tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83937956279981193712024-03-16T10:49:09.545-07:00SHRI VISHWA NIKETANSamvadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10503817152466293396noreply@blogger.comBlogger376125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8393795627998119371.post-40965719430935738622024-03-16T10:48:00.000-07:002024-03-16T10:48:26.325-07:00<body>
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<font face="Georgia" size="2">Phalgun Shukla 7, Vik. Samvat 2080, Yugabda 5125
: 16 March, 2024: SM 5024 (For Private Circulation only)</font></b></p>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#1.">1.
FESTIVALS: VARSH PRATIPADA </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#2.">2.
RASHTRIYA SWAYAMSEVAK SANGH (RSS) FOUNDER DR. KESHAV BALIRAM HEDGEWAR'S
BIOGRAPHY LAUNCHED IN ENGLISH</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#2.">3. BHARAT
IMPLEMENTED CAA </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#4.">4. AKHIL
BHARATIYA PRATINIDHI SABHA MARCH 15-17, NAGPUR</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#5.">5.
UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS CONFERS HONORARY DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF CIVIL LAW
ON RASHTRAPATI DROUPADI MURMU</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#6.">6. CHENNAI
LIT FEST 2024 WITH THEME OF RAM MANDIR</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#7.">7. HSS USA
PARTICIPATED IN CAMELLIA PARADE – 2024 </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#8.">8. HSS
CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#9.">9. HSS
NEPAL’S SWAMI VIVEKANANDA GYAN PARIKSHA</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#10.">10. HSS
AND SEWA MAURITIUS SERVES DURING MAHASHIVRATRI</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#11.">11. SEWA
TT’S MAHASHIVRATRI 2024 FOOD DRIVE</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#12.">12.
HINDUS IN YOGYAKARTA AND CENTRAL JAVA CELEBRATE GALUNGAN AT PRAMBANAN
TEMPLE</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#13.">13.
DEVOTEES SOAK IN FERVOR AT PASHUPATINATH MANDIR AT KATHMANDU, NEPAL ON
MAHASHIVRATRI</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#14.">14. SSUK
ORGANISES SHIVOHUM FESTIVAL</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#15.">15. NEW
YORK’S TIMES SQUARE LIGHT UP FOR MAHASHIVRATRI</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#16.">16.
GYANVAPI: THOUSANDS THRONG TO VIYAS JI KA TEHKHANA TO WORSHIP ON
MAHASHIVARATRI</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#17.">17.
INDIAN NAVY RESCUED MISSILE HIT CREW IN GULF OF ADEN</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#18.">18. UNDER
MISSION DIVYASTRA BHARAT TEST-FIRED AGNI-V</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#19.">19. FIRST
ALL WOMEN MARITIME SURVEILLANCE MISSION </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#20.">20.
10,000-YEAR-OLD ROCK ART CARVING FOUND IN MAHARASHTRA</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#21.">21. SHRI
VISHWA NIKETAN & FOOD FOR THOUGHT</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt">HOW THE BHARATIYA WAY OF
THINKING IS INFLUENCING THE WESTERN THOUGHT PROCESS</font></a></b></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a name="1.">1.</a> FESTIVALS:
VARSH PRATIPADA: </b>Varsh Pratipada i.e. Chaitra Shukla Pratipada, Sobhakrt
namsamvatsar 2081, Yugabada 5126 and the first day of Chaitra Navratri will be
celebrated on April 9 this year. Telugu people celebrate new year calling it
Ugadi and the Kannadigas use the term Yugadi for this festival. Maharashtrian
celebrate it as Gudi Padwa. The Sindhis call it Cheti Chand. Manipuris also
celebrate it as Sajibu Nongma and the people of Odisha celebrate this auspicious
day as Maha Vishubha Sankranti.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH8EtJDMRalousnY6PWAcwbFFEjPsR7KD-2x_2i3JIZmyw-NYqnRdJJ69qFJnomiPh2URbH0otvCA7oYOePccnJYSTDBeamlRSlUw_hDVZLBc1goZUDvWoh01RTBIN5Q_0OkK0-ZhnypcelWII2a-Zhxvt17SIixCp3SLJ8Z5avDsF8aYvn28M4H9gCtk/s662/HNYp.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="662" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH8EtJDMRalousnY6PWAcwbFFEjPsR7KD-2x_2i3JIZmyw-NYqnRdJJ69qFJnomiPh2URbH0otvCA7oYOePccnJYSTDBeamlRSlUw_hDVZLBc1goZUDvWoh01RTBIN5Q_0OkK0-ZhnypcelWII2a-Zhxvt17SIixCp3SLJ8Z5avDsF8aYvn28M4H9gCtk/s320/HNYp.jpg"/></a></div>
The Hindus of Bali in Indonesia also celebrate their new year as Nyepi. Ugadi is
one of the five Hindu national public holidays in Mauritius. <br>
The birth anniversary of RSS founder Dr Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar also falls on
this very day and swayamsevaks in all shakhas will perform Aadya Sarsanghchalak
Pranam during the commencing the shakha on this day. <br>
On the occasion of New Year, several programs, processions and various other
related events will be organised all over Bharat as well as in many other
countries by Bharatiya Diaspora. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font style="font-size: 8pt">-GoTop</font></a></b></font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt">
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<b><a name="2.">2.</a> RASHTRIYA SWAYAMSEVAK SANGH (RSS) FOUNDER DR. KESHAV
BALIRAM HEDGEWAR'S BIOGRAPHY LAUNCHED IN ENGLISH: </b>RSS Sarkaryavah Dattatreya
Hosabale, on March 1, launched a biography of RSS founder Dr. Keshavrao Baliram
Hedgewar titled “Man of the Millennia - Dr Hedgewar” in English. While speaking
on the occasion, Hosabale said that Dr Hedgewar was a person with holistic
national thinking. "The feeling of patriotism was innate in him. He dedicated
his entire life for the nation. Today's generation takes inspiration from his
patriotism and national ideas", he said.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ketjBGtYkxhXZvZo4VcMuZHugkdL4N1doZwhvhrvW7UtlvSywopuJcaFRw3oE8Bx_NJhme_Pe0DqwXsKuz-GIjGEBk1yHkpV8h8jjCwvNE2rVFialXFhkN7h7caURFEDdDJfBw5tLyT4BDkythquK52DmRPrDcFqhg-cvyMNUPVxgg6-QfpZGeagGiQ/s700/bookRelDrji.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ketjBGtYkxhXZvZo4VcMuZHugkdL4N1doZwhvhrvW7UtlvSywopuJcaFRw3oE8Bx_NJhme_Pe0DqwXsKuz-GIjGEBk1yHkpV8h8jjCwvNE2rVFialXFhkN7h7caURFEDdDJfBw5tLyT4BDkythquK52DmRPrDcFqhg-cvyMNUPVxgg6-QfpZGeagGiQ/s320/bookRelDrji.jpg"/></a></div>
Hosabale said that nobody can understand RSS without understanding Dr Hedgewar.
Speaking about the biography, translated in English, he said that the book will
prove to be very important for understanding the entire life of Dr. Hedgewar and
his working style.<br>
At the same event, chief guest Andhra Pradesh Governor Justice (Retd) S Abdul
Nazeer said that today the whole world is taking inspiration from the work of
the organization which was founded by Dr. Hedgewar. The Book was published by
Suruchi Prakashan and the English translation was done by late Dr. Anil Naine
from the original Marathi version, authored by Nana Palkar. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font style="font-size: 8pt">-GoTop</font></a></b></font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt">
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<b><a name="3.">3.</a> BHARAT IMPLEMENTED CAA: </b>The Bharatiya ministry of
home affairs has notified the Citizenship Amendment Act's (CAA) rules on March
11, paving the way for the law's implementation across the country. The CAA
rules aim to confer Bharatiya citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants -
including Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis, and Christians - who migrated
from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan and arrived in Bharat before 2014.
Applications have to be submitted online through a newly formed portal with
citizenship hopefuls declaring the year in which they entered Bharat without
travel documents. The government has previously taken steps to address the
plight of refugees, including amendments to the Citizenship Rules in 2004 and
notifications in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2018. CAA will not apply to regions
mentioned under the Sixth Schedule of the Bharatiya Constitution, which include
Tribal Areas in the States of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font style="font-size: 8pt">-GoTop</font></a></b></font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
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<b><a name="4.">4.</a> AKHIL BHARATIYA PRATINIDHI SABHA MARCH 15-17, NAGPUR: </b>
On March 15, Sarasanghackalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat and Sarakaryavah Dattatreya
Hosabale inaugurated the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) of RSS in
Nagpur. Earlier on March 13, RSS Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh Sunil Ambekar
briefed media that the ABPS will be held this year from March 15 to 17 at Reshim
Bagh in Nagpur, Maharashtra. During this meeting, all the works and Sewa Karya
done by Sangh in the year 2023-24 will be reviewed, and there will also be a
wide range of discussion on Sangh's plan for the year 2024-25. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVddNyorat36fyboVRqpT1L13IgNx3Fu5INjukEUxib6vj-I28lBZNLqGNz6-mYxs6lUxaaNCE8C1FNRg6yO9bw10OsstoqPNNOr6cznqZPZfYm2blm2LnlrJKd9LQzqGhyphenhyphenWmt6qwDqyAlPFf6uz6Tdt6P6w07FpgYYumg4wOWXjDpH6kWsu4w9t49myI/s450/abps2024nag.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVddNyorat36fyboVRqpT1L13IgNx3Fu5INjukEUxib6vj-I28lBZNLqGNz6-mYxs6lUxaaNCE8C1FNRg6yO9bw10OsstoqPNNOr6cznqZPZfYm2blm2LnlrJKd9LQzqGhyphenhyphenWmt6qwDqyAlPFf6uz6Tdt6P6w07FpgYYumg4wOWXjDpH6kWsu4w9t49myI/s320/abps2024nag.jpeg"/></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji7N_54VhfI7HCZUwrR45SQoScJTNHyw_438YuyxCjDOjGykwJInnPeHln7NB9KbUa0VDwdUTwLmBS4mKxTxZxErapFVIqJ2-U5dPf0CbwFTVIx_0TmRV0PEfGq45eWUmCbQKRuMV0xGdJaUQexFG6Ao2kndkeiMaTW5mwEwVDuoif3vtTE1PMAbuE5Qc/s377/abps2024PR.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="226" data-original-width="377" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji7N_54VhfI7HCZUwrR45SQoScJTNHyw_438YuyxCjDOjGykwJInnPeHln7NB9KbUa0VDwdUTwLmBS4mKxTxZxErapFVIqJ2-U5dPf0CbwFTVIx_0TmRV0PEfGq45eWUmCbQKRuMV0xGdJaUQexFG6Ao2kndkeiMaTW5mwEwVDuoif3vtTE1PMAbuE5Qc/s320/abps2024PR.jpeg"/></a></div>
Ambekar further said that along with strengthening the work expansion plan,
there will be a discussion on the initiatives for the coming centenary year
(2025), current situation of the country and resolutions will also be passed on
important issues. Around 1500 representatives from 45 Prants will participate in
the Pratinidhi Sabha. Sarsanghchalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat, Sarkaryavah Dattatreya
Hosabale, all Sah Sarkaryavah, Akhil Bharatiya Karyakarini, Kshetra and Prant
Karyakarini, Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi, all Vibhag Pracharak and invited
Karyakartas of RSS-inspired Organisations will participate in the ABPS. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font style="font-size: 8pt">-GoTop</font></a></b></font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
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<b><a name="5.">5.</a> UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS CONFERS HONORARY DEGREE OF DOCTOR
OF CIVIL LAW ON RASHTRAPATI DROUPADI MURMU: </b>The University of Mauritius
conferred Honoris Causa Degree of Doctor of Civil Law on the Rashtrapati of
Bharat<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRSHto8k_aLyGSdldU3_PxlGgNVySY4w6JYM5U3iskph10gNejcs8VRx9wagzMAtKcAQcpgXua4mLvJZFaCW2_r-vMWXZPt1u8PgblNcNDNzlObZvalJOfb-WqQY-8w1qqE9Oe9StyiH2_UG9Tz-wL-A39mOSirdxoYg_jkr5W8Fc4D38EAmiDkDWsfCE/s405/MauHPrez.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="227" data-original-width="405" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRSHto8k_aLyGSdldU3_PxlGgNVySY4w6JYM5U3iskph10gNejcs8VRx9wagzMAtKcAQcpgXua4mLvJZFaCW2_r-vMWXZPt1u8PgblNcNDNzlObZvalJOfb-WqQY-8w1qqE9Oe9StyiH2_UG9Tz-wL-A39mOSirdxoYg_jkr5W8Fc4D38EAmiDkDWsfCE/s320/MauHPrez.jpeg"/></a></div>
Smt Droupadi Murmu on March 12. Speaking on the occasion, the President said
that universities like the University of Mauritius are not just ladders to the
dreams of aspirational youth; they are sites where the future of mankind is
forged. She added that she was especially honoured to receive the Honorary
Degree from this prestigious University. The Rashtrapati said that the
Government of Bharat has made it a priority to educate and empower youth to lead
Bharat into the ‘knowledge economy’ of tomorrow. She was happy to note that each
year, 400 Mauritians are trained in Bharat under Indian Technical and Economic
Cooperation (ITEC) programme and about 60 Mauritian students receive
scholarships to pursue higher education in Bharat. She was on three day visit of
Mauritius from March 11. Rashtrapati Murmu also announced during National Day
celebrations of Mauritius at Port Louis, on March 11 that Bharat has approved a
special provision to grant an Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card to the
7th generation of Indian origin people in Mauritius. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font style="font-size: 8pt">-GoTop</font></a></b></font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt">
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<b><a name="6.">6.</a> CHENNAI LIT FEST 2024 WITH THEME OF RAM MANDIR: </b>The
Chennai Literature Festival had its fourth edition this year from February 23 to
25 at Hotel Savera in Mylapore, Tamil Nadu featuring personalities from the
literary, academic and journalistic world across Bharat and also had few book
launches and a series of discussions with eminent speakers and authors. It was
anchored around the theme of Ram Mandir, a cultural Renaissance bridging the
North-South divide bringing to light the footprints of Shri Ram across the
Southern parts of Bharat. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXc4NDf4t0n74HppjR9NZ3IKOlVeLTEjc_YrzCCK6rCZv19YvX6rQNBgPdPM_OkKLy2B53S6vc_2TDmFoz409V19LxE-Yco9SlDvQFcz3S9JyfOmRj4XqJQ7DG96jJ7AonNxoSrC1jdHRQcnx8hnxKaSbHRbkFfmYkpQeUFqE9o21aJDnTSh0M1-YTLTA/s494/photo-111.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXc4NDf4t0n74HppjR9NZ3IKOlVeLTEjc_YrzCCK6rCZv19YvX6rQNBgPdPM_OkKLy2B53S6vc_2TDmFoz409V19LxE-Yco9SlDvQFcz3S9JyfOmRj4XqJQ7DG96jJ7AonNxoSrC1jdHRQcnx8hnxKaSbHRbkFfmYkpQeUFqE9o21aJDnTSh0M1-YTLTA/s320/photo-111.jpg"/></a></div>
During the event, Kerala Governor Dr Arif Mohammad underscored the importance of
working towards the advancement of humanity at large, particularly in the
context of discussions surrounding the Bharatiya cultural renaissance,
epitomised by the construction of the grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya. J Nandkumar,
Convenor of Prajna Pravah, illuminated the journey of Bharat’s identity,
highlighting significant milestones and symbolic gestures that underscore its
unity and resilience. The Lit Fest organiser Indoi Samudaya Foundation honoured
legal luminary K. Parasaran with the title ‘Shri Rama Ratnam.’ Tamil Nadu
Governor R N Ravi was also present. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font style="font-size: 8pt">-GoTop</font></a></b></font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt">
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<b><a name="7.">7.</a> HSS USA PARTICIPATED IN CAMELLIA PARADE – 2024: </b>On
February 24, volunteers of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh’s Uttar-LA Vibhag marched as
Ghosh Gana in the Camellia Parade and represented HSS and Hindu-American
community. The parade was a part of the annual Camellia Festival organized by
the city of Temple City, Los Angeles County, California. This is HSS’s second
appearance in the parade, after a gap of 3 years, due to Covid and
weather-related cancellations. A total of 30 Bala Kishores, 3 Yuvas and 8 Tarun
Gana karyakartas, from 6 Shakhas of the Vibhag, participated in this year’s
parade. Along with Aanak, Vamshi, Panav, Shankh vadaks, a few kishores walked
with Patakas. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqRzn_aLIrSIKwiem1yR9X6fpgxbyCKyfr-hElOPHQikU9G5ZotdFdk-x7NSITCM6SIZQ6LlqJtt0kYuA-RhEUdYCfbNh80kA9TtaO9YRKo8GwKz9fmnFKTJnQsIsXgkjlJsiIx_tP1VE9JAR_B55D5LwY0LZ7l-J4l1oQjJW_tmRvUavSjqcDZW4REjI/s960/hssusCP.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqRzn_aLIrSIKwiem1yR9X6fpgxbyCKyfr-hElOPHQikU9G5ZotdFdk-x7NSITCM6SIZQ6LlqJtt0kYuA-RhEUdYCfbNh80kA9TtaO9YRKo8GwKz9fmnFKTJnQsIsXgkjlJsiIx_tP1VE9JAR_B55D5LwY0LZ7l-J4l1oQjJW_tmRvUavSjqcDZW4REjI/s320/hssusCP.jpg"/></a></div>
HSS Ghosh Gana was one among 80 other walking and Band groups that participated
in this year’s parade. The group’s synchronization – while walking, and playing
energetic Aanak, Vamshi and Shankh rachanas – was received well and was
appreciated by the spectators who cheered the youngsters throughout the 2-mile
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<b><a name="8.">8.</a> HSS CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH: </b>During February
2024, volunteers of the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh USA engaged with and honored
African American community leaders to commemorate Black History Month. HSS
chapters in Buffalo Grove, IL, Chandler, AZ, Charlotte, NC, Chicago, IL,
Cincinnati, OH, Columbus, IN, Parsippany, NJ, Plainsboro, NJ, Sacramento, CA,
and Woodbridge, NJ invited distinguished African American personalities as a
part of the Black History Month celebration.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6sMi3B8Zppt36NIzrkKt37C2krwu39tssyk9IHrVeAmwBffYv_j1NkpilCz1a18VZlAeb00rz8EbmBOFCrSTiJMOQSU4X4-njewQ4VtGy-5URJA0EuII-5Jx8BnM38iYK6aSBFN3y-hjgfCAnh-H0JOzGsAV0LvCfH_J1vOKRuQpOyylHDpnslJfyikY/s1024/BHM-2024-PR-Image-1024x536.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6sMi3B8Zppt36NIzrkKt37C2krwu39tssyk9IHrVeAmwBffYv_j1NkpilCz1a18VZlAeb00rz8EbmBOFCrSTiJMOQSU4X4-njewQ4VtGy-5URJA0EuII-5Jx8BnM38iYK6aSBFN3y-hjgfCAnh-H0JOzGsAV0LvCfH_J1vOKRuQpOyylHDpnslJfyikY/s320/BHM-2024-PR-Image-1024x536.png"/></a></div>
Calisa Horton and Marvin Francis from General Electric’s (GE) African American
Forum (AAF) participated in the HSS event in Cincinnati, OH. <br>
Public Speaking Champion and Author Ant Blair delivered a powerful speech at the
HSS event in Columbus, IN. In Chicagoland’s HSS chapter, Aurora City’s
diversity, equity, and inclusion, (DEI) officer Clayton Mohammad presented the
‘Annual Black History Month Lecture’. At the Buffalo Grove, IL Chapter, State
Senator Adriane Johnson highlighted the significant contributions of the African
American community to American society. At other places also eminent community
leaders were invited to share their thoughts on the occasion. These events
served as a platform for celebrating the rich history and achievements of
African Americans while fostering understanding and collaboration between the
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<b><a name="9.">9.</a> HSS NEPAL’S SWAMI VIVEKANANDA GYAN PARIKSHA: </b>HSS
Nepal’s Swami Vivekananda Gyan Parikshya is an annual competition aimed to test
6th to 10th grade students' knowledge and understanding of the teachings of
Sanatan Dharma, Culture and Philosophy. For this Swami Vivekananda Gyan Pariksha
Book is a comprehensive guide that delves into various cultural aspects, Dharma,
Vedanta, places of significance, national interest, nationalism, and national
heroes.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicT7M8VYDlTx42-PBmtBYvZXNPuFi2MVU_tPuK4YmvkcmHu1e7S289JajheA_duC8WDrsrcrR83J2dsnYmWCXfGo9GVfg9nwTHJc3Q5xwsAWxzyZ2NZjWIWwrmOZVkI8wkFt6fNiGJI5xuz5UfkOQGcJaMtFd5wJtl75693J7Xs5yHPrNXs0pRJqZIm48/s679/Screenshot%20%28839%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="679" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicT7M8VYDlTx42-PBmtBYvZXNPuFi2MVU_tPuK4YmvkcmHu1e7S289JajheA_duC8WDrsrcrR83J2dsnYmWCXfGo9GVfg9nwTHJc3Q5xwsAWxzyZ2NZjWIWwrmOZVkI8wkFt6fNiGJI5xuz5UfkOQGcJaMtFd5wJtl75693J7Xs5yHPrNXs0pRJqZIm48/s320/Screenshot%20%28839%29.jpg"/></a></div> This year examinations were already held at several places like Dhangadi,
Dadeldhura, Jumla, Surkhet, Dang (Tulsipur), Dang (Gadhawa), Kapilvastu,
Rupandehi, Nawalparasi, Birganj, Janakpur, Saptari, Sunsari, Morang, Jhapa,
Dhankuta, Kavre, Pokhara, Kathmandu etc. Every year in Nepal, this exam is held
in more than 30 districts, in which about one and a half lakh students from all
over Nepal participate in it in the presence of eminent personalities. Prize
distribution and cultural programs were also organised after the examinations
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<b><a name="10.">10.</a> HSS AND SEWA MAURITIUS SERVES DURING MAHASHIVRATRI: </b>
During the Mahashivratri festival in Mauritius, around five hundred thousand of
devotees and pilgrims converge to the sacred lake Ganga Talao to offer prayers
and seek blessings each year. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLRY7fk25gZbJ4vRlQCSIsOuwaL30jucsWwRI3xnxyAsxzADD80alJPe1rBI13pFh7EFursMf19IfYNuLm1xdH5uqrXWlwajywx-6EtgRg4au3gVopC8-ZZJzc4P9oXts2NnYJpP64k0tFugKP6nsUsSkj4GSWSaQkeWc7xoaM418zTubJLhW13OIRWYI/s639/Screenshot%20%28840%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="639" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLRY7fk25gZbJ4vRlQCSIsOuwaL30jucsWwRI3xnxyAsxzADD80alJPe1rBI13pFh7EFursMf19IfYNuLm1xdH5uqrXWlwajywx-6EtgRg4au3gVopC8-ZZJzc4P9oXts2NnYJpP64k0tFugKP6nsUsSkj4GSWSaQkeWc7xoaM418zTubJLhW13OIRWYI/s320/Screenshot%20%28840%29.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7E-5wqe5ILzYGmjkAuCw_2WlnnFsyy1CiuBfKaCRJwKR4VKQAUOv8ths825tABYBA3h8cOdJCDiauMQ7fYXwDwoH7fq30i-6uWQ3YEdsrSuyQ1NQeSRAkVLzAtwlCKI20Fb5aLzO_KSv_wN3Pgil_UgbjtI5yPQQsQp7cO2aXb7eAmry_fRoaMyFVqqg/s563/Screenshot%20%28841%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="305" data-original-width="563" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7E-5wqe5ILzYGmjkAuCw_2WlnnFsyy1CiuBfKaCRJwKR4VKQAUOv8ths825tABYBA3h8cOdJCDiauMQ7fYXwDwoH7fq30i-6uWQ3YEdsrSuyQ1NQeSRAkVLzAtwlCKI20Fb5aLzO_KSv_wN3Pgil_UgbjtI5yPQQsQp7cO2aXb7eAmry_fRoaMyFVqqg/s320/Screenshot%20%28841%29.jpg"/></a></div>
This year, Sewa International Mauritius and HSS Mauritius team conducted Medical
Sewa on four consecutive days from March 5 to 8. <br>
The Medical Sewa camp was set up in proximity to the pilgrimage site of Ganga
Talao to serve the large gathering facing physical strain and other medical
issues during the pilgrimage. The sewa camp was staffed by a total of 16
volunteers which included 6 doctors, 8 health care assistants, 1 holistic nurse
and 1 physiotherapist. The volunteers operated on a shift system. The camp
provided basic first aid for minor injuries or ailments like blood pressure,
blood sugar, etc. The medical camp was also equipped to handle more serious
medical emergencies and to stabilize patients before they could be transported
to the nearest hospital. Pilgrims were given free medications for common health
issues such as headache, flu, hypertension, fever, and muscular pains among
others. Physiotherapy sessions and massage service were also included for the
needy people. <br>
To raise awareness of the Medical Sewa Service that was offered by Sewa
International Mauritius and HSS Mauritius for Mahashivratri at Ganga Talao, the
event was communicated to the public through the social media and on the
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<b><a name="11.">11.</a> SEWA TT’S MAHASHIVRATRI 2024 FOOD DRIVE: </b>SEWA
Trinidad and Tobago organised a ‘Food Drive’ during the week of Mahashivratri
festival in the country. During the drive, SEWA TT packed 815 food packages
totaling 30,155lbs and those were delivered to families in need across Trinidad
and Tobago.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEetCjAmBn-qTDkY7QRwSf9Vah1oFymgy1IqIbUvYkQTF431du9vANPFv6qVaD88wbpThectdEG2jb5aZos6DMtgwdjSbRbGmEkmFLnDrGtcIM35BO_I-NJEB9tp1geqv4alwn68q_DJwd8u412Ib5UaihzjIGlU5Xbo1VNQodvTkdDHk6u5f3KVqUTS8/s1350/sewatt%20%282%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEetCjAmBn-qTDkY7QRwSf9Vah1oFymgy1IqIbUvYkQTF431du9vANPFv6qVaD88wbpThectdEG2jb5aZos6DMtgwdjSbRbGmEkmFLnDrGtcIM35BO_I-NJEB9tp1geqv4alwn68q_DJwd8u412Ib5UaihzjIGlU5Xbo1VNQodvTkdDHk6u5f3KVqUTS8/s320/sewatt%20%282%29.jpg"/></a></div> Total 200 Volunteers participated in the food drive devoting around
980 working hours. The food distribution drive reached over 3200 needy
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<b><a name="12.">12.</a> HINDUS IN YOGYAKARTA AND CENTRAL JAVA CELEBRATE
GALUNGAN AT PRAMBANAN TEMPLE: </b>Hundreds of Hindus from the Special Region of
Yogyakarta (DIY) and Central Java took part in the Galungan procession in the
Prambanan Temple area, Yogyakarta on February 28. This Galungan moment was held
to commemorate the creation of the universe and to give thanks for what has been
given by Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa (literally “The Divine Order,” the Supreme God of
Indonesian Hinduism.) <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLyDn-Sdrj1y30aMQvWOR-iadwq_2wmgCJ3PJcIMmeqzjF6XcATVoA-RYIk3tlzpLsOfTiWNgUzPwYvi8ES7o1EW1bB5Lf2vQlXAkkEfAARQTE8aG_wd-vaFZ-AheVSiQHPR1gt94HqfkTwN4dkEu6zt7kIOr99PPaUqKVWHWrE9N0BY3onDkOwtCBm6I/s410/yagkarta.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="258" data-original-width="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLyDn-Sdrj1y30aMQvWOR-iadwq_2wmgCJ3PJcIMmeqzjF6XcATVoA-RYIk3tlzpLsOfTiWNgUzPwYvi8ES7o1EW1bB5Lf2vQlXAkkEfAARQTE8aG_wd-vaFZ-AheVSiQHPR1gt94HqfkTwN4dkEu6zt7kIOr99PPaUqKVWHWrE9N0BY3onDkOwtCBm6I/s320/yagkarta.jpeg"/></a></div> This procession is carried out by presenting offerings and
prayers from the main zone of Prambanan Temple. During the procession, Hindus
offered prayers in the courtyard of Prambanan Temple and cleansed the temple
through offerings and sprinkling holy water. This year’s celebration of the
Galungan procession at Prambanan Temple was the third since the issuance of the
Memorandum of Agreement of Four Ministers and Two Governors regarding the
Utilization of Prambanan Temple and Borobudur Temple for the Religious Benefits
of Hindus and Buddhists throughout the world. Hindu Community Guide (Pembimas)
DI Yogyakarta Didik Widya Putra said that at this Galungan celebration, Hindus
commemorate the creation of the universe and its contents. According to the
lontar (palm leaf) document Purana Bali Dwipa, Galungan Day was first celebrated
on the Full Moon of Kapat (Kliwon Dungulan Buddha) in 882 AD or Saka year 804.
According to Didik, this is interpreted as a day of victory for Dharma against
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<b><a name="13.">13.</a> DEVOTEES SOAK IN FERVOR AT PASHUPATINATH MANDIR AT
KATHMANDU, NEPAL ON MAHASHIVRATRI: </b>Lakhs of devotees from all over the world
including Bharat, on March 8, thronged to the Pashupatinath Mandir Kathmandu the
capital of Nepal to observe the festival of Mahashivratri. Since early morning,
devotees were gathered in nearby rivers, ponds and temples to worship Bhagwan
Shiv. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZIVivtSwOzsKU7CnbLCHO79ZMU4c7cTDjec8-OViS0aY3aX5mnUlBM9Ut3It0ZdXqjSStJ1pbv5oVQhUbM1msMY5jdIosnLm1ZISOc-SIzPRhTUzNGWGxVzEsoZEYc2M2vuUYo0kOF-CC8lkeXPk9oC4dDENaEEW0x-9ORADiLMppfaTN1tJ6yvxCEU/s477/images%20%2859%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="477" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZIVivtSwOzsKU7CnbLCHO79ZMU4c7cTDjec8-OViS0aY3aX5mnUlBM9Ut3It0ZdXqjSStJ1pbv5oVQhUbM1msMY5jdIosnLm1ZISOc-SIzPRhTUzNGWGxVzEsoZEYc2M2vuUYo0kOF-CC8lkeXPk9oC4dDENaEEW0x-9ORADiLMppfaTN1tJ6yvxCEU/s320/images%20%2859%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
Some 3,000 saints, including naga babas were arrived at the temple premises to
pay homage to Bhagwan Pashupatinath during the festival.<br>
Mahashivratri marks the convergence of ‘Shiva’ and ‘Shakti’ and also celebrates
the night when Bhagwan Shiv performed the ‘Tandav’–the cosmic dance.<br>
Some 6,000 volunteers which includes HSS Nepal’s swayamsevaks and sevikas and an
equal number of security personnel were mobilised to provide security and manage
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<b><a name="14.">14.</a> SSUK ORGANISES SHIVOHUM FESTIVAL: </b>On March 9, the
Sanatan Sanstha of UK (SSUK) organised its maiden Shivohum Festival in London.
The event brought together a diverse community to celebrate the auspicious
occasion of Mahashivratri in a grand manner that London has never witnessed
before. It also brought a new level of creativity and devotion blended during
‘The First Shiva-Festival’. On the occasion SSUK Founder and President Abhi Yogi
informed about the various initiatives of SSUK and its mission to spread Sanatan
Dharma. Nearly 500 people attended this event, filled with cultural performances
including bhajans by children. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAmEZXUh1Ya10g3Oyouvk1V_e0FyAnwItBHhjIFilu0OpiUqAyAkMXDnxQ7SgoKOnnkqVdsx0hLMlJXlCVrsEDmoomk14PU0BgGgbUjVZmqobd9v_4WP2Qo8rBARRj4wv7LsyY0_ryCWmvW8VTJ77C8JgjZThhR1GgtotZJlsirRcjVoEnyPgVWvbrUUw/s960/SSUKshiva.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAmEZXUh1Ya10g3Oyouvk1V_e0FyAnwItBHhjIFilu0OpiUqAyAkMXDnxQ7SgoKOnnkqVdsx0hLMlJXlCVrsEDmoomk14PU0BgGgbUjVZmqobd9v_4WP2Qo8rBARRj4wv7LsyY0_ryCWmvW8VTJ77C8JgjZThhR1GgtotZJlsirRcjVoEnyPgVWvbrUUw/s320/SSUKshiva.jpg"/></a></div>
The ceremonial lighting of the lamp was performed by esteemed guests Kelly Saini,
Param Nandha councillor, including representatives from various community groups
of London like Sutton Mitra Mandal (SMM), IDUK Madhuresh Mishra from UPCA and
others. Interactive sessions engaged children and participants in understanding
the significance of Shivratri, while a unique Jalaabhishek ceremony done by
Swami Surya Prabha (Bharmarishi Ashram) provided attendees with an opportunity
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<b><a name="15.">15.</a> NEW YORK’S TIMES SQUARE LIGHT UP FOR MAHASHIVRATRI: </b>
Mahashivratri celebrations have not just gripped Bharar or Nepal but also
several parts of the world. New York’s Times Square was lit up on March 4 night
with chants of ‘Shiv’ and ‘Shambhoo’ echoing in the air. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqWezLlp0irL_mOn9SA6fdUM874ZlsnAEHnKnJbsBbbjTPXU3O8BvXB0JJNLrC1a6KsHV9hPd1IipsBRhnPQCEAa-_865CH9D4NzBtZe4OAh0d2tHd-p2B4nCNIQv3K7mLVgkIzXQC-Gv97OfXCzMnlXO_oVOKWP8P4sIV3NoFofsfN1UHDkdjGlKRuwo/s450/shivarnt.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqWezLlp0irL_mOn9SA6fdUM874ZlsnAEHnKnJbsBbbjTPXU3O8BvXB0JJNLrC1a6KsHV9hPd1IipsBRhnPQCEAa-_865CH9D4NzBtZe4OAh0d2tHd-p2B4nCNIQv3K7mLVgkIzXQC-Gv97OfXCzMnlXO_oVOKWP8P4sIV3NoFofsfN1UHDkdjGlKRuwo/s320/shivarnt.jpeg"/></a></div> Bharatiyas along with
people from around the world were seen dancing to the beats of ‘Har Har Mahadev’.
Founder of Isha Foundation - Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev - also shared the video of
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<b><a name="16.">16.</a> GYANVAPI: THOUSANDS THRONG TO VIYAS JI KA TEHKHANA TO
WORSHIP ON MAHASHIVARATRI: </b>In a remarkable event that unfolded after more
than three decades, devotees gathered in massive numbers at Vyas ji ka Tehkhana
beneath the Knowledge Seat (Gyanvapi) in Varanasi, following the auspicious
Mangala Aarti at the Kashi Vishwanath Temple on the occasion of Mahashivratri on
March 8. The sacred darshan at Vyas ji ka Tehkhana, renowned as the seat of Sage
Vyas, was made accessible after an extensive wait, witnessing an overwhelming
attendance of thousands of devotees.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcEJ2yESojZVa7r1Gf7BPmPdvQmgZIe0FhRhp2OcaC76FUbcyNiDNfRBacp5YDiCGrqBegwCrdAlvBRXZQXjo4fsrtXA_pgBiD-2zPLAb02OtqKs3ALlr4PvL6983C1IWUR-futNA4o5GaH7_pg6NcgVU_yu3PNEMPKZ03TyrWMuR_6cqizLAEJHnXqhY/s1280/vyasjiTeh.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcEJ2yESojZVa7r1Gf7BPmPdvQmgZIe0FhRhp2OcaC76FUbcyNiDNfRBacp5YDiCGrqBegwCrdAlvBRXZQXjo4fsrtXA_pgBiD-2zPLAb02OtqKs3ALlr4PvL6983C1IWUR-futNA4o5GaH7_pg6NcgVU_yu3PNEMPKZ03TyrWMuR_6cqizLAEJHnXqhY/s320/vyasjiTeh.jpg"/></a></div>
Devotees gathered to witness the divine murti and seek blessings, creating a
spiritually charged atmosphere. According to temple authorities, by 9 a.m., a
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<b><a name="17.">17.</a> INDIAN NAVY RESCUED MISSILE HIT CREW IN GULF OF ADEN:
</b>Once again the Indian Navy responded swiftly to a distress call from the
Gulf of Aden where a merchant vessel caught fire after being hit by a missile,
and rescued 21 crew members, including one Bharatiya national. The Navy said
Barbados Flagged Bulk Carrier MV True Confidence was hit by a drone/ missile on
March 6, resulting in a fire onboard and critical injuries to some of the crew
members forcing the crew to abandon the ship. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNqMOceP9RcuW65YCRHa8Y8lPOBbwN6mpvOS8zoHbQiHipM8XI1BwYPNW23r-c6R9zjsM4e_P77u0YdpVuXO2KMpvkdYH1agOSiCptk5k44WpFlQZXuM8OtrJ6bsYXgMI2qm9_pAk-a1Z77AONA_F8FA4FpYqPfz3Y2zFXJuSYC6i5e_IIOHRrMUSJAng/s423/navyres.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="423" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNqMOceP9RcuW65YCRHa8Y8lPOBbwN6mpvOS8zoHbQiHipM8XI1BwYPNW23r-c6R9zjsM4e_P77u0YdpVuXO2KMpvkdYH1agOSiCptk5k44WpFlQZXuM8OtrJ6bsYXgMI2qm9_pAk-a1Z77AONA_F8FA4FpYqPfz3Y2zFXJuSYC6i5e_IIOHRrMUSJAng/s320/navyres.jpeg"/></a></div> INS Kolkata, deployed for Maritime
Security Operations arrived at the scene and rescued 21 crew members from the
life raft using its integral helicopter and boats. The rescued crew, including
the critically injured personnel, were evacuated to Djibouti. Earlier, INS
Kolkata responded to another distress call from a Liberian-flagged container
vessel, MSC Sky II which was attacked by a drone or missile in the southeast of
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<b><a name="18.">18.</a> UNDER MISSION DIVYASTRA BHARAT TEST-FIRED AGNI-V: </b>
On March 11 Bharat successfully conducted the first flight test of the
indigenously designed Agni-5 missile capable of deploying multiple warheads. The
nuclear-capable missile named ‘Divyastra’ can hit targets at range of more than
5,000 kms including China. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF0Ve0gyC13XGRsIbmk3ivLnpEokL11-PXlWAkWAymfLc7rsMNUvrCRma5MD-iGBWSgSP-9g8V0fIbsK92uRAn9rRYm1CnvQd5UgFXrEdWrI9cALs32N9QsE-BiQ7s9DSlhP_B-J8NtVaGywVgG_tGXDWMFbtv4dfX2s5oN-leIEMo2ntWIPfIM8DEyEM/s372/agni5m.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="208" data-original-width="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF0Ve0gyC13XGRsIbmk3ivLnpEokL11-PXlWAkWAymfLc7rsMNUvrCRma5MD-iGBWSgSP-9g8V0fIbsK92uRAn9rRYm1CnvQd5UgFXrEdWrI9cALs32N9QsE-BiQ7s9DSlhP_B-J8NtVaGywVgG_tGXDWMFbtv4dfX2s5oN-leIEMo2ntWIPfIM8DEyEM/s320/agni5m.jpeg"/></a></div> Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi congratulated Defence
Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)scientists for the feat. “Proud of
our DRDO scientists for Mission Divyastra, the first flight test of indigenously
developed Agni-5 missile with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle
(MIRV) technology,” PM Modi said on ‘X’. The mission was headed by a woman
scientist. With the latest achievement ensuring that a single inter-continental
ballistic missile(ICBM) can deploy multiple warheads at different locations,
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<b><a name="19.">19.</a> FIRST ALL WOMEN MARITIME SURVEILLANCE MISSION: </b>A
maiden all-women maritime surveillance mission was undertaken by the Andaman and
Nicobar Command on the 40th anniversary of INAS 318 and International Women's
Day on March 8. The crew based at INS Utkrosh comprised Lt Commander Shubhangi
Swaroop, Lt Commander Divya Sharma and Lt Vaishali Mishra. The occasion
highlighted the crucial role played by women combatants in all the walks of the
Naval Air Arm, which included pre-flight briefing, meteorological briefing,
medical check-up and Air Traffic Control (ATC) briefing, all of which were
conducted by women officers.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU7IYvRsRZ7rQdFvKQhR3k9aW_MItTepZyWtqZuNFnv1JlrVJUxeh3llsuRDBh6kOscJPmxGM5qHTySm_f6yXtxbDLBLh8dimTspEK1Afd2HKIq2hLEhjxR1rysNWwobn34M7q2sHDbvGr7dXhp2jD8aYtXeaIYESyOC3q7wEQxgQUl5J8yIhuRxIRZhw/s374/NavWf.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="210" data-original-width="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU7IYvRsRZ7rQdFvKQhR3k9aW_MItTepZyWtqZuNFnv1JlrVJUxeh3llsuRDBh6kOscJPmxGM5qHTySm_f6yXtxbDLBLh8dimTspEK1Afd2HKIq2hLEhjxR1rysNWwobn34M7q2sHDbvGr7dXhp2jD8aYtXeaIYESyOC3q7wEQxgQUl5J8yIhuRxIRZhw/s320/NavWf.jpeg"/></a></div>
INAS 318 is the elite Naval Air squadron in the Andaman & Nicobar Command,
continuously engaged in surveillance role since its commissioning on March 8,
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<b><a name="20.">20.</a> 10,000-YEAR-OLD ROCK ART CARVING FOUND IN MAHARASHTRA:
</b>An anthropologist has unearthed eight ancient geoglyphs, potentially dating
back around 10,000 years, in Ratnagiri district. Among these, seven have been
uncovered in Umbarle village within Dapoli taluka, with one measuring
approximately 17 feet in length. The eighth geoglyph was found in Borkhat
village situated in Mandangad taluka. Geoglyphs represent a type of prehistoric
rock art carving, and numerous clusters of them span over 900 kilometres along
the Konkan coast in Maharashtra and Goa.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZTjLwBAer26nZQef8jt27Ctr0DCpXutcgxPF4HfCm4BEBJgl-iG5IICwoCE_muWbF6PUVF5RNhKDwn-6xtYkJ5IzgfF1GHZMZBbfL25QigKgCjarJNy9PA1SWcrbFj8JzZx3t946jkkGyypxxBQledswwSqiYrWaj5DbgoYIvw2s1BDjAh-dNM8MI6I/s300/carmah.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZTjLwBAer26nZQef8jt27Ctr0DCpXutcgxPF4HfCm4BEBJgl-iG5IICwoCE_muWbF6PUVF5RNhKDwn-6xtYkJ5IzgfF1GHZMZBbfL25QigKgCjarJNy9PA1SWcrbFj8JzZx3t946jkkGyypxxBQledswwSqiYrWaj5DbgoYIvw2s1BDjAh-dNM8MI6I/s320/carmah.jpeg"/></a></div>
According to UNESCO, geoglyphs not only provide evidence of early human
settlements but also illustrate how ancient communities adapted to wetlands in
dry, arid plateaus. Additionally, they shed light on fauna that have since gone
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<b><a name="21.">21.</a> SHRI VISHWA NIKETAN: Pravas: Visitors: </b><br>
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<b>FOOD FOR THOUGHT:</b> Independence can be meaningful only if it becomes an
instrument for expression of our Culture.<i>- Pt Deendayal Upadhyaya </i></font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font style="font-size: 8pt">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b>HOW THE BHARATIYA WAY OF THINKING IS INFLUENCING THE WESTERN THOUGHT PROCESS
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</b></font><b><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 11pt">PANKAJ JAGANNATH
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt">The globe has begun to consider the
underlying causes of the difficulties we face in the twenty-first century.<br>
Many countries around the world have seen various permutations and combinations
of ideologies, including socialism, communism, secularism, feminism and fascism.
They are adequate for fixing specific problems, but full and integral answers
can only be discovered by investigating humanity’s moral, social, and spiritual
ideals.<br>
Economic and fiscal policies are only tools for achieving the social needs and
ends. A study of Bharatiya approaches to these ideals will be beneficial for
this activity.<br>
Swami Vivekananda, who had previously highly praised the achievements of
Bharatiya intellectuals, also condemned intellectuals for imposing some obsolete
practices on Bharatiya society. Swamiji had explored the Western world with open
eyes and an open heart. He remarked, “The West has studied mostly outwardly,
while Bharat has studied mostly inwardly.” Cultural philosophy and ideology
principles are interior manifestations of minds. The main difference between the
approaches of the West and the East is that the West perceives things outwardly,
whereas the Bharatiya mind sees things from both within and outside.<br>
Consequently, the Bharatiya approach has always been holistic. The technique
begins with an individual and progresses in a spiral pattern to family, society,
nation, world, and finally, universe. So it includes the individual (Vyashti),
society (Samashti), nature (Shrushti), and the Almighty (Parmeshti). It thinks
that the Almighty (Parameshti) is a common thread that connects everything in
one string.”<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeW8ByUXDHYl9pIwZPVHm0HqOADJfHCs1vln5HRuF5Lupsf6LIuxtCJvxQdJL7EBrajLX5qHtIg4KD5QJJ-wJJ2HM0l3jalSGUZsZhLaysIv8-wpulaKVCQQ2gVCEu_DFvkkZ3RUO-NC-rXYuDMhd3p57zRBG9dHp2gv9c6H-hvyn-M1VuecHkZXMxKkQ/s585/download%20-%202024-03-15T092403.600.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="179" data-original-width="585" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeW8ByUXDHYl9pIwZPVHm0HqOADJfHCs1vln5HRuF5Lupsf6LIuxtCJvxQdJL7EBrajLX5qHtIg4KD5QJJ-wJJ2HM0l3jalSGUZsZhLaysIv8-wpulaKVCQQ2gVCEu_DFvkkZ3RUO-NC-rXYuDMhd3p57zRBG9dHp2gv9c6H-hvyn-M1VuecHkZXMxKkQ/s320/download%20-%202024-03-15T092403.600.jpeg"/></a></div>
Deendayal stated, “The first attribute of Bharatiya culture is that it views
life as an integrated totality. It takes an integrative approach. The West’s
bewilderment stems mostly from its tendency to divide life into chunks and then
try to glue them together. We acknowledge that there is diversity and plurality
in life, but we have always sought to identify the unity that underpins them.
This endeavor is completely scientific. Today, we understand that the entire
cosmos is simply a type of energy. Philosophers are basically scientists.”
Western philosophers advanced to the principle of duality. Hegel proposed the
principles of thesis, antithesis, and synthesis. Karl Marx used his principle as
the foundation for his analysis of history and economics. Darwin sawthe idea of
‘Survival of the Fittest’ as the sole foundation of life. In contrast,
Bharatiyas saw existence as fundamentally interconnected. The roots, trunk,
branches, leaves, flowers, and fruits of the tree all grow from seed.
Projections differ, but living fundamentals are the same. All of these have
unique shapes and colours, as well as, to some extent, unique properties. We
realise their connectedness with one another.<br>
The eternal nature of the soul is one of the key principles defined by Krishna
in the Bhagavad Gita. Even in recent management literature, the concept of a
soul is gaining popularity. In his book The 8th Habit, Stephen Covey advises
professionals to listen to their “inner voice.” When introducing the entire
person paradigm, he discusses the four dimensions of a person: spirit, body,
heart, and mind.<br>
A careful investigation of our ancient Bharatiya scripture, which includes the
Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, Ramayana, Mahabharata, and Arthashashtra,
yields a genuine treasure trove. This jewel offers the best instructions for how
an individual should behave towards his family, society, and colleagues. Hindu
texts are a corpus of knowledge that guides people in understanding the divine
nature of the “ultimate truth” and mapping their own path to self-realisation.
They are fully spiritual knowledge that teaches spiritual principles using
numerous analogies from the temporal cosmos and the natural world around us. The
Bharatiya scriptures provide extensive knowledge in science, spirituality,
psychology, and management. A single person’s well-being and activities can have
an impact on the overall success of an organisation. The Bhagavad Gita discusses
current (Western) management themes such as vision, leadership, motivation, work
excellence, goal achievement, purposeful work, decision-making, and planning.
There is a considerable difference. While Western management theory typically
addresses challenges at the material, external, and peripheral levels, the
Bhagavad Gita addresses issues at the fundamental level of the human mind. When
a person’s basic thinking improves, so do the quality of his actions and the
outcomes.<br>
<b>Workshop by a think tank at Devon (UK)</b><br>
A workshop hosted by a think tank for ‘Holistic Economics’ in November 2007 in
Devon (UK) was a significant step toward such a study. The following passage
from the report on the ‘think tank’ attests to their work: “We need Renaissance.
We must reconsider everything we now take for granted, beginning with our
fundamental ideals. We don’t need to ‘wipe the slate clean’, but we do need to
take stock of all we have and start over withwhatever is good and worth
preserving, while letting the rest go; we don’t need to waste time on
philosophies, institutions, and technologies that are clearly failing. Above
all, we must think ‘holistically’, that is, consider everything in relation to
everything else. This is what the world is now failing spectacularly at.<br>
“The current economy is purposefully geared to generate wealth, with the seeming
notion that if we have enough money, we can always buy our way out of
difficulties. Political leaders aspire, above all, to enhance the Gross Domestic
Product. However, GDP is only a measure of the overall economy in circulation
and has no direct bearing on human well-being. However, our entire society is
committed to the concept of personal accumulation and overall economic progress.
Economic growth will almost certainly be most effectively achieved through a
profit-making economic system. That system is neoliberalism, and that is what we
have.<br>
“We need an economy that operates on its own terms while remaining firmly
founded in moral, spiritual, and social values, as well as being in tune with
the physical realities of the Earth. There are plenty of suggestions, but many
have already been implemented and proven to be effective.”<br>
<b>Professor Colin Tudge at Devon</b><br>
“Today’s politicians enjoy arguing, and some genuinely feel that they are acting
in the best interests of the people. They want to maximise total happiness, yet
they are committed to the concept of maximising GDP,which has little to do with
happiness. It is easy to imagine societies in which GDP is maximised by
destroying the environment; wrecking local societies (the people who rely on the
forest or fish in the rivers); and all new wealth ends up in the hands of the
(hawkish) minority, who then use it to make changes that cause even more havoc
for the poor majority. Indeed, such examples are all around us. We should
measure success interms of Gross National Happiness rather than Gross Domestic
Product. Bhutan has already established this as a principle”.<br>
“There’s one final irony. The Schumacher workshop that explored these concerns
came to this conclusion –Gross National Happiness rather than GDP – by
abandoning utilitarian ethics in favor of virtue ethics. But let us take a
closer look at the current economy. It serves us so poorly because it is
inherently materialistic and competitive. However, its failings are exacerbated
by several fundamental structural problems, which, sadly, few people comprehend,
including many of the world’s leaders.”<br>
The entire spiral of individual, family, community, nation, universe, and
almighty, as well as their interconnections, needs in-depth analysis and action.
The book “The Key to Total Happiness” discusses all of these factors in length
and how they must be interlaced using sanatan principles that have previously
been successfully tested and confirmed. That is why the world is gradually
shifting toward Hindutva philosophy inorder to make the world a better place to
live, and communists, urban naxals, the world’s few wealthy families who
practice communism, and capitalists must comprehend this better and sooner.
Otherwise, their downfall would be much faster. <i>- Organiser, 3 March 2024</i><b>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#2.">2. PROGRAMS OF RSS SARSANGHCHALAK
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#4._">4. VHP CENTRAL BOARD MEETING IN
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#6.">6. PM MODI INAUGURATES SUDARSHAN
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#8.">8. HSS JAPAN ‘DESH PREM DIWAS’</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#9.">9. HSS THAILAND BLOOD DONATION
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LANKA'S PLANTATION ESTATES</a></b></font></td>
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ENSHRINED IN BANGKOK</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#16.">16. GUYANA: GHDS 50TH ANNIVERSARY</a></b></font></td>
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WOMAN DIRECTOR OF WORLD BANK’S GEF</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#18.">18.DUBAI INTRODUCES 5-YEAR VISA
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FROM RUSSIAN ARMY FOLLOWING BHARAT'S DEMAND: MEA</a></b></font></td>
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VEDIC CLOCK INSTALLED IN UJJAIN</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia"><b><a name="1."><span style="font-size: 13pt">1.</span></a><span style="font-size: 13pt"> FESTIVALS: HOLI</span></b><span style="font-size: 13pt"> (March 25 this
year) is a festival celebrated as the Festival of Colours. The day signifies the
triumph of good over evil, and commemorates the victory of Bhagwan Vishnu as
Narasimha over Hiranyakashipu. Holi celebrates the arrival of spring and the end
of winter and is also an invocation for a good spring harvest season. It lasts
for a night and a day, starting on the evening of the Purnima in the Hindu month
of Phalguna. The night before Holi, bonfires are lit in a ceremony known as
Holika Dahan or Chhoti Holi. The main day of the celebration is known as ‘Holi’,
‘Rangwali Holi’ and ‘Phagwa’. </span> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWTb3kcWf7V2-dc_4iGYHjCJ1bTLdEX4LcmGQKtWU0m6X5z4_EkRoiKjNNTZY6LoIdcCzRbLLBjiURmUPwxzhFV3rMfnQ2YB2tZDVJ_pZ-s3kMgjV1NEDcZHTPx924Xfs29jsIjh3Mq71DzyPck7LydTYJHyAdiu9dInESq0_BHOF1WycNWaAVdvllLCs/s1024/Holi-Festivel-of-Colour-1024x652.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWTb3kcWf7V2-dc_4iGYHjCJ1bTLdEX4LcmGQKtWU0m6X5z4_EkRoiKjNNTZY6LoIdcCzRbLLBjiURmUPwxzhFV3rMfnQ2YB2tZDVJ_pZ-s3kMgjV1NEDcZHTPx924Xfs29jsIjh3Mq71DzyPck7LydTYJHyAdiu9dInESq0_BHOF1WycNWaAVdvllLCs/s320/Holi-Festivel-of-Colour-1024x652.jpg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt">
Holi has also spread to other regions of Asia and parts of the Western world
through the Bharatiya diaspora.</span>
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</span> </b><span style="font-size: 13pt">In
an endorsement of Bharat’s traditional agricultural practices, Dr. Mohan Bhagwat,
the Sarsanghchalak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), extolled the virtues of
Bharatiya organic farming as a beacon for the world. His remarks came during the
conclusion of the ‘All India Rural Development’ seminar held at Shri Kshetra
Sarla Bet. He also underscored the significance of Bharat’s agrarian heritage in
addressing global agricultural challenges. The seminar, which convened 350
participants from across 45 Bharatiya states, served as a platform to deliberate
on various facets of rural development.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDvw7OUCQjcZP1IA6MDXp-xcjNRIKCTH-TEDPI08K-yCEUthU2G0lW08Vm9FV4eeI9_sro5RjIwHiX1Ig7HquAKzAGjPliAl43pn1_KXh3EuybLa6Upb3mRnfTnny1nJ9qgdqW19-SVpCdUiyxk8z5Lu4puShRMkPZoT55TWCZ492mT2Kfux0bqn_wxkY/s640/Pariwar-sammelan1-640x393.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDvw7OUCQjcZP1IA6MDXp-xcjNRIKCTH-TEDPI08K-yCEUthU2G0lW08Vm9FV4eeI9_sro5RjIwHiX1Ig7HquAKzAGjPliAl43pn1_KXh3EuybLa6Upb3mRnfTnny1nJ9qgdqW19-SVpCdUiyxk8z5Lu4puShRMkPZoT55TWCZ492mT2Kfux0bqn_wxkY/s320/Pariwar-sammelan1-640x393.png"/></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgek2TJgr-RpVNjtJ9FaUA0qPPxJetYgwuBEy5ymSPlzIrfG87d4n_YGDSZ99xQdUwNbiB_HRCBBs52cWw9hVKWgHtO6ZVRqu-cFthd5nUxsC_HywR1AX6XGQ_BNXIN-BeBEuCxInHzcWiOylKWbyOTqwAuN7bwpxb8u2m6gHj7IGZBaugaXtaVMCM17BM/s750/pariwar-sammelan-4.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="364" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgek2TJgr-RpVNjtJ9FaUA0qPPxJetYgwuBEy5ymSPlzIrfG87d4n_YGDSZ99xQdUwNbiB_HRCBBs52cWw9hVKWgHtO6ZVRqu-cFthd5nUxsC_HywR1AX6XGQ_BNXIN-BeBEuCxInHzcWiOylKWbyOTqwAuN7bwpxb8u2m6gHj7IGZBaugaXtaVMCM17BM/s320/pariwar-sammelan-4.jpg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt">
On February 17, Dr. Bhagwat attended the Pariwar Sammelan at Sandhya Convention,
Gachibowli organized by the RSS IT Milans of Bhagyanagar. It was attended by IT
Milan swayamsevaks and Balagokulam Sikshaks along with their families. Srinivas
Reddy, General Manager and MD of Kofax India was the Chief Guest of the event.
Speaking at the event, Dr. Bhagwat stressed the paramount importance of family
in Hindu society, advocating for harmony and collective welfare over
individualism. He extolled the complementary roles of men and women and
emphasised the pivotal role of family and society in instilling cultural values
and patriotism.</span> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvi5tqXjkrpjPGG7GrEsD9EhzmNBeZSyYXWFujT1UjcqjB9yA_3YqUExZmtQdK-o09tHicnWIPKjEB7Va3_2k1HQT5Wph0reIHkM7s9a94P4IGVHQh8LV4N7xs6MsLfbX50qtpcLqiB2emFnyRsx-b_ICsPfv0vTS1e7wtRqQV6u8QTDAq5R5vy6wwcBk/s755/Jain-Muni-Acharya-Vidyasagar-Maharaj-Maharashtra-Nagpur-RSS-Chief-Mohan.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="755" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvi5tqXjkrpjPGG7GrEsD9EhzmNBeZSyYXWFujT1UjcqjB9yA_3YqUExZmtQdK-o09tHicnWIPKjEB7Va3_2k1HQT5Wph0reIHkM7s9a94P4IGVHQh8LV4N7xs6MsLfbX50qtpcLqiB2emFnyRsx-b_ICsPfv0vTS1e7wtRqQV6u8QTDAq5R5vy6wwcBk/s320/Jain-Muni-Acharya-Vidyasagar-Maharaj-Maharashtra-Nagpur-RSS-Chief-Mohan.jpg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt">
On February 25 Dr. Bhagwat addressed the Vinayanjali Sabha organized as part of
the Samadhi Mahotsav of Acharya Vidyasagarji Maharaj at Chitnis Park in Nagpur.
He emphasized the profound impact of Acharya Vidyasagarji Maharaj's teachings
and urged the world to embrace them. He highlighted the saint's ability to bring
stability to countless lives through his guidance on various matters, ranging
from spirituality to the country's development. He also recalled Maharaj's
consistent use of the term ‘Bharat’ to refer to the country which reflected the
saint's deep connection with the nation and his unwavering patriotism</span>.
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<span style="font-size: 13pt">On February 25, Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi dived into the Arabian Sea off the
coast of Gujarat to perform an underwater puja in the remains of the ancient
submerged city of Dwarka. </span> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy-PK_yHK6kTqVuxkqNR5Z8cu3JUEFafDla5TdM1lJI0_Jg7gmR-dvWOtsCBLu6FDRBQFgnh6LJ-Coom1KQ2XByoJtYebj_taDDcm4Ouynyt34JxdGTmNZshWY1f9VsXsSQEw4EKqzmRgnCYgA1Ph-0I6zU2d0hJdqRJEBpIc2ajkce58gPFUUeCGOeCk/s419/images.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="419" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy-PK_yHK6kTqVuxkqNR5Z8cu3JUEFafDla5TdM1lJI0_Jg7gmR-dvWOtsCBLu6FDRBQFgnh6LJ-Coom1KQ2XByoJtYebj_taDDcm4Ouynyt34JxdGTmNZshWY1f9VsXsSQEw4EKqzmRgnCYgA1Ph-0I6zU2d0hJdqRJEBpIc2ajkce58gPFUUeCGOeCk/s320/images.jpeg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt"> PM Modi also paid homage to the ancient city, making
an offering of peacock feathers - a symbolic tribute to Bhagwan Krishna who
founded the city. Sharing his experience, PM Modi said that he felt connected to
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<span style="font-size: 13pt">VHP CENTRAL BOARD MEETING IN AYODHYA: </span> </b>
<span style="font-size: 13pt">The three-day
meeting of the Central Board of Trustees and the Governing Council of Vishva
Hindu Parishad (VHP) concluded on February 27 at Karsevakpuram in the holy city
of Ayodhya. During the meeting, senior advocate Alok Kumar was elected as the
president of VHP and CA Bajrang Lal Bagra was elected as its general secretary.<br>
After deliberating the current state of the nation, VHP has decided to expand
its organisation in its 60th year to meet the challenges facing the Hindu
society. </span> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW5ZMxKu275tQZ0EUKfP9R_LZRbYrsMknK-AMBZA_CCpnz1Ml_PSSkpgmXdVSEBxk_K0eza-PE7wKoARyhYtC0uNXE0MFE3ADhvAJ-IuxGWAGck4BNMF6SGEGa03VYfkRhMJNRhHPzffVga0vne7bv5ucPdgWLAKc2vBjLRvr46o8Z1PZ_3IGA9dY83p0/s720/vhp-central-committee-meeting-in-ayodhya.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="434" data-original-width="720" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW5ZMxKu275tQZ0EUKfP9R_LZRbYrsMknK-AMBZA_CCpnz1Ml_PSSkpgmXdVSEBxk_K0eza-PE7wKoARyhYtC0uNXE0MFE3ADhvAJ-IuxGWAGck4BNMF6SGEGa03VYfkRhMJNRhHPzffVga0vne7bv5ucPdgWLAKc2vBjLRvr46o8Z1PZ_3IGA9dY83p0/s320/vhp-central-committee-meeting-in-ayodhya.jpg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt">
The newly elected general secretary Bajrang Lal Bagra said that the
representatives from the country and abroad discussed many topics in the meeting
and resolved that as the grand mandir of Shri Ram has, at long last, been
re-built, now the spread of Ramtva (Holistic, Altruistic and Syncretic Ram
Consciousness, refinement, grace and dignity) in the organisation, society and
the diaspora Hindus, will re-establish a highly cultured and strong society. He
said that subjects such as expansion of seva work, protection and promotion of
cow progeny, stopping religious conversions and giving more speed to 'Ghar-Wapsi'
(Home-Coming) were also discussed in detail in the meeting. The representatives
from various countries also presented their action plans to strengthen the
liaison, togetherness and coordination among Hindus living in their respective
countries and work out proper solutions for their concerns and issues.<br>
The meeting also passed two resolutions on the construction of the Ram Mandir
and 100% voting in the Lok Sabha elections. </span>
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</span> </b><span style="font-size: 13pt">The
two-day Akhil Bharatiya Karyakarini and Pratinidhi Mandal baithak of Rashtra
Sevika Samiti was conducted on February 24-25 in Varansai. Pramukh Sanchalika
Shantakka and Pramukh Karyavahika Seeta Gayatri participated in the baithak held
at the Atulananda Convent School campus in Shivpur. 115 delegates from 35 prants
attended the baithak. According to the statistics collected for the baithak,
there are more than 3700 shakhas in 38 prants of Bharat. </span> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSFdGMdTEipW3IhNLNiybyJjys6yinA6uARnpk6ZU7snF-cQKv1PpXeEQPhv6cA_6x_SfJLJl1_sghg3fUk3LYRQB0-SwtMcc9vcJTTyHVgICyAgcb0QlSaiTTAvwYdNc4kSO8IY0WMsJvSyfwz18ehShyiCAxVFNaOtmxmwUTrr0ypuP09OIXXBvB33Y/s1280/samitipbaithak2.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSFdGMdTEipW3IhNLNiybyJjys6yinA6uARnpk6ZU7snF-cQKv1PpXeEQPhv6cA_6x_SfJLJl1_sghg3fUk3LYRQB0-SwtMcc9vcJTTyHVgICyAgcb0QlSaiTTAvwYdNc4kSO8IY0WMsJvSyfwz18ehShyiCAxVFNaOtmxmwUTrr0ypuP09OIXXBvB33Y/s320/samitipbaithak2.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihCaX3Npfra_AXOCvOs2AebglKIG6S_pYKuAHzMFj-d6G5ygxxuwiQvIQksl2z4ERB2LUEzQRlBNbMCtCFQSOLrhLfU4Iwmx3fCahw3auXeMXLmUUwkb6rx-HLG3UIt2Wa0YUGWF7DLzLQDmGgGbz17Msk1s6kJh_K8N0uC19n90zOxjmn8RmzJysZUvY/s2048/samitipbaithak.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihCaX3Npfra_AXOCvOs2AebglKIG6S_pYKuAHzMFj-d6G5ygxxuwiQvIQksl2z4ERB2LUEzQRlBNbMCtCFQSOLrhLfU4Iwmx3fCahw3auXeMXLmUUwkb6rx-HLG3UIt2Wa0YUGWF7DLzLQDmGgGbz17Msk1s6kJh_K8N0uC19n90zOxjmn8RmzJysZUvY/s320/samitipbaithak.jpg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt">Out of the 1042
districts in Bharat, samiti is active in 810 districts. 1500 sewa projects are
also being run by sevikas. The baithak discussed the Samiti Shikhsha Vargs,
giving momentum to intellectual narratives and followup of the nationwide Mahila
Sammelans. The baithak also deliberated on the status of the society, of mahilas
in the society and some immediate concerns before the society. The Samiti also
passed a resolution expressing deep concern over the plight of women in the West
Bengal and called for immediate action from the Union government and law
enforcement agencies.</span>
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<b><a name="6."><span style="font-size: 13pt">6.</span></a><span style="font-size: 13pt"> PM MODI INAUGURATES SUDARSHAN SETU:
</span> </b><span style="font-size: 13pt">On February 25,
Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi inaugurated the Sudarshan Setu, a four-lane
cable-stayed bridge connecting Okha to Beyt Dwarka island in Gujarat. According
to an official statement from the Devbhumi Dwarka administration, the bridge
spans 2.32 kilometres, with a central double-span cable-stayed portion covering
900 metres, accompanied by a 2.45-kilometre-long approach road. </span> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_h5BAspJYVWcWZI5dIirNSxU63tIg8npfePuZjh5v29lzWhuSYK3QqQHmgJ2xZ3FOkaeSh9pbZlkoKAbBjK9gbDBCAFfM7oOvZhK7hncBq2Po_BsF5pP56ZMT1ukXOCzhGkWSfT5LcDfl_U3hKg4O3FsSGXn6-kEqHPaxGhLS3rWYx-0-nIfzIr4zwLU/s1080/Modi-ji.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_h5BAspJYVWcWZI5dIirNSxU63tIg8npfePuZjh5v29lzWhuSYK3QqQHmgJ2xZ3FOkaeSh9pbZlkoKAbBjK9gbDBCAFfM7oOvZhK7hncBq2Po_BsF5pP56ZMT1ukXOCzhGkWSfT5LcDfl_U3hKg4O3FsSGXn6-kEqHPaxGhLS3rWYx-0-nIfzIr4zwLU/s320/Modi-ji.jpg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt"> The bridge has a
width of 27.20 metres, featuring 2.50-metre-wide footpaths on either side. It is
the longest cable-stayed bridge in Bharat. The bridge has solar panels on the
upper portions of the footpaths which will help generate one megawatt of
electricity. <br>
Beyt Dwarka, located near Okha port approximately 30 kilometres from Dwarka, is
home to the Dwarkadhish mandir of Bhagwan Krishna. With the completion of the
bridge, officials anticipate round-the-clock accessibility to the mandir.</span>
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</span> </b><span style="font-size: 13pt">Hindu
Swayamsevak Sangh HSS USA wrapped up its 17th annual ‘Surya Namaskar Yajna’,
widely known as the ‘Health for Humanity Yogathon’ on January 2. The 16-day
public health awareness initiative commenced on January 13, introducing
participants to the rejuvenating practice of Surya Namaskar.<br>
The Yogathon unfolded across the nation in a relay format, blending virtual and
in-person events from the East Coast to the West Coast. Over 15,585 participants
from 36 states collectively completed nearly 925,051 repetitions of the Surya
Namaskar sequence. Notably, 4,640 teachers and students from 35 schools
contributed close to 50,000 repetitions, underscoring the program’s educational
impact. Mandirs, community centers, and marathon events further enriched the
initiative, with enthusiasts completing over 100 sets per person at various
locations. </span> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtGWyXGc0XP3USu2_gLKgk0IEmOQR2b9wy-Rd1hgiwl6pvQ58X00wK2hkYqlrGywXhb9Kt4XexVF3edwPqboDfv7Q8BhcWdRX0ahN29sf_IOOv6pIcQarIezZjBNQmqmKeSM_wDccIAOfsx8BYEGHwmwGvk7T8dxfROcalhbW9WnbXv9O1IQYEbRDOS6k/s675/1SanAntonioTemple.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="675" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtGWyXGc0XP3USu2_gLKgk0IEmOQR2b9wy-Rd1hgiwl6pvQ58X00wK2hkYqlrGywXhb9Kt4XexVF3edwPqboDfv7Q8BhcWdRX0ahN29sf_IOOv6pIcQarIezZjBNQmqmKeSM_wDccIAOfsx8BYEGHwmwGvk7T8dxfROcalhbW9WnbXv9O1IQYEbRDOS6k/s320/1SanAntonioTemple.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU-PHJESKf18bhFW7C16FzBD6FFg-oqNZJibL8fPll2V6JDnNotP6yXpfrBf1LzGyGGumx73x_V-LUEasyGclh9_F3eSf5Ncs3RVgJ4viL9njYrraEtclbQVmXlnyjG7d7Q2zdumWURBEcahj7xES0Y-ZiqLDx0rBq1TrZe4g8MBkbj-mxKUrkMFSVNJY/s459/download%20%2814%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="248" data-original-width="459" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU-PHJESKf18bhFW7C16FzBD6FFg-oqNZJibL8fPll2V6JDnNotP6yXpfrBf1LzGyGGumx73x_V-LUEasyGclh9_F3eSf5Ncs3RVgJ4viL9njYrraEtclbQVmXlnyjG7d7Q2zdumWURBEcahj7xES0Y-ZiqLDx0rBq1TrZe4g8MBkbj-mxKUrkMFSVNJY/s320/download%20%2814%29.jpeg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt">
Elected officials, including US senators, governors, state representatives, and
mayors, endorsed the Yogathon through official proclamations, encouraging
widespread participation in this health-conscious endeavor.<br>
Educators hailed the program’s merits, recognizing its potential to foster
mental tranquility and physical strength among students. A school administrator
reflected on her experiences, “In morning I got to do the sun salutations with
some experts here at PV and I have to say it was very invigorating. I feel both
rested and ready to start my day and if I can do it, I think anybody can do it.
Thank you so much for the instructors”.<br>
The Yogathon stands as a testament to HSS’s commitment to community service and
the cultivation of a vibrant Hindu-American identity rooted in civic duty and
volunteerism.</span>
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</span> </b><span style="font-size: 13pt">On the evening of
January 20, Desh Prem Diwas was hosted by Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh HSS Japan.
More than 300 people attended the event at Kawasaki City Education and Culture
Center. The event served as a poignant homage to the indomitable spirits of
Bharatiya freedom fighters Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and Raas Behari Bose. </span> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNcdtLW6GTdheu7m8qMaljznxtHhLlCSbs2Y6rSNb1HDctyQ9hvBsB-RUIJyK4p_eBF9hyphenhyphenI3LH87dcWL3OMo0Ro1mhvsXivRMWuk_u48j920ZTm4KB0QNhVOIbCq5octmEeK2REPHUtlfPnjyTg1mweLDxarFQwASle6YMb7zPkxMVURcDfGPYNnAGaao/s2048/japdeshpd.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNcdtLW6GTdheu7m8qMaljznxtHhLlCSbs2Y6rSNb1HDctyQ9hvBsB-RUIJyK4p_eBF9hyphenhyphenI3LH87dcWL3OMo0Ro1mhvsXivRMWuk_u48j920ZTm4KB0QNhVOIbCq5octmEeK2REPHUtlfPnjyTg1mweLDxarFQwASle6YMb7zPkxMVURcDfGPYNnAGaao/s320/japdeshpd.jpg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt">
A series of cultural performances - ranging from classical dance to melodious
renditions of patriotic songs - honoured the profound legacies of these revered
leaders. Several organisations including the Bengal Association of Tokyo, Orissa
community, Kohana International School and Love Bollywood Dance School
participated in the cultural performances. In his address, Ambassador of Bharat
to Japan Sibi George underscored the enduring significance of Netaji and Raas
Behari Bose and Bharat's impactful growth on the global stage.</span>
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</span> </b><span style="font-size: 13pt">On February 11,
Seva Prakalp of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh HSS Thailand, in collaboration with
Vachira Hospital nominated by Thai Red Cross, organized a blood donation camp
and distribution of plants at Bharat Mata Mandir (Sangh Karyalay). </span> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPoYDbWUawLNV4ndjuClUGSC_aMdH60i4dRLMNc8dA6lFKWIOXUbu9JVfUMWtf-FonLJAnoTNhqF3-J5c1UBIhTQ_W0jIejdsXFcM06rM8pLGk887E28sO_sRxWP4e3UB0iNHbDP4mSZz-wueO1-7Ia1S7q-N5gSyGt4e5v4WR51Ms7P5AJNrLIAiKP2Q/s1536/hsstbd.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="1536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPoYDbWUawLNV4ndjuClUGSC_aMdH60i4dRLMNc8dA6lFKWIOXUbu9JVfUMWtf-FonLJAnoTNhqF3-J5c1UBIhTQ_W0jIejdsXFcM06rM8pLGk887E28sO_sRxWP4e3UB0iNHbDP4mSZz-wueO1-7Ia1S7q-N5gSyGt4e5v4WR51Ms7P5AJNrLIAiKP2Q/s320/hsstbd.jpg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt">
Blood was collected from 82 out of the 119 people who turned up for the blood
donation. Along with blood donation, 125 different plants (basil, marigold,
evergreen flowers, brinjal, chilli, cumin, tomato) were distributed to the
donors and dignitaries under the ‘Future Plantation’ program. A ‘Certificate of
Appreciation’ was also awarded to all donors. Dignitaries who attended the
program included Kesang (Ashok) Wangdi - First Secretary, Consular, Bharatiya
Embassy and Shri Umesh Pandey - Minister, Thai Government.</span>
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</span> </b><span style="font-size: 13pt">On February 20, the High
Commission of Bharat, in collaboration with Sewa International TT, organized a
workshop on ‘Healthcare For All’ with doctors from Bharat and local influencers.
The discussion focused on healthcare market, equipment, involvement of doctors
and networking among various stakeholders. </span> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJbhn8Db69I2Azu5orZX40JNjqHUmbgZ6w50WpZgVoxyNdY-vVtmJi6pAjBDkoIwk5qdLYE2IzKaVcGV2DSka9tcvYDXciOwh5b6XN0KxXtis24qaJKN3DVKxFzg-HyG6wlFvddtfNByqmtcEkshqV1nlqm-esDLFwOKCGR_VRt2knPcbdRePZ05T6s38/s593/tthcwesa.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="395" data-original-width="593" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJbhn8Db69I2Azu5orZX40JNjqHUmbgZ6w50WpZgVoxyNdY-vVtmJi6pAjBDkoIwk5qdLYE2IzKaVcGV2DSka9tcvYDXciOwh5b6XN0KxXtis24qaJKN3DVKxFzg-HyG6wlFvddtfNByqmtcEkshqV1nlqm-esDLFwOKCGR_VRt2knPcbdRePZ05T6s38/s320/tthcwesa.jpg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt">
On February 14, SEWA International USA and Bharat teams organized a ‘Yuva
Mahotsav’ in Magadi, Karnataka. More than 1,200 students and teachers from over
20 schools, participated in this event. With the support of Oracle, Sewa
International has successfully implemented various WASH-related interventions
(water, sanitation, and hygiene) such as repairs of existing toilets,
installation of hand-wash units, menstrual awareness camps, cleaning drives,
installation of water filters and special day events. The program on February
14 featured cultural performances from school children, a walkathon, sapling
plantation, inspirational talks by distinguished guests and the Sewa team
discussing the journey of Sewa International and the collaborative work
accomplished by Sewa International and Oracle over the past four years. With
support from Oracle, Sewa International intends to continue undertaking WASH
initiatives across Bharat. </span> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggKm8fXo5LE-yUo9Q8JgMVdKEq3I-GK_CiMALlcKC1w2qH4s91NAWJC5e_yJEl4f67z6rnt8PvEjZWZwg_Xh_FOcVI_VIT-7GZgpJ1cGHXu0zIF5OOTDdSo0-DcAoXspT7OReKjxyihBVwA7sNvzohyphenhyphen5EkNZ3rew0a6SJN067l-ai7Y877RNRcm40qXl4/s1616/sewaum2.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="1616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggKm8fXo5LE-yUo9Q8JgMVdKEq3I-GK_CiMALlcKC1w2qH4s91NAWJC5e_yJEl4f67z6rnt8PvEjZWZwg_Xh_FOcVI_VIT-7GZgpJ1cGHXu0zIF5OOTDdSo0-DcAoXspT7OReKjxyihBVwA7sNvzohyphenhyphen5EkNZ3rew0a6SJN067l-ai7Y877RNRcm40qXl4/s320/sewaum2.jpg"/></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH7b2MsgDTi_sw6Qv-Itw4pG2nsaUg5ILxT34mNsVlii6Wlt3sfKpcwXzdKC61ipQyX3Kpcik7xZzzuLg3S19ij7xUrLvXF-E0tCLIyhFRIh4KLuEfYpt20qceBn-K63lKT7ik7etNJfMq_qgNJO71FII0tTTxRzEJOM8B1Delkd8AJOTwd_nCFrqo08k/s2996/canadasdl2.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1399" data-original-width="2996" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH7b2MsgDTi_sw6Qv-Itw4pG2nsaUg5ILxT34mNsVlii6Wlt3sfKpcwXzdKC61ipQyX3Kpcik7xZzzuLg3S19ij7xUrLvXF-E0tCLIyhFRIh4KLuEfYpt20qceBn-K63lKT7ik7etNJfMq_qgNJO71FII0tTTxRzEJOM8B1Delkd8AJOTwd_nCFrqo08k/s320/canadasdl2.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghHGzfoPBEFsKxjB7vq6NPwZEmrT2RPIrncBqPeGpR70mZ25xtMa6BL1CS1OU-CdYvgSaWJ58eaRwGZQXnmH0yRmmT-HdBNRj4JPafknSIzakTPO-ByvpTlXAzZN_7_HaHGK0HUgTVd7OlUabXHTJRU_zRh1cdChBIwYCt_KP0bZ4IjkehvtEvi-DPcjo/s2996/canadasdl.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1399" data-original-width="2996" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghHGzfoPBEFsKxjB7vq6NPwZEmrT2RPIrncBqPeGpR70mZ25xtMa6BL1CS1OU-CdYvgSaWJ58eaRwGZQXnmH0yRmmT-HdBNRj4JPafknSIzakTPO-ByvpTlXAzZN_7_HaHGK0HUgTVd7OlUabXHTJRU_zRh1cdChBIwYCt_KP0bZ4IjkehvtEvi-DPcjo/s320/canadasdl.jpg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt">
On February 24-25, Sewa Canada International Aid Inc.'s ‘Feed the Hungry’
program, in collaboration with Chinmaya Mission London (Canada) prepared and
packed approximately 60 hot meals, fruit, and healthy snacks at the Chinmaya
Hanuman Ashram. The high school students of the Bala-Vihar program later headed
downtown to serve these hot meals to the under privileged/hungry in downtown
London.</span>
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ESTATES: </span> </b><span style="font-size: 13pt">On February 19, High Commissioner of Bharat Santosh Jha joined
President of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe in Colombo for the virtual launch
of the construction of 1300 houses under Phase IV of ‘Indian Housing Project’.
The houses would be constructed in 45 plantation estates across 10 Districts of
Sri Lanka. Under this Phase of IHP, Government of Bharat has committed to
construct 10,000 houses spread across Sri Lanka's six different provinces for
plantation workers who are Bharatiya Origin Tamils. </span> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZBpVpbKCKMoEVWEyTjqvDn1E687qBkzCmft5IbSaNAcwRf4oeaISp02N70f92KJfmD7Fpm6tUOGjq3g78-kHOpKBp7biUQ_ppE0ys7xDABjAkinKwlgnDdfJ3SlyMJU1eV2KysPoq0bg1ZZX0AnBNUuUFxJT7VkHm7RxrMkMtPhqVGdHCrM0gofwouS0/s358/download%20%2815%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="308" data-original-width="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZBpVpbKCKMoEVWEyTjqvDn1E687qBkzCmft5IbSaNAcwRf4oeaISp02N70f92KJfmD7Fpm6tUOGjq3g78-kHOpKBp7biUQ_ppE0ys7xDABjAkinKwlgnDdfJ3SlyMJU1eV2KysPoq0bg1ZZX0AnBNUuUFxJT7VkHm7RxrMkMtPhqVGdHCrM0gofwouS0/s320/download%20%2815%29.jpeg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt">
The announcement of Phase - IV of IHP was made by Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi,
during his visit to the plantation regions of Sri Lanka in 2017. Foundation
stone for this Phase of IHP was laid virtually in November 2023 by Finance
Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, along with President Ranil Wickremesinghe
during her visit to Sri Lanka.<br>
Government of Bharat's total commitment under the IHP currently stands at 60,000
houses. In first two phases, 46,000 houses were covered in Northern and Eastern
Provinces.</span>
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</span> </b><span style="font-size: 13pt">Bharat's
first septic tank cleaning robot, offering an end-to-end solution to eliminate
manual scavenging, is strengthening the Swachhata Abhiyan in different corners
of the country. The technology called ‘Homosep Atom’ solves manual cleaning
methods and transforms them into robotic cleaning methods. </span> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglBJe25Ab6eX_plzOJf2C6acXXQBB2vG-XpCq82vk0tY9tDIdinHVwavm9cf4_NsrrJlZEm94q1n8mgwh9MsIEGShBNZhhYtuivnVxgpJY8vpDjCN3PtCcFqN5QFiNM5kh8DIkiHhHkz2Xz1fKlg36TBLHKahqFiKqgTapCrGo37Wydy5lxB-53JiKErU/s376/download%20%2816%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglBJe25Ab6eX_plzOJf2C6acXXQBB2vG-XpCq82vk0tY9tDIdinHVwavm9cf4_NsrrJlZEm94q1n8mgwh9MsIEGShBNZhhYtuivnVxgpJY8vpDjCN3PtCcFqN5QFiNM5kh8DIkiHhHkz2Xz1fKlg36TBLHKahqFiKqgTapCrGo37Wydy5lxB-53JiKErU/s320/download%20%2816%29.jpeg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt"> It has been developed
by the startup incubated in the Department of Science and Technology
(DST)-Technology Business Incubator (TBI) of IIT Madras. Ministry of Science and
Technology in a statement said that it has reached 16 cities in different parts
of Bharat and empowers extensive blade cleanings, solid waste desilting, suction
and storage through one device.</span>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt">The holy relics of Bhagwan Buddha have been enshrined at the Royal ground Sanam
Luang in Bangkok on February 23. Prime Minister of Thailand Srettha Thavisin,
along with the Governor of Bihar Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar and Union Minister
of Social Justice and Empowerment Virendra Kumar, were present at the ceremony. </span> <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5YV5otWm-lZ-7VdeEHzfn9H5KljaWIP9uxAy0qfw8VKY1fv6ZBmZG7_ew3U4StQf54qeoOYKydulyuKMDqX1U-2C03kHQGPJOW1RI5hnTCciFLcYsVpKlekKYbkDZrHM3GHw0eZvckZT7GKH3FqMJTBUohmFEhTI5z6IqeeWGGlLpl_9zyxVq5_C0Es/s602/image00136P1.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5YV5otWm-lZ-7VdeEHzfn9H5KljaWIP9uxAy0qfw8VKY1fv6ZBmZG7_ew3U4StQf54qeoOYKydulyuKMDqX1U-2C03kHQGPJOW1RI5hnTCciFLcYsVpKlekKYbkDZrHM3GHw0eZvckZT7GKH3FqMJTBUohmFEhTI5z6IqeeWGGlLpl_9zyxVq5_C0Es/s320/image00136P1.jpg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt">
In a significant event that marks a deep connection between Bharat and Thailand,
four revered relics of Bhagwan Buddha and his esteemed disciples, Arahata
Sariputra and Arahata Maudgalyayana reached Bangkok, accompanied by a delegation
from Bharat. The holy relics were received with great reverence and ceremony at
Bangkok Military Airport by Mr. Sermsak Pongpanit, Minister of Culture, Royal
Thai Government, and other dignitaries. A heartfelt chanting ceremony and warm
hospitality welcomed the relics to their temporary home at the National Museum,
Bangkok, before being enshrined in a grand mandapam at Sanam Luang Pavilion.<br>
These relics are part of a special exhibition organized by the Ministry of
External Affairs, Bharatiya Embassy in Thailand, International Buddhist
Confederation, National Museum, and the State Government of Madhya Pradesh. This
marks the first time these relics will be showcased together, adding to the
historic significance of the event. </span>
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<b><a name="14."><span style="font-size: 13pt">14.</span></a><span style="font-size: 13pt"> JAGANNATH MANDIR INAUGURATED IN GHANA:
</span> </b><span style="font-size: 13pt">The
pran-pratishtha of Bhagwan Jagannath, Bhagwan Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra and
inauguration of the Jagannath Mandir, constructed by Utkala Ghana Association,
has been completed in Accra, Ghana. The ceremony was a nine-day programme held
from January 27 to February 4. The mandir was inaugurated by the High
Commissioner of Bharat to Ghana, Manish Gupta and was witnessed by 1,200
devotees. </span> <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoy026KU9aMx1wLdQ_Ej69BJ3ErB3CE6LKI-Ix5tG0LqQfR56MyTP1tA0uKg1AkYkoZJv81lA7RPwPVq9dWtgsE3JyQwYg3pPDfrv7rn5V7zspaIPNOqAJiZ44Zu0HsfBCDVhXZc0DFGORODOaYMveHBsdhOS1hcm-XM_STj_73b1T8glegbI3zFdk-pQ/s608/Jagannath-Ghana.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="357" data-original-width="608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoy026KU9aMx1wLdQ_Ej69BJ3ErB3CE6LKI-Ix5tG0LqQfR56MyTP1tA0uKg1AkYkoZJv81lA7RPwPVq9dWtgsE3JyQwYg3pPDfrv7rn5V7zspaIPNOqAJiZ44Zu0HsfBCDVhXZc0DFGORODOaYMveHBsdhOS1hcm-XM_STj_73b1T8glegbI3zFdk-pQ/s320/Jagannath-Ghana.jpg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt">
The proceedings were conducted by a team of five priests from Puri. The
highlight of the event was a kalash yatra on January 28, in which over 1,000
devotees participated. From January 29 to February 3, around 200 devotees took
active part daily in various rituals.<br>
The mandir complex boasts a shrine resembling the Puri Srikhetra. It includes
the main Srimandira, as well as mandirs dedicated to Bhagwan Shiva, Bhagwan
Ganesh, Maa Bimala, Maa Laxmi, and Bhagwan Hanuman.<br>
“We are extremely delighted with the successful completion of the mandir and the
idols’ pran pratishtha,” said Tapan Kumar Panda, joint secretary, Utkala Ghana
Association. “With the inauguration of the mandir and pran pratishtha, I am also
happy that our children are learning our culture and traditions,” he added.</span>
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</span> </b><span style="font-size: 13pt">Lakhs of women from all
over the state, other states and also from abroad offered Pongala on February 25
around the famous and ancient Attukal Bhagavathi Mandir, Thiruvananthapuram
city, Kerala. </span> <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAwCpiyq-G0Rn5YqNLuFt-cN2oziewjl2q5t2liQkvhSD65wYJkgrypgnuME04YHqNYHV7yjMS3oYAbjsenwqbawbx_0MHG1KEG2zrC1XWzuiUidQ0-54A64P7eFnouhkb_pQZFsbVALQpqfsPeEdIRwSiWKNvqXlXaRRYd2TkdkMSGtI1G0i-Q-oeCTU/s387/download%20%2817%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAwCpiyq-G0Rn5YqNLuFt-cN2oziewjl2q5t2liQkvhSD65wYJkgrypgnuME04YHqNYHV7yjMS3oYAbjsenwqbawbx_0MHG1KEG2zrC1XWzuiUidQ0-54A64P7eFnouhkb_pQZFsbVALQpqfsPeEdIRwSiWKNvqXlXaRRYd2TkdkMSGtI1G0i-Q-oeCTU/s320/download%20%2817%29.jpeg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt">
Lined up on either side of the city roads, women devotees cooked ‘Pongala
payasam’ for the deity of Bhagavathi in brick hearths. ‘Pongala’ is a mix of
rice, jaggery, scraped coconut, powdered cardamom, fried cashew nuts and
raisins. Pongala festival marks the finale of the ten-day ritualistic Mandir
festival of Attukal Bhagavathi.<br>
This world-famous festival got a place in Guinness World Records which described
the festival as the ‘largest religious gathering of women on a single day’. In
2009, the total number of women who attended the ‘Pongala’ ritual was 2.5
million.
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<b><a name="16."><span style="font-size: 13pt">16.</span></a><span style="font-size: 13pt"> GUYANA: GHDS 50TH ANNIVERSARY:
</span> </b><span style="font-size: 13pt">On January 21, the
Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha (GHDS) commemorated its 50th anniversary at the
Pandit Reepu Daman Persaud Dharmic Sanskritik Kendra on Ganges Street in Prashad
Nagar, Georgetown. On this occasion, President of Guyana Dr Irfaan Ali noted
that, as an organization, GHDS plays a pivotal role in producing well-rounded
leaders and driving positivity within society. He also noted that the GHDS has
shown that its existence is secure for decades to come, because of the
investment it has made and continues to make in young people and children,
producing some of the finest professionals in various fields. </span> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_WZmZrmQEsRrkqcCpJmg33pf_B3tgbaL3qHNDtqXhKnyWOCq8QZtPTagUFztkaEcMxTXB2JxK8QChDCdukdQ31FxzzrBFK7n9HX937gvlPg2VUkoXJiH-ieD84b8S11r9YJyVFc2PXcu3RKlwREJfgqEvjt6diLr3Rw3DsZOzZnJec7ryWpIndJK594c/s1200/Anniversary-celebration-.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_WZmZrmQEsRrkqcCpJmg33pf_B3tgbaL3qHNDtqXhKnyWOCq8QZtPTagUFztkaEcMxTXB2JxK8QChDCdukdQ31FxzzrBFK7n9HX937gvlPg2VUkoXJiH-ieD84b8S11r9YJyVFc2PXcu3RKlwREJfgqEvjt6diLr3Rw3DsZOzZnJec7ryWpIndJK594c/s320/Anniversary-celebration-.jpg"/></a></div><span style="font-size: 13pt">
The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha was founded by Pandit Reepu Daman Persaud, along
with Harry Ramdass, Dalin Chand Persaud, Mohanlall Sahadeo, Sukhdeo Ramsaroop,
Rambaran and Sital on January 8, 1974. Through its tireless efforts, the Dharmic
Sabha has successfully initiated and organized numerous cultural events,
religious festivals, and educational programmes that have enriched the lives of
countless individuals, thereby building among all a greater understanding and
appreciation for Hinduism and Bharatiya culture. </span>
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<b><a name="17."><span style="font-size: 13pt">17.</span></a><span style="font-size: 13pt"> GEETA BATRA BECOMES FIRST WOMAN DIRECTOR OF WORLD
BANK’S GEF: </span> </b><span style="font-size: 13pt">Geeta Batra, a Bharatiya economist, has been named as the new
Director at the Independent Evaluation Office of World Bank’s Global Environment
Facility. Batra, 57, is currently the Chief Evaluator & Deputy Director for
Evaluation at the GEF’s Independent Evaluation Office, affiliated to the World
Bank. </span> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS_ZbusPnQnE-abrx7vunjljTHzX8u2excMRPzlL5k68RvxQUU5E4auTDgDY8cLgMmT08MtUtrwHZP49ooFMdSEVVoipm17rnrt4BBOT28ANtvpVEJddHjNcjt-vpXpkR5jQnQ2wm8i5LYhGkrJvvguNoV2_Wq9HC5eCSREE4jZ8ek4G_irEHF-ryDxks/s259/download%20%2819%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS_ZbusPnQnE-abrx7vunjljTHzX8u2excMRPzlL5k68RvxQUU5E4auTDgDY8cLgMmT08MtUtrwHZP49ooFMdSEVVoipm17rnrt4BBOT28ANtvpVEJddHjNcjt-vpXpkR5jQnQ2wm8i5LYhGkrJvvguNoV2_Wq9HC5eCSREE4jZ8ek4G_irEHF-ryDxks/s320/download%20%2819%29.jpeg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt"> Her name was unanimously recommended for the coveted position at the 66th
GEF Council Meeting held in Washington on February 9. Born in New Delhi, Batra
studied at the Villa Theresa High School in Mumbai, then completed her Economics
from the Stella Maris College, Chennai, followed by an MBA in Finance from the
NMIMS, in Mumbai. After her MBA, came to the US to pursue a PhD in Economics.
Batra has co-authored books and articles, plus managed over 100 evaluations.
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<b><a name="18."><span style="font-size: 13pt">18.</span></a><span style="font-size: 13pt"> DUBAI INTRODUCES 5-YEAR VISA FOR BHARATIYAS:
</span> </b><span style="font-size: 13pt">In a
bid to promote economic collaborations and encourage tourism and business ties,
Dubai has introduced a five-year multiple-entry visa for Bharatiya tourists.
