Chaitra Shukla 4 Vik. Samvat 2078, Yugabda 5123 : 16 April, 2021:SM 3002 (For Private Circulation only)
1. FESTIVALS:
MAHAVIR JAYANTI: Mahavir Jayanti is one of the important festival,
celebrated on Chaitra Shuddha 13 ( April 25 this year ) Bhagwan Mahavir is the
twenty-fourth and last Tirthankar of present Avasarpiṇī.
2. DEVELOPING CAPABLE SOCIETY THROUGH ART IS OUR GOAL – DR. MOHAN BHAGWAT: Inaugurating ‘Kala Sankul’, the newly constructed headquarters of Sanskar Bharati at New Delhi on 2nd April, RSS Sarsanghchalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat said, that Bharatiya art is not merely a medium of entertainment, it is an expression of divinity within mankind. “All Bharatiya art forms help a man to attain peace and harmony in thoughts and action. Not only the art forms, but all the thoughts originated from Bharatiya roots have the same message. If you really want to perceive Shiva in truth, it must have the element of tenderness and art is the manifestation of that compassion. It is our duty to preserve this flow of Bharatiya art,” he added.
Celebrity artists including Malini Awasthi, Anoop Jalota, Anwar Ali Khan, Wasifuddin Dagar presented highly impressive ‘Ragadesh’. -GoTop
3. DATTATREYA HAILS CORONA WARRIORS IN A HOLIKA UTSAV: RSS Sarkaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale said that it is the speciality of Bharatiya culture to spread joy even during the time of challenge. At the Holi festival held at Shringar Nagar in Lucknow on 28th March, he said that the challenge of not losing patience and maintaining balance is the hallmark of Bharatiya culture.
On this occasion, cultural programs were also organized under the leadership of the famous composer Shrikant Shukla.
On this occasion, the Deputy Chief Minister of the state Dr. Dinesh Sharma, BJP State President Swatantra Dev Singh, Mayor Samyukta Bhatia and number of other dignitaries were also present. -GoTop
4. HOUSTON MAYOR TURNER PROCLAIMS APRIL 13, 2021 AS SEWA INTERNATIONAL DAY: Houston City Mayor Sylvester Turner, along with Council Member of District F, Tiffany Thomas proclaimed April 13, 2021 as "Sewa International Day". Gitesh Desai, President of Sewa Houston Chapter, received the Proclamation in a virtual session streamed live from Houston City Hall.
City of San Jose appreciated Sewa International in recognition of achievements as a COVID-19 champion of District 8 and commitment serving the City of San Jose. -GoTop
5. BHARATIYA AMERICANS AND FEMA SERVES IN PHILADELPHIA: Bharatiya American volunteers from a group of 25 Bharatiya associations, Hindu Temples, and Bharatiya associations from Greater Philadelphia area, have been doing yeoman’s selfless service for Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA in a massive vaccination campaign in Philadelphia city, ‘SEWA with FEMA’, coordinated by HSS and Sewa International. This campaign has been going on from March 22 to April 18 and close to 175,000 people are receiving vaccination in this drive.
6. SEWA INTERNATIONAL HOLDS FOOD DISTRIBUTION DRIVE: The Indianapolis chapter of Sewa International USA, arranged a "Farmers to Families Food Box" distribution drive at Fair Oaks Mall parking lot on March 27.
7. FORT BEND COUNTY AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS DISTRIBUTE GROCERIES ALONG WITH SI USA: On 27th March, the Office of Fort Bend County Judge KP George, in partnership with local leaders and community groups, distributed groceries, water and PPE kits at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Rosenberg and at Greater New Prospect Baptist Church in Needville. “I want to thank everyone for coming out today to our community here,” said Deacon Albert Yanez from Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and added, “There’s a lot of need, we have long lines.”
8.VARSHA PRATIPADA CELERATIIONS : HSS UK Varsh Pratipada Utsav: North East England and Scotland Vibhag celebrated Varsha Pratipada Utsav on 11th April. The Vibhag Varsh Pratipada Utsav had a sankhya of around 250 swayamsevaks and sevikas. It engaged over 40 shikshaks and karyakartas in planning & delivering the Utsav.
HSS Nepal Celebrates Varsha Pratipada: Hindu Swyamsevak Sangh Nepal’s Parsa chapter celebrated the Yugadi 5123 with grandeur and mass participation. The programme was organized on 10th April at Nepal Rashtriya Madhyamik Vidyalaya Sripur, Birganj. On the occasion Rashtriya Sanghchalak of HSS Nepal Shri Hem Sharma addressed the gathering and said that each and every Hindu in the world should be united to protect Hindu values. He said, “ if we tread the path of Sangh shown by Dr. Hedgewar we can save our culture, country and Hindu sanskriti at large.”
HSS Japan: Several shakhas in Japan resumed their activities physically on ground on or around the New year day or Varsh Pratipada. These shakhas include Shivaji Shakha,
Yokohama, Ras Behari Shakha Funabori, Osaka Shakha and Kobe Shakha.
