British ruled in the world they converted
the countries’ religions, but they failed in Bharat. Even after around 800
years rule of Mughals and 200 years British rule, over 80 per cent of the
population has not changed because of the fights and sacrifices made by
heroes like Hemachandra Vikramaditya. “Unfortunately our youths are devoid
of the study of the great work these heroes did due to the distorted history
being taught to them on behest of the English and Communists mentality. It
should be corrected,” he said.
--GoTop
18. PATHASANCHALAN BY
SEVIKA SAMITI IN JAIPUR: Jaipur
unit of Rashtra Sevika Samiti organized a pathasanchalan on October 1 to
celebrate its foundation day. Shastrapujan was performed before the
beginning of the pathasanchalan. Prant Karyavahika of Sevika Samiti Dr Manju
Sharma addressed the gathering &highlighted the activities of the
organisation since 1936, the year it was formed in Nagpur
19. SWAYAMSEVAKS REPAIR
13 KM ROAD IN KASARAGOD: RSS
swayamsevaks at Manjeshwar in Kasaragod on October 6 repaired 13 km road as
part of the Sewa Sanghik. It is the main road, which connects Kerala and
Karnataka. The work was done by the swayamsevaks of Bayaru and Paivalike
Mandal. Total 215 swayamsevaks joined the Sewa Sanghik. The road was in a
very bad condition and it was very difficult to travel through the road.
Vehicle movement resumed after the repair work. The repair work received
huge public applause. --GoTop
20. HOSABALE VISITS ARNIA ON LOC
IN J&K: RSS
sahsarkaryawha Dattatray Hosabale along with Brig Suchet Singh, RSS
Sanghchalak Jammu Kashmir and other senior functionaries visited Arnia near
Line of Control in Jammu
and Kashmir , where five persons had died due to Pakistan
Dattaji expressed his condolences with
aggrieved families and gave Rs 50,000 to the families on behalf of Jammu
and Kashmir
21. VETERAN JOURNALIST
MV KAMATH PASSES AWAY : Veteran
journalist and former Prasar Bharati chairman M.V. Kamath passed away on 9th October
in Manipal, Udupi district Karnataka.
The 93-year-old editor was a Padma Bhushan
awardee and the Honorary Director of Manipal School of Communication. He
also worked as the editor of the Illustrated Weekly.
Dattatreya Hosabale, RSS Sahasarakaryavah
expressed deep condolences on demise of MV Kamath. MV Kamath also worked as
the editor of ‘The Sunday Times (India
22. SHRI VISHWA NIKETAN:
Pravas: Shri
Saumitra Gokhale samyojak Vishwa Vibhag and Dr. Ram vaidya sah samyojak will
be in Bharat to attend World Hindu Congress. Shri Ravikumar, sahasamyojak
will visit Australia.Visitors: Suresh
Jain – USA
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: We
are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure,
joy follows like a shadow that never leaves. – Buddha
--GoTop
SARSANGHACHALAK 'S VIJAYADASHMI SPEECH
(Excerpts of Sarsanghachalak Dr.Mohan
Bhagwat’s speech at the RSS Vijayadashmi function at Nagpur
We have gathered here once again after a year
on this auspicious and holy occasion of Vijaya Dashami. This year the
environment is quite different and everyone can feel it. . The grand success
of our scientists in sending our 'Mangal Yaan' into the orbit of Mars, that
also in the maiden attempt, has tremendously generated respect for us and
has added to our self confidence. We express our hearty congratulations to
all our scientists and their entire team for their success in the 'Magnal-Abhiyaan'.
We heartily congratulate all the athletes who made the nation proud by
winning medals in Asiad games going on in South
Korea
Today we see that even when the issue of
ecology is being discussed in details for past many decades, yet we find
that with each passing day the ecological destruction is approaching much
faster and closer to us. ……But except for some changes in their vocabulary
or some half hearted attempts at symptomatic treatment, no meaningful change
is visible in the policies of nations and large multinational companies.