According to the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism (DET), the visa issued
within two to five working days allows a 90-day stay, extendable once for a
similar period, with a total stay not exceeding 180 days in a year. Through this
initiative, tourists can leverage multiple entries and exits, providing
operational flexibility for business engagements, leisure travel, and seamless
connectivity. According to DET, Dubai experienced a surge in tourism from
Bharat, welcoming 2.46 million overnight visitors in 2023.</span>
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<b><a name="19."><span style="font-size: 13pt">19.</span></a><span style="font-size: 13pt"> SEVERAL BHARATIYAS DISCHARGED FROM RUSSIAN ARMY
FOLLOWING BHARAT'S DEMAND: MEA: </span> </b><span style="font-size: 13pt">Several Bharatiyas who worked as support
staff to the Russian army were discharged following Bharat's demand, the
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on February 26.<br>
According to media reports, several Bharatiyas have been working as security
helpers in the Russian military and they were forced to even fight with Russian
soldiers in certain areas along Russia's border with Ukraine.<br>
"Each and every such case brought to the attention of the Indian embassy in
Moscow has been strongly taken up with the Russian authorities and those brought
to the attention of the Ministry have been taken up with the Russian embassy in
New Delhi," the MEA said.</span>
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UJJAIN: </span> </b><span style="font-size: 13pt">The world’s first Vedic clock - which will display time according to
ancient Bharatiya traditional panchang - has been prepared and installed in
Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain district and will be unveiled on March 1.<br>
Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate the Vedic clock installed
on an 85-foot high tower constructed at Jantar Mantar in Ujjain. The clock will
display information about Vedic Hindu Panchang, planetary positions, muhurat,
astrological calculation, predictions, etc. It will also show the Indian
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Member of the Vedic clock developing team, Shishir Gupta, said, “The time period
between the two sunrises will be divided into 30 parts whose one hour consist of
48 minutes according to ISD. The reading will start from 0:00 with the sunrise
functions for 30 hours (an hour of 48 minutes).” Director of Maharaja
Vikramaditya Research Institute, Shree Ram Tiwari, said, “The Vedic Clock is
installed here as Ujjain has been considered the centre of time calculation. The
Tropic of Cancer passes through Ujjain.”</span>
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</span> </b><span style="font-size: 13pt">Satellite
INSAT-3DS on launch vehicle GSLV-F14, was successfully launched by the ISRO from
the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. INSAT-3DS will
augment the country’s meteorological (weather, climate, and ocean related)
services with the presently operational INSAT-3D and INSAT-3DR in-orbit
satellites. </span> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZPJwOuBN29n39RrJXqb__qh1baUNYcgAEdvW9f6qCxoRdGZldIDPK5C33D2uakZQB7FrfFSVarDuVoDN4oFvW2xr-oxw9ERq6uTwDqHsB26pAeyNevZisqDhPWyMuVXC2wmteFBy8poFtgLhirBmUPGK123gAploRpt7ff_5-HQY0x0rmaTiNNIWYCFE/s301/download%20%2820%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="167" data-original-width="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZPJwOuBN29n39RrJXqb__qh1baUNYcgAEdvW9f6qCxoRdGZldIDPK5C33D2uakZQB7FrfFSVarDuVoDN4oFvW2xr-oxw9ERq6uTwDqHsB26pAeyNevZisqDhPWyMuVXC2wmteFBy8poFtgLhirBmUPGK123gAploRpt7ff_5-HQY0x0rmaTiNNIWYCFE/s320/download%20%2820%29.jpeg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt"> The newly launched INSAT-3DS satellite aims to enhance the
monitoring of Earth’s surface, atmosphere, oceans, and environment, elevate
capabilities in data collection and dissemination and satellite-aided search and
rescue services. </span>
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<b><a name="22."><span style="font-size: 13pt">22.</span></a><span style="font-size: 13pt"> SHRI VISHWA NIKETAN:</span></b><span style="font-size: 13pt"> Pravas: Vishwa Vibhag Samyojak
Saumitra Gokhale and Sah-Samyojaks Dr. Ram Vaidya and Anil Vartak will be
travelling to Bharat for ABPS. Sewa International Global Coordinator Shyam
Parande is travelling to Australia and New Zealand. <br>
Visitors: Parvesh Hurdeen - South Africa, Vivek Singh - USA </span>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt">FOOD FOR THOUGHT</span></b><span style="font-size: 13pt">: "The Sangh will uplift the nation just like Manu's
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt">TEMPLE FOR VIKSIT BHARAT</span></b><br>
<b>RAM MADHAV</b></font></p>
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<font face="Georgia"><span style="font-size: 13pt">What the world witnessed on January 22 was not just the
consecration of a temple but the rebirth of a nation and the reassertion of its
national soul. In Ramayana, Ram’s return after exile and war was celebrated by
citizens as Diwali. It signified the commencement of what famously came to be
called Ram Rajya — a statecraft of justice, prosperity and happiness. Ram
represented a value system that became the ideal for mankind. Sage Valmiki, the
author of the epic Ramayana, described him variously as “Maryada Purushottam”,
the epitome of virtue, and “Vigrahvaan Dharmah,” the most definitive example of
Dharma, the universal value system.<br> </span>
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The return of Ram to Ayodhya, and his temple, may evoke triumphalism and push us
back into history. After all, the temple involved a five-century-long struggle
by Hindus to restore his rightful space to Ram. It had bitter episodes, bigotry
and betrayal. Ram faced all that in his exiled life, too. Yet, once back, his
focus was not backwards into the past, but forward into building a Ram Rajya.
Lanka was the battlefield. But Ayodhya is described as “A-Yuddha” — non-war, a
land of peace. The resurgence of Ayodhya should symbolise the rise of peace and
unity. In Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s words, “Ram is not fire, he is energy,
he is not conflict but solution, Ram does not belong only to us but to all, Ram
is not just present but is infinity”.<br>
As we complete 74 years as a Republic and enter into the Amrit Varsh, we must
recall that the same spirit motivated the leaders of our Independence movement
to establish a national creed based on the genius of this millennia-old
civilisation. Gandhi called it Ram Rajya, adding that we should build, not a
theocratic state, but a just state “where the weakest shall have as much power
as the strongest”. Jawahar Lal Nehru, too, expressed similar sentiments. “As I
stand here… my mind goes back to the great past of India, to the 5,000 years of
India’s history, from the very dawn of that history which might be considered
almost the dawn of human history, till today. All that past crowds around me and
exhilarates me,” said Nehru on December 13, 1946, delivering his maiden address
to the Constituent Assembly. But then, Nehru admitted that he was “trembled” and
“overwhelmed” by “this mighty task”. Standing on “this sword’s edge of the
present between this mighty past and the mightier future”, Nehru was worried
about whether he was “worthy of that past”. Confounded, he opted for the easier
way out — discard this great heritage and take shelter in the new fad of the
times, the untested European ideas.<br>
Seventy-five years later, the resurrection at Ayodhya signifies the end of that
Nehruvian dilemma. Modi was neither trembled nor overwhelmed by the mighty task.
Instead, he exhorted in his address that “January 22, 2024, is not a mere date
on the calendar, it is the origin of a new kaal chakra — wheel of time”.<br>
Modi’s address was full of confidence and optimism about the glorious future
that lay ahead for this nation. He talked not about a century, but a millennium.
Dev (divine) to desh (country) and Ram to rashtra (nation) were the euphemisms
he used to exhort countrymen that the time has come for them to move ahead from
the temple and build a “strong, capable, grand and divine India”. He insisted
that the country will reach the goal of prosperity by following the path of
purity as well as the pursuit of modernity. “This grand Ram temple will become a
witness to the rise of Viksit Bharat (developed Bharat),” he confidently
exclaimed.<br>
As Modi was pronouncing his dream of Viksit Bharat from the ramparts of the
Ayodhya temple came the news that the stock market had scaled up to overtake the
Hong Kong stock exchange and become the world’s number four. A day later, the
HSBC survey projected the Indian economy to be on a very strong footing. Another
report concluded that “Indian equity markets generate strong returns across time
periods” and “India’s growth story remains strong — expected to be the third
largest economy by FY2028”.<br>
For some critics, January 22 marks the arrival of Hindu supremacy. This flawed
view existed even at the time of our Independence. Consecrating the temple at
Somnath on May 11, 1951, Rajendra Prasad, then President of India, clarified
that the restoration shouldn’t be seen only as an attempt at rectifying history.
“Our only aim here is to proclaim anew our attachment to the faith, convictions
and values on which our religion has rested since immemorial ages,” he
explained, a sentiment that aptly reflects today’s situation. He also reminded
the nation that the great truth that Sanatan Dharma proclaims is that every
individual should have full independence and opportunities for rising to the
highest glory of life.<br>
Whether it was Rajendra babu then or Narendra Modi now, the emphasis was on
using the sacred symbol of the restored historic temple to infuse “new life into
the Temple of Prosperity of our people”. Building a prosperous Bharat requires
humongous effort and tremendous unity. A $5 trillion economy may make Bharat the
third largest in the world, yet not the most prosperous. To become truly viksit
requires a much bigger economic clout, which the Prime Minister wants the nation
to achieve by its centenary.<br>
There cannot be a better way to explain Modi’s Viksit Bharat dream than turning
once again to Rajendra babu’s words of wisdom seven decades ago: “In my view,
the restoration of this temple of Somnath would be complete, not on the day when
a fine building would have been constructed on these foundations, but when we
raise the level of our culture to such a degree that if a modern Al Biruni sees
our country, he would express himself about our culture in the same eloquent
terms in which, a thousand years ago, Al Biruni had expressed himself about the
India of his day”.
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<font face="Georgia" size="2">Magh Shukla 7, Vik. Samvat 2080, Yugabda 5125
: 16 February, 2024: SM 5022 (For Private Circulation only)</font></b></p>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#1.">1.
FESTIVALS: MAHASHIVRATRI </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#2.">2. DR.
MOHAN BHAGWAT CALLS FOR UNITY, NON-VIOLENCE AND HARMONY</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#3.">3. LOK
SABHA ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON SHRI RAM MANDIR </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#4.">4. ICCS :
8TH ELDERS CONFERENCE</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#5.">5.
‘KALASADHAK SANGAM’: A CONFLUENCE OF THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN THE VISION OF
ART</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#6.">6. 'AHLAN
MODI' PROGRAM IN ABU DHABI</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#7.">7. MODI
INAUGURATES FIRST HINDU MANDIR IN ABU DHABI</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#8.">8. 8
FORMER BHARATIYA NAVY PERSONNEL RELEASED IN QATAR</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#9.">9. RITUALS
AT GYANVAPI COMPLEX AFTER COURT ORDER</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#10.">10.
FOREIGN LEADERS AT AYODHYA</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#11.">11.
BHARAT’S UPI REACHES SRI LANKA AND MAURITIUS</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#12.">12.
BHARAT’S NAVY RESCUES TWO HIJACKED BOATS</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#13.">13. SHRI
VISHWA NIKETAN</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#13.">FOOD FOR
THOUGHT</a></b></font></td>
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<p align="justify"><a href="#----">Article: <b>
<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt">FROM SWAMI VIVEKANANDA ROCK
MEMORIAL TO RAM MANDIR:SANGH’S ROLE IN NATIONAL AWAKENING</font></b></a></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a name="1.">1.</a> FESTIVALS:
MAHASHIVRATRI: </b>Mahashivratri, a festival dedicated to Bhagwan Shiva, is
celebrated on the Chaturdashi Tithi of Krishna Paksha in the month of Phalgun
(March 8 this year). Devotees stay awake all night, perform rituals like
abhishekam and Rudrabhishekam, and chant mantras to seek blessings and attain
spiritual awakening. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1ft-EZq0xPoxmRiMM-q0Dz4xcnUxpMM31zuM_l9KdMiTpocCfQZOhdTIWIfjWGZcuh4dfgkr0FgPLoZvZpAAAY0iTw1Q5btjCPbnvzmVMgOt3tUcgD2PUX_urSlitRMtno7CgrBNoq6ia0EKXcqgxoT4n4gDV0aPZ21qjY99uzis6h_pFWfhZiKxq0I/s281/shivarati.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1ft-EZq0xPoxmRiMM-q0Dz4xcnUxpMM31zuM_l9KdMiTpocCfQZOhdTIWIfjWGZcuh4dfgkr0FgPLoZvZpAAAY0iTw1Q5btjCPbnvzmVMgOt3tUcgD2PUX_urSlitRMtno7CgrBNoq6ia0EKXcqgxoT4n4gDV0aPZ21qjY99uzis6h_pFWfhZiKxq0I/s320/shivarati.jpeg"/></a></div>
The origin of Mahashivratri is found in several Puranic texts, including the
Skanda, Linga, and Padma Puranas. It is commemorated as the wedding anniversary
of Devi Parvati and Bhagwan Shiva and the night when Shiva performs the Tandava
- heavenly dance of creation, preservation, and regeneration.<br>
Annual dance festivals called Natyanjali are organised on the occasion of the
Mahashivratri at prominent Hindu mandirs like Konark, Khajuraho, Pattadakal,
Modhera and Chidambaram. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh37ZUA_NQfbtm-Cl9HsCqW0L5f7-uGAR9MW0DM0E29c4jo-eFqEpcSEjJeXs2bu1NWIN7LA1qODsA7nPByAwQgOPhxjwcS3kts3aQkCAp3EaEQMqc2G3O12CklmzgZrHG6SvwBcY-fWQFnZU91JgtRW4FWG3y3YjLY3usA5qznaWXvxym2IcZ4gNDW3aU/s400/MauShiv.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh37ZUA_NQfbtm-Cl9HsCqW0L5f7-uGAR9MW0DM0E29c4jo-eFqEpcSEjJeXs2bu1NWIN7LA1qODsA7nPByAwQgOPhxjwcS3kts3aQkCAp3EaEQMqc2G3O12CklmzgZrHG6SvwBcY-fWQFnZU91JgtRW4FWG3y3YjLY3usA5qznaWXvxym2IcZ4gNDW3aU/s320/MauShiv.jpg"/></a></div>
In Mauritius, devotees celebrate Mahashivratri by observing ten days of
abstinence preceding the celebration and walk miles on a pilgrimage to the
sacred lake of Ganga Talao located in Grand-Bassin. The Pashupatinath Mandir in
Kathmandu witnesses more than a million devotees on the eve of Shivratri. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font style="font-size: 8pt">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="2.">2.</a> DR. MOHAN BHAGWAT CALLS FOR UNITY, NON-VIOLENCE AND
HARMONY: </b>On February 12, RSS Sarasanghachalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat addressed an
event organised in Delhi to commemorate the 2550th ‘nirvana’ year of Jain
Tirthankar Mahavira. He said that people in different parts of the world are
suffering because of their materialistic way of life and is looking at Bharat
for solutions to its problems. He called upon the people to follow the path of
unity, non-violence and harmony. Dr. Bhagwat said that the people in Bharat and
other parts of the world took different paths in search of absolute truth and
eternal happiness.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgay83GpCZ6XX2jzAr4uYJO_7J94ODhfY-ngh8TlWdKg-Mz4eZFHMkODXzog5BNolg8b1mhMxohO2Dg_dpvwUp4bxxuZjAYntPX9MOnmKyTb358oBBInEx48aEmz6XIMvfi7h2qzW6G2bPIArbKmkLH5Os7BP1GrZGBORi2JsmSunW8V14tmEDpKt2OI3Q/s460/BMahavirJ-MBji.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgay83GpCZ6XX2jzAr4uYJO_7J94ODhfY-ngh8TlWdKg-Mz4eZFHMkODXzog5BNolg8b1mhMxohO2Dg_dpvwUp4bxxuZjAYntPX9MOnmKyTb358oBBInEx48aEmz6XIMvfi7h2qzW6G2bPIArbKmkLH5Os7BP1GrZGBORi2JsmSunW8V14tmEDpKt2OI3Q/s320/BMahavirJ-MBji.jpg"/></a></div>
“The difference between Bharat’s search and that of the rest of the world was
that they stopped after searching for it in the visible world outside and we,
after searching outside, began looking for it within (ourselves) and realised
the truth,” he said.<br>
He also said that Bharat has the highest order of life philosophy, which can
usher in peace and eternal happiness across the globe. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font style="font-size: 8pt">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="3.">3.</a> LOK SABHA ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON SHRI RAM MANDIR: </b>On
February 10, the Lok Sabha adopted a resolution on the construction of Shri Ram
Mandir and Pran Pratishtha of Shri Ramlala in Ayodhya, terming it a historic and
glorious achievement for the country. The resolution stated that it is an
unforgettable moment in the development journey of the country and it is
important from social, cultural and historical perspectives. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtT9mRN6dDH1GhP3GNlxAtVVo45fyBM0iuvIb2Nm3Dk9reSjzuvDm0I9ZgZfgLCGU2HQkuB8LKLqu24qBbnK8UjpYlUcGobAQ5Pw5eplXJHe57-x17aYG08HsUAA2mMbqAhMNz6HV2itZMjzV8Dano1F90paAwwIJ8O5W8K_Zt_VrhD6KRjOn95MWRO3o/s750/sansadb.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtT9mRN6dDH1GhP3GNlxAtVVo45fyBM0iuvIb2Nm3Dk9reSjzuvDm0I9ZgZfgLCGU2HQkuB8LKLqu24qBbnK8UjpYlUcGobAQ5Pw5eplXJHe57-x17aYG08HsUAA2mMbqAhMNz6HV2itZMjzV8Dano1F90paAwwIJ8O5W8K_Zt_VrhD6KRjOn95MWRO3o/s320/sansadb.jpg"/></a></div> Lauding the move,
the resolution also said that Bhagwan Ram, Mata Sita and Ramayan are present in
every aspect of Bharat's culture and civilization. It added that the country's
democratic and constitutional values of justice for all have been inspired by
the ideals of 'Ramrajya'. Reading out the resolution, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla
said that the mandir of Bhagwan Shri Ram is not just a structure of stones, but
full of infinite feelings of faith and devotion.<br>
Referring to the resolution Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi said that it will give
constitutional powers to the future generations of the country to take pride in
its heritage. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font style="font-size: 8pt">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="4.">4.</a> ICCS : 8TH ELDERS CONFERENCE: </b>The 8th International
Conference and Gathering of Elders organised by International Center for
Cultural Studies (ICCS) with the theme of ‘Shared Sustainable Prosperity’ was
held at Shiksha Valley School in Dibrugarh from January 28 to February 1. Around
250 delegates from more than 30 countries, including 126 international delegates
representing 38 ancient traditions, participated in the conference. The ancient
traditions were from all continents of the world and included Yezidi, Maori,
Ubuntu, Ancient Greek, Mayan, Shinto, Romuva, Cherokee, Zulu etc.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj9PELLcZUElyvQjTa6VDTV-hg5R4vQids1Kja0bOlQ2msY2rNrDFl6jSpGUBsgQBN2_0zJa35iPjIWlxGMtFV5kdkKBISD5I483QsTB55kuMcuK6anDMwItNP4ysLf381_bPvKz1IJXRgjH4_fHaHBMsqUmD7-7pluH286LSMYMq6-mGaBI2qojv3rGY/s1200/ICCScondibru.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj9PELLcZUElyvQjTa6VDTV-hg5R4vQids1Kja0bOlQ2msY2rNrDFl6jSpGUBsgQBN2_0zJa35iPjIWlxGMtFV5kdkKBISD5I483QsTB55kuMcuK6anDMwItNP4ysLf381_bPvKz1IJXRgjH4_fHaHBMsqUmD7-7pluH286LSMYMq6-mGaBI2qojv3rGY/s400/ICCScondibru.jpeg"/></a></div>
The conference started with a procession of the delegates in their traditional
attires and fineries, to the accompanying drums and devotional dances by some
tribes of the North-Eastern region of Bharat. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7tAO9Lh-C_PFUPIlZBSeThd-hFU2EuPQuog8NaFoyqi058Bjed-6vKEqqffCP7ClfV0Ldkx0ZqfhPS73K2PhLqQaOPq9ioKCVKJ6etLz0WFFoEwGf87tHkqJTwm61eMHiu3eNYpmnc5tsBML4m03Tdz0Xpw9ZYQtuwf66zImqyIgvSnZOiFAjM3qiOpY/s377/Screenshot%20%28835%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="377" data-original-width="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7tAO9Lh-C_PFUPIlZBSeThd-hFU2EuPQuog8NaFoyqi058Bjed-6vKEqqffCP7ClfV0Ldkx0ZqfhPS73K2PhLqQaOPq9ioKCVKJ6etLz0WFFoEwGf87tHkqJTwm61eMHiu3eNYpmnc5tsBML4m03Tdz0Xpw9ZYQtuwf66zImqyIgvSnZOiFAjM3qiOpY/s320/Screenshot%20%28835%29.jpg"/></a></div>
The inaugural session was presided over by Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma, Chief
Minister of Assam with Dr Mohan Bhagwat being the keynote speaker. Speaking on
the occasion, Dr. Bhagwat emphasised the crucial need to preserve indigenous
belief systems and said that ancient traditions knew the underlying aspect of
spiritual oneness and hence respected diversity as the expression of oneness in
different forms. Highlighting the interrelated nature of individuals,
communities, society, and nature, Dr Bhagwat proposed a cultural approach to
achieving peace and prosperity. On this occasion a new academic and research
journal was launched by ICCS. It focuses on history, anthropology, and
governance. A souvenir with insightful articles and highlights of earlier
conferences was also released.<br>
The conference included paper presentations and panel discussions on various
facets of ’Shared Sustainable Prosperity’. Ceremonies, workshops and performing
arts showcased the rich cultural heritage of the ancient traditions. The
conference also adopted the ‘Dibrugarh Declaration’ with a three-point agenda of
reviving traditions, ecological knowledge and collaborative governance.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH4trqOL9g4fX6EIgtH5pTS1-NQNhR5aUHRjn0AvjqIpMTXaKd0Zk2q2VjQxaiIeYdIGcSq7gOv_SbMHh-nmDhyphenhyphenJt3-tsIuL6z1dYY0ATHBV_5jY8zcIg_12e9niTg-0FoIE_e7wk1Gq1lGiqfPdYl_56SOVPEeQSC5q0OIK8p15Vte6-nX60ShTgDww8/s350/iccsDattaji.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH4trqOL9g4fX6EIgtH5pTS1-NQNhR5aUHRjn0AvjqIpMTXaKd0Zk2q2VjQxaiIeYdIGcSq7gOv_SbMHh-nmDhyphenhyphenJt3-tsIuL6z1dYY0ATHBV_5jY8zcIg_12e9niTg-0FoIE_e7wk1Gq1lGiqfPdYl_56SOVPEeQSC5q0OIK8p15Vte6-nX60ShTgDww8/s320/iccsDattaji.jpeg"/></a></div>
Addressing the valedictory function of the conference, RSS Sarkaryavah
Dattatreya Hosabale said that sustainable development can be ensured only
through sustainable consumption. He added that prosperity must not happen at the
cost of Mother Earth’s exploitation. Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema
Khandu and other dignitaries were also present on the occasion. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font style="font-size: 8pt">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="5.">5.</a> ‘KALASADHAK SANGAM’ : A CONFLUENCE OF THOSE WHO BELIEVE
IN THE VISION OF ART: </b>The four-day Akhil Bharatiya Kalasadhak Sangam,
organized by Sanskar Bharti, was formally inaugurated at Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
International Centre, Bengaluru on February 1 in the presence of Maharaja
Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar of Mysore and Maharaja Krishadevaraya of
Vijaynagar. In his introductory speech, General Secretary of Sanskar Bharti
Ashwin Dalvi said that Kalasadhak Sangam is an event of participation of people
across the country, who establish nationalism and social harmony on the national
stage through art. In his presidential address, Vasudev Kamat, National
President of Sanskar Bharati said that combination of thought and culture in any
art can convey an effective message.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeBqFu6xFwOww8QZmwRGeFnrteLIF2KnlxFK-6maHrNdy63R7FVxk2ALw-AOfwCjITg8YRFklDKMbEIGpCZjh-pVKLlYOQsgOxVGh8jYaXfV_bjbD6H6kM-Zv9eG4KAuwhwG7bxQnGzWbUG63KVb2k86k_4aAcSf3tEh8dh2SiLidE3S0NWkH0UkxNcIE/s358/ksSangam.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="238" data-original-width="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeBqFu6xFwOww8QZmwRGeFnrteLIF2KnlxFK-6maHrNdy63R7FVxk2ALw-AOfwCjITg8YRFklDKMbEIGpCZjh-pVKLlYOQsgOxVGh8jYaXfV_bjbD6H6kM-Zv9eG4KAuwhwG7bxQnGzWbUG63KVb2k86k_4aAcSf3tEh8dh2SiLidE3S0NWkH0UkxNcIE/s320/ksSangam.jpeg"/></a></div> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmc4xrjmPeINacZteQ1FhH6EHdd7jauKv1w4mHdcVHgo6crx53DSIyqSmRij6UEiIzDFdvc4RcYCeeNDyja0GsJrxIVa3f8yodY3iLYfXFA_pvx19buAtfjLU941JiVsjfxiCDzupQLptSmok-OxCwMpPpaw6LI9wnMAH7S2piC4VsCBS6VzfZhCrGiY4/s469/images%20%2849%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="210" data-original-width="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmc4xrjmPeINacZteQ1FhH6EHdd7jauKv1w4mHdcVHgo6crx53DSIyqSmRij6UEiIzDFdvc4RcYCeeNDyja0GsJrxIVa3f8yodY3iLYfXFA_pvx19buAtfjLU941JiVsjfxiCDzupQLptSmok-OxCwMpPpaw6LI9wnMAH7S2piC4VsCBS6VzfZhCrGiY4/s320/images%20%2849%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
At the closing ceremony of the Sangam on February 4, RSS Sarsanghchalak Dr.
Mohan Bhagwat said that art has the responsibility of giving culture to the
society. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar who spoke in the program said that our culture is
ancient and ever evolving therefore it is called Sanatan. Dr. Bhagwat also
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<b><a name="6.">6.</a> 'AHLAN MODI' PROGRAM IN ABU DHABI: </b>On February 13,
Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi addressed the Bharatiya community in the UAE at 'AHLAN
MODI', an event organized in his honour by the Bharatiya community at the Zayed
Sports City stadium in Abu Dhabi. The event drew participation from Bharatiya
Diaspora from across the 7 Emirates and included Bharatiyas from all
communities. The 40000 strong audience also included Emiratis.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ0LbgddpqAwi_eXfl5mJGH3GuUZ19uv535YXSIMHrh0zLos-oX4DDibZbVeGGpDMrcYpxt6c_D5MSJiLFCMGyPFESqB5VA0Xd2JNTeX0HgNSIb05nLPhyphenhyphenizf59gsC-t9dTqCgRxsBZILAx_7cX6hbuUimZV4-zXGijRF7MhyphenhyphenTZQPy711rXW57X35_sYg/s389/images%20%2853%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ0LbgddpqAwi_eXfl5mJGH3GuUZ19uv535YXSIMHrh0zLos-oX4DDibZbVeGGpDMrcYpxt6c_D5MSJiLFCMGyPFESqB5VA0Xd2JNTeX0HgNSIb05nLPhyphenhyphenizf59gsC-t9dTqCgRxsBZILAx_7cX6hbuUimZV4-zXGijRF7MhyphenhyphenTZQPy711rXW57X35_sYg/s320/images%20%2853%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
Speaking on the occasion, PM Modi shared his thoughts on the contribution made
by the Bharatiya Diaspora to strengthen bilateral relations between Bharat and
the UAE. He also thanked the rulers and the government of UAE for their
graciousness and care shown towards the Bharatiya community.<br>
Energetic and jubilant chanting, lively traditional dances and a fusion of
Arabic and diverse Bharatiya languages infused a sense of pride in Bharatiya
identity at the event. The event showcased a spectrum of cultural performances,
ranging from Kathak, Garba, Rajasthani folk dances and Haryanvi dance to a
classical rendition of Vande Mataram.<br>
PM Modi also interacted with the first batch of students from the IIT Delhi–Abu
Dhabi Campus and said that this not only begins a new chapter in bilateral
collaboration between Bharat and the UAE, but also brings the youth from the two
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<b><a name="7.">7.</a> MODI INAUGURATES FIRST HINDU MANDIR IN ABU DHABI: </b>On
February 14, Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi inaugurated the Bochasanwasi Akshar
Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) Mandir, the first Hindu mandir in Abu
Dhabi. Ahead of the inauguration, PM Modi offered water in the virtual Ganga and
Yamuna rivers in the mandir premises and then proceeded to offer prayers and do
Aarti at the mandir.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiep8jjdVRewNQcfcyMDyQgjdxgDAWPtky45RxZWvD961KJBaCjsWBG4Yk0vgrGuoY1mOfydTOIhh87IYrCnYaYKOOyIiFxhaXQjOOu_9gbdikkn8jk3XbB7QvDMciOyknZiLvT03OBGnaPKbRNgNq8G0uWz4WuEEtiUxmMDtCfsv6PK7PnkxXrn8Yly4k/s1280/maxresdefault%20%281%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="559" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiep8jjdVRewNQcfcyMDyQgjdxgDAWPtky45RxZWvD961KJBaCjsWBG4Yk0vgrGuoY1mOfydTOIhh87IYrCnYaYKOOyIiFxhaXQjOOu_9gbdikkn8jk3XbB7QvDMciOyknZiLvT03OBGnaPKbRNgNq8G0uWz4WuEEtiUxmMDtCfsv6PK7PnkxXrn8Yly4k/s400/maxresdefault%20%281%29.jpg"/></a></div>
The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, donated 13.5
acres of land in 2015 for the construction of the mandir. The UAE Government
allocated a further 13.5 acres of land in January 2019 — making a total of 27
acres of land gifted for the Mandir, a mandir release said. It is the first
traditional Hindu stone mandir in the Gulf region. Situated in the Abu Mureikhah
area, the majestic structure embodies the spirit of cultural peace and
collaboration and is also a reflection of the enduring friendship between Bharat
and the UAE. The two countries have noted that the BAPS Mandir is a celebration
of UAE-Bharat friendship, deep-rooted cultural bonds and an embodiment of the
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<b><a name="8.">8.</a> 8 FORMER BHARATIYA NAVY PERSONNEL RELEASED IN QATAR: </b>
Qatar has released the eight former Bharatiya Navy personnel who were jailed
nearly three-and-a-half months ago after they were handed death sentences in a
case of suspected espionage. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that
seven of them have returned to Bharat. <br>
The Union government released an official statement welcoming the decision to
set the veteran officers free, saying, "The Government of India welcomes the
release of eight Indian nationals working for the Dahra Global company who were
detained in Qatar. Seven out of the eight of them have returned to India. We
appreciate the decision by the Amir of the State of Qatar to enable the release
and home-coming of these nationals." <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQcMhAsv74YyjH8WQTeeKAWIwhx4fexx6xDqs5dgRcmDOTTopQ4J8cafUYx0eU4ew6UD1Gm1Gk1j9s7mrXLeuCNy-joD7vqUflD_nqOfj3Z8lusbvh0r2BHhly1uPd8eGGNLDMZ7oD2wpt7NicEAEmxCY7eFB9tWiKimBy91wvuQuxqTm1ruzwQuf1VrY/s390/images%20%2855%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="218" data-original-width="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQcMhAsv74YyjH8WQTeeKAWIwhx4fexx6xDqs5dgRcmDOTTopQ4J8cafUYx0eU4ew6UD1Gm1Gk1j9s7mrXLeuCNy-joD7vqUflD_nqOfj3Z8lusbvh0r2BHhly1uPd8eGGNLDMZ7oD2wpt7NicEAEmxCY7eFB9tWiKimBy91wvuQuxqTm1ruzwQuf1VrY/s320/images%20%2855%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
The Navy veterans were given death sentences on October 26 by Qatar's Court of
First Instance. Following diplomatic intervention by Bharat, the Qatar’s Court
of Appeal had commuted the capital punishment on December 28 and sentenced them
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<b><a name="9.">9.</a> RITUALS AT GYANVAPI COMPLEX AFTER COURT ORDER: </b>On
January 31, the Varanasi District Court granted permission for Hindu devotees to
worship inside the sealed 'Vyas ji Ka Tehkhana' area in the basement of the
disputed Gyanvapi mosque. Executing the orders, the administration of the
northern city of Varanasi allowed Hindu devotees to worship in the southern part
of the Gyanvapi complex on February 1. A passage was cleared and barricades put
up on both sides to facilitate smooth access to the southern cellar, ensuring
unhindered observance of the rituals. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvIHnRPECpIsHRPrDX7wBg4ZlVmrLFQg7sBZjc-LM13TioeaSx4JgU7SrX85Olp9UxqyyXpa5W3g2EAOatr1xitmkmmdP784oaT9J0dIIzbGuC79zlQWOLgPCSY5Kn_AnVHM2tzf4E4IOCqXj-ebjI6RvJhc9HOm8YwFCTRpG5APwLvW6THnAukn54JMg/s450/images%20%2856%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvIHnRPECpIsHRPrDX7wBg4ZlVmrLFQg7sBZjc-LM13TioeaSx4JgU7SrX85Olp9UxqyyXpa5W3g2EAOatr1xitmkmmdP784oaT9J0dIIzbGuC79zlQWOLgPCSY5Kn_AnVHM2tzf4E4IOCqXj-ebjI6RvJhc9HOm8YwFCTRpG5APwLvW6THnAukn54JMg/s320/images%20%2856%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) earlier presented a conclusive finding
that a large Hindu mandir once stood at the location of the Gyanvapi mosque
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<b><a name="10.">10.</a> FOREIGN LEADERS AT AYODHYA: </b>A delegation from Fiji,
led by Deputy Prime Minister Biman Prasad, arrived at Maharshi Valmiki Airport
in Ayodhya on February 8 to visit the Ram Mandir. In a media interaction, deputy
PM Prasad, the first foreign leader to visit the Ram Mandir, highlighted the
profound connection of Fijian citizens of Bharatiya origin with their root. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf7uqeiKKblX8cTch0ogPzgPhVJirJuQjTlxS5is6hx2D9ZaV190ArLZnhE7oK5x7D3H6fSch5Iq3TA__U6VwVUoCw9Ah2jUUGiN_L5tilfqYFWBv8zg2IF1-CidlgvqjKhgM94W-tvp1uRSvmkmHqloMbmso6_cprgkIDsbLsWM4OGEAv5VO6X07tMyY/s450/fijidpkay.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf7uqeiKKblX8cTch0ogPzgPhVJirJuQjTlxS5is6hx2D9ZaV190ArLZnhE7oK5x7D3H6fSch5Iq3TA__U6VwVUoCw9Ah2jUUGiN_L5tilfqYFWBv8zg2IF1-CidlgvqjKhgM94W-tvp1uRSvmkmHqloMbmso6_cprgkIDsbLsWM4OGEAv5VO6X07tMyY/s320/fijidpkay.jpeg"/></a></div>
He said that during British colonial times, Bharatiya diaspora members who were
taken to Fiji carried with them the teachings of Bhagavad Gita and Ramayana. The
dissemination of these cultural treasures in Fiji has led to a strong cultural
identity for the community. He emphasised that the mandir dedicated to Bhagwan
Ram will further fortify the enduring ties between Bharat and Fiji. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN1CTt4oXtr3LTBAmjBEn4wbc8tgYmMpw4BVCnxbPNSHiSZrwbVJxgcoDf93p_oEengZLAbEzGPgQN5cYf12ZPTfYu9-zpFy5lVjqJxRV7t9z6WrB0ia5lYVHQ7rjeBFxtCmV3iSJBm9-6jla0ZTTsP2KOjkWidapDj4aGgy6G45F5R1aRLF1peQTjx3U/s512/LankaMP.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN1CTt4oXtr3LTBAmjBEn4wbc8tgYmMpw4BVCnxbPNSHiSZrwbVJxgcoDf93p_oEengZLAbEzGPgQN5cYf12ZPTfYu9-zpFy5lVjqJxRV7t9z6WrB0ia5lYVHQ7rjeBFxtCmV3iSJBm9-6jla0ZTTsP2KOjkWidapDj4aGgy6G45F5R1aRLF1peQTjx3U/s320/LankaMP.jpg"/></a></div>
Sri Lankan Member of Parliament, Namal Rajapaksa, visited the Ram Mandir in
Ayodhya on February 9 and said that he felt honoured and blessed to visit the
mandir. He also said that with the 'Pran Pratishtha' of Bhagwan Ram, the old
glory has been restored to the original birthplace of the deity. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font style="font-size: 8pt">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="11.">11.</a> BHARAT’S UPI REACHES SRI LANKA AND MAURITIUS: </b>On
February 12, Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi along with the President of Sri Lanka
Mr Ranil Wickremesinghe and the Prime Minister of Mauritius Mr Pravind Jugnauth
jointly inaugurated the launch of Unified Payment Interface (UPI) services in
Sri Lanka and Mauritius, and RuPay card services in Mauritius via video
conferencing.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6np_xRpKzNb810IfsngAo88PSXKDkUd5VcMqSWBXmVUJNiHPxvzD8nIFccLC69ZPXbzhBptuiGYcA3RYYabzxhg1YyzUBWljBEe-ktqFH0DI7BtqNznXbJ_CpLvQUe_hcotawdTAHu0AwSArU8wOkNnBBJqX2tB_bYro1VLUcVUdyY_QHElBn0j5oRqo/s449/UPISM.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="149" data-original-width="449" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6np_xRpKzNb810IfsngAo88PSXKDkUd5VcMqSWBXmVUJNiHPxvzD8nIFccLC69ZPXbzhBptuiGYcA3RYYabzxhg1YyzUBWljBEe-ktqFH0DI7BtqNznXbJ_CpLvQUe_hcotawdTAHu0AwSArU8wOkNnBBJqX2tB_bYro1VLUcVUdyY_QHElBn0j5oRqo/s320/UPISM.jpeg"/></a></div>
Prime Minister of Mauritius Mr Pravind Jugnauth informed that co-branded Rupay
card will be designated as domestic card in Mauritius. President of Sri Lanka Mr
Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized the centuries-old economic relations and hoped
to maintain the momentum of connectivity and deepening of the relationship
between the two countries.<br>
PM Modi expressed confidence that connection with UPI will benefit Sri Lanka and
Mauritius, digital transformation will get a boost, local economies will witness
positive change and tourism will be promoted. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font style="font-size: 8pt">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="12.">12.</a> BHARAT’S NAVY RESCUES TWO HIJACKED BOATS: </b>Bharat’s
naval forces rescued an Iranian-flagged fishing vessel Al Naeemi which was
hijacked by Somali pirates and freed its 19-member Pakistani crew off the east
coast of Somalia, a navy statement said. Later that day, the navy said in a
statement that along with forces from Seychelles and Sri Lanka, it also rescued
a Sri Lankan fishing vessel Lorenzo Putha 04 after three pirates hijacked it 955
nautical miles east of Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguSdSRV9wn-f_T3i_tVM_tkNSt0qiU1D7UUyKGz96jfyHq7V0WU7HgRRkLGx0zEhmcqxcen2H09mCzTyZaJq0GQNR4UZh1tnCUy0pIxGXcl-Dav8GEq-xeWK7vnxU8HXRY9ZOV9w19LwYURCXDAc6rM4ErQP0dl1SkZ_czaZN7R_dkW2doL9bFWtLkkfs/s359/images%20%2858%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguSdSRV9wn-f_T3i_tVM_tkNSt0qiU1D7UUyKGz96jfyHq7V0WU7HgRRkLGx0zEhmcqxcen2H09mCzTyZaJq0GQNR4UZh1tnCUy0pIxGXcl-Dav8GEq-xeWK7vnxU8HXRY9ZOV9w19LwYURCXDAc6rM4ErQP0dl1SkZ_czaZN7R_dkW2doL9bFWtLkkfs/s320/images%20%2858%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
Bharatiya Navy called the
operation a “coordinated multilateral response to the hijacking”. The Bharatiya
navy has carried out several anti-piracy missions in addition to helping at
least four merchant vessels that were attacked in the high waters amid Israel’s
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<b><a name="13.">13.</a> SHRI VISHWA NIKETAN:</b> <b>Pravas: </b>Vishwa Vibhag
Samyojak Saumitra Gokhale will be travelling to Sri Lanka and New Zealand. <b>
Visitors:</b> Sooman Jewooth - Mautitius, Sumitra and Tapash Ghosh - Canada,
Tamilarasan - Myanmar , Sandra Bharadwaj - Netherlands.</font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font style="font-size: 8pt">-GoTop</font></a></b></font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
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<b>FOOD FOR THOUGHT:</b> Resolve this in your mind that ‘I shall not forget
Sangh as long as I live’. - Dr Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font style="font-size: 8pt">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b>FROM SWAMI VIVEKANANDA ROCK MEMORIAL TO RAM MANDIR:SANGH’S ROLE IN NATIONAL
AWAKENING</b><br>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt">The Pran Pratishtha of Ram Lalla in
Ayodhya, who represents the aspirations of Bharat, concluded on January 22.
Hindus in Bharat and across the world are filled with extreme joy and
satisfaction. The day commemorates the fulfilment of a longstanding desire and
resolution, which at times felt impossible to attain but is now in its final
stages, leaving many awestruck. At this point in time, people are looking
towards the Sangh (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, RSS).<br>
Once, someone asked me, “What contribution has the Sangh made for Bharat after
Independence?” I responded, “The Sangh has committed itself to the realms of
individual development, social organisation and fostering national
consciousness. Individuals nurtured with a national perspective, supported by
societal awakening, will naturally accomplish everything that is required,
expected, and doable. The Sangh will not do anything except social awakening and
nurturing these individuals. Nevertheless, the absence of the Sangh could lead
to a lengthy list of missed opportunities and unfulfilled achievements in Bharat.”
Swami Vivekananda is known to be the proponent of Hindutva who not only
propagated this ideology in Bharat but abroad as well. Swami Vivekananda, before
going to America, embarked on a two year journey across Bharat. His odyssey
culminated at Shripada Shila (rock) in Kanyakumari on December 25, 1892, where,
following three days and nights of deep meditation, he attained profound
insights into the purpose and direction of his life.<br>
<b>Reclaiming Disputed Site :</b> The year 1963 marked the centenary year of the
birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. Hence, in 1962,the then Tamil Nadu
Government proposed erecting a grand statue of Swami Vivekananda on the sacred
rock as a memorial. However, the plan sparked controversy as Christian groups
claimed ownership of the rock, announcing a memorial for Saint Xavier. In a bid
to avoid conflict, the Tamil Nadu Government abandoned the idea of a memorial.
At this point, the then-Sarsanghchalak Shri Guruji, entrusted the project to the
then Sarkaryavah Eknath Ranade. With the help of Swayamsevaks, Shri Eknath
Ranade began the process of reclaiming the disputed possession by Christians for
the memorial. To fund the project, they sought symbolic contributions of Rs one,
two or five from the public, amassing Rs eight lakh from 30 lakh people across
all States of Bharat.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL5BLy8NwjtS9j7F2C0I1kh0g0_5Gfyehd6T4640HnWx_iswAJJcKNMHQbsuTKtsc2cSOEFqN4eq4HLrOApNtZTMLLAY096cxUPKOFoEMQn0X-dYHKLkady9eECUEjbta9JukENcgSZSqlR0WD8o00F2pYSpZ7xpnzdJcgdN4QIBO6uUQQqvgLAn2NVuA/s397/VRMs.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="215" data-original-width="397" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL5BLy8NwjtS9j7F2C0I1kh0g0_5Gfyehd6T4640HnWx_iswAJJcKNMHQbsuTKtsc2cSOEFqN4eq4HLrOApNtZTMLLAY096cxUPKOFoEMQn0X-dYHKLkady9eECUEjbta9JukENcgSZSqlR0WD8o00F2pYSpZ7xpnzdJcgdN4QIBO6uUQQqvgLAn2NVuA/s400/VRMs.jpeg"/></a></div>
The Swayamsevaks also took a pledge for symbolic financial aid by all State
Governments, which were mostly led by Congress (in 1963) at that time. Except or
some States like Kerala and Jammu & Kashmir, all States fulfilled their
commitments. This initiative transcending regional, linguistic, and religious
diversity, sparked a revival of Hindu Dharma in villages and towns across the
country. Today, the Swami Vivekananda Rock Memorial, situated in the distant
South amid the sea, stands as a focal point of faith for every individual in
Bharat. While it is undeniable that Hindu society accomplished this feat with
their unity, it is equally true that the Sangh played a crucial role in making
it possible. In Hindu society, various traditions of spiritual worship, devotion
and practice have been followed as pathways to moksha (liberation). The
continuous emergence of new paths and their addition to the older ones
contributes to the rich tapestry of Hindu Dharma. Back then, there felt a need
for a platform uniting ascetics, saints, and leaders of monastic orders for
discussions on the current state and future plans of Hindu society.<br>
<b>VHP formed under Guruji’s leadership:</b> In pursuit of this goal, the Vishva
Hindu Parishad (VHP) was established in 1964 under the leadership of
Sarsanghchalak Shri Guruji. The inaugural assembly of the VHP drew prominent
representatives from Jainism, Sikhism and Buddhism, alongside major heads of
Akharas, Hindu monastic orders and practitioners of various traditions in Hindu
society The first World Hindu Congress convened in 1966 at Tirthraj Prayag,
marking the rare gathering of all Shankaracharyas from the four peethas, along
with major heads of monastic orders and Dhamracharyas. Amidst concerns arising
from forced conversion sand the subsequent desire of many converted Hindus to
return to the Sanatan fold, a prevailing notion had taken hold that those who
had converted were deemed impure (Mlechha). Hindu society, weakened in its
ability to protect them, witnessed compelled conversions. Recognising the
responsibility to welcome the convertees back, a unanimous proposal was passed
at the religious conference, emphasising that a Hindu can never be impure. <br>
The proclamation "</font><font style="font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700" face="Arial Unicode MS">नहिन्दूपतितोभवेत्</font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt">"
became a resounding slogan. Likewise, the second Dharma Acharya Conference of
the VHP convened in Udupi, Karnataka, in 1969. In Hindu society, which
inherently believes in the common Divine essence shared by all Hindus as
children of the same Ishwar (Bhagwan), issues like untouchability and
caste-based hierarchy have emerged. At the Udupi conference, all religious
leaders collectively passed a resolution disavowing untouchability as a basis
for religion. They declared that all Hindus are brothers, a sentiment echoed by
all the religious leaders, saints, others in attendance. This transformative
shift was not initiated by the Sangh, but it is true that it became possible
only because of the Sangh.<br>
In this context, a new mantra was born: '</font><font style="font-size: 13pt" face="Arial Unicode MS"><b>हिन्दव:
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In 1981, the mass conversion of people from the Scheduled Castes to Islam in
Meenakshipuram, Tamil Nadu, sent shockwaves across the nation. To curb such
conversions, the VHP devised comprehensive plans. In order to promote social
justice and respect for the uneducated, marginalised and backward communities
affected by conversions, several Seva Prakalps (service projects) were launched.
These initiatives were also aimed at raising awareness, providing education, and
instilling social consciousness.<br>
To achieve these objectives, Sanskriti Raksha Nidhi was collected from across
the country, and the volunteers reached out to the people in as many as 5,500
villages.<br>
Following this conference, an additional verse complemented the earlier
proclamation</font><font style="font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700" face="Arial Unicode MS">:
हिन्दव: सोदरा: सर्वे</font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt">, </font>
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नहिन्दूपतितोभवेत्।ममदीक्षाहिन्दू: रक्षा,मममंत्र: समानता।।</font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt">
All the political parties, irrespective of their ideologies, showed the same
concern, empathy and collective response to the massive conversion going on in
the small village of Tamil Nadu.<br>
<b>Launching Yatras to unite Bharat:</b> Taking inspiration from this
accomplishment, the VHP laid down a plan for three major yatras aimed at uniting
the entire Bharat and imbibing a sense of unity. These yatras, known as Ektama
Yajna Yatra, set forth with chariots embarking on three routes: Kathmandu to
Rameswaram (Pashupati Rath), Haridwar to Kanyakumari (Mahadev Rath), and Ganga
Sagar to Somnath (Kapil Rath). People with murti of Bharat Mata and Gangajal
Kalash (sacred water) in hand began the yatra. Over 300 chariots traversed
various locations across Bharat within a span of 1,000 days. People from each
destination brought Gangajal (sacred water) in kalash as, with a total of 38,526
places contributing 77,440 kalashas for worship. Of the 564,342 places
(including hamlets) in India, a remarkable 7,28,05,520 individuals from 184,592
locations actively participated in this event, with 49 per cent being women.<br>
The profound emotional awakening experienced during this Ektama Yajna Yatra
instilled a sense of unity throughout Hindu society, transcending caste, region,
language, and worship diversity. In the midst ofthis yatra, during a religious
assembly in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, Shri Daoodayal Khanna, a Minister of
the then Uttar Pradesh Government, highlighted the locked status of the Mandir
of Bhagwan Ram in Ayodhya. He brought attention to the fact that except for the
pujari, no devotee of Sri Ram was permitted inside for darshan.<br>
The Mughal invader Babar committed the crime of demolishing the Mandir of Sri
Ram Lalla and constructing a mosque on the same site, solely to display
aggression. Scholars of Islam emphasise that forced occupation of land or a
building does not make Allah accept prayers. However, this non-Islamic act was
carried out to humiliate Hindu society. Subsequent to this incident, persistent
efforts were made to rebuild the Mandir. During British rule, a court order in
1938 restricted the entry of the Muslim community within 100 meters of the
disputed site. In 1948, after Ram Lalla appeared at the disputed site, the
Mandir was locked and regular worship of Ram Lalla continued, with only the
pujari allowed inside to perform rituals.<br>
<b>VHP boosted morale of Hindu society: </b>Since then, the VHP started
organising public awareness programmes with demands to unlock the Mandir of Ram
Lalla. In February 1986, following the order of the Allahabad High Court, the
Mandir was opened, allowing devotees easy access for darshan. This development,
coupled with emotional awakening and the subsequent triumph of truth, bolstered
the morale of Hindu society. Plans were set in motion to construct a grand
Mandir for Bhagwan Ram at the disputed site, symbolising victory over aggression
rather than maintaining the disputed structure. To garner public support,
nationwide programmes were organised for the Pujan (worship) of Ramshilas, which
began their journey to Ayodhya. Just like the Mandir in Somnath, the vision to
build a grand Ram Mandir in Ayodhya is not against Islam or a mosque; rather, it
is a concerted effort to restore Bharat’s pride.<br>
As a result, an unprecedented mass awakening happened across Bharat. The Pujit
(worshipped) Ramshila, inscribed with the name Shri Ram, from distant villages
of Bharat started coming to Ayodhya for the construction of the Ram Mandir. This
initiative sparked extensive nationwide public outreach and awareness. Six crore
people in 2,75,000 villages performed the puja of Ramshilas, and the entire
country was ‘Rammay’ (coloured in the idea of Ram). The impact of this
initiative, indeed surpassed the organisational strength or network of the RSS
and its entities. To claim that only the Sangh accomplished this feat would be
unjust. The people of Bharat, devotees of Bhagwan Ram, played a crucial role in
it with the Sangh being an integral part of the collective effort. Without the
Sangh, such extensive, systematic public outreach and awareness might not have
been possible. Just as a building’s entire load relies on strong pillars/columns
during construction and the unseen skeleton of iron bars plays a supportive
role. This iron frame provides strength to those pillars to bear the load of the
building, else they will collapse. In a similar manner, the Sangh endeavours to
create a similar societal structure that will empower the society in every
welfare task, with the society itself undertaking the actions consciously.<br>
Kar Seva on December 6, 1992, marked the outcome of this awakening. The constant
delays in the judgement of the court despite the completion of all legal
proceedings was distressing for as many as two and a half million Kar Sevaks,
who had assembled in Ayodhya that day. While it seemed unimaginable and
impossible for such a robust structure to collapse in just five hours, Kar
Sevaks maintained self-discipline in such an uncontrolled atmosphere. There was
an order in disorder. This is why the removal of the Murti of Ram Lalla during
the commotion, the construction of a temporary shed and its Pran Pratishtha
(consecration) became possible. Ayodhya, a town with a population of 55,000,
where approximately 10 per cent are Muslim and there are about 15 mosques,
remained peaceful. None of the lakhs of Kar Sevaks disturbed any of those
mosques. There was no misconduct towards any Muslim resident. This contrasted
sharply with the violent behaviour of Left-wing extremists towards the depressed
during their movements. Despite being less in numbers, their movement involved
damage to homes, shops and vehicles. However, approximately two and a half
million Kar Sevaks from all over Bharat did not engage in any violent behaviour.
Their remarkable self-discipline, even in an uncontrolled situation, was
unbelievable. Such discipline resulted from two facts, one being that this
movement was not against Islam or a mosque and the other was the Sangh’s
organisational iron skeleton which not only provided the strength but also the
patience to this movement. Individuals who contemplate and engage in the
rejuvenation and progress of Bharat, guided by its inherent ‘self’ across all
facets of life—be it students, farmers, laborers, scientists, artists, lawyers,
and more—are the ones poised to contribute to personal development.<br>
The Sangh’s role extends solely to fostering this vision, anticipating that
awakened individuals with a national perspective will collaborate and garner
support from society to establish new systems.<br>
The Sangh is dedicated to the holistic development of the nation, with selfless
service. For this, initiatives are being taken by Sangh through the
implementation of education rooted in Bharatiya values, with12,000 schools and
84,000 Ekal Vidyalayas currently functioning in society. Collectively, the Sangh,
without any Government aid, is developing as many as 2,000 villages and 1,000
urban colonies. Eliminating social disparities, efforts are being made to create
a harmonious and united society.<br>
Various initiatives, including training, inspiring, and supporting
self-employment over job-seeking, are actively led by society with the help of
Sangh and Swayamsevaks.<br>
The foundation of Bharat’s ‘self’ is deeply rooted in its spirituality, with one
of its symbols as Bhagwan Ram. Amidst the global impact of the deadly corona
virus pandemic, Bharat witnessed a unique collaboration of the government
machinery with 5.5 lakh swayamsevaks and a large segment of society to provide
assistance. This crisis showcased the spiritual expression of Bharat’s general
society. Another pillar of Bharat’s ‘self’ is its societal (national) systems,
which are driven by society rather than being state-controlled, as evident
during the corona virus period. A poignant Sangh song echoes the sentiment: ‘Do
not anticipate transformation solely from power; the eternal society will arise
from the centers of awakened knowledge.’ The Sangh operates Shakhas as awakening
centres for individuals who envision a society driven by awakened minds, capable
of establishing a structural framework (iron skeleton) across various sectors of
societal life. These centres provide strength and direction, unlike the static
skeleton between RCC pillars that enhances load-bearing capacity. Instead, the
dynamic structure of a vibrant society is carried by living individuals who
remain steadfast and resilient throughout their lives. To achieve this, the
Sangh prepares dedicated, selfless, committed, and unwavering Swayamsevaks
(volunteers) who tirelessly contribute to these efforts. The Sangh has been
preparing these Swayamsevaks in the past and doing it to date.<br>
As the saying goes, ‘Rome was not built in a day.’ Similarly, this national
awakening did not occur overnight but is the result of continuous efforts and
consistent support from society. The result of the2014 parliamentary elections
was announced on May 16. On May 18, 2014, an article was published in The
Guardian, stating, “Today, May 18, 2014, may well go down in history as the day
when Britain finally left India.” The editorial further notes, “It should be
obvious that underlying changes in Indian society have brought us PM Modi and
not the other way around.”<br>
This national awakening has begun and will continue. It became easier due to
devotion to Bhagwan Ram.<br>
It is necessary to do it, to keep doing it. It is necessary to walk, to keep
walking. “Charaiveti-Charaiveti” –Keep Marching Ahead!
<a href="https://organiser.org/2024/02/03/219793/international/intl-opinion/from-swami-vivekananda-rock-memorial-to-ram-mandir-sanghs-role-in-national-awakening/">
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#1.">1.
FESTIVALS: VASANT PANCHAMI </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#2.">2.
NETAJI’S JANMA JAYANTI - PRAKRAM DIWAS 2024 </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#3.">3.
CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI MAHARAJ, A SYMBOL OF RESISTANCE AGAINST FOREIGN
INVADERS: RSS</a></b></font></td>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#4.">4. RAM MANDIR’S
PRAN-PRATISHTHA CEREMONY</a></b></span></font></td>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#5.">5.WORLD CELEBRATS RAM
MANDIR PRAN-PRATISHTHA CEREMONY</a></b></span></font></td>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#6.">6.
75TH REPUBLIC DAY CELEBRATIONS BHARAT</a></b></font></span></td>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#7.">7.
SURYA NAMASKAR YAGYA THAILAND </a></b></font></span></td>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#8.">8.
THAIPUSAM CELEBRAITONS IN MALAYSIA</a></b></font></span></td>
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BHARAT WORLD’S FOURTH-LARGEST STOCK MARKET </a></b></font></span></td>
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BHARAT ASSERTS ‘VISHWA MITRA’ ROLE AT NAM SUMMIT </a></b></font></span></td>
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PANCHJANYA’S ‘BAAT BHARAT KI’ CONFLUENCE </a></b></font></span></td>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#12.">12.
PM MODI INAUGURATES BOEING'S LARGEST CAMPUS OUTSIDE USA IN BENGALURU,
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BHARAT SENDS 40,000 LITRES OF MALATHION TO AFGHANISTAN TO COMBAT
LOCUSTTHREAT</a></b></font></span></td>
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SHRI VISHWA NIKETAN & FOOD FOR THOUGHT</a></b></font></span></td>
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SAMAROH – BEGINNING OF THE CAMPAIGN FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF BHARATVARSH
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><a name="1.">1.</a> FESTIVALS: VASANT PANCHAMI:
</span></b></font><span style="font-size: 13pt"><font face="Georgia"><b>Vasant
Panchami</b>, also called Saraswati Puja marks the arrival of the spring season.
It is also the preparation of Holi festival which take place forty days later.
Vasant Panchami is celebrated on the fifth day of the bright half of month of
Magh (February 14 this year). On this day pupils’ worship Devi of knowledge,
language, music, and all arts - Ma Saraswati - in schools-colleges. </span>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"> It has been a historical tradition of Sikhs as well. In southern states, the day is called
Sri Panchami. The season and festival also celebrate the agricultural fields'
ripening with yellow flowers of mustard crop, which associate with Saraswati's
favorite color. People dressed in yellow, share yellow-colored snacks and
sweets. Some add saffron to their rice and then eat yellow cooked rice as a part
of an elaborate feast. <br>
In Bali (Indonesia), it is known as "Hari Raya Saraswati" (great day of
Saraswati). It also marks the beginning of the 210-day long Balinese Pawukon
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<b><a name="2.">2.</a> NETAJI’S JANMA JAYANTI - PRAKRAM DIWAS 2024: </b>
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh RSS Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat on January 23
said that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was “selflessly in love with the nation”
and urged people to internalise his qualities, ideals and principles. Addressing
the Prakram Diwas programme in North 24 Parganas’ Barasat, West Bengal on
Netaji’s birth anniversary, RSS Sarsanghchalak said, “We shouldn’t remember
Netaji with gratitude only for his contributions to the freedom struggle but
also ensure that we should follow his qualities, ideals, and principles in our
lives.”<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCgKJx13CWS7B2P-Ym-lofXoApMC5dW7DnsHh-GIxqdI66yMM_uti6no84ZwBX47NqlCQvIweZ0_BVhTGrR80-DIsaf39oriwDomf_m5-mjpWkkMNmkiG3zJL6t8AuYt2S6-gdBXcMvoOp5WHGQCG_UYQ-Y6q1ZpZ8m-Gjv2sVMlIlaY8Io-uBee05yb8/s640/sddefault%20%283%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCgKJx13CWS7B2P-Ym-lofXoApMC5dW7DnsHh-GIxqdI66yMM_uti6no84ZwBX47NqlCQvIweZ0_BVhTGrR80-DIsaf39oriwDomf_m5-mjpWkkMNmkiG3zJL6t8AuYt2S6-gdBXcMvoOp5WHGQCG_UYQ-Y6q1ZpZ8m-Gjv2sVMlIlaY8Io-uBee05yb8/s320/sddefault%20%283%29.jpg"/></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGlStq9dTdfnw3nxmGEdBBL8oR8d5JWHHRUKm2DaZPAzrN-tkj9aHShv3VylpviKk79cKppPUZ0MyRHq_HqMhYYO_ZUs8DZMhmJo2Lf6jtiIcI5_0aruT17Q9hqv5HtmfGAfZEPEqoSlAlE5Gngt7teQtQMbgwvEtSgroSlHw5Bosj-G-pJyz82i_oZak/s447/download%20-%202024-01-29T163148.154.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="447" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGlStq9dTdfnw3nxmGEdBBL8oR8d5JWHHRUKm2DaZPAzrN-tkj9aHShv3VylpviKk79cKppPUZ0MyRHq_HqMhYYO_ZUs8DZMhmJo2Lf6jtiIcI5_0aruT17Q9hqv5HtmfGAfZEPEqoSlAlE5Gngt7teQtQMbgwvEtSgroSlHw5Bosj-G-pJyz82i_oZak/s320/download%20-%202024-01-29T163148.154.jpeg"/></a></div>
On the occasion, the Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi felicitated INA veteran
Lieutenant R Madhavan. He also launched Bharat Parv festival at Red Fort, which
was concluded on January 31. PM Modi said that Netaji is a role model for the
youth of the country. and today, the way the youth of the country are taking
pride in their culture, values and Bharatiyata is unprecedented. The Bharat Parv
showcased archives of rare photographs and documents related to Netaji and Azad
Hind Fauj. It also exhibited the tableaux paraded in Republic Day Parade this
year. The Birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose is being celebrated as
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<b><a name="3.">3.</a> CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI MAHARAJ, A SYMBOL OF RESISTANCE
AGAINST FOREIGN INVADERS: RSS: </b>On January 17 , addressing the marking the
350th anniversary of the coronation of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in New Delhi,
RSS Sarkaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale expressed concern over the historical
marginalisation of Shivaji’s significance. Hosabale asserted that Chhatrapati
Shivaji Maharaj is a symbol of resistance against foreign invaders. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnnqIE7m-2GMU6rldVSW0e_dvMH7NR8ukt7IE-3Z09KFfF9FKE4TscT1TfcbLFYPNZp45dX9rrUeqbiDw4np-gR3D7DXDPL1bdb98-6clsdIkoLvBaQGf45tOfw4sSsgOsmh-Nb10H5Ymy24-LmH3ahi-dkdB2GHcMp_ZggABf1WyZPXAbYBuOXeIE5-I/s416/download%20-%202024-01-29T163533.036.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="392" data-original-width="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnnqIE7m-2GMU6rldVSW0e_dvMH7NR8ukt7IE-3Z09KFfF9FKE4TscT1TfcbLFYPNZp45dX9rrUeqbiDw4np-gR3D7DXDPL1bdb98-6clsdIkoLvBaQGf45tOfw4sSsgOsmh-Nb10H5Ymy24-LmH3ahi-dkdB2GHcMp_ZggABf1WyZPXAbYBuOXeIE5-I/s320/download%20-%202024-01-29T163533.036.jpeg"/></a></div>
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highlighted Shivaji’s unwavering commitment to his vow and leadership qualities,
making him one of the greatest among all kings. Hosabale called for an end to
the longstanding tradition of viewing Bharat’s nationalism, religion-based
system, social structure, and tradition with hatred and distortion. He urged the
need for presenting new ideas that are accurate, realistic, and based on facts.
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<b><a name="4.">4.</a> RAM MANDIR’S PRAN-PRATISHTHA CEREMONY: </b>The murti of
Ram Lalla was unveiled on January 22 at Sri Ram Janmaboomi Mandir in Ayodhya in
the presence of Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi. PM Modi performed ‘aarti’ of Ram
Lalla murti in Ayodhya Mandir and did ‘dandvat pranam’. RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan
Bhagwat, Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel, and State Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath were present at the ceremony. The historic Pran Pratishtha ceremony
was attended by over 8,000 guests representing all major spiritual and religious
sects of the country & people from all walks of life, including representatives
of various tribal communities. Before the ceremony PM Modi also followed 11 day
fast-rituals and having religious sojourn to the mandirs related to Bhagwan
Rams’ imprints. He also released commemorative postage stamps on Ayodhya’s Ram
Mandir. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSNBRPIJx5-mikw8DnGpBtAilZ-MPEOZITAL-PvRugun6pGs0B880AMd_iEqrQhQ7ejpzhZlxXxQW3wzGnZPyb1Xlup8dgPMvA1QLTUKB1CB1OR-PdoSZIBmKUYTNsiDrd5UhiQ44H6yJET1gKOTgMHDJcS2ipuHIfy8bicGdNmo1V-iwjoOuefM-cc70/s1024/Screenshot%20%28831%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSNBRPIJx5-mikw8DnGpBtAilZ-MPEOZITAL-PvRugun6pGs0B880AMd_iEqrQhQ7ejpzhZlxXxQW3wzGnZPyb1Xlup8dgPMvA1QLTUKB1CB1OR-PdoSZIBmKUYTNsiDrd5UhiQ44H6yJET1gKOTgMHDJcS2ipuHIfy8bicGdNmo1V-iwjoOuefM-cc70/s320/Screenshot%20%28831%29.jpg"/></a></div>
After the ceremony, addressing the pious gathering PM Modi said, <b>“Ram aa
Gaye”</b>. He said that Ram is “not a dispute” but “a solution”. “I have firm
belief and immense faith that the devotees of Ram completely absorbed in this
historic moment. The devotees of Ram, in every corner of the country and the
world, deeply feeling this. This moment is divine, this moment is the holiest of
all,” he stated. He added that Bhagwan Ram is the “spirit of Indian
Constitution”. PM Modi also showered flower petals on the Ram Mandir
construction workers.<br>
Echoing the sentiments of millions of devotees and citizens witnessing the event
RSS Sarsanghchalak, Dr Mohan Bhagwat stated “Bharat’s ‘Swa’ has returned with
the advent of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya. This moment marks a resurgence of our
cultural identity and spiritual heritage.” He expressed profound joy and belief
in the transformative power of the presence of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya. Dr Bhagwat
said that all countrymen should fulfill the duties of citizens of Ramrajya just
like Bhagwan Ram. Dr Bhagwat said that we should practice penance to make our
country ‘Vishwa Guru’. <br>
Prasar Bharati CEO said, "Over 160 mn watched live telecast of Ram mandir
event." The people across religions, geographies and social identities joined in
to celebrate this historic event, a seminal occasion in Bharat's cultural
history. Mandirs and people arranged giant screen live telecast of the ceremony.
As joyous ‘Jai Shri Ram’ chants filled the air at Ayodhya, people across the
country immersed in unbridled celebrations with the return of the Bhagwan to his
avowed birthplace after more than 500 years.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3rBrbqCbn-5Kno2BNmBNvYP_Jg_A0XFmhcCjc4S_e9F_Fkd5JkvAaSGEfm6FRcT95WU8RQNCTGLaI9yeHkYtI_UR2umFEHZV5Xp8RH_Yn1NUn0TPxjJHKyRlBaTLXqRtTN2KsDiAUPhlKa8aGH7xy1niCcqlm0mwh8W0PBXNVAPcQY4ODPhkCGbViY48/s453/download%20-%202024-01-28T223934.213.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="453" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3rBrbqCbn-5Kno2BNmBNvYP_Jg_A0XFmhcCjc4S_e9F_Fkd5JkvAaSGEfm6FRcT95WU8RQNCTGLaI9yeHkYtI_UR2umFEHZV5Xp8RH_Yn1NUn0TPxjJHKyRlBaTLXqRtTN2KsDiAUPhlKa8aGH7xy1niCcqlm0mwh8W0PBXNVAPcQY4ODPhkCGbViY48/s320/download%20-%202024-01-28T223934.213.jpeg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_O74FBKr5hPfKRnU1IbWQu4g78bykTnxbk7-fUwM_cK0qdBuxqT1sZlJ59xr4BehhveFbgL4laCB4SV4FhjJUHb1fhKytTBy25jIQsJPdK1pHxeoCbIRt3MD6xOMGfdnKCCsGMa-6YQQyLJ3ig27QtRB68ximY2cvDw6UdC2s8mdHppGvASu_ZDeVf-E/s228/images%20%2848%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="221" data-original-width="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_O74FBKr5hPfKRnU1IbWQu4g78bykTnxbk7-fUwM_cK0qdBuxqT1sZlJ59xr4BehhveFbgL4laCB4SV4FhjJUHb1fhKytTBy25jIQsJPdK1pHxeoCbIRt3MD6xOMGfdnKCCsGMa-6YQQyLJ3ig27QtRB68ximY2cvDw6UdC2s8mdHppGvASu_ZDeVf-E/s320/images%20%2848%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
All of Bharatvarsh was gripped in Diwali-like fervour with Shri Ram chants,
bhajans, processions, dance, posters, saffron flags, diyas, langars and
firecrackers as the whole country celebrated the inauguration of the historic
Ram mandir in Ayodhya. More than 30,000 business organisations across the
country organised over 50,000 programs in their respective markets. Hymns,
verses reverberated in Kerala Mandirs. 'Deepotsav' celebrations were organised
in Tamil Nadu's Chennai and at other places to mark the Ayodhya Ram Mandir 'Pran
Pratishtha' ceremony. North Eastern states including Arunachal Pradesh were
soaked in religious fervour. While several people, including union ministers,
chief ministers and other politicians, celebrated ‘Deepotsav’ at their homes,
some also took to the streets and lit up special lights and burst firecrackers.
Bharat Sarkar including several state governments announced work leave on the
occasion. <br>
Expressing his feelings, <b>United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President
Dennis Francis</b> said, “Delighted to arrive in New Delhi on an auspicious day
when the country is celebrating its ‘Second Deepawali’. <br>
<b>Rashtra Sevika Samiti</b> in its statement said that a successful 'Pran
Pratishtha' of Ram Lalla's idol at his new mandir in Ayodhya has created the
faith that nobody can "ever hurt" Hindu sentiments in the future. <b>BAPS
Swaminarayan </b>&<b> ISKCON mandirs</b> celebrated historic inauguration of Ram
Mandir. Now everyday a massive crowd of devotees’s dynamic gathering happening
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<b><a name="5.">5.</a> WORLD CELEBRATES RAM MANDIR PRAN-PRATISHTHA CEREMONY: </b>
The ‘Pran-Pratishtha’ ceremony of Bhagwan Ram Lalla at Ayodhya on January 22 was
celebrated globally. HSS and more than 200 Dharmic organisations in the <b>UK</b>
were the signatories of a declaration which extends a warm welcome to the
historic event. Sanatan Sanstha of the UK, enriching the atmosphere with the <b>
‘Shri Ram’</b> chants in <b>UK Parliament.</b> UK mandirs prepared ladoos for
distribution to mark the ceremony.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhavRvp_Sm1ibAEXDy0RuRfGvbwoP2tlkT3dGHhnOMObqSoFM0gaingZ51Pjg8UgZavwdRVi4ANafMGZ7s3TDXiJAL0_YRfbgggEX1lXnsCyXlbKeokg41-q9_nP9DKZAT7tSUXZooZI9fpNm3PXlTmShWsIdrAIR0JNEqLZQTif7323Ktlvp9MZ1KwBt0/s450/download%20-%202024-01-28T222648.200.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhavRvp_Sm1ibAEXDy0RuRfGvbwoP2tlkT3dGHhnOMObqSoFM0gaingZ51Pjg8UgZavwdRVi4ANafMGZ7s3TDXiJAL0_YRfbgggEX1lXnsCyXlbKeokg41-q9_nP9DKZAT7tSUXZooZI9fpNm3PXlTmShWsIdrAIR0JNEqLZQTif7323Ktlvp9MZ1KwBt0/s320/download%20-%202024-01-28T222648.200.jpeg"/></a></div>
On January 21, <b>HSS Denmark</b> along with Dta Telugu organized a Bhajan &
Keertan program for Shri Rammandir Pran Pratishtha in Ayodhya. <br>
Pujit akshatas reached <b>Melbourne</b> and were received by HSS swayamsevaks,
Hare Krishna and Sri Venkata Krishna Brundavana Melbourne. On January 22
processions were organised and mandirs offered special prayers. Car rallies were
organised in <b>Sydney.</b><br>
Tri State Umiya Dham – Cincinnati, Swaminarayan BAPS, Sri SaiBaba Mandir of
Greater Cincinnati, Hindu ISKCON, Bharat FM and <b>HSS USA</b> joined Shri Ram
Pran Pratishtha celebrations across the United States with car rallies,
Deepotsav (Festival of Lights) in homes and Hindu cultural centers, and singing
and chanting in mandirs. Over a thousand mandirs around the country organized
celebrations in the form of bhajans, kirtans special poojas and Prasad
distributions. More than 60 car rallies and Tesla light shows were organized
across 21 states. Over 550 Hindu American students from 108 universities and
high schools came together online to celebrate the occasion. In <b>New Jersey</b>,<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFrjRbhfRXuqZhjVdide4-1zZNUZA8QhAY1OSnTm7CLEYGSrPi3Ija5LOSPm52R_0XZBkNsUossUI9WZ5A2esjFk-VPxPXMobIi8JcEU2tFLKVwRHk-HEBqh75r3y_HP2lCro4H1U7dKqY4oGKkq_HKdR2Kp6GaipXV4gvW9ZJS5rQ4wceD1c2bDOA92g/s600/download%20-%202024-01-28T222550.925.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFrjRbhfRXuqZhjVdide4-1zZNUZA8QhAY1OSnTm7CLEYGSrPi3Ija5LOSPm52R_0XZBkNsUossUI9WZ5A2esjFk-VPxPXMobIi8JcEU2tFLKVwRHk-HEBqh75r3y_HP2lCro4H1U7dKqY4oGKkq_HKdR2Kp6GaipXV4gvW9ZJS5rQ4wceD1c2bDOA92g/s320/download%20-%202024-01-28T222550.925.jpeg"/></a></div>
an educational exhibition was organized on the theme of “Ramayana around the
world”. In <b>San Antonio</b>, the Ram Car Yatra was welcomed in the <b>Sikh
Gurudwara</b>. The occasion garnered support and greetings from various leaders,
including Mayors, Congressmen, State Senators, community leaders, and Interfaith
officials including New York City, Mayor Eric Adams, Noted author and historian
David Frawley, Congressman Dr. Rich McCormick of Georgia and Sadhvi Bhagawati
Saraswati from the Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh. <br>
<b>HSS Germnay</b> organised 3-day utsav including Sri Ram Rath Yatra in Munich
on January 21. <b>HSS Japan</b> also organised huge screen live telecast of
ceremony. <b>HSS Thailand </b>and <b>SDDS Myanmar</b> organised Ramcharitmanas
recitations. <b>HSS New Zealand</b> with local mandirs organised Mahayagya.
songs, dances, Ram – Leela, history of Ram Janmabhoomi presentations and
Mahaprasadam dstriution. </font></span></p>
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<font face="Georgia"><b>Mauritius President </b>Prithvirajsing Roopun<b> </b>
attended a cultural programme organised by the Mauritius Sanatan Dharma Mandirs
Federation. <b>HSS Mauritius</b> organised car rally and Ayodhya Pujit Akshat
was handed over to <b>PM Pravin Kumar Jugnauth</b> in a program.</span> <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih8HzOQfu3B8ckmRLdz5rhNvaZhBXzGLI_ijzrB-naqkztVMmuIGo6WUaHHHeQYHt0VmLitVrAEZiYvqRBlLF6vXUJPW2Vic-BF7BjYmwyPnNljURHj_cnin5kc4K9KLTw7jOXXviGgA1bjD2O8h2abdmZRDIGNe3YTwGrvDkyWR-WdVCJyrW6BZjqQLo/s627/Screenshot%20%28832%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="627" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih8HzOQfu3B8ckmRLdz5rhNvaZhBXzGLI_ijzrB-naqkztVMmuIGo6WUaHHHeQYHt0VmLitVrAEZiYvqRBlLF6vXUJPW2Vic-BF7BjYmwyPnNljURHj_cnin5kc4K9KLTw7jOXXviGgA1bjD2O8h2abdmZRDIGNe3YTwGrvDkyWR-WdVCJyrW6BZjqQLo/s320/Screenshot%20%28832%29.jpg"/></a></div><span style="font-size: 13pt">
<b>HSS</b> representatives from around <b>50 countries</b> physically witnessed
the Pran Partisthan ceremony at Sri Ram Mandir at Ayodhya and its volunteers
organised several programs in respective countries.</span> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9VFPigPNZK2qHwLVdURUSwBrwKzuv3Hf0d751GrTvXFedLtIhbPtdXAFmHB6HTBdxcGRYti0LtOgDpNkQLaxs8AWm1eXmlWT-bk7b0DjphZpsvRLUowEH3a00HnLIxSLosA8S3d-YXyFyzDBuzbZEc1PhKQ8V0YpXTUlai1-yRbH51M2hCkFXHBDrVZg/s1009/417439271_367296615942022_196864772303601274_n.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="439" data-original-width="1009" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9VFPigPNZK2qHwLVdURUSwBrwKzuv3Hf0d751GrTvXFedLtIhbPtdXAFmHB6HTBdxcGRYti0LtOgDpNkQLaxs8AWm1eXmlWT-bk7b0DjphZpsvRLUowEH3a00HnLIxSLosA8S3d-YXyFyzDBuzbZEc1PhKQ8V0YpXTUlai1-yRbH51M2hCkFXHBDrVZg/s320/417439271_367296615942022_196864772303601274_n.jpg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt">
On January 21, North American nation <b>Mexico</b> got its first Ram Mandir in
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In <b>Bangkok, Thailand</b> the Thai-Indian Theatre Club showcased the
captivating drama “Ram Lalla Ghar Aaye” in a spectacular performance.</span> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_BZQlv4SI-WaFDvg3lkKON19bB3y7G7t7D6YQrSLM7Okymz6feT_zeBuvFYayG9Xexyj5LMGFoEe9HehoUu7Q0xREDG7TKGku3mX4e0FcNZ1FTlN5MgCd02GAgBMpPvRPTPTHJa_j97yxzxlCxwYxB6GvAQErArDE-Ue6sY-qqPQUm0OYdZN596R94Fs/s481/download%20-%202024-01-28T223228.598.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_BZQlv4SI-WaFDvg3lkKON19bB3y7G7t7D6YQrSLM7Okymz6feT_zeBuvFYayG9Xexyj5LMGFoEe9HehoUu7Q0xREDG7TKGku3mX4e0FcNZ1FTlN5MgCd02GAgBMpPvRPTPTHJa_j97yxzxlCxwYxB6GvAQErArDE-Ue6sY-qqPQUm0OYdZN596R94Fs/s320/download%20-%202024-01-28T223228.598.jpeg"/></a></div><span style="font-size: 13pt">
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Krishna Mandir, Lusaka and Kitwe, Ndola, Chingola in <b>Zambia</b> - people from
Gayatri Parivar, ISKCON, Gurudwarda organised programs.<br>
<b>Malawi</b>, <b>Seychelles</b> and <b>Congo</b> also organised many events to
celebrate the ceremony at Ayodhya. A 3-day event was organized in <b>Burundi</b>
country of East Africa in which postal stamps of Bhagwan Shri Ram were issued. </span> <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKtRXfLmxLwXqbtSiPKpNdBEbHsdhFzGIxqfNANkv69fSuKBLiKVCtRpLjs6bhQlWgJnwAZ2IO6lZ3A9-jNByDaxGSLW8gBZDSH0nDQXdI7ipB5yfWflMpUWV4ESPAqb1QWdQk__R14fwQvI0OQz8PQOF5vechvarqoLzwFlrgDydE10Lz0gZkOrghxo0/s575/nepal-celebration-96.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="323" data-original-width="575" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKtRXfLmxLwXqbtSiPKpNdBEbHsdhFzGIxqfNANkv69fSuKBLiKVCtRpLjs6bhQlWgJnwAZ2IO6lZ3A9-jNByDaxGSLW8gBZDSH0nDQXdI7ipB5yfWflMpUWV4ESPAqb1QWdQk__R14fwQvI0OQz8PQOF5vechvarqoLzwFlrgDydE10Lz0gZkOrghxo0/s320/nepal-celebration-96.jpg"/></a></div><span style="font-size: 13pt">
On January 21, Bharatiyas in <b>Taipei, Taiwan</b> united for ‘keertan-bhajan’.
101 plus events were organised across <b>Canada</b> by Mandir societies and
VHP-HSS Canada</b>. <b>Sri Lankan</b> devotees celebrate Ram Mandir consecration
ceremony with special puja at Sita Amman mandir, Bhakta Hanuman mandir and
Chinmaya Mission. All cities in <b>Nepal</b> including <b>Janakpur</b>,<b> </b> <b>Birganj
</b>and <b>Bharatpur</b> has 'Deepotsav'. HSS Nepal organised several bike
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<b><a name="6.">6.</a> 75TH REPUBLIC DAY CELEBRATIONS BHARAT: </b>Rashtrapati
Draupadi Murmu addressed the nation and greeted all countrymen on the eve of the
75th Republic Day. She said, “The 75th year of the Republic is truly a historic
milestone in the journey of the nation in many ways. The ethos of Bharat’s
Republic brings together more than 1.4 billion Bharatiyas to live as one
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On Sri Ram Mandir Pran Prathistha ceremony Rashrapati said that on January 22,
world witnessed the historic consecration ceremony of the idol of Prabhu Shri
Ram in the glorious new mandir constructed at His birthplace in Ayodhya. When
this event will be seen in the wider perspective, the future historians will
consider it a landmark in Bharat's continued re-discovery of its civilisational
heritage. She futher said, “In recent times, many conflicts have emerged around
the world and several parts of it have been suffering from violence. In such
times, we recall Bhagwan Buddha's words: </font><b> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghTabDM0UMlJWrNYTKev8HvT4lJ4zNjonI_qGRjx0k6QePySPRfQE0C9nMG4pA6JtguWm17GHYPs5693qumuP4qqTtH6Z-pi1xnRbzcLkRrPwwOFkvF_0nyE25tcktTLNfY4A20SmdubIiW4UO4Yyz31lBS_RccJBbaujeUCihsU59OIiya8TR_kCJq38/s363/download%20-%202024-02-01T175508.043.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="272" data-original-width="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghTabDM0UMlJWrNYTKev8HvT4lJ4zNjonI_qGRjx0k6QePySPRfQE0C9nMG4pA6JtguWm17GHYPs5693qumuP4qqTtH6Z-pi1xnRbzcLkRrPwwOFkvF_0nyE25tcktTLNfY4A20SmdubIiW4UO4Yyz31lBS_RccJBbaujeUCihsU59OIiya8TR_kCJq38/s320/download%20-%202024-02-01T175508.043.jpeg"/></a></div>
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It means: Not at any time are enmities appeased here through enmity but they are
appeased through non-enmity. This is the eternal law." Rashtrapati said,
“Bharat's ancient wisdom can also help the world find a way out of the global
environmental crisis.” Rashtrapati concluded her address to the nation with best
wishes to all for their nation building endeavours.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY42sE-I-juO27lRZ1p4jVoYWhCinXcM0cNPdIDTezB-SglMyxQ3R7iX8LghrFmKdHujSgsin-7H7JdFSV6_dtQ8t0OnVKn0f3zORLF05jLyS8ZF10YThuJhSNQLFhrTa4yhXnLGnPISDFxiCVSxOwFKTLEw0QHHXofHdzQxjxumMX3oH-2fFKZDJM-Gw/s440/images%20%2843%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY42sE-I-juO27lRZ1p4jVoYWhCinXcM0cNPdIDTezB-SglMyxQ3R7iX8LghrFmKdHujSgsin-7H7JdFSV6_dtQ8t0OnVKn0f3zORLF05jLyS8ZF10YThuJhSNQLFhrTa4yhXnLGnPISDFxiCVSxOwFKTLEw0QHHXofHdzQxjxumMX3oH-2fFKZDJM-Gw/s320/images%20%2843%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
On January 26 <b>Republic Day Parade</b> commenced with a grand display of its
women power, rich cultural heritage, and military might, which included
missiles, warplanes, surveillance gadgets, and lethal weapon systems at Kartavya
Path in the heart of the national capital. The ceremony began with the Pradhan
Mantri's visit to the National War Memorial, where he led the nation in paying
solemn tributes to the fallen heroes by laying a wreath. President Droupadi
Murmu and <b>French President Emmanuel Macron</b>, the chief guest of this
year’s parade, arrived at the Kartavya Path for the procession in the
traditional carriage. The national flag was then unfurled, accompanied by the
national anthem, and a 21-gun salute. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw2enoOqfzgfcnpOUbo0cYAGYPm5djKA8sE0qtuIOJy90WH_vYIGWO9jaNIoRYv4LOahgy65yYn8LUBJjOc93fdxPPLoyzSSsZml1JswsicmjRfyr3gaWw8GRRRgfTgSpJ5xwI6kR6NOqn9oPqIED6MUUYBbV3EHvhEqHYCGzzAVitox0nO_rtRadAXik/s523/images%20%2846%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="523" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw2enoOqfzgfcnpOUbo0cYAGYPm5djKA8sE0qtuIOJy90WH_vYIGWO9jaNIoRYv4LOahgy65yYn8LUBJjOc93fdxPPLoyzSSsZml1JswsicmjRfyr3gaWw8GRRRgfTgSpJ5xwI6kR6NOqn9oPqIED6MUUYBbV3EHvhEqHYCGzzAVitox0nO_rtRadAXik/s320/images%20%2846%29.jpeg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh10d7_HF3uIckROcnsS-ZVurhkjiqH5OysZd1PYLdpqNrEk7aGeqNjL9qrCt5nfqG9jr8vdkSJEr7Kj88qclMA-6QUgS3teFWD454IR-2TTvWNg_i1_u1zgUaZIAmLzRQ3vNO5COlUyy29VD1BwjYyju87ju8hDwG13Qs7kz8M20XhSxynvcnecJjDo5Q/s376/download%20-%202024-01-29T122711.343.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh10d7_HF3uIckROcnsS-ZVurhkjiqH5OysZd1PYLdpqNrEk7aGeqNjL9qrCt5nfqG9jr8vdkSJEr7Kj88qclMA-6QUgS3teFWD454IR-2TTvWNg_i1_u1zgUaZIAmLzRQ3vNO5COlUyy29VD1BwjYyju87ju8hDwG13Qs7kz8M20XhSxynvcnecJjDo5Q/s320/download%20-%202024-01-29T122711.343.jpeg"/></a></div>
The parade commenced with the Rashtrapati Draupadi Murmu taking the salute
commanded by Lieutenant General Bhavnish Kumar. In first, the parade was
heralded by over 100 women artists playing Bharatiya musical instruments such as
sankh, naadswaram, and nagada instead of traditional military bands,
kickstarting the celebrations. Vice President, Union Cabinet members, the
country's top military brass, foreign diplomats, and senior officials were among
those who witnessed the impressive show. The event also featured a
gravity-defying fly-past by helicopters and planes. The themes of the
celebrations were "Viksit Bharat" and "Bharat - Loktantra Ki Matruka". After
2016, second time as around 95 French troops marched down Kartavya Path along
with 30-member band contingent. For the first time, an all-women tri-services
contingent marched down Kartavya Path, reflecting the country's growing 'Nari
Shakti' (women power) and indigenously-built Tejas aircraft flew in a formation
of four aircraft. A total of 16 tableaux from states and Union territories,
along with 9 from central ministries and departments, rolled down Kartavya Path
during the parade. World leaders congratulate Bharat on the occasion. <br>
On January 23, Union government announced the posthumous honour of the <b>Bharat
Ratna</b> to ardent socialist leader <b>Karpoori Thakur</b>, popularly known as
Jan Nayak for his lifetime battle for poor and marginalised people. <br>
25 children were presented <b>National Bravery Awards</b> on January 24 by PM
Modi for saving their friends, parents, and neighbours from drowning,
electrocution, thieves and a lot more. On January 25 government also announced
<b>132 Padma Awards </b>for this year. It said that each awardee serves as an
inspiration to all, the stories of their struggle, perseverance, selflessness,
Service and excellence reflect the Story of Bharat. The awardees list this year
includes a tribal welfare worker from Jashpur in Chattisgarh, Jageshwar Yadav,
who dedicated his life to the uplifting and care of the Birhors tribes people.
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<b><a name="7.">7.</a> SURYA NAMASKAR YAGYA THAILAND: </b>HSS Thailand has
organised Surya Namakar Yagya (SNY) from Makar Sankranti, January 14 to Rath
Saptami, February 16. The theme of the 34 days SNY is “Yoga for health – Health
Yogathon for Humanity”. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7CgiEZuwI6RGbLr7WIsvck7qoKlAN_-9vdONXUNvQUBB57zFLXb3Q-S_-oBBqIhJ6AK3W1TIdTmTkGlkEY8AU2VfdKyNtEag4mhJvYcoZjVC_l7wpBgfZxHb1eeK6lkmsYkMJszn6txfuRTRz-lbhZ6PHnHuFtqVbdJltvz0fXg6VWm9PgOX4wewwNug/s717/420982232_709074851341161_6459426071325775561_n.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="717" data-original-width="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7CgiEZuwI6RGbLr7WIsvck7qoKlAN_-9vdONXUNvQUBB57zFLXb3Q-S_-oBBqIhJ6AK3W1TIdTmTkGlkEY8AU2VfdKyNtEag4mhJvYcoZjVC_l7wpBgfZxHb1eeK6lkmsYkMJszn6txfuRTRz-lbhZ6PHnHuFtqVbdJltvz0fXg6VWm9PgOX4wewwNug/s320/420982232_709074851341161_6459426071325775561_n.jpg"/></a></div>
All shakhas, swayamsevaks and families have joined this
Yagya by practicing at least 3 Suryanamasakars daily and submitted their counts
to their Shakha group or to Gana Shikshak or to Mukhya Shikshak. The aim of
practicing 50,000 Suryanamakars during the campaign is to achieve healthy body,
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<b><a name="8.">8.</a> THAIPUSAM CELEBRAITONS IN MALAYSIA: </b>Over a million
flooded Batu Caves mandir complex on the outskirts of national capital Kuala
Lumpur of Malaysia for Thaipusam festival on January 24-25. Barefoot devotees
made a steep 272-step climb in high humidity to reach the mandir top nestled
within a limestone hill. As part of the ceremony, devotees carried paal kudam or
milk pots for performing Abhisekam to Bhagwan Murugan. Some devotees carried
heavy ornate metal structures called kavadis, affixed to their bodies with sharp
metal spikes, or had their tongues and cheeks pierced with metal skewers as a
show of thanksgiving and penance to Bhagwan Murugan. Lively and festive urumi
melam drum beats rang in the air, paving the way for kavadi bearers behind. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkKeZZnQefHz3XMzSwyrwa37eW1YeYOLavkL-TunGmAgLZoNrHf8LNQahWMYr1yfTTXnqNtaWgSun73PVz0_juJgOZ8fsSoBKz6IhB6FfGfpda6pAF2aqGrSikKKvDFHoQjTQdCQKMhUF7wZoPn7xawmR8iiLugVh079xh1tdSoLeIDSi5yVvRuEfO1xo/s440/download%20-%202024-02-01T180256.361.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkKeZZnQefHz3XMzSwyrwa37eW1YeYOLavkL-TunGmAgLZoNrHf8LNQahWMYr1yfTTXnqNtaWgSun73PVz0_juJgOZ8fsSoBKz6IhB6FfGfpda6pAF2aqGrSikKKvDFHoQjTQdCQKMhUF7wZoPn7xawmR8iiLugVh079xh1tdSoLeIDSi5yVvRuEfO1xo/s320/download%20-%202024-02-01T180256.361.jpeg"/></a></div>
Some 200 Hindus celebrated Thaipusam at the Sri Kamini Durga Eswari Mandir in
Taman Tunku in <b>Miri, Borneo.</b> Mandir chairman Murugayah Veloo explained
that Thaipusam is an annual festival where millions of Hindus worldwide pay
tribute to Bhagwan Murugan. He said the festival commemorates the time when
Bhagwan Murugan’s mother Parvathi gave him a “Vel” (lance) to vanquish the evil
demon Soorapadman. “This festival indicates the victory of Bhagwan Murugan
against the evil demon Soorapadman, therefore during the festival, the devotees
will repeatedly chant ‘Vel Vel Vetrivel,’ that is ‘victorious spear,’” Murugayah
shared. Thaipusam also celebrated in many countries like Bharat, Sri Lanka,
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<b><a name="9.">9.</a> BHARAT WORLD’S FOURTH-LARGEST STOCK MARKET: </b>The
combined value of shares listed on Bharatiya exchanges reached $4.33 trillion on
January 21 close, versus $4.29 trillion for Hong Kong, according to data
compiled by Bloomberg. Bharat’s stock market has overtaken Hong Kong’s to rank
as fourth-biggest equity market globally for the first time, Bloomberg reported.