Keshav Shakha Kawasaki, celebrated Navsamvastsar Utsav with RSS Adhya Sarsanghchalak Pranam. Hindu Navvarsh Utsav was celebrated at Tokyo. A New Shakha also started in Kyoto.
9. RSS OPENS 450 BED COVID CARE CENTRE AT PUNE: Under the Samarth Bharat scheme implemented by RSS, a Covid care centre was opened at Baya Karve hostel at Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Samstha in Karvenagar from 14th April. The centre was opened in coordination with Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and Jankalyan Samiti Vivek Vyaspeeth.
The patient can stay in the quarantine home for 10 to 12 days as per the medical advice. A team of medical experts from Sahyadri Hospital will be taking care of the patients. Counseling too will be provided, said RSS Pune city executive Mahesh Karpe.
Several organizations viz Pune platform for Covid Response, Lohia family’s Mukund Bhavan trust, Laxminarayan Devesthan Trust have helped the centre.-GoTop
10. RSS ASSISTS POLICE IN HARIDWAR MAHAKUMBH WITH 1500 VOLUNTEERS: RSS has once again shown a sense of service. This time, 1500 volunteers from various districts of Uttarakhand have started supporting the devotees to organize Kumbh Snan in a systematic way.
Sangh swayamsevaks are extending their helping hand with the Kumbh Mela administration in other arrangements apart from feeding water to the devotees. They have also been issued identity cards by the Kumbh Mela Police Administration. This service is being operated through 55 centers in Kumbh area. The volunteers of RSS are also offering services at Har Ki Paidi. These swayamsevaks were seen urging devotees to wear masks, follow social distancing and immediately go out of the ghat after bathing.-GoTop
11. SWAYAMSEVAKS SAVE THE LIVES OF MANY IN THE GALLERY COLLAPSE ACCIDENT IN TELANGANA: Hundreds of people were injured at Suryapet in Telangana when the spectator gallery at the Kabaddi stadium collapsed down during a national junior Kabaddi tournament on 22nd March.
As the relatives were not available for some of the grievously injured, swayamsevaks shifted them to private hospitals and ensured that they got timely care. They supplied water bottles, biscuit packets and fruits to the hapless families of the victims.-GoTop
12. 'AAHAAR KRANTI' MISSION LAUNCHED TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT NUTRITION: Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan launched an initiative aimed at spreading awareness about nutrition and locally available nutritious food, fruits, and vegetables. Vijnana Bharati (Vibha), 'Global Indian Scientists and Technocrats' (GIST) Forum, Vigyan Prasar, and Pravasi Bharatiya Academic and Scientific Sampark (PRABHASS) have come together to launch mission "Aahaar Kranti" with the motto of 'Uttam Aahaar-Uttam Vichaar' (Good Diet-Good Cognition). Launching the initiative on 13th March, Dr Harsh Vardhan said, "Today, when the country is reeling under the onslaught of a pandemic like COVID-19, a balanced diet serves as a special tool to reduce the impact of the pandemic.
The `Aahar Kranti’ movement is designed to help in dealing with the peculiar problem faced by Bharat and the world that can be called as `hunger in abundance’.
The programme will focus on training teachers, who, in turn, will pass on the message to the multitudes of students, and through them to their families and finally the society at large. Such a strategy was adopted for the eradication of Polio and it turned out to be a grand success.-GoTop
13. RECORD-BREAKING MILESTONE OF CONSTRUCTING 37 KILOMETRES PER DAY OF HIGHWAYS IN FY 2020-21:Tremendous progress has been achieved in building of National Highways across the country in the last few years by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. The Ministry has achieved the record-breaking milestone of constructing 37 kilometres highways per day in year 2020-21, which is unprecedented. Minister for Road Transport and Highways and MSME, Nitin Gadkari felicitated the officials of the Ministry and presented the letters of appreciation on 1st April. The Minister said that these achievements are unprecedented and have no parallel in any other country in the world.
Over the last 7 years, length of National Highways has gone up by 50% from 91,287 km (as of April 2014) to 1,37,625 km (as on 20 March 2021);
Average annual construction (average annual construction length) during FY2015 to FY2021 has increased by 83% compared to FY2010 to FY2014
Cumulative cost of ongoing project works has increased by 54% at the end of Financial Year 2021 compared to Financial Year 2020 (as on March 31st).-GoTop
14. BHAGWAT’S BOOK 'BHAVISHYA KA BHARAT' NOW IN URDU: The book 'Bhavishya ka Bharat', a compilation of speeches by RSS Sarsanghchalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat in Hindi has been translated in Urdu with the title 'Mustaqbil Bharat'.
15. UNIQUE GURU VANDANA PROGRAM AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY:
16. CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL REJECTS MISLEADING RESOLUTION CRITICAL OF CAA: The Chicago City Council, on 24th March, rejected a resolution, tabled in the City of Chicago in July 2020 by Alderwoman Maria Hadden, which sought to condemn "violence against certain castes and religious minorities" in Bharat following intense pushback from the Bharatiya diaspora in the United States over concerns that it could lead a disharmony within the South Asian community in USA.