What we are witnessing today is simply the same old, single minded
materialistic, consumerist and a self centred ideology at work in overt or
covert forms. It is this self
centred collective greed that gives rise to exploitation, suppression,
violence and fanaticism. Precisely, operating on the basis of such selfish
interests by the western countries is responsible for a new incarnation of
terror and fundamentalism that has emerged today in West Asia in the form of ISIS terrorising
the whole world. There is no doubt that most countries and religious groups
of the world are thinking of standing united and fighting against this
menace and they may do so; but, unless the momentum of that vicious cycle of
terror is uprooted, it is not possible to rescue the world from the cyclic
waves of terror which keeps on emerging in a new shape every time due to the
acts and tendencies of self centeredness and selfish greed since centuries.
In the history of past one thousand years,
Bharat has been the only example which has made genuine efforts in this
direction through the path of truth and non-violence. Right from times
immemorial to this moment, the unbroken current of national thinking that
has prevailed in the vast region between the Himalayas and
its extensions on one side and the sea on the other, has been known as
Hindutva. …..It offers complete freedom in matters of one's search for truth
in life, experience and its inference. With Bharat's deep faith in the
mantra of 'Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam' (i.e. entire world is one family), a wide
range of her Rishis, Munis, Bhikshus, Shramanas, Saints, scholars and
experts travelled across the world from Mexico to Siberia in olden eras.
Without attempting to conquer any empire or without destroying way of life
of any society, prayer systems or national and cultural identity, they
shared with them the Bharatiya ethos of love, affection and universal
welfare. Even today the Bharatiya Diaspora and our spiritual leaders are
loved and respected for carrying forward the same tradition.
Hence, on this auspicious day of Vijaya
Dashami, a new horizon of victory is clear to us -- as our goal of
developing Bharat into the guide and torch bearer of the whole world. We
have to develop India consistent with the present times and conditions,
which can stand on its own as an all capable, beautiful and prosperous
nation in every manner; a nation that looks at the entire world with a
holistic, selfless, integral and impartial vision. ……..Bharat of our vision
whose Diaspora across the world grandly exemplify Bharat's gentleness,
strong character and universality to their host populations, a strong Bharat
which will be a natural assurance of safety and security to every such
person who claims links with its land, ancestors and culture.
With similar expectations in mind, few months
ago, the people of Bharat brought about a drastic change in the government.
This change of government is not even six months old. But positive signs are
emanating from time to time which give hope about emergence of Bharat on the
international horizon and it appears that the people's desire of a life,
secure and progressing in all its aspects, will soon start reflecting in the
governance.
However, the present overall ground situation
of the country appears quite difficult and complex. Leaving everything
related to the nation's future in the hands of government is not going to
prove very effective……..Our society still remains afflicted by the decay of
many of our vital social values like honesty, social harmony,
entrepreneurship, idealism, cultured conduct and other similar collective
qualities which are necessary for a nation to be strong. Many internal and
foreign forces are still active in Bharat, whose only aim is to exploit the
system for their petty gains…..It is therefore, expected that everyone
involved in the government machinery should remain vigilant and efficient.
They will have to evolve a suitable development path which suits our current
situation and adopt best ones out of various development models prevalent
today…. . The new policy makers should also take best advantage of the
vision and experience of great Bharatiya leaders right from the tradition of
Swamy Vivekananda, Yogi Arvind, Swamy Ramtirth, Gurudev Ravindra Nath Thakur
and Lokmanya Tilak to Mahatma Gandhi, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose,
Swatantrya Veer Savarkar, Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar, Acharya Vinoba Bhave,
Second Sarsanghachalak of RSS Shri ‘Guruji’ aka Madhav Sadashiv Golvalkar,
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, Jayprakash Narayan and Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay. It is
high time that Bharat should now evolve a new and suitable development model
that incorporates the vision of such leaders in fields like education,
culture, economics, sociology and security; which emerges from deep,
integral, original and practical thinking process of such stalwarts. We must
remember that the final test of the efficacy of these policies will be their
impact on the life of the last person standing, a Bharatiya on the last step
of the ladder.
The evolution of nations in the world history
shows that without active cooperation and participation of people, mere
political power cannot bring about the desired change in the society. …….
The complexity and seriousness of the
situation of the nation reflects this need in the development process of the
nation. There is a serious upsurge in the jehadi activities in the southern
parts of Bharat, especially in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. No effective policy
imperatives, efforts are visible in curbing such activities. No visible
reduction in smuggling of rare earth minerals from the southern coast has
come to notice.