Moreover, Bloomberg further reported that Bharat has positioned itself as an
alternative to China, attracting fresh capital from global investors and
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<b><a name="10.">10.</a> BHARAT ASSERTS ‘VISHWA MITRA’ ROLE AT NAM SUMMIT: </b>
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar emphasised Bharat’s unwavering commitment
as “Vishwa Mitra” to global solidarity and cooperation in an address at the 19th
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit in Kampala on January 19. In Bharat’s National
Statement at the summit, S Jaishankar provided insights into Bharat’s extensive
contributions, spanning 600 significant projects across 78 nations, with a
special focus on Africa, where 300 projects and 45,000 training slots reflect
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The External Affairs Minister underlined Bharat’s proactive response to global
challenges, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic and said, “When COVID
struck, we shared vaccines with 100 nations while still vaccinating our own. As
natural disasters happen, we have often been first responders for the developing
world. ”<br>
S Jaishankar also reiterated Bharat’s commitment to the NAM principles and its
belief in “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam,” emphasising that the world is a family. The
Summit under Uganda’s leadership was held under the theme ‘Deepening Cooperation
for Shared Global Affluence’ and brings together more than 120 developing
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<b><a name="11.">11.</a> PANCHJANYA’S ‘BAAT BHARAT KI’ CONFLUENCE: </b>
Panchjanya, the weekly national Hindi magazine, marked its 77th-year journey
with the ‘Baat Bharat Ki’ Confluence programme held at Hotel Ashok in Delhi on
January 15. Panchjanya also released a special issue of the magazine on Ayodhya
Ram Mandir. The ceremonial inauguration of the event took place in auspicious
presence of Swami Avadheshanand Giri, the Mahamandaleshwar of Juna Akhara. While
addressing the gathering, Acharya Balkrishna, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
of Patanjali Ayurved, expressed his gratitude for the ongoing construction of
Bhagwan Sri Ram’s mandir in Ayodhya, stating that it is a momentous occasion for
Bharat.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUsD85Hkt_55s432pepEZsozzbjdct7l4l0w7Q6SYMjc1KALRV_gpBX8Lt8DDBD5WtplIfm6wya2x-Ub5hMXZQKQ9ZcSgVbnSP0PINq3H7mqYOnYIAGTCevQAdAC5JNcSoFRcEAluu-SNIUUXoBSQlBi3a7UhuGzYvHXD6sqKQ3euMzJm4Wvle8C5SqVs/s563/BaatBharatjiPanch.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="296" data-original-width="563" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUsD85Hkt_55s432pepEZsozzbjdct7l4l0w7Q6SYMjc1KALRV_gpBX8Lt8DDBD5WtplIfm6wya2x-Ub5hMXZQKQ9ZcSgVbnSP0PINq3H7mqYOnYIAGTCevQAdAC5JNcSoFRcEAluu-SNIUUXoBSQlBi3a7UhuGzYvHXD6sqKQ3euMzJm4Wvle8C5SqVs/s320/BaatBharatjiPanch.jpeg"/></a></div>
Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha in his address said that
there has been a three-fold increase in the number of foreign tourists after the
G20 summit. Sinha added that the region has moved from darkness to light, with
celebrations at Lal Chowk in English New Year symbolizing the entry of Jammu and
Kashmir into the era of progress.<br>
In the ‘Aankhon Dekhi’ session of the ‘Baat Bharat Ki’ Confluence program, three
journalists associated with the Ram Mandir movement, Ashok Srivastava, Subhash,
and Gopal Sharma, shared their insights.<br>
MD BPDL Bharat Bhushan Arora expressed a deep connection with the Ram
Janambhoomi Ayodhya movement. He mentioned that being part of such a significant
event is a matter of great fortune. Nitishj Bharadwaj, known for playing the
role of Bhagwan Krishna in the iconic television series ‘Mahabharat,’ also spoke
during the ‘Baat Bharat Ki’ Confluence program. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLONrWzLRJMvxJ00_qFqT3MR5DfOQIqbioPa7QCbU7eSJeRYI6O2zyAqIFS2mSO26sUUN8yJaiAKmhBJr9JsZtFsK9TTinkqByTigZBAfLHvYZvoLEvs7M4gJS_7QRfPHW7d8vICaGpUeFWvZmhe9lrvLLoUjNke-8JcO1AdEf0m05KDU1UDucG_nvyE0/s357/whatsapp-image-2024-01-16-at-2.08.45-pm.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="234" data-original-width="357" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLONrWzLRJMvxJ00_qFqT3MR5DfOQIqbioPa7QCbU7eSJeRYI6O2zyAqIFS2mSO26sUUN8yJaiAKmhBJr9JsZtFsK9TTinkqByTigZBAfLHvYZvoLEvs7M4gJS_7QRfPHW7d8vICaGpUeFWvZmhe9lrvLLoUjNke-8JcO1AdEf0m05KDU1UDucG_nvyE0/s320/whatsapp-image-2024-01-16-at-2.08.45-pm.jpeg"/></a></div>
Purnimaji, sister of the Kothari
brothers who laid down their lives during the Kar Seva in Ayodhya was present at
the confluence where she said that it is a matter of pride for her that she is
getting to see the inauguration of the Ram Mandir and the sacrifice that was
made by her brothers has not gone in vain. </font></span><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt">
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<b><a name="12.">12.</a> PM MODI INAUGURATES BOEING'S LARGEST CAMPUS OUTSIDE USA
IN BENGALURU, KARNATAKA: </b>Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi on January 19
inaugurated Boeing's new global engineering and technology campus near Bengaluru,
Karnataka. Built at a cost of Rs 1,600 crore, the 43-acre state-of-the-art
Boeing India Engineering and Technology Centre (BIETC) campus is the aviation
giant's largest such investment outside the USA. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-C5ceHJr_m47PEo5SfrCmy2wFu2et7i5272OEL3XS_77DEz0nArFSigEpsjGaoIFNnlEPWtvjrXHQJ7yC9BeXLRhpnMGBQDmZR5Tv6avYfMvyLIIqL_6SIOj7XVFHlizI-JwkTsRtmunuPCCHBHjbfgLBhtXG2aQRwzZkGXi4aOsimKv0wwm15Zvxfi4/s330/download%20-%202024-01-29T173636.752.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="185" data-original-width="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-C5ceHJr_m47PEo5SfrCmy2wFu2et7i5272OEL3XS_77DEz0nArFSigEpsjGaoIFNnlEPWtvjrXHQJ7yC9BeXLRhpnMGBQDmZR5Tv6avYfMvyLIIqL_6SIOj7XVFHlizI-JwkTsRtmunuPCCHBHjbfgLBhtXG2aQRwzZkGXi4aOsimKv0wwm15Zvxfi4/s320/download%20-%202024-01-29T173636.752.jpeg"/></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8oPxipDAqR1yFTUjmo6C2fIYaw62WV2OtJpS7-yhq99-TE5p8LdM4fph28yKGZ0L5Ud93dNjq0jmdtRpio98vBIpLfVIaBVF-WtrLm6yWmSyltX9vSbZTVxl4hQEsfWXX8NIZCu-2eVfzfFOkGqVL5wBVpPYsbHZrqaP5adlZ-F1q1yG2tC4DeKLEeak/s330/images%20%2847%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="185" data-original-width="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8oPxipDAqR1yFTUjmo6C2fIYaw62WV2OtJpS7-yhq99-TE5p8LdM4fph28yKGZ0L5Ud93dNjq0jmdtRpio98vBIpLfVIaBVF-WtrLm6yWmSyltX9vSbZTVxl4hQEsfWXX8NIZCu-2eVfzfFOkGqVL5wBVpPYsbHZrqaP5adlZ-F1q1yG2tC4DeKLEeak/s320/images%20%2847%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
The campus at Hightech Defence
and Aerospace Park in Devanahalli on the city outskirts has been envisioned to
become a cornerstone for partnerships with the startups, and private and
government ecosystem in Bharat, which would assist in the development of the
next-generation products and services for the global aerospace and defence
industry. "This facility displays Bharat's commitment to drive global tech,
research and innovation, design and demand. It strengthens the resolve of Make
in Bharat, Make for the World," PM Modi said. </font></span><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt">
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<b><a name="13.">13.</a> BHARAT SENDS 40,000 LITRES OF MALATHION TO AFGHANISTAN
TO COMBAT LOCUSTTHREAT: </b>In its continued efforts to help Afghanistan, Bharat
has supplied 40,000 litres of Malathion, a pesticide used to fight locust
menace, through the Chabahar port. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYORACSeA1-PwbU16UMXg1qAcbp82Y4G62hqnEfZBo-Kcw8D4NJ85s0GM-tgjEToDUJ-fAGeu_4iutllatRdZh79phRxmaTk3WpXHtw_tfea7HLv70TNTlmE9QLLIUubnLOY2CYKXr2NR8RqLdoiINDr9Cbq5KYgBzwqrDO0RVe1R5msMLSuTfr05GKDI/s259/download%20-%202024-01-29T174431.848.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYORACSeA1-PwbU16UMXg1qAcbp82Y4G62hqnEfZBo-Kcw8D4NJ85s0GM-tgjEToDUJ-fAGeu_4iutllatRdZh79phRxmaTk3WpXHtw_tfea7HLv70TNTlmE9QLLIUubnLOY2CYKXr2NR8RqLdoiINDr9Cbq5KYgBzwqrDO0RVe1R5msMLSuTfr05GKDI/s320/download%20-%202024-01-29T174431.848.jpeg"/></a></div>
The Taliban-controlled Ministry of
Agriculture has expressed gratitude for this assistance, highlighting its
significance in protecting crops and ensuring food security in Afghanistan.
Malathion, known for its efficacy in arid regions and minimal water usage, is
considered a crucial tool in locust control. The aid not only addresses the
immediate threat in Afghanistan but also serves to prevent the spread of locusts
to neighbouring Central Asian countries. </font></span><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt">
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<b><a name="14.">14.</a> SHRI VISHWA NIKETAN: Pravas: Visitors:</b> Dr Yashodhan
Agalgaonkar, Sridhar Talanki - USA, Pravesh Hurdeen and Vrindavan- South Africa,
Satyanarayan Kothari - Indonesia, Kiran Muthal - Netherlands, Arvind Kumar -
Taiwan, Senthil Srinivasan - Belgium, Ramanuj Ramautaraing -Suriname . </font>
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<b>FOOD FOR THOUGHT:</b> The purpose of life is to serve others. <i>- Swami
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<b>PRAN PRATISTHA SAMAROH – BEGINNING OF THE CAMPAIGN FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF
BHARATVARSH FOR THE WELL-BEING OF ALL</b><br>
</span><b><font size="3">Dr. Mohan Bhagwat</font></b></font></p>
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<font face="Georgia">The history of our Bharat is the history of continuous
struggle against the invaders for around the last one and a half thousand years.<br>
The aim of early invasions was to plunder and sometimes (like Alexander’s
invasion) were for colonisation. But the attacks from the West in the name of
Islam only brought complete destruction and alienation of the society. To
demoralise the nation, society, it was necessary to destroy their religious
places , hence foreign invaders also destroyed mandirs in India. They did this
not do this once but multiple times. Their aim was to demoralise the Bharatiya
society so that they could rule over Bharat unhindered with the weakened
society.</span><br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_a_idK5_sI6_UsiPrd0j1Owc8Tp2GVi12__FaJkqnJo7MT1tajC0SZya3xTFmNbo2qzxRx0D3h4qSPVdGRnB1CAFX170sv0Ii5WmZ9qG-Pov5jGekPlCq2gOamrl2DA-ZRhvRcOZaQphC4d3T8vn_EQWFCPkGAracZ5rjsKYFiyIvmfIALkpYne01I9s/s1024/bhavan-chale_202401210801421142_H@@IGHT_576_W@@IDTH_1024.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_a_idK5_sI6_UsiPrd0j1Owc8Tp2GVi12__FaJkqnJo7MT1tajC0SZya3xTFmNbo2qzxRx0D3h4qSPVdGRnB1CAFX170sv0Ii5WmZ9qG-Pov5jGekPlCq2gOamrl2DA-ZRhvRcOZaQphC4d3T8vn_EQWFCPkGAracZ5rjsKYFiyIvmfIALkpYne01I9s/s320/bhavan-chale_202401210801421142_H@@IGHT_576_W@@IDTH_1024.jpeg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt">
The demolition of Shri Ram Mandir in Ayodhya was also done with the same
intention and for the same purpose. This policy of the invaders was not limited
to just Ayodhya or any one mandir, but was a war strategy for the entire world.<br>
Indian rulers never attacked anyone , but the rulers of the world have done such
misdeeds by being aggressive for the expansion of their kingdom. But in Bharat,
it did not have the desired results, not at least as per their expectations. On
the contrary, in Bharat, the faith, commitment and morale of the society never
diminished, the society did not bow down, their struggle of resistance
continued. Therefore, repeated attempts were made to take control of the
birthplace and build a temple there. There were many wars, struggles and
sacrifices for him. And the issue of Ram Janmabhoomi ingrained in the minds of
Hindus.<br>
In 1857, when war plans started being made against the foreign i.e. the British
rule, Hindus and Muslims together expressed their readiness to fight against
them and then there was a mutual exchange of ideas between them. And at that
time , a situation evolved where there would be a reconciliation on the issue of
banning cow slaughter and liberation of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi. Bahadur Shah Zafar
also guaranteed a ban on cow slaughter. As a result, entire society fought
together. Bharatiya people showed bravery in that war but unfortunately this war
of Independence failed. Then, Bharat did not get independence, British rule
remained uninterrupted, but the struggle for Ram Temple did not stop.<br>
According to the British policy of “Divide and Rule” towards Hindu-Muslims ,
which was already in practice, gained even more prominence after 1857. To break
the unity, the British hanged the heroes of the struggle in Ayodhya and the
question of liberation of Ram Janmabhoomi remained unresolved. The struggle for
Ram temple continued.<br>
After the Independence in 1947, when the Somnath temple was unanimously
renovated, the discussion about such temples started. The similar consensus
could have been considered regarding the liberation of Ram Janmabhoomi, but the
direction of politics changed. The selfish forms of politics such as
discrimination and appeasement became prevalent and hence the question remained
as it is. On this issue, the governments did not even consider the wishes and
sentiments of the Hindu society. On the contrary, they tried to destroy the
initiative taken by the society. The legal battle related to this, which had
been going on since pre-independence, continuously carried on. The mass movement
for the liberation of Ram Janmabhoomi began in the 1980s and continued for
thirty years.<br>
In the year 1949, the Murty of Bhagwan Shri Ramchandra appeared at the Ram
Janmabhoomi. In 1986, the temple was unlocked as per the court order. In the
coming period, the continuous struggle of the Hindu society continued through
many campaigns and karseva. In 2010, a clear judgement of Allahabad High Court
clearly came before the society. The efforts had to be sustained for final
resolution of the issue at the earliest. On 9th November 2019, after 134 years
of legal struggle, the Supreme Court gave a balanced decision after examining
the truth and facts. The feelings and facts of both the parties were also
considered in this decision. This decision has been given after hearing the
arguments of all the parties in the court. According to this decision, a board
of trustees was constituted for constructing the temple. Bhoomipujan of the
temple took place on 5th August 2020 and now Paush Shukla Dwadashi Yugabd 5125,
accordingly on 22nd January 2024, the installation and Pran-Pratishtha ceremony
of the Murty of Shri Ramlala has been organised.<br>
From the Dharmic point of view, Shri Ram is the most worshipped deity of the
majority society and the life of Shri Ramchandra is still accepted as an ideal
of conduct by the entire society. Hence, now the conflict that has arisen as for
and against over the dispute should be ended. The bitterness that has arisen in
the meantime should also end. The enlightened people of the society must see
that the dispute ends completely. Ayodhya means a city ‘where there is no war ‘,
‘a place free from conflict’. On this occasion, in the entire country,
reconstruction of Ayodhya in our mind is the need of the hour and also the duty
of all of us.<br>
The occasion of construction of Shri Ram temple in Ayodhya marks the reawakening
of national pride. This also signifies the acceptance of the vision of life
behind the character of Shri Ram by the modern Bharatiya society. Lord Shri Ram
is to be worshiped in the temple with the rituals of ‘Patram Pushpam Phalam
Toyam’ (leaves, flowers, fruits and water) and at the same time, by establishing
the image of Shri Ram in our minds, in the light of the same inculcating the
ideal conduct we have to worship Shri Ram. As “Shivo Bhootva Shivam Bhajet, Ramo
Bhootva Ramam Bhajet” (to worship Shiva, Be Shiva, to worship Ram, be Ram) is
called true worship.<br>
If we consider from this point of view, then according to the social nature of
Bharatiya culture, we need to imbibe “Matravat Pardareshu , Pardravyeshu
Loshtvat. Atmavat sarvabhuteshu , yah pasyati sah panditah” (He is a wise man
who sees the wives of others as his mother, the wealth of others like clod of
earth and all beings as his own self). In this way we too will have to follow
the path of Shri Ram.<br>
Integrity in life, forgiveness with strength and bravery, sincerity and
humility, compassion and care in dealing with everyone, gentleness of heart and
strictness towards oneself in performing the duty etc., these are the qualities
of Shri Ram that everyone should emulate in their life and in their family.
Efforts to bring it into everyone’s life will have to be made with honesty,
dedication and hard work.<br>
Besides , keeping in view our national life, discipline will have to be
instilled in social life also. We know that on the basis of same discipline,
Shri Ram-Lakshman had completed their 14 years of exile and successful completed
the fight against the powerful Ravana. To once again spread the qualities of
justice and compassion, equality with social harmony, fairness, and social
virtues reflected in the character of Shri Ram; to once again build a pursuant
and courageous society based on equal justice without exploitation, endowed with
strength as well as compassion. This would be a social worship of Shri Ram.This
world is destructive frenzy due to egoism, selfishness and discrimination and is
bringing infinite calamities upon itself. The entry of Shri Ramlala in Ram
Janmabhoomi and his Pran-Pratishtha is the beginning of the campaign for
reconstruction of Bharatvarsh which is for the well-being of all, accepting all
without enmity and showing the path of harmony, unity, progress and peace. We
are the active followers and implementers of that campaign. In the devotional
celebration of 22nd January, along with the reconstruction of the temple, all of
us have resolved for the reconstruction of Bharat and through it paving the way
for reconstruction of the entire world. By always keeping this guiding light in
mind, moving forward is the need of the hour. Jay Siya Ram! (www.rss.org)</font></span><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt">
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#1.">1.
FESTIVALS: PARAKRAM DIWAS </a></b>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#2.">2.
PROGRAMS OF RSS SARSANGHACHALAK DR MOHAN BHAGWAT </a></b>
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SETS UP 448 ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTRES</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#4.">4. RAM
MANDIR’S PRAN-PRATISHTHA EVENTS IN BHARAT</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#3.">5. RAM
MANDIR’S PRAN-PRATISHTHA EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#6.">6. SDSS
MYANMAR WINTER CAMPS</a></b></font></td>
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HINDU SIKH FORUM COMMEMORATES VEER BAAL DIWAS</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#8.">8. SEWA
DIWALI’S ANNUAL FOOD DRIVES HELPED 245 ORGANIZATIONS IN 34 STATES</a></b></font></td>
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VIBHAG PARIVAR MILANS IN BHARAT</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#10.">10.
SMRITI IRANI LEADS NON-MUSLIM BHARATIYA DELEGATION TO MADINA</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#11.">11. NJ’S
FIRST BHARATIYA AMERICAN WOMAN MAYOR</a></b></font></td>
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AMERICAN SCIENTIST FUNDS AWARD IN HONOUR OF JC BOSE</a></b></font></td>
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OBITUARY : PROFESSOR VED PRAKASH NANDA </a></b>
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VISHWA NIKETAN & FOOD FOR THOUGHT</a></b></font></td>
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PARAKRAM DIWAS: </b>Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was born on 23 January, 1897 in
Cuttack, Orissa, to Prabhavati Dutt Bose and Janakinath Bose. This year, Bharat
will celebrate his 127th birth anniversary as Parakram Diwas. Netaji was a
Bharatiya nationalist whose patriotism towards Bharat has left a mark in the
hearts of many Bharatiyas. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVGgnhIm5F3HTO86Ufs-am7-5mJPt1XpmDeHhQwl0ZkLKRI056DHyFqxcaK8NUx0jt7fwuC6jeVnJg6B4i6JUbKWtHEDrgUpj4hKSOMj9FvZo2WhOOPavCU2xfirpwIAGm-W1LD9YaUufFuVM4-_DA-coJeHKBmj3ecDr8FS6PxQKn3mxk_Cwxwgou5_k/s336/images%20%2840%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVGgnhIm5F3HTO86Ufs-am7-5mJPt1XpmDeHhQwl0ZkLKRI056DHyFqxcaK8NUx0jt7fwuC6jeVnJg6B4i6JUbKWtHEDrgUpj4hKSOMj9FvZo2WhOOPavCU2xfirpwIAGm-W1LD9YaUufFuVM4-_DA-coJeHKBmj3ecDr8FS6PxQKn3mxk_Cwxwgou5_k/s320/images%20%2840%29.jpeg"/></a></div> He was influenced by the teachings of Swami
Vivekananda and Ramakrishna after reading their works at the age of 16. He was
then sent by his parents to the University of Cambridge in England to prepare
for the Bharatiya Civil Service. In 1920 he passed the civil service
examination, but in April 1921, after hearing of the nationalist turmoils in
Bharat, he resigned his candidacy. He served as a 2nd leader of Azad Hind Fauj -
Indian National Army - and head of the Provisional Government of Free Bharat.
Netaji went to the Andaman which had been occupied by the Japanese and hoisted
the flag of Bharat there. The Azad Hind Fauj became the symbol of unity and
heroism to the people of Bharat.
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<b><a name="2.">2.</a> PROGRAMS OF RSS SARSANGHACHALAK DR MOHAN BHAGWAT: </b>
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's Sarsanghachalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat reached Jind on
January 12 for a three-day visit to Haryana. He formally inaugurated a painting
workshop based on the seven sections of Ramayana by lighting the lamp in Shri
Ram Mandapam and applying colors with paintbrush on Ram Tilak in the children's
section. The painting workshop was organized under the joint aegis of Haryana
Kala Parishad and Sanskar Bharti. Speaking on the occasion he said that the
world is in a turmoil and it will attain peace and prosperity when Bharat
becomes VishwaGuru. The organized strength of Hindus has the capacity to create
role models for such a society.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikqH-BrMN_wZW7EEvln1VsWfqoijkP0ZyQiT9I5WsL3Wv8KR8rkRTmJt1wKIUlDFuvtQe75B1vQgiE7hegQSMdt2Uavh7L97r_mHNFmAQaOSKQlHxbzemBrUED3cxiwVLi5YcDrHoPQCYeNczILiDx3f7skxcwRoou6gQ56Uuo6ermx01lRkO1umTkvGw/s449/MohanjiPaintingshowinag.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="449" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikqH-BrMN_wZW7EEvln1VsWfqoijkP0ZyQiT9I5WsL3Wv8KR8rkRTmJt1wKIUlDFuvtQe75B1vQgiE7hegQSMdt2Uavh7L97r_mHNFmAQaOSKQlHxbzemBrUED3cxiwVLi5YcDrHoPQCYeNczILiDx3f7skxcwRoou6gQ56Uuo6ermx01lRkO1umTkvGw/s320/MohanjiPaintingshowinag.jpeg"/></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyso7pcsSEvVYqw1rnfrwSc0wm8LyIWyVqP0h7p0fPrhWa5wSKV0nk1vKmb2ODVjfjdqGnnH6gaHn6Ph7MA9Qcjlc6-ZPnS9KzW02iNwICO-b6WtyVMW5VqMn3DTeac3HiRC99XtjWefhFvwCY5TDuRuays37W3HIoOPyBhFrTSqU80db-E7DZqtfg2rc/s928/MohanjiAddBalm.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="928" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyso7pcsSEvVYqw1rnfrwSc0wm8LyIWyVqP0h7p0fPrhWa5wSKV0nk1vKmb2ODVjfjdqGnnH6gaHn6Ph7MA9Qcjlc6-ZPnS9KzW02iNwICO-b6WtyVMW5VqMn3DTeac3HiRC99XtjWefhFvwCY5TDuRuays37W3HIoOPyBhFrTSqU80db-E7DZqtfg2rc/s320/MohanjiAddBalm.jpeg"/></a></div>
Dr. Bhagwat also addressed a gathering of esteemed sants at the Valmiki Ashram
in Gohana, Haryana. Speaking on the occasion, he said that Bhagwan Valmiki
introduced Prabhu Ramchandra to the world through Ramayan. He added that the
epic embodies the concepts of ‘prem’ and ‘samarasata’. He also distributed the
akshat from Ayodhya to the assembled dignitaries and invited them to participate
in the pran-pratishtha program by celebrating it in local mandirs.
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<b><a name="3.">3.</a> SJM SETS UP 448 ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTRES: </b>The
Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) along with 32 other organisations have set up 448
centres to promote entrepreneurship and help people, especially women and youth,
start their own venture to become self-reliant.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOvFiyWdcVboqfbh-orLrr3t9AEJEzqJhaAxZQO8argkSCa8CLIZIbdIfHqXDuECQSvk3iogZVph8PlrNFUJO9dkHoIVqodMc_Cn3hHErSvFff3sRv_cLrC_QMFVGxzRR1DE0bASLTi1DJdQ1O0ZHnnYl80kyGsiXx5EexwfXUaKN7AlYUOicKiweU-Yw/s248/sjmlogo.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="204" data-original-width="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOvFiyWdcVboqfbh-orLrr3t9AEJEzqJhaAxZQO8argkSCa8CLIZIbdIfHqXDuECQSvk3iogZVph8PlrNFUJO9dkHoIVqodMc_Cn3hHErSvFff3sRv_cLrC_QMFVGxzRR1DE0bASLTi1DJdQ1O0ZHnnYl80kyGsiXx5EexwfXUaKN7AlYUOicKiweU-Yw/s320/sjmlogo.jpeg"/></a></div>
Addressing a press conference in Delhi, SJM co-convenor Ashwani Mahajan said
that these centres have been set up as part of a joint programme 'Swavalambi
Bharat Abhiyan' (SBA) launched about two years ago to motivate people to start
their own venture. "Its objective is to develop an unemployment free, poverty
free and prosperous Bharat,” he said. Mahajan said that the joint initiative
works in the field of labour, farming, cooperatives, small enterprises,
education, consumer affairs and other sectors. Entrepreneurs development
programmes were also organised in more than 2,700 high schools and intermediate
colleges, 1,500 institutions and colleges, and 150 universities. SBA also
organised nationwide workshops between April to June which was attended by more
than 6,500 participants.
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<b><a name="4.">4.</a> RAM MANDIR’S PRAN-PRATISHTHA EVENTS IN BHARAT: </b>As per
mandir officials, the pran-pratishtha ceremony of Bhagwan Ramlala will be held
in Ayodhya over a span of seven days starting January 16.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEDY1V6omN0uImub6e6OCajHUHMlXMyic9pp_7hNRm6CGGNcUOcHHNnpPtm_8J-4ciQuJuHDZ-QfZq9mUuODxlnz_W23NLLunDX0Bq7-xP2XtCB2mOBC2Qxt53XrCbu4uHRInByiP9I51XEXcXxUA3ooZnSSXka8pNWyTklvE9ie2jwuh3NZOeinXxUu4/s450/SRMPPt.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEDY1V6omN0uImub6e6OCajHUHMlXMyic9pp_7hNRm6CGGNcUOcHHNnpPtm_8J-4ciQuJuHDZ-QfZq9mUuODxlnz_W23NLLunDX0Bq7-xP2XtCB2mOBC2Qxt53XrCbu4uHRInByiP9I51XEXcXxUA3ooZnSSXka8pNWyTklvE9ie2jwuh3NZOeinXxUu4/s320/SRMPPt.jpeg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZK-3qzM-a2rW7coE6A898v2l3hDUz0PT5KxCGWNjta6_fya9DhunDEdPam0exY6CeJ7cEiIuPswzL4P4oQ2Ui4M-9r5ck0DWqxlNsxmmdfaS2uULpd49eZCB4nwHAHjCTIL1cbmcVnjN2qPo1zV3MYvqzfT3bM4p4DCZ-UVtVdV8BuiwanvdGmLxFuc/s450/RMPPInvMji.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZK-3qzM-a2rW7coE6A898v2l3hDUz0PT5KxCGWNjta6_fya9DhunDEdPam0exY6CeJ7cEiIuPswzL4P4oQ2Ui4M-9r5ck0DWqxlNsxmmdfaS2uULpd49eZCB4nwHAHjCTIL1cbmcVnjN2qPo1zV3MYvqzfT3bM4p4DCZ-UVtVdV8BuiwanvdGmLxFuc/s320/RMPPInvMji.jpeg"/></a></div>
On January 10, Ayodhya Ram Mandir Construction Committee Chairman Nripendra
Mishra and International Working President of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Alok Kumar
extended an invitation to Dr. Mohan Bhagwat in Delhi to attend the Ram Mandir
pran-pratishtha ceremony. On January 12, they also extended an invitation to
Rashtrapati Droupadi Murmu at her residence. Earlier, on January 11,
UpRashtrapati Jagdeep Dhankhar was also invited for the ceremony.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI3gpqO48LQcAHsjj46-fTcaUNl_ECDPuAsDjZVeOY6TwpRTOcRNQo8hfyBW_0RUORrP4VNEe-jvTjpT2M8HNvF2NkBWIZd-mwcJxjb647jwpc_d-QO9MfNvkLndo-kNZwVGzwCAwjj58t69FNBbaHIJnMnJB0nfBC50UHqtXyY0PY7NAAqsZqh1jpewQ/s410/rmppRPjiinv.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI3gpqO48LQcAHsjj46-fTcaUNl_ECDPuAsDjZVeOY6TwpRTOcRNQo8hfyBW_0RUORrP4VNEe-jvTjpT2M8HNvF2NkBWIZd-mwcJxjb647jwpc_d-QO9MfNvkLndo-kNZwVGzwCAwjj58t69FNBbaHIJnMnJB0nfBC50UHqtXyY0PY7NAAqsZqh1jpewQ/s320/rmppRPjiinv.jpeg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD-MWmQI7TI4syoqz1UsCdc8jwvnj65bwv29g5rfgVTNk29BnKYB38GMnWm9axu-FpAn_3-UUl92ubv2F7cuBkLL33sclAGYtMz57XOEhKi2zusuPf9WFWwUF9JQwMTlVSUveMghUo0aZkrvppMvFN44Z9nQtlDCapYHHHuvDRfpYOWXKouJUb3LpdTso/s800/RMAmmaInvi.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD-MWmQI7TI4syoqz1UsCdc8jwvnj65bwv29g5rfgVTNk29BnKYB38GMnWm9axu-FpAn_3-UUl92ubv2F7cuBkLL33sclAGYtMz57XOEhKi2zusuPf9WFWwUF9JQwMTlVSUveMghUo0aZkrvppMvFN44Z9nQtlDCapYHHHuvDRfpYOWXKouJUb3LpdTso/s320/RMAmmaInvi.jpeg"/></a></div>
Mata Amritanandamayi Devi accepted the akshat consecrated at Ram Mandir from
senior RSS leader S. Sethumadhavan who, along with a team of RSS workers,
visited Amma at her Ashram in Kochi on January 6. The image of Amma reverently
accepting the akshat and touching it to her forehead in a gesture of deep
respect resonated with many people across Bharat.<br>
Iqbal Ansari, the former litigant in the Ayodhya land dispute case, was also
extended an invitation to attend the ceremony. The invitation marks a
significant moment as Ansari, who once played a crucial role in the legal
proceedings, embraced the upcoming event with positivity. Expressing his
sentiments, he stated, “I am happy that the idol of Bhagwan Ram is going to be
installed. Ayodhya is the land of Hindu-Muslim-Sikh-Christian harmony. It will
always remain intact.”<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrvNCtscxIEk-xm7ptfXakCvxi3X-iQBgBh0NyIYTKNzGn7SGSLoAzi-ANtMB4UhwqMsS5weH3lHF4Vk0jfKDCIIRKvGbVZLP1fb16ZobXbXMZGhtrT0oIyG06cA62Y8xRzP-aNjLIueGnGFc3j0A4iBpujuAEBRkLO4oPSiw-qlZWWBAgM4aMsHGS2NM/s1000/PMmanup.gif" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrvNCtscxIEk-xm7ptfXakCvxi3X-iQBgBh0NyIYTKNzGn7SGSLoAzi-ANtMB4UhwqMsS5weH3lHF4Vk0jfKDCIIRKvGbVZLP1fb16ZobXbXMZGhtrT0oIyG06cA62Y8xRzP-aNjLIueGnGFc3j0A4iBpujuAEBRkLO4oPSiw-qlZWWBAgM4aMsHGS2NM/s320/PMmanup.gif"/></a></div>
On January 13, Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi started a special 11-day fast to
prepare himself for the pran-pratishtha ceremony, saying that the day will mark
the culmination of over 500 years of enduring patience, and realisation of the
pledge and dream of generations which made tremendous sacrifices for it. PM Modi
spent more than 40 minutes performing rituals at Ramkund and Kala Ram Mandir
along the banks of Godavari. He also appealed to people to light special diyas —
Shri Ram Jyoti — in their homes to celebrate the day as Deepawali. <br>
RSS and other related organisations started a campaign to reach out to people
across the country and invite them to join the pran-pratishtha ceremony by
offering prayers at mandirs in their neighbourhoods. Besides the invitation, a
picture of Bhagwan Ram is also being presented to every household. <br>
The pure silk clothes brought on behalf of the Kapse Foundation in Yeola for
Bhagwan Ram, Ma Sita, Lakshman, Bharat, Shatrughan and Bhagwan Hanuman were
prepared by a team of three hundred specially abled devotees. Along with this,
other puja materials also arrived in Ayodhya. The General Secretary of Shri Ram
TeerthKshetra Trust, Champat Rai, accepted these sacred materials for worship.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM3-KUambMT_6j1NirmG0DC9fFZ2ABUTh8FOJ1Vt3qh7qimYNZf_9A3C9FI2rlzf9zbOOc41rysYHSJFNz7hVBcsNBTqm3KA7eVM0nkpHtGU-o51XaIIn2DiNb09XjUc3YnEbAbB-J_Dt21gOkiNyfMno0lOEirsyjC4YoVg8FkqUm2BOasPAZjuW2bcM/s233/RamMVishwt.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="216" data-original-width="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM3-KUambMT_6j1NirmG0DC9fFZ2ABUTh8FOJ1Vt3qh7qimYNZf_9A3C9FI2rlzf9zbOOc41rysYHSJFNz7hVBcsNBTqm3KA7eVM0nkpHtGU-o51XaIIn2DiNb09XjUc3YnEbAbB-J_Dt21gOkiNyfMno0lOEirsyjC4YoVg8FkqUm2BOasPAZjuW2bcM/s320/RamMVishwt.jpeg"/></a></div>
Vishwaprasanna Tirtha, a revered member of the mandir trust, has issued a
heartfelt appeal to the Hindu community to look to the profound reservoir of
Hindu texts, such as the Vedas, Puranas, Ramayana and Mahabharata, for
inspiration when naming their children. This call to connect with ancient
scriptures is not merely an effort to preserve cultural heritage but also to
instil a profound sense of identity and belonging in the younger generation.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYTHJB0pDPoqpPNoRraUlueCKSc8z5hs1dIJcjbiWdcMsc_uwRrfTJmWoQN0tQ4DUADMFlSr6kruUcQtSchCBfXm2R2HztmBK2q8hIU4eJ5-CC95ixmXzFMeDvWR707qto6G1gCndVcOJ9TdsL7eJvy1-IpGT3b8_5qzepjXxtand9lanzq85wvB-7Ygo/s259/JnuVcRM.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYTHJB0pDPoqpPNoRraUlueCKSc8z5hs1dIJcjbiWdcMsc_uwRrfTJmWoQN0tQ4DUADMFlSr6kruUcQtSchCBfXm2R2HztmBK2q8hIU4eJ5-CC95ixmXzFMeDvWR707qto6G1gCndVcOJ9TdsL7eJvy1-IpGT3b8_5qzepjXxtand9lanzq85wvB-7Ygo/s320/JnuVcRM.jpeg"/></a></div>
Ahead of the pran-pratishtha, JNU Vice-Chancellor Professor Santishree Dhulipudi
Pandit referred to the event as the “resurgence” of Bharatiya civilisation.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP_WCX__fR2Dw1F3f5zLjIHKQwlHIkiTsdRcA7WNjbSnNxcLlBhbQS0oJ_ze0qJl_wFGaB_vxHsQ2sZSt6wmQkrFz8JFJf9XQrfyfWEj9EmZjYR00HicLsA52gcAI9MSWR0PKEhANoFtYFg8I4JJmCHeiFecfCe-m43siLXKkQsxfad5CrhpUn0rkRRyE/s469/AdvModi.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP_WCX__fR2Dw1F3f5zLjIHKQwlHIkiTsdRcA7WNjbSnNxcLlBhbQS0oJ_ze0qJl_wFGaB_vxHsQ2sZSt6wmQkrFz8JFJf9XQrfyfWEj9EmZjYR00HicLsA52gcAI9MSWR0PKEhANoFtYFg8I4JJmCHeiFecfCe-m43siLXKkQsxfad5CrhpUn0rkRRyE/s320/AdvModi.jpeg"/></a></div>
Lal Krishna Advani said that the inauguration of the mandir was a "fulfillment
of a divine dream" as destiny had decided that a grand mandir of Bhagwan Ram
will be built in Ayodhya. Advani also stated that when the pran-pratishtha
ceremony would take place, PM Modi would be representing every citizen of the
country.
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<b><a name="5.">5.</a> RAM MANDIR’S PRAN-PRATISHTHA EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD: </b>
The pran-pratishtha of Bhagwan Ramlala on January 22 has captured the attention
of the entire world. Several programs have been organized worldwide to
commemorate this event. Many special gifts have also been sent from abroad to
Ayodhya ahead of the ceremony. The much-awaited pran-pratishtha ceremony will
also be telecast at various Bharatiya embassies overseas. Vishwa Hindu Parishad
(VHP) has outlined plans for events in over 50 countries worldwide including
USA, UK, Canada, Ireland, Fiji, Indonesia, and Germany. <br>
A live broadcast of the ceremony is scheduled at Times Square. Mandirs across <b>
USA</b> and <b>Canada</b> will conduct prayers and organize festive events. Car
rallies are also being organized in California, Washington, Chicago, and other
places.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN5miX2U1TLsnE_5nt2Oza9my_NlyrrI_4C1IiMUYTK-7cjNqq6sR1y7_O7tH5oU2NGlJjcE1Eft2tT2N0vqZHSoCfx0QZJU5sKMpxlc2F7ESVxAD9hd6NYg4NjDEPsIhRYJN__Kx4AeaX_OI9nl8hqCahCXZ5gTZBEgem3H5lwNjyjxqdsi0aCmafi8o/s375/uSBBRM.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="210" data-original-width="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN5miX2U1TLsnE_5nt2Oza9my_NlyrrI_4C1IiMUYTK-7cjNqq6sR1y7_O7tH5oU2NGlJjcE1Eft2tT2N0vqZHSoCfx0QZJU5sKMpxlc2F7ESVxAD9hd6NYg4NjDEPsIhRYJN__Kx4AeaX_OI9nl8hqCahCXZ5gTZBEgem3H5lwNjyjxqdsi0aCmafi8o/s320/uSBBRM.jpeg"/></a></div>
In a remarkable show of solidarity and celebration, over 40 giant billboards
featuring Shri Ram and the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya have been erected across more
than 10 states in the United States including Texas, Illinois, New York, New
Jersey, and Georgia. The strategically placed billboards aim to convey the
enthusiastic participation of Hindu Americans in this historic event. <br>
In a vibrant mix of faith and unity, the Bharatiya-American community organized
a car rally with Hindu symbols and saffron colour flags in <b>Houston, Texas</b>.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6mCHwPZRB4rezdBSmQXZq4T95mvHrUmQChUc2tRQy6VGzoHVllaWDL6_KduYVVB2sDSSnUPVDIj583P2yYk4UXVIFhspLC9NHHaKnJQa2n9Pw4Bh0_CcTFm2jjOJpR1eBdBqheeMf7t94u1PLFkrUwcrq-NpCg80fkH-Zdifgqxcmr6PZACWcpP05FA/s450/RMusCR.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6mCHwPZRB4rezdBSmQXZq4T95mvHrUmQChUc2tRQy6VGzoHVllaWDL6_KduYVVB2sDSSnUPVDIj583P2yYk4UXVIFhspLC9NHHaKnJQa2n9Pw4Bh0_CcTFm2jjOJpR1eBdBqheeMf7t94u1PLFkrUwcrq-NpCg80fkH-Zdifgqxcmr6PZACWcpP05FA/s320/RMusCR.jpeg"/></a></div>
The around 5-km line of 216 cars were escorted by eight policemen on bikes.
Starting at Shri Meenakshi Mandir and concluding at Shri Sharad Amba Mandir in
Richmond, the procession covered 160 km and stopped at eleven mandirs over a
period of six hours. Around 2,000 devotees welcomed the procession at the
temples with bhajans, expressing overwhelming devotion. <br>
VHP of America organised an Epic Tesla Musical light show at Shri Bhakta
Anjaneya Mandir in <b>Maryland</b>. More than 150 cars, parked strategically in
the ‘Ram’ formation, participated in the light show with people holding flags
inscribed with images of Bhagwan Ram and raising ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and ‘Ram
Lakshman Janki, Jai Shri Hanuman Ki’ slogans.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxCBTppGOLRuO38k6igCFpLHuBrziXdLDKuGn3JtQgxx52Pyy4DVKTjbNswGwO0kuXmjp377cHPCxLJbRi8FyVx-uD6y0p7HH4rnLZOFVyuVjmQJ2DVnvs4oiymJuWhLpZg6DEdTbobtY_YU9kFDNORGtK8rMvmXmDmhgletxfxqr_qeWJVtmJglBUBNM/s543/RMcram.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="209" data-original-width="543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxCBTppGOLRuO38k6igCFpLHuBrziXdLDKuGn3JtQgxx52Pyy4DVKTjbNswGwO0kuXmjp377cHPCxLJbRi8FyVx-uD6y0p7HH4rnLZOFVyuVjmQJ2DVnvs4oiymJuWhLpZg6DEdTbobtY_YU9kFDNORGtK8rMvmXmDmhgletxfxqr_qeWJVtmJglBUBNM/s320/RMcram.jpeg"/></a></div>
In <b>Paris</b>, a grand Ram Rath Yatra is scheduled for January 21 to attract
participants from across Europe.<br>
President of the Mauritius Sanatan Dharm Temples Federation, Bhojraj Ghoorbin
said that all mandirs in <b>Mauritius</b> will organise Ramayan chanting on
January 22. Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth said in a statement
that the Mauritius government will grant a two-hour break for public officials
of Hindu religion on January 22 to participate in prayers.<br>
More than 3000 gifts for Bhagwan Ram were sent to Ayodhya from <b>Nepal’s
Janakpur</b>, the birthplace of Sita. The gifts, including silver shoes,
ornaments and clothes, were transported in a convoy of around 30 vehicles from
the Janakpur Dham Ramjanaki Mandir in Nepal to Ayodhya.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsZFO6xTPKTrwuW7Dh8B_JLZljuFXOmLNkcnhoLI0eO3oAJiLfkA1HT1rZz2StRkfwsclNaHY3YMBRJv6ZvBecLg3F_6uB2lP8uAg3uUNPv4Dh7CNvKUMH2nW_PCTL2SonHGAQh-kNemzJvaS89-YkGqwf6Hn6H4FoOdGt_HljKjA6cn48vcOzLFR341o/s405/images%20%2841%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="227" data-original-width="405" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsZFO6xTPKTrwuW7Dh8B_JLZljuFXOmLNkcnhoLI0eO3oAJiLfkA1HT1rZz2StRkfwsclNaHY3YMBRJv6ZvBecLg3F_6uB2lP8uAg3uUNPv4Dh7CNvKUMH2nW_PCTL2SonHGAQh-kNemzJvaS89-YkGqwf6Hn6H4FoOdGt_HljKjA6cn48vcOzLFR341o/s320/images%20%2841%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
Speaking at an event titled ‘Ramayana across Asia and Beyond’ at the US Capitol
Hill in Washington DC on January 10, the Bharatiya envoy to the US, Taranjit
Singh Sandhu said that Ramayan is a bridge across geographies and teaches people
about the complexities of human relationships and the eternal struggle between
good and evil.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZs5gQYA1s2CILpiJbChyphenhypheno6zlLvMov4Wow-3wW1W-uQSiMo-ajQGwYZWuejbuqjOhOWblzPfPRx6pioYxoI_PV0YT5sRr20ab1Ww_FDFCVscxRNT92o7wcpOaYRzBVXmVaEzd-QY8N5poMD8PwUVio1wVlll67FUcbCl4gIy6vB464ump4WckpIuVglTY/s286/RamjiusAmb.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="165" data-original-width="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZs5gQYA1s2CILpiJbChyphenhypheno6zlLvMov4Wow-3wW1W-uQSiMo-ajQGwYZWuejbuqjOhOWblzPfPRx6pioYxoI_PV0YT5sRr20ab1Ww_FDFCVscxRNT92o7wcpOaYRzBVXmVaEzd-QY8N5poMD8PwUVio1wVlll67FUcbCl4gIy6vB464ump4WckpIuVglTY/s320/RamjiusAmb.jpeg"/></a></div>
While attending a Mata Ki Chowki at the Geeta Mandir in New York, Mayor Eric
Adams of New York City said that the pran-pratishtha ceremony at Ayodhya is
extremely important for Hindus not just in Bharat but also from South Asian and
Indo-Caribbean communities living in New York City. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNLxDp2vBHIKTfArYtS_qRNWmnhVUYV70_zmQeptIYIJHvly-2rdD5Nm5aGmsWXw5_7iSYhBCF0pxtyWCupc7mHOPlMolzuQz5aj4YudEjqJHyQkATPaUUFPHwRZL3vMIDxhbc53x36YJPr0YdLH1Y2OA0dQBwmYR6EvHlG90GIvadRbDs-FE207YYEio/s558/RMmncity.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNLxDp2vBHIKTfArYtS_qRNWmnhVUYV70_zmQeptIYIJHvly-2rdD5Nm5aGmsWXw5_7iSYhBCF0pxtyWCupc7mHOPlMolzuQz5aj4YudEjqJHyQkATPaUUFPHwRZL3vMIDxhbc53x36YJPr0YdLH1Y2OA0dQBwmYR6EvHlG90GIvadRbDs-FE207YYEio/s320/RMmncity.jpg"/></a></div>
According to an official statement from the Uttar Pradesh government, 2,500 folk
artists will perform on 100 stages in Ayodhya on January 22. More than 5000
artists from around 15 countries will also stage Ramlila at 10 public locations
over a period of 70 days from January 14 to March 24.
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<b><a name="6.">6.</a> SDSS MYANMAR WINTER CAMPS: </b>Winter camps were
organized in December by the Sanatan Dharma Swayamsevak Sangh SDSS Myanmar at 4
places in 4 vibhags. Around 450 people including 350 shiksharthis, 40 shikshaks
and 60 prabandhaks participated in it. The programs from 5am to 10pm included
many physical and intellectual activities. Kabaddi and kho-kho competition, yoga
practice and several traditional games were part of the shareerik sessions.
Bauddhik sessions included topics to inculcate pride in the Hindu culture,
history of SDSS Myanmar, contribution of Hindus to the world and introduction to
great Hindu personalities. In some places, meetings were also organized with the
local community as part of the camp.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ2m35TiFL1TNsWX9HwBho4fYLgtMT3JeOuB5tyB76wFmwH91SifAvx7vCQlx9vVujOP_O565H083nkp0uIHhyphenhyphenRpzLOVUboyoiNCLgPekXalPrgEFXcmr9X6yRSJjeljvcxd8-7X9QB8EEJCMTIw3QJGXkY8OhPXoNJSacRPAcdEDkK_V44Ehn1M5UwSQ/s1280/msg1830593266-118135.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ2m35TiFL1TNsWX9HwBho4fYLgtMT3JeOuB5tyB76wFmwH91SifAvx7vCQlx9vVujOP_O565H083nkp0uIHhyphenhyphenRpzLOVUboyoiNCLgPekXalPrgEFXcmr9X6yRSJjeljvcxd8-7X9QB8EEJCMTIw3QJGXkY8OhPXoNJSacRPAcdEDkK_V44Ehn1M5UwSQ/s320/msg1830593266-118135.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDLMDiv4LA6W_BqywNB0uhi3Ypwu89ml025K1VVpJbrBnT4dwCRO9UQOVuOksC8aWL-oUrtn87bZ68Sf61HOyQ_QM_sbRQ4t-nQUY7SLmBJQ8cfP0IdJ_mqEgel4ajeTNQ-DIhXbYIjpJtt2vwzL1pFE0tyPxc2ywV8sved3onLmaR69xaWaTyn__PD8w/s1280/MSS3.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDLMDiv4LA6W_BqywNB0uhi3Ypwu89ml025K1VVpJbrBnT4dwCRO9UQOVuOksC8aWL-oUrtn87bZ68Sf61HOyQ_QM_sbRQ4t-nQUY7SLmBJQ8cfP0IdJ_mqEgel4ajeTNQ-DIhXbYIjpJtt2vwzL1pFE0tyPxc2ywV8sved3onLmaR69xaWaTyn__PD8w/s320/MSS3.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2TjYArKXhQFG_IaLFMG6ACHvfKNiO0-puazo6ZX5bgxzVcnUmNFaRfNdiTig1hVZ4QfO2isdHROHJ9Pf67brNF7OXQCAnhyphenhyphensoRnMwJuWc6U1nOO_gLwp5_zvXKcOFJiAPT0PnrBm3rIU84hDcDlUeoFzB2MrL6MHjOPvsBZTGAit2KYnjY_2u2I5QsE/s4096/MYSS2.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4096" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2TjYArKXhQFG_IaLFMG6ACHvfKNiO0-puazo6ZX5bgxzVcnUmNFaRfNdiTig1hVZ4QfO2isdHROHJ9Pf67brNF7OXQCAnhyphenhyphensoRnMwJuWc6U1nOO_gLwp5_zvXKcOFJiAPT0PnrBm3rIU84hDcDlUeoFzB2MrL6MHjOPvsBZTGAit2KYnjY_2u2I5QsE/s320/MYSS2.jpg"/></a></div>
A two day sevika camp was also organized separately at one place. The camps
helped in connecting with and introducing SDSS to new people.
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<b><a name="7.">7.</a> CANADA HINDU SIKH FORUM COMMEMORATES VEER BAAL DIWAS: </b>
Veer Baal Diwas is a solemn remembrance of the young sons of Shri Guru Gobind
Singh, Sahibzades Zorawar Singh and Fateh Singh, whose supreme sacrifices
epitomize bravery and unwavering faith in the face of adversity. The Hindu Sikh
Unity Forum Canada paid homage to the valiant Sahibzades through a series of
poignant events, fostering unity and solidarity. <br>
On December 23, the Vaishno Devi Mandir in Oakville, Ontario hosted a gathering,
supported by the Hindu Canadian Foundation. Esteemed speakers including Swami
Advaitan and Dr. Pargat Singh Bagga who spoke eloquently about the enduring
legacy of the Sahibzades and the intertwined destinies of Hindus and Sikhs. On
December 24, a similar program was held at the Bharat Mata Mandir in Brampton,
with the support of the Hindu Forum Canada.<br>
On December 31, the Hindu Mandir in Montreal, Quebec marked the Veer Baal Diwas
event. Distinguished attendees included Mr. Ratan Jaku of Shri Ravidas Gurudwara,
Mr. Shyam Singh of the Dr. Ambedkar Association, and Mr. Rajveer Singh Bhandal
of the Punjabi Association. All events culminated in the spiritual serenity of
Bhajan, Shabad Kirtan, and distribution of Langar Prasad. These events not only
celebrated historical courage but also served as a cohesive force, uniting
participants in cultural and spiritual contemplation.
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<b><a name="8.">8.</a> SEWA DIWALI’S ANNUAL FOOD DRIVES HELPED 245 ORGANIZATIONS
IN 34 STATES: </b>Sewa Diwali, a charitable food drive organized by Dharmic
communities across the United States, donated more than 502,000 pounds of food
in 2023, benefiting over 245 organizations from 34 states, including food
pantries, homeless shelters, worship houses, and schools. Hindu Swayamsevak
Sangh (HSS) volunteers participated in this drive and coordinated the
collections and donations regionally and nationally, a press release from Sewa
Diwali said.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirMlFe3SPIX-6n8EhkFz2X82Kz6P3mjToP5Jh-6PBYOmtRp6cAA4XNettEqGVOwIr1FaqMKM6wNEUtVIbONGiWA60OpmEcBCDBRzpsRAv6bmP9ijCqYMM_gWp83HKzMePRN31QouFpus9v9BojSUN1TMKF7cCpGJgkcOQTNF-yAduNU0hzXedEfmNM3mE/s401/sewaD2023s.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirMlFe3SPIX-6n8EhkFz2X82Kz6P3mjToP5Jh-6PBYOmtRp6cAA4XNettEqGVOwIr1FaqMKM6wNEUtVIbONGiWA60OpmEcBCDBRzpsRAv6bmP9ijCqYMM_gWp83HKzMePRN31QouFpus9v9BojSUN1TMKF7cCpGJgkcOQTNF-yAduNU0hzXedEfmNM3mE/s320/sewaD2023s.jpeg"/></a></div>
This year’s Sewa Diwali saw active and spirited participation from Sikh
Gurudwaras, Hindu and Jain mandirs, school districts, Interfaith communities,
Bharatiya American cultural and linguistic associations, and thousands of
families and individuals. Several Dharmic organizations such as VT Seva,
Chinmaya Mission, Arya Samaj, Samskrita Bharati USA, and Sewa International
collected food among their supporters.<br>
Lisa Kelly, the Executive Director of Middlesex College Foundation in NJ,
thanked Sewa Diwali for its generous donation. US Congressmen Kevin Kiley and Ro
Khanna of CA provided Special Congressional Recognition to Sewa Diwali.
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<b><a name="9.">9.</a> VISHWA VIBHAG PARIVAR MILANS IN BHARAT: </b>Many overseas
Bharatiyas visit Bharat in the month of December. Vishwa Vibhag Kendras in
Bharat took the opportunity to connect with them during their visit.<br>
A program for the current and former HSS karyakartas and their family members
was organized by the <b>Vishwa Vibhag Pune Kendra</b> on December 25 at Motibaug
Karyalay. 51 participants from 9 countries and 26 karyakartas of Vishwa Vibhag
Kendra Pune attended the event.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfVB7fZiyThu8PSI53sw2OKbnNoaKkgo1Z95OiUcxKJb1ex_Qv4adP7y8RAsMPlwB7jC_4ejBshTsEKNKqP8QGFQHSdY73lkA7sV8pCa46RptaZlnGAgUqwje63Muio2HH_4-KMmwhyphenhyphenALSLGqmayFAvPeZFL0u0ucdy36-MVReRMzLYvYFPv0VFHfBzv4/s484/Screenshot%20%28815%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="269" data-original-width="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfVB7fZiyThu8PSI53sw2OKbnNoaKkgo1Z95OiUcxKJb1ex_Qv4adP7y8RAsMPlwB7jC_4ejBshTsEKNKqP8QGFQHSdY73lkA7sV8pCa46RptaZlnGAgUqwje63Muio2HH_4-KMmwhyphenhyphenALSLGqmayFAvPeZFL0u0ucdy36-MVReRMzLYvYFPv0VFHfBzv4/s320/Screenshot%20%28815%29.jpg"/></a></div>
Lokvikas Mandal which currently runs 49 projects for the underprivileged section
of the society presented their activities. The attendees - in two groups –
visited the sewa projects at various locations around Aundh and Baner areas for
a first hand experience of the activities.<br>
Lunch was followed by Shri Ram Pujan and Ramraksha stotra recital. The Vishwa
Vibhag Kendra activities were introduced to the participants and HSS karyakartas
gave information about the work carried out by HSS in their respective region.
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Saumitra Gokhale, Global Coordinator of HSS, enlightened the audience on the
different work and activities carried out by HSS globally. He expressed that the
work carried out by HSS is unique to each territory and that accomplishments of
HSS, in difficult circumstances, in regions like Ukraine, African countries,
etc. was only possible through the dedication shown by local karyakartas. <br>
The day-long program ended with the conclusion of a family shakha.<br>
The first Parivar Milan of <b>Bengaluru Vishwa Vibhag Kendra</b> was organized
at Rashtrotthana Vidya Kendra, Banashankari on December 17. The event was
inaugurated by V. Nagaraj, Kshetriya Sanghachalak, RSS and Saumitra Gokhale,
Global Coordinator, HSS.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn3YiSbSF1GrhbIJuzTYqSnG7Bsv6vCIInuTCINpCc9f9il91IlbrKHg8l1ZEtSth_GStgtVDmhrOnGPh_ZDaybIdmuPP0z-goZLgu29SXGQ7DIO30wnFKcFD1wH5wYTAzeSmVdmz5UhnESyXMZP72hniJBCAz3ABRCkAMOkt0kuwXGatcSy2YDWdL9ic/s551/Screenshot%20%28816%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="551" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn3YiSbSF1GrhbIJuzTYqSnG7Bsv6vCIInuTCINpCc9f9il91IlbrKHg8l1ZEtSth_GStgtVDmhrOnGPh_ZDaybIdmuPP0z-goZLgu29SXGQ7DIO30wnFKcFD1wH5wYTAzeSmVdmz5UhnESyXMZP72hniJBCAz3ABRCkAMOkt0kuwXGatcSy2YDWdL9ic/s320/Screenshot%20%28816%29.jpg"/></a></div>
About 120 delegates including 70 men, 40 women and 10 children from Bharat, USA,
Canada, UK, Germany, Singapore, Sweden, Czech Republic, Saudi Arabia, UAE and
Oman participated in the event which opened with a Ganesh Vandana rendition by
children from Manonandana, a rehabilitation Centre for neuro-divergent children.<br>
Srinivas Bhagavatula, Coordinator, Vishwa Vibhag Bengaluru Kendra, spoke on the
idea behind the program, its scope and the journey ahead.. V. Nagaraj, who gave
the presiding address for the event, highlighted the importance of the Soft
power of Bharat that comes from our cultural heritage and concluded his speech
with a call to the Kannada diaspora to be the cultural ambassadors of Bharat.
Venkatesh Murthy, National Member of Seva Bharati and Parimala V Murthy of Youth
For Seva, gave a short presentation on a variety of Seva projects and
volunteering opportunities available in Karnataka. Visiting delegates from USA,
Germany, UK and Singapore briefed about HSS activities and different Seva
projects happening in their respective countries.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4nfq80TjLEyrTb4dQkFl0kGO3wZkq8b2hDt1pPZOTRbeBxxVtRPXADPDlDPpE6XVuPYt9Bq1d7gD3VEda5wZd31jUCmMSCNQyEhPCH0O2ZMNffB0dR-AKG1CRTkQKlncBiVkMb-ZG1qp65-5bBFUWoVeYoWbGJsTuR6TAFMAutYqLWa3vHE7GqNINtE/s422/Screenshot%20%28817%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4nfq80TjLEyrTb4dQkFl0kGO3wZkq8b2hDt1pPZOTRbeBxxVtRPXADPDlDPpE6XVuPYt9Bq1d7gD3VEda5wZd31jUCmMSCNQyEhPCH0O2ZMNffB0dR-AKG1CRTkQKlncBiVkMb-ZG1qp65-5bBFUWoVeYoWbGJsTuR6TAFMAutYqLWa3vHE7GqNINtE/s320/Screenshot%20%28817%29.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrFVpAYE7BCdRz7nvxwPdDxxXvtNIcYL27KxXSTjeQIkt7UgMTNb6WRKxkp3K32-Ybmo-Zkv5vtx4Hn-hPyBbo13-pYVMlpz4peyKZEUwgQzu9Kcg5AwjxbM3qhHNpc0XF5wzB5BYCS0P6LH9PPPMlO31ROyGwouuMSDgsYADBcsSS-jqdyXnbJqlvmGU/s425/Screenshot%20%28818%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="299" data-original-width="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrFVpAYE7BCdRz7nvxwPdDxxXvtNIcYL27KxXSTjeQIkt7UgMTNb6WRKxkp3K32-Ybmo-Zkv5vtx4Hn-hPyBbo13-pYVMlpz4peyKZEUwgQzu9Kcg5AwjxbM3qhHNpc0XF5wzB5BYCS0P6LH9PPPMlO31ROyGwouuMSDgsYADBcsSS-jqdyXnbJqlvmGU/s320/Screenshot%20%28818%29.jpg"/></a></div>
In his concluding address, Saumitra Gokhale spoke about HSS and Sewa
International activities and their impact on local communities. He shared a
number of inspirational and impactful stories from HSS engagements across
multiple countries. He also touched upon examples of how HSS helped save lives
across different countries including blood donations post a terror attack in
Nairobi (Kenya), the excellent yeomen service during Covid pandemic by different
HSS Shakhas and the service provided by Ukraine and European HSS members towards
the evacuation of stranded Bharatiyas and other nationals from Ukraine War zone.<br>
On December 22, around 20 families whose children are either studying or working
overseas participated in a similar program in <b>Indore</b>. Four visiting
families from four countries were also present. There was some information
sharing and interaction followed by dinner.
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<b><a name="10.">10.</a> SMRITI IRANI LEADS NON-MUSLIM BHARATIYA DELEGATION TO
MADINA: </b>In a historic visit showcasing significant diplomacy with Saudi
Arabia, Union Minister for Women and Child Development and Minority Affairs
Smriti Irani led the non-Muslim Bharatiya delegation to the holy city of Madina,
one of Islam’s holiest cities. Irani was accompanied by Minister of State for
External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs V. Muraleedharan. This marked the
first time a non-Muslim delegation had been welcomed to Madina. The visit was
part of an ongoing diplomatic mission.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjghIILujTR_yxJwiXCxcoCSMeunHdwnE0OF4zb7R7rBu3hxDIJzr5hxE4bICXW1oZRIVEYwmkORblRKi5gLcji7plkNAkfjF2yq3BkjPL91Y99XKDymz5cG_IcGnymRqlXpzhpHZzm0d9DFjyVBJkOUtqJMKJLMVXJ5oQuw93hAPnJBtiJk6oVzihpBdo/s604/Smriti-Muslim-delegation-to-Madinah.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="604" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjghIILujTR_yxJwiXCxcoCSMeunHdwnE0OF4zb7R7rBu3hxDIJzr5hxE4bICXW1oZRIVEYwmkORblRKi5gLcji7plkNAkfjF2yq3BkjPL91Y99XKDymz5cG_IcGnymRqlXpzhpHZzm0d9DFjyVBJkOUtqJMKJLMVXJ5oQuw93hAPnJBtiJk6oVzihpBdo/s320/Smriti-Muslim-delegation-to-Madinah.png"/></a></div>
The delegation visited the perimeter of the Prophet's Mosque (Al Masjid Al Nabwi)
in the Markazia area of Madina, the mountain of Uhud and the Quba Mosque. Quba
Mosque is the first Mosque of Islam while Uhud Mountain is the final resting
place of a number early Islamic martyrs.
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<b><a name="11.">11.</a> NJ’S FIRST BHARATIYA AMERICAN WOMAN MAYOR: </b>Neena
Singh became the first Sikh and Bharatiya American woman to be sworn in as Mayor
of Montgomery Township in the US state of New Jersey. She was administered the
oath of office by Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman at the Montgomery Township
Reorganization Meeting on January 4. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifhLzht0H5us7O4Gbb1ZNMQXueXGcxCYmRTCEFd9-kgO0_ocNZBmzNqQCdPhATj0gv7FCvE17PUa0Oj5eMhXP_StiThN3A0OeIJ4zCqpOegH0Wjbgjmz3TgEuMweSRSukkt_adhaKpH0E1oWXeNmy4AOeGr2pCPTDgmmYORgReEKbFD_wnbKJ6Gf6Tr5Q/s364/USFwm.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="216" data-original-width="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifhLzht0H5us7O4Gbb1ZNMQXueXGcxCYmRTCEFd9-kgO0_ocNZBmzNqQCdPhATj0gv7FCvE17PUa0Oj5eMhXP_StiThN3A0OeIJ4zCqpOegH0Wjbgjmz3TgEuMweSRSukkt_adhaKpH0E1oWXeNmy4AOeGr2pCPTDgmmYORgReEKbFD_wnbKJ6Gf6Tr5Q/s320/USFwm.jpeg"/></a></div> Singh, who has lived in Montgomery for 24
years, was unanimously selected to serve as Mayor by her fellow Township
Committee members. “What energizes and motivates me is the spirit of service. I
strongly believe we all have a responsibility to give back, and I am blessed to
do so in a town that reflects America’s diversity,” said Singh, whose priorities
for 2024 are public safety and health.
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<b><a name="12.">12.</a> AMERICAN SCIENTIST FUNDS AWARD IN HONOUR OF JC BOSE:
</b>Jagadish Chandra Bose, invented the detector for wireless telegraphy which
was used by the Italian inventor and engineer G Marconi for his historic
demonstration of the first ever trans-Atlantic radio telegraphy. Since Marconi
did not mention Bose, Bose’s vital contribution remained hidden. Efforts to
publicly acknowledge the contributions of Bose began with The Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), located in New York City, placing a
memorial plaque at the Presidency College in Kolkata where Bose came up with his
ground-breaking invention. Now, the IEEE has decided to establish a prestigious
medal known officially as the IEEE Jagadish Chandra Bose Medal in Wireless
Communications. Bengal-born Mani Bhaumik, who lives in Los Angeles has offered
to donate one million US dollars to sponsor the medal and award in perpetuity.
Bhaumik holds numerous patents and is the inventor of the laser technology that
paved the way for Lasik eye surgery. Bhaumik says he feels his donation is a way
of paying back for all that he gained from his teacher and mentor, Satyendra
Nath Bose of the Bose-Einstein statistics fame who was a student of J C Bose.
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<b><a name="13.">13.</a> OBITUARY : PROFESSOR VED PRAKASH NANDA -</b> Senior
swayamsevak and Sanghachalak of Americas Zone Prof. Ved Prakash Nanda passed
away on January 1 in his hometown Denver. He was surrounded by his close family
and HSS volunteers.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixGFJQXUQVCGnVlIBSw_H5zZI7di1-y9LeK_6lI5qAV_95EiypW5BZ1MAiCcfQS9ltg2HI61y5HIDt412aHhyz0EpMonObOi2eK0w9GBLTraClVAbLr1psPUkJAaPCkgOLE03F0DGHBwS1b1AQ_9K5yLAVtz0589JqI2pM032xK_oiMJ_FLAo85-hWwmY/s225/nandaji.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixGFJQXUQVCGnVlIBSw_H5zZI7di1-y9LeK_6lI5qAV_95EiypW5BZ1MAiCcfQS9ltg2HI61y5HIDt412aHhyz0EpMonObOi2eK0w9GBLTraClVAbLr1psPUkJAaPCkgOLE03F0DGHBwS1b1AQ_9K5yLAVtz0589JqI2pM032xK_oiMJ_FLAo85-hWwmY/s320/nandaji.jpeg"/></a></div>
Born in 1934 in Gujranwala of the undivided Bharat, Prof. Nanda underwent an
arduous immigration to the Punjab state in Bharat along with his family during
the partition of Pakistan from Bharat. He went on to build an exemplary career
starting with M.A. Economics from Punjab University, Law degree from Delhi
University, and LLM from Northwestern University and subsequent postgraduate
work from Yale University in the US. He was a champion of Human Rights and a
successful International Law professor at Sturm College of Law, University of
Denver, since 1972. He was also Honorary President of the World Jurist
Association, former honorary Vice President of the American Society of
International Law, and a member of the advisory council of the United States
Institute of Human Rights. He authored or co-authored 24 books in various fields
of international law. He was a regular columnist for the Denver Post and wrote
on a wide range of topics including human rights and international relations. In
2006, Sturm College of Law alumni founded the Ved Nanda Center for International
and Comparative Law in his honor. He has also received a number of awards
including the Gandhi-King-Ikeda Award for Community Peace Building in 2004 and
the Padma Bhushan in 2018 by the Government of Bharat.<br>
Prof. Nanda started the first shakha in the US in 1961 at the University of
Chicago. Since 2001, after becoming Sanghachalak of HSS, he constantly travelled
across the country to meet, guide, and inspire HSS volunteers. He took
initiative to reach out to the opinion makers of the society for various
Hindu-American causes.<br>
He also served as the Chairman of the Board of Hindu University of America. He
was the chairman of the board of trustees at Hindu Mandir of Colorado and also
remained active in interfaith activities in Colorado.<br>
He leaves behind his daughter, Anjali, son-in-law, granddaughters and extended
family. <br>
In their condolence message, RSS Sarasanghachalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat and
Sarakaryavah Dattratreya Hosabale said that with the passing away of Prof Nanda,
the life journey of an ardent swayamsevak of Sangh and a person endowed with
great human qualities came to an end. His contributions as zonal Sanghachalak of
Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh in America will always be remembered with reverence. <br>
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also expressed his condolences on X, acknowledging
Prof. Nanda’s invaluable contributions to the legal field and his unwavering
commitment to legal education.
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<b><a name="14.">14.</a> SHRI VISHWA NIKETAN:</b> Pravas: Vishwa Vibhag Sah
Samyojak Dr. Ram Vaidya will be travelling to Bharat for the ICCS Elder’s
Conference. Visitors: Rakesh Shukla - USA, S.N. Kothari - Indonesia, Hemant Raj
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<b>FOOD FOR THOUGHT:</b> To be happy always is something which is difficult to
achieve. That is to say, happiness and sorrow alternate in one's life and there
cannot be unintrerrupted happiness alone. - Bhagwan Sri Ram to Mother Kaikeyi
(Ramayana).
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt">Maharishi Valmiki’s Ramayana is a
much-loved tale of good triumphing over evil, the world over. Valmiki Ramayana
is recognized as the original but over 300 Ramayana versions are known to exist,
especially in South East Asia, when around the 12th and 13th centuries, the
region received and imbibed many of the cultural traits, along with goods and
services, traveling from Indian shores. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt_XlReJvTDr8IgGHHOS-B5WVVXIB83xyknrHEuuUTuO2RpfdHU1v1B2lYeGauMqmhZyV3k8QAE3t5tEG5HXYOPaPg9rUVyvByKsmzAXtXGCXQ_T3ECPQ1XxIIaZTry_v3-XxQor9QdiwyAX22BlJiTg1fcowHgEohhNnytZ6XB-nnz5OOsQ4TKIItvWo/s600/Ramjiglobal.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt_XlReJvTDr8IgGHHOS-B5WVVXIB83xyknrHEuuUTuO2RpfdHU1v1B2lYeGauMqmhZyV3k8QAE3t5tEG5HXYOPaPg9rUVyvByKsmzAXtXGCXQ_T3ECPQ1XxIIaZTry_v3-XxQor9QdiwyAX22BlJiTg1fcowHgEohhNnytZ6XB-nnz5OOsQ4TKIItvWo/s320/Ramjiglobal.jpg"/></a></div>
The Ramayana adaptations have influenced their folklore and cultural beliefs,
changed plots, character traits, attire, choice of weaponry, and locations, and
in turn, offer an array of refreshing perspectives on the original version. <br>
<b>Ram outside India</b> <br>
Many of the versions may not ascribe to certain values in the original Ramayana
but different versions and interpretations are found in Indian versions of
Ramayana as well. For example, some different characters are found in Jain
texts. Such texts seem to have influenced Ramayana versions outside India. Ram
is depicted and considered as a respectable figure in the Buddhist version in
South Asian countries. The Buddhist version of Ramayana is called `Dasarata
Jataka’. We find two versions here. Firstly, Dashratha sent Ram, Sita, and
Laxmana to live in the forest to protect them from his third ambitious wife. The
second version does not have the abduction of Sita.<br>
The fact is that both versions got immense popularity and gained social
acceptance. It is seen that Ramayana was even used by the rulers to legitimize
their kingship. Eleventh-century Burmese stone is found, with an inscription in
the Mon language. The inscription describes King Kyanzittha, who belonged to the
Bagan dynasty, as Ram’s close relative. In several countries like Cambodia,
Thailand, and Myanmar, Hinduism had a large following before Buddhists entered
in these regions. Orissa and Tamil sea merchants were responsible for the
proliferation of Indian culture to Southeast Asia, when they would undertake an
annual voyage, and along with the goods exchanged stories. In some Southeast
Asian versions, Hanuman is depicted as someone playing mind games, who charms
and outwits, especially the female characters. Despite having multiple versions,
Ram continues to be a dominant character in these countriesThe Cambodian
Ramayana is known as Reamker (Ramakerti–Ram + Kirti/glory), a text of Khmer
literature, which takes from both Hinduism and Buddhism to demonstrate the
balance of good and evil. In Cambodia, Ram is known as Phreah Ream, and Sita,
Neang Seda. A corridor with carved episodes on Ramayana is seen in 12th-century
Angkor Wat ruins. Some murals are also noticed on the walls of Phnom Penh’s
royal palace. Interestingly, Hanuman is shown expanding his body between India
and Sri Lanka so that Ram’s army could cross the sea.<br>
The monarchs of Thailand, erstwhile Siam, used to call themselves as descendants
of Ram. Their names had Ram either as a prefix or a suffix. Its capital city was
Ayutthaya, which sounds similar to Ayodhya. In the 18th century, Burmese
soldiers invaded Ayutthaya, and the name was changed to Rama I, this happened
despite him being a practicing Buddhist. Later, he wrote the Thai version of
Ramayana, which is known as Ramakien and it is still considered as a national
epic.<br>
Myanmar (Burma) has a national epic, known as Yamayana; Yama or Zatdaw was
introduced during King Anawratha’s reign in the 11th century CE. This version
calls Ram as Yama and Sita as Thida. Ravana is called Yawana. Ram is portrayed
as a Bodhisattva. The narrative is mostly the same as Valmiki’s Ramayana, except
for localised names of places and characters.<br>
In Laos, the national epic is Phra Lak Phra Ram. Lao devotees believed that
their ruler King Lava was Ram’s son. They believe that Lava gave Laos its name.
This is viewed as a Jataka story. Malay version of Ramayana - Hikayat Seri Rama
– is very similar to the original Sanskrit text. But the central character in
Malaysia is Laxman and not Ram.<br>
Spread and versions of Ramayana in Southeast countries can be understood by the
fact that every island has different versions.<br>
In Bali, it is Ramakavaca, in Java its Kakawin or Yogesvara Ramayana, and in
Sumatra it is Ramayana Swarnadwipa. In the latter version, Tamawaka (Ram)
rescues Himegini (Sita), from Baramon (Ravan). The Javanese Kakawin is a
Sanskrit-metre-poetry composed during the Medang kingdom era. In some Indonesian
versions, Sita is shown as a fierce lady, who fought against Asuras on her own.
In the Maranao version of the Philippines, which is called as Maharadia Lawana,
a completely new version is seen, in which adventures of monkeys can be seen.
Deep influence of Ramayana on Southeast countries continues even today. The
opening ceremony of the 2017 ASEAN summit involved a staging of the musical
version of Ramayana.<br>
In China, few parts picked up orthodox and ethical values noted in the Indian
epic. Jataka Katha of Ram are popular with the Chinese. China has also a
Buddhist text Liudu ji jing. This is an elaborate account of the Ramayana, while
in Sun Wukong, Hanuman finds some representation in the form of a monkey-king.<br>
Japan has two versions namely, Hobutsushu and Sambo-Ekotoba. Hanuman has a
diminutive role in another adaptation titled, Ramaenna or Ramaensho, and in the
Bontenkoku version, Tamawaka (Ram), a flute player rescues his wife Himegini (Sita)
from King Baramon (Ravan).<br>
In Nepal, Mahakavi Siddhidas Mahaju Amatya wrote Siddhi Ramayana in the Nepal
Bhasa. There’s also Bhanubhakta Acharya’s Bhanubhaktako Ramayana in Khas
language. However, the revelry of Dussehra called Dasain or Mohini in Nepal is
more about the Goddess Durga, than Ram’s triumph over Ravan.
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#1.">1.
FESTIVALS: GURU GOVIND SINGH JAYANTI</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#2.">2. RSS
SARSANGHCHALAK’S PROGRAMS</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#3.">3.
DATTATREYA HOSABALE HAILS NEW EDUCATION POLICY </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#4.">4. DR
KRISHNA GOPAL AFFIRMS NATIONALISM</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#5.">5. VEER
BAL DIWAS </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#6.">6. SECOND
EDITION OF KASHI TAMIL SANGAMAM </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#7.">7. HSS UK
PARLIAMENT WEEK ACTIVITY </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#8.">8. USA
DIWALI FOOD DRIVE </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#9.">9. SEWA
TT'S 4TH CLOTHING RECYCLE DRIVE </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#10.">10. SEWA
INTERNATIONAL UK'S RICKSHAW RUN 2023 </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#11.">11. HINDU
AMERICANS ORGANISE RALLY TO CELEBRATE AYODHYA RAM MANDIR ‘PRAN
PRATISHTHA’ </a></b></font></td>
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55-FEET HANUMAN JI STATUE TO BE INSTALLED AT CANADA </a></b></font></td>
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REDUCES SENTENCE OF IMPRISONED FORMER INDIAN NAVY PERSONNEL</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#14.">14. DALAI
LAMA INAUGURATES FIRST INTERNATIONAL SANGHA FORUM IN BODHGAYA </a></b>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#15.">15.
PRERNA VIMARSH 2023 </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#16.">16. PUNE
BOOK FESTIVAL </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#17.">17.
BHARAT PAYS IN RUPEES FOR CRUDE OIL PURCHASED FROM UAE </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#18.">18.
BHARAT’S UMA SEKHAR GETS ELECTED TO GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNIDROIT IN
HISTORIC VICTORY</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#19.">19.
BHARAT TOPS GLOBAL REMITTANCE CHARTS AT $125 BN IN 2023 </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#20.">20. LEIF
ERIKSON LUNAR PRIZE AWARDED TO ISRO FOR CHANDRAYAAN-3 ADVANCEMENT</a></b></font></td>
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76 YEARS BHARAT GETS IT'S OWN LAW</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#22.">22. DRDO
SUCCESSFULLY FLIGHT TESTS INDIGENOUS HIGH-SPEED FLYING-WING UAV GHATAK</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#23.">23. SHRI
VISHWA NIKETAN</a></b></font></td>
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<b><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><a href="#23.">FOOD FOR
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a name="1.">1.</a> FESTIVALS:
GURU GOVIND SINGH JAYANTI</b>: Guru Gobind Singh was born on Paush Shukla
Saptami, Vikram Samvat 1723 in Patna, Bihar (17 January in 2024). His father,
the ninth Sikh Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded by Aurangzeb for not
accepting Islam in the year 1675 CE. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNrf0cAYkrVQYdCKI71SNym7S6QFur1ijQ0W8UIqB2Sy3NmO74mhOuQVa8QSgOvCsNh45X_BOCOwrD6u3KkRGPjNEuri1Dt1LO0TocTfLo2frAslDR_YH94BIVDZLYWIh3qn4uGQNEV8zopgTCGrf_8eN6asyEc5yu7HojautMQFhBLgFkKBrysAVGlZI/s253/download%20-%202023-12-30T180207.927.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="245" data-original-width="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNrf0cAYkrVQYdCKI71SNym7S6QFur1ijQ0W8UIqB2Sy3NmO74mhOuQVa8QSgOvCsNh45X_BOCOwrD6u3KkRGPjNEuri1Dt1LO0TocTfLo2frAslDR_YH94BIVDZLYWIh3qn4uGQNEV8zopgTCGrf_8eN6asyEc5yu7HojautMQFhBLgFkKBrysAVGlZI/s320/download%20-%202023-12-30T180207.927.jpeg"/></a></div>
In 1676 CE, Gobind Singh was declared the
tenth Guru of Sikhs on the day of Baisakhi when he was 9 years old. He founded
the Khalsa warrior community and also enshrined the Guru Granth Sahib as
Sikhism's primary holy religious scripture and the eternal Guru. He fought many
wars to protect Dharma. Guru Govind Singh’s four sons died during his lifetime –
two in battle and two executed by the Mughals. Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti is
celebrated across the world by visiting Gurudwaras, listening to holy Gurbani
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<b><a name="2.">2.</a> RSS SARSANGHCHALAK’S PROGRAMS</b>: Rashtriya Swayamsevak
Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat attended a day long “Poorvottar
Sant Manikanchan Sammelan – 2023” in Majuli, Assam on December 28. 104 spiritual
leaders from 48 satras in Assam and 37 religious institutions across the
northeastern states participated in it. The North Kamalabari Satra, known as the
holy “Land of Satras”, hosted the event after a gap of over five decades since
the Jorhat Sant Sammelan held in 1966. Dr. Mohan Bhagwat, in his address,
emphasised the intrinsic connection between a nation’s nature and its culture.
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On December 20, speaking at the Multilingual Literary Meet organised by Sikha
‘O’ Anusandhan University (SOA) in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, Dr Bhagwat said that
Bharat is the epicentre of world peace. He highlighted the pivotal role that
Bharat plays on the global stage, serving as a source of able leadership and
spiritual wisdom for nations around the world.<br>
Akhil Bharatiya Sahitya Parishad Nyas organised ‘Sarvbhasha Sahityakar Samman’
in Bhubaneshwar on December 20. On the ocasion Dr Mohan Bhagwat urged the nation
to embrace linguistic heritage and to use the term 'Bharat'. He also called for
embracing of mother tongues for genuine cultural respect and unity. 14 writers
of different Bharatiya languages were felicitated in the program. <br>
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Dr Mohan Bhagwat and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar inaugurated the
three-day event ‘Divine Spiritual Festival’ at Shri Harihar Ashram Kankhal in
Haridwar on December 24. It marks the completion of 25 years since Acharya
Mahamandaleshwar Swami Avdeshanand established Junakahara Acharya Peeth.
Addressing the gathering, Dr Bhagwat emphasised on the timeless nature of ‘Sanatana,’
stating, “Sanatana was there, is there, and will remain forever. The one that
remains is Sanatana.” <br>
On December 16, speaking at the conclusion of the golden jubilee function of
Kalyan Janata Sahakari Bank in Maharashtra, Dr Bhagwat said that it is the
responsibility of banks to identify the needs of the weaker sections and empower
them. <br>
RSS Sarsanghchalak paid tribute to Lokmanya Tilak on December 17. While
addressing the centenary year function of Tilak Memorial Mandir at Sangli, he
said that Lokmanya Tilak's thoughts in the country's interest were not only
inspirational then but now also. Dr. Bhagwat further said that while founding
RSS, the thoughts of Lokmanya Tilak were ideal for Dr Keshavrao Baliram Hegdewar.
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<b><a name="3.">3.</a> DATTATREYA HOSABALE HAILS NEW EDUCATION POLICY </b>: On
December 20, RSS Sarkaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale emphasized the transformative
impact of the new education policy on the country, saying a favourable
environment is being created due to the policy. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYtxWDWoASbvxXxDRr6RbyYnhO0z8HDVQ2heQ1YVCDR8acbLJOjWvwlADst-lellExA2Otlkj3mNqNFfyRkeIhsbApAUptl-EQdOG7hQnzaBkTbSC6te82qZh0APVDV0Z2thePTHNMlmyRQXKoh4kCT0WlKirgMhzBd0dGGzB7UoAT_dBkEPpb_ErLOcQ/s281/download%20-%202023-12-30T193735.244.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYtxWDWoASbvxXxDRr6RbyYnhO0z8HDVQ2heQ1YVCDR8acbLJOjWvwlADst-lellExA2Otlkj3mNqNFfyRkeIhsbApAUptl-EQdOG7hQnzaBkTbSC6te82qZh0APVDV0Z2thePTHNMlmyRQXKoh4kCT0WlKirgMhzBd0dGGzB7UoAT_dBkEPpb_ErLOcQ/s320/download%20-%202023-12-30T193735.244.jpeg"/></a></div> He was speaking at a meeting of
intellectuals at Jaipur. Speaking on the importance of education, he highlighted
the need for a Bharatiya-centric approach, aligning with the rich traditions of
the country. Hosabale expressed that education, rooted in traditional Bharatiya
knowledge addresses challenges in individual lives and fosters positive changes
in society, character building, and environmental protection.<br>
Rajasthan Assembly Speaker Vasudev Devnani and Dr Pankaj Mittal, general
secretary of the Indian Universities Association, also participated in the
event. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 8pt">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="4.">4.</a> DR KRISHNA GOPAL AFFIRMS NATIONALISM</b>: In a two-day
coordination committee meeting of Vividh Kshetra organsaitons held in Jammu, RSS
Sahsarkaryavah Dr Krishna Gopal emphasised the organisation’s commitment to
making Bharat a Vishwa Guru. The meeting, which began on December 16, discussed
many subjects, including the need to double the number of ‘Shakhas’ by 2025 in
anticipation of the RSS centenary celebrations.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV6iRnqll7Xm94b9jnCdnl-wGNaUFF4cIhmCdw0lYo473fRVxhXVMCXukdtL7UVmz-95EmWJIG8B5wmdto2pdimL5MFstW8Bc6OsMOKJJeb-I5BeFWJ8lRVn-auz5s3rkQzRJghfy0hoMSCR1vwxMDg4gqaUW1tg9icCJlnieAfW0qVvqxqYiO-4O41Fo/s450/download%20-%202023-12-30T193042.738.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="236" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV6iRnqll7Xm94b9jnCdnl-wGNaUFF4cIhmCdw0lYo473fRVxhXVMCXukdtL7UVmz-95EmWJIG8B5wmdto2pdimL5MFstW8Bc6OsMOKJJeb-I5BeFWJ8lRVn-auz5s3rkQzRJghfy0hoMSCR1vwxMDg4gqaUW1tg9icCJlnieAfW0qVvqxqYiO-4O41Fo/s320/download%20-%202023-12-30T193042.738.jpeg"/></a></div>
Dr Krishna Gopal urged to intensify public outreach across Jammu & Kashmir, and
said that nationalism is the core value of Sangh. He stressed upon the
importance of reaching every household in the Union Territory of J&K with the
message of Sangh. <br>
Acknowledging the expectations of the people from Sangh, he urged the
swayasevaks to collaborate closely with the Government to convey a strong
message that the people of J&K stand united against anti-national elements.
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<b><a name="5.">5.</a> VEER BAL DIWAS: </b>On December 26, addressing the event
to mark the martyrdom of the two sons of Sikh Guru Gobind Singh, Padhan Mantri
Narendra Modi said that ‘Veer Bal Diwas’ represents and symbolises a national
urge to safeguard and carry forward the idea of Bharatiyata. “This year,
America, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, the UAE and Greece have organised
programmes related to ‘Veer Bal Diwas’,” PM Modi added.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD-tnfkzgArhvyuXCsbWQ-PHH8NYXmxgo_t8fuDZjdDftpydXh8l0HkWNPSj2-TbNeZ5nSyyvEJ7IH973XOSmgwbiVw8dlNEOhHVuzZCvpTpUxWEwV6Wv8BFxswC6nIdTouzUtryyaX7gGC1-42rtXzOk4vDaQWUvcFR3a2VcSa1TmLRkFueNtFnnM4go/s477/download%20-%202023-12-30T192533.267.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="477" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD-tnfkzgArhvyuXCsbWQ-PHH8NYXmxgo_t8fuDZjdDftpydXh8l0HkWNPSj2-TbNeZ5nSyyvEJ7IH973XOSmgwbiVw8dlNEOhHVuzZCvpTpUxWEwV6Wv8BFxswC6nIdTouzUtryyaX7gGC1-42rtXzOk4vDaQWUvcFR3a2VcSa1TmLRkFueNtFnnM4go/s320/download%20-%202023-12-30T192533.267.jpeg"/></a></div>
PM Modi on the day of the Prakash Purab of Guru Gobind Singh, on January 9,
2022, had declared that<br>
December 26 will be marked as ‘Veer Baal Diwas’ to pay homage to the courage of
the ‘Sahibzades’. Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri
also paid tribute to the valour of the Guru’s sons. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 8pt">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="6.">6.</a> SECOND EDITION OF KASHI TAMIL SANGAMAM: </b>Pradhan
Mantri Narendra Modi inaugurated the second edition of Kashi Tamil Sangamam (KTS)
at Namo Ghat in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi on December 17. Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Yogi Adityanath, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, and other leaders
were also present during the inauguration. "Coming to Kashi from Tamil Nadu
means coming from one home of Mahadev to another. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpIc7r2RSpVQYzAgyVFahJPsf_WFSrcoUUji4yvoV6VTtn-0U1DW6dd-ImOiIg71TL5DxApcSwWIDwj0ndqNYio2C7szfJZY3xjCfimOQ8Bvdvk4guyeewbki4s-KHiE4A3mEk6ppCgT1_fl2KsYfX8aMMj-BLlV6Wm7zAHqN2Qj90EBtdoi2SF5NXZKw/s1200/ANI-Kashi-Modi1702834484347.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpIc7r2RSpVQYzAgyVFahJPsf_WFSrcoUUji4yvoV6VTtn-0U1DW6dd-ImOiIg71TL5DxApcSwWIDwj0ndqNYio2C7szfJZY3xjCfimOQ8Bvdvk4guyeewbki4s-KHiE4A3mEk6ppCgT1_fl2KsYfX8aMMj-BLlV6Wm7zAHqN2Qj90EBtdoi2SF5NXZKw/s320/ANI-Kashi-Modi1702834484347.jpg"/></a></div> There is a link between the
hearts of people from Kashi and Tamil Nadu. When you return, you will take back
the culture, taste, and memories of Kashi with you," he said, adding that the
Sangamam strengthens the concept of 'Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat'. Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also addressed the audience at the event. This
year, the campaign was held from December 17–31 and witnessed the participation
of 1,400 dignitaries from Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 8pt">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="7.">7.</a> HSS UK PARLIAMENT WEEK ACTIVITY: </b>On November 3, HSS
UK announced their involvement in the UK Parliament Week (UKPW). This year's
event, now in its 7th year, was hosted at The Grange Academy in Watford & Bushey. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8HvOXC5Q1ooBvVsPmwNklZICK__n7dVQeIAKs3hShJEGrOLipflbdgajf4Mnxp5NS0JSwnWFFReXLNeYnPCIqs0g8-ng627l_4Oo9320hsfoyE6RSjpR29Cl2uNM9b4jUIf_iEmJFTVmESYd9OnkVGDNxJELTquJLX-PCEFsyc3-QpAp_CFmVhkwWh4M/s1600/405467672_752828383539273_1969414217714773868_n.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8HvOXC5Q1ooBvVsPmwNklZICK__n7dVQeIAKs3hShJEGrOLipflbdgajf4Mnxp5NS0JSwnWFFReXLNeYnPCIqs0g8-ng627l_4Oo9320hsfoyE6RSjpR29Cl2uNM9b4jUIf_iEmJFTVmESYd9OnkVGDNxJELTquJLX-PCEFsyc3-QpAp_CFmVhkwWh4M/s320/405467672_752828383539273_1969414217714773868_n.jpg"/></a></div>
A key highlight this year was the presentation of the HSS UK Impact Storybook, a
compilation of HSS UK's contributions and experiences, which has been shared
with The House of Commons, House of Lords, and The Speaker's Office.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCTz52eHhI6L0cNbZjKKxItI0P9cKR1I9ARddCXxPdVo8ecPlEb_bbxryjJ_AoliYFSux9hCbIWE3jnBug8WyLRNoobVyVI22R3jCrVOwfygSw5ZUUoQzG8adfub9jfe5jw_z1ChNdweFdD5fbK1GbilKBFcY26D9pU8tC1flD5lh3P3jzQDzGIa5ER_g/s600/n.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCTz52eHhI6L0cNbZjKKxItI0P9cKR1I9ARddCXxPdVo8ecPlEb_bbxryjJ_AoliYFSux9hCbIWE3jnBug8WyLRNoobVyVI22R3jCrVOwfygSw5ZUUoQzG8adfub9jfe5jw_z1ChNdweFdD5fbK1GbilKBFcY26D9pU8tC1flD5lh3P3jzQDzGIa5ER_g/s320/n.jpg"/></a></div>
Nottingham Shakha HSS UK celebrated UKPW with engaging debates expertly
moderated by MP Ruth Edwards and Councillor Hetvi Parekh. Ashton HSS Shakha
swayamsevak Prem Raghvani, addressed the 13th sitting of the Youth Parliament in
the UK Commons Chamber. His speech focused on the vital topic of 'Food for
Learning.' Prem emphasized the inadequate provision of suitable food for Hindus,
shedding light on a pressing issue. His advocacy sparks crucial conversations on
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<b><a name="8.">8.</a> USA DIWALI FOOD DRIVE: </b>During the month of December,
aided by active participation from children of various South Windsor schools,
three nonprofit organizations spearheaded a remarkable food drive in celebration
of Diwali, the Festival of Lights. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9YYhHJPYsTAUeQCF301SNEZibO_COZ40zukFNL8AtlFGkTtZEWrQW8v-g3dh_Tx-d-Fnsbgu8DGv8jLSKVR40YSgfnErDAgiYSXNfdmE9Ayop7siwWJhtwahoqCvTwLYfWCb0BvyBtNYm7Fq3Ri8NeDdsdsH5rH9cgxnMWUT8OT3_GMj5EbH1AkIjB0U/s625/15870009823322655842.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="326" data-original-width="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9YYhHJPYsTAUeQCF301SNEZibO_COZ40zukFNL8AtlFGkTtZEWrQW8v-g3dh_Tx-d-Fnsbgu8DGv8jLSKVR40YSgfnErDAgiYSXNfdmE9Ayop7siwWJhtwahoqCvTwLYfWCb0BvyBtNYm7Fq3Ri8NeDdsdsH5rH9cgxnMWUT8OT3_GMj5EbH1AkIjB0U/s320/15870009823322655842.jpeg"/></a></div> The goal was to embrace the holiday's spirit
of joy, light and generosity by donating food to ‘Hands on Hartford’, a
nonprofit serving the Greater Hartford area. The team collected over 1,500
pounds of items, including breakfast cereals, pasta, canned goods, rice and
other household necessities as part of ‘SewaDiwali’. South Windsor High School
freshman Om Chakraborty said, "I was proud to be part of serving such a great
cause. The experience taught me firsthand how a small effort with a big heart
can uplift spirits."<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi722Kym4MBBp9C1uWDU7U8K27BJWCsdBouFo2k45Q-v1YFkyhPfE3HfHxY6nQWMf5AiUCsYns3smG7Uvuh-qmvKkBlPdm9C2Rh_30jXyi6dfEiDqQAOcqQO-4Kj7ngK4Ajhj6eDhJorivUO1b85GwdXnvwp-59hN_7FQc7Vviu6zCMdCN4uGD6LQK56FU/s500/6820834641949323606.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi722Kym4MBBp9C1uWDU7U8K27BJWCsdBouFo2k45Q-v1YFkyhPfE3HfHxY6nQWMf5AiUCsYns3smG7Uvuh-qmvKkBlPdm9C2Rh_30jXyi6dfEiDqQAOcqQO-4Kj7ngK4Ajhj6eDhJorivUO1b85GwdXnvwp-59hN_7FQc7Vviu6zCMdCN4uGD6LQK56FU/s320/6820834641949323606.jpeg"/></a></div>
The Alameda County team collected 6500+ lbs of food locally that was distributed
to various organizations like the Alameda County Food Bank, Tri-City Volunteers
Fremont, Milpitas Food Pantry, Burmese Refugee community in Oakland, and to many
families in need directly through local schools of Fremont Unified School
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<b><a name="9.">9.</a> SEWA TT'S 4TH CLOTHING RECYCLE DRIVE: </b>Sewa
International Trinidad and Tobago (TT) on December 1 concluded its 4th Clothing
Recycle Drive, marking a significant milestone in community service. The event
garnered remarkable support, with over 40,000 clothing items donated, totalling
an impressive weight of over 23,000 lbs. Notably only 10 percent clothes were
identified for scrapping, underlining the community's commitment to sustainable
practices.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQYpvt_KHcB8LJHDxpqf80jZP3sMyKsrfcXQ1FwhvXM5n2jz4474cpU3MACl_aTb-0ZXLyva41HmrJIQ_KcQalnt9U_eKfcf5YZE4rjhtFLgzar7zwQs5ms6XNTvxY2I5Cj0ww_mZgIVTOtFReqD00EXKeeX9caZxsSmn6ZImz81KBUtnzpF8TCD6jAM/s1600/pasted%20image%200.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQYpvt_KHcB8LJHDxpqf80jZP3sMyKsrfcXQ1FwhvXM5n2jz4474cpU3MACl_aTb-0ZXLyva41HmrJIQ_KcQalnt9U_eKfcf5YZE4rjhtFLgzar7zwQs5ms6XNTvxY2I5Cj0ww_mZgIVTOtFReqD00EXKeeX9caZxsSmn6ZImz81KBUtnzpF8TCD6jAM/s320/pasted%20image%200.png"/></a></div>
The generous donations came from a diverse group of over 500 donors, reflecting
a broad network of support. Volunteers played a crucial role in the success of
the Clothing Recycle Drive, dedicating two weeks to meticulously organize the
donations. Recipients were selected through partnerships with key institutions
such as the T&T Police Service, T&T Fire Service, Member of Parliament Offices,
and Local Government Councillors, etc. <br>
The collective efforts of Sewa International TT, all donors, volunteers, and
partner institutions made the 4th Clothing Recycle Drive a resounding success,
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<b><a name="10.">10.</a> SEWA INTERNATIONAL UK'S RICKSHAW RUN 2023: </b>Some
streets and highways in Bharat recently witnessed an extraordinary sight – a
convoy of 36 autos, driven by foreigners, moving in unison. This captivating
scene was part of the Rickshaw Run campaign organized by Sewa International UK,
a global non-profit dedicated to raising over ₹5 Crores for the construction of
a hospital for underprivileged children, benefiting 500+ villages in Uttar
Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLfvRiXpr0htwg5s4cEb5YgSPw_9o0EtYq1ZwbCvTBkzJo9kHO8BMbSTLzYno-vwdizSjH-NGMDF2DEZ5LVKUGVRsPRfdA41Dz9xr0C4z3Fqn5VL326xW-Swjo-pt2ETY2v50dzmTE-YdIt1Mt1OOXlAgk8Lm3G_lIX_BUoUQTQCRW4GoDjzZ7kckbNqI/s480/download%20-%202023-12-30T185216.222.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="269" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLfvRiXpr0htwg5s4cEb5YgSPw_9o0EtYq1ZwbCvTBkzJo9kHO8BMbSTLzYno-vwdizSjH-NGMDF2DEZ5LVKUGVRsPRfdA41Dz9xr0C4z3Fqn5VL326xW-Swjo-pt2ETY2v50dzmTE-YdIt1Mt1OOXlAgk8Lm3G_lIX_BUoUQTQCRW4GoDjzZ7kckbNqI/s320/download%20-%202023-12-30T185216.222.jpeg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8uQvChDoXfDe25_Mdp-9JHRdRj43Mff0lop16bSjSLOzaLuJuh8ZIB6cY_irmVVcg6R55PlAua4nkdu-2iV7NWnQlsS1CU3eHEELN2xCgUAoZOwPTCe9pnCR73841nym9iO_ME4G5zAzgrYG_cu4EIzGIlRe9QOHlObz8aTFbVI48P0goc2PNoqxagks/s391/download%20-%202023-12-30T185222.989.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="217" data-original-width="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8uQvChDoXfDe25_Mdp-9JHRdRj43Mff0lop16bSjSLOzaLuJuh8ZIB6cY_irmVVcg6R55PlAua4nkdu-2iV7NWnQlsS1CU3eHEELN2xCgUAoZOwPTCe9pnCR73841nym9iO_ME4G5zAzgrYG_cu4EIzGIlRe9QOHlObz8aTFbVI48P0goc2PNoqxagks/s320/download%20-%202023-12-30T185222.989.jpeg"/></a></div>
Scheduled from December 10 to 23, the Rickshaw Run involved 108 self-funded
participants from 4 countries (UK, Australia, Kenya, USA) and a dedicated
support team, all motivated by a shared spirit of philanthropy and adventure.