The resolution failed to gather majority support with 26 members voting against the resolution, 18 voting in favour and six abstaining. During the meeting, some Aldermen felt the proposal needlessly sowed division within Chicago's Bharatiya American community and that matters at home were more pressing.-GoTop
17. ANTI-SWASTIKA BILL IS OFFICIALLY BURIED, BHARATIYA AMERICANS RELIEVED: The New York Senate Bill 6648 that had agitated the Bharatiya community for being anti-Swastika has finally been dropped.
18. 119 BRITISH HINDU AND BHARATIYA ORGANISATIONS WRITE TO UK PM AGAINST HINDUPHOBIC FACULTY AT OXFORD: Hindu organisations in the UK have written to UK PM Boris Johnson to address Hindu hatred in Oxford University and also to take action against Hinduphobic faculty of the University. The letter to the UK PM has been signed by 119 British/Hindu organizations including the Hindu Council of UK, Hindu Forum of Europe, Akshay Patra Foundation (UK), Global Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora (UK), many temple trusts like Sree Swaminarayan Temple Cardiff, Shree Krishna Mandir, Leamington Spa and many community and state associations in the UK.
Highlighting the case of harassment of Rashmi Samant, who was the first Bharatiya female to be elected President of Oxford Student Union, the letter blames the University and the Thames Valley Police for not taking any action against the accused faculty Dr Abhijit Sarkar in spite of global outrage, including discussion in the Bharatiya parliament.-GoTop
19. SHRI VISHWA NIKETAN: Pravas: Saumitra Gokhale
Vishwa Vibhag samyojak will be traveling to USA from Bharat. Visitors:
Sanjay Srivastav -Nigeria
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: If we properly understood the fundamentals of religion,
we would see that true religion was a stabilizing factor, giving us tranquility
in our hearts, enabling us to meet the challenges of the world.. Producing the
spiritulised man who found himself at home in the world of nature, with others,
and himself. -Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
-GoTop
JAI SHRI RAM
DR. HEDGEWAR : AN
ARCHITECT OF ORGANISATION DEDICATED TO SOCIETY
Sunil Ambekar
With the passage of time, the
relevance of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in public life is becoming more
and more evident. The Swayamsevaks of the RSS are contributing positively in
bringing development changes in each and every sphere of public life, which is
being observed by a large section of the society. Thus, it is obvious that now
curiosity has arisen to know who was founder of this organisation and what his
ideas were.
He was a foresighted person. That is why even after completing nearly 100 years formation, RSS as an organisation is still relevant in the present scenario and acts as a positive force. The working of the RSS and its cadres reflect the qualities and pious ideas were part of his personality.
As Doctorji himself was a born-patriot, RSS, too, as an organisation is naturally patriotic organisation. This trait is an integral part of this activity of each and every Swayamsevak. “Nation First” is the motto which forms the base for the working of the organisation as well as every decision made by the RSS.
For Doctorji, nation’s independence, sovereignty and culture were not the matter of political bargaining. Dr. Hedgewar was active in the freedom struggle in Nagpur and received hero’s welcome when was released from the prison. He believed in encouraging people to do good work by himself taking the back seat. Similarly, RSS too believes in focusing on doing constructive work which strengthens the society, instead of chasing publicity.
Doctorji was opposed to the caste-based discrimination prevalent during his days. His ideas on religion, culture and society were based on Hinduism’s principle that one same God resides in each and every human being. Based on this notion, RSS since its way of inception is open to each and every section of the society; even in the programmes and camps as well as in the organizational structure of RSS, the social caste or economic class of its cadre is never mentioned. During Doctorji’s lifetime, Mahatma Gandhi and Dr BR Ambedkar witnessed the social equality and cohesion in the shakha of RSS; on similar lines today RSS is working actively to unite the different sections of the society. Doctorji was highly influenced by Chhatrapti Shivaji Maharaj, just like the different sections of the society were united under Shivaji Maharaja’s army as a united Hindu society. Doctorji wanted to unite the entire Hindu unity in the umbrella of RSS on similar lines. Even today, the Sangh, instead of trying to develop the organisation of Swayamsevaks, is dedicated in uniting entire society.
In big cities where the socialisation of people has decreased, the friendly socializing attitude of RSS as an organisation has proved to be a blessing. In such scenario, even the presence of just one Swayamsevak in the building or apartment brings vibrancy to the social life of that particular locality. Where the rural areas were getting neglected, the Swayamsevaks connected different people to those villages and ensured the development of that particular rural area by building a bridge of mutual understanding from both the sides.
Doctorji used to say that patriotism is not our opinion but our vow. He once said how the heart pumps blood and keeps the body alive by remaining invisible from outside; a patriot is expected to work in the similar way. He believed that a social worker should churn the curd and serve the butter to the society whereas he should be content with the buttermilk left, only then one can ignite the quality of sacrifice in the society. Doctorji’s ideas were not limited to this, he worked tirelessly by imbibing the qualities of hard work, sacrifice and service to awaken the masses of the nation. RSS today is similarly marching ahead of his footprints. (The writer is the Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh of RSS) - Oraniser, April 18, 2021 -GoTop
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