In states like West Bengal and Assam
But the society too has to play an important
role in meeting this challenge. The society needs to be aware towards
tackling this problem…. Though an alert, transparent, sensitive and a rule
abiding administration is necessary for ending exploitation and ensuring
development, equally important is the role of society in eradicating
exploitation of the poor through active cooperation, striving in a
democratic way to end their exploitation and by running various types of
help and support activities in order to take these fruits of development to
the deprived people.
We feel it necessary to put a ban on meat
exports, beef in particular and cow smuggling in immediate future.
It is necessary that policies of the
government should take the nation towards self reliance and should encourage
entrepreneurship among the people, but it is equally important for the
people to encourage consumption of Swadeshi products…. We need a vigilant
government, a strong defence policy and brave and efficient defence force to
ensure the security of our nation, but we equally need a society of people
who are patriotic, vigilant and of a high moral character. The discourse in
the society should be such that the morale of the armed forces and the
government is enhanced.
But are we sure about the actual situation in
our society? Can we say for sure that the atmosphere in our family life is
suitable for giving right kind of training to our children and adolescents?
Do the parents in our family provide the right kind of example to encourage
positive values among the children? The increasing consumption of narcotic
drugs among our young generation simply reflects the falling levels of
mutual affection, communication and values among the family members. …we
surely need a strong and effective enforcement of law. But there is an equal
need to put forth our own examples of good conduct and cultured behaviour.
Everyone is aware of the role of government
in such an environment. The education departments have to see that the
education they impart is available to all, instilling values and cultural
components, empowering the students to stand up with self respect and
courage in the struggle of life. It is the responsibility of the government
to keep check on tendency of visual and print media to offer such programs
and advertisements which degrade morality in society. …….But society need
not await for the government actions in this regard. Our own family too is a
micro society. Family as a fundamental unit of society is still a part of
our life. …In our own family it is entirely up to us to preserve the
traditional values and mould the conduct of elders in the family and create
a dialogue, consistent with the traditions, among family members. ..
There is an urgent need to take up
eradication of social discrimination in our society in a bigger and faster
way. No government or administrative machinery has the powers to remove
feeling of discrimination from people's mind. It will end only with the
efforts and initiative of society itself. This can start only by direct
action at the level of our mind, our family and friends. ……….Each one of us
must test each of our act, whether big or small, on the simple ground that
each member of my great Hindu society, and each son/daughter of Mother
Bharat, is my own brother and sister. We must ensure that each of our Hindu
temple, cremation ground and community water source must remain open to all
Hindus. We should ensure that all Hindus should participate in all
functions, celebrations as well as festivals of great heroes and
personalities.
Vijaya Dashmi is the celebration of victory.
The new horizon of victory visible before the nation is calling us. The nine
days vigilance and penance for attainment of collective strength bore fruit
of the victory of the virtuous Divine, on the Vijaya Dashmi day. Rashtriya
Swayamsewak Sangh has been engaged since 1925 in building a virtuous, strong
and organised society. A conducive environment in society helps the
transformation in the conduct of people that leads to desired change in the
system. In view of the size of our society; the complexity of the internal
and external problems it is facing; and the great goal that awaits this
nation -- a lot more is yet to be done. Since its inception, Rashtriya
Swayamsewak Sangh has been engaged in the great mission of building a work
force of such swayamsewaks, who are energized with the pride of their
national Hindu identity; are empowered by inculcating great qualities in
their personality; and are prepared to sacrifice everything even their life
for the great goal as a constituent of dedicated and disciplined
organisation. The all inclusive and all encompassing truth is what we call
Hinduness. It is our national identity. That is why we should take the Sangh
Shakha to each home in every village, street and community. The entire world
is today waiting for this eternal nation to stand up in its own form which
was described by a poet in following words:
‘‘विश्व का हर देश जब भी,दिग्भ्रमित हो लड़खड़ाया,
सत्य की पहचान करने,इस धरा के पास आया।
भूमि यह हर दलित को पुचकारती,हर पतित को उद्धारती,
धन्य देश महान,धन्य हिन्दुस्थान।’’
I conclude hereby with a reiterated call to
come forward and contribute towards reconstruction of this great nation!
"BHARAT MATA KI JAI"
( Full speech can be seen at http://www.rss.org/Encyc/2014/10/3/Vijayadashami--2014-speech-of-Sarsanghachalak.aspx) --GoTop