Covering a challenging route from Chitrakoot to Kutch spanning over 2000
kilometres, the run raised crucial funds and awareness for Sewa International
UK's project – building a new dental hospital in Chitrakoot.<br>
Bharat Vadukul, the general secretary of Sewa International UK said, “The
purpose of Rickshaw Run is to support capital expenditure in social development
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<b><a name="11.">11.</a> HINDU AMERICANS ORGANISE RALLY TO CELEBRATE AYODHYA RAM
MANDIR ‘PRAN PRATISHTHA’: </b>To celebrate the upcoming Pran Pratishtha of the
Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, Hindu Americans led by Vishwa Hindu Parishad, America,
organised a mini car and bike rally at the Shri Bhakta Anjaneya Temple, Maryland
on December 16.The event took place in the street named ‘Ayodhya Way’, where the
car riders rode on to celebrate the grand ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony. Many Hindu
Americans from different age groups–ranging from as small as 10 to as old as
over 70, and from different backgrounds from various Bharatiya states joined to
celebrate the inauguration of the temple. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgA6RbVY5wqbhOTHpJJdzDzYgxmZ2XCK6edX7iTURbXQUy-qfGCn9JiX0JAB9zZyPcb48_wPTgovaqI9MMee4yCjMskkNKC0rtpFOgi_PLvCZZ0v-Mkssmvhb2r0r6Rebnnj9O8tlwFc6KYSYvZ8fuYwPceAvH3xpsKGfzs39-t4wslR1u9zXAGzlPxO4/s389/download%20-%202023-12-30T190208.726.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgA6RbVY5wqbhOTHpJJdzDzYgxmZ2XCK6edX7iTURbXQUy-qfGCn9JiX0JAB9zZyPcb48_wPTgovaqI9MMee4yCjMskkNKC0rtpFOgi_PLvCZZ0v-Mkssmvhb2r0r6Rebnnj9O8tlwFc6KYSYvZ8fuYwPceAvH3xpsKGfzs39-t4wslR1u9zXAGzlPxO4/s320/download%20-%202023-12-30T190208.726.jpeg"/></a></div>
One of the organisers of the event, Mahendra Sapa, President of the Vishwa Hindu
Parishad of America DC chapter, said that on the occasion of Ram Mandir’s
inauguration, they are organising a historic celebration in the Washington DC
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<b><a name="12.">12.</a> 55-FEET HANUMAN JI STATUE TO BE INSTALLED AT CANADA:
</b>In a landmark development, Canada is set to unveil the tallest depiction of
a Hindu deity, a towering 55-foot Hanuman statue, in April. <br>
Crafted by the renowned Rajasthan sculptor Naresh Kumawat and funded by the
local temple administration, the statue will be officially revealed at the Hindu
Sabha Mandir in Brampton, coinciding with the celebration of Hanuman Jayanti on
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<b><a name="13.">13.</a> QATAR REDUCES SENTENCE OF IMPRISONED FORMER INDIAN NAVY
PERSONNEL: </b>On December 28, the Qatar Court commuted the death penalty
sentence of eight ex-Indian naval officers it had arrested in Ocotber 2022 in
the Dahra Global case, Ministry of External Affairs said in a press statement.
The sentence has now been reduced to jail terms. Describing the judgment,
Ministry of External Affairs said, "We have noted the verdict today of the Court
of Appeal of Qatar in the Dahra Global case, in which the sentences have been
reduced." The eight Bharatiya nationals have been imprisoned in Qatar since
October 2022 and were accused of allegedly spying on a submarine programme.
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<b><a name="14.">14.</a> DALAI LAMA INAUGURATES FIRST INTERNATIONAL SANGHA FORUM
IN BODHGAYA: </b>His Holiness Dalai Lama inaugurated the 3-day International
Sangha Forum 2023 on Bridging Traditions, “Embracing Modernity: A Dialogue on
the Buddha’s Teaching in Today’s World” on December 20. It was jointly organised
by the Office of the Dalai Lama and the International Buddhist Confederation at
International Convention Centre in Bodhgaya. On the occasion His Holiness said,
“If you wish to help others, you need to discipline your own mind. I ask my
Dharma friends to take this to heart. I was born in far-off north-east Tibet and
was brought to Lhasa to study as a small child. Now I can feel the impact these
practices have had on me, which is why I’m able to share them with you. I urge
you to reflect on bodhichitta and the wisdom understanding emptiness.”<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgukDW5r4gLa6qW88NdL1cG8DWS2eaJJ1vSRXoabh_Hj8Ly3Z92UKN-i0ss4fmHqrHylUQkMZ94LQ4oIF0FqcLzSaGlBHe2pNpLvQUTXLsg1PW0rhBuM5D0D5f_7hH_XFXyejylv33ETzXSgc5Bj5kgOXdc4L1wb93i8DX5h-mJKy6N6ABCQSfv5lKWDqQ/s389/download%20-%202023-12-30T190728.475.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgukDW5r4gLa6qW88NdL1cG8DWS2eaJJ1vSRXoabh_Hj8Ly3Z92UKN-i0ss4fmHqrHylUQkMZ94LQ4oIF0FqcLzSaGlBHe2pNpLvQUTXLsg1PW0rhBuM5D0D5f_7hH_XFXyejylv33ETzXSgc5Bj5kgOXdc4L1wb93i8DX5h-mJKy6N6ABCQSfv5lKWDqQ/s320/download%20-%202023-12-30T190728.475.jpeg"/></a></div>
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu, an invitees to the forum, said
that he felt privileged to be invited by the organisers. The event witnessed the
coming together of practitioners of the Pali traditions of the Southeast and
South Asian countries of India, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Sri Lanka,
Bangladesh and Indonesia, as well as those of the Sanskrit tradition from Tibet,
Bhutan, Nepal, Vietnam, China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Russia, Mongolia and other
parts of the world.<br>
Last year, around 5,000 monks and nuns from around the world, had gathered in
Bodh Gaya for the 18th International Tipitaka Chanting Programme, from December
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<b><a name="15.">15.</a> PRERNA VIMARSH 2023: </b>The three-day Prerana Media
Discourse 2023 inaugurated on December 15, featured insightful discussions on
Bharat’s identity, culture, and the profound impact of Hindutva. RSS Akhil
Bharatiya Sampark Pramukh Ram Lal delivered the keynote address, emphasising the
significance of understanding Bharat through the lens of ‘Swa’ and Dharma. He
underscored that Hindutva symbolises Bharat’s unity, culture, and religion. He
urged the audience to delve into the study of Bharat rather than merely
observing it, highlighting the interconnectedness of ‘Swa’ and Dharma in
comprehending the essence of this great nation. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3hyjTDDq4T_QsXp3la7_wN3dBSY-pc5IITRX857-ren-2z0MvQJViphqzrykkkVtKZ5KZznYAnFkty7hMxBDuRb-1EgEF16O0E0ZxjE3xchcAXOIHHNexx2VMlZ-OWyIacwS3fKi6hpQ7TYU5nARaZXZHe7emSbMAYS0RM-4aVAJQsxNuLruc7yCVAQ/s845/-71585_4.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="845" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3hyjTDDq4T_QsXp3la7_wN3dBSY-pc5IITRX857-ren-2z0MvQJViphqzrykkkVtKZ5KZznYAnFkty7hMxBDuRb-1EgEF16O0E0ZxjE3xchcAXOIHHNexx2VMlZ-OWyIacwS3fKi6hpQ7TYU5nARaZXZHe7emSbMAYS0RM-4aVAJQsxNuLruc7yCVAQ/s320/-71585_4.jpg"/></a></div>
The event featured a literature festival and an exhibition. The exhibition, a
highlight of the event, showcased the historical, cultural, social,
technological, women’s empowerment, and journalistic heritage of Bharat. Prerna
Vimarsh 2023 was concluded with unveiling a special edition of Prerana Vichar
Patrika, titled ‘Swa Bharat Ka Atmabodh,’, focusing on fostering self-awareness
of ‘Swa’ Bharat. Renowned Publication & Media Houses and distinguished
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<b><a name="16.">16.</a> PUNE BOOK FESTIVAL: </b>Bharat's largest book fair "Pune
Book Festival", was digitally partnered by News Bharati & organized by National
Book Trust of India from December 16-24 at Fergusson College Pune. This Book
Festival has garnered exceptional attention and success, achieving a
record-breaking turnover of approximately 11 crores resulting in the sale of
eight and a half lakh copies of books. This remarkable accomplishment has set a
new standard for book festivals, recording four world records related to books
and reading.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPl825sufPcM6iAy7fePwYgErXC7BWK9qNdvZXztG40ZqQ1DFof_yM2lbGttNWt4DmAY2yG944ur9aOxMe1dvyax8AqRIBaN5x8ECPt3N84JHCkvtSaCZSfXe-O1rLr6WQu3X7CyXZgM-SmKjf5Y3qN2XXlNJLkBauR7XKBmKzeOfof4FvArSigtgtlhg/s600/Sunil-Ambekar-2023-Pune.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPl825sufPcM6iAy7fePwYgErXC7BWK9qNdvZXztG40ZqQ1DFof_yM2lbGttNWt4DmAY2yG944ur9aOxMe1dvyax8AqRIBaN5x8ECPt3N84JHCkvtSaCZSfXe-O1rLr6WQu3X7CyXZgM-SmKjf5Y3qN2XXlNJLkBauR7XKBmKzeOfof4FvArSigtgtlhg/s320/Sunil-Ambekar-2023-Pune.jpg"/></a></div>
On December 19, a Marathi book titled 'Vyatha Hindustanchya Phalnichi,' authored
by Dr. Girish Aphale was launched in the presence of RSS Akhil Bharatiya Prachar
Pramukh Sunil Ambekar. <br>
On the occasion Ambekar emphasized the crucial need to make the citizens of
Bharat, especially the younger generation, aware about the history of the
partition of Bharat. "To do this, there is need of many writers and literature,"
Ambekar opined.<br>
Ambekar also stressed the urgency of presenting the historical narrative through
literature to bridge the knowledge gap, asserting that many writers must come
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<b><a name="17.">17.</a> BHARAT PAYS IN RUPEES FOR CRUDE OIL PURCHASED FROM UAE:
</b>In a historic development, Bharat’s Indian Oil Corporation (OIC) has
executed its first-ever payment in rupees for crude oil acquired from the Abu
Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) UAE, marking a significant step in its
efforts to promote the Bharatiya currency. With over 85 percent of its oil
requirements met through imports, Bharat has strategically pursued a
three-pronged approach. This strategy involves sourcing oil from the most
cost-effective suppliers, diversifying its supplier base, and complying with
international obligations. This milestone not only strengthens economic ties
between India and the UAE but also sets a precedent for future transactions in
local currencies. Some of the Russian oil imports too have been settled in
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<b><a name="18.">18.</a> BHARAT’S UMA SEKHAR GETS ELECTED TO GOVERNING COUNCIL
OF UNIDROIT IN HISTORIC VICTORY: </b>Bharat’s first woman candidate, Uma Sekhar,
was elected to the Governing Council of the International Institute for the
Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) on December 14. According to the sources,
the candidates from Russia, the USA and China failed to win positions on the
governing council. There were 32 contestants in the fray, including those from
the USA, China, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, France, and others.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigQ3294yXYUZUMOipI4Ubor91iUPjS9uefpEAScsdr0PuCRp59BdTVzl6-nQsRgTxkdEBxUs1ahnjpYhEe3Su_9TbDtFbSLnANrph8G9DapIgtvclUeAaL9In45eQ5qU8XmxdxfWlMaoa3__hhjeQNtT3es9FNyOOmmn6qYKK5Nx5Pbkcrj5Loa21OieU/s372/download%20-%202023-12-30T191916.636.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="229" data-original-width="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigQ3294yXYUZUMOipI4Ubor91iUPjS9uefpEAScsdr0PuCRp59BdTVzl6-nQsRgTxkdEBxUs1ahnjpYhEe3Su_9TbDtFbSLnANrph8G9DapIgtvclUeAaL9In45eQ5qU8XmxdxfWlMaoa3__hhjeQNtT3es9FNyOOmmn6qYKK5Nx5Pbkcrj5Loa21OieU/s320/download%20-%202023-12-30T191916.636.jpeg"/></a></div>
Uma Sekhar was elected to the Governing Council of the International Institute
for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) with 45 votes out of 59 votes in
the first round at the elections held in Rome, Italy. In order to be elected to
the Governing Council, 21 votes were required. Bharat will be a member of the
Governing Council for the period 2024-28.<br>
Following the election of Bharat to the governing council of UNIDROIT, the
Embassy of Bharat in Rome said that it is a privilege to be a part of
organisation’s policy making process. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 8pt">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="19.">19.</a> BHARAT TOPS GLOBAL REMITTANCE CHARTS AT $125 BN IN
2023: </b>The World Bank's latest Migration and Development Brief reveals
Bharat's significant position as the top remittance recipient. The Middle East
and North Africa saw a decline in remittance flows for the second consecutive
year, mainly driven by a sharp drop in flows to Egypt.<br>
Remittance flows to Europe and Central Asia also decreased by 1.4 per cent after
a significant gain in 2022. Bharat retained its position as the largest
recipient of remittances, with an estimated USD125 billion in 2023. This
underscores the crucial role played by the Bharatvansis in supporting families
and contributing to the country's economic resilience. The top five remittance
recipient countries include Mexico (USD 67 billion), China (USD 50 billion), the
Philippines (USD 40 billion), and Egypt (USD 24 billion). </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 8pt">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="20.">20.</a> LEIF ERIKSON LUNAR PRIZE AWARDED TO ISRO FOR
CHANDRAYAAN-3 ADVANCEMENT: </b>The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has
been bestowed with the esteemed Leif Erikson Lunar Prize by the Husavik Museum. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPtjC2PGziOW8O-3yX_zOSON5C8WiOh3ndQ-g1ZJr1iPkt32eN4-RvAHxeKyKus6kco0hCpspzBJ8Taz2xi_VGoL-j00KsWw71gFrIZnlifJ3TZ_gTYHtdXN5_aRCFNsx0p6TEIvivsEwR69JjH3qbTc9-BXTbuhBbAFaedMhNhENp9fSEEN7U4FJQX00/s390/download%20-%202023-12-30T193829.340.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="218" data-original-width="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPtjC2PGziOW8O-3yX_zOSON5C8WiOh3ndQ-g1ZJr1iPkt32eN4-RvAHxeKyKus6kco0hCpspzBJ8Taz2xi_VGoL-j00KsWw71gFrIZnlifJ3TZ_gTYHtdXN5_aRCFNsx0p6TEIvivsEwR69JjH3qbTc9-BXTbuhBbAFaedMhNhENp9fSEEN7U4FJQX00/s320/download%20-%202023-12-30T193829.340.jpeg"/></a></div>
On December 19, the Bharatiya Embassy in Iceland shared this news through a post
on X (previously Twitter): “Husavik Museum awards the Leif Erikson Lunar Prize
to ISRO for their unwavering commitment to advancing lunar exploration and
contributing to the understanding of celestial mysteries through Chandrayaan3.”
Bharatiya Ambassador Balasubramanian Shyam accepted the prestigious prize on
behalf of ISRO, with ISRO Chairman Mr. S. Somanath expressing gratitude through
Ambassador Shyam. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 8pt">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="21.">21.</a> AFTER 76 YEARS BHARAT GETS IT'S OWN LAW: </b>Replacing
the colonial-era codes Bharat gets its own criminal laws as the Rashtrapati
Droupadi Murmu has given her assent for the three recently passed criminal
justice bills -Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha
(Second) Sanhita, and Bharatiya Saksha (Second) Bill. It should be noted the
Bharat took 76 years to gets its own law.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9xFr4_xmJ52BhUpBUBSayOPoRgUKk13fN9wzzfFBvs8iiYcZjUzLXscPDwMxXVkKswzhQmDTKz4j4mf-ircKH7O-xd9Nt1pk7DU75EL4h43QV-_1NqnNGtw8wFSZKW43XtaLHsqUpkbReuTWki4y-EDbTgxXSjtSgeghonpaUQYFwDgALTrdX208cD_0/s259/download%20-%202023-12-30T173957.442.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9xFr4_xmJ52BhUpBUBSayOPoRgUKk13fN9wzzfFBvs8iiYcZjUzLXscPDwMxXVkKswzhQmDTKz4j4mf-ircKH7O-xd9Nt1pk7DU75EL4h43QV-_1NqnNGtw8wFSZKW43XtaLHsqUpkbReuTWki4y-EDbTgxXSjtSgeghonpaUQYFwDgALTrdX208cD_0/s320/download%20-%202023-12-30T173957.442.jpeg"/></a></div>
The Criminal Bill, 2023, and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 were passed by
both Houses of the Parliament on December 23 during the Winter session .<br>
Home Minister Amit Shah said while tabling the bills in Upper House, "I feel
proud that for the first time, Bharat's Parliament is framing laws for the
country's criminal justice system that have a purely Bharatiya soul, body and
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<b><a name="22.">22.</a> DRDO SUCCESSFULLY FLIGHT TESTS INDIGENOUS HIGH-SPEED
FLYING-WING UAV GHATAK: </b>On December 15, the Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) has effectively showcased the flight trial of the Autonomous
Flying Wing Technology Demonstrator, a domestically produced high-speed flying
wing UAV at the Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) in Chitradurga, <br>
This technology demonstrator has been developed for Bharat's stealth combat
drone called Ghatak. The successful flight in a tailless configuration has
propelled Bharat into the prestigious group of nations that have perfected the
controls for the Flying wing configuration.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDxJuveg9qhBQX5fCZpvbn8GrVyW7znuTrAV0-SdG7Z6VvMdIAW1SIIN83aD0P95QB675Kuvqvws3W9MOLFm_rV5Ix6LSRECaugmpOxfHfzeIwbPGlPxgH-Ajj0F6cqWU0Yr-i1rjxakQIKMEqjHrcIhyE4g1rjWyoR2jzG1P_aBSQUxpzhV-i3x8i_G0/s318/download%20-%202023-12-30T174051.618.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="159" data-original-width="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDxJuveg9qhBQX5fCZpvbn8GrVyW7znuTrAV0-SdG7Z6VvMdIAW1SIIN83aD0P95QB675Kuvqvws3W9MOLFm_rV5Ix6LSRECaugmpOxfHfzeIwbPGlPxgH-Ajj0F6cqWU0Yr-i1rjxakQIKMEqjHrcIhyE4g1rjWyoR2jzG1P_aBSQUxpzhV-i3x8i_G0/s320/download%20-%202023-12-30T174051.618.jpeg"/></a></div>
The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) was engineered and brought to life by the
Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) under the DRDO. Its inaugural
flight was successfully conducted in July 2022, and since then, it has undergone
six flight trials in diverse developmental configurations, utilising two
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<b>FOOD FOR THOUGHT:</b> “Whoever has come, shall depart; all shall have their
turn.” <i>– Guru Nanak Dev ji</i> </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 8pt">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700">JAI SHRI RAM <br>
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RECLAIMING HINDU RELIGIOUS PLACES </font></p>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700"> Prafulla
Goradia</font></p>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt">Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while
inaugurating the Swarveda Temple in Varanasi on December 18, right called for
the restoration of cultural symbols hit by invading tyrants. The Babri edifice
at Ayodhya was arguably the beginning of such a reconstruction.The poet Allama
Iqbal had called Lord Rama “Imam-e-Hind”, and yet it took Hindus 45 years after
independence before making a serious attempt to recover His birthplace. Whereas
a proud and self-respecting nation should have retrieved within three or four
years of becoming free. That the Hindus did not display their pride early enough
was not only a case of delayed recovery but also a matter of poor
communication.That the Muslims did not hand over the birthplace of Ramachandra
meant that they did not realize how serious a matter it was for the Hindus. The
latter have seldom communicated that to them, a temple is a residence of the
divine. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-0ONPU3fNGnXkXCFd_4SZvoyxS-6bHU-n7p7DAAfMUWPJNoPeW4Zy4zUzaWZ0ooDGTBtSqm5OzhtgrBctg_o2rud6DH4d1Zjas_Vn8FC4dEurU4EtrXJaDWoYxJawjV3W_y2ZEOjelIOBlotA2LbqsIpP3Pgo1a81LPFyHP2HDwp-lZFrCREJ2Bhyphenhyphenb04/s1000/reclaiming.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-0ONPU3fNGnXkXCFd_4SZvoyxS-6bHU-n7p7DAAfMUWPJNoPeW4Zy4zUzaWZ0ooDGTBtSqm5OzhtgrBctg_o2rud6DH4d1Zjas_Vn8FC4dEurU4EtrXJaDWoYxJawjV3W_y2ZEOjelIOBlotA2LbqsIpP3Pgo1a81LPFyHP2HDwp-lZFrCREJ2Bhyphenhyphenb04/s320/reclaiming.jpg"/></a></div>
It is far more sacred than a mosque or church, which are only prayer
halls. They can be shifted about without causing outrage. In fact, in Europe,
churches are known to be even sold. A big church in Leicestershire was sold to
the local Jain community, which then replaced it with its temple.Prophet Moses
on Mount Sinai, while delivering his ten commandments, clearly stated: “Thee
shall have no gravel image of thy Lord the god”. Moses also commanded: “Thee
shall not take the name of thy Lord the God in vain”. Whereby, he asked the Jews
not to expect to try to mingle with the divine in any way.It is in this spirit
that Islam does not permit the making of any statue or image. This means a
prohibition of what is normally referred to as spirituality. It is in this vein
that neither a synagogue; nor a church or mosque is considered a residence of
the divine. Not many Muslims realize that when a temple is desecrated a Hindu is
mortally hurt, unlike the demolition of a prayer hall. Surely, a Hindu must
clarify this, loud and clear. Instead, he prefers to indulge in litigation and
long legal battles.Well before demanding Partition, Mohammad Ali Jinnah had made
it clear to all Indians that Hindus and Muslims cannot co-exist in the same
country. In March 1940, he told the Muslim League members at Lahore:
Notwithstanding a thousand years of close contact, nationalities, which are as
divergent today as ever, cannot at any time be expected to be transformed into
one nation merely by the method of subjecting them to a democratic constitution
and holding them forcibly together by the unnatural and artificial means of a
British parliamentary statute. What the unitary government of India had failed
to achieve in 150 years cannot be realized by the imposition of a central
federal government. It is inconceivable that the fiat or the writ of a
government so constituted can ever command willing and loyal obedience
throughout the subcontinent by various nationalities, except using the armed
force behind it.It is extremely difficult to appreciate why our Hindu friends
fail to understand the real nature of Islam and Hinduism. They are not religions
in the strict sense of the word, but are, in fact, different and distinct social
orders. It is a dream that the Hindus and Muslims can ever evolve a common
nationality. This notion of one Indian nation has gone far beyond the limits and
is the cause of most of our troubles and will lead India to destruction if we
fail to revise this misconception in time.<br>
The Hindus and Muslims have different religious philosophies, social customs and
literature. They neither intermarry nor interdine and, indeed, they belong to
two different civilizations which are based mainly on conflicting ideas and
conceptions. Their views on life and of life are different. It is also quite
clear that Hindus and Muslims derive their inspiration, from different sources
of history. They have different epics and different heroes in different
episodes. Very often the hero of one is a foe of the other and likewise, their
victories and defeats overlap. To yoke together two such nations under a single
state, one a numerical minority and the other a majority must lead to growing
discontent and the final destruction of any fabric that may be so built up for
the government of such a state.As the rush of Hindu refugees from East Bengal
after Partition was continually rising, even till 1948, Dr Syama Prasad Mookerji
accompanied by Dr Rajkumari Amrit Kaur rushed to see Gandhi. Their mission was
to appeal to the great man to accept Jinnah’s proposal for an exchange of
populations. Gandhi rejected this appeal categorically by stating that Partition
was on ‘territorial’ lines and not on ‘religious’ grounds. What an astounding
thing to say! As a result, most Hindu leaders were hesitant in telling the
people that Pakistan was for Muslims and Hindustan was for others. This meant
that all communal issues stood settled and India was now predominantly a Hindu
country. On the contrary, the repeated use of the word ‘secular’ has confused
Muslims to this day. They, therefore, do not feel embarrassed at holding on to
sacred properties that were wrongly and forcibly acquired from the Hindus.
Didn’t the Hindus tail to communicate clearly and properly?<br>
(The writer is a well-known columnist, an author and a former member of the
Rajya Sabha. The views expressed are personal) https://www.dailypioneer.com/2023/columnists/reclaiming-hindu-religious-places.html
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#1.">1.
FESTIVALS: MAKAR SANKRANTI</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#2.">2.
BHARAT’S RESEARCH MOMENTUM SET TO SOAR : DR BHAGWAT</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#4.">4. YOGA -
BHARAT’S INVALUABLE GIFT TO WORLD: MURMU</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#5.">5. BHARAT
CHARTS ITS COURSE TO RECLAIM NATION GLORY AS VISHWAGURU: DHANKHAR</a></b></font></td>
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BHAGWAT, PREM ANAND MAHARAJ DIALOGUE </a></b></font></td>
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BHAGAIAH CALLS FOR PEACE IN MANIPUR</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#8.">8. SUPREME
COURT UPHOLDS ABROGATION OF ARTICLE 370</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#9.">9. 69TH
ABVP NATIONAL CONFERENCE</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#10.">10. SEWA
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#11.">11.
HOUSTON’S HINDU YOUTH WILL SOON HAVE A SUMMER CAMPSITE OF THEIR OWN</a></b></font></td>
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INSCRIBED AS INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF HUMANITY</a></b></font></td>
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STATUE OF THIRUVALLUVAR UNVEILED IN FRANCE</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#14.">14. DR.
JASVANT MODI DONATES $800K TO INTRODUCE JAIN STUDIES AT CSUN</a></b></font></td>
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BHARAT-NEPAL CULTURAL FESTIVAL INAUGURATED </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#16.">16. SEVA
BHARTI’S FLOOD RELIEF EFFORTS IN CHENNAI</a></b></font></td>
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BHARAT ANNOUNCES ONE MILLION DOLLARS RELIEF ASSISTANCE TO PAPUA NEW
GUINEA</a></b></font></td>
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CHANGED LOGO OF NMC INCLUDES DHANWANTARI</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#19.">19.
ADITYA-L1 MISSION: ISRO ACTIVATES SECOND INSTRUMENT ON SOLAR SPACECRAFT</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#20.">20. ISRO
SCIENTIST LALITHAMBIKA CONFERRED HIGHEST FRENCH CIVILIAN AWARD</a></b></font></td>
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<b><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><a href="#21.">21. SHRI
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<b><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><a href="#21.">FOOD FOR
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a name="1.">1.</a> FESTIVALS:
MAKAR SANKRANTI: </b>Makar Sankranti (January 15), also referred to as
Uttarayana, is a Hindu festival that marks the transition of the sun from the
zodiac of Sagittarius (Dhanu) to Capricorn (Makara). Many multi-day festivals
are organised on this occasion all over Bharat. It is also celebrated in many
parts of the South Asia with some regional variations. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXf6uRBrTP25Z35YI9oVaFEtnuwqsnO3L9HUGsPgK7IT4qZuNA_0jnJAiYGSVpREm9qMPlt3c1sYauQAaAsWGN-dUUGKi79vwyK-3o26rXms0ht7pk2SGbJZW3NRzcou8iLGrtY-QF2JIYZ2gixHdN4c7xDlfMCLTyaaXClQtMqyjb0IV8FC1I6LwJFXE/s389/images%20%2839%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXf6uRBrTP25Z35YI9oVaFEtnuwqsnO3L9HUGsPgK7IT4qZuNA_0jnJAiYGSVpREm9qMPlt3c1sYauQAaAsWGN-dUUGKi79vwyK-3o26rXms0ht7pk2SGbJZW3NRzcou8iLGrtY-QF2JIYZ2gixHdN4c7xDlfMCLTyaaXClQtMqyjb0IV8FC1I6LwJFXE/s320/images%20%2839%29.jpeg"/></a></div> The festivities are known
by various names including Magh Bihu (Assam), Maghi Saaji (Himachal Pradesh),
Maghi Sangrand (Punjab and Jammu), Sakrat (Haryana and Rajasthan), Sukarat
(Central Bharat), Pongal (Tamil Nadu), Ghughuti (Uttarakhand), Dahi Chura
(Bihar), Maghe Sankranti (Nepal), Songkran (Thailand), Thingyan (Myanmar) and
Mohan Songkran (Cambodia). On Makar Sankranti, Surya Bhagwan is worshipped along
with Vishnu and Lakshmi Mata. Makar Sankranti is observed with social
festivities and many go to sacred rivers or lakes and bathe in a ceremony of
worship to the Surya Bhagwan. Kumbha Mela is held once every twelve years on
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<b><a name="2.">2.</a> BHARAT’S RESEARCH MOMENTUM SET TO SOAR : DR BHAGWAT: </b>
At the inauguration of the next-generation sequencing facilities at the Central
India Institute of Medical Science (CIIMS) in Nagpur on December 3, Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat expressed confidence in
Bharat’s burgeoning research capabilities, asserting that the country is gaining
momentum and will soon overcome challenges with its rich knowledge base.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG56O4J2bI9hckYxBykitgFEK6hTlJI2szGmfaixtwupmk6tFhyphenhyphenmQ6WQIdNL__xwquO5qwlJuncadu68aCZgI_rZqB5TMeUvtELD6DFjlKrbPGXgaqjd9Z7pr_E-z96J47pTAmXMm_HtLOxugaPKdKFxZ-qKsMnck5G3LSJqYWgJqcrqTan23WJbwQXTc/s338/download%20-%202023-12-15T151651.314.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG56O4J2bI9hckYxBykitgFEK6hTlJI2szGmfaixtwupmk6tFhyphenhyphenmQ6WQIdNL__xwquO5qwlJuncadu68aCZgI_rZqB5TMeUvtELD6DFjlKrbPGXgaqjd9Z7pr_E-z96J47pTAmXMm_HtLOxugaPKdKFxZ-qKsMnck5G3LSJqYWgJqcrqTan23WJbwQXTc/s320/download%20-%202023-12-15T151651.314.jpeg"/></a></div>
Speaking to a gathering of medical researchers, doctors and scientists, Bhagwat
highlighted Bharat’s historical prowess in various fields, stating that the
nation was at the forefront of science and other disciplines before facing
setbacks due to invasions and periods of slavery. He emphasised the resilience
of the Bharatiya spirit, noting that the country has steadily progressed in the
last two decades, reclaiming its position as a global knowledge hub. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 8pt">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="3.">3.</a> ‘RAM PHIR LAUTE’ BOOK RELEASE: </b>The book ‘Ram Phir
Laute’, highlighting the historic and glorious journey of the reconstruction of
Shri Ram Mandir, was released by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Sarkaryavah
Dattatreya Hosabale, Swami Gyananand Maharaj, Justice Hemant Gupta and VHP’s
International Working President Alok Kumar on December 9 at Dr Ambedkar
International Centre, New Delhi. The author of the book is senior journalist
Hemant Sharma.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJh28I9-vQCbS0cKQ6377xm-WI_d8aTxmdh4lFdtqIBbr3CNz0OzzgD1QUNF8mZJsvV99sh8ta-xKK2gNqYygdKcLOgEapvhSp5ifSZDUPe9vdWk2vbPENcY9XA-FiRhC0LoDXDFRBqKDtIEzXnfuxKgPZVG4Dp9sR15aBWkje79lMi7hsh4u4GDFT1Eg/s365/download%20-%202023-12-15T145130.813.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="365" data-original-width="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJh28I9-vQCbS0cKQ6377xm-WI_d8aTxmdh4lFdtqIBbr3CNz0OzzgD1QUNF8mZJsvV99sh8ta-xKK2gNqYygdKcLOgEapvhSp5ifSZDUPe9vdWk2vbPENcY9XA-FiRhC0LoDXDFRBqKDtIEzXnfuxKgPZVG4Dp9sR15aBWkje79lMi7hsh4u4GDFT1Eg/s320/download%20-%202023-12-15T145130.813.jpeg"/></a></div>
Speaking on the occasion, Hosabale said that Ram is Shubh (auspicious) and
Mangal (propitious) and represent inspiration, faith, and conviction. After 14
years of exile, Bhagwan Shri Ram returned to the royal palace, and now, after
500 years of struggle, he is returning on January 22, 2024 to the grand mandir
being built at His place of Avataran. There was a movement for the liberation of
Shri Ram Janmbhoomi mandir for national integration and reassertion of cultural
nationalism. Ram Mandir is not just another mandir or tourist centre, but a
national centripetal and pivotal hub of pilgrimage.<br>
Gita Manishi Swami Gyananand Maharaj said that the foundation of not only the
Ram mandir but the Rashtra mandir and national pride is being laid in Ayodhya.
Ram is our inspiration, our identity, our pride and self-respect. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 8pt">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a name="4.">4.</a> YOGA -
BHARAT’S INVALUABLE GIFT TO WORLD: MURMU: </b>Rashtrapati Droupadi Murmu
inaugurated a national conference on ‘Integration of Yoga in School Education
System-Manifesting The Thought’ organised by Kaivalyadhama as part of its
centenary year celebrations at Lonavala on November 29. Speaking on the
occasion, Murmu said that yoga is Bharat’s invaluable gift to the world.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCs-MPF6ZwrxaGq5_iTxQHOhgvkt-U6NB6DHe38IF3l3hhMBLXb-uYzSzpD8DtmYerQqL-yYsugvCDXbcpIwwIiGGynZmzt8LZQeDX7vNpkOzQ04jdbUKcg42PoHWhZJz4GY_IkWRQ-xdj3UO7ceVFY3fS6GAggya1g5Tr9kId4VE9T7LEhDV3Px6RAgw/s449/download%20-%202023-12-15T152422.122.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="449" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCs-MPF6ZwrxaGq5_iTxQHOhgvkt-U6NB6DHe38IF3l3hhMBLXb-uYzSzpD8DtmYerQqL-yYsugvCDXbcpIwwIiGGynZmzt8LZQeDX7vNpkOzQ04jdbUKcg42PoHWhZJz4GY_IkWRQ-xdj3UO7ceVFY3fS6GAggya1g5Tr9kId4VE9T7LEhDV3Px6RAgw/s320/download%20-%202023-12-15T152422.122.jpeg"/></a></div>
She highlighted that in its resolution, the United Nations General Assembly had
observed that the practice of yoga provides a holistic approach to health and
well-being and is beneficial for the health of the entire world community.<br>
“Yoga is considered as an effective means of physical, mental, emotional,
social and spiritual progress,” she said. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 8pt">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="5.">5.</a> BHARAT CHARTS ITS COURSE TO RECLAIM NATION GLORY AS
VISHWAGURU: DHANKHAR: </b>On December 10, UpRashtrapati Jagdeep Dhankhar said
that Bharat is charting its course to reclaim its glory as ‘Viswaguru’ and it is
going to be the third largest economy by the end of this decade. Speaking at the
platinum jubilee celebration of XLRI in Jamshedpur, Dhankhar said that the
country is standing at the threshold of the fourth industrial revolution. “It is
indeed a transformative era propelled by cutting-edge technologies.” he said
while addressing the students and faculties of the institution. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-6zGeod2f88Sbi1czGWpUgZUEuNF5BBIPR5-GIjLSgauyJGFfRrJRFynwfB-8q85SGnaLuLmmBVI-NedIKAE5n-A_tTAcyLBDPjhbLdBxopn0VRIxJSkzWRLEr5mGRc6iX_UnvysYhtgH2DKt2QNsTsBfMrqqkyp0MVnEEGB7pUvaedCFlhXAkEG3nc/s422/download%20-%202023-12-15T152533.003.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-6zGeod2f88Sbi1czGWpUgZUEuNF5BBIPR5-GIjLSgauyJGFfRrJRFynwfB-8q85SGnaLuLmmBVI-NedIKAE5n-A_tTAcyLBDPjhbLdBxopn0VRIxJSkzWRLEr5mGRc6iX_UnvysYhtgH2DKt2QNsTsBfMrqqkyp0MVnEEGB7pUvaedCFlhXAkEG3nc/s320/download%20-%202023-12-15T152533.003.jpeg"/></a></div> Bharat’s
efficient digital payment system is now being adopted by nations like Singapore,
he said and added that the World Bank recently said that what Bharat has
accomplished in six years for digital inclusion would typically take 47 years.
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<b><a name="6.">6.</a> MOHAN BHAGWAT, PREM ANAND MAHARAJ DIALOGUE: </b>During a
conversation between Dr. Mohan Bhagwat and Prem Anand Maharaj of Vrindavan, Prem
Anand Maharaj emphasised the spiritual aspect of serving the nation. Maharaj
asserted that the younger generation, nurtured with spiritual values, becomes
the backbone of the nation. He emphasised that our nation is a divine entity,
and by connecting with the divine, one can contribute positively to its
progress. In the dialogue, Dr Mohan Bhagwat discussed the multifaceted role of
the RSS in shaping the destiny of the nation.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuzK2MwID4qgI8MKsl7e-y4fL3AizU-pSykb41bun4sGxYpaPZxK82_2baVX2jv3Lc56BXAE2LUc8mE7y34S8ddqBRS-dhff59tHOgLw0X9OZCFvLELvyxOqXejkP7YwryjiRIERPizOBnLHJYSdhI3J8KXUXCc6FNv4SSjaxPWCifbgZD2gpX6mjmx2Q/s450/download%20-%202023-12-15.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuzK2MwID4qgI8MKsl7e-y4fL3AizU-pSykb41bun4sGxYpaPZxK82_2baVX2jv3Lc56BXAE2LUc8mE7y34S8ddqBRS-dhff59tHOgLw0X9OZCFvLELvyxOqXejkP7YwryjiRIERPizOBnLHJYSdhI3J8KXUXCc6FNv4SSjaxPWCifbgZD2gpX6mjmx2Q/s320/download%20-%202023-12-15.jpeg"/></a></div>
The meeting between Dr Mohan Bhagwat and Prem Anand Maharaj underscored the
significance of spiritual practices, devotion, and selfless service in national
development. The leaders urged individuals to rise above materialism, address
the intellectual and spiritual needs of the youth, and embrace a path guided by
divine principles. The dialogue served as a call to action, inspiring a
spiritual renaissance for the betterment of the individual and the nation.
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<b><a name="7.">7.</a> V BHAGAIAH CALLS FOR PEACE IN MANIPUR: </b>In a bid to
promote peace and solidarity in Manipur, V Bhagaiah, a senior member of the
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), addressed a gathering of around 600
internally displaced people (IDP) during a programme jointly organised by Seva
Bharati Manipur and Manipur Seva Samiti on December 12. The event took place at
the government-run shelter home at Sawombung in the Imphal East district. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij6udA3sSjxSsiufdzq6OM0TsTL2VcRFSRg-WcVCKWwUdlwvpvkZmAqG-xneAbwNmcJ-BjEHg20Hhu4KajgkQsMoMgvXT2kUA9w4p4bHVH1XC5ytycLuA-3d4cv_2qYtbu8k6TdGvUD43tzqKU4o_WkSVLR0JqTumvXwxYm-kWei-SWv3bsmcTGr__LoU/s465/download%20-%202023-12-15T152952.938.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="245" data-original-width="465" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij6udA3sSjxSsiufdzq6OM0TsTL2VcRFSRg-WcVCKWwUdlwvpvkZmAqG-xneAbwNmcJ-BjEHg20Hhu4KajgkQsMoMgvXT2kUA9w4p4bHVH1XC5ytycLuA-3d4cv_2qYtbu8k6TdGvUD43tzqKU4o_WkSVLR0JqTumvXwxYm-kWei-SWv3bsmcTGr__LoU/s320/download%20-%202023-12-15T152952.938.jpeg"/></a></div>
Bhagaiah emphasised the need for collective efforts to restore normalcy despite
the prevailing challenging situation. He said that all the attendees were the
sons and daughters of Bharat Mata and hence part of one large family. In his
closing remarks, Bhagaiah reiterated the significance of education as a tool for
empowerment and urged the displaced people to focus on the academic development
of their children. <br>
As part of the program, 532 blankets and study materials were distributed to the
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<b><a name="8.">8.</a> SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS ABROGATION OF ARTICLE 370</b>: On
December 11, the Supreme Court upheld the Union Government's decision to
abrogate Article 370 of the constitution which gave special status to Jammu and
Kashmir and said that every decision taken by the Centre on behalf of a State
can't be subject to a legal challenge. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht7IZBcBx7QxltSxVj8ws3HeDBjdw27SKJ6D8BM-TvJv389g77fV_7oLed5p8qYJM8tAiKXF9sEyx8N9Exrz_gmWXnvV9z9T-UoIWIn2CQsdEBmAqiHhIRQJYKQLuFxm2S7UGi39GnwgKDaIPxKJUw-zMuVwnh-znoOS15CcyTh5B-BE7BS6BsEJgr-xA/s515/download%20-%202023-12-15T153844.906.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="282" data-original-width="515" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht7IZBcBx7QxltSxVj8ws3HeDBjdw27SKJ6D8BM-TvJv389g77fV_7oLed5p8qYJM8tAiKXF9sEyx8N9Exrz_gmWXnvV9z9T-UoIWIn2CQsdEBmAqiHhIRQJYKQLuFxm2S7UGi39GnwgKDaIPxKJUw-zMuVwnh-znoOS15CcyTh5B-BE7BS6BsEJgr-xA/s320/download%20-%202023-12-15T153844.906.jpeg"/></a></div>
A five-judge Constitution bench comprising Chief Justice of Bharat DY
Chandrachud, Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, and Surya
Kant delivered the verdict. It was hearing a batch of petitions challenging the
abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution and bifurcating the state into two
Union Territories.<br>
Supreme Court said that it has held that Article 370 was a temporary provision.
The apex court also mentioned that the argument of petitioners that the Union
government cannot take actions of irreversible consequences in the State during
Presidential rule is not acceptable. "We have held that the state of Jammu and
Kashmir did not retain an element of sovereignty when it joined the Union of
India." CJI Chandrachud said.<br>
The CJI further noted that on November 25, 1949, a proclamation was issued for
the State of Jammu and Kashmir by "Yuvraj Karan Singh". "The declaration on this
proclamation, that the Constitution of India would not only supersede all other
constitutional provisions in the state, which were inconsistent with it, but
also abrogate them, achieves what could have been attained by an agreement of
merger. With the issuance of the proclamation, paragraph of the instrument of
acession ceases to be of legal consequence. The proclamation reflects the full
and final surrender of sovereignty by Jammu and Kashmir through its sovereign
ruler to India " CJI added further.<br>
The Supreme Court said "The declaration issued by the President exercises the
power and clause 3 of Article 370 is a culmination of the process of
integration. Thus, we do not find that the President's exercise of power under
Clause 3 of Article 370 was malafide. We hold the exercise of Presidential Power
to be valid.". The Supreme Court also directed the Election Commission to hold
Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections by September 30, 2024.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNh86gLGJPkq14gMOYla1aMEklJgfeeLfJMDFsDVQOY_ozI13wS5kvIYA9ad9jr06dacBROItV0Bo7EPqrQLPf3Gtq76MRl-mFlmpbJJkRkgz-iMySf5Q-GTptohy9cepk4Ftu17q_QqcNbDD6tZy_eliJHBwefGyZAdUcpVeuqBMj6rLDu4tNHkxu5Yw/s275/download%20-%202023-12-15T1.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNh86gLGJPkq14gMOYla1aMEklJgfeeLfJMDFsDVQOY_ozI13wS5kvIYA9ad9jr06dacBROItV0Bo7EPqrQLPf3Gtq76MRl-mFlmpbJJkRkgz-iMySf5Q-GTptohy9cepk4Ftu17q_QqcNbDD6tZy_eliJHBwefGyZAdUcpVeuqBMj6rLDu4tNHkxu5Yw/s320/download%20-%202023-12-15T1.jpeg"/></a></div>
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) said that the Supreme Court verdict on Article
370 will strengthen national unity. Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh of RSS Sunil
Ambekar said that RSS has been opposing Article 370 of the Constitution since
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<b><a name="9.">9.</a> 69TH ABVP NATIONAL CONFERENCE: </b>The 69th National
Conference of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) hosted at ‘Indraprastha
Nagar’, a tent city at DDA Ground, commenced on December 7. Union Home Minister
Amit Shah inaugurated the National Conference on December 8. The second day of
the ABVP National Conference concluded with a drone-show featuring 500 drones,
adding a technological touch to the conference. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizCKTfdILKRngXMJ7KFKXXQP7_nSPGJQQ78qJ6bzffIvBtD5OW85YWmvFSFWp7tVpD5AACGTKC81KAJg56x0Hv6TVyDblc-F0MGZAJmdZIhPSHhDRgWaGJop9ShMpM_MgzzLMYVUiuAEL8DWhgHammAwNh-oL_0VJ7zCHIGnfBfMj-GBbca7wUSc8SewE/s640/sddefault%20%282%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="229" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizCKTfdILKRngXMJ7KFKXXQP7_nSPGJQQ78qJ6bzffIvBtD5OW85YWmvFSFWp7tVpD5AACGTKC81KAJg56x0Hv6TVyDblc-F0MGZAJmdZIhPSHhDRgWaGJop9ShMpM_MgzzLMYVUiuAEL8DWhgHammAwNh-oL_0VJ7zCHIGnfBfMj-GBbca7wUSc8SewE/s320/sddefault%20%282%29.jpg"/></a></div>
ABVP, the world’s largest student organisation, marked the third day of the
conference with a grand ‘Shobha Yatra’ and ‘Open Conference’. On December 9,
more than 10,000 students dressed in diverse traditional attire participated in
the ‘Shobha Yatra,’ commencing from the ABVP National Conference venue and
concluding at Maurice Nagar Chowk, Delhi University, in front of Daulat Ram
College. The 4.5 km route witnessed enthusiastic participation of students
representing various states and showcased the cultural diversity of Bharat. The
‘Shobha Yatra’ concluded with an ‘Open Conference’ at Maurice Nagar Chowk where
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<b><a name="10.">10.</a> SEWA DIWALI 2023: </b>Sewa Diwali is an endeavor by a
coalition of Bharatiya American organizations and individuals deeply rooted in
Hindu values and it is fueled by the shared belief that the well-being of
society is a responsibility shared by all. This dedicated group achieved
remarkable success by conducting the Sewa Diwali food drive across 32 states,
encompassing over 200 townships, and involving more than 300 organizations. The
volunteers who contributed to this noble cause come from diverse backgrounds,
including school students, working professionals, and entrepreneurs from various
walks of life.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBAa6PsGwjek4w_iq75TQvg7Ah7ddQF9MMnFJ6QBrL631fcQ8Po83DuXScFJAqzG2Y9ag8OZ_LfL6H7MsuLcxB3Gx5WPSFLDWpOR0rIUyLoMdxB8VPkYETzwahyZT6WeByElpw0AunPPs1Hf6c50Clw0iP3Ac8oGrA-UWHk8dIBtrrLeg20J2LjdWG0XY/s480/aboutus2.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBAa6PsGwjek4w_iq75TQvg7Ah7ddQF9MMnFJ6QBrL631fcQ8Po83DuXScFJAqzG2Y9ag8OZ_LfL6H7MsuLcxB3Gx5WPSFLDWpOR0rIUyLoMdxB8VPkYETzwahyZT6WeByElpw0AunPPs1Hf6c50Clw0iP3Ac8oGrA-UWHk8dIBtrrLeg20J2LjdWG0XY/s320/aboutus2.jpg"/></a></div>
Sewa Diwali donated 16,000 lbs of canned and dry food at Parsippany Food Pantry,
Interfaith Food Pantry at the Morris Plains location, Morristown Soup Kitchen,
Denville, Montville Food Pantry, and surrounding North Jersey towns. <br>
The Sewa Diwali team showed their appreciation for local law enforcement by
donating 250 pounds of food to the Plano Police Department. The community has
collectively amassed over 71,300 pounds of food over several weeks, contributing
to an ongoing effort that spans multiple organizations and scores of volunteers,
according to the Plano Texas Police Department.<br>
As part of the Sewa Diwali initiative, local Hindu mandirs donated 1,600 pounds
of food as well as other items to the Center for Prevention of Abuse in Peoria,
Illinois. Center for Prevention of Abuse CEO Carol Merna said it’s an event she
looks forward to every year.<br>
The North Houston region collected and donated over 4100 lbs of food during the
festive season through Sewa Diwali. On November 20, 2023, HSS donated 2600 lbs
to Family Hope Fulshear. On behalf of Fort Bend County and Fulshear residents,
Mr. Abhi Utturkar, Fulshear City Council Member District 5, thanked and
congratulated HSS for this initiative.<br>
The volunteers of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh AZ and Sewa International AZ
accompanied by members of the local Hindu Community made a trip to Flagstaff, AZ
to hand over the proceeds of Sewa Diwali to beneficiaries from the Navajo Nation
Native Tribes.<br>
In the suburb of Naperville, 3,750 pounds of food were donated to Loaves Fishes
of Naperville and were accepted by Juan Jacquaz, food marketing manager. This
event was graced by community and interfaith leaders Lynn Pries, president of
NILA, and Porus Dadabhoy, president of United for Peace.<br>
Similarly, in the suburb of Aurora, 2,527 pounds of food and $2,000 were donated
to Aurora Interfaith Food Pantry and were accepted by Heather Short.<br>
More than 60 Bharatiya American groups contributed about 10,000 pounds of food
in the western Chicagoland suburbs this year as part of the SewaDiwali efforts.
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<b><a name="11.">11.</a> HOUSTON’S HINDU YOUTH WILL SOON HAVE A SUMMER CAMPSITE
OF THEIR OWN: </b>The Hindu Heritage Youth Camp, the predominant Hindu summer
program based in Houston, officially began construction of the Texas Hindu
Campsite on a 52-acre plot of land after a Bhumi Pujan on November 8. The Bhumi
Pujan was attended by members of various Hindu religious organizations including
priests from the 45 mandirs in the greater Houston area. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLqX5KfMARRHqF0UMaujgVfhw2SqQtFuGH4bIYOfz1kYSmBhRhEmKsWujNSuLdxf9BYMmq1AOMjt9hfSbTBC38ksyS0SZ4ofbdpP7uo_kyzkNNp3-lGK0P42jODEXquC8VfZRH0R0CsC4gYrhtZF0qUsojQDlb2N0XIK1HAh0K0B4FzvtKdfvp8ibI0-k/s768/webRNS-Hindu-Campsite2-112423-768x576.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLqX5KfMARRHqF0UMaujgVfhw2SqQtFuGH4bIYOfz1kYSmBhRhEmKsWujNSuLdxf9BYMmq1AOMjt9hfSbTBC38ksyS0SZ4ofbdpP7uo_kyzkNNp3-lGK0P42jODEXquC8VfZRH0R0CsC4gYrhtZF0qUsojQDlb2N0XIK1HAh0K0B4FzvtKdfvp8ibI0-k/s320/webRNS-Hindu-Campsite2-112423-768x576.jpg"/></a></div> The campsite is set to
open for a new round of campers by the summer of 2024. From daily yoga to mini
festivals like Holi, the camp centers on approachable Hinduism, life lessons
that are deeply spiritual just as much as they are fun. Vijay Pallod, a longtime
volunteer of HHYC and founder of hindusofhouston.org said that this will unite
the Hindu community and this is where the future Hindu leaders are going to come
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<b><a name="12.">12.</a> GARBA INSCRIBED AS INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF
HUMANITY: </b>On December 6, the Intergovernmental Committee for the
Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage inscribed ‘Garba of Gujarat’ on
the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity during
its 18th session, which took place in Kasane, Botswana from December 5-9. The
inclusion of Garba now makes it Bharat’s 15th inscription on the list.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjbLp4940khz57XMPJ8JsiJ0_sl1lVC0hYMex9YJZTadQLjoTfOuGfU0Vsy0ydwxyZqxpAgGnOgs9X4FqoyiaK7BSyXkfMfwFs19FORMZ49NOkz0be6EZZXEwC4i6YhDHQg76gohXpUKQu35sbjsfe75zTja9NCmd1TjvO5N47buUb9YgsG4da-P9ZLE/s225/download%20-%202023-12-15T183227.983.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjbLp4940khz57XMPJ8JsiJ0_sl1lVC0hYMex9YJZTadQLjoTfOuGfU0Vsy0ydwxyZqxpAgGnOgs9X4FqoyiaK7BSyXkfMfwFs19FORMZ49NOkz0be6EZZXEwC4i6YhDHQg76gohXpUKQu35sbjsfe75zTja9NCmd1TjvO5N47buUb9YgsG4da-P9ZLE/s320/download%20-%202023-12-15T183227.983.jpeg"/></a></div>
A ritualistic and devotional dance performed throughout the State of Gujarat,
and across Bharat, Garba is celebrated for nine days during the festival of
Navaratri. The cultural, performative, and visual expressions of the feminine
energy Shakti are expressed through the Garba dance. To celebrate this honour, a
group of people gathered at New York’s Times Square in traditional attires and
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THIRUVALLUVAR UNVEILED IN FRANCE: </b>A statue of Thiruvalluvar was inaugurated
in the French town of Cergy on December 10. Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi said
the statue is a "beautiful testament to our shared cultural bonds". <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1gCeb6QTlZcbyEhmaRXcH3DZ04gjW966gWL6dARp0TY4vQ-iRejDMvWt2R1P86icNwjccB1a-fqt2MMKN1q1-LODFkOe0nhYp4h9e-gZYPqHGfCH_jUA_XVu_M-B3XrF2E661zjVzBHb1C0fs_ZmEtRoO5MhpGc-M2_evh9rFAV6kVOWy9E3Cl6dLux0/s525/download%20-%202023-12-15T183102.047.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1gCeb6QTlZcbyEhmaRXcH3DZ04gjW966gWL6dARp0TY4vQ-iRejDMvWt2R1P86icNwjccB1a-fqt2MMKN1q1-LODFkOe0nhYp4h9e-gZYPqHGfCH_jUA_XVu_M-B3XrF2E661zjVzBHb1C0fs_ZmEtRoO5MhpGc-M2_evh9rFAV6kVOWy9E3Cl6dLux0/s320/download%20-%202023-12-15T183102.047.jpeg"/></a></div> External
Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that the statue will guide many to follow
Thiruvalluvar's noble thoughts and is yet another symbol of the long-standing
cultural links, a key pillar of Bharat-French friendship. Bharat's envoy to
France Jawed Ashraf also mentioned the inauguration of the statue in a post on
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<b><a name="14.">14.</a> DR. JASVANT MODI DONATES $800K TO INTRODUCE JAIN
STUDIES AT CSUN</b>: California State University, Northridge (CSUN) has
announced a substantial donation of $800,000 by Dr. Jasvant Modi, a retired
gastroenterologist and philanthropist, and his wife Dr. Meera Modi. The funds
are designated to support the Bhagvan Ajitnath Endowed Professorship in Jain
Studies within the Department of Religious Studies, College of Humanities. This
landmark gift marks a significant step in promoting the understanding of
Jainism, a major religion from early Bharat.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3sz3WFcWlFy53SfFvzVZN5lFH5qp5em2RK6mdjaQfCewaVhpS4k8qnWFst6I6JkagaOt5f26Rzrlj-zjBhDjRXwMQr5xcaQ4AIWxWdMAWnWvzmDYcNsCvwbkcOHrEtTdBp8pWurqxPJHLNtxoF2QbYygDF5p0fYBsCU3gkorfBIwCL10m-kQxWTo_EQo/s256/Drs.-Jasvant-Modi-and-Meera-Modi-731x1024.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="256" data-original-width="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3sz3WFcWlFy53SfFvzVZN5lFH5qp5em2RK6mdjaQfCewaVhpS4k8qnWFst6I6JkagaOt5f26Rzrlj-zjBhDjRXwMQr5xcaQ4AIWxWdMAWnWvzmDYcNsCvwbkcOHrEtTdBp8pWurqxPJHLNtxoF2QbYygDF5p0fYBsCU3gkorfBIwCL10m-kQxWTo_EQo/s320/Drs.-Jasvant-Modi-and-Meera-Modi-731x1024.jpeg"/></a></div>
Dr. Jasvant Modi said that establishing a professorship at CSUN is a significant
step towards educating others about Jainism's teachings of nonviolence,
non-possessiveness, and plurality.<br>
Dr. Modi and his wife, Meera, are passionate about spreading the faith of
Jainism through educational and medical work, both in the United States and in
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<b><a name="15.">15.</a> BHARAT-NEPAL CULTURAL FESTIVAL INAUGURATED: </b>The
Embassy of Bharat in Nepal, in collaboration with Lumbini Development Trust and
Lumbini Buddhist University, organised the inaugural Bharat-Nepal Cultural
Festival in Lumbini. “The festival showcased the rich cultural heritage and
traditions of Bharat and Nepal, with a focus on Buddhism.” a release from the
Bharatiya Embassy stated. The festival was inaugurated on December 9 jointly by
Ambassador of Bharat to Nepal Naveen Srivastava, Minister of Culture, Tourism
and Civil Aviation of Nepal Sudan Kirati, and Chief Minister of Lumbini Province
Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQtM-9TCTIMInkphle9k5BHIsPYqPdgQLtlFxVTKd5NLI1GLl457Qr-gxCaooZpdaxt7ZTZfIodh0ME569u6Pr1QmIKNy-u6CS7qYoeEi4VK1K3H-S19m4t7ahJYD4AG7P1q54wFkzjhKuZrCKSlWmMI-sVanxv0fwILnuKB6QoayEy7jBj4XUetV1_CY/s389/download%20-%202023-12-15T182712.615.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQtM-9TCTIMInkphle9k5BHIsPYqPdgQLtlFxVTKd5NLI1GLl457Qr-gxCaooZpdaxt7ZTZfIodh0ME569u6Pr1QmIKNy-u6CS7qYoeEi4VK1K3H-S19m4t7ahJYD4AG7P1q54wFkzjhKuZrCKSlWmMI-sVanxv0fwILnuKB6QoayEy7jBj4XUetV1_CY/s320/download%20-%202023-12-15T182712.615.jpeg"/></a></div>
The inauguration ceremony also included a photo exhibition which featured a
collection of photographs of Buddhist heritage sites and the evening was marked
by a vibrant cultural programme featuring performances by artists from Bharat
and Nepal. <br>
As a part of this festival, an academic seminar titled “Exploring the Impact of
Buddhist Teachings on Community Development and Global Well-Being” was also
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<b><a name="16.">16.</a> SEVA BHARTI’S FLOOD RELIEF EFFORTS IN CHENNAI: </b>The
Maichung cyclone wreaked havoc in early December, leaving several areas in
North-Eastern Tamil Nadu, including Chennai, inundated. In response, Seva
Bharati, RSS, and Ramakrishna Math, have been actively engaged in relief
activities. Seva Bharathi deployed its volunteers for relief activities.
Essential items, including food, provisions, vegetables, cooking oil, baby food,
milk, bread, biscuits, bed sheets, paste, and medicines were collected and
community kitchens were set up to prepare food for distribution in the affected
regions. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZUsH4cA0Cyzge3UUXnCHydJDVj0EAEr3GfnbwtuAZnpS5C0V8XhXtc7F9YWlNaYpGSvt_XRWWDtd5i7i0EFIPSlzjlahP43-qyfdzldAaHyH0Iu6KckquLU_JK0Cof5j20fkq9fz0zXui8NV7esTHzfyWg13rsCUaU83eL8_EorhJziQbANx_KXMttJE/s1600/manali-medical.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZUsH4cA0Cyzge3UUXnCHydJDVj0EAEr3GfnbwtuAZnpS5C0V8XhXtc7F9YWlNaYpGSvt_XRWWDtd5i7i0EFIPSlzjlahP43-qyfdzldAaHyH0Iu6KckquLU_JK0Cof5j20fkq9fz0zXui8NV7esTHzfyWg13rsCUaU83eL8_EorhJziQbANx_KXMttJE/s320/manali-medical.jpg"/></a></div> The volunteers ventured into the affected areas, distributing
essentials and food packets, and left their contact numbers for any further
assistance, be it medical help or evacuating the elderly to safer places. Seva
Bharati responded to more than 3,000 calls from affected individuals seeking
assistance. Seva Bharati also collaborated with officials in rescue operations
and transported patients to safety or facilitated their admission to nearby
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<b><a name="17.">17.</a> BHARAT ANNOUNCES ONE MILLION DOLLARS RELIEF ASSISTANCE
TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA: </b>Bharat has announced 1 million dollars immediate relief
assistance to Papua New Guinea after the volcanic eruption of Mount Ulawun. The
Ministry of External Affairs said that Bharat extends deep sympathy to the
Government and the people of Papua New Guinea for the damage and destruction
caused by the disaster. It added that Bharat has extended immediate relief
assistance to support relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts as a
close friend and development partner under the Forum for India-Pacific Islands
Cooperation and as a gesture of solidarity with the friendly people of Papua New
Guinea. The volcanic eruption of Mount Ulawun on November 20 has so far forced
the evacuation of more than 26,000 people and created urgent humanitarian needs.
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<b><a name="18.">18.</a> CHANGED LOGO OF NMC INCLUDES DHANWANTARI</b>: The
National Medical Commission (NMC) has modified its official logo, replacing the
word “India’ with “Bharat” and adding a colour image of the Devata of Ayurveda,
Dhanwantari. As per the National Medical Commission’s website, NMC was
established by an act of Parliament known as the National Medical Commission
Act, 2019, which went into effect on September 25, 2020,<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuNqAsHGmMI0_3_77C3kYwdYIo9YkcbdYHpI_esOQNW3J9j6sbpjFj9ABcc6XaiQCmKB1dq8DS5Y3oIV1fJBHcOvMSo4zxmyAk7MDvnAL6Tq36MpZIwxUfCFwi7JTVHGxGWzyJgfhuiKOB8oePZj_RgOs388dFZRR3x0rK9r-9Hjl0bhSjYbXOEzzSCGo/s300/download%20-%202023-12-15T201807.457.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuNqAsHGmMI0_3_77C3kYwdYIo9YkcbdYHpI_esOQNW3J9j6sbpjFj9ABcc6XaiQCmKB1dq8DS5Y3oIV1fJBHcOvMSo4zxmyAk7MDvnAL6Tq36MpZIwxUfCFwi7JTVHGxGWzyJgfhuiKOB8oePZj_RgOs388dFZRR3x0rK9r-9Hjl0bhSjYbXOEzzSCGo/s320/download%20-%202023-12-15T201807.457.jpeg"/></a></div>
Earlier, the Union health ministry announced that the Ayushman Bharat health and
wellness centres had been renamed to Ayushman Arogya Mandir with the tagline
‘Arogyam Parmam Dhanam’. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 8pt">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="19.">19.</a> ADITYA-L1 MISSION: ISRO ACTIVATES SECOND INSTRUMENT ON
SOLAR SPACECRAFT: </b>The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on
December 2 that Aditya Solar Wind Particle Experiment (ASPEX) payload onboard
Bharat's first solar satellite Aditya-L1, has commenced its operations and
started working normally.<br>
According to the space agency, ASPEX comprises two instruments – the Solar Wind
Ion Spectrometer (SWIS) and Supra Thermal and Energetic Particle Spectrometer
(STEPS).<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgluK22RXsj81nKgurTlkP4LFCdaW3AiKDV042WGpFEeSyKTL16f1loAE2L87aq21C7HsYwTBMyaK4AUZgoY7oyceLdTM0Xi0ZnsDLyQGff2JHQMcrwLVSNcS_RxbDKLyv2pSRo1WTH7DtPSGWBMsp-fSuMAFqnt7q9vbLy4Tsl3t6K9wCEjxspyC9BXs/s305/download%20-%202023-12-15T202455.512.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="139" data-original-width="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgluK22RXsj81nKgurTlkP4LFCdaW3AiKDV042WGpFEeSyKTL16f1loAE2L87aq21C7HsYwTBMyaK4AUZgoY7oyceLdTM0Xi0ZnsDLyQGff2JHQMcrwLVSNcS_RxbDKLyv2pSRo1WTH7DtPSGWBMsp-fSuMAFqnt7q9vbLy4Tsl3t6K9wCEjxspyC9BXs/s320/download%20-%202023-12-15T202455.512.jpeg"/></a></div>
The space agency further said that the directional capabilities of SWIS allow
for accurate measurements of solar wind alphas and protons, which significantly
aids in answering long-standing concerns regarding the characteristics of the
solar wind, its underlying processes, and its effects on Earth. Aditya-L1,
Bharat's first solar mission, was launched September 2 from the Satish Dhawan
Space Centre (SDSC) in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota. The mission aims to study
the Sun from a halo orbit around first Sun-Earth Lagrangian point (L1), which is
located roughly 1.5 million km from Earth. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 8pt">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="20.">20.</a> ISRO SCIENTIST LALITHAMBIKA CONFERRED HIGHEST FRENCH
CIVILIAN AWARD: </b>V R Lalithambika - the former director of Directorate of the
Human Spaceflight Programme at ISRO - was honoured with the prestigious Légion
d'honneur, the highest French civilian award, on November 28. This recognition
was bestowed upon her in appreciation of her significant contributions to
fostering space cooperation between France and Bharat. The accolade was
presented to her by the Ambassador of France to Bharat, Thierry Mathou on behalf
of the French government.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3oynSnupNzET_mRw7Ug4oGw8nG8MmsLtuxJZIyBA2j0dprx534-kl0fyfjvFxdPHkxqKkumIEhrDGJa5vyXGcscqASaiQdM2bgNji5HlYwr6j3_7k2oX4PSuwmhF5r-vUD3MMv9FKqEM-AF6SwL_hAtuNQ6HqmF1taR6_Z7pHwQnx-0-vH_bpfwoLCMw/s300/download%20-%202023-12-15T202734.953.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3oynSnupNzET_mRw7Ug4oGw8nG8MmsLtuxJZIyBA2j0dprx534-kl0fyfjvFxdPHkxqKkumIEhrDGJa5vyXGcscqASaiQdM2bgNji5HlYwr6j3_7k2oX4PSuwmhF5r-vUD3MMv9FKqEM-AF6SwL_hAtuNQ6HqmF1taR6_Z7pHwQnx-0-vH_bpfwoLCMw/s320/download%20-%202023-12-15T202734.953.jpeg"/></a></div>
Lalithambika, an accomplished scientist at ISRO specialising in advanced launch
vehicle technology, has notably contributed to various ISRO rockets, with a
particular focus on the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). In 2018, while
serving as the Director of the Human Spaceflight Programme, she collaborated
closely with the French National Space Agency (Centre national d'études
spatiales - CNES) for Bharat's Gaganyaan project.<br>
Lalithambika played a key role in facilitating the signing of the initial
collaborative agreement between CNES and ISRO on human spaceflight, enabling the
exchange of specialists in space medicine between the two countries. In 2021,
she coordinated with CNES for the signing of a second agreement between France
and Bharat pertaining to the Bharatiya astronaut programme.<br>
French Ambassador Mathou expressed his delight in conferring the Chevalier of
the Légion d'Honneur on Dr. V.R. Lalithambika, acknowledging her as a
distinguished scientist and trailblazer in space technology. Upon receiving the
award, Lalithambika expressed her sincere hope that this honor would inspire
more women to pursue STEM careers and excel in their chosen fields. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 8pt">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a name="21.">21.</a> SHRI
VISHWA NIKETAN:</b> Pravas: Visitors: Jharna Dixit - South Africa, Rajat Gupta -
Ireland, Suhas Biwalkar - USA </font></p>
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<b>FOOD FOR THOUGHT:</b> “If I love myself despite my infinite faults, how can I
hate anyone at the glimpse of a few faults.” - Swami Vivekananda. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 8pt">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700">JAI SHRI RAM<br>
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‘HINDUTVA, SANATAN DHARMA TO DEFINE HINDUS’ </font></p>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-weight: 700">K BADRINATH</font></p>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt">How does one define Hindu? Is it
Hinduism or Hindutva? What’s ‘Sanatan Dharna’? <br>
These precise questions were sought to be addressed at three-day World Hindu
Congress (WHC) that was held in Thai capital, Bangkok.<br>
Over 2000 top prominent Dharmic leaders, organizations and stakeholders from 61
countries met for a quadrennial marathon session that ended on Sunday. At the
brainstorming sessions, serious effort seems to have been made to clear air on
‘Hindutva’ as a concept, philosophy and universal sustainable way of life.<br>
In a significant declaration adopted on Friday, Hindu leadership rejected ‘ism’
as a suffix or affix to describe ‘Hindus’. Instead, the universal philosophy
adhered to by over 1.2 billion people in about 100 countries will now be known
by ‘Hindutva’ or ‘Hinduness’.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfnCyZgrEh3ym9JPkk2Whv-BhxMhdSwg61vCgJLA7ABvpfNUs_Wk2XlMN0AIBdEgGso3JS-5OXBliA2tl1mm9-Ze6AUohr7vJFUwbAX0zwGP78KOVXWl92OwHCxKlxzShA-M4wO949ztgKhk5aozsdKP7xeCa8IS_VnI3JO1Egw258ZyGPBWp0OtI6LTc/s620/download%20-%202023-12-15T141811.271.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfnCyZgrEh3ym9JPkk2Whv-BhxMhdSwg61vCgJLA7ABvpfNUs_Wk2XlMN0AIBdEgGso3JS-5OXBliA2tl1mm9-Ze6AUohr7vJFUwbAX0zwGP78KOVXWl92OwHCxKlxzShA-M4wO949ztgKhk5aozsdKP7xeCa8IS_VnI3JO1Egw258ZyGPBWp0OtI6LTc/s400/download%20-%202023-12-15T141811.271.jpeg"/></a></div>
For starters, Hinduism, Hindutva and Hinduness may not make much of a
difference. But, for practitioners, Hindutva defines their way of life outlined
in ‘Sanatan Dharma’, eternal abode of everything that a righteous Hindu
individual, family, community stands for, both animate and inanimate.<br>
Rejection of the very word, ‘Hinduism’ is all the more important. As the ‘ism’
was associated with 150-years old conspiracy to depict Hindus or Hindutva with
‘oppressive and discriminatory attitude’ or belief. Well, if one were to simply
delve into very origins of ‘Hinduism’, it definitely was part of a larger
conspiracy to discredit one of the oldest civilizations through which humanity
evolved.<br>
‘The isms’ were routinely attached to regressive, retrogressive, radical
religious or spiritual movements. Isms were derogatory and negative apart from
being divisive in spirit and content. ‘Isms’ were also attached to
non-mainstream and fringe movements. Given this historical context, World Hindu
Congress’ that prides itself as the largest congregation of Hindus globally,
rejected and totally discarded ‘Hinduism’.<br>
Yet another reason for World Hindu Congress to discard ‘Hinduism’ was the very
origins of this coinage. Hinduism was introduced and popularised by Monier
Williams through his handbook on Hinduism. Let’s not ignore the fact that this
handbook on ‘Hinduism’ was published way back in 1877 by Society for Promotion
of Christian Knowledge. <br>
With this in the backdrop, one can easily infer the motive behind this
intellectual dishonesty possibly committed as part of a larger game plan to
build anti-Hindu narratives, demonize the civilization and not spare even the
most pious and spiritual leaders in Hindu pantheon including the sages and
saints.<br>
World Hindu Congress seems geared up to expose this well thought out
150-year-old well-crafted plan.<br>
Rightly, Hindus globally seem to have signalled shift away from this conspiracy
and be represented by ‘Hindutva’ or ‘Hinduness’ that’s more inclusive and an
all-encompassing philosophy outlined by ‘Sanatan Dharma’. Hindutva as defined by
World Hindu Congress is simpler and represents eternal nature of its philosophy
and the way of life distinct to Hindus over millennia. Again, juxtaposing
Hindutva against Sanatan Dharma owing to political expediency or individual
prejudices was recognized by the World Hindu Congress through its declaration
adopted unanimously. By placing Hindutva and Sanatan Dharma on diametrically
opposite stands is perhaps one way of attacking everything that’s good and
beautiful in the way of life itself.<br>
In fact, Hindu centric Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) sarsanghchalak Mohan
Bhagwat went a step further to explain how it was misrepresented to fuel
bigotry. Hindutva was above all the ‘isms’ like capitalism, communism and
materialism is what Dr. Bhagwat asserted during inaugural session of World Hindu
Congress last Friday. Even if these ‘isms’ and religions led to some
materialistic gains for a few, happiness, bliss and peace was something that
were found wanting even today.<br>
Dr. Bhagwat’s speech explained in some detail ‘inclusiveness’ of Hindutva while
differentiating it from what’s sought to be depicted by the rival ecosystem. For
instance, ‘all sampradayas’ or traditions led to ultimate purification under the
wider Hindutva umbrella. This tolerant umbrella was willing to not accommodate
just Bharatiya traditions but also foreign faith practitioners that descended on
Bharat over ages.<br>
This year’s theme for World Hindu Congress was, ‘Jayasya Aayatnam Dharmah’,
which loosely translated to mean “Dharma, the abode of victory”. Here again, the
intent was made very clear. RSS sarsanghchalak said in no uncertain terms that
Hindus were not seeking or looking at victory over ‘anyone else’. Instead,
Hindus seek victory for all in progress, development and spread of prosperity at
materialistic, spiritual and meta-physical levels. Mata Amritanandamayi added
another spec to Hindutva and Sanatan Dharma. Amritanandamayi also known as
‘amma’ (the mother) from Kerala state pointed to Supreme Consciousness and
Supreme Knowledge of the universe that differentiated Hindutva from others.<br>
World Hindu Congress decision to move ahead with Hindutva and Sanatan Dharma are
a significant step going forward. This will be precursor to Hindus seeking to
play a meaningful role in global affairs to realize ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’,
entire humanity as one big family.<br>
(The author is Director and Chief Executive of New Delhi based non-partisan
think tank, Centre for Integrated and Holistic Studies) <br>
<a href="https://vskbharat.com/hindutva-sanatan-dharma-to-define-hindus/?lang=en">
https://vskbharat.com/hindutva-sanatan-dharma-to-define-hindus/?lang=en</a>
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FESTIVALS: DIWALI</a></b></span></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia"><span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#2.">2.
RSS VIJAYADASHAMI UTSAV</a></b></span></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia"><span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#3.">3.
SANSKRIT IS THE LANGUAGE OF OUR IDENTITY : PM MODI</a></b></span></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia"><span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#4.">4.
PM MODI INVITED FOR PRAN PRATISHTHA OF AYODHYA'S SHRI RAM MANDIR</a></b></span></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia"><span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#5.">5.
WORLD IS IN CRISIS BECAUSE ‘WE’ HAS BEEN REPLACED BY ‘I’: DR JOSHI</a></b></span></font></td>
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VIJAYADASHAMI UTSAV IN DARLAGHAT</a></b></span></font></td>
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DAKSHIN LA VIBHAG HINDU HERITAGE CAMP</a></b></span></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia"><span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#8.">8.
DUSSEHRA-MILAN IN JAPAN</a></b></span></font></td>
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HSS VIJAYADASHAMI UTSAVS</a></b></span></font></td>
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HSS USA CELEBRATED RAKSHA BANDHAN</a></b></span></font></td>
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UK PARLIAMENT CELEBRATED J&K DAY</a></b></span></font></td>
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PARANITYA NARASIMHA MANDIR DEDICATED IN NEW YORK</a></b></span></font></td>
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NEW YORK CITY MAYOR HOSTED DIWALI CELEBRATIONS</a></b></span></font></td>
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RAM JANMABHOOMI TRUST RECEIVES FCRA CERTIFICATION</a></b></span></font></td>
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BHARAT REPORTS RECORD FOODGRAIN PRODUCTION</a></b></span></font></td>
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16.NAVRATRI CELEBRATED AT ANCIENT SHARDA PEETH</a></b></span></font></td>
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NEW HEALTH CENTRE AT KASHI VISHWANATH MANDIR</a></b></span></font></td>
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BHARAT’S HUMANITARIAN AID FOR PALESTINIAN PEOPLE ARRIVES IN EGYPT</a></b></span></font></td>
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SCIENTISTS SUBRA, GADGIL GET NATIONAL MEDALS</a></b></span></font></td>
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TEEN WINS SECOND SPOT IN 3M YOUNG SCIENTIST CHALLENGE</a></b></span></font></td>
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JP MORGAN ELEVATES BHARAT TO ‘OVERWEIGHT’ RATING</a></b></span></font></td>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a name="1.">1.</a> FESTIVALS: DIWALI: </b>
Diwali (November 12 this year), the festival of lights, is celebrated as the day
Bhagwan Ram returned to his kingdom in Ayodhya with Sita and Lakshman after
defeating Ravan. It is also widely associated with Devi Lakshmi, the goddess of
prosperity, and Bhagwan Ganesha, the god of wisdom and the remover of obstacles.</span> <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTlvl2S4nxO1PGTCw1nD8vqztltViwdZge5ylc43D0nhfpthVP4t_svOEsNOUVtasiwwlvHbW3WjGXQISuPeK1WwFOgze4xzvoWlPFKxxbzvlnlFAJEfcbSDG243Cdx1A5OBgC4xK2TsOl7U5-brc3FJzItM-WRm4XBbJGI6k24vpzPDFmIU33oYqTVY/s900/ddeepjytoi.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTlvl2S4nxO1PGTCw1nD8vqztltViwdZge5ylc43D0nhfpthVP4t_svOEsNOUVtasiwwlvHbW3WjGXQISuPeK1WwFOgze4xzvoWlPFKxxbzvlnlFAJEfcbSDG243Cdx1A5OBgC4xK2TsOl7U5-brc3FJzItM-WRm4XBbJGI6k24vpzPDFmIU33oYqTVY/s320/ddeepjytoi.jpg"/></a></div>
<span style="font-size: 13pt"> Jains observe Diwali to mark the final liberation of Bhagwan Mahavira. Sikhs
celebrate Bandi Chhor Divas to mark the release of Guru Hargobind from a Mughal
prison. Newar Buddhists celebrate Diwali by worshipping Devi Lakshmi, while the
Hindus of Eastern Bharat and Bangladesh generally celebrate Diwali by
worshipping Maa Kali.<br>
The festivities are held from two days before amāvasyā, on Dhanteras, until the
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<b><a name="2.">2.</a> RSS VIJAYADASHAMI UTSAV: </b>RSS Sarsanghchalak Dr. Mohan
Bhagwat paid tribute to the founder of the organisation KB Hedgewar and also
performed the 'Shastra Pooja' on the occasion of Vijayadashami on October 24.
Singer-composer Shankar Mahadevan was the Chief Guest of the function in Nagpur.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra
Fadnavis were also present at the event.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3fcUGjM4oEg2RTo_4nJURfeyPXgjSwwD4Di7hRjIkcllcAhxaeVnefjR2p907UoTbSb3zjCh_67MjPSDIQncaLh_GMXToVAO5lbS0DN5dtDufSViR3nePsf9fD4Ao8P5wwzN2_gnVeXEF5FhUxYStKKcLROBRNWPhlmRzjxEJbP3RJU5p4GxgY6YjKuc/s1024/RSSVDN2023.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="654" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3fcUGjM4oEg2RTo_4nJURfeyPXgjSwwD4Di7hRjIkcllcAhxaeVnefjR2p907UoTbSb3zjCh_67MjPSDIQncaLh_GMXToVAO5lbS0DN5dtDufSViR3nePsf9fD4Ao8P5wwzN2_gnVeXEF5FhUxYStKKcLROBRNWPhlmRzjxEJbP3RJU5p4GxgY6YjKuc/s320/RSSVDN2023.jpg"/></a></div>
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Bhagwat said that due to Bharat’s distinct
thoughts and vision, our guiding principle of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' has now
been incorporated in the philosophy of the entire world. Citing the examples of
Bharat’s medal tally at the Asian Games and the Chandrayaan-3 mission, he said
that Bharat is now moving forward on the path of material and spiritual
progress. He also said that the world is facing the scourge of fanaticism and
hysteria stemming from religious sectarianism and hence it expects Bharat to
emerge with a new vision, germane to the times, and based on its own value
systems, to meet the contemporary needs and challenges of the globe. He added
that we ought to rid ourselves of the colonial mindset, and embrace from the
outside world only what suits our country and make what is already available in
our country appropriate and relevant to the times. It will bring about a
meaningful transformation for Bharat.<br>
However, by plunging education, culture, politics and social environment into
confusion, chaos, and corruption to create a cycle of fear, confusion and
hatred, efforts are being made by some people to ensure that this transformation
is not achieved. The right answer to this has to be found only through the unity
of the society. We are fortunate to have inherited an all-inclusive culture with
a tradition of unity. It is our way of life that transcends the differences
between worship, tradition, language, region, caste etc., and extends our
affinity from our own family to the entire world-family. We will have to work
with the actual situation on the ground, and not be misled by propaganda or
guided by assumptions. It is pertinent to persevere with our efforts for a long
time, with patience, restraint and tolerance. He concluded by saying that when a
nation, full of vigour and glory has a culture like Bharat’s Sanatan culture,
that nation restores the balance of the world and brings the world the blessings
of a happy and peaceful new life. This is the real purpose of the revival of our
immortal nation that is Bharat in the present times. </span><i><font size="2"> </font></i><font size="2"><b><a href="#SAMVAD">-GoTop</a></b></font><span style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
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<b><a name="3.">3.</a> SANSKRIT IS THE LANGUAGE OF OUR IDENTITY - PM MODI: </b>
On October 27, Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi said at Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas
in Madhya Pradesh’s Chitrakoot that Sanskrit is not only the language of
traditions, but it is also the language of our progress and identity. He further
said that Sanskrit got refined with time but did not get polluted adding that
our culture is still intact and steadfast. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrisRGfOd8seVgq-z6lrSWdm_TYWW7NI7a8Fn0Y4iiyioEjer_7QofDJss5aZOI9FA_uvVYgceTelL8_W5NhuoCFq5pMlVAOxGJ5_kcC-x1d18U9Ad06VJAlDzNKbls_26RXGnCzhKp8u3ZtgyUyfNtX0uCvFe8pD-3HT_gz_wKZNFl7btXzbJkAMu2IA/s784/PMSanskrit.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="441" data-original-width="784" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrisRGfOd8seVgq-z6lrSWdm_TYWW7NI7a8Fn0Y4iiyioEjer_7QofDJss5aZOI9FA_uvVYgceTelL8_W5NhuoCFq5pMlVAOxGJ5_kcC-x1d18U9Ad06VJAlDzNKbls_26RXGnCzhKp8u3ZtgyUyfNtX0uCvFe8pD-3HT_gz_wKZNFl7btXzbJkAMu2IA/s320/PMSanskrit.jpg"/></a></div> PM Modi also said that Ashtadhyayi is
a thousand-year-old text of Bharat’s linguistics, Bharat’s intellectuality and
our research culture. He highlighted the genius of Ashtadhyayi as it
encapsulates grammar and science of language in pithy capsules. PM Modi also
offered prayers at several Ram Mandirs in Chitrakoot including the Kanch Mandir.
Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas is a religious and social service institution based
at Janki Kund, Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh. </span><i><font size="2"> </font></i><font size="2"><b><a href="#SAMVAD">-GoTop</a></b></font><span style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
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<b><a name="4.">4.</a> PM MODI INVITED FOR PRAN PRATISHTHA OF AYODHYA'S SHRI RAM
MANDIR: </b>On October 25, Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi met office bearers of
Ram Janambhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, as he was being invited for the Pran
Pratishtha of Shri Ram Mandir.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSpjJrzS3hxd_6tZG93ioubCJ3MYQf8TyjQIAeVMMcwmBN9qH6c5tCoQ5AiMEUfBdCT8_Jyb3VWPN_ClOzDRVjYdIdcp34WefvzCaGWbGkd2jl3f_Scs1ksRxAy6u_4n_M0kFpLomBazHRRKJOX82b0IH8K6300_SDDkJbmfNZQo2C570e1XlhtLcGJNA/s542/RMinvi.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSpjJrzS3hxd_6tZG93ioubCJ3MYQf8TyjQIAeVMMcwmBN9qH6c5tCoQ5AiMEUfBdCT8_Jyb3VWPN_ClOzDRVjYdIdcp34WefvzCaGWbGkd2jl3f_Scs1ksRxAy6u_4n_M0kFpLomBazHRRKJOX82b0IH8K6300_SDDkJbmfNZQo2C570e1XlhtLcGJNA/s320/RMinvi.jpg"/></a></div>
The PM said "I feel very blessed. It is my good fortune that in my lifetime, I
will witness this historic occasion." <br>
"The consecration of the new idol of Ramlala in Ram Mandir in Ayodhya will take
place on 22 January 2024. PM Narendra Modi will himself be present on this
occasion. 4,000 saints, Mahatmas of the country and 2,500 eminent personalities
of the society will witness this historic occasion," General Secretary of Shri
Ram Janambhoomi Trust Champat Rai posted on X. </span><i><font size="2"> </font></i><font size="2"><b><a href="#SAMVAD">-GoTop</a></b></font><span style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
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<b><a name="5.">5.</a> WORLD IS IN CRISIS BECAUSE ‘WE’ HAS BEEN REPLACED BY ‘I’:
DR JOSHI: </b>On October 26, Dr Murli Manohar Joshi, eminent thinker and former
Union Minister attended the launch of the book ‘We and the World Around’ at Dr
Ambedkar International Centre in Delhi. Mahamandaleshwar of Juna Akhada and
spiritual Guru Swami Avdheshanand Maharaj graced the occasion as Chair.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8hlpT37PuT8FvAkUeYNNlNqLhw0agQQOIWEXlAVbN-wLvT2dk39QtvRUGWVLmOf3OYV6AX7HjvgEVHznl77Xce-H8Kc9gGPJEnLSeEcy9646iq_QtvxNVwPEUFVLkkMaM9bXNJKUlQmPO_A43fZATa6el-p2pJnUfV4-VY_puYtXvwQSPPGRPRNv32wA/s1298/we..jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="1298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8hlpT37PuT8FvAkUeYNNlNqLhw0agQQOIWEXlAVbN-wLvT2dk39QtvRUGWVLmOf3OYV6AX7HjvgEVHznl77Xce-H8Kc9gGPJEnLSeEcy9646iq_QtvxNVwPEUFVLkkMaM9bXNJKUlQmPO_A43fZATa6el-p2pJnUfV4-VY_puYtXvwQSPPGRPRNv32wA/s320/we..jpeg"/></a></div>
The book is a collection of articles written by Dr Manmohan Vaidya, Sah
Sarkaryavah, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Joshi
said that the world is in a crisis because ‘We’ has been replaced by ‘I’. He
added that the land of Bharat talks about everyone, but the western world does
not and the book touches upon such issues. Dr Manmohan Vaidya, while addressing
the gathering, recalled an incident that provoked him to write. He added that
there are 34 articles in the book.<br>
While talking about RSS, Dr Vaidya said that it is difficult to understand RSS
from outside. However, if one enters into Sangh, it becomes very easy. The book
also mentions how a section of people tried to create misconceptions about Sangh,
and also how people change their perspective about Sangh after knowing it. Dr
Vaidya also said that the title of this book clearly says that Bharat’s view to
see the world is different than others in the world. He added that we believe in
Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam and always see the world as one and never divide it.
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<b><a name="6.">6.</a> VIJAYADASHAMI UTSAV IN DARLAGHAT: </b>The Vijayadashami
Utsav of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Darlaghat, Solan, Himachal
Pradesh, began with the shastra-pujan. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhKVqrb2t_e_ZTPv5CG88aLdoVNw8Vy7gMbMFVpe31Nk2alHtPoLVCGej0PyRpd18rNV9tj_7iF9uHRdM2P-biFyEKebQExas0SqdjCe3Dp_e2rlGdCnmJb0SW9Pl7Do302nZMAym_49-WOImnI6_0uL338ha-dGYAJdCTZfJfrX5urf2qUcbL5pYAbkg/s750/maMvduhp.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhKVqrb2t_e_ZTPv5CG88aLdoVNw8Vy7gMbMFVpe31Nk2alHtPoLVCGej0PyRpd18rNV9tj_7iF9uHRdM2P-biFyEKebQExas0SqdjCe3Dp_e2rlGdCnmJb0SW9Pl7Do302nZMAym_49-WOImnI6_0uL338ha-dGYAJdCTZfJfrX5urf2qUcbL5pYAbkg/s320/maMvduhp.jpg"/></a></div> In his address, Dr Manmohan Vaidya, the
Sah Sarkaryavah of RSS, emphasised the importance of shakhas as a means to
foster a sense of belonging and unity within the community. He highlighted the
significance of giving back to society and said that RSS plays a crucial role in
bringing like-minded individuals together to work for the betterment of society.
Dr Vaidya also underlined the duty of every RSS karyakarta to contribute to the
overall development of the nation. </span><i><font size="2"> </font></i><font size="2"><b><a href="#SAMVAD">-GoTop</a></b></font><span style="font-size: 13pt">
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<b><a name="7.">7.</a> DAKSHIN LA VIBHAG HINDU HERITAGE CAMP: </b>Dakshin LA
Vibhag of HSS USA conducted Hindu Heritage Camp in the Aliso Viejo Area on
September 8 to showcase what HSS can offer. Outreach was done using evite,
grocery door flyer handouts and door-to-door invites. The program started with
ice-breaker games.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkzE4bMn2C6RJfQtySGs-0wR-l3qnqluZdQscLRuFfq73_tAqYu75IggzI6dix8OcYG_LY9qe0W-GD0DErobNWyAD8PoN1b5buruih45ZhQi0VwMNOzX3g7Hihg2x0JdfoA27IUWK_x9hX3wmsivQ29Uzb0l6Suh3sZOyvqjksiRY0owYxU1OiD-4bmw8/s923/image%20%281%29.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="923" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkzE4bMn2C6RJfQtySGs-0wR-l3qnqluZdQscLRuFfq73_tAqYu75IggzI6dix8OcYG_LY9qe0W-GD0DErobNWyAD8PoN1b5buruih45ZhQi0VwMNOzX3g7Hihg2x0JdfoA27IUWK_x9hX3wmsivQ29Uzb0l6Suh3sZOyvqjksiRY0owYxU1OiD-4bmw8/s320/image%20%281%29.png"/></a></div> This was followed by basic yoga, Surya namaskar and games
conducted separately for children and adults. Adults were also involved in a
discussion regarding challenges faced in raising children as Hindus in USA.
Children made Diwali hanging decorations, listened to Prahlada story and learnt
slokhas. Southwest Sambhag karyavah Pravin Tanwar addressed the adults
explaining the values of HSS activities. The event was attended by more than 90
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<b><a name="8.">8.</a> DUSSEHRA-MILAN IN JAPAN: </b>Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh HSS
Japan celebrated 8th Dussehra-Milan along with first ever Path Sanchalan in
Edogawa city, Tokyo. More than 200 participants including sevikas and bal
swayamsevaks attended the sanchalan which concluded in the premises of a local
Japanese school. The Dussehra-Milan witnessed participation of social workers
from 20 different nationalities including Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Tibet,
US, UK, Austria, Czech Republic, South Korea, Vietnam, and Philippines. Many
people who have recently started Hindu Mandir projects in various parts of Japan
also attended the event.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwrn2BfsdeOoWDrvvq2F5jLu37TFljCm284VqWrIMmNir7Qi_zabWHOCUEVIf911Q_IMh77sQkN9_oox7fbqg3NBlEHtSyG2oDt3QoxqZJNBa6K4q2ubfDtBX47dDLgC02fPBsDipx2zN-oyuG_X2q6fbw555f3Gj2UNr2AIvtYagmmpL0V6U2ONsvAh4/s960/396398874_757953773039690_5610673068534397049_n.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwrn2BfsdeOoWDrvvq2F5jLu37TFljCm284VqWrIMmNir7Qi_zabWHOCUEVIf911Q_IMh77sQkN9_oox7fbqg3NBlEHtSyG2oDt3QoxqZJNBa6K4q2ubfDtBX47dDLgC02fPBsDipx2zN-oyuG_X2q6fbw555f3Gj2UNr2AIvtYagmmpL0V6U2ONsvAh4/s320/396398874_757953773039690_5610673068534397049_n.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin5J3WIvNBt0kuxZjEf1YiMdlWWXC6cEY4Gt2nJXtTbFkeLok6Lgii4Kr85yQCXvYmIOTD6O6RGImaVb6sRW6ThEYPoj3Gp208mLCtkEN30vtAZglYvKCkM4xdieb1iY9q9H5QoIcwJy2zhR6aH9d8Re1ZxZ5LZ-Y-4RiUoN20YxHQDfzw7iVsq6hKHHc/s960/396688764_757953636373037_4840606574962476377_n.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin5J3WIvNBt0kuxZjEf1YiMdlWWXC6cEY4Gt2nJXtTbFkeLok6Lgii4Kr85yQCXvYmIOTD6O6RGImaVb6sRW6ThEYPoj3Gp208mLCtkEN30vtAZglYvKCkM4xdieb1iY9q9H5QoIcwJy2zhR6aH9d8Re1ZxZ5LZ-Y-4RiUoN20YxHQDfzw7iVsq6hKHHc/s320/396688764_757953636373037_4840606574962476377_n.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_9TkRc7WDWAOeBtueSA_fNFRRMzJtPiieobxs1AkZkTxorlLxT4U4_D-w_BexclhiELfKyEn85HVlNxAsk1MjKuDXJ6wqhyfzFUXtpS2y-7WYfMKQ8gaqCS__Si5TasOr86UvQwJai2t9q6eIFBJhR2fhb_AqPNujcwjWxc8Ii3Xzf6kY4xSWH5Ax3A/s960/DMJapan1.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_9TkRc7WDWAOeBtueSA_fNFRRMzJtPiieobxs1AkZkTxorlLxT4U4_D-w_BexclhiELfKyEn85HVlNxAsk1MjKuDXJ6wqhyfzFUXtpS2y-7WYfMKQ8gaqCS__Si5TasOr86UvQwJai2t9q6eIFBJhR2fhb_AqPNujcwjWxc8Ii3Xzf6kY4xSWH5Ax3A/s320/DMJapan1.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiQFIG4ynKkLrmsDRuoreUDQ5DzpZ4BzIE-KxzRzol5gPAXN5lbJH82Ebjsr7ZHoELw83KqJ0yHBZXNXvadCzbqj3iB7P0mkbxaTuv_QmWGg4nIEga6dKx5ndZVeHG08jhpLxa2Jl3lKnZsDUuYiI-yaFtZOKTpCPdH-O50L4Ehy76Dm-3dYZQZlQBwNw/s960/DMJapan2.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiQFIG4ynKkLrmsDRuoreUDQ5DzpZ4BzIE-KxzRzol5gPAXN5lbJH82Ebjsr7ZHoELw83KqJ0yHBZXNXvadCzbqj3iB7P0mkbxaTuv_QmWGg4nIEga6dKx5ndZVeHG08jhpLxa2Jl3lKnZsDUuYiI-yaFtZOKTpCPdH-O50L4Ehy76Dm-3dYZQZlQBwNw/s320/DMJapan2.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3dsxhLPvIv_0tIjzOCNIFWcuKich4ygyXFtvikbCD_f4qHlHAhwj2r0Ps93opIr0KP7-8MVLobdtZUivQwgRK6Huj-5saMZ8F7O5uCFD9A9vo9B3jfksMoDh2dZaqyiLHwpRKmPGRoKR5WdZpnqkn8IUfULVG41cguhBoAbQ5Ppp9gfqWt0BtIDG9CvE/s960/DMjapan3.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3dsxhLPvIv_0tIjzOCNIFWcuKich4ygyXFtvikbCD_f4qHlHAhwj2r0Ps93opIr0KP7-8MVLobdtZUivQwgRK6Huj-5saMZ8F7O5uCFD9A9vo9B3jfksMoDh2dZaqyiLHwpRKmPGRoKR5WdZpnqkn8IUfULVG41cguhBoAbQ5Ppp9gfqWt0BtIDG9CvE/s320/DMjapan3.jpg"/></a></div>
Representatives from various Japanese and Bharatiya organizations attended the
event and supported the initiative by HSS to felicitate social workers and
associations from various nationalities. Mrs Kanika Agrawal, Director of
Vivekanand Cultural Center from Embassy of Bharat and Edogawa Councilor Mr
Hideyuki Masu also attended the event. During the event, a drama in Sanskrit on
selected stories from Ramayan was presented by the HSS volunteers. </span><i>
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<b><a name="9.">9.</a> HSS VIJAYADASHAMI UTSAVS: </b>On October 29, Hindu
Swayamsevak Sangh, HSS Botswana conducted the Vijayadashami Utsav at Botswana
Hindu Society in Gaborone. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvppm0sZk-GSHoHO9bS4EgXEy29VOb7Kjq7F8eZ8NF5NMsbLPLwbMBdbChzgiJXUkmlB30zz4jV4CGhyphenhyphenOaVJt0SRgnbTMhSHfTDDzT9TLT9RxIbGkc3rToSp1sgyy5_HkkI0igEcQv0GYgKcxbJYEFIep73c4kVSZSTrIN7ZYSGXkTq-JFOPkaiXCEsAQ/s1600/botswanaVD.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvppm0sZk-GSHoHO9bS4EgXEy29VOb7Kjq7F8eZ8NF5NMsbLPLwbMBdbChzgiJXUkmlB30zz4jV4CGhyphenhyphenOaVJt0SRgnbTMhSHfTDDzT9TLT9RxIbGkc3rToSp1sgyy5_HkkI0igEcQv0GYgKcxbJYEFIep73c4kVSZSTrIN7ZYSGXkTq-JFOPkaiXCEsAQ/s320/botswanaVD.jpg"/></a></div> Around 65 swayamsevaks and sevikas in HSS ganvesh
participated in the utsav and around 85 more people participated in the
programme. Swayamsevaks and sevikas demonstrated vyayamyog, geet and ghosh.
Deepti Sharma, a balagokulam volunteer, elaborated the religious and social
aspect of Vijayadashami in her speech and narrated the inspiring story of Sadhu
Sewadas from Trinidad. The winners of ‘Balagokulam Mantra Chanting Competition’
were also announced during the event. <br>
Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh, Taiwan conducted their first Vijayadashami Utsav on
October 28. Around 40 people participated in the event. The program included
‘aayudh puja’ and yogabhyas. Participants shared their thoughts on how
Vijayadashami is celebrated in different parts of Bharat. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0o8-jEi_MNq4haO7Oh6F90O3GaOIvYmNLCFTt5kcb0c0ND3bR78VMnvcccedwSsPFisA74UtWJtxg8DKP0flDl9U8IVG3jXY7Wd2vM3ud9-LEfdGzOcPXjImj6f5JXZnPgjmuKYXyF2cTc-v4pMtvClqRw4-pxicjvF4V0Qm16qCd5vVCTPhA9_IaFU/s600/taiwanVD1.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0o8-jEi_MNq4haO7Oh6F90O3GaOIvYmNLCFTt5kcb0c0ND3bR78VMnvcccedwSsPFisA74UtWJtxg8DKP0flDl9U8IVG3jXY7Wd2vM3ud9-LEfdGzOcPXjImj6f5JXZnPgjmuKYXyF2cTc-v4pMtvClqRw4-pxicjvF4V0Qm16qCd5vVCTPhA9_IaFU/s320/taiwanVD1.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfplwTAlEQlGS3-_ZyIU5RuQ4Bj_gx_YxFipnBBuzUcJZwp76pS-j-xEbs5W3lO-tfyUJuqw0d_LQC__6837_ZqS-itXWZTR1QiVrtKsP32B0HWDDauLV3suv-0s1SKTf02rLiSBUn2Z8xat7zeyazTcp351GjCqh40S88bi0TJ5fd15nJhwyOzbal3n0/s600/taiwanVD2.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfplwTAlEQlGS3-_ZyIU5RuQ4Bj_gx_YxFipnBBuzUcJZwp76pS-j-xEbs5W3lO-tfyUJuqw0d_LQC__6837_ZqS-itXWZTR1QiVrtKsP32B0HWDDauLV3suv-0s1SKTf02rLiSBUn2Z8xat7zeyazTcp351GjCqh40S88bi0TJ5fd15nJhwyOzbal3n0/s320/taiwanVD2.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6OW_a-wVm5Spscu9f0ouRzhIwSMcbrm2eOf5GEEZlhwkJIdlnOSz_5iPZ3_IS1ZFaP2-8nOWl3nzLGtDig3AUXqjA5pQN9xG6fzLvLif8vSV8Y5kp7BpsPJbij-ZdZZhISHFdDrHVhkCPDt54x7lltgo7cYxN_FfonNUsU-9gO_5bRETDA5gYtXTrj9Q/s600/taiwanVD3.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6OW_a-wVm5Spscu9f0ouRzhIwSMcbrm2eOf5GEEZlhwkJIdlnOSz_5iPZ3_IS1ZFaP2-8nOWl3nzLGtDig3AUXqjA5pQN9xG6fzLvLif8vSV8Y5kp7BpsPJbij-ZdZZhISHFdDrHVhkCPDt54x7lltgo7cYxN_FfonNUsU-9gO_5bRETDA5gYtXTrj9Q/s320/taiwanVD3.jpg"/></a></div> This was followed by
the Gayatri Mantra chanting by shishus, bhajans and classical music. The event
concluded with the HSS prarthana.<br>
HSS Thailand also celebrated the Vijayadashami utsav on October 29 at the Hindu
Dharma Sabha Vishnu Mandir. Vishnu Mandir President Shyam Vihari Singh and
president of Vishwa Hindu Parishad Thailand Sushil Saraf were the guests of
honour at the event. Swami Vigyananad, Akhil Bharatiya General Secretary of VHP
was the main speaker on the occasion. The event included a path sanchalan,
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<b><a name="10.">10.</a> HSS USA CELEBRATED RAKSHA BANDHAN: </b>Hindu
Swayamsevak Sangh HSS USA celebrated Raksha Bandhan, also called Universal
Oneness Day, which underscores the values of unity, love, and protection in
society.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_9W4hMrePfqSb-qwj5Bcl_zOdyzh2BCQCa1DWcH6z9-ZlM77QJFzLzBilaG_cBZSpgSEJdrXJbS0ngTylndg3S-U12xMjF2cKAZmV08GI52LAnQhYr9wjmZctnmleD1KLLK-AHzAtOlVYo_7T8Tr0AcPyGqsCT30feCfL0gMVrcotzmOQP3SROoyqLU/s1024/Rakshabandhan-hss.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_9W4hMrePfqSb-qwj5Bcl_zOdyzh2BCQCa1DWcH6z9-ZlM77QJFzLzBilaG_cBZSpgSEJdrXJbS0ngTylndg3S-U12xMjF2cKAZmV08GI52LAnQhYr9wjmZctnmleD1KLLK-AHzAtOlVYo_7T8Tr0AcPyGqsCT30feCfL0gMVrcotzmOQP3SROoyqLU/s320/Rakshabandhan-hss.png"/></a></div>
This year, HSS organized Raksha Bandhan celebrations in over 80 chapters across
20 states in the United States. Volunteers tied rakhis to various protectors of
society, including police personnel, fire personnel, civic officials, and others
who dedicate their lives to ensuring the safety and well-being of their
communities. HSS volunteers also tied rakhis to faith leaders during this year’s
Parliament of World Religions in Chicago.<br>
While appreciating on behalf of his team, Fire Chief James Blanchfield, Wilton,
CT, said, “It’s nice when we get together for something like this. On behalf of
all the emergency services here today, we thank you guys for coming out here and
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<b><a name="11.">11.</a> UK PARLIAMENT CELEBRATED J&K DAY: </b>The House of
Commons (UK Parliament) celebrated Jammu & Kashmir Day on the eve of the 76th
anniversary of the accession of the then princely state to Bharat on October 26,
1947. The program was organised by the J&K diaspora based in the UK and hosted
by Rt Hon Bob Blackman, MP Harrow East. Other parliamentarians attending the
event included Rt Hon Jonathan Lord, MP Woking, Rt Hon Theresa Villiers, and MP
Chipping Barnet.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxclWrPrODWCxZvxsAImegqs490Jlm7U4FuiXndfNQOmsYXwm8EbUNlCFxjyH4w3_bK1jAu2sO3sy4LHdSf1g11p-HLv_LddSgxlndbfjPXxw9KA3gmEUR2uvN5fT0PVHXteg726w1uegu31jhy0vLYiE0R5pGk24A7BQ_5Ht3qNO-WSMcJy76BYANRbo/s600/UKparJKday.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxclWrPrODWCxZvxsAImegqs490Jlm7U4FuiXndfNQOmsYXwm8EbUNlCFxjyH4w3_bK1jAu2sO3sy4LHdSf1g11p-HLv_LddSgxlndbfjPXxw9KA3gmEUR2uvN5fT0PVHXteg726w1uegu31jhy0vLYiE0R5pGk24A7BQ_5Ht3qNO-WSMcJy76BYANRbo/s320/UKparJKday.jpg"/></a></div>
The special guests for the evening included Ajatshatru Singh and Ritu Singh from
the erstwhile royal family of Jammu & Kashmir. The proceedings were inaugurated
by MP Jonathan Lord.<br>
MP Theresa Villiers spoke about the importance of Jammu & Kashmir Day and also
highlighted the significant progress made by the region since the revocation of
Article 370.<br>
The event was well represented by political and community activists based in the
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<b><a name="12.">12.</a> PARANITYA NARASIMHA MANDIR DEDICATED IN NEW YORK: </b>
In the small town of Elmira, New York, USA, Swami Paramahamsa Vishwananda
completed the inauguration of the Paranitya Narasimha Mandir and ashram on
September 3. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI0spRNgMvNFx9yxYoS_Uen5VyvuW0l20MatKJatlKJE-eHlcDSGrjqWECOXqo93FiigiTHcBQs_ZrAYuF1SwM47QWqogPwu-oA50re3eGukNrAc4IDGXqRPaUfjewsyeJak0kjkzmGSC1p7sB8yNjsirA38rbRadkWTpYPVpGbdUs6-FGuc0cnOe2rio/s550/ParantiyaNT.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI0spRNgMvNFx9yxYoS_Uen5VyvuW0l20MatKJatlKJE-eHlcDSGrjqWECOXqo93FiigiTHcBQs_ZrAYuF1SwM47QWqogPwu-oA50re3eGukNrAc4IDGXqRPaUfjewsyeJak0kjkzmGSC1p7sB8yNjsirA38rbRadkWTpYPVpGbdUs6-FGuc0cnOe2rio/s320/ParantiyaNT.jpg"/></a></div> Hundreds of devotees from Russia, Brazil, Canada, Bharat and Africa
all landed on the small town of Elmira to volunteer and help at this historic
event. The main deity of the mandir is Paranitya Narasimha, the eternal form of
Narasimha. It took two and a half years for the black granite carving of the
murti to be completed and shipped. It was installed in elaborate ceremonies over
a period of four days by head priest Samudrala Venkatacharyulu from Pittsburgh.
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<b><a name="13.">13.</a> NEW YORK CITY MAYOR HOSTED DIWALI CELEBRATIONS: </b>On
October 17, New York City Mayor Eric Adams hosted the annual Diwali celebration
at his New York residence, Gracie Mansion. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB2Ki4DPpruHgq3yWBtLxDwymmR5yYt4RLZNft_FOdJDoxkoFw86a3nenjq616Tw426S9IddMbNGqkIXdHuG6sNS5D55VUaO77urQ-ZZ5TRk2y-7D4Kosjvegscf4HlzHXKHk9wPClJ8T5MNYYoor13VAppiA6-3Arzq0OZnzuPgViO0FcDo7tuJY2IMY/s800/My-project-diwali.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB2Ki4DPpruHgq3yWBtLxDwymmR5yYt4RLZNft_FOdJDoxkoFw86a3nenjq616Tw426S9IddMbNGqkIXdHuG6sNS5D55VUaO77urQ-ZZ5TRk2y-7D4Kosjvegscf4HlzHXKHk9wPClJ8T5MNYYoor13VAppiA6-3Arzq0OZnzuPgViO0FcDo7tuJY2IMY/s320/My-project-diwali.jpg"/></a></div> At the celebration attended by
hundreds of prominent members of the Bharatiya-American and South Asian
community as well as diaspora from other nationalities and government officials,
Adams said that Diwali is more than lighting a candle or oil lamp and is about
“lighting up our lives”. New York State Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar, who led
efforts to make Diwali a school holiday in New York City and Deputy Commissioner
at the New York City Mayor’s Office for International Affairs, Dilip Chauhan
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<b><a name="14.">14.</a> RAM JANMABHOOMI TRUST RECEIVES FCRA CERTIFICATION: </b>
Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has received FCRA certification from
the Union Ministry of Home Affairs. It will allow the trust to receive
contributions from foreign sources for the construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtJA_IAGQuUNldJh5fPvf7UUAOkex0C_jSdFlIwyo_-gesK_BZCrB90uUHHwMZpG165l3Z8Xc57yjRfgtwesp_TlamkscZo8HemBUf9faH2rjTH_TlFSTzTZzpI9XBRTY52aaL5obD6cdAAZCQ-tjtFCHXg8l02XIcBWgivezHQSKAy-lrQoLfb0Y2QwM/s448/images%20%282%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="325" data-original-width="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtJA_IAGQuUNldJh5fPvf7UUAOkex0C_jSdFlIwyo_-gesK_BZCrB90uUHHwMZpG165l3Z8Xc57yjRfgtwesp_TlamkscZo8HemBUf9faH2rjTH_TlFSTzTZzpI9XBRTY52aaL5obD6cdAAZCQ-tjtFCHXg8l02XIcBWgivezHQSKAy-lrQoLfb0Y2QwM/s320/images%20%282%29.jpg"/></a></div>
The Trust's General Secretary Champat Rai said in a post on X, "The Shri Ram
Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra has been approved by the FCRA (Foreign Contribution
Regulation Act) Department of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of
Bharat, to receive voluntary contributions under the Foreign Contribution
Regulation Act 2010". He also said that such contributions can be sent to a
designated bank account of the trust in the SBI's main branch located in Delhi.<br>
Mandir Construction Committee Chairperson Nripendra Mishra shared through an
interview that the construction of the ground floor of the three-storey Ram
Mandir in Ayodhya will be completed by end of December and the ’Pran-Pratishtha’
ceremony is expected to take place on January 22, 2024. </span><i>
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<b><a name="15.">15.</a> BHARAT REPORTS RECORD FOODGRAIN PRODUCTION: </b>
Bharat’s total foodgrain production is estimated at a record 3296.87 lakh tons
for 2022-23 which is 140.71 lakh tons higher than the corresponding figure of
3156.16 lakh tons achieved during 2021-22, according to the final estimates of
the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare released on October 18.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitWQcea0RUSTchZ3JWHq1I4DUjq4ed3fFb4dR0geP12OX_H5wYAb-HHNIA4nDVFmOLQgEEESCyAotvUfeLCeqipSa6E3xZRvNTe9TbNLlytOyS4NhCnDHCOQhdabrm9at-HVWDDoIjfJ1LabXIEOx-Qo4z4aWy0YpAH5S8YEm8SHTCwrXvt9_L19kuJLk/s374/images.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="210" data-original-width="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitWQcea0RUSTchZ3JWHq1I4DUjq4ed3fFb4dR0geP12OX_H5wYAb-HHNIA4nDVFmOLQgEEESCyAotvUfeLCeqipSa6E3xZRvNTe9TbNLlytOyS4NhCnDHCOQhdabrm9at-HVWDDoIjfJ1LabXIEOx-Qo4z4aWy0YpAH5S8YEm8SHTCwrXvt9_L19kuJLk/s320/images.jpg"/></a></div>
The foodgrain production during 2022-23 is also higher by 308.69 lakh tons than
the average of the previous five years (2017-18 to 2021-22). This increase in
production is seen across multiple foodgrains like rice, wheat, Nutri/Coarse
Cereals, pulses. Oilseeds, sugarcane etc. </span><i><font size="2"> </font></i><font size="2"><b><a href="#SAMVAD">-GoTop</a></b></font><span style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
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<b><a name="16.">16.</a>NAVRATRI CELEBRATED AT ANCIENT SHARDA PEETH: </b>For the
first time since Bharat became independent, Navratri has been celebrated at the
ancient Sharda Peeth, located across the LoC, in Kashmir's Teetwal. In a social
media post on X, the Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, "It is a matter of
profound spiritual significance that for the first time since 1947, the Navratri
pujas have been held in the historic Sharda Mandir in Kashmir this year."<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoqSeoj4ceB91yiOfHVumDxNgozdt32uVnLCHcAkIa7UNA_iYdrnsMIGNlcp3B3NM7KDRHJfe7IB5PodCgB4lWsm3GpQiIau4Myfn33mXwIgQaEwOctMVqUeVkdQoqMEgllhMLitiAyEIhhLgBQrtxvWAWBA3f_Hkgbnlfy9fUgKAHeqFmnQGUIIT3_iY/s1280/sharda%20%281%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoqSeoj4ceB91yiOfHVumDxNgozdt32uVnLCHcAkIa7UNA_iYdrnsMIGNlcp3B3NM7KDRHJfe7IB5PodCgB4lWsm3GpQiIau4Myfn33mXwIgQaEwOctMVqUeVkdQoqMEgllhMLitiAyEIhhLgBQrtxvWAWBA3f_Hkgbnlfy9fUgKAHeqFmnQGUIIT3_iY/s320/sharda%20%281%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
He said that this not only signifies the return of peace in the valley but also
marks the rekindling of our nation's spiritual and cultural flame.<br>
The mandir is considered to be the oldest among 18 Maha Shakti Peethas. It is
believed to be built on the place where the right hand of Sati fell. The Sharda
Peeth is significant as a Hindu and Buddhist mandir university and it also
housed several students from many countries, including Tibet, China, Thailand,
Nepal, Bhutan, Indonesia, Myanmar, Iran, Afghanistan and Cambodia.<br>
The 14th century literary and cultural text 'Madhaviya Shankaravijayam' refers
to the 8th century Vedic scholar, Adi Shankaracharya, who is believed to have
established the university within the mandir premises. The 11th century Kashmiri
poet Bilhana details the ornaments of the Devi and the famous 12th century
Kashmiri Historian Kalhana's seminal work 'Rajatarangini' certifies the exact
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<b><a name="17.">17.</a> NEW HEALTH CENTRE AT KASHI VISHWANATH MANDIR: </b>In
the wake of the surge in number of devotees visiting the Kashi Vishwanath mandir,
steps have been taken to provide medical relief to them by setting up a health
centre in close proximity of the mandir. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoJnOmgsQRpbYzN8Tn6zrjcXkl3XMyphwgblFMJTC5bdhPlpYHf1U6ISKknpPIKj1EiRglgDK8o1siO8sf2-WbST86M8Y_M4EqoIjpcezCBKCVW9ippB5SwoQRV1VAU1KEO5z1fneu7cb1g_2NnSS1b6sLofCSQ6EoIFNBWsbTxBt9zOSkOpHHFHfUb4s/s314/download%20%282%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoJnOmgsQRpbYzN8Tn6zrjcXkl3XMyphwgblFMJTC5bdhPlpYHf1U6ISKknpPIKj1EiRglgDK8o1siO8sf2-WbST86M8Y_M4EqoIjpcezCBKCVW9ippB5SwoQRV1VAU1KEO5z1fneu7cb1g_2NnSS1b6sLofCSQ6EoIFNBWsbTxBt9zOSkOpHHFHfUb4s/s320/download%20%282%29.jpg"/></a></div> Shri Kashi Vishwanath Dham Health
Centre has been opened right next to Gate No 4 of Kashi Vishwanath Mandir. Shri
Kashi Vishwanath Dham Health Centre will be open 24 hours for the devotees.
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<b><a name="18.">18.</a> BHARAT’S HUMANITARIAN AID FOR PALESTINIAN PEOPLE
ARRIVES IN EGYPT: </b>The humanitarian aid sent by Bharat for the people of
Palestine arrived in Egypt on October 22, the Ministry of External Affairs said.
The Bharatiya envoy to Egypt, Ajit Gupte, handed over the relief material to the
Egyptian Red Crescent for onward transmission to Palestine.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jGu5AeKiuZ1STtzy-_B1mkGHWBORfNhGjDvYcJMJFAlgAHTDilFPDIL-ixdHVzMIeGtknm7AJCYJ5_Y3KZPrdCNoLery8m81L2s1LV6K4X4QuZ91CCBQDg5d8Cvs1qduQqyRrj8gNbBrP7G-haMqvIIneTKQ1XAXIUSXPSTTE7jfyhwV1AO6GOTp9oM/s384/F9C_L_oaoAAsNT-.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jGu5AeKiuZ1STtzy-_B1mkGHWBORfNhGjDvYcJMJFAlgAHTDilFPDIL-ixdHVzMIeGtknm7AJCYJ5_Y3KZPrdCNoLery8m81L2s1LV6K4X4QuZ91CCBQDg5d8Cvs1qduQqyRrj8gNbBrP7G-haMqvIIneTKQ1XAXIUSXPSTTE7jfyhwV1AO6GOTp9oM/s320/F9C_L_oaoAAsNT-.jpg"/></a></div>
The disaster relief material weighing approximately 32 tons includes tents,
sleeping bags, tarpaulins, basic sanitary utilities, water purification tablets,
essential life-saving medicines and protective and surgical items etc.<br>
Taking to X, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi stated, “India sends Humanitarian
aid to the people of Palestine. An IAF C-17 flight carrying nearly 6.5 tonnes of
medical aid and 32 tonnes of disaster relief material for the people of
Palestine departs for El-Arish airport in Egypt." </span><i><font size="2"> </font></i><font size="2"><b><a href="#SAMVAD">-GoTop</a></b></font><span style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
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<b><a name="19.">19.</a> SCIENTISTS SUBRA, GADGIL GET NATIONAL MEDALS: </b>On
October 24, US President Joe Biden honoured two Bharatiya American scientists —
Subra Suresh and Ashok Gadgil — with National Medals for their pioneering
contributions in the fields of science and technology innovation at a ceremony
in the White House. In his remarks at the ceremony in the East Room, Biden said
that for this year’s recipients, ‘outstanding’ may be an understatement and that
they have paved the way for a generation of other scientists and innovators to
pursue their own discoveries.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_d5r7HrzGpFJlKEw1IAVYJciwTWHnZlLx3hxvZbrwkDysKxj_6FuG9WFVe-m25d0jKambx_Oh_Oe7iAhCyf9bNxXBQmQPeHU1o9ojkPy7XExoVegSyx0oGbBKFoseu8MAQ2e2kvTgW2WSXt_-y-6iLT1uJw-0u52wl-rfH0vZeByEcC8HD6tBU10q6w/s375/download%20%283%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="210" data-original-width="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_d5r7HrzGpFJlKEw1IAVYJciwTWHnZlLx3hxvZbrwkDysKxj_6FuG9WFVe-m25d0jKambx_Oh_Oe7iAhCyf9bNxXBQmQPeHU1o9ojkPy7XExoVegSyx0oGbBKFoseu8MAQ2e2kvTgW2WSXt_-y-6iLT1uJw-0u52wl-rfH0vZeByEcC8HD6tBU10q6w/s320/download%20%283%29.jpg"/></a></div>
A professor at large at Brown University’s School of Engineering and former
director of the National Science Foundation, Suresh of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology was honored for pioneering research across engineering,
physical sciences, and life sciences.<br>
The National Medal of Technology and Innovation was awarded to Ashok Gadgil of
the University of California Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
for providing life-sustaining resources to communities around the world. </span>
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<b><a name="20.">20.</a> TEEN WINS SECOND SPOT IN 3M YOUNG SCIENTIST CHALLENGE:
</b>Bharatiya-American teen Shripriya Kalbhavi has won second place at the
annual 2023 3M Young Scientist Challenge, a premier science competition for
middle school students.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirwNca-lvbzL8vwXo92-CGmuC9XlKA8EI4X4oU7iGckzE68PBB4jCPUeugpj-erkt8ntZGVENbkF039l2oyRWgah5SlmctSA5xLfkkqiOF7YJVvoE1RAQBxFVr9E4CZit5eDekUSay3SGV5ijL-t3RLQIm_C7VXuRl03LSiVKAdm4QpbpvgiJgbIQvAa8/s288/download%20%284%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="175" data-original-width="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirwNca-lvbzL8vwXo92-CGmuC9XlKA8EI4X4oU7iGckzE68PBB4jCPUeugpj-erkt8ntZGVENbkF039l2oyRWgah5SlmctSA5xLfkkqiOF7YJVvoE1RAQBxFVr9E4CZit5eDekUSay3SGV5ijL-t3RLQIm_C7VXuRl03LSiVKAdm4QpbpvgiJgbIQvAa8/s320/download%20%284%29.jpg"/></a></div> Kalbhavi, a ninth grader at Lynbrook High School,
received $2,000 prize money for developing EasyBZ — a cost-effective microneedle
patch that allows for self-automated drug delivery without pills or needles.
Kalbhavi said in a blog post on the 3M Young Scientist Challenge website that
she entered the contest because she wants to help change lives.<br>
Apart from Kalbhavi, five other Bharatiya-American teens were among the top ten
finalists and each of them received a $1,000 prize and a $500 gift card. </span>
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<b><a name="21.">21.</a> JP MORGAN ELEVATES BHARAT TO ‘OVERWEIGHT’ RATING: </b>
JP Morgan, a leading global brokerage firm, has upgraded Bharat to an
“overweight” rating, reaffirming the country’s growing appeal to investors.
Several factors underpin this decision, including the robust growth in emerging
markets’ nominal GDP, and the expansion of the domestic bond market which is
expected to reduce risk premiums.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixlp_saSx7LxNKzVWInTjlOHJlBgmuvJZS103YegCwuok-O79gW7Yx1OptpWZcDzPKtfBbCmLBaRNd7iY-EEDmsdQaKFgdJAFWUaN7CKuQtueAjT-5eioCbF5aiH9RTDVd20lQO_IYO0CR8DotwvWIHEKAIr-RB_hyF9_hxjbFXWz7TMHeP58VHgzx6Rc/s300/download%20%285%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixlp_saSx7LxNKzVWInTjlOHJlBgmuvJZS103YegCwuok-O79gW7Yx1OptpWZcDzPKtfBbCmLBaRNd7iY-EEDmsdQaKFgdJAFWUaN7CKuQtueAjT-5eioCbF5aiH9RTDVd20lQO_IYO0CR8DotwvWIHEKAIr-RB_hyF9_hxjbFXWz7TMHeP58VHgzx6Rc/s320/download%20%285%29.jpg"/></a></div>
This move by JP Morgan follows other major brokerages’ endorsements of Bharat’s
growing prominence. Morgan Stanley previously upgraded Bharat to “overweight”
due to improved economic and earnings growth, while CLSA boosted its Bharat
portfolio allocation by 20 percent, and Nomura also upgraded Bharat to
“overweight” in September. </span><i><font size="2"> </font></i><font size="2"><b><a href="#SAMVAD">-GoTop</a></b></font><span style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
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<b><a name="22.">22.</a> OBITUARY: RANGA HARI: </b>Senior pracharak and
ideologue of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Ranga Hari passed away in
Kochi on November 29 at the age of 93. He served as the Akhil Bharatiya Boudhik
Pramukh from 1991 to 2005 and remained an active member of the executive
committee.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCfdSd5wr7cmA3U0oF7JZI724_ErGz5xXzKNleLFCjwzHP04O6z8y-5RoS-b5D4zr0ffoQAGlQl5NipJdiFPB-UZBqkBbiXFO28r_tHrs6_yx2kDibN21aVN3imPJiYldKQdxAkqkBDEtbVCSc9BxctWAwkbIeMmlrqvrpl5zE6WhqxWW71eWo0fosEbI/s364/download.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="364" data-original-width="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCfdSd5wr7cmA3U0oF7JZI724_ErGz5xXzKNleLFCjwzHP04O6z8y-5RoS-b5D4zr0ffoQAGlQl5NipJdiFPB-UZBqkBbiXFO28r_tHrs6_yx2kDibN21aVN3imPJiYldKQdxAkqkBDEtbVCSc9BxctWAwkbIeMmlrqvrpl5zE6WhqxWW71eWo0fosEbI/s320/download.jpg"/></a></div>
Ranga Hariji, was born on December 5, 1930. After passing his BA (Politics,
History & Sanskrit), Hariji studied Sanskrit separately. He became a pracharak
of Sangh on May 3, 1951. During the emergency and the ban on RSS, Hariji was one
of the three seniormost underground leaders of RSS and Lok Sangharsh Samiti (LSS)
in the state. He was in charge of Kurukshetra, the Malayalam underground
fortnightly of Lok Sangharsh Samiti.<br>
His contributions extended beyond Bharat, as he provided guidance to the Hindu
Swayamsevak Sangh in Asia, America and Australia from 1994 to 2005, traveled
extensively to 22 countries, and participated in global conferences on
pre-Christian religions and tradition.<br>
Hariji commanded excellent proficiency in Malayalam, Sanskrit, Hindi, Konkani,
Marathi, Tamil and English. Hariji authored 20 books in Malayalam, 8 in Hindi,
and one in Konkani. He also compiled three Malayalam books and a comprehensive
compilation of Golwalkar’s works, titled ‘Shri Guruji Samagra,’ consisting of 12
volumes in Hindi. His range of works varies from organisational matters to epics
to history to philosophies.<br>
In a condolence message RSS Sarsanghchalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat and Sarkaryavah
Dattatreya Hosabale said that the sad demise of Shri Ranga Hari ji had robbed us
of a profound thinker, practical worker and ideal of behaviour and most of all a
loving and encouraging elder. They added that Ranga Hari ji had lived his life
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<b><a name="23.">23.</a> SHRI VISHWA NIKETAN: Pravas: Visitors</b><br>
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<b>FOOD FOR THOUGHT:</b> The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is
this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person,
is the most successful. <i>—Swami Vivekananda </i></span><i><font size="2"> </font></i><font size="2"><b><a href="#SAMVAD">-GoTop</a></b></font></font></p>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b>JAI SHRI RAM </b><br>
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<b>BHAGWAT’S MANTRA FOR BHARAT </b><br>
</span><b>RAM MADHAV</b></font></p>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt">RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat’s address at the
annual Foundation Day function in Nagpur on Vijaya Dashami earlier this week
provides significant insights into the organisation’s thinking about
contemporary issues and challenges. </span> <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtauBFwv7UifS2-RSsUsPMON2C_b0MMS11XI13P17804nLPwg7lBjhcdh1hVpLncR7ng8gfhdz5cc70HfoeWjZ5N985gjIbMlb_kMWSwaoli8S8w8ZAJJCA3fHY3_M3Xh82q7UYFCNgk4faeeFLo4dzodypnriCd3nuHMc6xVTFUGwRnR9iI-5Ob3UqYU/s957/Picture1.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="957" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtauBFwv7UifS2-RSsUsPMON2C_b0MMS11XI13P17804nLPwg7lBjhcdh1hVpLncR7ng8gfhdz5cc70HfoeWjZ5N985gjIbMlb_kMWSwaoli8S8w8ZAJJCA3fHY3_M3Xh82q7UYFCNgk4faeeFLo4dzodypnriCd3nuHMc6xVTFUGwRnR9iI-5Ob3UqYU/s320/Picture1.png"/></a></div>
<span style="font-size: 13pt"> Bhagwat dwelt at length on core Sangh themes like “Swa” — national self-hood and
national unity. Bharat-centricity — turning to our own wisdom and experience for
shaping our national future — was the core message of his address. He rightly
pointed out that this urge to return to our roots and preserve self-identity is
being witnessed in many countries today.<br>
Bhagwat delineated the contours of that self-identity as devotion to the
motherland, pride in forefathers, and common culture. <br>
“These three elements make us stand out proudly as one nation by tying together
all the diversities of language, region, sect, caste, sub-caste etc,” he
averred. Bhagwat acknowledged the fact that ours is a remarkably diverse society
and insisted that there are good people in all religions — “Hindus, and also
those who are called Muslims and Christians because of their way of worship” —
who believe that “fitna, fasaad, and kitan” (discard, strife and violence)
should be rejected and “sulah, salamati, and aman” (reconciliation, security and
peace) should be pursued.<br>
Bhagwat suggested that such discussions shouldn’t become transactional. As “the
children of one motherland, and the inheritors of one culture,” we have to
understand our inherent unity and “get connected again on that basis”.<br>
Talking about the “destructive, all-devouring forces” out to destroy that unity,
Bhagwat referred to “cultural Marxists or wokes”, blaming them for capturing
institutions like media and academia and plunging education, culture, politics
and social environment into chaos. He held them responsible for creating a
“vicious cycle of fear, confusion and hatred”. He described their modus operandi
as “mantra viplav”.<br>
In his criticism of cultural Marxism and wokeism, Bhagwat will find many
supporters in the West. Cultural Marxism can be traced to the Frankfurt School
in Germany and scholars like Antonio Gramsci in Italy in the early 20th century.
Cultural Marxists deviated from Karl Marx’s economy-centric theory of
proletarian revolution and argued that the culture and traditions of a society
are the real oppressors of mankind and hence they should be uprooted for the
oppressed classes to get justice.<br>
Gramsci argued that classical Marxist ideas like violent revolution should be
abandoned, and the ideologues should instead infiltrate institutions to create a
new cultural worldview. Fidel Castro of Cuba, the darling of the American New
Left in the late 1950s and early 1960s, confessed that he had agreed to address
Harvard students in 1959 only because “that is where you find the real ‘military
spirit’: In students, not in the barracks.”<br>
In the West, the cultural Marxists theorised that the entire Western
civilisation, including its governments, rules, norms, behaviours, traditions
and mores are all manifestations of “White Supremacy”. Family, nation, god,
religion — all these are oppressive institutions according to them, and
destroying these edifices was the only way to secure freedom for the
“oppressed”. They invented the new classes of the “oppressed” based on race and
gender.<br>
In Bharat, the ideological fellow-travellers of the cultural Marxists have
wreaked havoc by capturing premiere institutions and academic and intellectual
spaces for decades after independence. Like their Western counterparts, the
native cultural Marxists developed a narrative that projected Hinduism, caste
and social institutions like the family as oppressive and exploitative. They
challenged the national identity of Bharat and advocated for the dismemberment
of the country, acquiring in the process, the sobriquet “tukde-tukde gang” too.
<br>
Western cultural Marxists developed Critical Race Theory (CRT) holding white
people to be the fount of all oppression. Their Indian counterparts replaced
race with caste and sought to equate Hinduism with upper-caste hegemony and
oppression. Cultural Marxists are as much the enemies of the liberal order as
they are of the conservatives. Sadly, not realising these pitfalls, some
politicians in our country are trying to walk into that minefield in the name of
caste census, etc.<br>
Fortunately, in India, unlike in the US, these cultural Marxist campaigners
encountered organised resistance from the nationalist forces led by
organisations like the RSS. Still, their efforts to demonise Hinduism and equate
caste with race to sow seeds of discord in society continue.<br>
Bhagwat took up cudgels against them. But he also wished to caution activists
against being trapped in the action-reaction syndrome. He invoked Babasaheb
Ambedkar and the Constitution of India as the basis for achieving “emotional
unity”.<br>
“There exist bitter experiences, ranging from not being able to get a house in
each other’s localities, to being treated with mutual contempt. Blame games
ensue over incidents of violence, riots, harassment, etc. The misdeeds of an
individual are extrapolated and portrayed as the misdeeds of an entire
community, and then a war of words ensues, followed by provocative invocations
and calls to action. Forces that want to break the country by making us quarrel
also take full advantage of this situation,” he warned.<br>
Bhagwat’s important message to all citizens was about building a climate of
trust and harmony in the country. That is possible only by increasing “mutual
dialogue and understanding with a calm and stable mind and evolving respect for
each other’s beliefs,” he insisted. <br>
The only response to the “mantra viplav” of the cultural Marxists should be “to
follow law and order, and abide by the Constitution” — this is Bhagwat’s mantra
for Bharat. (The article was originally published in Indian Express on October
28, 2023 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’.)
<a href="https://www.rammadhav.in/articles/bhagwats-mantra-for-bharat/">
https://www.rammadhav.in/articles/bhagwats-mantra-for-bharat/</a> </span><i>
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<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="center"><font face="Georgia"><b>SHRI VISHWA NIKETAN <a href="mailto:vishwav@bol.net.in">
vishwav@bol.net.in</a> <a href="http://shrivishwaniketan.blogspot.com">
http://shrivishwaniketan.blogspot.com</a> </b></font></p>
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<font face="Georgia" size="2">Margshirsha Krishna 4 Vik. Samvat 2080, Yugabda 5125
: 1 December, 2023: SM 5017 (For Private Circulation only)</font></b></p>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#1.">1.
FESTIVALS: GEETA JAYANTI</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#2.">2. RSS
SARSANGHCHALAK’S PROGRAMS </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#3.">3. DR
VAIDYA URGES MEDIA TO HIGHLIGHT THAT DHARMA IS THE CORE PRINCIPLE OF
BHARAT</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#4.">4.
RASHTRAPATI MURMU GRACED BOITA BANDANA CEREMONY</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#5.">5. USE OF
SANTALI HAS INCREASED: RASHTRAPATI MURMU</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#6.">6. KERALA
PAYS RICH TRIBUTES TO RANGA HARI</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#7.">7. BHARAT
RESUMES E-VISA FOR CANADIAN CITIZENS</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#8.">8. WORLD
HINDU CONGRESS 2023</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#9.">9. SEWA
DIWALI</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#10.">10.
INTERFAITH ACTIVITIES AND COLLABORATION</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#11.">11. HSS
HINDU SPORTS FEST IN DALLAS</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#12.">12.
REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE AT ANZAC JAWAN CENOTAPH</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#13.">13.
CHHATH PUJA GOES GLOBAL</a></b></font></td>
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THIRUVANNAMALAI'S KARTHIGAI DEEPAM FESTIVAL</a></b></font></td>
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KOLKATA ILLUMINATES 554 LAMPS ON GURUPURAB</a></b></font></td>
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MALAYSIA GRANTS VISA-FREE ENTRY FOR BHARATIYAS</a></b></font></td>
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OBITUARY: SARDAR CHIRANJEEV SINGH</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a name="1.">1.</a> FESTIVALS:
GEETA JAYANTI:</b> Geeta Jayanti (December 22 this year) is the day of advent of
Srimad Bhagavad-Gita. On this day, Bhagwan Krishna imparted the essence of Vedic
knowledge to Arjuna and enlightened him about the ultimate goal of life. It is
celebrated on the 11th day of the Shukla Paksha of Margashirsh month as per the
Hindu calendar. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4tNKAQ0sKqxJ9kX9DER9NTGMCILk9Hax0WDLYsEZ6WNnlszVawvAendkTeB0a_yt7C-q2Vd4JU02A5C5edYUezdfzp9BwctDLCsW7GyA3f_rXInTI2zT0rhnfk6rPTg-o4XR11A8zmC3zVp5BIIGQyyHwfS9c8O67OdM22kkKPXuIiKxA-GL9upnRdxc/s389/gitajayanti.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4tNKAQ0sKqxJ9kX9DER9NTGMCILk9Hax0WDLYsEZ6WNnlszVawvAendkTeB0a_yt7C-q2Vd4JU02A5C5edYUezdfzp9BwctDLCsW7GyA3f_rXInTI2zT0rhnfk6rPTg-o4XR11A8zmC3zVp5BIIGQyyHwfS9c8O67OdM22kkKPXuIiKxA-GL9upnRdxc/s320/gitajayanti.jpeg"/></a></div> During the Gita Jayanti Samaroh devotees and pilgrims from all
over Bharat gather at Kurukshetra. The weeklong festival is celebrated with
shloka recital, dance performances, Bhagwad Katha reading, bhajans, dramas, book
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<b><a name="2.">2.</a> RSS SARSANGHCHALAK’S PROGRAMS: </b>Addressing an
Intellectual Conference at Sharada University in Nioda on November 26, Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat underscored the global
acceptance and benefits of Yoga. His remarks reflect the evolving perception of
Yoga, once marginalised and misunderstood and now gaining widespread acceptance
and acknowledgment as a valuable cultural and wellness practise on the
international stage.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggn8918wuVKqfQ-Jbw47HO8w2cBzeX4Pqo6hkXbqrHBAqw1Ns0j9FIOrSs-kXut3k1XIlStHEdDSzi1s1Aud1KgpI6IXuFnIHbB3F-JoFTsbW4RyZ9ZIDNTUr7i1QSpJTSJXsDTF4u5qoBQ4JDXE1qXQogWWTQdM11BxFsG9jWV_zWqyVBfC2aK6SNu6E/s635/MohanjiShardauni.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="571" data-original-width="635" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggn8918wuVKqfQ-Jbw47HO8w2cBzeX4Pqo6hkXbqrHBAqw1Ns0j9FIOrSs-kXut3k1XIlStHEdDSzi1s1Aud1KgpI6IXuFnIHbB3F-JoFTsbW4RyZ9ZIDNTUr7i1QSpJTSJXsDTF4u5qoBQ4JDXE1qXQogWWTQdM11BxFsG9jWV_zWqyVBfC2aK6SNu6E/s320/MohanjiShardauni.jpg"/></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPX5jbp9tkrs-0n50GEiz7QICkDzrHM5BMiUDwtE8h7hz5JNvoOA5P2X3gFdRQsL3xYwddkpYHrKWNHLr1EXtus8SFo2hX9-G1ZDeb5oEMqJJnlLCvMwOWf8NlEO6XtXJovgqu5Vaqr6HMT90RbxlNfMrmly0v7vn7q5eDMZyR2mJpwELjAgJt6LOQpdg/s1080/MohanjiShardaun2.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPX5jbp9tkrs-0n50GEiz7QICkDzrHM5BMiUDwtE8h7hz5JNvoOA5P2X3gFdRQsL3xYwddkpYHrKWNHLr1EXtus8SFo2hX9-G1ZDeb5oEMqJJnlLCvMwOWf8NlEO6XtXJovgqu5Vaqr6HMT90RbxlNfMrmly0v7vn7q5eDMZyR2mJpwELjAgJt6LOQpdg/s320/MohanjiShardaun2.jpg"/></a></div> Dr. Bhagwat highlighted the transformation in perception,
noting the significant global recognition and appreciation for the ancient
Bharatiya practice and further emphasised that Bharat’s culture and the
tradition of yoga are among the oldest in the world. He expressed pride in
witnessing the global endorsement of yoga and its positive impact on individuals
worldwide.<br>
In an address at the commemorative event marking the 50th anniversary of Swami
Vivekanand Medical Mission in Nagpur on November 17, Dr. Bhagwat expressed his
unwavering commitment to seeking donations for the betterment of society. His
statement reflected a deep conviction in the power of philanthropy to drive
positive change and improve the lives of the less fortunate. He underscored the
urgent need for philanthropic initiatives to bridge the healthcare gap and
ensure that medical services are accessible to all segments of society. The
event also marked the inauguration of a heart hospital. Maharashtra Deputy Chief
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<b><a name="3.">3.</a> DR VAIDYA URGES MEDIA TO HIGHLIGHT THAT DHARMA IS THE
CORE PRINCIPLE OF BHARAT: </b>Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Sah Sarakaryavah, Dr
Manmohan Vaidya, while addressing the gathering on the occasion of Deepawali
Milan Samaroh organised by Bharat Prakashan (Delhi) Limited, urged the media to
make people aware that the real principle on which Bharat is built is 'Dharma'
and how we believe in giving back to society. The event was organized on
November 17 at the Constitution Club of India, Delhi. He highlighted the
importance of we and not I as the core principle of Dharma. He also lauded
Bharat for coming forward during COVID 19 and helping people by providing
medicine and other necessary items.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwn21AdV6PCQEzvj7vUfQQX-n42_BuvVOeweX2JlcNCDfD3oiZjQ5B8GcRqtY-TN0oZf0ba27IABHH5nFOVXrF3_5UBA3ogauvapfatq-CRk687AU2slJm5nScSqEKc5qOx3khCiLr8nmgl8jaVo9fRmNwoGJso2HmiWEK-aR1-my7pf-tx3c0hecEiFY/s448/download%20-%202023-11-30T192318.888.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="283" data-original-width="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwn21AdV6PCQEzvj7vUfQQX-n42_BuvVOeweX2JlcNCDfD3oiZjQ5B8GcRqtY-TN0oZf0ba27IABHH5nFOVXrF3_5UBA3ogauvapfatq-CRk687AU2slJm5nScSqEKc5qOx3khCiLr8nmgl8jaVo9fRmNwoGJso2HmiWEK-aR1-my7pf-tx3c0hecEiFY/s320/download%20-%202023-11-30T192318.888.jpeg"/></a></div>
Others present on the stage included the editor of Panchjanya Hitesh Shankar, MD
of BPDL Bharat Bhushan Arora and editor of Organiser Prafulla Ketkar.</font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 8pt">-GoTop</font></a></b></font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
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<b><a name="4.">4.</a> RASHTRAPATI MURMU GRACED BOITA BANDANA CEREMONY: </b>On
November 27, Rashtrapati Droupadi Murmu participated in the Boita Bandana
ceremony organised by the Paradip Port Authority on the occasion of Kartika
Purnima. Men and women, dressed as traditional merchant sailors welcomed her at
the port city amidst playing of traditional music and dance.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6s2Sjl3yXlLSMqL-RQsQ_dmBEc5U_uc877Elu1jyIGm3rmr0lUwC4KxyIp888eyPdPLGb7rkVoImh_YHXsjVAnJdL-HoXXJhaA_TQo4C_COjTswbXPdjorMzSHHjrzSCxjwSZ3Hicw0PifwQPoIVfntP5mxJITt-WWPsZoLJMEGfdErH2i3LR5o5TPW8/s583/Screenshot%20%28800%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="265" data-original-width="583" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6s2Sjl3yXlLSMqL-RQsQ_dmBEc5U_uc877Elu1jyIGm3rmr0lUwC4KxyIp888eyPdPLGb7rkVoImh_YHXsjVAnJdL-HoXXJhaA_TQo4C_COjTswbXPdjorMzSHHjrzSCxjwSZ3Hicw0PifwQPoIVfntP5mxJITt-WWPsZoLJMEGfdErH2i3LR5o5TPW8/s320/Screenshot%20%28800%29.jpg"/></a></div> Boita Bandana is
observed every year on Kartika Purnima to celebrate Odisha’s glorious maritime
past. Rashtrapati Murmu ceremonially flagged off the sailing of a well-decorated
boat. She also virtually inaugurated a Multi Model Logistic Park and the next
generation Vessel Traffic Management and Information System at Paradip.</font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 8pt">-GoTop</font></a></b></font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
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<b><a name="5.">5.</a> USE OF SANTALI HAS INCREASED: RASHTRAPATI MURMU: </b>On
November 20, Rashtrapati Droupadi Murmu said that the use of Santali language in
government and non-government sectors has increased after it was added to the
Constitution as an official language in 2003. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ2Mvro2r_LjSb6WCmXecNSeDDALpX-CGNxDSZgAUfdX_E19w9sgqYEpbGU-Qak5TdlTOW17GdRkdYVpe_okFpqtCu1tqhs25IYri0R83Hl6qiteYacL2a7YNFLihsEIsj5fi4TsEnVZwzNF0DJpydBZe4X9F_Yn2KTuAMwMqktGfaBwnMObDsZ6b1nJE/s450/download%20-%202023-11-30T193154.732.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ2Mvro2r_LjSb6WCmXecNSeDDALpX-CGNxDSZgAUfdX_E19w9sgqYEpbGU-Qak5TdlTOW17GdRkdYVpe_okFpqtCu1tqhs25IYri0R83Hl6qiteYacL2a7YNFLihsEIsj5fi4TsEnVZwzNF0DJpydBZe4X9F_Yn2KTuAMwMqktGfaBwnMObDsZ6b1nJE/s320/download%20-%202023-11-30T193154.732.jpeg"/></a></div> Rashtrapati Murmu appreciated the
role played by the All-India Santali Writers’ Association, which came into being
in 1988, in promoting the language. She also said that most of the Santali
literature was available in the oral tradition till the invention of the Ol
Chiki script by Raghunath Murmu. She noted that he also enriched the language by
composing plays like ‘Bidu Chandan’, ‘Kherwal Bir’, ‘Darege Dhan’, and
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<b><a name="6.">6.</a> KERALA PAYS RICH TRIBUTES TO RANGA HARI: </b>Swayamsevaks
and their families, Sangh sympathisers and eminent personalities paid rich
tributes to late Ranga Hari, senior Sangh pracharak and former Akhil Bharatiya
Boudhik Pramukh. After holding upasakha-wise programmes on November 5, three
major programmes were held.<br>
Addressing a Shradhanjali Sabha at Bhaskareeyam Convention Centre in Ernakulam
on November 14, RSS Sarakaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale remembered Hariji as an
intellectual par excellence, writer of high calibre and an eminent orator. He
added that Hariji was a master in ideological matters, a parivrajak and an ideal
swayamsevak. Hosabale also released ‘Paramahamsadhwanikal’, the last book
authored by Ranga Hariji.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiup3dLW_zCD_ms6TZQ0T5V7R-LRpSWFtlHYJpcinW3_eW7CbMezngeYo2wsMSBf0HY19Fq0RXZ1vqx5RY_UOPscLt9MyZIsqkZpQYla7xv0fD4aRMQyVu4elr_G-yL4GJ28D0EamujFiKbF2SEOcRcSz_iMpigf0Xb1nIW-p9sp6nu884Knua9RMycw0/s465/download%20-%202023-11-30T193318.166.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="245" data-original-width="465" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiup3dLW_zCD_ms6TZQ0T5V7R-LRpSWFtlHYJpcinW3_eW7CbMezngeYo2wsMSBf0HY19Fq0RXZ1vqx5RY_UOPscLt9MyZIsqkZpQYla7xv0fD4aRMQyVu4elr_G-yL4GJ28D0EamujFiKbF2SEOcRcSz_iMpigf0Xb1nIW-p9sp6nu884Knua9RMycw0/s320/download%20-%202023-11-30T193318.166.jpeg"/></a></div>
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Former Sarakaryavah Suresh (Bhayyaji) Joshi addressed an event organised by
Bharatiya Vichara Kendram, in Thiruvananthapuram and said that Hariji was an
uncompromising pracharak. He fought against the odds and was one of the
architects who succeeded in building a strong foundation for Sangh in Kerala.<br>
In Kozhikode. RSS Sah Sarakaryavah C.R. Mukund said that despite achieving
pinnacle of scholarship, Hariji lived like a ordinary man who could rub
shoulders with ordinary people. Hariji imparted the knowledge and wisdom to
others in simple terms and conquered thousands of people with his spiritual
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<b><a name="7.">7.</a> BHARAT RESUMES E-VISA FOR CANADIAN CITIZENS: </b>Entry
visa, business visa, medical visa, and conference visa were four categories in
which Bharat decided to resume visa services in Canada on October 26. Now,
Bharat has also resumed electronic visa services in these categories for
Canadian citizens, the High Commission of Bharat in Canada announced on November
22. “Indian eVisa facility has been restored with effect from 22 November 2023,
for all eligible Canadian citizens,” the Bharatiya High Commission in Ottawa
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<b><a name="8.">8.</a> WORLD HINDU CONGRESS 2023: </b>The third World Hindu
Congress (WHC), which takes place every four years, was held in Bangkok.
Organised by the World Hindu Foundation (WHF), the event opened on November 24
and culminated on November 26. More than 2000 delegates from 61 countries
participated in the WHC. The theme for the WHC this year was ‘Jayasya Aayatnam
Dharmah’ - ‘Dharma, the abode of victory’.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr80zXwzbBibXQNO71V0ef77oKl-kYxLeur6-G9_U59GufPmrh_iOdtn5T0olCkXbaEHbUaiqAxlX7Rla87-fnVsHbwa-MwaOdb1Fbn7Gzy21ola094K0dGSS2c6dcOonTC2RmU3voYl4XV7n-2Fd5PtLZ2AXyCCoGXfX26PL5Gv4kq1myjxWlaLNPKgA/s563/images%20%2834%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="563" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr80zXwzbBibXQNO71V0ef77oKl-kYxLeur6-G9_U59GufPmrh_iOdtn5T0olCkXbaEHbUaiqAxlX7Rla87-fnVsHbwa-MwaOdb1Fbn7Gzy21ola094K0dGSS2c6dcOonTC2RmU3voYl4XV7n-2Fd5PtLZ2AXyCCoGXfX26PL5Gv4kq1myjxWlaLNPKgA/s320/images%20%2834%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
During the inaugural ceremony at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hall (Royal
Jubilee, Impact Convention Centre) on November 24, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)
Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat said that all our Hindu traditions, regardless
of our differences in thought, are instances of 'Dharma'. He expressed that
Bharat, rooted in its cultural heritage, would show the path of happiness and
satisfaction to a world grappling with experiments in materialism, communism,
and capitalism. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgExE8rZifWA729bl1o1e2mzBXx3IVHf6biCU7T_p94COifBi8XLDXPNe2AIncBH1FN_biE9XFkHvz5SPY1UTmkHIcsc-E_LIxFOIIOTkyvrtg5eZdkdC6-K3QmOmhHQDP_GijM3-3LEBrfgopOAvanb-fkeFb7lQ6XgP2fpmhD6iOVvQsI0sK60Cuuw1c/s293/images%20%2835%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgExE8rZifWA729bl1o1e2mzBXx3IVHf6biCU7T_p94COifBi8XLDXPNe2AIncBH1FN_biE9XFkHvz5SPY1UTmkHIcsc-E_LIxFOIIOTkyvrtg5eZdkdC6-K3QmOmhHQDP_GijM3-3LEBrfgopOAvanb-fkeFb7lQ6XgP2fpmhD6iOVvQsI0sK60Cuuw1c/s320/images%20%2835%29.jpeg"/></a></div> Bhagwat appealed to Hindus worldwide to connect with each other
and engage with the world collectively. Mata Amritanandamayi and Swami
Purnatmanand of Bharat Sevashram Sangh were also present on the occasion.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6l30Ouj7WQO_VYlFrjRgJXt1wKFPOSCrNbJjyhoKHimT769BRq8laZKDwRYLSgWzBHTK8sh459sFjWslMeKBeBNQHfH_FZr-yR9g0DLAHy_qMvIPQ87Fai4TrCvhpw2E1wsiiB__pe8BjnUbY8w3TKvfAwMJ7MVuBdl7AiHp0JBfYcjJ_Re9mhyphenhyphenultug/s243/download%20-%202023-11-30T194157.039.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="184" data-original-width="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6l30Ouj7WQO_VYlFrjRgJXt1wKFPOSCrNbJjyhoKHimT769BRq8laZKDwRYLSgWzBHTK8sh459sFjWslMeKBeBNQHfH_FZr-yR9g0DLAHy_qMvIPQ87Fai4TrCvhpw2E1wsiiB__pe8BjnUbY8w3TKvfAwMJ7MVuBdl7AiHp0JBfYcjJ_Re9mhyphenhyphenultug/s320/download%20-%202023-11-30T194157.039.jpeg"/></a></div>
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RSS Sarakaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale advocated for improved collaboration among
Hindu organisations to overcome contradictions and differences and emphasised
the importance of articulating the voice of Hindu society collectively. He urged
organisations to share information, coordinate efforts and avoid duplication.
Hosabale identified key challenges faced by the Hindu community globally and the
absence of departments dedicated to Hindu studies and Bharatiya languages in
Western universities. He stressed the need for better organisation to address
these challenges effectively.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnDl3lO72W6sETIGGf71eHjc62De_NCUvcRzl69RUdjXAKoWBN5BM8hZE5A0H_zblsqQLbEugmZW4NOWyBEYbBvXlgpk5RV0yqqGJufJngzklbAlWxHEVHchPah1EkUlWsIPICS_B2nRAVRAm7MaaXr8gmVNSAqkpk40SsoBXsvUVOmZdaDWW2FiePim8/s259/thaipm.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnDl3lO72W6sETIGGf71eHjc62De_NCUvcRzl69RUdjXAKoWBN5BM8hZE5A0H_zblsqQLbEugmZW4NOWyBEYbBvXlgpk5RV0yqqGJufJngzklbAlWxHEVHchPah1EkUlWsIPICS_B2nRAVRAm7MaaXr8gmVNSAqkpk40SsoBXsvUVOmZdaDWW2FiePim8/s320/thaipm.jpeg"/></a></div>
In his message, Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin lauded the Hindu
values of non-violence, truth, tolerance and harmony, expressing the belief that
these principles could play a pivotal role in establishing world peace. He
stressed the need for inspiration drawn from the Hindu ethos, particularly in a
world grappling with turmoil.<br>
Expressing his delight over the scheduled consecration of the Ram Mandir in
Ayodhya on January 22, Swami Vigyananand, founder and global chairman of WHF and
chief organiser of WHC, said that the ceremony would be telecast live in
Bangkok.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYs59LAOOqggMG62o5tgJttjDfshiCTRQ_fPvNIHu2YnmPwZIPLeqoh3N9qIdha0xaC-aCLN1AHZHUEaQkmZiUMTTDctpd-eBYcICysbWtGP1lxfIzKIcaoYtlfFnMTFwZmbEOTP-CZedGf5RdZoKqAuJtPhxVdeoob5HEeKz0A-2F2r-QEeonRR4lWM4/s301/images%20%2838%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYs59LAOOqggMG62o5tgJttjDfshiCTRQ_fPvNIHu2YnmPwZIPLeqoh3N9qIdha0xaC-aCLN1AHZHUEaQkmZiUMTTDctpd-eBYcICysbWtGP1lxfIzKIcaoYtlfFnMTFwZmbEOTP-CZedGf5RdZoKqAuJtPhxVdeoob5HEeKz0A-2F2r-QEeonRR4lWM4/s320/images%20%2838%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
In its official declaration, the WHC strongly condemned unwarranted criticism of
Hindutva and Sanatan Dharma. It also dispelled the 150 years old conspiracy to
limit Hindu with ‘ism’ i.e. Hinduism and urged the global Hindu community to
unite in promoting and embodying Hindutva through collaborative global
initiatives.<br>
The Third World Hindu Congress concluded on November 26 with the resolve to
connect every Hindu in the world with each other and to gain strength for
welfare of the world through the life values of Hindutva. Around 50 sessions
were organised in parallel throughout the conference, with a focus on seven
sections, including economy, education, academic, media and political sectors,
as well as youth and women. More than 50 delegates from around 30 countries
participated in the various sessions of the Political Forum and more than 650
delegates participated in the sessions of the Hindu Economic Forum.<br>
According to the organisers, the next World Hindu Congress will be held in
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<b><a name="9.">9.</a> SEWA DIWALI: </b>Volunteers from over 230 HSS chapters
collaborated and contributed to the Sewa Diwali food drives. Around 2300 pounds
of food were donated to Schaumburg Township Food Pantry in presence of Hoffman
Estates Mayor Mr. Bill McLeod, Schaumburg Police Deputy Chief Mr. Joe Dugan, and
State Representative Michelle Mussman. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1hgmslm-g5WEUCT1wzMi2_uQMibkOVcRO4j-0tlLZF193xo7sMXpVWRJiECrW_wa6DEbUH4-acCOPdM7mhwb8mOBdOEnqigYVpBhRqBpYK_tUyX5oxf60kIydqBrQy1mZHhxmonPLMc0dX3dR3WY_U1BHG_P1YfOnQ8B9o5lSjhbbeQO9myjDFmmk2_4/s2048/diwaliSewa.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1hgmslm-g5WEUCT1wzMi2_uQMibkOVcRO4j-0tlLZF193xo7sMXpVWRJiECrW_wa6DEbUH4-acCOPdM7mhwb8mOBdOEnqigYVpBhRqBpYK_tUyX5oxf60kIydqBrQy1mZHhxmonPLMc0dX3dR3WY_U1BHG_P1YfOnQ8B9o5lSjhbbeQO9myjDFmmk2_4/s320/diwaliSewa.jpg"/></a></div> Volunteers of Sindhu Shakha, Cleveland,
collaborated with several local organizations and grocery stores to run and
promote SEWA Diwali. Close to 1800 lbs food was collected and donated at
Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank in Ohio. HSS Memphis celebrated Diwali by
donating 490 pounds of food to Vance Avenue Youth Development Center. HSS MI
Chapter donated more than 1300 pounds to Abhi Shah Foundation, Dearborn Heights
Michigan. The city mayor Mr. Bazzi attended and appreciated Sewa Diwali food
donation initiative. Parashuram Shakha Overlandpark, Kansas concluded the Sewa
Diwali food drive by donating more than 1750 pounds of food to MUFFIN, Tiny
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<b><a name="10.">10.</a> INTERFAITH ACTIVITIES AND COLLABORATION: </b>Carmel
Chapter of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh HSS USA participated in the 2023 Cathedral
High School multicultural assembly centered on the theme of ‘Interfaith Praise
in Song/Dance’. Students filled the gymnasium, eager to embrace the diversity of
spiritual expressions.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn6mbTN67kwo0H6ZbOJAEtuK5qX1RtMNmrFxq76fHeBcMTSqer-EA35vaDWzUvS1Bf8cR952RmL_uDoONzfoYkr2kvCwxg3vp7-WAH2mqCJQ9Lzb2qjakfuy7NrbJFvHBh1-Yhnd4iMFR6572lRiRZ6kLDDBA7RRMo_b8OOZdXhJtqSJ3_pBtG8a4ADSw/s600/Interfaith.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="537" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn6mbTN67kwo0H6ZbOJAEtuK5qX1RtMNmrFxq76fHeBcMTSqer-EA35vaDWzUvS1Bf8cR952RmL_uDoONzfoYkr2kvCwxg3vp7-WAH2mqCJQ9Lzb2qjakfuy7NrbJFvHBh1-Yhnd4iMFR6572lRiRZ6kLDDBA7RRMo_b8OOZdXhJtqSJ3_pBtG8a4ADSw/s320/Interfaith.jpg"/></a></div>
Interfaith Alliance of Irving, TX, participated in the annual Sewa Diwali drive.
Representatives from six different faiths - Sikh, the Dawoodi Bohra, Baha’i,
Scientology Church, Zoroastrian, and Hindu communities - came together to
collect and donate food to Irving community. More than 1700 pounds of food and
other utility products were collectively donated to ‘Irving Cares’, an
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<b><a name="11.">11.</a> HSS HINDU SPORTS FEST IN DALLAS: </b>The Dallas Area
Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh hosted the inaugural Hindu Sports Fest at Rice Middle
School on September 30. Aimed at DFW area Hindu teenagers in grades 7-12, the
event fused Dharma with sportsmanship. With 150 attendees, local teens engaged
in track, volleyball, and basketball competitions.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6TjHP2iJV3GmZDCAonkel6fOKSulp1j2v_fHGnuznWvNjBWCafIFLUKYcqZvEd-XE238sEfmCpTBp2qZvF61Pbwb34pj3MGxc-zD3drBpp_y-m1zrTWprSH4h8kCbzpDr_xpdtq054H-pkmiKh_rKou8XJvNy-bxznMwE_sOjPTwa_aBhjFoTvBi669Q/s495/1a1a001_034.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="381" data-original-width="495" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6TjHP2iJV3GmZDCAonkel6fOKSulp1j2v_fHGnuznWvNjBWCafIFLUKYcqZvEd-XE238sEfmCpTBp2qZvF61Pbwb34pj3MGxc-zD3drBpp_y-m1zrTWprSH4h8kCbzpDr_xpdtq054H-pkmiKh_rKou8XJvNy-bxznMwE_sOjPTwa_aBhjFoTvBi669Q/s320/1a1a001_034.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVBEe8K0mFyG2uuXkOGXxnTlCSuh7WFVhJKmEGptUFduj9kysFQoanqoHs09YjgAn9XE18u2StHe1obJFHrYRIJQC79QDqXULcSEO9A2w7pFmOJoKyk5X_dsZRt4Vpyk0FdHqsEC9CQ0dNrsMlyycPNqdzfU5JMNYtZwFDOFy5CY__gYP8NzW4-uxoE8/s495/1a1a004_007.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="364" data-original-width="495" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVBEe8K0mFyG2uuXkOGXxnTlCSuh7WFVhJKmEGptUFduj9kysFQoanqoHs09YjgAn9XE18u2StHe1obJFHrYRIJQC79QDqXULcSEO9A2w7pFmOJoKyk5X_dsZRt4Vpyk0FdHqsEC9CQ0dNrsMlyycPNqdzfU5JMNYtZwFDOFy5CY__gYP8NzW4-uxoE8/s320/1a1a004_007.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipRFlMpcOSjQoxd4mK60VCkq4-smi9n2m4km3KPASLyOPMu6QNvnbm47tm6jRMqlGdwTmV0PtQSbappL5vs8r_O-XpIcl-9VQCrNJKQeEXthe5YP-ZEgbUwy4KI_-XowfRANfMqILibs7LfPO_HE_HvvpVMf3LLm4uHStOgubA3QufmD6Ugu4Kp_iUroA/s495/1a1a005_016.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="268" data-original-width="495" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipRFlMpcOSjQoxd4mK60VCkq4-smi9n2m4km3KPASLyOPMu6QNvnbm47tm6jRMqlGdwTmV0PtQSbappL5vs8r_O-XpIcl-9VQCrNJKQeEXthe5YP-ZEgbUwy4KI_-XowfRANfMqILibs7LfPO_HE_HvvpVMf3LLm4uHStOgubA3QufmD6Ugu4Kp_iUroA/s320/1a1a005_016.jpg"/></a></div> The day culminated in an
awards ceremony honoring the top three participants in each event. Chief Guest
at the event was Gobind Dhiman, a renowned sportsman acclaimed for setting 37
national Bharatiya records in powerlifting during the 1980s and earning the
title of Bharat’s Strongest Man in 1983 and 1984. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD">
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<b><a name="12.">12.</a> REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE AT ANZAC JAWAN CENOTAPH: </b>
The Australia India Cenotaph Committee (a project of Hindu Council Australia)
along with Hornsby RSL sub-branch conducted the sixth Anzac Jawan Remembrance
Day service at Cherrybrook on November 19 to commemorate the sacrifices made by
the Anzac of Bharatiya origin during WW1.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiETmk7YoIDXvssbzqE6-ehI5ddz4EuvU2_SLdkmxVz_d1gz7giXizEsDU0Ad_qZLh-IEXRfRyB8Oi5C7hNS3b2k4y18eAGjRE-23W8jbOBXp42_bLnOQphAktq16wxcCebebTikn8VpksJLonsXU_ADJl3R9WIPAPCA1pN1uIua1S5Xda2x9rXvU71EJo/s768/CENOTAPH-768x363.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="363" data-original-width="768" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiETmk7YoIDXvssbzqE6-ehI5ddz4EuvU2_SLdkmxVz_d1gz7giXizEsDU0Ad_qZLh-IEXRfRyB8Oi5C7hNS3b2k4y18eAGjRE-23W8jbOBXp42_bLnOQphAktq16wxcCebebTikn8VpksJLonsXU_ADJl3R9WIPAPCA1pN1uIua1S5Xda2x9rXvU71EJo/s320/CENOTAPH-768x363.jpeg"/></a></div>
The program included floral tributes, religious prayers and hymns and a
one-minute silence. Many Bharatiya defence ex-servicemen also attended the
event.<br>
The ANZAC Jawan Cenotaph is an NSW War Memorial, it was erected in 2018 to
celebrate the Armistice Centenary of the ANZAC and to recognize and commemorate
the supreme sacrifices of the Anzacs of Bharatiya origin.</font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 8pt">-GoTop</font></a></b></font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
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<b><a name="13.">13.</a> CHHATH PUJA GOES GLOBAL: </b>Hundreds of people of
Bharatiya origin from New Jersey and New York flocked to waterfronts at Papaianni
Park, Edison, New Jersey in the United States as they celebrated the auspicious
festival of Chhath Puja on November 19. Flower decorations were seen at the
park, where women decked in Bharatiya attire carried out the traditional
rituals. Chhath event at Northamptonshire's York Cottage in London also
witnessed a large turnover.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4kz4OjDuR6UpjAPv1X5OG957UbroVfQpQFFJnXnZDQ1sG45SCSpWrD1C6grhf3LI1DC-5EFyh6qZW6WRBkdKeJ57RNfLb42rp_E7rlj7kXs6e65XT22EoQ_kMoOyWu-98yif4b7jPediT9rOF1wqNsrZeJGoo3cruRTgO4YngM3dKXUuXbh9hvWLlZtE/s410/download%20-%202023-11-30T201437.280.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4kz4OjDuR6UpjAPv1X5OG957UbroVfQpQFFJnXnZDQ1sG45SCSpWrD1C6grhf3LI1DC-5EFyh6qZW6WRBkdKeJ57RNfLb42rp_E7rlj7kXs6e65XT22EoQ_kMoOyWu-98yif4b7jPediT9rOF1wqNsrZeJGoo3cruRTgO4YngM3dKXUuXbh9hvWLlZtE/s320/download%20-%202023-11-30T201437.280.jpeg"/></a></div> An artificial water body was also created inside the
sprawling Easton Lane venue, located between London and Midland. Chhath Puja was
also celebrated in California, Bentonville – Arkansas, Dubai and Australia. The
Chhath puja concluded in Nepal, with devotees offering ‘Argha’ to the rising Sun
while submerging at the Bagmati River, marking the end of four days of arduous
fasting. Chhath is a festival of benediction to Bhagwan Surya that starts on
Karthik Shukla Chathurthi and ends in Shukla Saptami according to the lunar
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<b><a name="14.">14.</a> THIRUVANNAMALAI'S KARTHIGAI DEEPAM FESTIVAL: </b>The
Karthigai Deepam festival celebrated at the Thiruvannamalai Arunachaleswarar
mandir, commenced with traditional flag hoisting on November 17. Over the
ensuing days, the Panch Murthis, representing various deities, graced
processions on intricately adorned chariots and vahanas, including the mandir
rath. The culmination of the festival unfolded with lighting of the Karthigai
Deepam, a momentous event drawing devotees from far and wide.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTGEUWJibeCSYXp1b8iseRYEVl1ZWbbtYlxB99eZktL7WT1bkWQByotd-9WLoVvIOLb6kXNKSQvfYnJ27_StRPX3787Bm2AXOEpqaHN_5fV-2Uyu12LXDkNjBgQzL6tSCWN2iC9ZKw8OKptq2deAHKwRRJnuT5WF12QKtpgrAmCA5zMSMB3uk59HdyZ9A/s413/download%20-%202023-11-30T201956.448.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="413" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTGEUWJibeCSYXp1b8iseRYEVl1ZWbbtYlxB99eZktL7WT1bkWQByotd-9WLoVvIOLb6kXNKSQvfYnJ27_StRPX3787Bm2AXOEpqaHN_5fV-2Uyu12LXDkNjBgQzL6tSCWN2iC9ZKw8OKptq2deAHKwRRJnuT5WF12QKtpgrAmCA5zMSMB3uk59HdyZ9A/s320/download%20-%202023-11-30T201956.448.jpeg"/></a></div> On the auspicious
morning of the Karthigai Deepam on November 26, the Bharani deepam was
ceremoniously lit inside the shrine, followed by a yagam at the Artha Mandapam,
where twenty Bharani deepams were ignited by Saiva priests. The highlight of the
evening was the lighting of the Maha Deepam atop the 2,668-foot hill. The
cauldron for lighting the Maha Deepam - five feet in height and five feet in
diameter - was taken to the top of the Annamalai hill along a seven-kilometre
route on the rear side of the mandir by 20 persons. Atop the hill, the cauldron
was filled with 750 kgs of pure ghee and a wick measuring more than 300 metres
made using a special cotton cloth was lit. The Maha Deepam is visible around a
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<b><a name="15.">15.</a> DEV DEEPAWALI AT KASHI GHATS: </b>Kashi city witnessed
the lighting of approximately 21 lakh diyas, with over 12 lakh people adorning
the crescent-shaped ghats. One lakh lamps were made from cow dung, adding a
traditional touch to the luminous display. Lamps were lit on the ghats on the
western bank and on the sands on the eastern bank of Ganga. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB-q36GzuSstcggLXmRshqUfuaq7hBLCpjrBYlT13pouQ0hJIAbvGmgWsIbmceqoHXyvMzS4k92FrAcSdyrIPTyhrmxcWXRAxGZSi2D0o3wytoNMtANdkUtSMaRiLKH8NgRowQhCHaE-LlQpwdQPyoz5YEs5OBHiy-og2UXo5hdID4PZBHLGya-JlG8eg/s450/download%20-%202023-11-30T201857.913.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB-q36GzuSstcggLXmRshqUfuaq7hBLCpjrBYlT13pouQ0hJIAbvGmgWsIbmceqoHXyvMzS4k92FrAcSdyrIPTyhrmxcWXRAxGZSi2D0o3wytoNMtANdkUtSMaRiLKH8NgRowQhCHaE-LlQpwdQPyoz5YEs5OBHiy-og2UXo5hdID4PZBHLGya-JlG8eg/s320/download%20-%202023-11-30T201857.913.jpeg"/></a></div> Additionally,
Kashi’s ponds, lakes, Markandeya Mahadev mandir on the Ganga-Gomti banks, and
Shastri Ghat on the Varuna river were lit up with millions of lamps treating the
guests and visitors with a spectacular visual feast. It marked the first
occasion where a multitude of diplomats from various nations experienced the
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<b><a name="16.">16.</a> KOLKATA ILLUMINATES 554 LAMPS ON GURUPURAB: </b>The
Indian Humanitarian Assistance (IHA) and Uddipani Club collaboratively organised
an evening dedicated to commemorating the 554th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak
Dev by lighting 554 diyas on November 26.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk5gyRDIACSq-DVs6_1Sy3bLcM9AtmsZ8pEJxm6PlrZeR3z8xIXjEg3ZxId6kE4LH7bqUWdIqIneVP8FL40ds0OGleT-VPHUJgcvGLMVwFtcaJYpiGmxemutKyxSx1LE2poL1rF1B0RVBRzpZUAmli3_oQ0sB-BI79Yml1tKWsrqjndiYtGb8AgsTCEu0/s388/download%20-%202023-11-30T201801.305.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="204" data-original-width="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk5gyRDIACSq-DVs6_1Sy3bLcM9AtmsZ8pEJxm6PlrZeR3z8xIXjEg3ZxId6kE4LH7bqUWdIqIneVP8FL40ds0OGleT-VPHUJgcvGLMVwFtcaJYpiGmxemutKyxSx1LE2poL1rF1B0RVBRzpZUAmli3_oQ0sB-BI79Yml1tKWsrqjndiYtGb8AgsTCEu0/s320/download%20-%202023-11-30T201801.305.jpeg"/></a></div> It was the first such event at the
iconic Park Circus in Kolkata. Every year, the auspicious occasion of Guruparab
is held on Kartik Purnima. On Gurpurab, prayers are held in Gurdwaras throughout
the day. The many components of the festival continue until late at night when
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<b><a name="17.">17.</a> MALAYSIA GRANTS VISA-FREE ENTRY FOR BHARATIYAS: </b>
Malaysia will grant a 30-day visa-free entry for Bharatiya and Chinese citizens
from December 1, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has announced, joining Thailand
and Sri Lanka in recent weeks to offer such a facility to promote tourism.<br>
Malaysia is currently targeting 16.1 million international tourist arrivals with
RM 49.3 billion in tourism receipts and Bharat is among the top countries to
contribute tourist arrivals to Malaysia. In 2022, Malaysia welcomed a total of
3,24,548 Bharatiya tourists, while in the first quarter of 2023, Malaysia
received as many as 1,64,566 Bharatiya tourists compared to 13,370 in the same
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<b><a name="18.">18.</a> OBITUARY: SARDAR CHIRANJEEV SINGH: </b>Senior RSS
Pracharak Sardar Chiranjeev Singh peacefully passed away at the age of 93 in
Ludhiana on November 20. With a lifetime dedicated to the principles of Sangh,
Chiranjeev Ji's demise was mourned nationwide. Born on October 1, 1930 in
Patiala, Chiranjeev Ji’s early life was marked by a deep connection to
spirituality and reverence for saints and gurus. His mother, a schoolteacher,
played a crucial role in his upbringing. He became a Swayamsevak in 1944 during
his seventh-grade studies. In 1948, he actively participated in Satyagraha and
spent two months in jail.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiKvSXQYSF6kk2FEw5kGbxgjtW6suhKJaSG5wJi-o5Y7rPm8mqPl0G3_yNTBGVZkmN2jQ-OYK5hyphenhyphenfpBETHQG1VAeM0AstqywVFatGEteN_0d91OPfi0nwSLOKmtnHmYbppHKvsGyG5NPj75h87USzYnxeZQ1jaHoDovBrZ7AxYDaw56nIKwA4fG2OdKAw/s600/chiranjeev-singh-9.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiKvSXQYSF6kk2FEw5kGbxgjtW6suhKJaSG5wJi-o5Y7rPm8mqPl0G3_yNTBGVZkmN2jQ-OYK5hyphenhyphenfpBETHQG1VAeM0AstqywVFatGEteN_0d91OPfi0nwSLOKmtnHmYbppHKvsGyG5NPj75h87USzYnxeZQ1jaHoDovBrZ7AxYDaw56nIKwA4fG2OdKAw/s320/chiranjeev-singh-9.jpg"/></a></div> After completing his B.A. from Rajkiya Vidyalaya,
Patiala in 1952, he became a pracharak in 1953. From 1984-1990, he served as the
organization secretary of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Punjab. From 1990-2003 he was
the president of the Rashtriya Sikh Sangat. He travelled to England, Canada,
Germany, the United States, among other countries, spreading the ideals of the
Sangh. In a joint statement, Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat and Sarakaryavah
Dattatreya Hosabale expressed their heartfelt condolences to the family and
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<b><a name="19.">19.</a> SHRI VISHWA NIKETAN:</b> Pravas: Visitors: Rajendra
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt">The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is
completing 100 years in 2025. Overcoming many difficulties in the long journey
of the Sangh, the volunteers have expanded this work with the cooperation of the
entire society. The 22 years after the formation of the Sangh was a period of
struggle for independence. During this period, the Sangh swayamsevaks were
actively participating in the freedom struggle and at the same time expanding
the Sangh branches and strengthening the sense of ‘self’ within the society.
Soon after the establishment of the Sangh, with the inspiration of Dr Hedgewar,
in 1936, venerable Mavashi Kelkar started the Rashtra Sevika Samiti to work
among women, on the lines of the Sangh. Before 1947, Swayamsevaks took the oath
for Independence, and after Independence the goal has been the all-round
upliftment of Hindu Rashtra. Naturally, while the work of the Sangh was
expanding, the volunteers used to have comprehensive discussions about the
happenings in various spheres of life and the positive changes that could be
made in those areas. During the lifetime of Dr Hedgewar himself, we can witness
his extensive participation in various social activities and his ideas for
creating necessary structures from the Bharatiya point of view. Inspired from
this thought process of the Sangh, the volunteers started to weave a network of
new organisations in various fields. Immediately after August 1947, students’
organisations were started under different local names and in 1948, this work
was started all over the country under the same name. On July 9, 1949, the first
organisation ‘Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad’ was registered and the
nationwide work was formally started. In the earlier period, many organisations
were started by volunteers in various fields. The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS)
was formed for the welfare of laborers. Today there are 36 such main
organisations, besides there are other such organisations limited to some
provinces.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwPCQKPCrJKiVguklTFSjlfbbWxk_XczDdwDoAQVbEvsR_yAEekWOWWhqGIdPLI4Jg7NqIpdhGxtUT6dMaLcpw1dcVxQ-hsyFyql3QkehsHjm3mLSBgjpHzJZUk3AFFetu5KIcM5ti5fbQQWHRwwXTOBrFHOpYR97Rj7vcxgIdkiStNo-yyKJH6qWB8nE/s620/download%20-%202023-11-29T110325.146.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="326" data-original-width="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwPCQKPCrJKiVguklTFSjlfbbWxk_XczDdwDoAQVbEvsR_yAEekWOWWhqGIdPLI4Jg7NqIpdhGxtUT6dMaLcpw1dcVxQ-hsyFyql3QkehsHjm3mLSBgjpHzJZUk3AFFetu5KIcM5ti5fbQQWHRwwXTOBrFHOpYR97Rj7vcxgIdkiStNo-yyKJH6qWB8nE/s320/download%20-%202023-11-29T110325.146.jpeg"/></a></div>
These organisations are basically functioning on the principle of ‘Nation First’
and keeping the basic objective of evolving structures that are in tune with the
Bharatiya ethos and accessible to the common masses. The main task of system
transformation has become the far-reaching goal of these organisations. Sangh
mainly focusses on inculcating values and moulding individuals, and the Shakha
is the primary unit for this work. Some of the karyakartas (volunteers) moulded
through this process in turn contribute directly in the Sangh work for
man-making for national reconstruction while others move on to different walks
of life and contribute through the Sanghinspired organisations.<br>
In the early days volunteers were sent to these organisations, but now they are
given as per the requirements of the organisations and some of them start
working in these organisations on their own. As the organisations expand, many
new nonvolunteers come into contact with the organisations and work there with
different key responsibilities. Such people also gradually become familiar with
the work of the<br>
Sangh and become volunteers. For such newcomers, ‘Sangh Introduction Camps’ are
conducted at different locations. This process is continuously strengthening
both the team and the organisation with a healthy sense of coordination.<br>
Though the other organisations are run by swayamsevaks, these organisations are
autonomous in their respective fields. Their decision-making processes are
independent and that’s the reason they have received great recognition from the
society. These organisations consult the Sangh from time to time as required,
but they take decisions on their own and exert their energies for the same. Just
as this applies to the Vishva Hindu Parishad, it also applies to the BJP.
Therefore, through this process, instead of paralysed organisations dependent on
the Sangh, a number of important social organisations have taken shape, which
are constantly developing and working towards system change. They are strong,
independent, autonomous and self-reliant. This has resulted in an innate ability
to create new organisations based on future needs.<br>
COORDINATION PROCESS<br>
The formal process of coordination involves organising annual coordination
meetings at the provincial and all-India levels. Apart from this, various formal
and informal meetings are organised from local to central levels from time to
time. These meetings are attended by the Sangh Pracharaks and chief office
bearers of the organisations. In the recent All India Coordination Meeting on
September 14-16, 2023 in Pune, 243 office bearers of 36 organisations and the
Sangh participated. The agenda of these meetings is not to take decisions but to
broaden the vision through sharing of experiences, achievements, opinions and
ongoing efforts. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGiZqRt4MZCLJFFujKPB7iYqA12V50z6m08QmfJEvofmE18IeAIroBFhf3ge6tHocnqlpAld8sO4ddVHyNhkCLRsj34amrCrUYmvcNvCVHQhjOhVKVwb36kJ_iMiACOZn7nOmbNIWrj-53RL2KkHVpN18D9FGlfP8Eth-uY9Y0zkyUs6AvbyAiOP9hNVg/s437/download%20-%202023-11-29T110334.003.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="437" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGiZqRt4MZCLJFFujKPB7iYqA12V50z6m08QmfJEvofmE18IeAIroBFhf3ge6tHocnqlpAld8sO4ddVHyNhkCLRsj34amrCrUYmvcNvCVHQhjOhVKVwb36kJ_iMiACOZn7nOmbNIWrj-53RL2KkHVpN18D9FGlfP8Eth-uY9Y0zkyUs6AvbyAiOP9hNVg/s320/download%20-%202023-11-29T110334.003.jpeg"/></a></div>
While solving the problems of teachers and students, organisations such as
Vidyarthi Parishad, Vidya Bharti, Educational Federation etc. are active in the
field of Sangh-inspired education and are continuously trying to give a
Bharatiya perspective to education. Naturally, they are also continuously
working for the effective implementation of the new National Education Policy.
Also, an attempt is made to create mutual agreement on economic, social and
ideological issues through such meetings. At a time when some ideologies worked
to keep different groups in conflict with each other, these Sangh-inspired
organisations worked on building a spirit of family bonding based on the Hindu
way of life. While the BMS is trying to find a way to bond workers and
owners/management like a family, the Vidyarthi Parishad is building family
spirit among the academic fraternity. An organisation like Seva Bharti
coordinates with all charitable organisations in the society and gives more
importance to the society than the organisation.<br>
Participation of women in all organisations is an important topic discussed in
every such meeting. For this purpose, an additional special system of ‘Women’s
Coordination’ has been set up in the last few years, under which a special
target is given to the leadership development and participation of women in
various organisations. Like other organisations, in such a meeting, BJP workers
also present their understanding of the political situation, their efforts and
the possibility of success. People from outside try to analyse such meetings on
the basis of the current situation. But such discussions are a regular part of
the Sangh’s coordination process. They are an enriching experience and help
develop mutual understanding. It is rightly expected from organisations that
everyone should work with a team spirit. Collective decision-making, insisting
on the participation of the workers for their development, working with a pure
spirit and the spirit of doing public welfare without compromising on the values
of life are emphasised.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQtGqPJs4X_LtmVjKVKl3abpOmuCBnzFOanyG5dOx6urtiFktMlSnUWSShDDhzTk2wQ1qQ9FNzfcENpDeJwgSE5Jl0Kjhb7lC9Ih-K5XYeFVKiIu5FxOvXc00Z4UTHwYi9nwwrbhNnETJ_SISDeTPf3PTw9XWopOFTL2TkXhpxHV4NreQNZhV5S-j8Gk/s561/images%20%2833%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="155" data-original-width="561" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQtGqPJs4X_LtmVjKVKl3abpOmuCBnzFOanyG5dOx6urtiFktMlSnUWSShDDhzTk2wQ1qQ9FNzfcENpDeJwgSE5Jl0Kjhb7lC9Ih-K5XYeFVKiIu5FxOvXc00Z4UTHwYi9nwwrbhNnETJ_SISDeTPf3PTw9XWopOFTL2TkXhpxHV4NreQNZhV5S-j8Gk/s320/images%20%2833%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
All the organisations are active in the work of systemic change while studying
the issues of public interest, finding a way, with a participatory approach and
wherever necessary, educating the concerned groups on the core issues. While
doing so, sometimes difference of opinion come to the fore on few issues or on
certain issues strong disagreements on the policy decision of the BJP-led
Governments and the<br>
position of the Sangh inspired organisations. In such a scenario, wither
amicable solutions are facilitated or decision to move ahead is accepted while
agreeing to disagree. Difference of opinion should not lead to distancing of
minds with irreparable discord is the primary approach in this regard. According
to the discussion held in the Pune coordination meeting, all these organisations
born out of the urge for social transformation are currently insisting on five
main topics. Building a family system based on life values, spread of
environment-friendly lifestyle, adoption of equality-harmony in
individual-family-social life, manifestation of ‘self’ in every sphere of life,
as well as compliance of civic duties in daily life. In the course of time, all
the organisations will take initiatives in this regard in their respective
fields.<br>
All these organisations inspired by the Sangh are moving forward in continuous
coordination with the spirit of family, the doors of all of them including the
Sangh, are open round the clock for the service and welcome of all Bharatiyas.
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FESTIVALS: PRABODHINI EKADASHI</a></b></font></td>
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ADITYANATH INVITED FOR 'PRAN-PRATISHTHA' CEREMONY</a></b></font></td>
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RAM JANMABHOOMI INVITATION TO MORE THAN 10 CRORE FAMILIES: ALOK KUMAR</a></b></font></td>
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THAILAND ANNOUNCES VISA-FREE ENTRY FOR BHARATIYA CITIZENS</a></b></font></td>
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VIJAYADASHAMI UTSAVS</a></b></font></td>
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CELEBRATIONS AROUND THE WORLD</a></b></font></td>
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DIASPORA WEEK IN RIYADH</a></b></font></td>
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BHARAT HANDS OVER RELIEF MATERIALS TO NEPAL</a></b></font></td>
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MADRAS OPENS CAMPUS IN ZANZIBAR</a></b></font></td>
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ISRO'S ADITYA-L1 SPACECRAFT CAPTURES GLIMPSE OF SOLAR FLARES</a></b></font></td>
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BHARAT SUCCESSFULLY TEST-FIRES ‘PRALAY’ MISSILE</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#14.">14. RISE
IN PATENT APPLICATIONS IN BHARAT DEMONSTRATES RISING INNOVATIVE ZEAL OF
YOUTHS: PM MODI</a></b></font></td>
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OBITUARY: PADMANABH B ACHARYA</a></b></font></td>
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VISHWA NIKETAN & FOOD FOR THOUGHT</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt">HOW CREDIBLE IS THE GLOBAL
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a name="1.">1.</a> FESTIVALS:
PRABODHINI EKADASHI: </b>Prabodhini Ekadashi (November 23 this year), also known
as Deva Uttana Ekadashi is the Ekadashi in Shukla Paksha of the Hindu month of
Kartika. It marks the end of the four-month period of Chaturmasa, and Bhagwan
Vishnu is believed to wake up from his sleep on this day. The symbolic union of
Vishnu and Lakshmi or Tulsi Vivaha is also celebrated on this day. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxd4RXzTuN2HNOT3o5c2rcvqhG-5Jm8Da5QtFBO35MGVZbIqKu72-3iU-KadWC4kgUfXo_9HQggBYqEAcQMgDJtMxikiF-3b5byDNBBm5uK0gc6_hGdz9_AuKwYWUvqwcdBaeD1fiNlmDTGbcQPtxNNNp7TL6Wc2gkqpM4DHd5X9BQE0AV18YNdBs4YJ8/s389/download%20%281%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxd4RXzTuN2HNOT3o5c2rcvqhG-5Jm8Da5QtFBO35MGVZbIqKu72-3iU-KadWC4kgUfXo_9HQggBYqEAcQMgDJtMxikiF-3b5byDNBBm5uK0gc6_hGdz9_AuKwYWUvqwcdBaeD1fiNlmDTGbcQPtxNNNp7TL6Wc2gkqpM4DHd5X9BQE0AV18YNdBs4YJ8/s320/download%20%281%29.jpeg"/></a></div> In
Maharashtra, Prabodhini Ekadashi is linked with Bhagwan Vithoba - a form of
Vishnu. Varkari pilgrims throng the Pandharpur mandir of Vithoba on this day. In
Gujarat, pilgrims perform the 32-km Lili Parikrama of Girnar parvat over a
two-day period. In Pushkar, Rajasthan, Pushkar Mela commences on this day and
continues till the Kartika Purnima. Prabodhini Ekadashi is followed by Kartika
Purnima, which is celebrated as Deva Deepavali. </font><font face="Georgia">
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<b><a name="2.">2.</a> RAM MANDIR ’PRAN-PRATISHTHA’ A GREAT MOMENT OF JOY:
HOSABALE: </b>Addressing the media after the conclusion of Akhil Bharatiya
Karyakari Mandal meeting, Dattatreya Hosabale, Sarkaryavah of RSS, said that the
’Pran-Pratishtha’ ceremony of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, scheduled for January
22, 2024, will be a great moment of joy for everybody. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-x6UiNzBfoTegObJk1rYIKXKDmUOJnJOtxWBuywItD9H8HvYdBJN_C_CRBpHOJ48S2AlcjfTNBOGP6m9EIbrzdc4Hjvv4Zt0gyBx9i04V92qtd3L3mGN2nW7D2aieLek8yzR7fWvaXahLfTYoldTp4Q-GPD5dDEuVm5PsTkONKiKJr2H3mR1gthunMTs/s318/download%20%2811%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-x6UiNzBfoTegObJk1rYIKXKDmUOJnJOtxWBuywItD9H8HvYdBJN_C_CRBpHOJ48S2AlcjfTNBOGP6m9EIbrzdc4Hjvv4Zt0gyBx9i04V92qtd3L3mGN2nW7D2aieLek8yzR7fWvaXahLfTYoldTp4Q-GPD5dDEuVm5PsTkONKiKJr2H3mR1gthunMTs/s320/download%20%2811%29.jpeg"/></a></div> He also said that RSS
workers would undertake a nationwide door-to-door campaign from January 1 to 15,
inviting people to join the grand opening ceremony. </font><font face="Georgia">
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<b><a name="3.">3.</a> YOGI ADITYANATH INVITED FOR 'PRAN-PRATISHTHA' CEREMONY:
</b>General Secretary of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Trust Champat Rai and Treasurer
Govind Dev Giri Maharaj paid a visit to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath on November 10 and invited him for the 'Pran-Pratishtha' ceremony at
the Ram Mandir on January 22, 2024.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRQnxsW-ACHr00lwkAYDB5-abUGJY_gBrNRaYG5D2AVDpi7ayqqRTF0MTJpSdfHimAHqS7pcqJ0U90oLCSkAIHqmGYEU_wEcgqqKFbXwkJYffLxG9_0L5Z08mO0DSgWTTwi51jSO1rD42-dDiGNcWA9pRUAHmhgAhWavNaebyyZCz1N2lEk485zAqgLJY/s570/download.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRQnxsW-ACHr00lwkAYDB5-abUGJY_gBrNRaYG5D2AVDpi7ayqqRTF0MTJpSdfHimAHqS7pcqJ0U90oLCSkAIHqmGYEU_wEcgqqKFbXwkJYffLxG9_0L5Z08mO0DSgWTTwi51jSO1rD42-dDiGNcWA9pRUAHmhgAhWavNaebyyZCz1N2lEk485zAqgLJY/s320/download.jpeg"/></a></div>
Speaking to the press Rai said that Ayodhya is the city of liberation and
salvation which is coming back to its original form after a long time and they
have invited Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to attend the 'Pran
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<b><a name="4.">4.</a> SHRI RAM JANMABHOOMI INVITATION TO MORE THAN 10 CRORE
FAMILIES: ALOK KUMAR: </b>Around 4000 prominent saints of all Hindutva
traditions and senior social, cultural and creative leadership of the country
will participate in the ‘Pran-Pratishtha’ ceremony at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7gUq9KGfJkrHY37TlTmOHnwjMU7efm-RMvHMRSq5WAeUGf614M1dKtXBGk8RrKo-pxLcy_Gd03oSBC8EWxVvQjHKpFwwcM_wvsr5XJGgW0kLHJhrfmDOXSpfdj41-QJpGuuMoNI_673q1zBHVBum9ADNpZvv4hZXF2zpRvAxmaqGewBNzlfwVY5jsGhU/s401/vhppressconf.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="401" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7gUq9KGfJkrHY37TlTmOHnwjMU7efm-RMvHMRSq5WAeUGf614M1dKtXBGk8RrKo-pxLcy_Gd03oSBC8EWxVvQjHKpFwwcM_wvsr5XJGgW0kLHJhrfmDOXSpfdj41-QJpGuuMoNI_673q1zBHVBum9ADNpZvv4hZXF2zpRvAxmaqGewBNzlfwVY5jsGhU/s320/vhppressconf.jpeg"/></a></div>
Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s Central Working President and senior advocate Alok Kumar
said in a press conference held in Delhi that the pious ‘Akshat’ kalash
sanctified in the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir on November 5 has been sent to 45
provinces of the organisation’s structure. Taking this invitation on behalf of
the Teerth Kshetra Trust, workers of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, along with other
Hindu organisations, will visit Hindu families in the cities and villages of the
country between January 1 and 15. A similar programme has also been organised
for Hindus living abroad. He called upon every Hindu family to light at least 5
diyas on the auspicious night of January 22 and visit Ayodhya with family and
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<b><a name="5.">5.</a> ABKM BAITHAK 2023: </b>The Akhil Bharatiya Karyakari
Mandal (ABKM) meeting of the RSS was held at Sardar Patel School in Bhuj from
November 5 to 7. It was attended by 357 representatives from 45 provinces and 11
regions, and they outlined an agenda to reinforce Sangh’s activities across the
nation, with a focus on border area security, social initiatives, and
environmental conservation.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRPh8ge9W842cz4qozvOiq0KIw3Wpax0IgPfc5czae1NQi6vH_EMd24UJwXynhr_6he5yZFyTPx5v-PZQGeFKa5NOeyzhW3vpZytN4hxyndArrjHpBGQ1TNV0XVzP_e_NnqoJpzDInFUi9yq7VdYlEXu6sXJVVoomnkhVMWGQ_HheVaBuifuvbdAT259g/s2048/ABKM-2023-PRESS-BRIEF-1.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRPh8ge9W842cz4qozvOiq0KIw3Wpax0IgPfc5czae1NQi6vH_EMd24UJwXynhr_6he5yZFyTPx5v-PZQGeFKa5NOeyzhW3vpZytN4hxyndArrjHpBGQ1TNV0XVzP_e_NnqoJpzDInFUi9yq7VdYlEXu6sXJVVoomnkhVMWGQ_HheVaBuifuvbdAT259g/s320/ABKM-2023-PRESS-BRIEF-1.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7mo_bEvMljFnYlk2HTNpe2rtsrkrED3sdRiEUmlKTncVBaGgxeyJ-e75WWbBYxJsp3YSgEnhiMhXFybjGSU1HVDScCkhYwZx7zPGrPrrksE3RqGGZpZ3gi7XA3uZpWnORGpWZfkDGkMQ0mxlca8Ld46fH0gjNzgz4dLQRNd2Wzi0jT1Mt6pzjz3hGgtI/s1600/Bhuj-ABKM-2023.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7mo_bEvMljFnYlk2HTNpe2rtsrkrED3sdRiEUmlKTncVBaGgxeyJ-e75WWbBYxJsp3YSgEnhiMhXFybjGSU1HVDScCkhYwZx7zPGrPrrksE3RqGGZpZ3gi7XA3uZpWnORGpWZfkDGkMQ0mxlca8Ld46fH0gjNzgz4dLQRNd2Wzi0jT1Mt6pzjz3hGgtI/s320/Bhuj-ABKM-2023.jpg"/></a></div>
Briefing the media after the meeting, Sarkaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale
highlighted RSS’s commitment to fortifying border regions through the
organisation ‘Seema Jagran Manch,’ emphasising the crucial need for improved
healthcare, education, and security measures in the critical border areas.
Hosabale underlined Sangh’s dedication to accelerating these efforts, with
special emphasis on fostering collaboration with local civil and security forces
to ensure comprehensive development and security in these strategic regions.<br>
Echoing a sentiment of national pride and identity, Hosabale referenced the
momentous progress of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir, citing the upcoming
‘Pran-Pratishtha’ ceremony scheduled to take place on January 22. From January 1
to January 15, swayamsevaks will embark on a door-to-door campaign, inviting
citizens to partake in this memorable occasion, carrying images of Shri Ram
Lalla and revered Akshat from the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xOS3ZuXM2FHwKbEcKkNoet1RuiQKv1zu1aM4QRPwi5VV9PbhjZn9uOIrTvoBGnD6VXA_g_xNFJJzpyEyfIKHeXo_dthijWPOw6JbvDn7rFl96ympg-esW2HIZf6ZFmnC_NKgbtzYNoMlp1I4yxsU_nTbelD6A5RnMOXqjXtEA1aSVCjh5aOxZYr0olA/s1064/DattajiPressABKM2023.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; clear: right; float: right;"><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="956" data-original-width="1064" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xOS3ZuXM2FHwKbEcKkNoet1RuiQKv1zu1aM4QRPwi5VV9PbhjZn9uOIrTvoBGnD6VXA_g_xNFJJzpyEyfIKHeXo_dthijWPOw6JbvDn7rFl96ympg-esW2HIZf6ZFmnC_NKgbtzYNoMlp1I4yxsU_nTbelD6A5RnMOXqjXtEA1aSVCjh5aOxZYr0olA/s320/DattajiPressABKM2023.jpeg"/></a></div>
Elaborating on Sangh’s centenary year initiatives, Hosabale emphasised the
significance of issues such as social harmony, rural development, environmental
protection, and ‘Gau Sewa’ in building a cohesive and sustainable society. He
underscored the need for these values to be imbibed within families and the
community, stressing the importance of practises such as tree planting drives
and the reduction of single-use plastic and water conservation efforts.<br>
Hosabale also shed light on the revamped training curriculum within Sangh,
emphasising tailored programmes for different age groups and focusing on
practical skills and direct contributions to various spheres of social life
during the ’shiksha varg’. With the Sangh’s mission centred on character
building and social service, the press conference highlighted the steady
expansion of Sangh’s reach, with 95,528 daily and weekly shakhas across the
country. With a goal to extend Sangh’s activities to 59,060 mandals by the
centenary year, the organisation continues to attract members from across all
age groups, with over 37 lakh swayamsevaks participating in the Guru Pujan this
year.<br>
Reflecting on Sangh’s enduring commitment to societal welfare, Hosabale recalled
the resilient efforts of swayamsevaks during the catastrophic earthquake of 2001
and their ongoing contributions to rehabilitation and service work in various
parts of the country. He emphasised the importance of connecting communities
across regions, citing the commendable efforts of swayamsevaks from Saurashtra-Kutch
in aiding development schemes in remote areas such as Assam and Tripura,
fostering national unity and solidarity.<br>
The press conference was attended by Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh Sunil
Ambekar, Akhil Bharatiya Sah-Prachar Pramukh Narendra Thakur, and Akhil
Bharatiya Sah-Prachar Pramukh Alok Kumar.<br>
The meeting’s conclusion marks RSS’s continuous efforts towards nation-building
and social welfare, affirming its enduring commitment to fostering a strong,
united, and culturally enriched Bharat.<br>
The ABKM is held bi-annually, with a March session preceding the Akhil Bharatiya
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<b><a name="6.">6.</a> THAILAND ANNOUNCES VISA-FREE ENTRY FOR BHARATIYA
CITIZENS: </b>Thailand is scrapping visas for Bharatiya tourists in order to
boost its tourism sector. Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin told reporters
after a cabinet meeting on October 31 that between November 10, 2023 and May 10,
2024, Bharatiya tourists will be able to enter Thailand without a visa. Taiwan
has also been included in the plan in a bid to draw in more tourists as the high
season approaches. With about 1.2 million arrivals, Bharat has been Thailand’s
fourth largest source market for tourism this year after Malaysia, China and
South Korea. Inbound tourism from Bharat showed signs of growth as more airlines
and hospitality chains targeted that market. </font><font face="Georgia">
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<b><a name="7.">7.</a> VIJAYADASHAMI UTSAVS: </b>39 shakhas of Sanatan Dharma
Swayamsevak Sangh <b>SDSS Myanmar </b>conducted Vijayadashami utsavs at 13
places in the 9 vibhags of Myanmar. More than 1100 people including around 350
bal and 400 sevikas participated in the utsavs. Demonstration of physical
activities were conducted in some vibhags while some other vibhags organised
kabaddi, kho-kho and geet competitions.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizpkweyEqmFmnOM9A39hzis4k2vlCSCs9J5ezMyHrvQHmZxIfj0UCG4YN6CdXcR3J4MndVd7gTk1tKN57NU1mK0k1T4td2IQOmKj2aaKuRkkF7N6BbKfPlSSpxRYixr2fNNm8q-lpIE5omHiZIj4RD1W7Kte_Sz-MEYqk67RaPsCXxWoi07F0S_ZhVJqk/s960/MyanVJ2023.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="433" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizpkweyEqmFmnOM9A39hzis4k2vlCSCs9J5ezMyHrvQHmZxIfj0UCG4YN6CdXcR3J4MndVd7gTk1tKN57NU1mK0k1T4td2IQOmKj2aaKuRkkF7N6BbKfPlSSpxRYixr2fNNm8q-lpIE5omHiZIj4RD1W7Kte_Sz-MEYqk67RaPsCXxWoi07F0S_ZhVJqk/s320/MyanVJ2023.jpg"/></a></div>
Vijayadashami utsav was celebrated by <b>HSS New Zealand</b> across various
shakhas in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. The Auckland Mahanagar Utsav
celebrated on October 21 included various demonstrations. Bal and shishus
performed Suryanamaskar, kishors demonstrated niyuddha, sevikas showcased dand
and swayamsevaks did yogasan. The event was attend by 200 swayamsevaks and
sevikas in ganvesh from across all the Auckland shakhas. The Chief Guest of the
event Pravin Kumar, president of Shri Ram Mandir Auckland, shared how HSS NZ is
spreading Hindu cultural and social values in NZ through the efforts of
conducting parivar shakhas.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXuRxjTyfUgR5LA-QLGeTDfq2HrOkd8qyB9EDhgQHHWfQWKCqq6TkQA5ByN-B8_kE5RyC0IOVDEUjpZO4x9l7o5oppv0GCFtHhfp02nQRH8U6R8Judj6Xn3_9x47ELSjfXzd0Liw3meUbtIW7uEHrzFu4mgO9OHTv2jUgYSiilKRgUHv0soS6P5iFWRs/s1024/20231021_163539.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXuRxjTyfUgR5LA-QLGeTDfq2HrOkd8qyB9EDhgQHHWfQWKCqq6TkQA5ByN-B8_kE5RyC0IOVDEUjpZO4x9l7o5oppv0GCFtHhfp02nQRH8U6R8Judj6Xn3_9x47ELSjfXzd0Liw3meUbtIW7uEHrzFu4mgO9OHTv2jUgYSiilKRgUHv0soS6P5iFWRs/s320/20231021_163539.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20STlFBBUak2wMwi1bnIFxxCUgTl2X1cp8v2whQf8CQ78CvJ2Yizj1GBsL_RqNuz77ECKUSFxdEgp8hGpyvVwng0We-Lv5EDVErSyrG2drP5yeIHeT9wNADKXHkH-VkpYJs1dEZJrRrEI2K2qEmJRITqFtOJmkQYvgMy7HJ8qUYYFxb0oMXUwmR7cLBg/s590/20231021_165353.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="332" data-original-width="590" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20STlFBBUak2wMwi1bnIFxxCUgTl2X1cp8v2whQf8CQ78CvJ2Yizj1GBsL_RqNuz77ECKUSFxdEgp8hGpyvVwng0We-Lv5EDVErSyrG2drP5yeIHeT9wNADKXHkH-VkpYJs1dEZJrRrEI2K2qEmJRITqFtOJmkQYvgMy7HJ8qUYYFxb0oMXUwmR7cLBg/s320/20231021_165353.jpg"/></a></div>
<b>Munich chapter of HSS Germany</b> celebrated Vijayadashami and Guruvandana
Utsav on October 22. The programs after the ceremonial lighting of the lamp
included shloka recital, dance and skit by the Balagokulam children. Addressing
the gathering, Rakesh Kumar, Vice Consul at Consulate of Bharat, Munich,
appreciated the efforts of HSS Munich in upholding the values of Sanatana
Dharma. Main speaker on the occasion Milind Shende from Dresden Shakha
enlightened the audience regarding the importance of Vijayadashami, Sangh
Sthapana Divas, Guru-Shishya Parampara and importance of Bhagwa Dhwaj. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiovO6DZzfDjB56buG4pqn2tF-rvjtwXphnqt15ue1IsvNSDt-xGY9n2tWy54S29pgKtXPWuCr-y1ELC0KtLpacn0_7e3QKe5jvk8FLygKbqxelnofjyc40zdrmaLRwVMkN8yriHmQ4p6siENtr3wTKouiHi6PwzPuOyePm2KHgwAqb-6tkmw4lOFnJkiI/s674/377146966_1377175616567131_4826419477429223863_n.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="304" data-original-width="674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiovO6DZzfDjB56buG4pqn2tF-rvjtwXphnqt15ue1IsvNSDt-xGY9n2tWy54S29pgKtXPWuCr-y1ELC0KtLpacn0_7e3QKe5jvk8FLygKbqxelnofjyc40zdrmaLRwVMkN8yriHmQ4p6siENtr3wTKouiHi6PwzPuOyePm2KHgwAqb-6tkmw4lOFnJkiI/s320/377146966_1377175616567131_4826419477429223863_n.jpg"/></a></div>
Around 150 people including staff of the Bharatiya Embassy in Copenhagen
attended the Vijayadashami utsav conducted by <b>HSS Denmark </b>on November 5.
The program held at ‘Gronnemose Skole’ in Soborg also included a Ramleela
performed by the HSS volunteers.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFaE9Gsjy9NwjoqAwfwzbTh8g6y_x45IixtoSCMb_dHZYFI6uSl3AjDS6SIL4N6NisFntaaH1mIkMv1vxmARsCpaa0874h4jO6bOfjO9fKS8uHrl9AYITR_uM8QInIxq6-uAUB_g76YPxkmtUszrsffvAhbTz8eMbfeUrpuZPUJlGpySUxmBezHVWJ-8Q/s1024/ravandenmark.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="617" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFaE9Gsjy9NwjoqAwfwzbTh8g6y_x45IixtoSCMb_dHZYFI6uSl3AjDS6SIL4N6NisFntaaH1mIkMv1vxmARsCpaa0874h4jO6bOfjO9fKS8uHrl9AYITR_uM8QInIxq6-uAUB_g76YPxkmtUszrsffvAhbTz8eMbfeUrpuZPUJlGpySUxmBezHVWJ-8Q/s320/ravandenmark.jpg"/></a></div>
<b>Central and South Jersey</b> chapters of HSS USA came together to celebrate
Vijayadashami in Piscataway, NJ on October 29. The event with around 425
participants was presided by the chief guest Padma Shri Dr. Nirupam Bajpai. The
program included synchronized demonstrations of 200 volunteers in HSS uniform.
The demonstrations showcased various activities learnt in shakha like Yoga,
Niyudha, Danda, Samata, Yogchap and Ghosh.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBeJUpSrEeOAU52GxpcdbZog7kE_RFBUGKkyESBZUt9qkjN3e8CXw3GWw89T3j_IrxiB1vap4lviForCpkSqW9dUtgAosfPVvnZvMkym0iNAVVWFaKBXeZAoQwHnt0x00nN6O2YXEZgigvGvzqFLimSffVdy-lcQy-HTKGsmMu6_89Ji8OTUsMVav25Q/s614/NYVJHSS2023.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBeJUpSrEeOAU52GxpcdbZog7kE_RFBUGKkyESBZUt9qkjN3e8CXw3GWw89T3j_IrxiB1vap4lviForCpkSqW9dUtgAosfPVvnZvMkym0iNAVVWFaKBXeZAoQwHnt0x00nN6O2YXEZgigvGvzqFLimSffVdy-lcQy-HTKGsmMu6_89Ji8OTUsMVav25Q/s320/NYVJHSS2023.jpg"/></a></div>
HSS <b>New York </b>Vibhag also celebrated Vijayadashami Utsav on October 14 at
Westchester County.<br>
88 people participated in the Vijayadashami Utsav conducted by Parashuram Shakha
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<b><a name="8.">8.</a> DIWALI CELEBRATIONS AROUND THE WORLD: </b>On November 11,
<b>Ayodhya</b> broke its own Guinness World Record by lighting over 22,23,000
diyas to mark the Deepotsav celebrations on Diwali eve. Around 25,000 volunteers
lit 22.23 lakh diyas at 51 ghats of Ram Ki Paidi along the Sarayu river. High
commissioners and ambassadors of over 50 countries witnessed the Deepotsav.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb4NUz4er1GRdREwv1LVMN5dAH_cxmbpik_NtilkhtXk6J28BK-fP4Waq5GeW2dVigoGAfnrLNrtOPhWBVz0H31ny1eRYzNbj1bgblssUogAwQmLUjqnYGZ0XGQWmsBpvkQczJxzGVKdScSjzoPKvm7vLygJrgIr4PDMWbSruT2oCBZ-l-Vo3lkHyZ2MI/s600/download%20%282%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb4NUz4er1GRdREwv1LVMN5dAH_cxmbpik_NtilkhtXk6J28BK-fP4Waq5GeW2dVigoGAfnrLNrtOPhWBVz0H31ny1eRYzNbj1bgblssUogAwQmLUjqnYGZ0XGQWmsBpvkQczJxzGVKdScSjzoPKvm7vLygJrgIr4PDMWbSruT2oCBZ-l-Vo3lkHyZ2MI/s320/download%20%282%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
Numerous diyas lit the Teetwal village in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district
on November 12 as Diwali was celebrated at <b>Mata Sharda Devi mandir</b> for
first time in 75 years. After performing the Diwali rituals, people gathered
outside the mandir and burst firecrackers.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj15o72OZ9AaN4QRF8u6ksSwVyMMo8-gh1bzSvFvKDlhsrWN48_gU47I5QrhtBI1lkg3IS3WxnbJS5tpyIlevZ9Mpr78fD7i3PNKup9hXUYG480_YOHkNH2pPbbMBXzj3UFRnNPHaIXv1zlT_xNVC-eiGG1MNn9kqYz36hjqQ-FLVTvqGTRuUN430A8wP0/s1024/maxresdefault.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="492" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj15o72OZ9AaN4QRF8u6ksSwVyMMo8-gh1bzSvFvKDlhsrWN48_gU47I5QrhtBI1lkg3IS3WxnbJS5tpyIlevZ9Mpr78fD7i3PNKup9hXUYG480_YOHkNH2pPbbMBXzj3UFRnNPHaIXv1zlT_xNVC-eiGG1MNn9kqYz36hjqQ-FLVTvqGTRuUN430A8wP0/s320/maxresdefault.jpg"/></a></div>
<b>Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi </b>marked his Diwali morning by spending time
with Bharatiya Army soldiers in Himachal Pradesh's Lepcha, where he conveyed
festive greetings to the nation.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2iwHf2UQbmScDAvtxr2UPEx5QmLkx3J9lWQBVfYbUmrUBEMxBFaRWMBknWyqeMHMD0ctueZhshBH3OOqHR2jDWmFac5mqivyw3tNWQ1IbSrA8HToFL7Iom2jIny9tK8eZHaqv1rZc4hyphenhyphenwGYj9MUS8D6v2tmPg2YQdeaKj_xNQN4kj0-CYi4IsjoU1hBo/s286/download%20%283%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="176" data-original-width="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2iwHf2UQbmScDAvtxr2UPEx5QmLkx3J9lWQBVfYbUmrUBEMxBFaRWMBknWyqeMHMD0ctueZhshBH3OOqHR2jDWmFac5mqivyw3tNWQ1IbSrA8HToFL7Iom2jIny9tK8eZHaqv1rZc4hyphenhyphenwGYj9MUS8D6v2tmPg2YQdeaKj_xNQN4kj0-CYi4IsjoU1hBo/s320/download%20%283%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
<b>British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak</b> and wife Akshata Murthy lit Diwali
lamps at a special reception at 10 Downing Street, London. Mandirs from around
the UK had contributed to an Annakut display as festive offerings to god and
children from the Avanti Court Primary School recited religious shlokas at the
reception.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_NMyGND8yKaOuDg7HzqJBFtHKOdQaGf1zyLiOLQ48mC1ef5rqIF77IWypckyoAahKu70MIJirhghrg3kDusC2ctaEeXAJYCeYARgkWc0-xWl5Jg2Q28v5j8IEyE0sSnNRyTplrqaurN6_MTFdNPvm9vDkzpxLALSOYnaBTNWC34Czcpl1LzW9xhQhB4/s450/download%20%284%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_NMyGND8yKaOuDg7HzqJBFtHKOdQaGf1zyLiOLQ48mC1ef5rqIF77IWypckyoAahKu70MIJirhghrg3kDusC2ctaEeXAJYCeYARgkWc0-xWl5Jg2Q28v5j8IEyE0sSnNRyTplrqaurN6_MTFdNPvm9vDkzpxLALSOYnaBTNWC34Czcpl1LzW9xhQhB4/s320/download%20%284%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
On November 12, <b>United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al
Nahyan</b> extended Diwali greetings to residents and others across the world in
Hindi and English.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOKKqaLIZ2Xf_-t6g2Y6htakyXzIQTQuTjB5HALTucP2_jG9cM5EhDeowHNMhrGwFcK4mED_DRbaklzVEFNd5sdq2MOA19lYxu6S9Y63iI1Cxzm6Hlgkx5GCZbonMP2p02nGUuk1g5blZ6SjWMqyTd3cGclxLYouw5YfTXZjmlwOL4-A1Sih20_DuK9Ns/s297/download%20%285%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="254" data-original-width="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOKKqaLIZ2Xf_-t6g2Y6htakyXzIQTQuTjB5HALTucP2_jG9cM5EhDeowHNMhrGwFcK4mED_DRbaklzVEFNd5sdq2MOA19lYxu6S9Y63iI1Cxzm6Hlgkx5GCZbonMP2p02nGUuk1g5blZ6SjWMqyTd3cGclxLYouw5YfTXZjmlwOL4-A1Sih20_DuK9Ns/s320/download%20%285%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
<b>US Vice President Kamala Harris</b> hosted Diwali celebrations at her
official residence, the Naval Observatory. Addressing about 300 guests on
November 8, Harris emphasized the significance of celebrating the festival of
lights.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSEzoEfDv9tUOXRCEU7g83bN2SQoWzd8YCi_t2qeQbt8KfvAYoUDbYMwgksX1dCHz7webLuXiTUUpbYaKOFxIe4Kc7On11F5iV9_ATuGFMtzEfMKAZjjbb9_DSPhIb6vHJ0v9P-rezXqU-kE2AEiBwsbkICY5X9QkoB8nhk3cfGUCghdGxCwbO4DCp8Cg/s480/Kamal-Haaris.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSEzoEfDv9tUOXRCEU7g83bN2SQoWzd8YCi_t2qeQbt8KfvAYoUDbYMwgksX1dCHz7webLuXiTUUpbYaKOFxIe4Kc7On11F5iV9_ATuGFMtzEfMKAZjjbb9_DSPhIb6vHJ0v9P-rezXqU-kE2AEiBwsbkICY5X9QkoB8nhk3cfGUCghdGxCwbO4DCp8Cg/s320/Kamal-Haaris.jpg"/></a></div>
In a first-of-its-kind event, Atlanta Mayor, Andre Dickens joined the Hindu
American community in a Diwali celebration and dinner organised by Coalition of
Hindus of North America.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBhsVXa5wAPtETy3kpk0vKSdflEnfK9xe1metdACvEdoiqck-dLZDCBHjaCS3n9bok0YgaVlakOjrJtEXNweoteV6d-eQSkhE-kPgZxDfdk_DxvuUVZImjqdy3hUnIwpraNP3nGl4QskGWkToQTidXNC67BY4EiZEhsrZHhyTCdsxzMX4TQ_cubv84Hg/s249/diwali-stamp%20canada.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="233" data-original-width="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBhsVXa5wAPtETy3kpk0vKSdflEnfK9xe1metdACvEdoiqck-dLZDCBHjaCS3n9bok0YgaVlakOjrJtEXNweoteV6d-eQSkhE-kPgZxDfdk_DxvuUVZImjqdy3hUnIwpraNP3nGl4QskGWkToQTidXNC67BY4EiZEhsrZHhyTCdsxzMX4TQ_cubv84Hg/s320/diwali-stamp%20canada.jpeg"/></a></div>
<b>Canada Post</b> issued a new stamp celebrating Diwali. Designed by Kristine
Do and illustrated by Rena Chen, the stamp’s design has been inspired by the
garlands that are draped across the entrances and facades of homes and mandirs.
Earlier, several members of the Bharatiya community were in attendance at the
Diwali celebrations hosted by MP Chandra Arya who also raised a flag with sacred
symbol ‘aum’ on Parliament Hill.<br>
The streets of Serangoon Road and Race Course Road in Little India came alive
with a brilliant display of lights and colours, embodying the spirit of Diwali
in Singapore.<br>
In <b>Dubai,</b> numerous neighborhoods, including Al Mankhool, Bur Dubai,
Karama, and Al Barsha, sparkled with vibrant illuminations as residents
celebrated Diwali.<br>
<b>Nepal </b>celebrated the five=day festival of lights called <b>Tihar</b>
which included Laxmi Puja and Gai Puja.<br>
The Indian Cultural Association in collaboration with Swami Vivekananda Cultural
Centre in Sri Lanka organised Diwali celebrations on November 11. Governor of
Sri Lanka’s Eastern province Senthil Thondaman attended and witnessed the
cultural performances and an animation on the relevance of Diwali and Ramayana.<br>
Around 250 people including Mayor of Bradford Councillor Gerry Barker
participated in the official switch on of Deepavali lights organized by the
Yorkshire branch of Vishwa Hindu Parishad at the Ukrainian Community Centre in
<b>Bradford, UK.</b><br>
The Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh <b>(HSS) USA</b> along with more than 200 other
Dharmic organizations, came together to commence the fourth annual <b>Sewa
Diwali Food Donation Drive </b>to provide essential food supplies to local food
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<b><a name="9.">9.</a> DIASPORA WEEK IN RIYADH: </b>The inaugural day of the<b>
‘Pravasi Parichay’</b> or Diaspora Week unfolded in Riyadh, as the Bharatiya
expatriate community came together on October 31 to celebrate National Unity
Day. Minister of State for External Affairs, V. Muraleedharan, extended his best
wishes to the attendees via a video message, emphasizing the significance of the
occasion. The Bharatiya Ambassador to Riyadh, Dr. Suhel Khan, paid tributes to
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, urging the Bharatiya diaspora to actively participate
in the <b>‘Meri Maati Mera Desh’</b> campaign.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9OEQ0BH52Xq4ODr76PfnZpJt4BtccvhQcxKzP6iRl6__WNSGcSBxBRiAJ1Xuxb4n_cOBrTnBGLmJ42UZFls1BGWXQyhtjYjscAgzyOgnjMu98UPqq4NCmRReQnDLBn0mXM8I0yyXT4aPdPKUZVUlFDZekbrr6xB94k-by5bXyqRhsegUdBwzBk8GluWo/s1440/Dias-Riyd.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9OEQ0BH52Xq4ODr76PfnZpJt4BtccvhQcxKzP6iRl6__WNSGcSBxBRiAJ1Xuxb4n_cOBrTnBGLmJ42UZFls1BGWXQyhtjYjscAgzyOgnjMu98UPqq4NCmRReQnDLBn0mXM8I0yyXT4aPdPKUZVUlFDZekbrr6xB94k-by5bXyqRhsegUdBwzBk8GluWo/s320/Dias-Riyd.jpg"/></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjASHdoFyoJo4B7jeqhCvq46T-XKpNrciPZTHhwOe6TV5XDtpEgO0n_JsYiJIxkb-OUvwqxUoUxhAZ_-wRKQFDqyJ8QCkC7U2cKNc8hrOq9qkANMZRG6HSXjbttu46LrQs038CiCF9xlRmmVfyzKw_We0wqcZ7od9d3S4tNqBtOkzd5hZYzC37xTGNzrkk/s750/riyad-sanskri.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjASHdoFyoJo4B7jeqhCvq46T-XKpNrciPZTHhwOe6TV5XDtpEgO0n_JsYiJIxkb-OUvwqxUoUxhAZ_-wRKQFDqyJ8QCkC7U2cKNc8hrOq9qkANMZRG6HSXjbttu46LrQs038CiCF9xlRmmVfyzKw_We0wqcZ7od9d3S4tNqBtOkzd5hZYzC37xTGNzrkk/s320/riyad-sanskri.jpg"/></a></div>
In a landmark event, the Embassy of Bharat in Riyadh organized <b>
‘Samskritotsava’</b> as part of ‘Pravasi Parichay’, showcasing the vibrancy of
Sanskrit language and recognizing the dedicated efforts of the Bharatiya
community in preserving it in Saudi Arabia. The unique celebration was conducted
entirely in Sanskrit, and was organized in collaboration with Samskrita Bharati.
This event represents the first time that a Bharatiya Mission anywhere in the
world has hosted an event entirely in Sanskrit, aiming to promote the
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<b><a name="10.">10.</a> BHARAT HANDS OVER RELIEF MATERIALS TO NEPAL</b>: The
6.4 R magnitude of earthquake that jolted western Nepal killed 153 people and
injured 250 people on November 3.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4WYkcKxQSIAn0ffiR8rLyKQB0Kcjowat7z6wLgDcr5GxNXyHIFolswCRi9duORmiuPCPddv5yEq3Y-5brRZFb7ysOQT3w_jg1rD4aqdgLPhskfNG_A_1xBeodz5t8snCGPjYoOPUERy505n6JCrNejG9n3ZX7cKednPsW-_80I0kfiK7aC1aq8soSgFI/s425/download%20%286%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4WYkcKxQSIAn0ffiR8rLyKQB0Kcjowat7z6wLgDcr5GxNXyHIFolswCRi9duORmiuPCPddv5yEq3Y-5brRZFb7ysOQT3w_jg1rD4aqdgLPhskfNG_A_1xBeodz5t8snCGPjYoOPUERy505n6JCrNejG9n3ZX7cKednPsW-_80I0kfiK7aC1aq8soSgFI/s320/download%20%286%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
Bharat with its ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy was first responder in the crisis
in its neighbourhood and handed over the second consignment of emergency relief
materials for earthquake affected families in Nepal. Deputy Chief of Mission in
Nepal handed it over to Chief district officer of Banke on November 6. The
second consignment carried 9 tonnes of relief material.<br>
The first consignment had arrived at Nepalgunj on November 5 and was handed over
by Naveen Srivastava, the ambassador of Bharat to Nepal, on behalf of the
Government of Bharat, to Nepal’s Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister
Purna Bahadur Khadka in the presence of Chief Minister of Karnali Raj Kumar
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<b><a name="11.">11.</a> IIT MADRAS OPENS CAMPUS IN ZANZIBAR: </b>Zanzibar
President and Chairman of the Revolutionary Council Hussein Ali Mwinyi
inaugurated The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras Zanzibar on November
6 at the Zanzibar campus in the presence of Tanzanian officials, Bharatiya
dignitaries, faculty, and students.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-sYj1nYbgi6w1K06ED4Fd-Mf2Gbi41zFtHw0-9khgDIA6lb7cRKLOiEE3FXImWy5pURI8N648yr2Q_ihV7llOu1FY2HFIbYLGpatm7vy75V-QPQfqiavRhacpz5GxFFLnBStzKCU_jQHwVE4hbtq-4RMuyAVbaJe2DLGKVgXNMqZ5s0hz6W4-fZ6gLUc/s1280/iit-madras-zanzibar.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-sYj1nYbgi6w1K06ED4Fd-Mf2Gbi41zFtHw0-9khgDIA6lb7cRKLOiEE3FXImWy5pURI8N648yr2Q_ihV7llOu1FY2HFIbYLGpatm7vy75V-QPQfqiavRhacpz5GxFFLnBStzKCU_jQHwVE4hbtq-4RMuyAVbaJe2DLGKVgXNMqZ5s0hz6W4-fZ6gLUc/s320/iit-madras-zanzibar.jpeg"/></a></div>
IIT Madras Zanzibar is the first ever international campus of an IIT. The
historic initiative by the Bharatiya government was undertaken to take the
top-quality education system of Bharat to international arenas.<br>
In the first batch at IIT Madras Zanzibar, women comprise 40 per cent of the
total students admitted to the BS and MTech programs in Data Science and
Artificial Intelligence.<br>
Initially, the institute will offer BS and MTech programs, however, in the
coming year, it will offer more academic programs in Data Science and Artificial
Intelligence.<br>
The campus will have the ability to accommodate students in dorms and provide
various facilities. A press release on the occasion stated that the existing
campus in Bweleo district, located approximately 15 km south of Zanzibar Town,
is equipped with international amenities designed to meet the current needs of
students. It added that a permanent campus will be built jointly by the
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<b><a name="12.">12.</a> ISRO'S ADITYA-L1 SPACECRAFT CAPTURES GLIMPSE OF SOLAR
FLARES: </b>On November 7, Bharat's solar mission spacecraft, Aditya-L1 captured
the first high-energy X-ray glimpse of solar flares. ISRO, while sharing an
update on the recent development, noted that during its first observation
period, the High Energy L1 Orbiting X-ray Spectrometer (HEL1OS) on board
Aditya-L1 spacecraft has recorded the impulsive phase of solar flares.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOd080qmDKy4QrmNW1fPWYXAjvTowqUBujHo5HC35j0pOtJk2x-IEoFIK0t4ZecKaVcFVpGhewk2gtO2lJFsQEhcXam8Nsokov4oJY4j2ARMNZx_I8-AZ0JcjZj0WRc_YKU0xTkzf6eB_3twYDn68VTpktVHO-VyTGGCYooeKLPSr6ShI5DrULUgzZWYE/s375/download%20%287%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="210" data-original-width="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOd080qmDKy4QrmNW1fPWYXAjvTowqUBujHo5HC35j0pOtJk2x-IEoFIK0t4ZecKaVcFVpGhewk2gtO2lJFsQEhcXam8Nsokov4oJY4j2ARMNZx_I8-AZ0JcjZj0WRc_YKU0xTkzf6eB_3twYDn68VTpktVHO-VyTGGCYooeKLPSr6ShI5DrULUgzZWYE/s320/download%20%287%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
HEL1OS data enables researchers to study explosive energy release and electron
acceleration during impulsive phases of solar flares. HEL1OS was developed by
the Space Astronomy Group of the U. R. Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO, Bengaluru.
Earlier in October, Aditya-L1 escaped the sphere of Earth's influence. Bharat’s
maiden sun mission was launched on September 2 from the Second Launch Pad of the
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<b><a name="13.">13.</a> BHARAT SUCCESSFULLY TEST-FIRES ‘PRALAY’ MISSILE: </b>
Bharat successfully tested its surface-to-surface short-range ballistic missile
(SRBM) ‘Pralay’ from Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha on November 7.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY5PgwF6q_LwoFUOYKXB56jYTpm_hxWueKX6x8yqLZPSWhwsP5yQxm-DIgQZ6zBM8RYQ9RDOCoPRaOgnjN61L_Gdl3kPK2Up4dyTaBPDGKiSUoqbxkwAZSGUKaBI8hI4Xzbjo1DSFktiIn-QX4NOEeLHjPL4H4mjtru-UGJCKuwX2ZmyY9o-JjKxwPTaQ/s314/download%20%288%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY5PgwF6q_LwoFUOYKXB56jYTpm_hxWueKX6x8yqLZPSWhwsP5yQxm-DIgQZ6zBM8RYQ9RDOCoPRaOgnjN61L_Gdl3kPK2Up4dyTaBPDGKiSUoqbxkwAZSGUKaBI8hI4Xzbjo1DSFktiIn-QX4NOEeLHjPL4H4mjtru-UGJCKuwX2ZmyY9o-JjKxwPTaQ/s320/download%20%288%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
According to an official statement, the missile accomplished all of its mission
goals. A battery of tracking sensors watched its path down the shoreline.<br>
Developed by the DRDO, ‘Pralay’ is a 350-500 km short-range surface-to-surface
missile with a payload capacity of 500-1,000 kg. ‘Pralay’ was designed for
deployment along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and Line of Control (LoC).
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<b><a name="14.">14.</a> RISE IN PATENT APPLICATIONS IN BHARAT DEMONSTRATES
RISING INNOVATIVE ZEAL OF YOUTHS: PM MODI: </b>Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi said
on November 8 that the rise in patent applications in Bharat demonstrates the
rising innovative zeal of its youths and is a very positive sign for the times
to come.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcMc2QvwZKhm3Lv3yaLtuVrVtmgip4t1sBo1ghQR7I3U-S14TgchCvX0Pv7GVaNB-G8wFmoURqnifTR8t5ng4XI3BEQ7YpbyGUnQ0Xl-wqwLnIDRRYrHqlUYn9JyOJBul4OzFWWPO-lE0rZrea0Jl2hq6ukfys514GTW_NKK-SXlpv5_otyW18TWXPzkc/s243/download%20%2810%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="243" data-original-width="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcMc2QvwZKhm3Lv3yaLtuVrVtmgip4t1sBo1ghQR7I3U-S14TgchCvX0Pv7GVaNB-G8wFmoURqnifTR8t5ng4XI3BEQ7YpbyGUnQ0Xl-wqwLnIDRRYrHqlUYn9JyOJBul4OzFWWPO-lE0rZrea0Jl2hq6ukfys514GTW_NKK-SXlpv5_otyW18TWXPzkc/s320/download%20%2810%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
He was reacting to a World Intellectual Property Organisation report which said
that patent applications by residents of Bharat grew by 31.6 per cent in 2022.<br>
The report further said that for the first time, there were more patents filed
by Bharatiya residents as against foreign filers, indicating the country’s
fast-growing innovation ecosystem.<br>
What is even more significant is that resident patent filings in Bharat (filed
with the Bharatiya Patent Office) rose by 47 per cent to 38,551 in 2022 and were
half of the total filings of 77,068 filed with the Bharatiya Patent Office.
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<b><a name="15.">15.</a> OBITUARY: PADMANABH B ACHARYA: </b>An ardent
swayamsevak, Padmanabh B Acharya passed away on November 10 in Mumbai. He was
92. He was born on July 17, 1941, in Udupi, Karnataka and earned his degree from
the MGM College of Udupi. Subsequently, Acharya relocated to Mumbai to pursue
legal studies and was a key figure among the founders of the Akhil Bharatiya
Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1LrGuTrglOO-VKpjwTP4Um3CEoS0z3d_AGYp70IPTA5b9Yuh1xwR14L7nffmNwZVOHWZvviLfwQVkTAjAKTtMEqCapZHp-K7YS10Bq9dN2qDrsJtJtRLPbQ4WOhRwl3l0Yg3hyphenhyphens6Xw23vfyd5J97PSgy5rPcovKwkmUoEp1ygB0KAho7z7mYKwmJp670/s310/download%20%289%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="163" data-original-width="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1LrGuTrglOO-VKpjwTP4Um3CEoS0z3d_AGYp70IPTA5b9Yuh1xwR14L7nffmNwZVOHWZvviLfwQVkTAjAKTtMEqCapZHp-K7YS10Bq9dN2qDrsJtJtRLPbQ4WOhRwl3l0Yg3hyphenhyphens6Xw23vfyd5J97PSgy5rPcovKwkmUoEp1ygB0KAho7z7mYKwmJp670/s320/download%20%289%29.jpeg"/></a></div> In the 1960s, he initiated the ‘Student’s Experience
in Interstate Living’ (SEIL), a distinctive program aimed at fostering
connections between the youth of North-East Bharat and the rest of the country.
He was the National President of the ABVP from 1969 to 1970 and held the
position of the BJP’s National Secretary between 1995 and 2001.<br>
In her condolence message, Rashtrapati Murmu recognised him as a seasoned leader
and acknowledged his service as governor in several northeastern states .<br>
RSS Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat and Sarkaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale also
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<b><a name="16.">16.</a> SHRI VISHWA NIKETAN: Pravas: </b>Vishwa Vibhag Samyojak
Saumitra Gokhale will be travelling to Singapore and Thailand. Vishwa Vibhag Sah
Samyojak Dr. Ram Vaidya and Anil Vartak will be travelling to Thailand. <b>
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Good work should be done as soon as possible, and inauspicious
should be avoided as much as possible. <i>—Sri Ramayana </i></font>
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<b>HOW CREDIBLE IS THE GLOBAL HUNGER REPORT? </b></font></p>
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<i><b>Once again India is ranked rather low in the Global Hunger Report, but how
credible are the criteria and methods employed in evaluation?</b></i></font></p>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt">Like previous years, once again a
German organisation named Welt Hungerhilfe has released its 'Hunger Index' and
the hunger ranking of the countries of the world based on the same, in their
so-called Global Hunger Report 2023. In this ranking, India has once again been
placed very low at 111th position. It is noteworthy that this year 125 countries
have been included in this ranking. Last year in 2022, India was ranked 107th in
the list of 121 countries and 2021, India was ranked 101st in the ranking of 116
countries.<br>
What they mean by this hunger index is that not only, there is a huge problem of
hunger prevalent in India, but the performance of other countries is far better
than India. If we believe the report, the performance of countries like
Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka etc., which are dependent on food supplies from
India, is much better than India. In such a situation, it is natural to raise
questions on this report. Let us try to understand the reality of hunger and its
indices in India.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsqbDsvBin8hXTxQBkYxUgZWDQsXcaaaxRuvM-5mCXfrOm4mslRqWHbhqwyBRfPXo5kVGc79yeWmuQhzzmFTRFmHwWuSRHnY74C_PEkT8i3bUGMmNeOpLPYq3mu_cnwY8o6glsTe19eyPwSh7lVFQutSrVc07DILqd88FxHuE9KCFfe9iCSNwAiH4fnic/s1000/how-credible-is-the.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsqbDsvBin8hXTxQBkYxUgZWDQsXcaaaxRuvM-5mCXfrOm4mslRqWHbhqwyBRfPXo5kVGc79yeWmuQhzzmFTRFmHwWuSRHnY74C_PEkT8i3bUGMmNeOpLPYq3mu_cnwY8o6glsTe19eyPwSh7lVFQutSrVc07DILqd88FxHuE9KCFfe9iCSNwAiH4fnic/s320/how-credible-is-the.jpg"/></a></div>
<b>What is Welt Hungerhilfe's Hunger Index?</b><br>
There are 4 parameters to measure this Hunger Index - malnutrition, stunting in
children, underweight in children, wasting (low weight for height) and child
mortality (mortality rate in children under 5 years of age). The hunger index
based on all these parameters is estimated. Welt Hungerhilfe says that in India
this index is 28.7, which is considered very serious, whereas in Pakistan it is
26.6, due to which Pakistan is ranked at 102nd position, which is above India.
Similarly, Bangladesh is ranked at 81st position with 19.0 points and Sri Lanka
is ranked at 60th position with 13.3 points.<br>
If we see the parameters and scales used in constructing this Hunger Index,
there are question marks on the data on one hand and the methodology on the
other. Not only the Indian government, but many other experts have summarily
rejected this report.<br>
<b>Child Mortality</b><br>
According to of Welt Hungerhilfe’s methodology, child mortality has been a major
determinant of the hunger index. While estimating, the hunger index for the year
2023, surprisingly the child mortality rate data of 2020-21 has been taken. The
report puts India's child mortality rate at 31 per thousand.<br>
According to the data published by the Sample Registration System of India, the
child mortality rate decreased from 35 per thousand in 2019 to 32 per thousand
in the year 2020. If this rate of decline in child mortality is considered, then
it is expected to reach 24.4 by the year 2023. In such a situation, there is no
reason why the outdated data on the child mortality rate in India should be
taken at 31 per thousand, to estimate the hunger index in India in 2023.
According to the latest data, the infant mortality rate in Pakistan is 55.8 per
thousand and the child mortality rate is higher than that. Despite this, India
is placed at 111th position in terms of hunger and Pakistan is shown at 102nd
position. The reason for this is that wrong data has been used in other scales
of the hunger index too.<br>
There are some errors in the data of other international agencies as well. While
figures published by the Indian government were showing the infant mortality
rate at 28 per thousand in 2020, international agencies are putting it at
29.848. It is noteworthy that it’s not ethical or even legitimate to use any
data other than the official data, by any foreign or Indian agency. But this
World Hunger Report openly says that the data reported by the governments to the
United Nations don't need to only be used in this report. The rapidly improving
conditions in India may not be pleasing to the organisations working with their
malafide intentions.<br>
<b>Malnutrition</b><br>
As far as data on malnutrition is concerned, Welt Hungerhilfe does not have any
factual data, as the household consumption survey by the concerned official
agency has not been conducted since 2011. Therefore, malnutrition figures have
been prepared based on a 'Gallup Survey' with a sample of 3000 people, the
methodology of which is also questionable, which shows malnutrition at 16.6 per
cent. It is worth noting that in reality, based on real-time health data of more
than 7 crore children, the Poshan Tracker, published that only 7.7 per cent of
children in the country were malnourished in February 2023. If we talk about
production and availability of food, India ranks 35th in the world in the latest
global ranking (2020) of 188 countries. The continuously increasing per capita
production of food grains, milk, eggs, fruits, vegetables, fish etc. confirms
that India is today producing surplus food, compared to demand.<br>
<b>Stunting and Wasting</b><br>
Till recently, data on stunting and wasting assessed by only the National Family
Health Survey (NFHS) was available in the country. However, due to the small
sample size, the NFHS data was often questioned. Notably, a comprehensive
nutrition campaign has been launched by the Ministry of Women and Children,
Government of India, to tackle the problem of malnutrition in the country. While
NFHS used to draw conclusions based on a relatively small sample, Poshan Tracker
is publishing figures based on real-time data from more than 7 crore children,
with wasting data consistently showing that only 7.2% of India's children were
wasted, whereas Welt Hungerhilfe's Hunger Report (2023) used the wasting figure
of NFHS 2019-21, that is, 18.7 per cent.<br>
As far as stunting is concerned, experts believe that there cannot be a single
standard of height for the entire country. Not only stunting but wasting depends
on many factors including geography, environment and genetics, apart from
nutrition. If we see, the height of Punjabi children is several inches more than
the children of the North-East. The World Health Organisation has also accepted
this.<br>
Not only this, the Indian Government's Nutrition Campaign (Poshan Abhiyan) is
working hard to address the problem of malnutrition in the country, and
assessing the outcome periodically, recognising the same, and the World Health
Organisation has also started using the data published by Poshan Tracker. Though
there are many objections to the methodology of the Welt Hungerhilfe report,
even if the formula used by the agency is followed, to calculate the hunger
index, and if the correct data is fed i.e. child mortality rate (under 5
mortality rate) of 24.4 per thousand; if wasting and undernourishment are
considered to be 7.2 per cent and 7.7 per cent respectively (assuming other age
groups too have similar nutrition outcome), as per the data collected by Poshan
Tracker, and if stunting figures are discarded since they are not comparable,
then hunger index estimated by the author of this article, comes out to be
9.528. Accordingly, as per the formula of Welt Hungerhilfe, India's ranking in
the hunger index is not 111th but 48th.<br>
It is natural that after the report of Welt Hungerhilfe, has been published,
many opposition political parties have made hunger, an issue, based on this
report. In such a situation, it is clear that this agency has consistently been
trying to defame India by using questionable data and methodology, which is far
from the reality. Strict action should be taken against all such agencies trying
to defame India. <br>
(The author is a Professor, at PGDAV College, University of Delhi and with
Swadesh Jagran Manch)
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SARSANGHCHALAK’S PROGRAMS</a></b> </font></td>
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<b><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><a href="#3.">3. RSS
SARKARYAVAH’S PROGRAMS</a></font></b></td>
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<b><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><a href="#4.">4. ‘SWACHHATA HI
SEVA’ CAMPAIGN</a></font></b></td>
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<b><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><a href="#5.">5. SAINT
VALLALAR’S 200TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY</a></font></b></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#6.">6. ‘SEVA IS IN THE
BLOOD OF BHARAT’: SURESH BHAIYYAJI JOSHI</a> </b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#7.">7. SHAKTI 2023 –
WOMEN’S CONCLAVE</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#8.">8. ‘VASUDHAIVA
KUTUMBAKAM’ PLAQUE UNVEILED AT UNITED NATIONS HQ’S BHARATIYA MISSION</a> </b>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#9.">9. IN HINDU
HERITAGE MONTH, HINDU AMERICANS SEEK TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC — AND THEMSELVES</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#10.">10. HINDU SPORTS
FEST, DALLAS </a></b></font></td>
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<b><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><a href="#11.">11. UK TELUGU
HINDU ORGANISATION (UTHO) SHIBIR</a></font></b></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#12.">12. HSS ANNUAL
BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLIES COLLECTION</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#13.">13. WORLD
CULTURE FESTIVAL 2023 </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#14.">14
AKSHARDHAM TEMPLE, 2ND-LARGEST IN WORLD INAUGURATED </a></b></font></td>
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<b><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><a href="#15.">15.
STUDENT-LED RATH YATRA ORGANISED IN TORONTO</a></font></b></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#16.">16.
BHARATIYA-AMERICAN COUPLE DONATES USD 1.75 MILLION TO CONSTRUCT FIRST
HINDU YOUTH CAMPSITE </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#17.">17.
BHARAT’S HISTORIC ASIAN GAMES CAMPAIGN </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#18.">18.
BHARATIYA ARMY’S PROJECT UDBHAV </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#19.">19.
BHARATIYA VACCINE TO ERADICATE MALARIA FROM WORLD</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#20.">20. SHRI
VISHWA NIKETAN & FOOD FOR THOUGHT</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700">SANATAN
DHARMA: UNIVERSAL VISION FOR HUMANITY</font></a></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a name="1.">1.</a> FESTIVALS:
VIJAYA DASHAMI: </b>Vijaya Dashami also known as Dussehra, Dasara or Dashain, is
celebrated every year at the end of Navaratri. It is observed on the tenth day
of the month of Ashwin, this year it falls on October 24. It is celebrated in
the honour of Bhagwan Ram. <br>
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In north Bharat, Ramlila, performance on story of
Bhagwan Ram is enacted over the 9 days and on Dussehara effigies of Ravana,
Kumbhakarna and Meghanada are burnt on bonfires in the evening. Festivities are
also connected with Mahisasurmardini Durga worship. In Kullu valley of Himachal
Pradesh a large fair and parade is organised on this day which is witnessed by
more than half a million people. The Mysore Dasara procession in Karnataka is a
major tourist attraction. In Nepal, the festival of Dashain is celebrated with
fervour. <br>
RSS was founded on this very day in 1925, therefore shakhas all over Bharat
celebrate this day every year by conducting shastra-puja and Path Sanchalan.
Main function organised at Nagpur is addressed by the Sarsanghchalak of RSS.
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<b><a name="2.">2.</a> RSS SARSANGHCHALAK’S PROGRAMS: </b>On October 7, speaking
during the Amritashatham lecture series in Kozhikode (Keral), RSS Sarsanghchalak
Dr Mohan Bhagwat highlighted the unique qualities of Bharat’s culture and
society that sets it apart from others. The function was presided over by Dr.
John Joseph, former Special Secretary and Member, CBIC. Dr. Bhagwat mentioned
that in the global context, the concept of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (the world is
one family) was gladly accepted within the G20, because it’s a view that goes
beyond the global market to encompass the global family, a concept that our
nation has lived for thousands of years. He explained the importance of
organising Hindu society to impart this unique knowledge and emphasised the need
for individuals to practice what they preach. He stressed that the
organisation’s goal is not for its own sake but for the betterment of the nation
and its people.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgTIC-PdLrxa1o8KkiqDg1LG6Jb9uSwqfIGaIfLE6oUHFmSSwXNXDoWVIfGnUfLEIvnI4974bBPy78XEY8eflfSTmK3dtyF-NUzbkX6YXEVtcgT-Z6igDvtaWTgd4_P5Wb2tUQE05KESCIn2e752bmJrOuKkE1bsvT7LeMJtZLnQnnehRT5Q6Lp1bJew0/s720/MB1.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="720" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgTIC-PdLrxa1o8KkiqDg1LG6Jb9uSwqfIGaIfLE6oUHFmSSwXNXDoWVIfGnUfLEIvnI4974bBPy78XEY8eflfSTmK3dtyF-NUzbkX6YXEVtcgT-Z6igDvtaWTgd4_P5Wb2tUQE05KESCIn2e752bmJrOuKkE1bsvT7LeMJtZLnQnnehRT5Q6Lp1bJew0/s320/MB1.jpg"/></a></div>
On October 11 Sarsanghchalak said that the world could learn from Bharat not
only unity in diversity but also that diversity is the manifestation of the same
unity as he stressed that global security lies in respect to the essence of
humanity. Dr. Bhagwat said this while speaking at the launch of RSS ideologue
Ranga Hari's book 'Prithvi Sookta: An Ode to Mother Earth'. On the occasion,
Keral Governor Arif Mohammad Khan said the biggest ideal of Bharat is unity.
"After the knowledge of oneness, the difference between God and soul
disappears," he said.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS-5NxsC3WLyqPVC6KdJ3qkk_3LFJ0_wMs3qB_a8jAkO3Ak2ZYeUNcdv1CHsm7bJHrSjP5OqpTZjg4f4qYGAiFi8C3lZLJQwZjymi0ZiA1T0CUaZhFsYT6sup564TtSm8xzQrqrh7yXsw8AACTakSAcme56QkmO1ngkdPzhW9gllW301IUHer-8jPZYko/s450/download%20-%202023-10-15T154232.637.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS-5NxsC3WLyqPVC6KdJ3qkk_3LFJ0_wMs3qB_a8jAkO3Ak2ZYeUNcdv1CHsm7bJHrSjP5OqpTZjg4f4qYGAiFi8C3lZLJQwZjymi0ZiA1T0CUaZhFsYT6sup564TtSm8xzQrqrh7yXsw8AACTakSAcme56QkmO1ngkdPzhW9gllW301IUHer-8jPZYko/s320/download%20-%202023-10-15T154232.637.jpeg"/></a></div>
On October 2, speaking at the 75th anniversary celebration of the Bengali
magazine 'Swastika', Dr. Bhagwat reflected on Bharat's journey since gaining
independence and the need to uphold the principles of freedom fighters and great
thinkers. Further in his speech, Dr. Bhagwat emphasised that Bharat has a dual
responsibility to forge a new path for the world while safeguarding its
traditions, culture, and heritage.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56ZqLgXMHGBbDu1y5lq9O3Zhpb8i-cwfX5qX7pNHwrHFjGmqPb8n5f8zej6xmWGgY0xEruBGj6f-3oAgHkAUToDz6zLoW_-S1LeORR9Id7xBJCjooYK2WwQPlZBuk2zFSpRxhGr4RUl9lOSJkOdGyJqL72mE3zGZE8OCXyY5Tv80nzXAYvp0x7PE3LNc/s461/WhatsApp-Image-2023-10-08-at-17.45.15-1-1536x1023.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="307" data-original-width="461" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56ZqLgXMHGBbDu1y5lq9O3Zhpb8i-cwfX5qX7pNHwrHFjGmqPb8n5f8zej6xmWGgY0xEruBGj6f-3oAgHkAUToDz6zLoW_-S1LeORR9Id7xBJCjooYK2WwQPlZBuk2zFSpRxhGr4RUl9lOSJkOdGyJqL72mE3zGZE8OCXyY5Tv80nzXAYvp0x7PE3LNc/s320/WhatsApp-Image-2023-10-08-at-17.45.15-1-1536x1023.jpeg"/></a></div>
Dr. Bhagwat met Mata Amritanandamayi Devi on October 8 at Vallikav Amritapuri
Math at Kollam. Amma explained about the service activities of Amritanandamay
Math in Jammu and Kashmir and North Eastern states. The two interacted about the
activities of RSS in nature conservation and cow protection, village development
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<b><a name="3.">3.</a> RSS SARKARYAVAH’S PROGRAMS: </b>The Shiksha Bhushan
Samman 2023 has been given to Prof Meenakshi Jain from Delhi, Prof Kuldeep Chand
Agnihotri from Himachal Pradesh and Dr. Sanjeevani Kelkar from Maharashtra. It
was conferred by the RSS Sarkaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale and spiritual guru of
Parmarth Ashram, Rishikesh Swami Chidananda at Dr Hedgewar Smarak Samiti, Reshim
Bagh, Nagpur on October 2. This Samman is given every year by Akhil Bhartiya
Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh (ABRSM) and Shaikshik Foundation to three
educationists, who have contributed in the field of education and social welfare
by their extraordinary and remarkable work. During the ceremony Shri Hosabale
said that the Guru’s knowledge and his character acts like a gravitational force
for his or her students. The programme was attended by more than 600 ABRSM
members teaching at schools and universities representing 24 states.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWGtrJo0SC6wYEyI8OAMncQQvQjCqWtq3ViDn4-iCZHQ2zSNZCDDDybQ8O8Yor5VArdt-w0U6MoJKXELZD9oJWNJQ7qoKVsTZm7c40VwpDB8EFhUUw-wAp6FSANBjSHoc9q8W6uGY9_AKnU8hyo1zC3BE-W5w5UZWHXPE4rYq3dHqpW4499BHEUSA9eGg/s330/sbsamDattaji.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWGtrJo0SC6wYEyI8OAMncQQvQjCqWtq3ViDn4-iCZHQ2zSNZCDDDybQ8O8Yor5VArdt-w0U6MoJKXELZD9oJWNJQ7qoKVsTZm7c40VwpDB8EFhUUw-wAp6FSANBjSHoc9q8W6uGY9_AKnU8hyo1zC3BE-W5w5UZWHXPE4rYq3dHqpW4499BHEUSA9eGg/s320/sbsamDattaji.jpeg"/></a></div>
On October 6 RSS Sarkaryavah said that the Vaikom Satyagraha is truly a guiding
light for the social transformation efforts of the RSS. The Vaikom Satyagraha
achieved success by bringing together people belonging to different sections of
the society. He was speaking at the Kottayam Vibhag Sanghik held at Vaikom Beach
Ground on the occasion of Vaikom Satyagraha Centenary Celebrations. Thousands of
RSS Swayamsevaks from Vaikom, Ponkunnam and Kottayam Sangh districts
participated in the event. Referring to the G20, Dattatreya Hosabale said that,
an organized and resourceful Bharat would be a boon to the world. The G20
concluded with the message “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam”.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7IPdvOrTEZABkAV0NbzEWBmfz7VOT4n5pScjPhWjqq3X4QJCCA917hyphenhyphent7K1uMDI0avMOueuaMmF4xZ0kxLxjcL1ZMZamvpy_jFKUyPC34cNsiyWih_4FYlhfr-Gpy0qj0f-CEvfXdyrG2jbsAoQXufLihEyLvWiXWKHdNwliwx_vzbfi60p1Av0R4WVM/s1536/vaikamDattaji2.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7IPdvOrTEZABkAV0NbzEWBmfz7VOT4n5pScjPhWjqq3X4QJCCA917hyphenhyphent7K1uMDI0avMOueuaMmF4xZ0kxLxjcL1ZMZamvpy_jFKUyPC34cNsiyWih_4FYlhfr-Gpy0qj0f-CEvfXdyrG2jbsAoQXufLihEyLvWiXWKHdNwliwx_vzbfi60p1Av0R4WVM/s320/vaikamDattaji2.jpeg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0fHdIBntUgv4WCfpBpcU7ljzf2VoTQpbLmtMymqq1mBS8ozwxC1a8MfE6JXrKnQkGGSeGurMXB_2FtDXf2_NQ4q1f7_TltrxXgLtDyPyxTNlS47U4WrixIAUvRtFh87qzNG2I_GmIMFPk3J3MM9QNYwzdL-hJ-DOcSJ6o2mLhoZKwnm8n6fdz8wBOrS8/s1536/VaikamDattaji.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1023" data-original-width="1536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0fHdIBntUgv4WCfpBpcU7ljzf2VoTQpbLmtMymqq1mBS8ozwxC1a8MfE6JXrKnQkGGSeGurMXB_2FtDXf2_NQ4q1f7_TltrxXgLtDyPyxTNlS47U4WrixIAUvRtFh87qzNG2I_GmIMFPk3J3MM9QNYwzdL-hJ-DOcSJ6o2mLhoZKwnm8n6fdz8wBOrS8/s320/VaikamDattaji.jpeg"/></a></div>
Shri Hosabale on October 3 said that there is a big conspiracy that is being
hatched by those who are speaking against the Sanatan Dharma. He was
participating in the 108th birth anniversary celebrations of Swami Chinmayananda
in Chennai. Dattatreya quoted Aurobindo Ghosh as saying that “Sanatana Dharma is
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<b><a name="4.">4.</a> ‘SWACHHATA HI SEVA’ CAMPAIGN: </b>Pradhan Mantri Narendra
Modi on October 1 pitched for blending fitness and well-being with cleanliness
as he led a nationwide cleanliness drive in which thousands of people
participated in an hour-long “shramdaan” across the country. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDlb0RShzGf_gxz6OWFkkmwKn6WkR7pARQc4tcd2PT0SPFrYHDOXa7ejc4Le-kqeK0hfpjxJDlHyc8kNlM8aC7FUpi3tVmpflFZ7x6_4qc4bKoDxh_5gg09CtazV7Drm05gOkfzBrx1tHURNztMOyh6ya9VmwBbpWSIVAZtIJ5yxk95gQ2HWKIbSIc90g/s406/drive-pm-modi.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDlb0RShzGf_gxz6OWFkkmwKn6WkR7pARQc4tcd2PT0SPFrYHDOXa7ejc4Le-kqeK0hfpjxJDlHyc8kNlM8aC7FUpi3tVmpflFZ7x6_4qc4bKoDxh_5gg09CtazV7Drm05gOkfzBrx1tHURNztMOyh6ya9VmwBbpWSIVAZtIJ5yxk95gQ2HWKIbSIc90g/s320/drive-pm-modi.jpg"/></a></div>
People from all
walks of life, from politicians to students, wielded brooms and took part in the
‘Swachhata hi Seva’ campaign, in response to the Pradhan Mantri’s appeal. Among
the States, Uttar Pradesh adopted more than a lakh sites for cleanliness drives
while Maharashtra conducted the programme in over 62,000 locations, including
the beaches, religious places, schools, colleges and water bodies. In Telangana,
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<b><a name="5.">5.</a> SAINT VALLALAR’S 200TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY: </b>PM Modi on
October 5 delivered a heartfelt tribute on the 200th birth anniversary of Saint
Vallalar, also known as Ramalinga Swamigal. In a video address, he expressed his
deep respect for the revered saint, highlighting Vallalar’s enduring impact on
spirituality and social reform.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF1NfhpuVvXvwGZEF3DtZNbVYWRYaq6n_2U734PoowAzudrIiFe9UZZUbETuQa_jBNEyCnrc7rTpkTTlK1zC5lh6Ll-_VNSjEq-y_iTPyZtb5Oi97TBl4E2wuH4WTQ0QcrMBsMBb6e8LpWlE7MqZ7bhp4uwwZeOQ0-Ox1Xhq1-1ry29qYITADlUgTlE0w/s750/VBAModiji.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF1NfhpuVvXvwGZEF3DtZNbVYWRYaq6n_2U734PoowAzudrIiFe9UZZUbETuQa_jBNEyCnrc7rTpkTTlK1zC5lh6Ll-_VNSjEq-y_iTPyZtb5Oi97TBl4E2wuH4WTQ0QcrMBsMBb6e8LpWlE7MqZ7bhp4uwwZeOQ0-Ox1Xhq1-1ry29qYITADlUgTlE0w/s320/VBAModiji.jpeg"/></a></div>
The special commemorative event took place in Vadalur, a place closely
associated with Vallalar, and drew attention to his remarkable contributions to
humanity. “Saint Vallalar believed that sharing food with the hungry is one of
the most noble of all acts of kindness,” PM Modi said. <br>
On the ocasation the Governor of Tamil Nadu R N Ravi emphasized the significance
of Vallalar’s contributions to Bharat and the need for society to embrace his
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<b><a name="6.">6.</a> ‘SEVA IS IN THE BLOOD OF BHARAT’: SURESH BHAIYYAJI JOSHI:
</b>On October 2, former RSS Sarkaryavah Suresh Bhaiyyaji Joshi while quoting
Sanskrit shloka “Seva Paramo Dharma" and "Karmanye Vadhikaraste Ma Phaleshu
Kadachana” said, “Service has been in the blood of Bharat since ancient times.”
He was addressing the Sant Eshwer Samman Ceremony-2023, organised under the
joint aegis of Sant Eshwer Foundation, Rashtriya Seva Bharti and Ashok Singhal
Foundation in New Delhi.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-HQ1z2ieT3lEUaTpl40kJaZRLts0zTD023JAnIi7v5SnuHqgj_qyj1yjed8FijpK19NLuCdmbJZxqfK-G4lAQqJbjIq3NqptVPxMeZec1kCm7LY8P3huozW71QOdDy3Yw6P3mLCLFpiWDppl15VcFuEJMcuMvFmFilUnmfdhr29m0Js-St-RR2V4Pjs/s640/EsSBJoshi.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-HQ1z2ieT3lEUaTpl40kJaZRLts0zTD023JAnIi7v5SnuHqgj_qyj1yjed8FijpK19NLuCdmbJZxqfK-G4lAQqJbjIq3NqptVPxMeZec1kCm7LY8P3huozW71QOdDy3Yw6P3mLCLFpiWDppl15VcFuEJMcuMvFmFilUnmfdhr29m0Js-St-RR2V4Pjs/s320/EsSBJoshi.jpeg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJYVSh8xINzsM4YzRlA3laB9aqWEzH4nJqkBAN7yZpMNTgauQvs9pWCvnH9ujWkC-xAY1LJk0J2RvwWUZaA94147G844g2hjvt2YagbtPITYNNAVBETEseX3P0fyYyyD3f3bZws8bJ-ZJnCjFSGxHUdJkiq6G5XZKO5W5_RgbM34ST_u-mg_0V1Mn0UOg/s1280/whatsapp-image-2023-10-03-at-12.19.54-pm.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJYVSh8xINzsM4YzRlA3laB9aqWEzH4nJqkBAN7yZpMNTgauQvs9pWCvnH9ujWkC-xAY1LJk0J2RvwWUZaA94147G844g2hjvt2YagbtPITYNNAVBETEseX3P0fyYyyD3f3bZws8bJ-ZJnCjFSGxHUdJkiq6G5XZKO5W5_RgbM34ST_u-mg_0V1Mn0UOg/s320/whatsapp-image-2023-10-03-at-12.19.54-pm.jpeg"/></a></div> Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Union Minister Dr
Jitendra Singh also graced the occasion. Sant Eshwer Foundation President Kapil
Khanna said that the first edition of Sant Eshwer Samman was held in 2015 and so
far it honoured 118 awardees from 30 states of Bharat. This year it honoured
ISRO and 18 social workers/organisations serving in remote places of the
country. More than 1,500 people graced the occasion and around 500 volunteers
from organising team coordinated arrangements. A book “Jivan Sangram” based on
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<b><a name="7.">7.</a> SHAKTI 2023 – WOMEN’S CONCLAVE: </b>Thrissur’s Mahila
Samanvaya organised a womens conclave ‘Shakti 2023’ in Thrissur, Keral on
September 28. It is a part of the national resolution to conduct such programmes
in 413 centres throughout the country in connection with the centenary
celebrations of RSS with the themes of Women Power for Country’s Development &
Social Reformation and Fight Against Drugs & Narcotics. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Q8OY0CdP_GEHnbQxZJ6d6JMZT0eHQCQNo5dDt4Xd0jh1raODIuE8yn5J019X_ttncgREsOM5ds0Y6N4MktAk_n7FSztUoN-qYEmg1UYcAkK_WIxB2xxRomx9ApfCl7-hLVZ4rcutlly2XJS9CE7kskCpb1HPz-CtWYDQc5xGALpkG9KC09VXp7FbFsg/s413/shakti2023WC.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="413" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Q8OY0CdP_GEHnbQxZJ6d6JMZT0eHQCQNo5dDt4Xd0jh1raODIuE8yn5J019X_ttncgREsOM5ds0Y6N4MktAk_n7FSztUoN-qYEmg1UYcAkK_WIxB2xxRomx9ApfCl7-hLVZ4rcutlly2XJS9CE7kskCpb1HPz-CtWYDQc5xGALpkG9KC09VXp7FbFsg/s320/shakti2023WC.jpeg"/></a></div> More than 1500 women
from several parts of Thrissur district participated in the programme. Swamini
Samheetanandaji, President of Chinmaya Mission, Thrissur, inaugurated the
programme. Swamini said that the thoughts and actions for the sake of the
welfare of the humanity give spiritual satisfaction. After the inauguration, a
discussion on “issues women face and the solutions to them” was held and a paper
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<b><a name="8.">8.</a> ‘VASUDHAIVA KUTUMBAKAM’ PLAQUE UNVEILED AT UNITED NATIONS
HQ’S BHARATIYA MISSION: </b>On October 11 a plaque with the inscription 'Vasudhaiva
Kutumbakam' has been installed in the premises of the Permanent Mission of
Bharat to the United Nations in New York, embodying New Delhi's commitment to
unity and global collaboration.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixP4Lfm0Aj9fZ9shv65V7z1Q_ivDEugz1oK1x9K0_jIpK50hyphenhyphenI5_jnvK6RZF-wZgVysE1jfjKo-uvjX-zWQIHujpQ4nPl2q3T8EgQivH_g5vReFi7VigDqdUeUq0s9XxEAS0QpPeJqVQsrhOa8lZn-IELXBq8ezm3TVHreGiTmQn_sDf6GO8NhkZjhaEg/s377/download%20-%202023-10-15T162855.696.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="377" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixP4Lfm0Aj9fZ9shv65V7z1Q_ivDEugz1oK1x9K0_jIpK50hyphenhyphenI5_jnvK6RZF-wZgVysE1jfjKo-uvjX-zWQIHujpQ4nPl2q3T8EgQivH_g5vReFi7VigDqdUeUq0s9XxEAS0QpPeJqVQsrhOa8lZn-IELXBq8ezm3TVHreGiTmQn_sDf6GO8NhkZjhaEg/s320/download%20-%202023-10-15T162855.696.jpeg"/></a></div> It was unveiled by the President of the Indian
Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Dr Vinay Sahasrabuddhe and Bharat's
Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj. The event took
place a day after the Permanent Mission of Bharat, along with the ICCR,
organised an international conference on 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' at the UN.
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<b><a name="9.">9.</a> IN HINDU HERITAGE MONTH, HINDU AMERICANS SEEK TO EDUCATE
THE PUBLIC — AND THEMSELVES: </b>When Hindu Heritage Month was held for the
first time two years ago, its organisers hoped to educate their fellow Americans
about the contributions Hindus have made in the world. Now, the organisers of
this third Hindu Heritage Month hope their movement will educate not only the
wider public, but Hindu Americans themselves, about their faith’s growing
profile in the United States.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA4auZeZz_Aa_5DfG2q1Khyphenhyphen2lcwYSfu1ZeeKan1FQUQshQBdACGavaGxxnGeu_c1i1zevoKmI8KwBwqneOI1ROHbijBQ28T4GZO072i-PMpn7yS_mx-QwfLPp2X0G0xDp4GoJalle8tNQ2Q4K2jhylx8RpZX6Bn4B0YTMMXpf9M2yxn-rhKQ3HaDcTeho/s275/HHM1.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA4auZeZz_Aa_5DfG2q1Khyphenhyphen2lcwYSfu1ZeeKan1FQUQshQBdACGavaGxxnGeu_c1i1zevoKmI8KwBwqneOI1ROHbijBQ28T4GZO072i-PMpn7yS_mx-QwfLPp2X0G0xDp4GoJalle8tNQ2Q4K2jhylx8RpZX6Bn4B0YTMMXpf9M2yxn-rhKQ3HaDcTeho/s320/HHM1.jpeg"/></a></div> Despite its beginnings in the depths of the
pandemic, the effort has taken off. Last year, about 100 proclamations in cities
and school boards across the nation were issued. Virginia became the first and
only state to sign a bill making October Hindu Heritage Month in perpetuity. And
in 2023, the states of Georgia, Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey
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<b><a name="10.">10.</a> HINDU SPORTS FEST, DALLAS: </b>On September 30, the HSS
Dallas Area organized the very first Hindu Sports Fest at Rice Middle School.
The event was geared towards DFW-area Hindu teenagers in grades 7-12 and aimed
to promote Dharma through sportsmanship. With 150 people in attendance, local
teens competed in track, volleyball, and basketball. During the opening
ceremony, an invocation to Bhagwan Ganesha and Bhagwan Hanuman was done,
followed by a rousing performance from HSS band composed of children and
teenagers. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyDeswFzgQibNtzw-SGCpWzzShWFblh4keq-nm5yEJ_jadTGofydH-d3kKhgeU5x40rOIdyIIQD29VwDTV_4C7yuiAepZx_QKeWUzFKwva70NIPEe5lujoq9SfT_dKTYXcpSp0aXmLI_kP7tOSkeuteeBqtyhmFKvWIfc9P_SZHmghrE-KKqDoCDrW-c8/s386/DallasHss.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyDeswFzgQibNtzw-SGCpWzzShWFblh4keq-nm5yEJ_jadTGofydH-d3kKhgeU5x40rOIdyIIQD29VwDTV_4C7yuiAepZx_QKeWUzFKwva70NIPEe5lujoq9SfT_dKTYXcpSp0aXmLI_kP7tOSkeuteeBqtyhmFKvWIfc9P_SZHmghrE-KKqDoCDrW-c8/s320/DallasHss.jpeg"/></a></div> Later, the blowing of traditional conch shells officially signaled
the commencement of the day’s competitions. The day concluded with the awards
ceremony, where awards were distributed to the top three finishers in each
event. The Chief Guest was Gobind Dhiman, a Hindu sportsman who set 37 national
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<b><a name="11.">11.</a> UK TELUGU HINDU ORGANISATION (UTHO) SHIBIR: </b>On July
2 over 100 Telugu families including children traveled from various towns &
cities in the UK to Bracknell, near Reading to participate in this year's
Parivar Shibir. Every year the Shibir is held with a particular theme and
various activities, be it the physical ones which called "Aatalu"(games) and
Bauddhiks based on theme. This years theme for Shibir was ‘Shakti’. Raveendra
Surange, Kendriya Karyawaha, HSS UK talked about the various regional Hindu
Communities active in the UK and Chandrakant Sharma HSS Pracharak for the UK
spoke about Dharma. The activities included Career Connect, a panel discussion
providing career advice to nearly 70 students starting from the age of 12.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsH_SmkL5OtcXGOiLDwXbt1N_mL0lEI5JJ8YQW93_SPzJTq3s1TwvyapZIaeiDajyI6-ra-Wj4RXKwNienqcX94XSk23bHD6xwSbnEZNtwRo65C-7ktzcX39tah435iyoFEB1hXsL1LPLktP4sqMYdWLL4CrANzp72oBKJNGiPP6TTJZOr4B1IyDWR2Bo/s284/UShib1.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="284" data-original-width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsH_SmkL5OtcXGOiLDwXbt1N_mL0lEI5JJ8YQW93_SPzJTq3s1TwvyapZIaeiDajyI6-ra-Wj4RXKwNienqcX94XSk23bHD6xwSbnEZNtwRo65C-7ktzcX39tah435iyoFEB1hXsL1LPLktP4sqMYdWLL4CrANzp72oBKJNGiPP6TTJZOr4B1IyDWR2Bo/s320/UShib1.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwOedR9KrJVO1wIXJdaTRPs9uuA1jJK7lOXLPQsWqwbjQBowtHoy1_bjBiOBlwESR_DgIOHMIai1e5kJshk018H3BPX9cjCE-HwLj9pyxaj0gMNEf7YDIxIpkqT1zBO1nwcTgfnw1X0WqKiU5825hMejzSe8u1T-QZUM1ugYZZbGNld-EQcG5nBb_6Oqk/s338/USib2.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwOedR9KrJVO1wIXJdaTRPs9uuA1jJK7lOXLPQsWqwbjQBowtHoy1_bjBiOBlwESR_DgIOHMIai1e5kJshk018H3BPX9cjCE-HwLj9pyxaj0gMNEf7YDIxIpkqT1zBO1nwcTgfnw1X0WqKiU5825hMejzSe8u1T-QZUM1ugYZZbGNld-EQcG5nBb_6Oqk/s320/USib2.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2gkGW1vK1N8snGo1i7BxeekJQtRNUJOS8OdDUaSfcHrjeEcgf-p2pGaX1MLFyJCiv93mEHGoLWq-vLdvCzR5T39RwP1F-QXLMCAImbBAhFo1YAEJ7_pk4Us8iiX7HNNA9IpKk9fZoCCZRpA4w5_o9HVWyD-vinxCDnXXry2Rm_SO3-BevNABLjklSdEs/s1024/USIb3.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2gkGW1vK1N8snGo1i7BxeekJQtRNUJOS8OdDUaSfcHrjeEcgf-p2pGaX1MLFyJCiv93mEHGoLWq-vLdvCzR5T39RwP1F-QXLMCAImbBAhFo1YAEJ7_pk4Us8iiX7HNNA9IpKk9fZoCCZRpA4w5_o9HVWyD-vinxCDnXXry2Rm_SO3-BevNABLjklSdEs/s320/USIb3.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkPv-MaWgK9y8o1ktmUTqfMJOlGlwOx96XOvuAfqHZfLbeWvx324P4wllY9ReLy6dlU0VjB0AjChYBUmAIvHSHv3HICJNnmK_-IP9ChhghMhI3l44QLTJXLz_1Nz8VNf_UDlA5uaD7VgV-a9kcDBBJWsOZAlhdSoYIE5D9Tn1M3jQl5jQGOHO1J9vwGps/s299/uSibi4.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="299" data-original-width="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkPv-MaWgK9y8o1ktmUTqfMJOlGlwOx96XOvuAfqHZfLbeWvx324P4wllY9ReLy6dlU0VjB0AjChYBUmAIvHSHv3HICJNnmK_-IP9ChhghMhI3l44QLTJXLz_1Nz8VNf_UDlA5uaD7VgV-a9kcDBBJWsOZAlhdSoYIE5D9Tn1M3jQl5jQGOHO1J9vwGps/s320/uSibi4.jpeg"/></a></div>
Swaraveenapani, Telugu Music Director and a Guinness Book of World Records
holder graced the closing ceremony with his wonderful rendition of 3 forms of
Amma (Mothers - One's own mother, Mother tongue, and our Motherland, Bharat
Maata). Dr Ram Vaidya, International Joint Co-ordinator for HSS in his message
inspired the attendees to start implementing something new that they learned or
experienced through the Shibir activities to bring a change into their daily
lives. UK Telugu Hindu Organisation (UTHO) is a non-profit, socio-cultural
organization that brings together Telugu-speaking community of Hindu heritage in
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<b><a name="12.">12.</a> HSS ANNUAL BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLIES COLLECTION: </b>
Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh HSS USA Central Pacific Sambhag organised the annual
Vidyadaan - back to school supplies collection drive from June 26 to August 31.
It was concluded with the Samarop Ceremony on September 14. The event was well
received by the 14 Partner Organizations, 24 Beneficiaries/schools and the
participation of officials from 14 cities.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsR9YogNRxqRp6txtbFFvdUsDqDZZcrFiaORB-7wN390cltNbpnGQ8HmD5gBkbF2yyqY9w7EkWGAASWOCSWsNSUfI7vkTWTN-H_z8N2NF5BU7Zlp0ydYayJJ_m4MR2SALm3ndpSp6S4vXoqzArYr2eD1SDtuSbFtJhtOh0pCVfnjDSvscG-Hk6laTahTw/s597/Screenshot%20%28790%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="589" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsR9YogNRxqRp6txtbFFvdUsDqDZZcrFiaORB-7wN390cltNbpnGQ8HmD5gBkbF2yyqY9w7EkWGAASWOCSWsNSUfI7vkTWTN-H_z8N2NF5BU7Zlp0ydYayJJ_m4MR2SALm3ndpSp6S4vXoqzArYr2eD1SDtuSbFtJhtOh0pCVfnjDSvscG-Hk6laTahTw/s320/Screenshot%20%28790%29.jpg"/></a></div> This year’s drive included Walkathon
event in 4 cities to raise awareness and donation for the backpack drive. San
Joaquin Kannada Sangha conducted 5K run/Walk event at Mountain House and raised
donation for 55 backpacks and other supplies. Kids set up the lemonade stall in
various cities to raise the donation for backpack drive. 1140+ Backpacks filled
with school supplies were donated to local schools, school districts and
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<b><a name="13.">13.</a> WORLD CULTURE FESTIVAL 2023: </b>The Art of Living
foundation conducted its World Culture Festival 2023 from September 30 to
October 1 at the National Mall in Washington DC, United States. Thousands of
people from across the world came together for the event. Union External Affairs
Minister S. Jaishankar and former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon were among
the many dignitaries who attended the event. Speaking at the event, Art of
Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said, “We all belong to one global family”
adding that life is too short for conflicts and called for the world to face
challenges pragmatically and to dream for a better future.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIdrPiE6bINiG7vHc-XOX1-6Bw3dNOw-Np4K92PiCVJmNXWDv6qTu_WWYRx_TRbtp99byGx3QfpiIxmMvJEZQNF6CPEnbma7ub_yCNI4E9cabiCkTNMNnX71Yfq1sE_P4KfIPyPKh2HFgCBwTwxR6igTu2QpV4Tou0a5vCPrYF8COLfryG_3n-Am5-4Ik/s419/download%20-%202023-10-15T172305.776.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="419" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIdrPiE6bINiG7vHc-XOX1-6Bw3dNOw-Np4K92PiCVJmNXWDv6qTu_WWYRx_TRbtp99byGx3QfpiIxmMvJEZQNF6CPEnbma7ub_yCNI4E9cabiCkTNMNnX71Yfq1sE_P4KfIPyPKh2HFgCBwTwxR6igTu2QpV4Tou0a5vCPrYF8COLfryG_3n-Am5-4Ik/s320/download%20-%202023-10-15T172305.776.jpeg"/></a></div>
Speaking at the occasion, Dr. Jaishankar said that the big global challenges
like climate change and economic progress cannot be effectively addressed in
isolation and it has become even more important to bring the world together.
This mega-cultural event witnessed the performances of more than 17,000 artists
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<b><a name="14.">14.</a> AKSHARDHAM TEMPLE, 2ND-LARGEST IN WORLD INAUGURATED:
</b>A Hindu temple, billed to be the second-largest in the world, and the
largest in the Western Hemisphere, has been inaugurated in the US state of New
Jersey. Spread over a sprawling 185 acres, the Akshardham Temple in Robbinsville
City New Jersey stands at 191 feet high. The temple, situated 99 kilometres
south of New York City, was inaugurated on October 8 in the presence of
Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan (BAPS) leader Mahant Swami Maharaj,
with several thousand people attending the event. The inauguration ceremony was
attended by Delaware Governor John Carney and Congressman Steny Hoyer.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjymAC6p0EryH_WbHTAaH0VYkLp0FxFntXzSYvziXTPZkWjjoCGDcxNq0jfWHohlsIrQ5UpdOLVDjp5j83d0oJihn5sCAnrMRPKA8Q745EzJFV_YO16N0iHoFpWy77X2_X_deBDmvL4wTrqKT4uAQDh79Az4tCLADuqazW7dK8QlA9yrssbkg7ErM9pGdY/s586/adtonj.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="344" data-original-width="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjymAC6p0EryH_WbHTAaH0VYkLp0FxFntXzSYvziXTPZkWjjoCGDcxNq0jfWHohlsIrQ5UpdOLVDjp5j83d0oJihn5sCAnrMRPKA8Q745EzJFV_YO16N0iHoFpWy77X2_X_deBDmvL4wTrqKT4uAQDh79Az4tCLADuqazW7dK8QlA9yrssbkg7ErM9pGdY/s320/adtonj.jpeg"/></a></div>
“It is the second largest Hindu temple on this globe planet and of course, the
largest in the Western Hemisphere, which was inaugurated on the 90th birthday
celebrations of Mahant Swami Maharaj,” Gnanvatsaldas Swami, senior BAPS leader
said. “The surprising element of this in the United States is that 12,500
volunteers ranging from 10 days of service to more than three years, five years
of service have come together to build this Akshardham,” Gnanvatsaldas Swami
said.<br>
The temple has the stories of Ramayana, Mahabharat carved on its stones.<br>
Randhir Jaiswal, Consul General of Bharat in New York delivered a message of
congratulations from Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi for the temple’s construction.
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<b><a name="15.">15.</a> STUDENT-LED RATH YATRA ORGANISED IN TORONTO: </b>Under
the coordination of Hindu Students Council (HSC) chapter leaders and members
from Ontario College of Art & Design University (OCAD) and the University of
Toronto (UofT), a historic Ratha Yatra event was organised, entirely driven by
students. This remarkable gathering occurred at OCAD University on September 30
drawing a crowd of 300 attendees.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsAUi9R_IAeK2xHleZafkIY40Tu6tcb7RXity9BbONIK4g3fCZg5zxoc3LVx2Jmslw4PIMkP4Afzujee0JQH-VM7UVtYYZwAvc7TCSMHDz8VJDoiwi0xIPD4ZJDAWnHRuq2aVEM4HlgW1LpIWBSQDYrvQbjz-oTZdINeEUgYnTt-vb9OK8MAvm-sauHps/s516/download%20-%202023-10-15T172001.891.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="299" data-original-width="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsAUi9R_IAeK2xHleZafkIY40Tu6tcb7RXity9BbONIK4g3fCZg5zxoc3LVx2Jmslw4PIMkP4Afzujee0JQH-VM7UVtYYZwAvc7TCSMHDz8VJDoiwi0xIPD4ZJDAWnHRuq2aVEM4HlgW1LpIWBSQDYrvQbjz-oTZdINeEUgYnTt-vb9OK8MAvm-sauHps/s320/download%20-%202023-10-15T172001.891.jpeg"/></a></div>
The HSC orchestrated an artist market featuring over 40 local vendors, offering
a platform for small businesses. Students and community members, brimming with
enthusiasm, engaged in a continuous five-hour Kirtan, expressing their devotion
and zest for the celebration. The event catered to all age groups, creating a
vibrant and inclusive atmosphere.<br>
The highlight of the event was a lively procession from the UofT Campus Mandir
to OCAD University, honouring Shri Jagannath along with siblings Shri Balaram
and Shri Subhadra, accompanied by the enchanting Hare Krishna Mahamantra Kirtan.
Aaditya Karthik, President of HSC UofT St. George Chapter, expressed his
delight, stating, “With the chanting of maha-mantra and the procession of Shri
Jagannath, I was thrilled to see non-Hindus pay their respects.” </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
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<b><a name="16.">16.</a> BHARATIYA-AMERICAN COUPLE DONATES USD 1.75 MILLION TO
CONSTRUCT FIRST HINDU YOUTH CAMPSITE: </b>A Bharatiya-American couple from
Houston has donated USD 1.75 million to start the construction of the first
Hindu campsite in Texas, which will hold heritage youth camps every summer.
Similar to schools and colleges providing academic education, the Hindu Heritage
Youth camps provide a life-moulding education, a release said on October 6.<br>
Subhash Gupta and Sarojini Gupta, who made the mega donation, said they are
passionate about the camp because it inculcates critical values and skills in
the next generation.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzXJHgqnXX60QWrxvq6Oc5sBwZhywPN971mRH1wtHjwQpKNVp8CZAE9lnS3IMP5yTy95sPHeFtMCtTTM7SBes7CDvknY9hDyyTQCz6dVlFa0q0r7YCyvhkx8d7DUYeVvsO-VB-f95h1xXJ4Opqs7O6GbJwwer0bo2Cz4xPZdvyqWaKCUB-pJ1CPPUEVXQ/s213/coupldon.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="161" data-original-width="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzXJHgqnXX60QWrxvq6Oc5sBwZhywPN971mRH1wtHjwQpKNVp8CZAE9lnS3IMP5yTy95sPHeFtMCtTTM7SBes7CDvknY9hDyyTQCz6dVlFa0q0r7YCyvhkx8d7DUYeVvsO-VB-f95h1xXJ4Opqs7O6GbJwwer0bo2Cz4xPZdvyqWaKCUB-pJ1CPPUEVXQ/s320/coupldon.jpeg"/></a></div>
The campsite, located on a 37-acre property in Columbus, Texas, will be complete
next summer, just in time to welcome campers for a six-night and five-day camp.<br>
The camp started in 1985 and has historically been held at a variety of
campsites, such as Camp Lantern Creek in Montgomery. However, the organisers
said it had become increasingly difficult to find a location that could
accommodate the 1,200 plus youth who want to participate. The new campsite will
include cabins, a swimming pool, a dining hall that will accommodate 200 people,
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<b><a name="17.">17.</a> BHARAT’S HISTORIC ASIAN GAMES CAMPAIGN: </b>Bharat has
made history at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, surpassing the 100-medal
mark for the first time. The nation has amassed a medal tally of 107 medals
including 28 gold, 38 silver, and 41 bronze in Asian Games. Bharat had a
phenomenal performance on day 14 of the Games. With medals pouring in, the
contingent claimed 6 gold, 4 silver, and 2 bronze taking the medals tally to
exceptional heights. The hundredth medal for the country was won by the women’s
Kabaddi team, who beat Taipei in a thrilling match.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik8wCR3kmov2V4Dw3E-OVIvcfzFRZBSpxRrIoz6MaZb-deHJMgaQxm3IFYqAuJv-jVPgAY32BCxEuBoXlATpq6MFsV4e3WXJcECRQVKAdtio90fIKWQb3WwmPB7AjxsqEVKXHMhjVJFsk6phm32OdxhMExjcjhBpPx5OCmG3qsmQ_nFNEDUJ3fRhQ_SJo/s449/agaModiji.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="449" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik8wCR3kmov2V4Dw3E-OVIvcfzFRZBSpxRrIoz6MaZb-deHJMgaQxm3IFYqAuJv-jVPgAY32BCxEuBoXlATpq6MFsV4e3WXJcECRQVKAdtio90fIKWQb3WwmPB7AjxsqEVKXHMhjVJFsk6phm32OdxhMExjcjhBpPx5OCmG3qsmQ_nFNEDUJ3fRhQ_SJo/s320/agaModiji.jpeg"/></a></div> Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi
applauded the Bharatiya athletes for their historic achievement. He hosted and
interacted with the Asian Games contingent back home on the October 10. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
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<b><a name="18.">18.</a> BHARATIYA ARMY’S PROJECT UDBHAV: </b>The Bharatiya
Army, with the strength of 12 lakhs, is embarking on a journey to tap into the
rich reservoir of ancient wisdom in statecraft, strategy and diplomacy coupled
with warfare to prepare itself for the wars and battles of the future. This
endeavour, known as Project Udbhav, represents an initiative of the Bharatiya
Army to rediscover Bharat’s heritage of statecraft and strategic thought drawn
from ancient texts. Project Udbhav began in the year 2021 and has already
yielded a book listing seventy five aphorisms selected from ancient texts
offering valuable insights into Bharat’s Strategic heritage. The recent seminar
gathered scholars, serving officers and veterans to study ancient texts from the
4th Century BC to the 8th Century BC, with special focus and attention to
figures like Kautilya, Kamandaka and the Kural. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
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<b><a name="19.">19.</a> BHARATIYA VACCINE TO ERADICATE MALARIA FROM WORLD: </b>
Within the past two years, the world has witnessed the development of a second
low-cost and highly effective malaria vaccine known as R21/Matrix-M,
particularly made for children. Developed in a joint collaboration with Pune-based
Serum Institute of India (SII), a largest vaccine manufacturer in the world, and
the University of Oxford in the UK, the newly approved vaccine will cost less
than $4, cheaper than the current options available. “As a malaria researcher, I
used to dream of the day we would have a safe and effective vaccine against
malaria. Now we have two,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director
General. On this occasion Soumya Swaminathan, WHO’s chief scientist said, “Great
news that a second malaria vaccine is recommended by WHO to be manufactured in
Bharat. Will definitely help in malaria control and ultimately elimination.”
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<b><a name="20.">20.</a> SHRI VISHWA NIKETAN</b>: Pravas: Visitors: Devbrat -
Netherlands <br>
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<b>FOOD FOR THOUGHT</b>: There is no sin as grievous as speaking ill of others.
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700">JAI SHRI RAM<br>
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SANATAN DHARMA: UNIVERSAL VISION FOR HUMANITY<br>
</font><font face="Georgia" style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 12pt"><i>The
attacks on Sanatan Dharma, both internally and externally, are rooted in
Hindumisia and the inability to stop this cosmic dance of Shiva, symbolising the
essence of universal existence. It is our national duty to awaken the masses to
the tactical alliance of Islamists, Evangelists and Communists, based on
monotheism and their designs to exploit the social faultlines and selfish
political interests to ‘eliminate the other’ </i></font>
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</font><font face="Georgia" style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 11pt">DAVID
FRAWLEY (VAMDEVA SHASTRI)</font></p> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9vLVYQ37IC5GXu5gJ8JneCCVljPcizhfXSCn-nzFolrBJcF6dp4xjmxX06qIvvrt9M4e3NsBFogtGMQkRIhLB0KjMd08q9DQv9ZtJ47Y90Gwuaz-o19caFNYwR2vBHuraqslZ4s-pungXRrFh7i2g9EYnowNKUUOsFhVzoHXIvHE3cx07PBCsiDl1JlI/s181/vshastry.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9vLVYQ37IC5GXu5gJ8JneCCVljPcizhfXSCn-nzFolrBJcF6dp4xjmxX06qIvvrt9M4e3NsBFogtGMQkRIhLB0KjMd08q9DQv9ZtJ47Y90Gwuaz-o19caFNYwR2vBHuraqslZ4s-pungXRrFh7i2g9EYnowNKUUOsFhVzoHXIvHE3cx07PBCsiDl1JlI/s320/vshastry.jpeg"/></a></div>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt">The vision of Sanatan Dharma is of
an eternal and universal truth, consciousness, intelligence and Self-awareness
behind the whole of existence. We as human beings are connected to that supreme
truth at the core of our being, but only have a limited recognition of it as we
seldom look within deep enough to discover our true nature.<br>
The eternal truths of life do not depend upon validation from we as individual
creatures, Sanatan Dharma is beyond any identification of name, belief, ideology
or institution. It is inherent and self-evident, like the light of the Sun.
Reflecting this cosmic vision, the Vedic view of truth is said to be apaurusheya,
beyond any limitations of person, place or time.<br>
India (Bharat) can be best understood as a “Dharmic civilisation”. Dharma is the
key term of India’s cultural identity, view of truth, reality, life and the
Divine. <br>
<b>Dharmic Traditions</b><br>
Dharma refers to spiritual teachings of India, starting with the ancient Vedas,
the oldest literature of India, including Yoga and Vedanta that have spread
worldwide today, but also India’s art, architecture, music, dance, poetry,
medicine (Ayurveda), mathematics, science, astronomy, cosmology, even
agriculture and cuisine, an entire civilisation and way of life. Everything in
life can be a way of Dharma as it can be a path of Yoga.<br>
This Dharmic approach has many manifestations in the Hindu traditions that
include Shaivite, Vaishnava, Shakta, Ganapata, Saura and other formulations of
the universal intelligence along with their variations over time and location.
It has been highlighted by the many gurus of India who have taught
internationally since Swami Vivekananda 130 years ago. Yet Ankor Wat in Cambodia
remains the world’s largest Hindu temple.<br>
Buddhism called Buddha Dharma spread throughout Asia, including China, Japan and
Tibet. Buddha Dharma similarly indicates universal dharmic principles and
practices, not just a monastic path but an entire culture, psychology and
cosmology. <br>
Jainism or Jain Dharma has its own great architecture, mathematics, philosophy
and social values that endure in India today. The Sikh tradition or Sikh Dharma
has related concepts of karma, rebirth and liberation and similar practices of
chanting, temples and pilgrimage. Modern India since PM Narendra Modi is
honoring and reviving all these dharmic traditions.<br>
Dharmic traditions have shared their values, practices and culture with many
countries, but have not invaded any country or sought to conquer or convert the
world to their beliefs. They embrace the whole of life as sacred, and see
consciousness as pervading the entire universe, with humanity as one family with
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They ask us to cultivate a receptive and respectful awareness following the
rhythms of life, taking us beyond any fixation on anthropomorphic or
human-centered thoughts and actions.<br>
This is not to say that dharmic traditions can be reduced to any uniformity.
Dharma embraces diversity, adaptation and creativity, and allows for freedom of
ideas, debate and expression. It is defined by meditation-based inner experience
and direct perception at an individual level, which makes its spiritual approach
free of any outer control. <br>
Yet while recognising a universal and eternal truth of oneness, Dharmic
traditions also honour the need for their adaptation according to time, place,
individual and karma, which are always changing. <br>
<b>Meaning of Sanatan Dharma</b><br>
This enduring Dharmic tradition called Sanatan Dharma refers to that Dharma
which is eternal, perpetual, ever relevant and adaptable. Sanatan Dharma
encompasses dharma in all of its aspects, the natural laws and forces rooted in
the presence of cosmic intelligence, and harmonious action on all levels and in
all aspects of life. It is not a mere formula, code, creed or assertion, but the
enduring truth of life and consciousness that is interdependent and ultimately
one. It is rooted in the realisation of great sages, seers, yogis in every
generation, who share their teachings with all who value them. <br>
To understand India/Bharat’s civilisation and global influence, one must
understand Dharma in its Sanatan aspect, which is ever capable of new name and
forms but preserves its transcendent origin and enduring prime values. Modern
civilisation, rooted in an outer political worldview, does not properly
understand or recognise dharma, but prefers to impose its changing opinions upon
all without any recognition of any universal principles. It needs the guidance
of Sanatan Dharma.<br>
Sanatan Dharma mirrors the diverse forces of the greater Self-aware and
conscious universe, not just our human species based dominance. It cannot be
destroyed, possessed or controlled outwardly, because its roots are within us
and everywhere, not<br>
in any external form or structure. Yet we can fail to recognise this universal
unity and instead follow divisive forces our own personal prejudices, we will
create negative karma for ourselves and our world. If we fall from Dharma, our
own life and consciousness must suffer, harming the world around us that we
control or influence.<br>
Santan Dharma is one with the universe at its foundation beyond name and form.
Not to honour it is to deny one’s in most self and the comic reality. To deny
Dharma is to destroy one’s own integrity, culture and connections with all.<br>
<b>Challenges to Dharma </b><br>
When political parties today like the Communists, Dravidian nationalists or the
dynasty-based Congress party look at India, it is to gain power and control at
an outer level. They do not respect Dharma, and some of their leaders now aim at
its eradication because it questions their personal privileges, as if the
universe should bow down to them.<br>
Being in harmony with Sanatan Dharma is not simply to be politically correct
according to the latest social opinions that remain changing and contradictory.
It is to recognise the universe within us as our true nature, family and unity
for all time.<br>
Sanatan Dharma is like the Himalayas where it has long been followed and taught
by innumerable great yogis, rishi and gurus. It holds our highest aspirations to
oneness, not simply the expediency of certain vested interests to divide and
control. To try to remove Sanatan Dharma is to try to remove us both the Earth
and the sky, leaving us no ground below on which to stand and no expanse above
to which to ascend.<br>
Dharma must be protected because it is what protects us from wrong and
destructive actions. Dharma protects us and Adharma consigns to disintegration.
For global peace to arise we must respect the universal vision of Dharma, not as
a mere mental or emotional assertion but as an alignment with the unity of all.
That Sanatan Dharma will survive is certain, but those who follow Adharma will
perish by their own thoughts and actions, and can harm many others in the
process. <i>(Organiser, 8 October 2023) </i> </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></p>
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ACCOMPLISH RESOLVES : PM MODI</a></font></b></td>
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<b><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><a href="#4.">4. AKHIL
BHARATIYA SAMANVAY BAITHAK</a></font></b></td>
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<b><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><a href="#5.">5. WOMEN’S
RESERVATION BILL GETS PARLIAMENT SEAL</a></font></b></td>
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<b><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><a href="#6.">6. 108-FT
ADI SHANKARACHARYA STATUE UNVEILED</a></font></b></td>
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<b><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><a href="#7.">7. SHRI
GANESHOTSAV ACROSS THE WORLD</a></font></b></td>
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<b><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><a href="#8.">8.
UNIVERSAL ONENESS DAY EXHIBIT AND CELEBRATION</a></font></b></td>
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<b><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><a href="#9.">9.
RAKSHABANDHAN UTSAV BY SDSS MYANMAR</a></font></b></td>
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<b><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><a href="#10.">10. WORLD
SANSKRIT DAY IN OMAN</a></font></b></td>
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<b><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><a href="#11.">11.
DHARMAFEST OF NEW ZEALAND'S DHARMIC COMMUNITIES</a></font></b></td>
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<b><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><a href="#12.">12.
AGASTYA GURUKULAM OPENS IN HOUSTON</a></font></b></td>
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<b><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><a href="#13.">13.
BHARATIYA-ORIGIN THARMAN SHANMUGARATNAM SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT OF
SINGAPORE</a></font></b></td>
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<b><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><a href="#14.">14.
BHARAT REJECTS CANADIAN ALLEGATIONS</a></font></b></td>
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<b><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><a href="#15.">15.
NATIONAL MEDICAL COMMISSION ACHIEVES WFME RECOGNITION STATUS</a></font></b></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#16.">16. ISARC
SCIENTIST SWATI NAYAK HONOURED</a></b></font></td>
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<b><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><a href="#17.">17. 91
BHARATIYA UNIVERSITIES IN THE RANKINGS</a></font></b></td>
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<b><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><a href="#18.">18.
UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE TAG FOR SHANTINIKETAN</a></font></b></td>
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<b><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><a href="#19.">19. 'DO
DHAGE SHREE RAM KE LIYE'</a></font></b></td>
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<b><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><a href="#20.">20. SHRI
VISHWA NIKETAN & FOOD FOR THOUGHT</a></font></b></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a name="1.">1.</a> FESTIVALS:
NAVRATRI:</b> Navratri (October 15-23 this year), the nine-night festival, is
celebrated with great enthusiasm in Bharat and holds profound spiritual
significance. It is dedicated to various forms of Ma Durga, each symbolizing
distinct aspects of feminine power. One captivating aspect of Navratri is the
association of specific colours with each day, representing different forms of
the Devi.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs9F36IOrS4CnuzFKkJYKvXoncr8Dkyt2ZdFYKOAiyjN28knduj6JYyroW4VotP02uI4MTM7YZevV91Obv9v6Cl6md1LYi7yFhs6Y9l8n34r58JNmVCVVvEQvggD3J05rKMzvL25jWxQu8fiYfpPKRYQ93JRU9ASy9wqF4unE8BwXi58Im9Nd5ll30YUA/s358/download%20-.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="238" data-original-width="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs9F36IOrS4CnuzFKkJYKvXoncr8Dkyt2ZdFYKOAiyjN28knduj6JYyroW4VotP02uI4MTM7YZevV91Obv9v6Cl6md1LYi7yFhs6Y9l8n34r58JNmVCVVvEQvggD3J05rKMzvL25jWxQu8fiYfpPKRYQ93JRU9ASy9wqF4unE8BwXi58Im9Nd5ll30YUA/s320/download%20-.jpeg"/></a></div>
Navratri celebrates the victory of good over evil symbolized by the slaying of
Mahishasura by Ma Durga. In North Bharat, Ramlila is organised on a large scale
during Navratri. Navratri ends with Dussehra or Vijayadashami celebration on the
10th day with the burning of the effigies of Ravana to celebrate the victory of
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<b><a name="2.">2.</a> RSS SARASANGHCHALAK’S PROGRAMS: </b>On September 19,
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat installed Shrimant
Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati in Pune, Maharashtra.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5J-pjf6X-7ivHHjAbeq9pLxXD5tHd0ZfV6VC5i8lqy-Kiv1JAu0Uz3UybK7YNLxmJbyv2KbuMiOGebH9oPEtRSHY7t2BbHS9hIU0xyvcrF1hTJJOs9Y8tHCMMNAVEOA6AIU4Qq2NQXItvF5_SDvK7RK0v5w0m2VCKKr84BWPzcCDKUlBBvYpjSD-g2as/s465/download%20-%202023-09-30T115352.794.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="245" data-original-width="465" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5J-pjf6X-7ivHHjAbeq9pLxXD5tHd0ZfV6VC5i8lqy-Kiv1JAu0Uz3UybK7YNLxmJbyv2KbuMiOGebH9oPEtRSHY7t2BbHS9hIU0xyvcrF1hTJJOs9Y8tHCMMNAVEOA6AIU4Qq2NQXItvF5_SDvK7RK0v5w0m2VCKKr84BWPzcCDKUlBBvYpjSD-g2as/s320/download%20-%202023-09-30T115352.794.jpeg"/></a></div>
A sankalp was taken on the occasion for harmony all over the world and for
Bharat to become an affluent nation and take the world on the path of peace. Dr
Bhagwat said that all of us have to endeavour to bring this resolution into
reality. Shrimant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati is a historic mandir in Pune.<br>
In a statement on September 22, Dr Bhagwat lauded the Bharatiya Parliament for
passing the ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Act 2023’ or the Women’s Reservation Bill and
called the decision helpful in making the nation strong and inclusive. The
statement further added that RSS considers this as a welcome and commendable
step and has full confidence that women’s participation will add new dimensions
to the country’s development.<br>
‘Jagala Pokharnari Davi Valvi’ (The Left Termite That Destroys the World), a
book written by author Abhijit Jog and published by Dilipraj Prakashan, was
released by Dr Bhagwat in the Symbiosis Vishwabhavan Auditorium in Pune.
Jawaharlal Nehru University’s Vice Chancellor Dr Shantisree Pandit, Dilipraj
Prakashan’s Managing Trustee Rajeev Barve, author Abhijit Jog and other
dignitaries were present on the occasion.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9cQlGE7b453rbHX7rNuqoE-SLWj-x7hEkDkO09IBcGiNCZOnrLxIlE3UXYXSiKAoYKJj09ANPKqLaQpNImQJGnc19BkA6XymgrgKBEAvbtppPOKZv25SpRg0HVmr6V6XrxHTLbV1Ov-BAJ_J125OJjVipSBCoSnDZIxDnrswGMgCutOzbaSx0cO6i1ms/s405/download%20-%2014.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="227" data-original-width="405" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9cQlGE7b453rbHX7rNuqoE-SLWj-x7hEkDkO09IBcGiNCZOnrLxIlE3UXYXSiKAoYKJj09ANPKqLaQpNImQJGnc19BkA6XymgrgKBEAvbtppPOKZv25SpRg0HVmr6V6XrxHTLbV1Ov-BAJ_J125OJjVipSBCoSnDZIxDnrswGMgCutOzbaSx0cO6i1ms/s320/download%20-%2014.jpeg"/></a></div>
Dr Bhagwat said that the Left is against piousness and therefore, in the name of
cultural Marxism, the left has started destruction all over the world,
especially in western countries. Leftists are trying to inculcate wrong ideas in
society and is causing damage to society and human behavior is tending towards
animalism. He added that the ability to save the world from this crisis lies in
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<b><a name="3.">3.</a> TIME TO ACCOMPLISH RESOLVES : PM MODI: </b>In his first
speech in the Lok Sabha in the new Parliament building on September 19, Pradhan
Manrti Narendra Modi said that the new Parliament building reflects the
aspirations of 140 crore Bharatiyas and it is time to accomplish the resolves
and begin the new journey with renewed enthusiasm and energy. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjopajoOSS1JkLXHQcrhkzzDtPKFy_qCqAUrZohZiekT6kbWm03OnSX-Dt8DJqwPpxE5x0hekBXM7OGbhUvYJALWYutvGBacAQ8g_HjekNqwBOVnEADnEdAkLhKVm7qpU2Nsj6DothhTcivHo4YGVVX2rQF2d_cPtQtcZZBhdmtQD9PKWJzR7o5V7TDbns/s343/download%20-%202023-09-30T115829.347.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="248" data-original-width="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjopajoOSS1JkLXHQcrhkzzDtPKFy_qCqAUrZohZiekT6kbWm03OnSX-Dt8DJqwPpxE5x0hekBXM7OGbhUvYJALWYutvGBacAQ8g_HjekNqwBOVnEADnEdAkLhKVm7qpU2Nsj6DothhTcivHo4YGVVX2rQF2d_cPtQtcZZBhdmtQD9PKWJzR7o5V7TDbns/s320/download%20-%202023-09-30T115829.347.jpeg"/></a></div> The PM mentioned
the presence of the sacred Sengol as a link between the old and new and as a
witness to the first light of freedom. Stressing the need for collective
dialogue and action for the general welfare, PM Modi emphasised the unity of
goals. The proceedings of the two Houses began in the new Parliament building on
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<b><a name="4.">4.</a> AKHIL BHARATIYA SAMANVAY BAITHAK: </b>Akhil Bharatiya
Samanvay Baithak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh was held on September 14-16 at
S.P. College in Pune. 243 representatives from 36 organisations attended the
baithak.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd_go3YIIr38OXbpIycW7luxxuchBvG5GB3yzReVdTtHxtOtRj-I7cHpoobHmgBp54DDvMB44_8WIgGXbPLnWspN9MFt4IpzSzK1tJxX6db__8s38H7xYiA5ECdXc-T5qhhxnBdduPC7jH4B_laNi7nVGOEKBK6zUMWVE8ON4q8iyXZBSBkwdRX3Qqj5o/s746/whatsapp-image-2023-09-14-at-14.10.01.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd_go3YIIr38OXbpIycW7luxxuchBvG5GB3yzReVdTtHxtOtRj-I7cHpoobHmgBp54DDvMB44_8WIgGXbPLnWspN9MFt4IpzSzK1tJxX6db__8s38H7xYiA5ECdXc-T5qhhxnBdduPC7jH4B_laNi7nVGOEKBK6zUMWVE8ON4q8iyXZBSBkwdRX3Qqj5o/s320/whatsapp-image-2023-09-14-at-14.10.01.jpeg"/></a></div>
In a post-baithak press conference, RSS Sah Sarakaryavah Dr. Manmohan Vaidya
said that RSS-inspired organizations will make special efforts to increase
participation of women in all fields and ensure their leading role. He added
that 411 conferences will be organised across the country to enhance
women-to-women contact. So far, 73 such conferences have been held in 12 prants,
which received enthusiastic response with participation of more than 1.23 lakh
women.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxu6nhLi8Av-8yZa7RdfAgG5qE_NyZT2PnV747Pt9zzO3FYY_5h1V9J_EFwu2j0sZfAzkgvAqZPeGs0tG_Az1W0XMRkc5j89DxD51WobXtEykFS8QvaKOebpM9mPeIvoHEVtO2YXKSjG84N4aPb27LWYrRNuVYZlvOIt7qL5YyH8Ztu6_hSEACha2EaM8/s1600/WhatsApp8_00.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxu6nhLi8Av-8yZa7RdfAgG5qE_NyZT2PnV747Pt9zzO3FYY_5h1V9J_EFwu2j0sZfAzkgvAqZPeGs0tG_Az1W0XMRkc5j89DxD51WobXtEykFS8QvaKOebpM9mPeIvoHEVtO2YXKSjG84N4aPb27LWYrRNuVYZlvOIt7qL5YyH8Ztu6_hSEACha2EaM8/s320/WhatsApp8_00.jpeg"/></a></div>
Stating that RSS had four stages – organization, expansion, contact and
activities - in its journey of 97 years, he said that the fourth stage started
in 2006 during birth centenary of Shri Guruji. The meeting discussed efforts to
organize righteous forces in the society and make them active.<br>
In response to a question on Sanatan culture, he said that Sanatan Dharma does
not mean religion, but Sanatan civilization is a spiritual democracy.<br>
Dr. Vaidya also said that the response to the Sangh work is increasing across
the country. The number of daily shakhas of Sangh has increased from 62,491 in
2020 to 68,651 in 2023.<br>
Meeting of RSS-inspired organizations takes place once in a year. The
organizations participating in Samanvay Baithak exchange their work and
experience, as well as upcoming events. </font><font face="Georgia"><b>
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<b><a name="5.">5.</a> WOMEN’S RESERVATION BILL GETS PARLIAMENT SEAL: </b>
History was scripted on September 21 night when The Constitution (One Hundred
and Twenty-Eighth Amendment) Bill, 2023, seeking to reserve 33% of seats in Lok
Sabha and state Assemblies for women, was passed unanimously by Rajya Sabha, a
day after it sailed through Lok Sabha.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdqrPCM3rfDF4S2s9f0b6MxplfaaRfKoPnqyrB0B4LNlodq2rhPmK1H3XfOgxM6nTivvStmLkiU__CUB6MHFASHwFNwfy91i7YsRTB5HJgfznZYYyu5dY463y9JgokLznrej1ptsABDkewOh6Lovz1ZCKnvZImANje3fE_CZV9iKIHBtRzN_6ix_XixYs/s324/download%20-%202023-09-30T133416.794.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="243" data-original-width="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdqrPCM3rfDF4S2s9f0b6MxplfaaRfKoPnqyrB0B4LNlodq2rhPmK1H3XfOgxM6nTivvStmLkiU__CUB6MHFASHwFNwfy91i7YsRTB5HJgfznZYYyu5dY463y9JgokLznrej1ptsABDkewOh6Lovz1ZCKnvZImANje3fE_CZV9iKIHBtRzN_6ix_XixYs/s320/download%20-%202023-09-30T133416.794.jpeg"/></a></div>
The women’s reservation Bill, the first legislation to be cleared by both Houses
in the new Parliament building, secured 214 votes in its favour with none
against it in the Upper House. There was no abstention during the voting
proceedings presided by Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar.<br>
Later, both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha were adjourned sine die, ending the
special session of Parliament. Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi, who came to the
Upper House before the voting process got underway at night, thanked all members
for their support for the Bill. </font><font face="Georgia"><b>
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<b><a name="6.">6.</a> 108-FT ADI SHANKARACHARYA STATUE UNVEILED:</b> A grand
108-foot tall statue of the revered Hindu Sant Adi Shankaracharya was unveiled
in Omkareshwar, Khandwa district, Madhya Pradesh. This imposing structure, known
as ‘Ekatmata Ki Pratima’ or the ‘Statue of Oneness,’ is a testament to Bharat’s
rich spiritual heritage.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_quAP2FHLZAhgrPSkWRrbevInTSH9VkGchI4N2hv2aftMDyuUDVhVZaT3Rcx5tUSaHfDaNOSJxxveYg5eGuuhyZVdk0EBDaAGqf3AbsEbc7VFo8gye5SZYLrGN9oSxK0jM9ZsiOU0-vHmJu4bsIiGoaodP8k3WBDmOlaALyvABDtDlpt6nHW79Cjgm4/s527/download%20-%202023-09-30T120214.527.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="292" data-original-width="527" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_quAP2FHLZAhgrPSkWRrbevInTSH9VkGchI4N2hv2aftMDyuUDVhVZaT3Rcx5tUSaHfDaNOSJxxveYg5eGuuhyZVdk0EBDaAGqf3AbsEbc7VFo8gye5SZYLrGN9oSxK0jM9ZsiOU0-vHmJu4bsIiGoaodP8k3WBDmOlaALyvABDtDlpt6nHW79Cjgm4/s320/download%20-%202023-09-30T120214.527.jpeg"/></a></div>
The construction of the statue was announced by CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan in
2017. A metal collection drive gathered material from over 23,000 grama
panchayats across the state. This multi-metal statue stands atop Mandhata Parvat,
overlooking the Narmada River. It rests on a 54-foot pedestal, supported by a
27-foot lotus petal base made of red stone. Weighing 100 tons, it was conceived
by Bharatiya artists, sculptors, and engineers. The statue, composed primarily
of bronze (88% copper, 4% zinc, and 8% tin), boasts of a high-quality steel
internal structure. Accompanying the statue is Ekatma Dham, which includes the
Advaita Lok museum showcasing Acharya Shankar’s life and philosophy through
various exhibits. This complex embraces diverse architectural styles, housing
the museum, a wide-screen IMAX theatre, and an audio-visual journey called
Advaita Narmada Vihar. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD">
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<b><a name="7.">7.</a> SHRI GANESHOTSAV ACROSS THE WORLD: </b>Vishwa Hindu
Parishad Association Thailand celebrated the 16th Ganesha festival on September
22-24, at Nimbutr Stadium, Bangkok. Many VIPs, ministry personnel, embassy
officials, associations, and influencers attended the function.<br>
The festival showcased various cultural performances, including traditional
dances and music from Bharat and Thailand. The painting competitions allowed
participants to showcase their artistic skills and creativity, while the no-gas
cooking promoted eco-friendly practices and alternative cooking methods. The
immersion of Bhagwan Ganesha in a colorful procession filled the streets with
vibrant colors and joyful Thai dancing and was a grand spectacle with devotees
singing and dancing in celebration.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcj7HHtR4uwVpFaEpCA61aeA3UBVpSBK5r_CEsS7W05M1NrqHADRJimJ-bw6ZMq-YNfVxGNCtWGhHC-8Aeysb5wmF5KT_7gJSlCky8Sip5ZEalHIw-6OMWZ-qoh5g7XKNVWqsp4jS1qhaStYkQcFTYf_9rKcO6Rzgv3fdTffYsAy3eiCUDfeeIisVZKqE/s1600/383745497_644995767723384_8754508856562493904_n.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcj7HHtR4uwVpFaEpCA61aeA3UBVpSBK5r_CEsS7W05M1NrqHADRJimJ-bw6ZMq-YNfVxGNCtWGhHC-8Aeysb5wmF5KT_7gJSlCky8Sip5ZEalHIw-6OMWZ-qoh5g7XKNVWqsp4jS1qhaStYkQcFTYf_9rKcO6Rzgv3fdTffYsAy3eiCUDfeeIisVZKqE/s320/383745497_644995767723384_8754508856562493904_n.jpg"/></a></div>
Ganesha Making workshops were conducted during the weekend of September 16-17
across 5 cities (Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Hamilton and Dunedin)
by Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh NZ. More than 400 people participated and around 300
Ganesha's were made using potters clay. This is an Annual event that is being
held by HSS NZ for more than 10 years.<br>
Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh Montreal Shakha organized a Clay Ganesh Making Workshop
to create beautiful clay murtis of Bhagwan Ganesha, deeply understanding the
profound religious significance of this cherished festival.<br>
Ganesh Murti making workshops were also conducted by Kuber Shakha and Kailash
Shakha of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh Las Vegas and by Shivaji Shakha of Hindu
Swayamsevak Sangh Japan in Yokohama.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUt-Sszyow8tLZys4LLz06WzI9a3dyM_JvnLaSMpn0fKjI8bpkh-2Ybln0wj7WSDqJDOEz3qG6cJ_fv0NqN7MhAMia7QDk3TsYrcHqI2Qv6wlRIOgq8GR0Kjmbxy56gLZfI7WWP7X0biSu2EIzO9w23gE6FS3kzW0Zzm1D0W9YtND8H0pQ5dkX8qlApXU/s1024/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-09-17%20at%208.26.07%20PM.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="515" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUt-Sszyow8tLZys4LLz06WzI9a3dyM_JvnLaSMpn0fKjI8bpkh-2Ybln0wj7WSDqJDOEz3qG6cJ_fv0NqN7MhAMia7QDk3TsYrcHqI2Qv6wlRIOgq8GR0Kjmbxy56gLZfI7WWP7X0biSu2EIzO9w23gE6FS3kzW0Zzm1D0W9YtND8H0pQ5dkX8qlApXU/s320/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-09-17%20at%208.26.07%20PM.jpeg"/></a></div><br>
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‘Atharvashirsha’ at the Dagdusheth Ganapati pandal in Pune on the second day of
the 10-day Ganeshotsav. According to the Shreemant Dagdusheth Halwai Sarvajanik
Ganapati Trust, this is the 36th year of the annual recital of Atharvashirsha at
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<b><a name="8.">8.</a> UNIVERSAL ONENESS DAY EXHIBIT AND CELEBRATION: </b>On
September 19, the East Whiteland Township employees and the East Whiteland
Township Police and Fire department met with members of the Hindu Swayamsevak
Sangh USA (HSS) to celebrate Rakshabandhan. Since 2004, HSS has celebrated this
holiday as “Universal Oneness Day”, broadening its scope from the family to the
community with the simple idea that all should love and protect each other.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAHRsMgh6FQC43zKCt5fFzrvHRjiioQiNyqkAqIG5U0FiqGoc9fDyhzejGE7TM-aCGnUxaYMiRgmVpkobxspU5rl6oXnlI7RyesA44eewD0fvq_zqTmuUNN5Y5KpbRo8ha9hvSOeDRMBXUXNPcvmwJ04gbJhxFG4t6Vb3YelYA7kVcIaVrnoceTtlf-sU/s2600/Document.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="885" data-original-width="2600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAHRsMgh6FQC43zKCt5fFzrvHRjiioQiNyqkAqIG5U0FiqGoc9fDyhzejGE7TM-aCGnUxaYMiRgmVpkobxspU5rl6oXnlI7RyesA44eewD0fvq_zqTmuUNN5Y5KpbRo8ha9hvSOeDRMBXUXNPcvmwJ04gbJhxFG4t6Vb3YelYA7kVcIaVrnoceTtlf-sU/s320/Document.jpeg"/></a></div>
HSS also displayed a few posters on ‘Darshana: A glimpse into Hindu
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<b><a name="9.">9.</a> RAKSHABANDHAN UTSAV BY SDSS MYANMAR: </b>Rakshabandhan
utsav was celebrated at 41 places in 6 vibhags of Myanmar by Sanatan Dharma
Swayamsevak Sangh. Around 4400 people including 1300 bal and 1800 sevikas
participated in these utsavs. 10 groups participated in the one-act-play
competition conducted by the Dakshin Vibhag. Gruha Sampark was also conducted
during Rakshabandhan in which close to 7000 homes were visited in 49 cities and
66 villages. Three swayamsevaks worked as short-time vistaraks for the Gruha
Sampark program. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPU67g0pBL3gmyCXtzskiSIzSfkKLxNHafZm-50Uvo57N_L82MJW6IsRccY8Ikznvvy9YsqGEPccjccH8986SE_ufMQZtLZu3VZxwh8ltYvQdD_QLwE6F_Wu-RXs4Za3fdW3BWAvzCkRWXFQR5jHK5255xOrYRQddD6lcBdH7CkFERspH3Ue0UVFvfXF0/s1024/Raksha%20Bhadhan%20&%20Natak%20program%20Image124.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPU67g0pBL3gmyCXtzskiSIzSfkKLxNHafZm-50Uvo57N_L82MJW6IsRccY8Ikznvvy9YsqGEPccjccH8986SE_ufMQZtLZu3VZxwh8ltYvQdD_QLwE6F_Wu-RXs4Za3fdW3BWAvzCkRWXFQR5jHK5255xOrYRQddD6lcBdH7CkFERspH3Ue0UVFvfXF0/s320/Raksha%20Bhadhan%20&%20Natak%20program%20Image124.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5VfjCLB-O_e3vJ4inaUZHbUvAowJqCFhF5q4HRLEp6uBAU3hmcqcPDT1CPxJ7HE1bKKTcUYWDbfp3_yVPHYTKG8y4jPTEKFFw_fYqiG2jmFbT7D43Kedn0dgyX4Rpu9N6c0kNBigPdNh031AgBVI8-9-c9u2gxS4yctgJkQPRYEycgsPz0uV_hlSLenw/s1024/Raksha%20Bhadhan%20&%20Natak%20program%20Image130.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5VfjCLB-O_e3vJ4inaUZHbUvAowJqCFhF5q4HRLEp6uBAU3hmcqcPDT1CPxJ7HE1bKKTcUYWDbfp3_yVPHYTKG8y4jPTEKFFw_fYqiG2jmFbT7D43Kedn0dgyX4Rpu9N6c0kNBigPdNh031AgBVI8-9-c9u2gxS4yctgJkQPRYEycgsPz0uV_hlSLenw/s320/Raksha%20Bhadhan%20&%20Natak%20program%20Image130.jpg"/></a></div> For the first time in Myanmar, the Sampark Vibhag contacted
influential people like doctors, lawyers and heads of social organisations. 3000
copies of a booklet ‘Panch Mahayagya and Mokshadayini Sapt Puri’ were published
in Burmese, Hindi and Tamil and distributed during the Gruha Sampark. </font>
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<b><a name="10.">10.</a> WORLD SANSKRIT DAY IN OMAN: </b>On September 22,
the Sanskrit Wing of Indian Social Club, Muscat, along with Sanskrit Bharti,
celebrated World Sanskrit day (Vishwa Sanskrit Dinam) at the Main Hall of the
Bharatiya Embassy in Muscat, Oman. 300 Bharatiya community members including the
chief guest H.E. Amit Narang, Ambassador of Bharat to the sultanate of Oman,
participated in the event.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1wcESMBufgLPSRpB7KPFQQ6H08uEapEqG_1jC2C-4FEZ_HrMLQSUm_08jOWS3eCuAAmuxKOs0fzYOIzoi4edg0tnvU1dXqxyBywWjVyWDg05N-0OkW7bSwE3T3Xi83H_iUQECLcZZQO7MJUqRQOP_M9PbDzmP8ygJ2flhRfCkpZb49o8_hqYMPTupqMA/s275/download%20-%202023-09-30T165142.823.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1wcESMBufgLPSRpB7KPFQQ6H08uEapEqG_1jC2C-4FEZ_HrMLQSUm_08jOWS3eCuAAmuxKOs0fzYOIzoi4edg0tnvU1dXqxyBywWjVyWDg05N-0OkW7bSwE3T3Xi83H_iUQECLcZZQO7MJUqRQOP_M9PbDzmP8ygJ2flhRfCkpZb49o8_hqYMPTupqMA/s320/download%20-%202023-09-30T165142.823.jpeg"/></a></div>
While addressing the gathering, H.E. Narang emphasized that Sanskrit is a
treasure-house of Bharatiya civilization, culture, and philosophy. The keynote
speaker Mrs. Madhavi Rajreddygari explained the significance of
Vishva-Sanskrit-Dinam and the importance of the Sanskrit language for Bharat.<br>
The Indian Social Club Chairman Mr. Babu Rajendra addressed the gathering and
delivered part of his speech in Sanskrit.<br>
Children also conducted cultural programs like songs, storytelling, and
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<b><a name="11.">11.</a> DHARMAFEST OF NEW ZEALAND'S DHARMIC COMMUNITIES: </b>On
September 9, Mahatma Gandhi Centre, Eden Terrace, Auckland witnessed the grand
celebration of New Zealand’s diverse Dharmic communities with DharmaFest 2023.
Organised by Hindu Youth New Zealand (HYNZ), DharmaFest was an event to bring
together New Zealand’s Dharma based groups, mandirs, and spiritual organisations
to showcase the dimensions of New Zealand’s diverse Dharmic communities and
celebrate ‘Vibhinnatāyām Ekatvam’ - Unity in Diversity. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggMEaOFD9H0nWsBhm7qMT-7NIVrWFjTyG4Y6NQXD2eGCgJF0c9D5j5H88K-b72Cmw54yAGLg00WJ7Y5-XlGDSvdBjIPPBLkUyZl2uZhlCc1vug9abd_8Uf5nKJm0u1QG4sh3CcKwbY-mK7X9fZuJpHXp-uAszEtBYoRWzs4VJuvKrfdNS32dV5Iyrj-Ho/s634/Dharma-Fest-NZ.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="449" data-original-width="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggMEaOFD9H0nWsBhm7qMT-7NIVrWFjTyG4Y6NQXD2eGCgJF0c9D5j5H88K-b72Cmw54yAGLg00WJ7Y5-XlGDSvdBjIPPBLkUyZl2uZhlCc1vug9abd_8Uf5nKJm0u1QG4sh3CcKwbY-mK7X9fZuJpHXp-uAszEtBYoRWzs4VJuvKrfdNS32dV5Iyrj-Ho/s320/Dharma-Fest-NZ.jpg"/></a></div>
The event commenced with the traditional welcoming of representatives from
various Dharma groups followed by the lighting of the diya. Swami Atmananda Puri
from the Hindu community, Shri Hemant Vora from the Jain community, Venerable
Rewatha Thero from the Buddhist community and Shri Gurpreet Singh from Sikh
community each recited traditional prayers and blessed the proceedings. Several
Dharmic organisations participated in the event. DharmaFest created a platform
for everyone in New Zealand to interact with the Dharmic communities and for
each of the different organisations to unite, interact, and highlight their
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<b><a name="12.">12.</a> AGASTYA GURUKULAM OPENS IN HOUSTON: </b>Agastya
Gurukulam, the world’s first Samskrit-medium modern school unveiled its first
North American campus in Houston with a grand inauguration ceremony. The event
on August 26 was attended by a diverse group of educators, community leaders,
parents, children, and well-wishers who gathered to celebrate the expansion of
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The event began with a traditional homa or havan dedicated to Ma Saraswati, the
goddess of learning.<br>
In his keynote address, Dr. Raj Vedam - a renowned scholar and historian of
Bharatiya traditional knowledge systems - spoke about the dissemination of
Bharatiya knowledge, discoveries and inventions across the world over centuries
and the challenges with distinguishing the authenticity of historical facts
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<b><a name="13.">13.</a> BHARATIYA-ORIGIN THARMAN SHANMUGARATNAM SWORN IN AS
PRESIDENT OF SINGAPORE: </b>Tharman Shanmugaratnam, an Bharatiya-origin
Singapore-born economist, was sworn in as the ninth president of the Asian
city-state on September 14. The 66-year-old will serve a six-year term. Tharman
occupied several administrative responsibilities and also served as the deputy
prime minister of Singapore between May 2011 and May 2019. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy6QoTWgG-jtwohqKLXLTujj0shahQNUXxVVYD-_OUTwHv_6w8sFvtc6O3DQG4BnNcLhMQmcQRiPB0yq9wj_D0eIBJ3qsiMxTf_51KsioMWbRPJGFxdo77JC6qq6taTm1m4QBguRmlEtmGpRXeGbnkHQn7OsZjVfl9UQ7FJ3NBEO1NhPFji10NPBDsd2o/s257/download%20-%202023-09-30T165931.683.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="257" data-original-width="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy6QoTWgG-jtwohqKLXLTujj0shahQNUXxVVYD-_OUTwHv_6w8sFvtc6O3DQG4BnNcLhMQmcQRiPB0yq9wj_D0eIBJ3qsiMxTf_51KsioMWbRPJGFxdo77JC6qq6taTm1m4QBguRmlEtmGpRXeGbnkHQn7OsZjVfl9UQ7FJ3NBEO1NhPFji10NPBDsd2o/s320/download%20-%202023-09-30T165931.683.jpeg"/></a></div> In a statement,
Shanmugaratnam said that he is humbled by this vote which is a vote for
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<b><a name="14.">14.</a> BHARAT REJECTS CANADIAN ALLEGATIONS: </b>Hardeep Singh
Nijjar, head of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Surrey, Canada, was killed
on June 18 evening outside a gurdwara in Surrey. He was the chief of the
separatist organisation Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF).<br>
On September 18, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in a speech in the
House of Commons, alleged a “potential link” between the Bharatiya government
and the killing. This was followed by the expulsion of a senior Bharatiya
diplomat in Canada. Bharat has not yet received any specific and credible
information regarding this issue from Canada. Rejecting the allegations as
absurd and motivated, Bharat expelled a senior Canadian diplomat in Delhi and
said that Bharat had strong concerns about continuing anti-Bharat activities of
extremist elements in Canada. Bharat has temporarily stopped issuing visas to
Canadian citizens.<br>
Following the allegations, Khalistani leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannu, Leader of
Sikh for Justice, has issued a warning to Canadian Hindus to leave the country.
Public Safety Canada - the department responsible for matters of public safety,
emergency management, national security and emergency preparedness - said that
the circulation of the video is offensive and hateful and is an affront to all
Canadians and "the values we hold dearly".<br>
According to a release issued by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on
September 20, Bharatiya nationals, students in Canada and those planning on
travelling to the country have been advised to exercise caution and avoid
travelling to regions and potential venues in Canada that have seen growing
anti-Bharat activities.<br>
Highlighting the incidents of threats, violence, and intimidations against
Bharatiya diplomats and missions, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said
that a climate of violence exists in Canada and urged the international
community not to normalize what is happening there. Canadian MP Chandra Arya
said that the extremist elements are attacking and threatening Hindu-Canadians
to go back to Bharat. He has also urged all the Hindu-Canadians in the country
to stay calm and vigilant and report any untoward incident to law enforcement
agencies. He further expressed dismay at “glorification of terrorism” and hate
crime being allowed in the name of “freedom of expression”.<br>
Many Hindu Organizations have given statements against Hinduphobia and the way
in which politicians from all the parties are creating an anti-Bharat,
anti-Hindu environment.<br>
Participating in a panel discussion at the Hudson Institute think-tank, Michael
Rubin, Senior Fellow at American Enterprise Institute, claimed that Trudeau is
playing into the hands of people who are looking at the Khalistani movement as a
movement of ego and profit.<br>
Indian World Forum (IWF), an organisation working for the Bharatiya diaspora in
various countries has firmly denounced the illegal organisations in Canada for
harassing and spreading violence against the Bharatiya diaspora in Canada.<br>
Sant Singh Chatwal, a prominent Bharatiya-American businessman based in New
York, spoke of the unwavering love and loyalty of the Sikhs towards Bharat. He
empathetically stated that more than 99 per cent of Sikhs have a deep affection
for their homeland and rejected the notion of widespread support for Khalistan,
emphasising that extremist elements discussing this issue have never placed
their foot in Punjab.<br>
Many prominent politicians have issued statements condemning the Hindu hatred.
Leader of Opposition Mr Pierre Poilievre said that every Canadian deserves to
live without fear and feel welcomed in their community. He added that
Conservatives condemn the comments against our Hindu neighbours and friends.
Anita Anand, Member of Parliament from Oakville, and Treasury Board President
has tweeted that Canada is the home of Canadian-Hindus and as Canadian society
is diverse and inclusive, we must hold those values close to our hearts. <br>
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s spokesperson told reporters that “work on the
trade negotiations will continue as before” and that the UK was not looking to
conflate the trade negotiations with the Canadian allegations. shwa Hindu
Parishad has also started a Hindu Help line to report incidents of Hinduphobia.
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<b><a name="15.">15.</a> NATIONAL MEDICAL COMMISSION ACHIEVES WFME RECOGNITION
STATUS: </b>The National Medical Commission (NMC), Bharat has achieved the
remarkable feat of being granted the coveted World Federation for Medical
Education (WFME) Recognition Status for a tenure of 10 years. <br>
As part of this recognition, all the 706 existing medical colleges in Bharat
will become WFME accredited and the new medical colleges that will be set up in
the coming 10 years will automatically become WFME accredited. It will also
enable Bharatiya medical graduates to pursue postgraduate training and practice
in other countries that require WFME recognition, such as the United States,
Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. It will increase the international
recognition and reputation of Bharatiya medical schools and professionals,
facilitate academic collaborations and exchanges, promote continuous improvement
and innovation in medical education, and foster a culture of quality assurance
among medical educators and institutions. With NMC being WFME accredited all the
Bharatiya students become eligible to apply for Education Commission on Foreign
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SCIENTIST SWATI NAYAK HONOURED:</b> Dr Swati Nayak, scientist at the
International Rice Research Institute South Asia Regional Centre (IRRI-SARC),
Varanasi, has been honoured as the recipient of the 2023 Borlaug Field Prize by
the prestigious selection jury of the World Food Prize. The award was officially
announced on September 19 during an event hosted at New York City Climate Week.
The Borlaug Field Prize is awarded annually to individuals under the age of 40
whose pioneering and extraordinary science-based work has greatly improved the
world’s cuisine production and helped reduce hunger and malnutrition. Dr Swati
Nayak is set to formally receive the award during the Borlaug Dialogue on
October 24 in Des Moines, Iowa. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOsboAk_oBLMVjGNhqoN91901nCYBMssoa-8e7oPOj-BzNby_ptLv68ClZOI1FvQXU7Uf4yylLzxpYY_dBSt0lXSHsI5UtU_DteWgFuirGfXVB58M7njStFCtkXghDANs7byEx9FqaC1fnWNqY8hNFv_bh3OwSpxfJvqlJQu3WoYnoixVeVlXTUWaQSSE/s300/download%20-%202023-10-01T112259.468.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOsboAk_oBLMVjGNhqoN91901nCYBMssoa-8e7oPOj-BzNby_ptLv68ClZOI1FvQXU7Uf4yylLzxpYY_dBSt0lXSHsI5UtU_DteWgFuirGfXVB58M7njStFCtkXghDANs7byEx9FqaC1fnWNqY8hNFv_bh3OwSpxfJvqlJQu3WoYnoixVeVlXTUWaQSSE/s320/download%20-%202023-10-01T112259.468.jpeg"/></a></div>
Dr Swati has made outstanding contributions in the field of bridging the gap
between scientific knowledge and practical applications. She has conducted over
10,000 on-farm and comparative trials and participatory evaluations for over 500
rice varieties through seed systems and scaling up channels in multiple
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<b><a name="17.">17.</a> 91 BHARATIYA UNIVERSITIES IN THE RANKINGS: </b>A record
number of Bharatiya universities featured in the latest Times Higher Education’s
(THE) World University Rankings 2024 and Bharat’s top ranked Indian Institute of
Science, Bangalore has returned to the global top 250. The list released on
September 27 has an unprecedented 91 Bharatiya institutions, up from 19 in 2016.
Two IITs – Guwahati and Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad — moved up two bands to
join the world’s top 800 universities. Bharat has also become the fourth best
represented nation in the 2024 rankings, up from the sixth spot last year.
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<b><a name="18.">18.</a> UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE TAG FOR SHANTINIKETAN: </b>
Shantiniketan was inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage list during the 45th
Session of the World Heritage Committee in Saudi Arabia on September 17.
Expressing his happiness External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that it is
a fitting tribute to our first Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore and all those
who have kept his message alive. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-flLRoL5UFfbQQAO0gudurHhURFCSlGy70TUteHxmVqMreQaSX3qp_CxUz3AW3fPk_xcnGyVclEvkMKHHbdPhui6tYh3tOsRTzjI6hiXdGrBoaC4UTYvsNw6fyM7z8C_xBT-U6l15WRSUCeHWY8DEPzuJGXSudLQWQyg8XGtMi7VN4bhFOIM_ZGS9kvU/s299/download%20-%202023-10-01T112557.221.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-flLRoL5UFfbQQAO0gudurHhURFCSlGy70TUteHxmVqMreQaSX3qp_CxUz3AW3fPk_xcnGyVclEvkMKHHbdPhui6tYh3tOsRTzjI6hiXdGrBoaC4UTYvsNw6fyM7z8C_xBT-U6l15WRSUCeHWY8DEPzuJGXSudLQWQyg8XGtMi7VN4bhFOIM_ZGS9kvU/s320/download%20-%202023-10-01T112557.221.jpeg"/></a></div> Established in 1901 by Tagore, Shantiniketan
was a residential school and centre for art based on ancient Bharatiya
traditions and a vision of the unity of humanity transcending religious and
cultural boundaries. A ‘world university’ was established at Shantiniketan in
1921, recognising the unity of humanity or ‘Visva Bharati’. </font>
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<b><a name="19.">19.</a> 'DO DHAGE SHREE RAM KE LIYE': </b>Shri Ram Janmabhoomi
Teerth Kshetra Trust, Ayodhya and Heritage Handweaving Revival Charitable Trust
(HHRCT), Pune have decided to provide an opportunity for people to connect to
the Ram Janmabhoomi movement by organizing ‘Do Dhage Shri Ram Ke Liye’. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-vUtY-cKlmehYvGk5qqPBHrFvIfkpEGFaRBVpEfiAQCb0Mjo4pEz5YjWqIHEuO0GmR4U_Jpy-mLKC6V3kWhz2Jg2ex_YI6CM1hbkown2vlEiyiS2Sm0mtgLTlhWWaFwa_a6RCs-3564rsoAU9HRdrG07BFkuXvKBC_wMvlRMbJqQ2_zlczsd58teikXg/s223/download%20-%202023-09-30T170441.897.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="223" data-original-width="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-vUtY-cKlmehYvGk5qqPBHrFvIfkpEGFaRBVpEfiAQCb0Mjo4pEz5YjWqIHEuO0GmR4U_Jpy-mLKC6V3kWhz2Jg2ex_YI6CM1hbkown2vlEiyiS2Sm0mtgLTlhWWaFwa_a6RCs-3564rsoAU9HRdrG07BFkuXvKBC_wMvlRMbJqQ2_zlczsd58teikXg/s320/download%20-%202023-09-30T170441.897.jpeg"/></a></div> From
10th to 22nd December, thousands of people will weave on handlooms in Pune to
create Vastras for Shri Ram Lalla Viraajman at Ayodhya. Swami Govind Dev Giri,
the treasurer of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust and founders of HHRTC,
while making this announcement, said that this 13 day festival will also feature
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<b><a name="20.">20.</a> SHRI VISHWA NIKETAN:Pravas:</b> RSS Sah Sarakaryavah
Dr. Manmohan Vaidya will be travelling to Singapore and Vishwa Vibhag Samyojak
Saumitra Gokhale will be travelling to Fiji. <b>Visitors: </b></font>
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<b>FOOD FOR THOUGHT:</b> Liberation is acquired by Nishkama-Karma — Action,
which is done without any feverishness or attachment to the fruits of the
action. Karma yoga is doing work with total responsibility. <i>- Srimad Bhagvad
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt">A person who does not properly know
(a+b)2 and perpendicular should not speak about Integral calculus and Matrix
Algebra. Unlearned political leaders with self-centered ambitions can hardly
define Sanatan Dharma (or Hinduism). Sadly, such immature public figures like
Udhayanidhi Stalin, MK Stalin, D Raja, and Prof. Divya Dwivedi… who deliberately
denigrated Sanatan Darma (Hinduism), hold sway over huge, unsuspecting masses in
society. Such people as in Europe's medieval times, lead the public into the
darkness of ignorance. They pose serious threats to the communal harmony among
the different communities. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnZBrnNJscp-5ac50lnDRhvRcgJzNlCTWK53lCzxQlDTlug6VTyzmc52fvHVSKECdkH2WfsxKM0DL8zczsIFIiVoIMoZQUtLvwSdDrd03dJJABlCgt95wwrj5EKcBSu_ZCzab6znzhPaCuLcIif9Un3R3kMLRnyZuASOdwKqSpxLZ43ZazjFPwlvxSfVc/s600/sanatan-dharma_202309141628380261_H@@IGHT_0_W@@IDTH_600.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="511" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnZBrnNJscp-5ac50lnDRhvRcgJzNlCTWK53lCzxQlDTlug6VTyzmc52fvHVSKECdkH2WfsxKM0DL8zczsIFIiVoIMoZQUtLvwSdDrd03dJJABlCgt95wwrj5EKcBSu_ZCzab6znzhPaCuLcIif9Un3R3kMLRnyZuASOdwKqSpxLZ43ZazjFPwlvxSfVc/s320/sanatan-dharma_202309141628380261_H@@IGHT_0_W@@IDTH_600.jpg"/></a></div>
Unlike in the West, "Dharma" (religion) in the ancient scriptures refers to a
far deeper meaning. If you go into it deeply, you will be amazed to find that it
carries under its wing the intellectual wisdom of the highest order. <br>
Some ascetics said if anyone truly wants to know the depth of Sanatan Dharma, as
enshrined in ancient texts, then he must go into solitude. Learning to swim in
the "stillness" within by the practice of meditation alone helps prepare one to
feel what exactly DHARMA is. As per the ancient scriptures, ‘Sanatan Dharma'
literally means "eternal and universal laws or principles" that govern
“everything” and “everyone”, irrespective of culture, race, religion, belief,
and practice. Dharmic or spiritual practices should not be touched by the
blemishes of the material world. One has to transcend the mundane world and take
flight to a higher dimension through self-practice. There is no question of
hatred and envy for others in Dharma. <br>
A great American thinker, Henry David Thoreau, writes in his masterpiece WALDEN:
"In the Indian ancient scriptures, the idea of man is quite ILLIMITABLE and
SUBLIME. He is at length lost in the SUPREME ENTITY himself." Can our so-called
intellectuals who look upon the Western intellectuals as their masters refute
Henry Thoreau? Therefore, there is a great mantra (mahavakya) in one of the
Upanishads: "Tat Tvam Asi", meaning "Thou Art That" -- unity of an individual
soul with "Brahman" -- UNIVERSAL CONCIOUSNESS, we also call it God.<br>
Of course, the scriptures of "dharma" (or religion) not only speak of ethics,
duty, the laws of karma, life, the afterlife, and reincarnation; they also
expound with absolute precision the cosmic setup and infinite timeline. A great
American astrophysicist Carl Sagan says: "The Hindu religion is the only one of
the world's great faiths dedicated to the idea that the Cosmos itself undergoes
an immense, indeed an infinite, number of deaths and rebirths. It is the only
religion in which the time scales correspond, to those of modern scientific
cosmology." -- (source – COSMOS by Carl Sagan).<br>
What is most intriguing is that those Indian sages who talked about mysticism
also talked about subtle and fundamental principles that govern everything, from
tiny atomic particles to giant celestial bodies and their functioning and
existential phenomena. This very grand concept of Dharma and its allied
intellectual wisdom bowled over scientists like Schrödinger, Heisenberg, and
Oppenheimer almost a century ago. Erwin Schrödinger, the father of Quantum
Mechanics, in his deeper studies of "particle" and "wave function", concluded:
"The unity and continuity of Vedanta are reflected in the unity and continuity
of wave mechanics. <br>
This is entirely consistent with the Vedanta concept of ALL IN ONE." (VEDANTA is
Hindu philosophy based on the doctrine of the Upanishads). Please note that
Schrödinger’s "Wave Equation" revolutionized the field of quantum mechanics and
paved the way for numerous technological advancements. Its application in
understanding the behavior of particles at the electromagnetic level has not
only enabled the development of a plethora of modern electronic devices but also
played a crucial role in satellite communication, Quantum enhanced GPS, space
exploration, et al. <br>
With the finding of pulsating vibration of Quantum physics, David Bohm, David
Josephson, Archibald Wheeler, Jack Sarfatti, John Hagelin, and John Bells had
made attempts to plunge headlong into the cosmic sea of “UNIVERSAL
Consciousness” of Upanishads as an ultimate answer. <br>
Here is another mind-blowing opinion by a prodigious American scholar, Huston
Smith, who says: "While the West was still thinking, perhaps, of 6,000-year-old
universe – India was already envisioning ages and eons and galaxies as numerous
as the sands of the Ganges. The Universe so vast that modern astronomy slips
into its folds without a ripple." One of the most read scholars, Huston Smith's
"The Religions of Man", sold worldwide over 3 million copies as of 2017. <br>
Furthermore, after taking a plunge into Indian scriptures, TS Eliot also
exclaimed, "Indian philosophers’ subtleties make most of the great European
philosophers look like schoolboys."<br>
Incidentally, yesterday, British Prime Minister Rishu Sunak, who was in India
for the G20 summit, said that he takes pride in his 'Hindu' roots. To the media,
he said, "I think faith is something that helps everybody who has faith in their
lives, particularly when you have these stressful jobs like I do. Having faith
to give you resilience to give you strength is important." <br>
What a paradox! Many pseudo-intellectuals in the home country choose to just
dismiss and belittle Hindu culture and its intellectual heritage. They neither
have respect for Sanatan Dharma nor have they ever put effort to delve into its
extensive spiritual texts. <br>
Nothing is more disheartening in the country than seeing the "Courts of Law"
watch in silence while non-Hindu leaders disparage the profound WISDOM of
Sanatan Dharma (Hinduism). There are countless instances when leaders and
celebrities deliberately belittled Sanatan Dharma and respected courts did not
utter a word against them. However, when Nupur Sharma, an outspoken social
activist, came out in defense of a deluge of offensive remarks made against
Hindu culture, the same court yelled and lambasted her. What if Nupur Sharma on
that fateful day was not "provoked"? At least chaos would not have ensued. Who
provoked Ms. Sharma, and why are such provocations purposefully ignored while
her isolated eruptions are not? Who will answer this reasonably? <br>
Many saints were immediately put behind bars for hate speeches, while
non-Hindus, with impunity, deliver hate speeches every day against Hindus,
Sanatan Dharma or even the country in various public forums, newsrooms and
social media platforms. If Courts of Laws were sincerely strict and unbiased as
they are against Hindus, Udhayanidhi Stalin, MK Stalin et al would not have the
audacity to ridicule Sanatan Dharma. Therefore, many other leaders are now
publicly backing Udhayanidhi Stalin. This is in fact a serious development in
the country which is tantamount to leaving the entire Hindu population in the
lurch. Are the "custodians" of the constitution listening? Pseudo-secularism has
done greater harm to the nation and its integrity.
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RAKSHABANDHAN CELEBRATIONS</a></b></font></td>
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CONFERRED WITH CONGRESSIONAL RECOGNITION </a></b></font></td>
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‘SANATAN DHARMA DAY’ IN US CITY</a></b></font></td>
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WORKING CLOSELY WITH BHARAT TO TACKLE KHALISTAN BACKERS: RISHI SUNAK</a></b></font></td>
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ISRO’S ADITYA L1 SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMS 3RD EARTH-BOUND MANOEUVRE</a></b></font></td>
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2,000-YR-OLD GOLD FOIL, ENGRAVED LOTUS AT DELHI’S PURANA QILA</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a name="1.">1.</a> FESTIVALS:
PITRU PAKSHA: </b>Pitru paksha is a 16-day ritual (September 29 – October 14)
performed by the Hindus to remember the contribution of their ancestors to their
lives. This 15-day ritual is observed before Navratri and it is believed that
performing puja and praying for the departed souls on these days helps in
seeking their blessings.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBBAsvYLvKu_cdyDnRwdhyYILFe9duOsoE5KdHDo6b3QWRgzxAOV0bCcL_X_UgJnBI0EBg0J5heH8VWWsLrvAnzBsmREJWCRnwGWF7U6ewozui8pB744ZxpPKTxMW40jVSvBItKiVmYo60YBBvY_D-eYbB6Zexjg4e1yrVETQKv6NzP4iMLoHS3jPhr28/s363/download%20-%202023-09-13T152621.190.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="218" data-original-width="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBBAsvYLvKu_cdyDnRwdhyYILFe9duOsoE5KdHDo6b3QWRgzxAOV0bCcL_X_UgJnBI0EBg0J5heH8VWWsLrvAnzBsmREJWCRnwGWF7U6ewozui8pB744ZxpPKTxMW40jVSvBItKiVmYo60YBBvY_D-eYbB6Zexjg4e1yrVETQKv6NzP4iMLoHS3jPhr28/s320/download%20-%202023-09-13T152621.190.jpeg"/></a></div> As per the Hindu tradition, praying and performing the
rituals during Pitru Paksha hold utmost importance as the offerings are believed
to reach the ancestors in Pitru Lok. Pitru Paksha emphasises the fact that the
ancestors, the current generation and their next unborn generation are
connected. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
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<b><a name="2.">2.</a> RSS SARSANGHCHALAK’S PROGRAMS: </b>While addressing
a gathering at the inauguration ceremony of the new office of Narkesari
Prakashan Limited on September 1, RSS Sarsanghchalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat said that
Bharat is a ‘Hindu Rashtra’ and added that a large section of the population has
accepted this fact. He described Bharat as a civilizational state, underscoring
the profound influence of Hinduism as the nation’s eternal culture. He
maintained that while Bharat warmly welcomes all religions, Hinduism serves as
the very bedrock of the country. Addressing the media’s role, Dr. Bhagwat urged
the fourth estate to actively participate in nation-building and contribute to
elevating Bharat to the status of a global powerhouse. He underscored the
necessity for media to raise social consciousness and foster positivity in the
thoughts of citizens, while striving to eliminate negativity.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDg1l2iZGwEIJlZ0ghTWIM0cxJLMoXfzSze_CAdMCSSveQwStgRQlGY1coJGp-zb4hGqWSo-IguGGXnIRYxJQ5rkKZxTX3XvtFGbU_BzT6SORGMwjBEikEnuF_kdnY9WEsiYRH2tCeNSdD44lD-FNa2LWiCAxFs3AxwfXB-k-zV05H349I8ukRKVCVqkI/s750/dr-bhagwat_assam.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDg1l2iZGwEIJlZ0ghTWIM0cxJLMoXfzSze_CAdMCSSveQwStgRQlGY1coJGp-zb4hGqWSo-IguGGXnIRYxJQ5rkKZxTX3XvtFGbU_BzT6SORGMwjBEikEnuF_kdnY9WEsiYRH2tCeNSdD44lD-FNa2LWiCAxFs3AxwfXB-k-zV05H349I8ukRKVCVqkI/s320/dr-bhagwat_assam.jpg"/></a></div>
Speaking at a Jain Samaj function at Bhagwan Mahavir Dharamshala in Guwahati,
Dr. Bhagwat said that special names do not change with language and we should
use Bharat even when talking to people from foreign countries. He added that we
take along everyone because we consider the whole world as one and that is our
culture and spirituality. This is our knowledge and today the entire world needs
this knowledge.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlSnQ1eg3s704gKN9OdKyF_fcWioN9ToAf162EEtvQDFMJr1EO3kNnQ4yD0C91F9elRbzM5nJfupTGX-fxyGJRTfWWplgud73DfdkHLGKNdKe7XKXUrx1Tba1LLjRXjqjY6Z0MNldIVBiWKKsrXlt_mBH3LLgyy_OtSeinNtG6t_P_URyn9B2Vvm-WDW4/s666/Screenshot%20%28769%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="378" data-original-width="666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlSnQ1eg3s704gKN9OdKyF_fcWioN9ToAf162EEtvQDFMJr1EO3kNnQ4yD0C91F9elRbzM5nJfupTGX-fxyGJRTfWWplgud73DfdkHLGKNdKe7XKXUrx1Tba1LLjRXjqjY6Z0MNldIVBiWKKsrXlt_mBH3LLgyy_OtSeinNtG6t_P_URyn9B2Vvm-WDW4/s320/Screenshot%20%28769%29.jpg"/></a></div>
On September 10, Dr. Bhagwat addressed a congregation organised by the Namdhari
mission in memory of Satguru Partap Singh and Mata Bhupinder Kaur at Namdhari
International headquarters Bhaini Sahib, Ludhiana and said that Bharat’s job is
to create balance in the world and it is playing its role very well. Bharat is
not a selfish country and believes in taking everyone along with it, Satguru
Uday Singh of Namdhari community was present on the occasion.<br>
While addressing a gathering of senior citizens in Nagpur on September 5, Dr,
Bhagwat said that the roots of our culture are based on truth and efforts are
being made to uproot this culture. Further, he said that the family system is
collapsing across the world but Bharat has survived this crisis as truth is its
foundation. He also termed the increasing tendency for fulfilment of worldly
pleasures and the attempt by some to justify it through their philosophy as
‘Cultural Marxism’.<br>
Replying to a question by a student at an event in Nagpur, Dr. Bhagwat told him
that if he goes on working for it, he would see it materialise before he get
old. He added that to become Bharat they need not erase the lines on the map,
but accept the swabhav of Bharat. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
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<b><a name="3.">3.</a> VASUDHAIV KUTUMBAKAM - G20 MEET: </b>The 18th edition of
G20 Summit in New Delhi has come to an end. It made history for a variety of
reasons: From showcasing Bharat's graceful culture to hospitality to
inclusiveness in organising the mammothly significant global event. As the baton
passes over to Brazil, Bharat’s one-year presidency formally comes to an end but
not before it has played a pivotal role in bringing all countries together for
building a just, harmonious and equitable world order. Though G20 meetings have
always been a platform for global leaders to address pressing issues, this time
Bharatiya Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi made it more inclusive, almost a people’s
movement. The most important achievement of this G20 conclave, which it would be
best remembered for, is Delhi Declaration. Delhi Declaration resulted in several
significant outcomes. It was not easy though as both Russia and China remained
adamant on a number of issues. After much persuasion and brainstorming, in a
huge success for Bharat’s presidency, the G20 members agreed by consensus to a
joint statement for accepting the contentious “Ukraine paragraphs”. The final
document marks a shift in the position taken by the US, the European Union and
G7 countries, and dilutes the criticism of Russia.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyTLWBpBWBxAbGKRWUvHuUR0_3fna5ip9yShcbvZC8aJS_Cjh_0WMrMJt4J2TONlwJu4NUlg2b6R51n0_f_PoQ-NO2QzRqvOXmVfT3ocFBgSIYrFBN8Aa6dmGqTeZVHlT8pWuXYwjye08RkW8zO2naiSUq-wSX0peKrdW9rkq40E6Fkm7zOZ0DDjG0PJo/s1200/full.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyTLWBpBWBxAbGKRWUvHuUR0_3fna5ip9yShcbvZC8aJS_Cjh_0WMrMJt4J2TONlwJu4NUlg2b6R51n0_f_PoQ-NO2QzRqvOXmVfT3ocFBgSIYrFBN8Aa6dmGqTeZVHlT8pWuXYwjye08RkW8zO2naiSUq-wSX0peKrdW9rkq40E6Fkm7zOZ0DDjG0PJo/s320/full.jpeg"/></a></div>
This edition of the Summit broke new ground by welcoming Africa into the fold
and practically making the grouping "G21". This historic move underscored the
crucial role played by New Delhi in fostering inclusiveness. The decision to
expand the G20 into G21 with the inclusion of the African Union marked a pivotal
moment in the history of global governance. It was a testament to the commitment
of participating nations to address the challenges of our interconnected world
collectively. While the G20 has been an influential platform, it was long
overdue for more substantial representation from the neglected African
continent. The importance of Africa's position is undeniable: It has a
burgeoning population, vast natural resources and immense potential for economic
growth. Bringing Africa into the G21 is a recognition of the continent's
significance and an acknowledgment that these countries' challenges require
global attention and collaborative solutions. It indeed goes to the credit of
Prime Minister Modi to bring it to fruition. The two-day summit would also also
remembered for the absence of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President
Vladimir Putin, and the reservation of their countries to the mention of Ukraine
and <b>“Vasudhaiva kutumbakam."</b> Their absence notwithstanding, the New Delhi
G20 Summit has achieved its purpose in building consensus over a variety of
issues. The G21 adopted inclusive agenda that recognised the unique challenges
faced by both emerging economies and developing nations, offering tailored
solutions for a more equitable world. The G21 placed a particular emphasis on
addressing African development issues. Though they say "never the twain shall
meet", Bharat has been instrumental in successfully bringing together the North
and South Poles! <i>(11 September 2023, The Pioneer Editorial) </i></font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
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<b><a name="4.">4.</a> WHO SUMMIT’S ‘GUJARAT DECLARATION’: </b>The First global
summit on Traditional Medicine was organised by the World Health Organisation
(WHO) and co-hosted by the Ministry of AYUSH from August 17-18 at Gandhinagar,
Gujarat. WHO released the outcome document in the form of the “Gujarat
Declaration. <br>
During the Summit , Director General of the World Health Organisation Dr Tedros
Adhanom Ghebreyesus, had said that the “Gujarat Declaration” will serve as a
catalyst to harness the potential of traditional medicine through the lens of
science and will focus on the integration of traditional medicines in national
health systems and help unlock the power of traditional medicine. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
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<b><a name="5.">5.</a> HSS RAKSHABANDHAN CELEBRATIONS: HSS Thailand</b>
organised Raksha Bandhan festival on September 3 at Bharat Mata Mandir (HSS
Thailand karyalya). Representatives from more than 12 organizations and
Bharatiya Diaspora attended the event. On the occasion significance of
Rakshabandhan and introduction of participating organizations was shared.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEWmp9iH2hYUjJdHMuuWaQTDpHcyG_-2r8KE_SFqQz6m1Tg4kL47ZtbOdH6fw3QQK_fAyohWtExaQb0xcE4ddqNCayRG7_3Qx-9lUt06a7r1_DbqVwpN2wuQTJAoAukXe_Ge-XliWuopfwP8mO0BtYJ6zZj7hPdhmdhBOEeV9z85uyFGVwTerdoVZSnLg/s401/Screenshot%20%28771%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="401" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEWmp9iH2hYUjJdHMuuWaQTDpHcyG_-2r8KE_SFqQz6m1Tg4kL47ZtbOdH6fw3QQK_fAyohWtExaQb0xcE4ddqNCayRG7_3Qx-9lUt06a7r1_DbqVwpN2wuQTJAoAukXe_Ge-XliWuopfwP8mO0BtYJ6zZj7hPdhmdhBOEeV9z85uyFGVwTerdoVZSnLg/s320/Screenshot%20%28771%29.jpg"/></a></div>
Bhagava Dhwaj was hoisted, everybody tied Rakhi to each other and declared
willingness to work together for the society. The program was concluded with the
Sangh Prarthana and attendees were served with delicious lunch. <br>
<b>HSS UK:</b> <b>Amersham Shakha</b> had Rakshabandhan celebration with local
Fire Department. On the occasion HSS appreciated firefighters for their
unwavering commitment to community's safety. <b>Liverpool Shakha</b> celebrated
Raksha Bandhan at Fernley Resource Centre, fostering community protection bonds.
Young kids participated in rakhi tying with 78 attendees of daycenter staff. <b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7IDBJpZXwW06aKFfdc4p5QtjzM-A8fyENIiDKF1x8Ib2-vzSDz4jeIZ8eobhnSqMVESHSgYnDcXTg5ls3OdIuAxS6yZxXZ285OPAlWoEbbYBG9HBkIDjQ4CDqFqoQrvD9VxnZzddbCnS38EnJN8dU5dn9SQR8gKQ2kwyFJN2g678zw33JTqlTgdhhyh0/s2048/UKrb2023.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1073" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7IDBJpZXwW06aKFfdc4p5QtjzM-A8fyENIiDKF1x8Ib2-vzSDz4jeIZ8eobhnSqMVESHSgYnDcXTg5ls3OdIuAxS6yZxXZ285OPAlWoEbbYBG9HBkIDjQ4CDqFqoQrvD9VxnZzddbCnS38EnJN8dU5dn9SQR8gKQ2kwyFJN2g678zw33JTqlTgdhhyh0/s320/UKrb2023.jpg"/></a></div>
Radhe Krishna Balgokulam </b>celebrated Raksha Bandhan at Highgate Community
Fire Station with honoring the firefighters for their invaluable service. Young
swayamsevaks and sevikas tied rakhis and explored fire trucks and equipment. <br>
<b>HSS Japan:</b> <b>Ojima Tokyo Shakha</b> celebrated Rakshabandhan at 2
different fire stations, Ojima & Kameido. Festival was celebrated in <b>Shivaji
Shakha, Yokohama</b> by paying visit to nearest Fire Department and tying Rakhi
to fire fighters as a gratitude with promise of protecting society.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyorCeWrwPjn3dTbAdmhpZe8mZXe-IxyNeAMq0FcoweP2NwpqYGlENuM9Bi_oOf9-CW8eCR3rTz-nJTA9IgSIa5nioOLJmr5emY07zI8skZyYQjcJBGrRks6hIpnvdSEonQbgknXM59Wc9kpGbZ05HbMeRi3ym3pbTbWe1YJBv1wYtoLbVRgY0c4X056c/s600/JapanRb2023.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyorCeWrwPjn3dTbAdmhpZe8mZXe-IxyNeAMq0FcoweP2NwpqYGlENuM9Bi_oOf9-CW8eCR3rTz-nJTA9IgSIa5nioOLJmr5emY07zI8skZyYQjcJBGrRks6hIpnvdSEonQbgknXM59Wc9kpGbZ05HbMeRi3ym3pbTbWe1YJBv1wYtoLbVRgY0c4X056c/s320/JapanRb2023.jpg"/></a></div> Small demo
of fire extinguishing was also arranged by fire department. This Utsav was
attended by 60 Swayamsevaks, Sevikas & Bala. Rakshabandhan was also celebrated
at <b>Edogawa Ward office, Fire station & Police station.</b><br>
<b>Texas</b> Fire Fighters honoured for being Protectors on the occasion of
Rakshabandhan by <b>HSS USA </b>volunteers. Eduardo Hernandez, captain at the
Northeast Fort Bend Fire Station 2 in Richmond, stood patiently while a young
lady finished tying a silk thread around his outstretched wrist. Around him,
other firefighters sporting matching bracelets (rakhis) enjoyed Bharatiya sweets
as they guided children around the fire station.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe20j3SFl5Y-NIq8lYwiurBOJd8z3lmmcCb0e5FE4HfKFWWp6-6b5mW41pfVRcbiA-caR60J0YeeYTHZvseGt5SkdxjLjjdyxyNDHlXHl-SDwVqsBFp82XHscRyYlzEK6nOZtZsJFSmb_MKQh3tfij5km_zvyO4oFQP6KYzgQbHGNQOuz4Xm10yvncg9o/s472/369791271_704329235066727_8980963997715937577_n.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe20j3SFl5Y-NIq8lYwiurBOJd8z3lmmcCb0e5FE4HfKFWWp6-6b5mW41pfVRcbiA-caR60J0YeeYTHZvseGt5SkdxjLjjdyxyNDHlXHl-SDwVqsBFp82XHscRyYlzEK6nOZtZsJFSmb_MKQh3tfij5km_zvyO4oFQP6KYzgQbHGNQOuz4Xm10yvncg9o/s320/369791271_704329235066727_8980963997715937577_n.jpg"/></a></div> On August 30, <b>West Whiteland
Township employees and the West Whiteland Township Police met HSS</b> volunteers
and celebrated Rakshabandhan. On the occasion the book "Darshana: A glimpse into
Hindu Civilization" was also presented. Rakshabandhan with the <b>Roseville
police department</b> was a gratifying experience for all participants. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXeUMRPggLle47fyndK1vw0Z1kMzNimvI9JKQPJR088ApgCsh7Bxo5elKN-Vv6IDiscgyTp1tQ5FFvJOFOsojMa-mPdm0t-hbMYT6YImpv4rrX0wIAhUNA2YvsjRA13XFeop2fnRxU5v55oCmLjZchjd5_rh62eYDRqZaGKY0twil4JWvV8ZHWfhGetPs/s500/faithfindingRb2023.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXeUMRPggLle47fyndK1vw0Z1kMzNimvI9JKQPJR088ApgCsh7Bxo5elKN-Vv6IDiscgyTp1tQ5FFvJOFOsojMa-mPdm0t-hbMYT6YImpv4rrX0wIAhUNA2YvsjRA13XFeop2fnRxU5v55oCmLjZchjd5_rh62eYDRqZaGKY0twil4JWvV8ZHWfhGetPs/s320/faithfindingRb2023.jpeg"/></a></div> <b>
“Finding Faith,”</b> explored the HSS and Rakshabandhan festival with volunteers
of <b>HSS Columbus, Indiana Chapter. </b></font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
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<b><a name="6.">6.</a> HINDU HERITAGE CAMP AT MALAWI: </b>HSS working since long
through its much planned activities like - Hindu Heritage Camp to inculcate
Hindu cultural values in the next generation. On September 9, HSS Malawi
organised Hindu Heritage Camp (HHC) first time at Blantyre for students of age
group (7 to 18-years-old). 114 students and 12 volunteers participated in it. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzIceTpFd6vdyPx1mx4kFNYvYNIPUZF5EmgyCCQQjjjhomKnkBnJGFUfiTM0nN3WUUzy57EVzIQqnwN1jVUP0tbk-VyChB9vtNFMHLHe55-DijbMZ1t63HNK5zmPHfyhJMhdKX_wKEeh70cw_FR4i97zZXFE3zPFawdH39velpDYbS0F01firQLNE0Iiw/s720/MALAWIHCC.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="324" data-original-width="720" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzIceTpFd6vdyPx1mx4kFNYvYNIPUZF5EmgyCCQQjjjhomKnkBnJGFUfiTM0nN3WUUzy57EVzIQqnwN1jVUP0tbk-VyChB9vtNFMHLHe55-DijbMZ1t63HNK5zmPHfyhJMhdKX_wKEeh70cw_FR4i97zZXFE3zPFawdH39velpDYbS0F01firQLNE0Iiw/s320/MALAWIHCC.jpg"/></a></div>
The traditional games based on cultural values, quiz with modern tools like -
slide presentation & knowledge through discussion, etc. were organised for the
exposure of Hindu culture in an engaging and fun filled way among youth. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmxNiCJTDmWflMc_C38ZvKQpIzIax4WXLE0k43oU2CXJRQXeVlQpOwnBF5uiFEwC4-0npevjh3zlJNT9NPeoEMoLb4QAW4I-yHbqTPPmUG34cYXbCRd6fxgoFv9S0fhM2mJSHx2S2FVm6TznIgu3SucvsSQOJj8mnfKFQQcCcePI3IfWFXKX85Nqf75GI/s1024/MALAVI2.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmxNiCJTDmWflMc_C38ZvKQpIzIax4WXLE0k43oU2CXJRQXeVlQpOwnBF5uiFEwC4-0npevjh3zlJNT9NPeoEMoLb4QAW4I-yHbqTPPmUG34cYXbCRd6fxgoFv9S0fhM2mJSHx2S2FVm6TznIgu3SucvsSQOJj8mnfKFQQcCcePI3IfWFXKX85Nqf75GI/s320/MALAVI2.jpg"/></a></div>
On September 10 HSS also conducted another HHC at Radha Krishna Mandir,
Lilongwe, Malawi where 110 students participated and 14 volunteers worked
tirelessly for accomplished it. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
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<b><a name="7.">7.</a> HSS USA CONFERRED WITH CONGRESSIONAL RECOGNITION: </b>On
September 8, HSS along with other Indic organizations have been conferred with
Congressional Recognition by honorable Congresswoman Debbie Lesko. This
recognition is acknowledging HSS efforts for Sewa Diwali initiative in the
previous years. It is truly a proud and a moment to cherish for all volunteers
across the board. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8mpLgc2_PnPek6h2TLy7KpOj25kLm6jN8oUtGRHbZV5nSgh980Jus5EZ0eIPHHm0WeFTvwhdd0mewR84LpsV4p7Dw7pbolKzoFTIYS6HeK3-Sm22OvWizedcO0tYpednUYiC37TwfRX8CD-a-I-z8AJsximasLQ4NFiFpRIDDy6dGVXwYIP4Lx08WX30/s2048/HSShonoured.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1243" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8mpLgc2_PnPek6h2TLy7KpOj25kLm6jN8oUtGRHbZV5nSgh980Jus5EZ0eIPHHm0WeFTvwhdd0mewR84LpsV4p7Dw7pbolKzoFTIYS6HeK3-Sm22OvWizedcO0tYpednUYiC37TwfRX8CD-a-I-z8AJsximasLQ4NFiFpRIDDy6dGVXwYIP4Lx08WX30/s320/HSShonoured.jpg"/></a></div> The Congresswoman and her office appreciated the efforts,
notably co-ordination among the organizations and the impact created within
community. The Lesko's office appreciated the efforts includes: Coordination
among 19+ organizations across 8 cities within AZ; The impact created within the
community; Youth volunteers involved in this effort. Key Statistics for Sewa
Diwali 2022: 5+ Beneficiary organizations received donations; 5526 pounds of
food collected; 4605 meals served; 18 Organizations participated, and etc.
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<b><a name="8.">8.</a> HSS USA MAIDEN BOOTH AT ONE WORLD DAY: </b>For the first
time, HSS got an opportunity to set-up its booth at One World Day, Cleveland
event which celebrates people from many different countries living in US. This
year there was a representation of about 30,000 people from about 28 countries
in the form of parade, stalls, food, booths etc. The HSS booth inspired and
created awareness as a non-profit organization about Hinduism and Sanatan
Dharma.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwb_b25JzBoJB3ORhPlEmO3JtaBcvcof3DuqG31aS3shq8riags2XNLonWOfMxwFTrs0PECuaRIBB6CM6V8aHggMor0pjsDyFSG3QrGfG12uXGZ0sAV3mZSQr26ixFkqSNmT31dNYCnzoH_-lNYL_SHWGrn9LAyONC0V903A0oyNhjrImPSHETjHU7Vps/s677/Screenshot%20%28770%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="677" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwb_b25JzBoJB3ORhPlEmO3JtaBcvcof3DuqG31aS3shq8riags2XNLonWOfMxwFTrs0PECuaRIBB6CM6V8aHggMor0pjsDyFSG3QrGfG12uXGZ0sAV3mZSQr26ixFkqSNmT31dNYCnzoH_-lNYL_SHWGrn9LAyONC0V903A0oyNhjrImPSHETjHU7Vps/s320/Screenshot%20%28770%29.jpg"/></a></div> The posters about Namaste, Hindu Symbols, Dharma etc were a key
highlight. Moreover, everyone was also curious to learn about Rakshabandhan and
its celebration as a 'Universal Day of Oneness". Indeed a true example of
Vasudhev Kutumbakam - the whole world is family. HSS thanked Cleveland Cultural
Gardens Federation for providing an opportunity and sharing about HSS booth on
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<b><a name="9.">9.</a> HSS UK : INTRODUCING KABBADI TO THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM:
</b>During a kishore baithak, Sharad Shah (Kendriya Shareerik Pramukh) urged the
kishores to consider forming a kabaddi team for the khel competition. The idea
resonated deeply with the kishores, sparking a series of kabaddi sessions in the
following weeks. Motivated by newfound knowledge, a group of HSS volunteers who
were students of the Reading School approached the Head of PE, to talk to him
about the inclusion of kabaddi at school. Impressed by the enthusiasm shown, it
was decided to explore and learn about this sport further and within a mere
month, kabaddi was introduced as a house competition in the school. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzR3FnSejZbiAbAer5EACy3EGNI78CrgYEYkaMmAOGqtJ1-vjmhdkt4VfbH6SCUxhSXhCFjbd-dJdsvdAfthCZK3QRk1F7WqFYScGcyUZqZ7dXagQM00pqy6vv6LwVvfET1SP1TSbgJWZdjgsL4wAdOIpUtBOi-L5UbW_itpGuDkVz4cIah4QvimxDVFE/s844/Screenshot%20%28773%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="664" data-original-width="844" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzR3FnSejZbiAbAer5EACy3EGNI78CrgYEYkaMmAOGqtJ1-vjmhdkt4VfbH6SCUxhSXhCFjbd-dJdsvdAfthCZK3QRk1F7WqFYScGcyUZqZ7dXagQM00pqy6vv6LwVvfET1SP1TSbgJWZdjgsL4wAdOIpUtBOi-L5UbW_itpGuDkVz4cIah4QvimxDVFE/s320/Screenshot%20%28773%29.jpg"/></a></div>
Over the last term of 2023, kabaddi was such a success it has now been
integrated into the school's wrestling program. The school newsletter states
that:“Kabaddi has become a big part of students wrestling scheme of work for
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<b><a name="10.">10.</a> HSS UK: SCHOOL VISIT TO SHARE THE IMPORTANCE OF YOGA:
</b>Shrubland Primary School, Leamington Spa invited HSS(UK), to conduct a
session on Yoga for children in the school for their health and wellbeing week.
The session was started with a brief introduction to HSS (UK). A video
presentation highlighting the three pillars of Sangh which are Sanskar, Sewa and
Sangathan was shown to the children. After that, a warm up sessions was held,
and then taught the children different yoga postures, laughter yoga, meditation,
and mindfulness. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxx7GpGZ-zrUUYH1aQdCh77QGrn1Vx76mnFlIgjZzS4ifImGQfJd9Dgr1hK3_mMNruX03ChrWbgPaIEkVCfDwcMNoSwnTsYkYO1iOMz3ry8RldjpkUSOwJTRj4Swyj1o-HOlwUQn-xSsjsPTKelOseQo1DYtR63LY4LKxwYLtrsjtPIAdmfMIGotOEWKU/s439/Screenshot%20%28772%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxx7GpGZ-zrUUYH1aQdCh77QGrn1Vx76mnFlIgjZzS4ifImGQfJd9Dgr1hK3_mMNruX03ChrWbgPaIEkVCfDwcMNoSwnTsYkYO1iOMz3ry8RldjpkUSOwJTRj4Swyj1o-HOlwUQn-xSsjsPTKelOseQo1DYtR63LY4LKxwYLtrsjtPIAdmfMIGotOEWKU/s320/Screenshot%20%28772%29.jpg"/></a></div> The session was concluded by chanting ‘Om’ and bowing down with
gratitude to our life and our life journey ahead. The program was thoroughly
enjoyed by all the children and teachers. The school was keen to have more
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<b><a name="11.">11.</a> INSA PRE DEPARTURE EVENTS: </b>Indian National Students
Association UK (INSA) is an organisation working in the UK to cater to the
Bharatiya students in the UK. The primary objective of INSA is to ensure that
the students are connected to the roots of Bharat and how they are involved into
nation building activities during their time in the UK. INSA Bharat team also
works closely with the alumni network to involve them into Sangh projects and
activities in Bharat. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTo007syZc7oGvFQo2qiOL7Z6ybSVW2AxqLxM744GOWq4I_ADYEoBQb98tSUnKjLCHC58yneoZA2Zdyx4LNZ_haKfRfUqbyZhPKzzBCvSSRxNQPSUkBfSg0nscqukI9Ye2O9P31qh3ecGa0rajMAWT1SQ0bpFmsVw1ccc0bspGI6xWln5F6h8rnwjP1do/s1600/insarameshji.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTo007syZc7oGvFQo2qiOL7Z6ybSVW2AxqLxM744GOWq4I_ADYEoBQb98tSUnKjLCHC58yneoZA2Zdyx4LNZ_haKfRfUqbyZhPKzzBCvSSRxNQPSUkBfSg0nscqukI9Ye2O9P31qh3ecGa0rajMAWT1SQ0bpFmsVw1ccc0bspGI6xWln5F6h8rnwjP1do/s320/insarameshji.jpg"/></a></div>
INSA team hosted three pre departure events for the students travelling for the
September intake at Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai. Delhi event saw a turnout of
more than 210 students whereas Mumbai and Hyderabad event had a participation
count of more than 100. Mangal Prabhat Lodha,Cabinet Minister, Govt of
Maharashtra; YK Sinha, Former High Commissioner of Bharat to the UK were among
who graced the occasion. INSA is currently having presence in 45 universities in
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<b><a name="12.">12.</a> RAMLEELA AT SAPA, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: </b>The Satya
Drishti Spiritual and Sporting Group was formed in 1995 by Hindu youth of
Trinidad and Tobago with effort of Ramcharan Motilal. In due course of time
organisation has its own building with 300-plus people accommodation facility.
Groups activities includes: daily Murti worship; celebrations of festivals;
weekly shakha; Seva, and etc. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMNVokD_s6qJfRzUnmspEzlztP358Sb2jSTXdFOIR3bkP9vVtcnsel7TCyIoBRHV9dqOBYXV4Mixi02pY75yKORB7Y1AlpXE71e5ovG2xTuSb1PpHTBKHy8Q0YjkOYoryzESEUIAvuhbKQWCbfQ30FyIty3_c7np0DR1SxpasEqxw2-lDdW_XcSiaJL3c/s413/TTRamleela.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="413" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMNVokD_s6qJfRzUnmspEzlztP358Sb2jSTXdFOIR3bkP9vVtcnsel7TCyIoBRHV9dqOBYXV4Mixi02pY75yKORB7Y1AlpXE71e5ovG2xTuSb1PpHTBKHy8Q0YjkOYoryzESEUIAvuhbKQWCbfQ30FyIty3_c7np0DR1SxpasEqxw2-lDdW_XcSiaJL3c/s320/TTRamleela.jpeg"/></a></div>
From year 2007, an open-air theatre Ramleela was added to group’s annual events.
After about 17 seventeen years of Ramleela within the community, this year,
Group took up the Ramleela to the National stage for the first time in the
country. The Ramleela was staged at the Southern Academy of the Performing Arts
(SAPA) with VIP, paid and complimentary tickets. 580 people attended the event
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<b><a name="13.">13.</a> ‘SANATAN DHARMA DAY’ IN US CITY: </b>September 3 has
been declared as ‘Sanatan Dharma Day’ during the ‘Maha kumbh Abhishekam’
ceremony which was held at a Hindu temple in Kentucky from Aug 27 – Sept 3. The
Official Proclamation was read by Deputy Mayor Barbara Sexton Smith on behalf of
Mayor Craig Greenberg, the Mayor of Loouisville, Kentucky.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhofWExq_H6Gmms88_h9GNrs_3HVclqAyV2Dr0m5QqSKs6Rn2rXoALmaY7UGqj3vt9gP_rUyHPxNO0UPJyea4LZi3TDOPlOrsojHikZrlet56S7SgYRhziauYd-JRkfZfBA8BygcpMwXVDmJdIEw6zbluQndqgc5QLOC_rSysfjQsAZE3xriibw1i8WEBg/s375/sanatandharmadayUsa.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="210" data-original-width="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhofWExq_H6Gmms88_h9GNrs_3HVclqAyV2Dr0m5QqSKs6Rn2rXoALmaY7UGqj3vt9gP_rUyHPxNO0UPJyea4LZi3TDOPlOrsojHikZrlet56S7SgYRhziauYd-JRkfZfBA8BygcpMwXVDmJdIEw6zbluQndqgc5QLOC_rSysfjQsAZE3xriibw1i8WEBg/s320/sanatandharmadayUsa.jpeg"/></a></div>
Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswati, president of Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh and
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, along with Lieutenant governor Jacqueline Coleman, and
several other spiritual leaders and dignitaries, participated in the event.
Pujya Swamiji expressed, “It is so sad that in Bharat, some people are creating
such negativity around Sanatan Dharma without realizing or understanding its
value and depth, and yet here in America, in Louisville, Kentucky, we are
celebrating the great declaration by the government of a day dedicated to
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<b><a name="14.">14.</a> THE LAUNCH OF 'A HINDU IN OXFORD': </b>Rashmi Samant,
the first Bharatiya woman to become President of Oxford University Students'
Union, had come to Pune for the launch of her book, 'A Hindu in Oxford'. The
book launch event was organized by Panchjanya Foundation, Samvad Madhyam Seva
and News Bharati recently. Prominent Author Shefali Vaidya was the Chief Guest,
whereas Former BJP MP, Pradeep Rawat was the President for the event. The book
'A Hindu in Oxford', penned down by Rashmi Samant, narrates the story of a
Bharatiya girl, who dared to fight the Students' Union Election at Oxford
University and win it and how her life changed after the elections. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIYka0i4fcZgF4pLX8owEqD8xeWW_SIEi-xDTyJ7NEyk2KjKEca0Cyv92X3IuVvYbgKwT_v8MHfm-40oEw-IX1evCGcsQhLZPwPnBc5Q4KL0dpWmRd_Sp3zOwWMV5nntIan8q9_7ZuG0obtEUNuAoBt7eajU7AA_f_AnBK2tp4yPTLw_iTbG4QNJG4o6o/s287/OxfordHindu.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="287" data-original-width="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIYka0i4fcZgF4pLX8owEqD8xeWW_SIEi-xDTyJ7NEyk2KjKEca0Cyv92X3IuVvYbgKwT_v8MHfm-40oEw-IX1evCGcsQhLZPwPnBc5Q4KL0dpWmRd_Sp3zOwWMV5nntIan8q9_7ZuG0obtEUNuAoBt7eajU7AA_f_AnBK2tp4yPTLw_iTbG4QNJG4o6o/s320/OxfordHindu.jpeg"/></a></div> The book is
Rashmi's medium to extend her experiences with the British society and how the
Oxford University was not ready to have a Bharatiya President for their
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<b><a name="15.">15.</a> BAPS ORGANISED CONFERENCE IN AUSTRALIA: </b>BAPS
Swaminarayan Research Institute (BSRI) in Australia organized special
conferences titled ‘Timeless Wisdom from Hindu Scriptures’ in Adelaide, Sydney,
Melbourne and Brisbane from July 9 to August 20.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQJIAajl03LhNpP_Y1dsL_npQlZ8SFu67eaTpix5431urz_8LxqIjy2WYonkUSf2S32DEwhCpvwxxMVadyLVPBDnCfhl0idZUqR-5TlVVDBMDajWvF6IXHmzxAq9CZuC9XSGDaU2N1cuL1O-EXy8F1O8q8mkkB3LmUUYN4WhLGNuq4q-dFJt5OmNWeTbE/s1199/BapsAuzCon.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="1199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQJIAajl03LhNpP_Y1dsL_npQlZ8SFu67eaTpix5431urz_8LxqIjy2WYonkUSf2S32DEwhCpvwxxMVadyLVPBDnCfhl0idZUqR-5TlVVDBMDajWvF6IXHmzxAq9CZuC9XSGDaU2N1cuL1O-EXy8F1O8q8mkkB3LmUUYN4WhLGNuq4q-dFJt5OmNWeTbE/s320/BapsAuzCon.jpg"/></a></div>
Over 279 religious leaders, representatives and scholars from 124 Hindu
organizations, cultural groups and media united to reinforce the significance of
Hindu shastras, their relevance today and the importance of relaying this
spiritual legacy to future generations. Each conference began with a grand
palkhi yatra (procession) and pujan of the shastras. Distinguished speakers
delivered presentations on the different shastras which includes Shrimad
Bhagavad Gita, Shrimad Bhagvat Puran, Ramayan, Upanishads, Vedas, etc. His
Holiness Mahant Swami Maharaj blessed the conferences via video. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
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<b><a name="16.">16.</a> WORKING CLOSELY WITH BHARAT TO TACKLE KHALISTAN
BACKERS: RISHI SUNAK: </b>Allaying Bharat’s concerns over activities of pro-Khalistan
elements in the UK, British PM Rishi Sunak asserted on September 6 that no form
of extremism was acceptable, adding that the right to hold lawful protest did
not extend to violent or threatening behaviour. He said the UK is working
closely with its partners in the Bharatiya government to tackle the pro-Khalistan
extremism threat. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhH6UKMUamzfbWXFxgcqgQJH094kIVB1ugHPshwEN-ivhB_4AL-9BRDxx88cJXJS7wRjgvArZsxjbvkOSPfWe1SvJT0HCcq2YIS4eb5_dZ2F0YTht_burgs_gF427RtQK6yqA87rPowEfk6-MRzJ7f4UxjOraNviqqV0alusjMOYWcySGIWjU7VClChFY/s300/UKPM.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhH6UKMUamzfbWXFxgcqgQJH094kIVB1ugHPshwEN-ivhB_4AL-9BRDxx88cJXJS7wRjgvArZsxjbvkOSPfWe1SvJT0HCcq2YIS4eb5_dZ2F0YTht_burgs_gF427RtQK6yqA87rPowEfk6-MRzJ7f4UxjOraNviqqV0alusjMOYWcySGIWjU7VClChFY/s320/UKPM.jpeg"/></a></div> There have been increasing concerns in Bharat about activities
of pro-Khalistan elements in the UK, especially after an attack on the Bharatiya
high commission in London in March. Sunak’s comments came days before he visits
Bharat to attend the G20 summit on September 9-10. There is a view in Delhi that
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<b><a name="17.">17.</a> MANY BHARATIYA AMERICANS ON TIME MAGAZINE’S TOP 100 AI
LIST: </b>Several Bharatiyas and Bharatiya-origin techies have made it to Time
magazine’s inaugural ‘TIME100 AI List’, highlighting the 100 most influential
people in Artificial Intelligence (AI). <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLDl_y_JoIjGSiM3F8q6jaUh5AfE5dMVF1qT4Dbb1rkyPiev909Hv1Awf2wu9pcLJfrtLQxBxXuPjU8-aYf5-fQMMzaXFvOXDG7oSN4Hj2y3G5JFqmHkgZgup7nL_IXfo21PQZ4XShp9UCy-TZkEp_zrHe-y2i4qNoDz0mVY3Xf67P8QuJegt_TxIeQNs/s243/download%20-%202023-09-13T192129.952.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="243" data-original-width="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLDl_y_JoIjGSiM3F8q6jaUh5AfE5dMVF1qT4Dbb1rkyPiev909Hv1Awf2wu9pcLJfrtLQxBxXuPjU8-aYf5-fQMMzaXFvOXDG7oSN4Hj2y3G5JFqmHkgZgup7nL_IXfo21PQZ4XShp9UCy-TZkEp_zrHe-y2i4qNoDz0mVY3Xf67P8QuJegt_TxIeQNs/s320/download%20-%202023-09-13T192129.952.jpeg"/></a></div> The youngest individual recognized in
the list is 18-year-old Bharatiya American Sneha Revanur. Neal Khosla, who
co-founded telehealth startup Curai Health in 2017, Romesh and Sunil Wadhwani,
Co-Founders of Wadhwani AI, Tushita Gupta is the Chief Technology Officer of
Refiberd, a US-based company are in the list. Another Bharatiya on the coveted
list is Kalika Bali, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research India. The list
features 43 CEOs, founders, and co-founders. The list features 41 women and
nonbinary individuals as well. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
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<b><a name="18.">18.</a> ISRO’S ADITYA L1 SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMS 3RD EARTH-BOUND
MANOEUVRE: </b>Bharat’s first solar mission, Aditya L1 has successfully
performed the third earth-bound manoeuvre, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
said. ISRO’s ground stations at Mauritius, Bengaluru, SDSC-SHAR and Port Blair
tracked the satellite during this operation.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtFw6EdfeXQWJN_3MsBCKQG7bwDAb3jy_0hqtcplBCDaZ2C-I2x5EEeXn_I5kur8jhtVeevNKgg7_a-ma-4AAtaO7rholoIxbZZ0f790ctmulhJ27dARDMYdvRoYgcdwAQjlb7sSRo3K5BufkPZmaGNsQCa320b-W3RQ8TNcLH7tdvKDqC3ulE7Dg38aE/s360/IsroSolarAditya.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="202" data-original-width="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtFw6EdfeXQWJN_3MsBCKQG7bwDAb3jy_0hqtcplBCDaZ2C-I2x5EEeXn_I5kur8jhtVeevNKgg7_a-ma-4AAtaO7rholoIxbZZ0f790ctmulhJ27dARDMYdvRoYgcdwAQjlb7sSRo3K5BufkPZmaGNsQCa320b-W3RQ8TNcLH7tdvKDqC3ulE7Dg38aE/s320/IsroSolarAditya.jpeg"/></a></div> Earlier on September 5, Aditya L1
successfully performed the second earth-bound manoeuvre. After the successful
landing of Chandrayaan-3 near the South pole of the moon, the ISRO launched the
country’s maiden solar mission — Aditya-L1 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre
in Sriharikota on September 2.It carried seven different payloads to have a
detailed study of the Sun, four of which will observe the light from the Sun and
the other three will measure in-situ parameters of the plasma and magnetic
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<b><a name="19.">19.</a> 2,000-YR-OLD GOLD FOIL, ENGRAVED LOTUS AT DELHI’S
PURANA QILA: </b>A 2,000-year-old decorated gold foil embedded in a wooden
object and with an engraved lotus symbol on a piece of red sandstone, dating to
the Kushan period was found during the ongoing excavations at Purana Qila.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilLMLygTF9Nqt_NzqW6tTkqmgWYox8eaD44lKQGOFr9Tsb7J-WJUQhJLHQOUwpHM7OYeBhuz2E6Djt0UQ9L4WmJ2HWPTXaaulBzTlNEJ4cvWBrz9RiGymm6WRovzs0vcr3sMzvM9uDaIZGKOReX2hUMC93nQrP7VQ2CTcVghM3Mh3sGPJqGlEnEU8iv7E/s300/PuranaquilaD.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilLMLygTF9Nqt_NzqW6tTkqmgWYox8eaD44lKQGOFr9Tsb7J-WJUQhJLHQOUwpHM7OYeBhuz2E6Djt0UQ9L4WmJ2HWPTXaaulBzTlNEJ4cvWBrz9RiGymm6WRovzs0vcr3sMzvM9uDaIZGKOReX2hUMC93nQrP7VQ2CTcVghM3Mh3sGPJqGlEnEU8iv7E/s320/PuranaquilaD.jpeg"/></a></div>
Besides, evidence of a big kiln and a huge brick platform was also found,
indicating major activities there. A typical feature of the Gupta period, a
1,500-year-old brick jelly floor has also been unearthed. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
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<b><a name="20.">20.</a> SHRI VISHWA NIKETAN: Pravas:</b> RSS Sah Sarakaryavah
Dr. Manmohan Vaidya and Vishwa Vibhag Samyojak Saumitra Gokhale will be
travelling to New Zealand, Australia. <b>Visitors:</b> Manu Khajuria, UK. <br>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b>FOOD FOR THOUGHT:</b> Three
gateways to downfall and self-destruction – Lust, Greed, and Anger. <i>- Srimad
Bhagvad Gita (16.21) </i></font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700">JAI SHRI RAM<br>
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RESURGENCE OF SANATAN BHARAT IS POSSIBLE<br>
SUDHANSHU DAS</font></p>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt">Philosophers, thinkers, patriotic
leaders, astrologers, saints, and seers have predicted that Bharat would return
to Amrit Kaal. A period where the entire world will witness the resurgence of
the Sanatan Bharat, which will save the world from dark and demonic greed. The
Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has
resolved to build the nation on Bharatiya knowledge and Bharatiya philosophy by
strengthening the family institution, creating a fraternity-based harmonious
society, and developing entrepreneurship with Swadeshi spirit. When the dawn
breaks, the entire Sangh Parivar sing in praise of the Motherland, “Namaste
Sadavastale Matrubhumi…”.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwqGRfd8XPvSMxZNdVgHl9voVf4Khm6UiE3OkqZhsQ4n26YDhreMcV2br2OBbISg3ASlYfDaqzhp5nYXPN4JA-BZn2TzESzCJGcC3tFnNJ1FX7xuVLPNM92TN6C8BteXjZpKavof7YP4VR9cximpaKvwE6acLVY-qDkX_4mm5ebp3_JeEPtEmDeCS8zLo/s750/30-08-2023-opinion.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwqGRfd8XPvSMxZNdVgHl9voVf4Khm6UiE3OkqZhsQ4n26YDhreMcV2br2OBbISg3ASlYfDaqzhp5nYXPN4JA-BZn2TzESzCJGcC3tFnNJ1FX7xuVLPNM92TN6C8BteXjZpKavof7YP4VR9cximpaKvwE6acLVY-qDkX_4mm5ebp3_JeEPtEmDeCS8zLo/s320/30-08-2023-opinion.jpg"/></a></div>
Patriotism has immense potential to bring the much talked about blissful time.
It will cement the religious, caste, and language divides in the country;
patriotism is a powerful weapon against corruption, graft, and mismanagement. A
person imbibed with patriotism can achieve phenomenal success and perform great
deeds for the country. In view of the growing menace of religious fanatics,
caste and parochial leaders, it is essential to plant patriotism in the minds of
the youth. Patriotism mixed with physical and intellectual capacity always has a
magical effect on the country’s economic, social, cultural and religious
development. A fraternity-based harmonious society, as visualised by the Akhil
Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha, is possible through patriotism.<br>
Today, parochialism hurts the domestic market. Uneducated people in the
unorganised sector lose their profit margin as they fail to communicate in their
mother tongue, Hindi and easily fall into the trap of middlemen and traders.
Language fanatics in some states do not allow people to learn the national
language, Hindi and indirectly bring ruin to the economy of the small traders,
artisans and farmers. One common language is necessary for interaction among
people; it will boost domestic trade, tourism, pilgrim tourism, and hospitality
sectors. The mother tongue, Hindi, will not obliterate the regional languages;
rather, it will strengthen those languages; People from different states will
exchange ideas, skills and knowledge for mutual growth. A simpler version of
Sanskrit should be popularised along with Hindi in a mission mode across the
country; it will quicken the process of national integration. The Uttarakhand
Government has taken a historic decision to develop one Sanskrit-speaking
village in each of the 13 districts in the State, and Sanskrit is the second
official language in Uttarakhand.<br>
The study of the Sanskrit language will give clues to many scientific
innovations. In the past, cartloads of<br>
Sanskrit scriptures and manuscripts were transported to Asia and Europe, which
later inspired many scientific discoveries and religions in different countries.
Today, more than 25 universities in Germany teach Sanskrit, and Germany has
produced the largest number of Sanskrit scholars in the last five decades.
Sanskrit has tremendous potential to integrate Bharat, and learning this
language has a positive influence on human behaviour and culture. Learning
Sanskrit does not mean one will not study English, which is also essential now
for exchanging technology, advanced skills and knowledge. Intense and relentless
research on Sanskrit scriptures and manuscripts may give Bharat clues to develop
advanced weapon systems, medicines, economy and social life. Dr Vijay Bedekar of
Thane in Mumbai is a Gynecologist, and he has dedicated his life to preserving
and researching the ancient manuscripts he painstakingly collected from the
remote villages of Maharashtra. He has established an Institute of Oriental
Studies on his own premises for preservation and research of rare manuscripts.
The writer met Dr Vijay Bedekar in 1990 and published his interview in the
Indian Express in his pen name “Siddharth.” A few people like Vijay Bedekar show
relentless commitment to protecting Bharat’s cultural heritage. People who do
not know the importance of Sanskrit behave like a blind man touching the tail of
an elephant and imagining it as a rope. The language Sanskrit will instill Amrit
in the life of people.<br>
The foundation of the Amrit Kaal is based on the youth’s intellectual and
physical strength. In the field of innovation, Bharat rose from 81 ranks in 2015
to 46 in 2021 in the Global Innovation Index (GII). AI, cloud, mobility, green
tech, health tech, etc., have steadily progressing in the last five years. The
National Education Policy 2020 has advocated that “wherever possible, the medium
of instruction until at least Grade 5, but preferably till Grade 8 and beyond,
will be in the mother tongue-regional language” for public and private schools.
Studying in the mother tongue helps children understand the concepts clearly,
and does not clog their minds when they grow up. It also helps them master
English and Maths, which are very important in life. Until 1984, most students
who qualified for the civil services and in the nationalised banks’ officers’
grade exams studied in regional languages. Mother tongue has a magical effect on
a person’s capacity to understand and grow, though it can’t give the child an
anglicised accent. <br>
Bharat, for centuries has been attacked, humiliated and subjugated by external
forces; its economy, culture and civilisation were always under attack. Despite
continuous effort to erase this ancient civilisation, Bharatiya culture and
civilisation has survived due to its core strength, which is not material but
spiritual. The Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) of RSS’ resolve to build
the nation on Bharatiya knowledge and Bharatiya philosophy is the need of the
hour. Efforts are on to produce Sanskrit scholars who can read and explain the
scriptures to people in the common man’s language. Though the foreign rules had
destroyed much of our knowledge source and dented our confidence level, the
Bharatiya knowledge and Bharatiya philosophy are very much enshrined in every
Bharatiya family.<br>
In order to preserve this precious knowledge and philosophy the government’s
look-within approach will yield results. Bharat is a treasure trove of
microeconomic activities which are Swadeshi in nature. Only the Bharatiya
handicraft sector can amass huge wealth for the country if its original grace
and artistry is preserved. Bharat’s countless artisans, with their imagination
and creativity, add incredibly high value to ordinary organic material; they
inherit the priceless skills from their forefathers and pass them on to the
younger generations. There are innumerable indigenous environment-friendly
techniques that were used to keep the house cool and warm; there was technique
to lift water to the hilltop and send messages with sound. The Ram Setu is an
architectural marvel as the materials used to make the Setu are well explained
in the scriptures. With talents, knowledge, skills, imagination and creativity,
each Bharatiya can foresee the shape of things to come-the Amrit Kaal.
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a name="1.">1.</a> FESTIVALS: GANESH CHATURTHI</b> (September 19 this year) is replete with divinity,
celebrations, and vibrancy. This 10-day long festival not only celebrates the
birthday of Bhagwan Ganesh, but is also a social and community event that brings
people together and promotes harmony. The popular belief is that Bhagwan Ganesh
visits earth during these 10 days to bless his devotees. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(1856–1920), a noted leader of the Bharatiya Independence Movement, was
instrumental in converting Bhagwan Ganesh into a powerful cultural and religious
symbol of unity in an attempt to resist the British rule. In 1893, Tilak
reinvented the Ganesh Chaturthi, converting it from an annual family celebration
to a public event.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjStHQ6DH4PqlpQproPCQgkpEBqj_aA0cActg4uRw45TwbFIytt9_SkvEBgX1snRtlwPbe7thYLW3YB8RJkr5idslRxmR2315GwLDPCG-3ZtBUFeH4eZSfqNCk_lFacfzwwsqUWNOzxdAawe75BPhmnxhAO-I7-pOukwgOkPMIwEz8Ln-QBx5vXIUQ9cHA/s374/download%20-%202023-08-31T110551.185.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="210" data-original-width="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjStHQ6DH4PqlpQproPCQgkpEBqj_aA0cActg4uRw45TwbFIytt9_SkvEBgX1snRtlwPbe7thYLW3YB8RJkr5idslRxmR2315GwLDPCG-3ZtBUFeH4eZSfqNCk_lFacfzwwsqUWNOzxdAawe75BPhmnxhAO-I7-pOukwgOkPMIwEz8Ln-QBx5vXIUQ9cHA/s320/download%20-%202023-08-31T110551.185.jpeg"/></a></div>
The preparation for the festival begins months earlier with artisans crafting
images of Ganesh in different sizes. These idols are installed in specially
decorated pandals or at homes. On the last day of the festival, Anant
Chaturdashi, the statues are paraded through the streets amidst singing and
dancing, and immersed in the ocean or other water bodies. The immersion of the
statues reinforces the belief that the universe is in a constant state of
change, and eventually gives away to formlessness. The act of immersion denotes
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a name="2.">2.</a> RSS SARSANGHCHALAK’S PROGRAMS: </b>Addressing the students of Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya at Haridwar on August
28, RSS Sarasanghchalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat said that unity in diversity has
always been Bharat’s strength. His address was part of an ongoing lecture series
on the theme, ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ being organised by the university. Dr.
Bhagwat added that the rise of Bharat as a nation is beneficial for the whole
world as the country has been a proponent of peace and harmony since ancient
times. Dr. Bhagwat also urged students to contribute to the motherland and
society.<br>
Earlier in the day, Dr. Bhagwat offered prayers at Pragyeshwar Mahadev mandir
and planted a sandalwood sapling. He also met several spiritual leaders
including Dr Pranav Pandya and Shail Jiji of Gayatri Teerth Shantikunj.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLoTq-IgRBanrxZVSEW_5hwIAMPy5aa9gpDn11Wv7lagUxxNZsPYQNhjs_zW4hcYZJOfCbEURLrjm8tJ-2cttIi9ii84gkv9Rjk63r9J7clLVyttAYhDhHb7HzteF1qF2G1aWZJXsxqE1iY8FTSwB54p-ij69uH-SxuPHY5dhl4ilcZ1p0Ru_OLGxqJ78/s830/maMohanjiJain.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="830" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLoTq-IgRBanrxZVSEW_5hwIAMPy5aa9gpDn11Wv7lagUxxNZsPYQNhjs_zW4hcYZJOfCbEURLrjm8tJ-2cttIi9ii84gkv9Rjk63r9J7clLVyttAYhDhHb7HzteF1qF2G1aWZJXsxqE1iY8FTSwB54p-ij69uH-SxuPHY5dhl4ilcZ1p0Ru_OLGxqJ78/s320/maMohanjiJain.jpeg"/></a></div>
On August 27, Dr. Bhagwat laid the foundation stone of 'Vatsalya Peeth' in
memory of the head nun of the Jain Shwetambar Terapanth, Sadhvi Kanakprabha. The
event was organised by the Delhi Jain Shwetamber Terapanthi Sabha at the
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<b><a name="3.">3.</a> BHARAT LIVES FOR HUMANITY: HOSABALE: </b>While addressing the ‘Amritashatam’ lecture series organised by Kesari Weekly,
RSS Sarakaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale said on August 17 that Bharat lives for
humanity adding that the mission of the country is to shed light as a beacon to
the world with its cultural values and unique vision of life. For this, it is
necessary to strengthen the strong sense of nationalism among Bharatiyas. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWBqyrJlK4t9sCSMv4hzrpqoEbciQIOE2oGtdmM-8wAbvWTBMUaiGBoCyMMMaOJ6it_w-7Ru31Oxx1zlUZKovu7wFMoushbC-o3uTASRGgi6Ma1ZnCJKUbaNKqPnrgqTnRiM1xyHQ0uJBxN2QNogCEoqknliKe_VlhKHZIXSYzCyd54nDgY4ozATnCKfc/s750/dathathreya-hosabole-am.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWBqyrJlK4t9sCSMv4hzrpqoEbciQIOE2oGtdmM-8wAbvWTBMUaiGBoCyMMMaOJ6it_w-7Ru31Oxx1zlUZKovu7wFMoushbC-o3uTASRGgi6Ma1ZnCJKUbaNKqPnrgqTnRiM1xyHQ0uJBxN2QNogCEoqknliKe_VlhKHZIXSYzCyd54nDgY4ozATnCKfc/s320/dathathreya-hosabole-am.jpg"/></a></div>
Further, Hosabale stated that the Sangh was in an emerging phase during the
country’s freedom movement and transformed into a national organisation post
independence. He added that the history of Sangh cannot be understood without
understanding the life of its founder Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar who dedicated
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<b><a name="4.">4.</a> BHARATIYA INDEPENDENCE DAY CELERBATIONS:
RSS Sarasanghchalak</b> Dr. Mohan Bhagwat hoisted the national flag on the occasion
of the 77th Independence Day organized by Samartha Bharat at Vasavi Convention
Hall, Basavanagudi, Bengaluru. Sarakaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale and scientist
and renowned yog guru Dr. S.N. Omkar also took part in the
celebrations. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Bhagwat said that Bharat attained
independence to enlighten the world. He also said that freedom is a continuous
process and our nation needs to forge ahead with selflessness, purity and
prosperity as symbolized by the tir-colour and lead the world.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6MtCgycfRXqIn6hXstH4hvZ-yrwykYSx6AbfrqnTdikU1bhUgFCbnDiGxadXy4XxQYfv15veqIq69ayiWwS54cRYqbcIC6sgCMwmxMVqJFzJC-ge7WhXEK3OyepxJyeCY639kIPadkFP6LZLzTNVFli8eeRLfPIwcgAHQ4H9Fq1NrLUmd9P8badrQf2Y/s1599/1-2-1.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="1599" data-original-width="1066" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6MtCgycfRXqIn6hXstH4hvZ-yrwykYSx6AbfrqnTdikU1bhUgFCbnDiGxadXy4XxQYfv15veqIq69ayiWwS54cRYqbcIC6sgCMwmxMVqJFzJC-ge7WhXEK3OyepxJyeCY639kIPadkFP6LZLzTNVFli8eeRLfPIwcgAHQ4H9Fq1NrLUmd9P8badrQf2Y/s320/1-2-1.jpeg"/></a></div>
RSS <b>Manipur </b>Prant also marked the Independence day at the Model Relief Center at
Rajarshi Bhagyachandra Skill Development Center in Imphal. Imphal Jilla
Sanghchalak, Dr Naranbabu Singh unfurled the national flag and Kh. Indira Devi,
wife of Veer Saheed Head Constable (CRPF), Kh. Upendra Singh was honoured.
Upendra Singh attained martyrdom on July 16, 2016 while fighting against Naxals
during a Search and Destroy Operation in Chhakarbandha forest, Bihar.<br>
A record number of people – about 37 lakh - participated in 42,879 Independence
Day events across <b>Jammu and Kashmir</b> according to the UT administration. In
addition, as part of the ‘Meri Maati Mera Desh’ campaign, dozens of tiranga
rallies were taken out by panchayat representatives, government employees,
students and civil society members.<br>
Burj Khalifa in <b>Dubai</b> was illuminated in the colours of the Bharatiya National
flag on the occasion of Independence Day.<br>
On the eve of Independence Day, three-time Grammy Award winner Ricky Kej
released a rendition of Bharat’s National Anthem recorded with the largest
orchestra ever at the iconic Abbey Road Studios in<b> London</b>. The recording of
‘Jana Gana Mana' features a 100-piece British orchestra from the Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra. The RPO, recognised as the UK's ‘most in-demand’
orchestra was founded by Sir Thomas Beecham in 1946.<br>
On August 20 afternoon, the streets of <b>New York City </b>witnessed an explosion of colour, culture and camaraderie on the occasion of the world’s largest India Day
Parade organised by the Federation of India Association. It brought together
members of the Bharatiya-American community in a grand display of unity. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirP17ZD2Vh8wu5eCP1NV2thAFOCi-qoY-x4J4eY15Ka0CuupOqi818mHwYwB3CAIEDflUd-I8HXobPrgN4swzRzf5XqePvicRByWw2K3aqeQIo7_v0LUApHlotqmXxBpuQOvxnccqoJtLGekAvaA2t1HXp9qpds1lGs-WvUXfPicCt_TfREv1N0TzDnp8/s480/hqdefault%20%281%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="245" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirP17ZD2Vh8wu5eCP1NV2thAFOCi-qoY-x4J4eY15Ka0CuupOqi818mHwYwB3CAIEDflUd-I8HXobPrgN4swzRzf5XqePvicRByWw2K3aqeQIo7_v0LUApHlotqmXxBpuQOvxnccqoJtLGekAvaA2t1HXp9qpds1lGs-WvUXfPicCt_TfREv1N0TzDnp8/s320/hqdefault%20%281%29.jpg"/></a></div>
Spectators were treated to a dazzling array of sights and music, showcasing the
richness of Bharatiya culture. Esteemed guests and representatives of the
Bharatiya diaspora graced the parade, including spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi
Shankar as well as prominent actors Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Jacqueline
Fernandez. The parade also witnessed the participation of New York City Mayor
Eric Adams.<br>
The parade's motto for this year was ‘Mission Life’, which highlights the
critical role of individuals, families and communities in combating climate
change alongside governmental efforts.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_fn-v5fK9qKSTOeAWgHe50DndFQtkFIY7gR0ApHe5c33E1JB9OfLW0zhySrgZQTsAN6TZQCGuM6tBvPXpyKQyTaD2_9gDXOk7MYLwJ2mVFkaGt1C4iTtoe6Uz37byazWi710ULIpsrkuBNB9lThhiUoiXzLNTl4BK1YtxpZeAN40NUjAZePnWkBLkFgA/s807/Screenshot%20%28748%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="327" data-original-width="807" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_fn-v5fK9qKSTOeAWgHe50DndFQtkFIY7gR0ApHe5c33E1JB9OfLW0zhySrgZQTsAN6TZQCGuM6tBvPXpyKQyTaD2_9gDXOk7MYLwJ2mVFkaGt1C4iTtoe6Uz37byazWi710ULIpsrkuBNB9lThhiUoiXzLNTl4BK1YtxpZeAN40NUjAZePnWkBLkFgA/s320/Screenshot%20%28748%29.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7cfaYtt4vxry9DoF3cUeOXHJLCVDpF59SvKg3yrDTb1Zpu1z0LPlYUkJA4q27LF8Tm9lUkd7GVGvMq7zMal3FS2HXswdW3ZJmTrGyTCcwxkA_zUi0JV3_8D5QGwOI_GHvvMvKsaHrFOnOfPrI6on34-wFcjalTy0lurzn6Gy4mRBOsQpNHaHwVNMQ3BU/s861/Screenshot%20%28749%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="861" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7cfaYtt4vxry9DoF3cUeOXHJLCVDpF59SvKg3yrDTb1Zpu1z0LPlYUkJA4q27LF8Tm9lUkd7GVGvMq7zMal3FS2HXswdW3ZJmTrGyTCcwxkA_zUi0JV3_8D5QGwOI_GHvvMvKsaHrFOnOfPrI6on34-wFcjalTy0lurzn6Gy4mRBOsQpNHaHwVNMQ3BU/s320/Screenshot%20%28749%29.jpg"/></a></div>
On the evening of August 19, the Sri Panchamukha Hanuman Mandir played host to
the 77th Bharatiya Independence Day Celebrations at the Levy Adult Center in
<b>Torrance, USA</b>. The ‘Jai Ho’ event, a testament to the power of unity and
diversity, brought together more than 1,500 people for a truly unforgettable
evening of festivities. The event was visited by Torrance City Mayor George
Chen, Council Members Asam Sheikh & John Kaji, and Torrance Area Chamber of
Commerce President Donna Dupperron. Nearly 300 participants showcased their
talents through a variety of cultural performances. One of the standout moments
of the evening was the ‘Parade of States’, a unique procession featuring re-presentatives
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<b><a name="5.">5.</a> BHARAT BECOMES FIRST NATION TO REACH SOUTH POLE OF MOON: </b>On August 23, Bharat created history as it became the first country to land on
the South Pole of the lunar surface. The Vikram lander had a flawless touchdown
at a site close to the lunar south pole. ISRO initiated the Automatic Landing
Sequence (ALS) which enabled the Vikram Landing Module to take charge and use
its onboard computers and logic to identify a favourable spot and make a soft
landing.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS_xMG8j2QXkYsjGrAQI8xQXS4l0z3JO-KAt67284wupIZPVOVT9zbO5m9AYdfyXI0UBuBxIqKnNucE2pQpSF3x2z1BZRyUz7gfOCtgJ7wF4l4vWobUdJX9MounZSkIPr4nG8X0H2ymxLEstTsmCuP4hPWYfgYbgiX9yY6YlKdooqO_h5YhJbxWB7upTY/s424/images%20%2827%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="186" data-original-width="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS_xMG8j2QXkYsjGrAQI8xQXS4l0z3JO-KAt67284wupIZPVOVT9zbO5m9AYdfyXI0UBuBxIqKnNucE2pQpSF3x2z1BZRyUz7gfOCtgJ7wF4l4vWobUdJX9MounZSkIPr4nG8X0H2ymxLEstTsmCuP4hPWYfgYbgiX9yY6YlKdooqO_h5YhJbxWB7upTY/s320/images%20%2827%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
ISRO Chairman S Somnath thanked everyone for their support and said that the
success was a lesson learnt from failure.<br>
After soft landing, ISRO command centre established the communication link
between the Chandrayaan-3 Lander and MOX-ISTRAC, Bengaluru. After this, ISRO
obtained the images from the Lander Horizontal Velocity Camera taken during the
descent. The pictures of lunar surface at close proximity were tweeted by ISRO.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI_TggTU3Af44a61kMmiNhCoFapro3KIO__Txy1yIsReE5hRWuHx2puHvqEnUSA_Xrbo7xkB41y76Lm_-bsipNqwsXSzDVC4q_LqnhP40QKpsR3DFNmHBwOlJOJ14Tg2TBLrJPgH41ZLUKLEPiwmU2vvjXHDELXZ-AncykO4l4_5znVBsGI6cL9N6dchs/s324/images%20%2828%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="243" data-original-width="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI_TggTU3Af44a61kMmiNhCoFapro3KIO__Txy1yIsReE5hRWuHx2puHvqEnUSA_Xrbo7xkB41y76Lm_-bsipNqwsXSzDVC4q_LqnhP40QKpsR3DFNmHBwOlJOJ14Tg2TBLrJPgH41ZLUKLEPiwmU2vvjXHDELXZ-AncykO4l4_5znVBsGI6cL9N6dchs/s320/images%20%2828%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
On August 24, the Pragyan rover was successfully deployed on the Moon. The rover
is designed to travel up to 500 meters on the lunar surface and will conduct
experiments to study the Moon's geology, mineralogy, and atmosphere. It is
expected to operate for one lunar day, which is about 14 Earth days. The rover's
data collection and experiments could help determine if there is oxygen and
hydrogen on the moon. On August 31, Pragyan confirmed the presence of sulphur
and other elements at the lunar south pole. The Laser-Induced Breakdown
Spectroscope (LIBS) instrument aboard Pragyan was instrumental in confirming the
presence of sulphur. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGE3FFmKmSnPJkRlEFILBPt-2KgAaGm30gZyNlPzBh_KL2alPFGtODb3sETy13Tj4tDwZnEcwb0dnxjklqp6ayo0iKu3-bbvqQz4yxoZOqdWTv_OX4Y4csAivsVBPHqFlt5AT_qfelGt90aDM2l76ji3bHEJZemWHCWZlD_0ABFyrm9nkJ-fZqv9sdNLk/s412/hqdefault.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="231" data-original-width="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGE3FFmKmSnPJkRlEFILBPt-2KgAaGm30gZyNlPzBh_KL2alPFGtODb3sETy13Tj4tDwZnEcwb0dnxjklqp6ayo0iKu3-bbvqQz4yxoZOqdWTv_OX4Y4csAivsVBPHqFlt5AT_qfelGt90aDM2l76ji3bHEJZemWHCWZlD_0ABFyrm9nkJ-fZqv9sdNLk/s320/hqdefault.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy2gI94BYU5Dto3F2_MSNcoUStoF4snJUY3dzRxahqhwDFDMbts2YPSApKEjpj6aABR5C9wwLWy5AIky14XRfQnwOwWgsN-zInW3uMMa7jNdWudb86mVDj6Qx2MrUkTA_drMUP9nHS2j2Hfhq7ZguAvAmRhpSq26Me99P2hdgSmGNwjCbpTXRV37WV4Uw/s300/images%20%2829%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy2gI94BYU5Dto3F2_MSNcoUStoF4snJUY3dzRxahqhwDFDMbts2YPSApKEjpj6aABR5C9wwLWy5AIky14XRfQnwOwWgsN-zInW3uMMa7jNdWudb86mVDj6Qx2MrUkTA_drMUP9nHS2j2Hfhq7ZguAvAmRhpSq26Me99P2hdgSmGNwjCbpTXRV37WV4Uw/s320/images%20%2829%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
Rashtrapati Droupadi Murmu said that the landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the lunar
surface was "truly a momentous occasion" and it has made the whole country
proud. Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi congratulated Bharat and said that this
historic moment sounds the bugle for a developed Bharat. <br>
RSS Sarasanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat expressed his gratitude to the Bharatiya
scientists who he said through their relentless hard work were able to give this
moment of joy to the whole of Bharat.<br>
World leaders, envoys and global media outlets also lauded Bharat after the
successful landing of Chandrayaan-3.<br>
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, while addressing the open plenary
session of the 15th BRICS Summit, said Chandrayaan-3’s success is a success for
the BRICS Family.<br>
Nepal Pradhan Mantri Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, European Commission
President Ursula von der Leyen, and Israel foreign minister Eli Cohen, among
other world leaders, congratulated Bharat and ISRO for this achievement.<br>
Counterparts of ISRO including NASA administrator Bill Nelson and director
general of European Space Agency (ESA) Josef Aschbacher congratulated ISRO for
this feat.<br>
UK-based media outlet The Independent reacted to the news by saying: “And
they’ve done it”. Russia’s state-run news outlet Russia Today and German news
outlet Deutsche Welle also reacted positively to Bharat’s achievement.<br>
With the tri-colour flag in their hands, Bharatiya Americans gathered at Times
Square in New York to celebrate the event. Calling the success an “incredible
moment”, Google’s Sundar Pichai and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella congratulated ISRO
for its victory. Gita Gopinath - First Deputy Managing Director of the IMF,
Chandra Arya - the Canadian parliamentarian and many other prominent members of
the Bharatiya diaspora expressed their pride in the achievement. <br>
While addressing the scientists of ISRO in Bengaluru, PM Modi said that the spot
on the Moon where Chandrayaan-3's lander Vikram touched down will be known as 'Shiv
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<b><a name="6.">6.</a> HSS UK SANGH SHIKSHA VARG:</b>The 46th Annual Sangh Shiksha Varg of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh HSS UK was held
from July 29 to August 6 in Leicester.<br>
439 attendees, representing 60 towns and 15 Bharatiya languages spent 9 days
completing Prathmik, Pravesh, Praveen, Prabandhak and Shikshak Varsh training.
For the third year running, this also included Prathmik and Pravesh Varsh for
swayamsevaks and sevika’s over the age of 25 years.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKBNAK-joxTQhnDQKnZ0jDtyhauiaO57LfQQoCagJ_DRp94yBmwKGZOn6f7KCFB9DuXNbHlGj7he7O2EIp2Ixye223IBi5WokIit5a4df1CuKf6azVJKo9lirTTh5ddn_3Q2RfJYdnr8OUlQ75oUgM4tiQkDkxJVABszL-L6pGcMjFZEiOyPfhdbIKsaI/s1024/unnamed%20%2813%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="347" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKBNAK-joxTQhnDQKnZ0jDtyhauiaO57LfQQoCagJ_DRp94yBmwKGZOn6f7KCFB9DuXNbHlGj7he7O2EIp2Ixye223IBi5WokIit5a4df1CuKf6azVJKo9lirTTh5ddn_3Q2RfJYdnr8OUlQ75oUgM4tiQkDkxJVABszL-L6pGcMjFZEiOyPfhdbIKsaI/s320/unnamed%20%2813%29.jpg"/></a></div>
Shiksharthis followed a structured daily timetable from 6.00am to 10.30pm
covering shareerik, bauddhik and sewa activities.<br>
Guests including Suresh ji from Shrimad Rajachandra Ashram Koba, Trustees of
Heartfulness UK, Key officials of BAPS, ISKCON and other Hindu organisations as
well as local councillors visited the varg.<br>
The varg concluded with a samarop function where the Chief Guest Nitin Palan (MBE,
FCA), Dr. Ramesh Pattni (OBE, Trustee of Chinmaya Mission UK) and Smt. Madhvi
Haria (Joint General Secretary, HSS (UK)) addressed the gathering of over 500
guests.<br>
Dr Ramesh shared his experience of SSV as the Varg Sarvadhikari. Shri Nitin
urged shikshrthis to be Hindu Dharma ambassadors spreading the message of
‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’. Smt. Haria emphasised the joint responsibility of
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<b><a name="7.">7.</a> HSS ARIZONA VIBHAG SAKHI MILAN: </b>HSS USA Arizona Vibhag sevikas hosted a ‘Sakhi Milan’ event on August 5 at
Paradise Valley Community Center in Phoenix, Arizona. The event was attended by
81 sevikas and sakhis from all over the Phoenix Metro Area.<br>
The event began with Ganesha Vandana and chanting of Omkara. It was followed by
some ice breaking and team building khels.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXNLDUAg6iNTm2TiC9JgOajXxq5RFDNUs2NbvN8sRq7IdPU1VS0NS7alpemJLulM28UHvXsZCiSVU989GpdgLbqmBVsJV2qvwAffznM2Ny_piJ1zLlSUItTt5oS6L26CUZuAYNOGy4VNMg00-QgWznFGNmPz3UCYJvdFfvg2zsqS_TFM9U1dLqP-_gOco/s600/sakhimilaAz.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXNLDUAg6iNTm2TiC9JgOajXxq5RFDNUs2NbvN8sRq7IdPU1VS0NS7alpemJLulM28UHvXsZCiSVU989GpdgLbqmBVsJV2qvwAffznM2Ny_piJ1zLlSUItTt5oS6L26CUZuAYNOGy4VNMg00-QgWznFGNmPz3UCYJvdFfvg2zsqS_TFM9U1dLqP-_gOco/s320/sakhimilaAz.jpg"/></a></div>
Sakhis were then divided into six groups to participate in parallel workshops on
varying topics. Each group came up with a presentation on their topic. <br>
Dr. Mukta Marathe, an ayurvedic doctor, addressed the gathering on women's
health and home remedies. The final session of the day was art and craft in
which the sakhis worked on a Warli wall hanging painting. The event concluded
with a vote of thanks and the Shanti Mantra. The ‘Sakhi Milan’ received a lot of
positive feedback and many sakhis expressed an interest in receiving more
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<b><a name="8.">8.</a> HSS RAKSHABANDHAN: </b>Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS) UK tied a rakhi to the Lord Mayor at Bradford City
Hall. Rajnikant Parmar, honorary president of HSS (UK) Yorkshire, North East,
and Scotland region, explained the significance of tying the rakhi. Lord Mayor
Gerry Barker thanked HSS (UK) for visiting the City Hall and celebrating the
festival with him.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG4i-plmJE4yhuePKDlJdr2yPhP-RPl4dc3wpzpNvf8kC3kz2-MvCSdr1Zb4VZjfvXAcsv0jA_SqlazQbS_i6GIhRd335xil1oClfe5PhHackGRoinygcSBm2KRLJ8KeJpTKBKNnCNtpZpR6hKKmA4lSdjdQiHe68iBGbtb1EIny54G3FzmRk59Lksqkg/s861/Screenshot%20%28749%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="861" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG4i-plmJE4yhuePKDlJdr2yPhP-RPl4dc3wpzpNvf8kC3kz2-MvCSdr1Zb4VZjfvXAcsv0jA_SqlazQbS_i6GIhRd335xil1oClfe5PhHackGRoinygcSBm2KRLJ8KeJpTKBKNnCNtpZpR6hKKmA4lSdjdQiHe68iBGbtb1EIny54G3FzmRk59Lksqkg/s320/Screenshot%20%28749%29.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKovheQIuL1ObOkWqLmvKLncnbHycC-3tROXEUy8SQjU_R7BWR8lpADTtCyEvTq3MphtfaZmS12Fpj-g33xpqcgvjEyjtmQY9DKHpbwibD6SvZZwN0lgo29SIO6puFwohoViaiWhDfwJfbluiW_iN5NSIgF-tG9jPYJ9Sb5kv7nxvAD2cczC1g3IWjR5U/s1024/Screenshot%20%28750%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKovheQIuL1ObOkWqLmvKLncnbHycC-3tROXEUy8SQjU_R7BWR8lpADTtCyEvTq3MphtfaZmS12Fpj-g33xpqcgvjEyjtmQY9DKHpbwibD6SvZZwN0lgo29SIO6puFwohoViaiWhDfwJfbluiW_iN5NSIgF-tG9jPYJ9Sb5kv7nxvAD2cczC1g3IWjR5U/s320/Screenshot%20%28750%29.jpg"/></a></div>
25 volunteers of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh HSS USA gathered at Fort Bend County
Constable Precinct 4 office to express the gratitude towards those who protect
the society by tying rakhi on the wrists of law enforcement officers. Constable
Mike Beard appreciated the visit to his office to celebrate the festival. <br>
More than 50 people attended the Naperville-Aurora chapter’s annual Raksha
Bandhan at the Naperville Police Department. A rakhi was tied to every public
servant attending the celebration. Naperville Chief of Police Jason Arres,
Naperville Fire Chief Mark Puknaitis, and Mayor of Naperville Scott Wehrli were
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<b><a name="9.">9.</a> INTERFAITH INITIATIVES OF HSS AT PARLIAMENT OF WORLD RELIGIONS: </b>Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh USA (HSS) had a resounding success at the Parliament of
World Religions (PoWR) held in Chicago from August 14 to 18. The organization’s
active participation reflected its commitment to interfaith dialogue, cultural
exchange, and promotion of universal values.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5dBSejIIObvMrg9jHSbG9M7m9WMEfcdipP95SjpFaM8wc92iG7AtvK5YB2wEqKZAKsspoYsuIMGxGh4WlDQ0rOzMO_IWO6iRFKhY82pByYEWNNkHOPNy768yAvQ3A3QqqCtc1WiGpLotkmjWFzhinOatc0SKnh1xxfW3P5GWLUKpi-ef_5e5J2odK-ms/s768/Picture1.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5dBSejIIObvMrg9jHSbG9M7m9WMEfcdipP95SjpFaM8wc92iG7AtvK5YB2wEqKZAKsspoYsuIMGxGh4WlDQ0rOzMO_IWO6iRFKhY82pByYEWNNkHOPNy768yAvQ3A3QqqCtc1WiGpLotkmjWFzhinOatc0SKnh1xxfW3P5GWLUKpi-ef_5e5J2odK-ms/s320/Picture1.jpg"/></a></div>
HSS took the opportunity to communicate its mission and share its annual report.
The ‘Darshana: A Glimpse into Hindu Civilization’ exhibition was a central focus
of the booth.<br>
People from various faiths, including Paganism, Sikhism, Judaism, Christianity,
Islam, Jainism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and Baha’i, attended the HSS booth and
gave positive feedback. This diverse attendance reflects an open and inclusive
approach to sharing Hindu culture and fostering interfaith dialogue.<br>
One of the most successful initiatives was the introduction of Raksha Bandhan as
‘Universal Oneness Day’. Attendees eagerly participated in the event, tied
rakhis and expressed their excitement and support for recognizing and
celebrating universal interconnectedness. Dr. Bharti Raizda of the HSS Chicago
Chapter said that it was heartening to witness representatives of various faiths
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<b><a name="10.">10.</a> WORLD HINDU CONFERENCE 2023: </b>With the vision of realising the potential of Hindus for a better world, the
third World Hindu Congress (WHC) 2023, will be held from November 24 to 26, at
Bangkok, Thailand. The theme of this WHC is ‘Jayasya Aayatnam Dharmah’, meaning
‘Dharma, the Abode of Victory’. The mission of WHC 2023 is to provide a
comprehensive platform for Hindu society to work together for the justice and
welfare of all. Seven parallel thematic conferences to articulate the values,
creativity and entrepreneurial spirit of Hindus will constitute this WHC. The
conferences will provide space to discuss and deliberate upon the opportunities
and challenges facing Hindus across the world and how to address them. The
conference will also focus on areas of strategic importance to Hindus and
provide avenues for collaboration among Hindu leaders, activists and thinkers
for the Hindu resurgence.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQk-OJbBPNz4Zz_fEMlbcbjUNE44VGNdvoMfx1iBSnKlfA6tLWK1Ye1uwFcD53C_BgxdXCbXDxI62mwdagF5lRDXAeq_IfRazrHL7cuNaI25yfvhrc1fBSqGd71T0102GLQNKhENg0Wao3BpgxKpC7Un9dNtKWkRTxJec-1Q9UGo-NkCfyXbbNMHDYmY/s2500/World-Hindu-Congress-2023.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1309" data-original-width="2500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQk-OJbBPNz4Zz_fEMlbcbjUNE44VGNdvoMfx1iBSnKlfA6tLWK1Ye1uwFcD53C_BgxdXCbXDxI62mwdagF5lRDXAeq_IfRazrHL7cuNaI25yfvhrc1fBSqGd71T0102GLQNKhENg0Wao3BpgxKpC7Un9dNtKWkRTxJec-1Q9UGo-NkCfyXbbNMHDYmY/s320/World-Hindu-Congress-2023.jpeg"/></a></div>
WHC 2023 will provide opportunities for Hindus to network, exchange ideas, and
model their future course of action. Guided by the theme of ‘Rise, Organise,
Lead, Emerge’, this conference strategically aligns the regional, national and
international Hindu youth to work on capacity building. During this conference,
a range of issues will be discussed including economy, education, political
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<b><a name="11.">11.</a> HSS – TREWYN SCHOOL BOOK FAIR: </b>Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh HSS USA Peoria, IL chapter organized their third annual
book fair for students from kindergarten through 8th grade at Trewyn School on
May 23-25. Brand-new books were sold at 25 cents, 50 cents, $1.00, $2.00, $3.00,
and $5.00. Over 800 new books were available for purchase and more than 200
students purchased over 600 books. The $500 collected from the sale was donated
to the school. In addition, over 50 books worth $300 were donated to different
classroom libraries at Trewyn.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXqYIGsLyfURWXS7upY7SeSRMCWzPU-8Y06cygai2eBbW0L6wlPXwAsxZLz5KYPeRGrrD2qv1ysyyspK0Mc4DR0WVy6XNgjMVDPeUxhTwQfS1MJl5-IClDRivVNJ3hEPPaBFLWpGknH2bemVLS6CrTXlAz60CegiVhPI_steG_g5kfQbK-exmakTS4Dww/s767/Screenshot%20%28751%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="653" data-original-width="767" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXqYIGsLyfURWXS7upY7SeSRMCWzPU-8Y06cygai2eBbW0L6wlPXwAsxZLz5KYPeRGrrD2qv1ysyyspK0Mc4DR0WVy6XNgjMVDPeUxhTwQfS1MJl5-IClDRivVNJ3hEPPaBFLWpGknH2bemVLS6CrTXlAz60CegiVhPI_steG_g5kfQbK-exmakTS4Dww/s320/Screenshot%20%28751%29.jpg"/></a></div>
Dr. Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat, Superintendent of Peoria Public Schools (District
150) visited the Book fair and encouraged the volunteers. A local TV station
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<b><a name="12.">12.</a> BHARAT SECURES SECOND RANK AT 16TH IOAA: </b>With four Gold and one Silver medals, Bharat has secured Second Rank at the 16th
International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) in Chorzów, Poland
held from August 10 to 20. The United Kingdom clinched the lead with five Golds.<br>
A total of 236 students from 50 nations participated at the Olympiad,
collectively earning 27 gold, 41 silver, and 50 bronze medals across all
categories.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNg5zBTJJV8yqCp7zgeGgF-Go1Y2UBCkGDI3S5CBtgl78nIwgWlUJa3PWlH19CtGBp24TvddIZtlhyKnzku2EvHCQ56LtSVlvTmGiLTPL4N-QEPTe8vrGQoWdp79GP4bSDCxaRDRz91NBjkXXaA4lYs8ST2hR0Atn4umVtxB5pWE6gxTAM0Lbc12AS8R0/s398/images%20%2830%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNg5zBTJJV8yqCp7zgeGgF-Go1Y2UBCkGDI3S5CBtgl78nIwgWlUJa3PWlH19CtGBp24TvddIZtlhyKnzku2EvHCQ56LtSVlvTmGiLTPL4N-QEPTe8vrGQoWdp79GP4bSDCxaRDRz91NBjkXXaA4lYs8ST2hR0Atn4umVtxB5pWE6gxTAM0Lbc12AS8R0/s320/images%20%2830%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
Rajdeep Mishra from Kota, Rajasthan, Koduru Tejeswar from Kurnool, Andhra
Pradesh, Md. Sahil Akhtar from Kolkata, West Bengal, and Akarsh Raj Sahay from
Nagpur, Maharashtra were awarded Gold medals while Sainavaneet Mukund from
Bangalore, Karnataka was awarded a silver medal. The team was led by Prof.
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<b><a name="13.">13.</a> SHRI VISHWA NIKETAN: Pravas: Visitors: </b> <br>
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<b>FOOD FOR THOUGHT:</b> A person can rise through the efforts of his own mind; or draw
himself down, in the same manner. Because each person is his own friend or
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RECAPTURING THE SENSE OF NATIONAL IDENTITY, FINALLY</b></font></p>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt">We stepped into Amritkaal with a strong footing – with a firm resolve to shed
the vestiges of the slavish mentality that was instilled in us by colonisers.
The clarion call for undertaking this course correction was given by Pujaneeya
Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat, who, in his Vijayadashmi speech, emphasised the
need to reorient our polity and national life on the basis of our svatva –
national selfhood. On August 15, 2022, Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi laid out a
clear plan of action to erase the traces of colonial mentality through the
Panchpran (The Five Promises).“In the next 25 years, we have to focus on ‘Panchpran.’
First, we will move forward with bigger resolves and resolve of developed India.
Second, we will erase all the traces of servitude from within and from around
us. Third, we will be proud of our legacy. Fourth, we will work on the strength
of unity, and fifth, to fulfil our duties to the citizens of India, including
the PM and the CMs.” After we gained Independence from the British, there was an
opportunity for us to make a departure from the path the colonial masters had
laid out for us. But the Eurocentric native rulers did not even move a finger,
but rather tried to trample on all expressions of our national selfhood.
Confusions were sought to be created on our national identity by Left
intellectuals. As a result of 75 years of indoctrination through media and
academia, we produced legions of listless men and women who hated their culture
and country.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikWaBSPwPT37Pf44pLUZI_lIU9aOvtbXoSawe-w59kebKNiSxEBPMP103fylMinqpNSGc5uUBSEI5jGmo20vV9dTzcWtSHuHJefFoOsE3MKBuY-L6wMRccjIkX_hjZLP8vosRzJICaH0UJ0XDxEyUgh-WJb0CZPsh0QpPoR6TkWq_XH6VWXkFmO4Czg5M/s650/j-nandakumar%20%281%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="341" data-original-width="650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikWaBSPwPT37Pf44pLUZI_lIU9aOvtbXoSawe-w59kebKNiSxEBPMP103fylMinqpNSGc5uUBSEI5jGmo20vV9dTzcWtSHuHJefFoOsE3MKBuY-L6wMRccjIkX_hjZLP8vosRzJICaH0UJ0XDxEyUgh-WJb0CZPsh0QpPoR6TkWq_XH6VWXkFmO4Czg5M/s320/j-nandakumar%20%281%29.jpg"/></a></div>
Defining the American creed, US political thinker Samuel Huntington states: “The
American Creed is the unique creation of a dissenting Protestant culture”. He
further states: “Protestant emphasis on the individual conscience and the
responsibility of individuals to learn God’s truths directly from the Bible
promoted American commitment to individualism, equality, and the rights to
freedom of religion and opinion. Protestantism stressed the work ethic and the
responsibility of the individual for his own success or failure in life… With
its congregational forms of church organization, Protestantism fostered
opposition to hierarchy and the assumption that similar democratic forms should
be employed in government.”<br>
Huntington clearly dismisses the argument that America is a “land of settlers”
and therefore doesn’t have a national identity. According to him, the American
identity has been shaped by Protestantism.<br>
<b>FORCES AND THEIR TOOLS</b><br>
In no other country has there been confusion about its national identity as
pronounced as in Bharat. Before the advent of Europeans, there wasn’t any
confusion. There existed a cultural, spiritual and at times political unity.<br>
Inhabitants of this land shared a clear conception about the sacred geographical
contours of the nation, notwithstanding existence of numerous kingdoms and
principalities. A strong power center was not the force that sustained this
unity. Political differences never came in the way of the evolution of a
national character that is distinctly Bharatiya. There was something living and
dynamic about this heritage which showed itself in its world view and approach
to humanity, nature and life’s problems.<br>
Much before the incursions of Muslim invaders, Bharat had weathered several
challenges posed by external forces. Characterised by its unique philosophical
outlook, the nation not only measured up to the challenge posed by external
forces but also showed an urge to synthesis and reform. In this exercise, many
of them got assimilated into the cultural mainstream.<br>
British manipulated and appropriated Hindu scriptures. During the Mughal period,
too, there were huge manipulations done to confuse the population about Hindu
Dharma. Sufis led the movement to convert Hindus to Islam <br>
However, a major challenge to the national life was posed by the Islamic
invaders who destroyed not only the cultural and spiritual institutions and
centres but indulged in largescale conversion of people. If one looks closely at
the centers of knowledge and wealth that they destroyed, the temples they had
chosen to demolish, it would be clear that what drove them was not mere wealth.
I-have-a-book-so-burn-down-all-libraries was the mindset which led to the
destruction of ancient universities and libraries of Bharat.<br>
Resilience of our civilisation helped it survive during those tortuous times.
When temples were destroyed, people moved their Gods to their houses. Entire
Arabia became completely Islamised in a matter of ten years after the Prophet
launched Islam but it could not achieve that same feat in Bharat. Islam erased
many civilisations and cultures from the face of earth but its march slowed down
in Bharat. But the Sanatanis had to pay a heavy price with their blood. It is
often argued that the British manipulated and appropriated Hindu scriptures.
During the Mughal period, too, there were huge manipulations done to confuse the
population about Hindu Dharma. Sufis led the movement to convert Hindus to
Islam.<br>
But the more sinister and scheming were the British, who employed methods to
wean us away from our Svatva and Swadharma. All tools at their disposal were
used to achieve this. Education, administration, history, religion, statecraft
and even archaeology was used to destroy our sense of selfhood. There was an
attempt to recast our value systems through a Euro-centric yardstick. As
Gandhiji lamented, the “beautiful tree” of Bharatiya Education system was
destroyed with an intention to create an army of slavish people to work as
clerks for the British.<br>
<b>ARCHAEOLOGY AS A STRATEGY</b><br>
Archaeology was harnessed to push the Aryan Invasion myth. The pioneer in
Bharatiya archaeology Alexander Cunningham, an official with East India Company,
is on record stating that the purpose of his excavations was to “show that
Brahmanism was of comparatively modern origin, and has been constantly receiving
additions and alterations; facts which prove that the establishment of the
Christian religion in India must ultimately succeed.” <br>
The British and Western ‘Orientalists’ had deep-rooted conviction that
Christianity was superior to Hindu Dharma, Buddhism and Jainism. <br>
In the North East they adopted a different strategy. Author Michel Danino
states: “Archaeology in those seven states has been sorely neglected and
important finds poorly highlighted. Yet, by documenting the presence of Hindu
and Buddhist temples and artefacts dating back to a few centuries BCE and CE,
they effectively dispel the widespread but untenable notion that this region was
never culturally attached to India.” AK Sharma, who led several excavations in
North East, stated: “During the pre-independence era, in spite of some
archaeological evidences showing similarities with the rest of the country, the
myth of backwardness was deliberately inculcated and propagated as this
facilitated the missionaries in conversion of the indigenous people to their
faith… Though the entire region abounds in archaeological and cultural wealth,
very little has been done so far to unearth the glorious past of the area. If
proper attention would have been paid earlier, as was done in the case of other
parts of the country, the feeling of aloofness and alienation that was
deliberately inculcated by the enemies of the country could have been avoided.
We are responsible for keeping our brothers and sisters of the Northeast in the
dark about their glorious past, about their very close relationships with the
rest of the country.”<br>
Forces of history have been conspiring to weaken our svatva consciousness but
there have been efforts by our great leaders to reconnect us with our cultural
roots. It should be borne in mind that our cultural heritage is not just an
arithmetical aggregate of diverse regional cultures. Actually, the regional
cultures are the manifestation of Bharatiya culture. Although they are expressed
in diverse idioms and characteristic flavours, the soul of these cultures is
same. The totality of all these cultures defines our svatva. Dr Radhakrishnan
had said about Bharatiya literature that ‘All Indian literature is one, written
in different languages.’<br>
Bharat from time immemorial has been regarded as one country from the Himalayas
to Kanyakumari. For us, she was our mother – Bharat Mata. This is reflected in
the Prithvi Sukta and the more recent Anand Math of Bankim Chandra Chatopadhyay
Every region of Bharat has been a part of the sacred whole. Every part of Bharat
is bestowed with teerthas and saints and sages and our social, cultural and
spiritual life was linked to them in one way or the other. Beneath the
superficial differences and variations, a discernable observer can see the same
spiritual inspiration at work.<br>
Even in political sphere, the same thought process is at work. There were
leaders who had firmly believed that the Soviet model was the panacea for all
problems facing Bharat. Some wanted to go for the American model. But great men
like Deendayalji tried to bring in a Bharatiya idiom to politics through his
integral humanism – Ekatma Manav Darshan. The atmanirbhar campaign propounded by
the present government is also an attempt to move towards our svatva – soul of
Bharat.<br>
Bharat from time immemorial has been regarded as one country from the Himalayas
to Kanyakumari. For us, she was our mother – Bharat Mata. This is reflected in
the Prithvi Sukta and the more recent Anand Math of Bankim Chandra Chatopadhyay.
For us, Bharat Mata is the ultimate manifestation of our identity. As rightly
put by Sri Aurobindo,“It is not a piece of earth, nor a figure of speech, nor a
fiction of the mind. The mighty Shakti we call Bhavani Bharati is the living
unity of the Shaktis of three hundred million people.” It is this living unity
of Bharat symbolized as our common mother that we have been taught to respect
through the ages. Departure from this ideal is the root cause of all fissiparous
tendencies rising in our country.<br>
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has been assiduously working to instill among people
to strengthen the national consciousness. As pointed out by the Sarsanghchalak,
what we need today is intellectual Kshatriyas who are ready to take on forces
that are out to destroy our sense of selfhood at various levels. <br>
<a href="https://organiser.org/2023/08/14/189856/bharat/recapturing-the-sense-of-national-identity-finally/">https://organiser.org/2023/08/14/189856/bharat/recapturing-the-sense-of-national-identity-finally/</a>
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<font face="Georgia" size="2">Shravana Adhik Amavasya Vik. Samvat 2080, Yugabda 5125
: 16 August, 2023: SM 5010 (For Private Circulation only)</font></b></p>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#1.">1.
FESTIVALS: RAKSHA BANDHAN</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#2.">2. IT'S
TIME FOR RISE OF BHARAT AND SANATAN DHARMA: DR. MOHAN BHAGWAT</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#3.">3. THERE
SHOULDN'T BE HATRED IN SOCIETY: DATTATREYA HOSABALE</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#4.">4.
RASHTRAPATI MURMU’S ADDRESS TO THE NATION</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#5.">5. BHARAT
CELEBRATED ITS 77TH INDEPENDENCE DAY</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#6.">6. ‘VYASA
BHARATHATHILE YUDHISHTTIRAN’ BOOK RELEASED</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#7.">7.
‘REIMAGINING INDIA IN THE GEOPOLITICS OF THE 21’ST CENTURY’ BOOK
RELEASED</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#8.">8. RASHTRA
SEVIKA SAMITI NATIONAL EXECUTIVE MEET CONCLUDED</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#9.">9. FIRST
EAST AFRICA SSV CONDUCTED</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#10.">10. HSS
JAPAN BAL VARG</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#11.">11. HSS
JAPAN SEVIKA VARG</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#12.">12.
NORTHWEST SAMBHAG KISHORE NIVASI VARG</a></b></font></td>
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<b><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><a href="#13.">13. AUM
SPIRITUAL CENTER SEWA</a></font></b></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#14.">14. KARMA
KITCHEN HOSTS COMMUNITY DINNERS AT UNIVERSITIES</a></b></font></td>
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BHARAT’S AYUSH VISA FOR TREATMENT </a></b></font></td>
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<b><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><a href="#16.">16. SHRI
VISHWA NIKETAN & FOOD FOR THOUGHT</a></font></b></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a name="1.">1.</a> FESTIVALS:
RAKSHA BANDHAN: </b>Raksha Bandhan, which literally means “the bond of
protection, obligation, or care" is observed on Shravan Purnima (August 30 this
year). This festival is also known as Rakhadi, Saloni and Shravani. In the state
of West Bengal, this day is also called Jhulan Purnima. On this day. prayers and
puja of Bhagwan Krishna and Radha are performed there. The fishermen in
Maharashtra celebrate the festival of Raksha Bandhan/Rakhi Purnima along with
Narali Purnima (coconut day festival).<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhntpVYi0oNPUXQis5lg0cuncCqqGbyorTU8r6VedHwW3d12j9pjQKvq4a6LRfJwJQTHJaFZp-F4FYj7TqODXfY3daOj0ZyAw1wT4ti0kSo7RXq9BEm03lpSux6zJcJO6HKdlwvAmadPL1qwuAqW3VOzQAahvox4Tnm4YCWWU06sozQMgTkju-Bj4zqtQE/s338/download%20-%202023-08-15T121910.519.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhntpVYi0oNPUXQis5lg0cuncCqqGbyorTU8r6VedHwW3d12j9pjQKvq4a6LRfJwJQTHJaFZp-F4FYj7TqODXfY3daOj0ZyAw1wT4ti0kSo7RXq9BEm03lpSux6zJcJO6HKdlwvAmadPL1qwuAqW3VOzQAahvox4Tnm4YCWWU06sozQMgTkju-Bj4zqtQE/s320/download%20-%202023-08-15T121910.519.jpeg"/></a></div> On this day they offer prayers to Bhagwan
Varuna, the Hindu Devata of sea, to invoke his blessings. In the regions of
North Bharat, mostly Jammu, it is a common practice to fly kites on the occasion
of Raksha Bandhan. In Haryana, in addition to celebrating Raksha Bandhan, people
observe the festival of Salono. In Nepal, Raksha Bandhan is referred to as Janai
Purnima or Rishitarpani, and involves a sacred thread ceremony. It is observed
by both Hindus and Buddhists of Nepal. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="2.">2.</a> IT'S TIME FOR RISE OF BHARAT AND SANATAN DHARMA: DR.
MOHAN BHAGWAT: </b>On August 6, RSS Sarasanghchalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat called on
Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham Shankaracharya Swami Shankara Vijayendra Saraswati and
attended the Agnihotra sabha at Chet Singh Fort on the banks of the Ganga in
Varanasi.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Sk077_cr0OPKB5IAt0oWRS9RuPuxMw1anEgOO7rvvz3xausQX9Kk9Sfhn-X2RbS6GT56pUPCD_FCRfaTatqU0waECSYYCTdRL-uOJkuiMC6MzjVp3MNNxKG1lkRH7HXIFQo04NrBzaOPiRFGQAznN94Law5hoNTGDn0hHOYmVSLBgCPAq_bXBExOMU0/s473/Screenshot%20%28741%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="473" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Sk077_cr0OPKB5IAt0oWRS9RuPuxMw1anEgOO7rvvz3xausQX9Kk9Sfhn-X2RbS6GT56pUPCD_FCRfaTatqU0waECSYYCTdRL-uOJkuiMC6MzjVp3MNNxKG1lkRH7HXIFQo04NrBzaOPiRFGQAznN94Law5hoNTGDn0hHOYmVSLBgCPAq_bXBExOMU0/s320/Screenshot%20%28741%29.jpg"/></a></div> Speaking on the occasion he said that Vedic knowledge had to suffer a
lot in the country, especially in North Bharat, due to continuous invasions and
added that this is the time for the rise of Bharat as well as the Sanatan
Dharma. He lauded the works of the followers of Agnihotra tradition and said
that the followers and practitioners of Agnihotra have been working for the
protection and conservation of the wisdom of Sanatan Dharma for ages. The
Shankaracharya, who is in Varanasi to attend the 88-day Chaturmas rituals, said
that there was a need to build a 'Divine Bharat'. He added that there was the
need to protect and conserve temples and promote Dharma through religious
institutions.</font></p>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt">Earlier, the RSS chief went to the
'Vedic kund' where the priests were performing yajna. A few religious books were
also released on the occasion. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="3.">3.</a> THERE SHOULDN'T BE HATRED IN SOCIETY: DATTATREYA HOSABALE:
</b>Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Sarakaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale said that
though there might be ideological opposition and dissent, there should not be
personal hatred while living in society. Hosabale was addressing a gathering
during the inaugural ceremony of Dattaji Didolkar's birth centenary celebrations
in Nagpur on August 6.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUiFtDj3qJsAs_yydwERedbHm1qwq-tpzrmi6k_SP_Av-GhpO25IgsmmdRE8BvkNJIe_rWw47TsMHHTh-DGiyCUWNAZOu-aTVnjEbaYik9ngbFTt_0CqACEagCAT4yV952sihAAjP9XPMlfkj5QsDDlPzP_Em1eFHNs1htDTS1N1qJbupB3L4nzOqayvE/s259/download.826.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUiFtDj3qJsAs_yydwERedbHm1qwq-tpzrmi6k_SP_Av-GhpO25IgsmmdRE8BvkNJIe_rWw47TsMHHTh-DGiyCUWNAZOu-aTVnjEbaYik9ngbFTt_0CqACEagCAT4yV952sihAAjP9XPMlfkj5QsDDlPzP_Em1eFHNs1htDTS1N1qJbupB3L4nzOqayvE/s320/download.826.jpeg"/></a></div>
Dattaji was the founder member of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).<br>
Hosabale said that Dattaji maintained cordial relations and respected the views
of others without compromising on his ideology.<br>
Speaking on the occasion, Union minister Nitin Gadkari recalled his long
association with Dattaji during his ABVP days. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="4.">4.</a> RASHTRAPATI MURMU’S ADDRESS TO THE NATION: </b>
Rashtrapati Droupadi Murmu addressed the nation on August 14, the eve of the
77th Independence Day. She expressed pleasure over the festive atmosphere on the
eve of Independence Day and called on the citizens to move forward in a spirit
of harmony and brotherhood to realize the dreams of Bharat's founding
fathers. She said that we are not just individuals, but part of a great
community of citizens of the world's largest democracy.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpF2x3-lTbUaEeBsGflveSX6p2mbBjhtZAItgstA4s51lh8omCFmozQrgy4iBke0Xr2v0SE0QdUrpdUERrGGZ4t2jQ58wXqoQycFi7IN4RU2T_SBxi38IGfChw7jcP9JC-Zga8rnWPT-6N2oq_j7E3cXaM4sNEDqDDe-a8kEB8V5ipfjKlBB2jLQJCPqA/s378/download%20-%202023-08-15T122523.702.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="212" data-original-width="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpF2x3-lTbUaEeBsGflveSX6p2mbBjhtZAItgstA4s51lh8omCFmozQrgy4iBke0Xr2v0SE0QdUrpdUERrGGZ4t2jQ58wXqoQycFi7IN4RU2T_SBxi38IGfChw7jcP9JC-Zga8rnWPT-6N2oq_j7E3cXaM4sNEDqDDe-a8kEB8V5ipfjKlBB2jLQJCPqA/s320/download%20-%202023-08-15T122523.702.jpeg"/></a></div> Apart from caste, creed,
language and region, we have an identity as a citizen of Bharat. Rashtrapati
Murmu said that she has observed a new confidence in the Bharat story. Bharat is
playing a crucial role in promoting developmental and humanitarian goals around
the world. She termed G20 Summit in Bharat as a unique opportunity to get global
priorities in the right direction. She also said that the country has converted
challenges into opportunities and registered impressive GDP growth. Rashtrapati
Murmu said that the lunar mission is only a stepping stone for our future
programs in space and called for urgent attention to climate change amid extreme
weather-related events.<br>
Rashtrapati Murmu remembered women freedom fighters and said that women icons
like Sarojini Naidu, Ammu Swaminathan, Rama Devi, Aruna Asaf-Ali and Sucheta
Kriplani have set inspiring ideals for all generations to serve the country and
society with self-confidence. She urged everyone to take a pledge to fulfill our
constitutional fundamental duty and make continuous efforts to move towards
excellence in all spheres of individual and collective activities so that our
country attains new heights of diligence and achievements while progressing
continuously. She concluded by extending her greetings to everyone including the
soldiers guarding the borders, the police providing internal security and to the
members of the diaspora living in every part of the world. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="5.">5.</a> BHARAT CELEBRATED ITS 77TH INDEPENDENCE DAY: </b>Pradhan
Mantri Narendra Modi hoisted the Tiranga at the Red Fort to mark Bharat’s 77th
Independence Day. Upon his arrival at the Red Fort, PM Modi was received by
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt,
Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane, and the three service chiefs. Around 1,800
people from different professions - nurses, sarpanchs of Vibrant Villages,
teachers, farmers, and fishermen - were invited as special guests for the
programme in line with the government's vision of ‘Jan Bhagidari’.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF9xvTBP9bKBzcSo2RQm9e5TaZ_YmzhFHm0YNb9MOzAM3RhjVM737DaNdrV4NIUY0DNfBb2t9d07yv_clcbBabdluEOxLTE3MeKqn0dQcE7IueE8GMaCRDCqg7Z5qpq0rFdS7ka8QmSYy7qeqomt8Uq2eMX7ccRHq8AzQ_eTMgBQS4BET5GxoxtjXpdPU/s750/modiatredfort2023.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF9xvTBP9bKBzcSo2RQm9e5TaZ_YmzhFHm0YNb9MOzAM3RhjVM737DaNdrV4NIUY0DNfBb2t9d07yv_clcbBabdluEOxLTE3MeKqn0dQcE7IueE8GMaCRDCqg7Z5qpq0rFdS7ka8QmSYy7qeqomt8Uq2eMX7ccRHq8AzQ_eTMgBQS4BET5GxoxtjXpdPU/s320/modiatredfort2023.jpg"/></a></div>
In his speech PM Modi said that Bharat has demography, democracy, and diversity
and this Triveni has the potential to make every dream of Bharat come true. He
added that the youth of not just the big cities, but the tier-2 cities are also
creating an equal impact in the progress of the nation. PM Modi said that the
country stands with Manipur and the path for solution in Manipur will be found
through peace. The PM also said that Government and citizens are united with the
same spirit of Nation First which will create the biggest impact. He said that
Bharat has made all efforts to control inflation amidst the global inflation
crisis and added that Bharat is working on renewable energy, green hydrogen,
from deep sea exploration to the space sector. He also said that Bharat can
proudly say that we have the maximum number of women pilots in civil aviation
and women scientists are leading the Chandrayaan mission. PM Modi said that our
national efforts should be aligned with the welfare of the world. Bharat has
emerged as a Vishwa-Mitra (Friend of the World) during the pandemic. He added
that the country is laying strong foundation of Vishva-Mangal (global welfare).
The PM also said that Bharat has presented philosophies and the world is now
connecting with Bharat over them. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="6.">6.</a> ‘VYASA BHARATHATHILE YUDHISHTTIRAN’ BOOK RELEASED: </b>
‘Vyasa Bharathathile Yudhishttiran’ (Yudhishttira in Vyasa Mahabharat), authored
by Ranga Hari - senior RSS Pracharak and former Akhil Bharatiya Bauddhik Pramukh
- and published by Kurukshethra Prakashan, was released on July 21 at Ottappalam,
Palakkad district, Kerala. Releasing the book, Metroman E Sreedharan stated that
Yudhishttira gave the message to uphold sathya and dharma and said that Ranga
Hari has accomplished the mission of introducing the greatness of Mahabharata in
the most appropriate style. Renowned Carnatic musician and playback singer
Mannoor Rajakumaran Unni received the first copy of the book.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-sNr8HiXx8hlJaeBxsW70t_7mZvEVWxbT_bT_HR7IKjmF2eoLaeFKF0RbK7mYzo60IkWGqipm37YUFP5VwowiMhSiE_2lx0YHn4WRoSKsJcz17huJZbaW3ynABpuoXkYqhwUAyNbHyFgP0YfLLx9u_aIIv7OeVbgkMOjEAcb9C77MyQR9yDIMGdFeYRw/s1536/RH-1-1536x1025.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1025" data-original-width="1536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-sNr8HiXx8hlJaeBxsW70t_7mZvEVWxbT_bT_HR7IKjmF2eoLaeFKF0RbK7mYzo60IkWGqipm37YUFP5VwowiMhSiE_2lx0YHn4WRoSKsJcz17huJZbaW3ynABpuoXkYqhwUAyNbHyFgP0YfLLx9u_aIIv7OeVbgkMOjEAcb9C77MyQR9yDIMGdFeYRw/s320/RH-1-1536x1025.jpg"/></a></div>
The author Ranga Hari said that Yudhishttira is the only character who is
referred to in all 18 parvas of Mahabharata. He also said that the book
endeavours to prevent society from getting misguided by the wrong notions being
propagated against Mahabharat and the characters in it.<br>
RSS Ottappalam Zilla Sanghchalak Adv Jayaram presided the event which was
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<b><a name="7.">7.</a> ‘REIMAGINING INDIA IN THE GEOPOLITICS OF THE 21’ST
CENTURY’ BOOK RELEASED: </b>RSS Akhil Bharatiya Karyakarini Sadasya, eminent
thinker and author Ram Madhav presided over the book launch ceremony of
‘Reimagining India in The Geopolitics of the 21’st Century’ at Bengaluru on July
30. Ram Madhav spoke about the various aspects of geopolitics, international
affairs and the evolution of Bharat’s foreign policy since independence. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTvAnxLLqg1pZ9dOJiITRMemoJTirr7YY1uvWg7ct-CRm7HR4lZDzzGsQGuC-Lr3FOU6QNfnLDEQGc2F_4KfZfe2Qs1avlafVjFb42j4m2g698rfFTzhl8CWeVcPg_x92PGivsfmJx5AAkEXwJeurYbe17jCdD0RO4MD6FKhwDBely-IR-rjLD5W1opTc/s750/untitled-17-750x394.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTvAnxLLqg1pZ9dOJiITRMemoJTirr7YY1uvWg7ct-CRm7HR4lZDzzGsQGuC-Lr3FOU6QNfnLDEQGc2F_4KfZfe2Qs1avlafVjFb42j4m2g698rfFTzhl8CWeVcPg_x92PGivsfmJx5AAkEXwJeurYbe17jCdD0RO4MD6FKhwDBely-IR-rjLD5W1opTc/s320/untitled-17-750x394.jpg"/></a></div> He
highlighted how Bharat’s image and stature in the world has undergone a complete
transformation ever since Narendra Modi took charge as the Pradhan Mantri in
2014. He said that the book is a reflection of the Young Bharat, who are
confidently marching towards creating an ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ in the ‘Amritkal’
of our nation. He took pride in the fact that a strong and meticulous
scholarship, combined with the revitalized self-confidence is seen throughout
the book.<br>
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<b><a name="8.">8.</a> RASHTRA SEVIKA SAMITI NATIONAL EXECUTIVE MEET CONCLUDED:
</b>The national executive and representative’s meeting of the Rashtra Sevika
Samiti was held from July 21-23, at Reshimbagh, Nagpur. 370 representatives from
38 regions attended this meeting. As per the statistics collected during the
meeting, Rashtra Sevika Samiti has presence in 784 districts with 484 daily,
3077 weekly and 519 monthly shakhas and milans. More than 1200 seva activities
are undertaken by sevikas in various fields like education, health and others.
More than 13000 sevikas attended the various Shiksha Vargs conducted at 188
places.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq3xhrRxSpjXsUaSBrEU17TgACJqu9ZDJBREQNTQPVC2xd_Nv3sSIpnRb50-_Fs-CnjH8-fAPp4VEuUjpvFr2Np-P4pNqdXcirlWS4mTCyPsc6fc9kmhY0r9VPehNaAFuT1ql5Dekx_L18ZkCAb7_bZY0yvhIIFKWB3w-4qeRPfosnVLc3BzKgPoNQqFI/s750/untitled-1-2-750x394.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq3xhrRxSpjXsUaSBrEU17TgACJqu9ZDJBREQNTQPVC2xd_Nv3sSIpnRb50-_Fs-CnjH8-fAPp4VEuUjpvFr2Np-P4pNqdXcirlWS4mTCyPsc6fc9kmhY0r9VPehNaAFuT1ql5Dekx_L18ZkCAb7_bZY0yvhIIFKWB3w-4qeRPfosnVLc3BzKgPoNQqFI/s320/untitled-1-2-750x394.jpg"/></a></div>
During the convention, the current situation, plans for expansion and ways to
strengthen of the work were discussed and analysed. Serious concerns were
expressed regarding the incidents of harassment, heinous atrocities, violence,
and increasing crimes against women at various locations. Discussions were held
on this issue, and action plans were made. A statement on women’s safety in
Manipur was released during the meeting.<br>
Addressing the volunteers at the closing session, Pramukh Sanchalika of the
Rashtra Sevika Samiti Shantakka urged them to prepare workers for societal
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<b><a name="9.">9.</a> FIRST EAST AFRICA SSV CONDUCTED: </b>The first Sangh
Shiksha Varg (SSV) for East Africa was held from July 29 to August 5 at the
Viraj International School, Mlolongo, Kenya. 80 shiksharthis including 62
swayamsevaks and 18 sevikas from four countries - Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and
South Sudan – participated in the varg. There were 31 shiksharthis in Prathamik,
21 in Pravesh and 7 in Praveen Varg. The shareeriks in the morning and evening
included niyudh, yashti, danda, sanchalan abhyas and other activities. Bauddhiks
on sangh personalities, sangh history, shakha and sangh karya-paddhati and Hindu
Dharma provided clarity to the shiksharthis.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVodf8WrkoHNzpa2u8H1ehUDLKFZqxkNLPld7pVBA24u49Jb8zZ6RNBG6joXgDI9EhsUnO5Z5uKJB_DuXHKktWN-AlbNmvN-Q6tBw_zcjJarOyWrAy9LsGFB9Ba6zSJdJ4ln34dQn4Rpo5hnJHhnYrq3MnxOFRoLfyIfBUpZVzX7hdwvvCph0ooljngIA/s1280/IMG-20230808-WA0017.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVodf8WrkoHNzpa2u8H1ehUDLKFZqxkNLPld7pVBA24u49Jb8zZ6RNBG6joXgDI9EhsUnO5Z5uKJB_DuXHKktWN-AlbNmvN-Q6tBw_zcjJarOyWrAy9LsGFB9Ba6zSJdJ4ln34dQn4Rpo5hnJHhnYrq3MnxOFRoLfyIfBUpZVzX7hdwvvCph0ooljngIA/s320/IMG-20230808-WA0017.jpg"/></a></div>
The Samarop Programme on August 5 was attended by 120 invited guests. The
shareerik demonstration included activities learnt in the varg. In his Samarop
address, Jagan Mohan, pracharak for East and West Africa, said that the SSV was
a process to develop dedicated, skillful and self-motivated karyakartas. He said
that Hinduism is gaining acceptance in the world, but is also facing many
challenges. He urged the shiksharthis to dedicate more time and adopt a sangh-centric
lifestyle. The varg concluded with the Dikshant Programme in which the
Vargadhikari Devendra Pathak, Sanghachalak of Tanzania, blessed the shiksharthis.
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<b><a name="10.">10.</a> HSS JAPAN BAL VARG: </b>47 children in the age group of
5 to 15 years participated in the Bal Varg organized by Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh
HSS Japan at Higashi Ojima, Tokyo, on July 22. The varg provided an opportunity
to get together, learn from peers and elders, and foster unity. The children
were divided into two groups aged 5-10 and 11-15. The younger age group had an
ice-breaking indoor games session followed by interactive stories about Bharat.
The older group had an introductory session followed by on-the-spot-skit based
on moral stories. Vishwa Vibhag Sah Samyojak Anil Vartak interacted with them in
the second session. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4mdqHBa2zQCkd9SUiZbDcHmiXysMlqQwqY9IE2eZZ2lvGJwtzJhTC3Wu_RpNMwhJ2eoQBYERjXCjJIywYMWNgpTZMQ087Xqg0OMI6QxpVAiIP8oJGd_z780nRgnFrgOAYsU1KCdkQEyiUPOobXmxcvKS63YLONoTHlfdFxKzxeu3-9UhEbWyf1Fwn3Q/s984/361097662_697866592381742_85895382057593401_n.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="984" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4mdqHBa2zQCkd9SUiZbDcHmiXysMlqQwqY9IE2eZZ2lvGJwtzJhTC3Wu_RpNMwhJ2eoQBYERjXCjJIywYMWNgpTZMQ087Xqg0OMI6QxpVAiIP8oJGd_z780nRgnFrgOAYsU1KCdkQEyiUPOobXmxcvKS63YLONoTHlfdFxKzxeu3-9UhEbWyf1Fwn3Q/s320/361097662_697866592381742_85895382057593401_n.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjOwS_L1MU_iO4GRWOomrusuvgOU7mdbA5MpAgH0W7ACBGoFT7R0P8yXMpQCDxnu4t_Csgr5olFIfx-gv0mfPgVmPjNVkvzhej0gYK2j_8QsOJZkUfN2LfsleUOKOZkz6SIFOg3_xPjwmfSTq1y-W8Ae4KNtGcaSy3NamieoK3hxxVJbSPATjA0DCZVM0/s812/362654572_697866295715105_6057770312093723877_n.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="449" data-original-width="812" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjOwS_L1MU_iO4GRWOomrusuvgOU7mdbA5MpAgH0W7ACBGoFT7R0P8yXMpQCDxnu4t_Csgr5olFIfx-gv0mfPgVmPjNVkvzhej0gYK2j_8QsOJZkUfN2LfsleUOKOZkz6SIFOg3_xPjwmfSTq1y-W8Ae4KNtGcaSy3NamieoK3hxxVJbSPATjA0DCZVM0/s320/362654572_697866295715105_6057770312093723877_n.jpg"/></a></div>
Both the groups came together for the third session of outdoor sangh khels. The
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<b><a name="11.">11.</a> HSS JAPAN SEVIKA VARG: </b>The first ever Sevika Varg
of HSS Japan was conducted on July 22 in the presence of Vishwa Vibhag Sah
Samyojak Anil Vartak. 30 sevikas from different shakhas participated in the
half-day varg held at Komatsugawa Park in Tokyo.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_MbU-iZMoJx02XPTxZg_h_OS5F7xg1gn7hR5Ce7Df5nEFbCb2jzxsQDMMTUVRoTEiyb767qSMPmfIUjV3KBG11ooj0iOAEa984mQ5mUATy8XsHfgU9ZyFJ9cLCEzD54afdm8RsIH_o4el1QVclWFVAu1DX4WpmzUjGKOhr5PwZIr2V0ul6wGJtdTpcOo/s960/362651333_697866269048441_5789108637358939098_n.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_MbU-iZMoJx02XPTxZg_h_OS5F7xg1gn7hR5Ce7Df5nEFbCb2jzxsQDMMTUVRoTEiyb767qSMPmfIUjV3KBG11ooj0iOAEa984mQ5mUATy8XsHfgU9ZyFJ9cLCEzD54afdm8RsIH_o4el1QVclWFVAu1DX4WpmzUjGKOhr5PwZIr2V0ul6wGJtdTpcOo/s320/362651333_697866269048441_5789108637358939098_n.jpg"/></a></div>
In the first session, Anil Vartak gave information on how Sangh started in
Bharat and grew across the globe as Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh. He also addressed
sevikas on their participation, involvement, and role in HSS.<br>
Teams of three sevikas each, who did not know each other, were given a Sanskrit
subhashit one week in advance. The sevikas had to learn the pronunciation,
meaning and importance of the subhashit. In the second session, they presented
the subhashits using various tools like PowerPoint presentation and skits. Dr.
Archana Pandey, doctorate in Sanskrit and a Hindi schoolteacher, was the chief
guest and chaired the session. Khel, basic samata and sanchalan were practiced
in the third session. The varg concluded with the Vishwa Prarthana.<br>
Most of the sevikas were new and attended varg for the first time. Overall, it
was a very fruitful varg which raised awareness, interest, and enthusiasm in
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<b><a name="12.">12.</a> NORTHWEST SAMBHAG KISHORE NIVASI VARG: </b>The
Northwest Sambhag of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh HSS USA conducted the Kishore
Nivasi Varg on July 22-23 at Bellevue and Redmond, Seattle. 20 of the 24
registered kishores attended the varg. The event began at the Redmond Community
Center with ice breakers, debates on the strengths and weaknesses of 2nd
generation Hindu Americans and a charcha on why we do various practices as part
of our culture. This was followed by a session of khel, niyuddha and shikshana
vidhi for khel.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghinOtuMRN6qUiQ6F2iW-_s1f84yHwKppwwXTaEgp8DEs8Woz09U8ztzNV1VKGKstQdTi2yzh3hyhtrSsxDnY8FkM8NBS40pELm_uUdTSPkTk0H_7e0ZRn2dMPcou_Fd8O0GySK0ljh-k9zAFQ5RRaH8QepEey0LYm7nf3OvdQTO1ViEgg-V5RubuOtoo/s1167/IMG_8154.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="875" data-original-width="1167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghinOtuMRN6qUiQ6F2iW-_s1f84yHwKppwwXTaEgp8DEs8Woz09U8ztzNV1VKGKstQdTi2yzh3hyhtrSsxDnY8FkM8NBS40pELm_uUdTSPkTk0H_7e0ZRn2dMPcou_Fd8O0GySK0ljh-k9zAFQ5RRaH8QepEey0LYm7nf3OvdQTO1ViEgg-V5RubuOtoo/s320/IMG_8154.JPG"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFBdtSNxssYaMvu8EM5M8b97bvIdWn4JnKtpj8JMGRhf273c7XFZXXqlCWJ1Y552tREK83xU0TVuPAfuxrBLhLM9iUnu1WDzkKzDTmynZLGhOn-mMg8TItoqqFGXKFxQY7RiZz4-TmcaAlgSAUv1fXdqe5toECOoMg4I3nbz1fsmcxNC3sWydqcu2HLLo/s1167/IMG_8194.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="875" data-original-width="1167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFBdtSNxssYaMvu8EM5M8b97bvIdWn4JnKtpj8JMGRhf273c7XFZXXqlCWJ1Y552tREK83xU0TVuPAfuxrBLhLM9iUnu1WDzkKzDTmynZLGhOn-mMg8TItoqqFGXKFxQY7RiZz4-TmcaAlgSAUv1fXdqe5toECOoMg4I3nbz1fsmcxNC3sWydqcu2HLLo/s320/IMG_8194.JPG"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqaSMVs1gM6vCO3-DvJ3GcvzXL3-aQJKtE5gA79OU6u4uWo9k1Icux_iwYnyTZ5nH2mmNtUA5sByI8UXHHMy3o4vFLeW8IuBjA7Ai_xWsc2gMKpSyWiLSiH0B_wfFF74v_zuXKyVa12PkDeo6furS4EvGgV_yy0sbh71HQjoiFKJdCgcaCP1Trc8oNwf8/s1167/IMG_8262.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="875" data-original-width="1167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqaSMVs1gM6vCO3-DvJ3GcvzXL3-aQJKtE5gA79OU6u4uWo9k1Icux_iwYnyTZ5nH2mmNtUA5sByI8UXHHMy3o4vFLeW8IuBjA7Ai_xWsc2gMKpSyWiLSiH0B_wfFF74v_zuXKyVa12PkDeo6furS4EvGgV_yy0sbh71HQjoiFKJdCgcaCP1Trc8oNwf8/s320/IMG_8262.JPG"/></a></div>
The kishores then split into two groups and went to two apartment complexes for
sampark, reaching over 50 families in random door to door-sampark. A havan was
also conducted during which 108 Gayatri Mantras were chanted. It was a new
experience for most kishores.<br>
On the second day, a demo shakha was planned to showcase shakha for all the
families with whom sampark was done on the day before. Three new families joined
for the shakha. Two karyakartas who had gone as vistaraks shared their
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<b><a name="13.">13.</a> AUM SPIRITUAL CENTER SEWA: </b>On August 2, Pacific
Southwest Sambhag of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh HSS USA participated in the Pran
Pratishtha and 51 Kundi Havan event at Aum Spiritual Center, Hemet. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL1eTKaDJoFu2U4c8oozSScKJPrl6hezpQVNh2hVZ2epgaG2tjWzYBIfnKKPYKV3g7a9JqL3BjvPpMcK-Xruqil_47GGcXS-aI3cQjSYoVDIitujJOMGcK8tJdNbfqejyDvKn-pSlQ3f88gayPPrV86GHNaAW4EDnefjbUl17B0c2JkpqO2-SW2LVqUoM/s1024/image%20%283%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL1eTKaDJoFu2U4c8oozSScKJPrl6hezpQVNh2hVZ2epgaG2tjWzYBIfnKKPYKV3g7a9JqL3BjvPpMcK-Xruqil_47GGcXS-aI3cQjSYoVDIitujJOMGcK8tJdNbfqejyDvKn-pSlQ3f88gayPPrV86GHNaAW4EDnefjbUl17B0c2JkpqO2-SW2LVqUoM/s320/image%20%283%29.jpg"/></a></div> The Vice
Chancellor of Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya Dr. Chinmay Pandya and Shefali
Pandya performed Gayatri Mata’s Pran Pratishtha at the Aum Center. The event
started with a kalash yatra around the parking lot and main hall of the mandir
while singing bhajans led by a devotee of the mandir. Dr Pandya explained in
detail the knowledge and science of Yagya to the devotees.<br>
8 kishores, 5 kishoris, 9 swayamsevaks, 8 sevikas, and 4 balas participated in
the sewa activities which included pre-event arrangements and post-event
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<b><a name="14.">14.</a> KARMA KITCHEN HOSTS COMMUNITY DINNERS AT UNIVERSITIES:
</b>Karma Kitchen is hosting dinner program for university students in New South
Wales and Western Australia. The dinner gives karyakartas an opportunity to
guide and support new students, both local and international. It was introduced
to complement the Hindu Counsellors (Chaplaincy) program in universities.
Currently, the community dinner is provided at the University of Western Sydney,
South Campus every Tuesday. Karma Kitchen is planning to extend this to other
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at promoting Bharat as a destination for medical value travel, the Union Home
Ministry has officially notified the creation of a new visa category called
‘Ayush Visa’. This visa is specifically designed for individuals seeking
treatment under Ayush (Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy) and other
traditional Bharatiya systems of medicine.<br>
The Ayush Ministry confirmed that appropriate amendments have been made to
various chapters of the visa manual, ensuring a seamless and efficient process
for applicants.<br>
Union Minister of Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal, expressed his satisfaction with the
creation of this new visa category, calling it a significant step towards
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THE 1937 ACT DIVIDED INDIA. WILL UCC INTEGRATE IT?<br>
<i>The BJP’s articulators’ understanding of the UCC doesn’t seem to go to the
deep, sordid historical origins of the UCC.</i><br>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt">After the 1937 Act was passed, the
Muslim League emerged as a Muslim mass party and began challenging the
unchallenged Gandhi-led Congress, which had till then total mobilising power
over the Indian masses. The 1937 Act triggered powerful forces of Islamic
religious and communal passions outside the Congress's influence. As the British
and the League had intended, the Act helped the massive shift of the Muslims
from the Gandhi-led Congress. The shift was so huge and so swift that even the
League, which had till then thought of a federal government for Hindus and
Muslims with separation of powers, suddenly shifted gears and asked for
partition. The 1937 Act was passed in October 1937 and within just
two-and-a-half years, in March 1940, Jinnah passed the Lahore partition
resolution.<br>
<b>Article 44 as reaction to the 1937 Act</b><br>
The UCC will not be written on a clean slate, it will be overwritten on the 1937
Shariat Act. What divided the Hindu and Muslim relations by a jhatka and
eventually India itself, was the 1937 Act. The partition could not bridge the
divide, and the continuance of the 1937 Act post Independence continues to make
the Hindu-Muslim relations drift towards a greater split. The UCC is an attempt
to arrest that drift. The BJP’s response to the Congress charge that the UCC
divides is, “Look at the Constitution, it says pass the UCC.” This is a poor
response given the seriousness of the UCC to arrest the drift caused by the 1937
Act. The BJP’s articulators’ understanding of the UCC doesn’t seem to go to the
deep, sordid historical origins of the UCC.<br>
They do not seem to ask themselves the most obvious question — why did the
Founding Fathers of the Constitution engage in strenuous discourse on the need
for a Uniform Civil Code for India, which was after all within the legislative
power of the Parliament? Had the 1937 Act not been passed and subsisted, the
Constituent Assembly would not have wasted its time on the UCC. They could not
allow a separate religious law, that too a law that divided India, to subsist.
Any keen student of the history of the idea of the UCC in India would have known
that the very thought of the UCC in the Constituent Assembly was clearly to undo
the 1937 Shariat Act. The trigger for Article 44 mandating UCC under the
Directive Principles was the 1937 Act, which divided India. The Founding Fathers
did not want to leave it to the political discretion of the lawmakers later to
pass or not to pass the UCC, but made it their constitutional duty. The BJP
should be pointing to the 1937 Act as the cause that split India and that was
why the Founding Fathers had to mandate the UCC as a stitch on the split. The
BJP should be charging those who ruled the country for 70 years with having kept
the split and wound open, which made Hindu-Muslim relations deteriorate instead
of improve in secular India. If the BJP can’t tell the nation about the
historical background of the UCC, which is the 1937 Act, why will the detractors
of the UCC not ask what is the need for a Uniform Civil Code now when there are
scores of other problems facing the nation?<br>
<b>Ambedkar’s challenge to Muslim League</b><br>
The man who fought the case for the UCC in the Constituent Assembly was Dr B R
Ambedkar. He lambasted the League members who argued in the Constituent Assembly
against a common civil code saying Sharia was immutable for Muslims. He
challenged them to deny that up to 1935, the North-West Frontier Province
followed not the Sharia Law, but the Hindu Law, and up to 1937 in the rest of
India, the United Provinces, the Central Provinces and Bombay, Muslims were
largely governed by the Hindu Law in matters of succession. He cited that the
Muslims in North Malabar were till that day following the Hindu Marumakkathayam
(matrilineal) law.<br>
He concluded that no Muslim could say that the framers of the idea of a common
civil code had done great violence to the sentiments of the Muslim community.
Here are the details of the common bases of civil code among Hindus and Muslims
which Dr Ambedkar spoke about. <br>
<b>Common civil law base of Hindu-Muslim society till October 1937</b><br>
Go back to 1937. From Kerala to UP, from Bengal to North-West Province, whether
it was the Hindu-ruled Ajmer-Merwara or Muslim-ruled Awad (Ayodhya), the rules
of Inheritance, Succession, Adoption, or Wills were common for Hindus and
Muslims. See the list.<br>
In Kerala, the local Hindu law of Marumakkathayam prevailed over the Sharia
among Moplah Muslims. In the succession to Tarawad in Malabar in Kerala, in
Muslim families that followed Hindu customs, the Sharia was not applied.<br>
In Punjab and the North-Western Province, now part of Pakistan, local Hindu
customs prevailed over the Sharia. In Punjab, the heart of today’s Pakistan, the
Hindu custom of allowing widows life estate in property prevailed over the
Sharia that give her an absolute share. The customary law of East and West
Punjab did not recognise the Sharia on Iddat, which provided for a divorced
wife’s maintenance only for three months.<br>
In Oudh (Ayodhya) — Muslim-ruled province till 1856 — the custom among the
Muslims for the widows to take a life interest as per Hindu law prevailed over
the Sharia that gave her specific, absolute share. In East and West Punjab, the
custom of adoption prevalent among the Muslims that was contrary to the Sharia,
was recognised by courts. The custom of writing Wills among the Muslims in East
and West Punjab, which was contrary to the Sharia, too, was recognised by
courts. In East Punjab, customs having the force of law were expressly allowed
to prevail over the Shariat.<br>
The Oudh Estates Act passed by Muslim rulers expressly exempted Muslims from the
application of the Sharia. The Nawab of Oudh legislated local customs to prevail
over the Sharia, as in East Punjab. It was identical in Ajmer-Merwara also. In
Madhya Pradesh, too, local customs conflicting with the Sharia prevailed.
Kambojis of Malerkotla state who were predominantly agricultural, were governed
by local custom and not the Sharia in matters of inheritance.<br>
When a large section of people converted from Hinduism to Islam, like the Kutchi
Memons and the Khojas, they continued to be governed by Hindu laws. The same
principle of Hindu law, as in the case of Memons and the Khojas, was applied to
the Sunni Bohras and Molisalam Giriasias in Gujarat. Halai Memons, like the
Kutchi Memons, were governed by Hindu law.<br>
In Madras province, courts refused to apply the Sharia principle that mandated
Muslims to sell their properties only to Muslims. In the Presidency towns of
Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay, local Hindu customs prevailed over the Shariat. In
the mofussil areas of Madras, local customs and usages were allowed to prevail
over the Shariat. <br>
An interesting tailpiece. Despite the Shariat Act 1937, the Muslims of Cooch
Behar were governed only by the Hindu law till, believe it, as recently as July
1, 1980. Only from that date did the government of West Bengal notify the
application of the Shariat Act.<br>
Can anyone deny that the aim of the 1937 Act was to cut off the umbilical links
that existed between the Hindus and the converts?<br>
Economic integration, social diversity <br>
It was this commonality between Hindus and converted Muslims at the local levels
that made them feel like each other was the target of the 1937 Act. The Islamic
Sharia consists of two broad aspects. One, the religious and cultural part; and
two, the economic part. That part of Sharia which consisted of marriage, divorce
and other cultural and social aspects was followed by the converted Muslims even
before 1937. <br>
So, cultural diversity that enabled the converts to follow their own religious
rules existed even before 1937. But the second part, the economic part,
consisted of property rights and inheritance rules.<br>
As in almost the whole of India, local Hindu customs and usage laws of property
and property rights were common to Hindus and Muslims till 1937, which acted as
a powerful social and economic link and kept the converted Muslims integrated
with their ancestral Hindu society. The idea behind the 1937 Act besides giving
separate and formal communal and religious identity to the Muslims, was
psychologically to snap the common rules of property and property rights. The
strategy behind the Shariat Act 1937 was to break that societal bond. The 1937
Act turned two brothers with differences into enemies without a common base in
just under a decade. See the most powerful example of how this transformation
worked. <br>
<b>1937 Act turned brothers into enemies</b><br>
Jinnah belonged to the Khoja Muslim community, also known as Ismailis. Who were
Khojas? Even as late as just a few decades before Jinnah sounded the Islamic
partition bugle, the Holy Book of the Khojas, was not the Quran but Dashavatara.
In Dashavatara, nine Avatars up to Krishna were common between Khoja Muslims and
Hindus. Only the 10th Avatar is different. The tenth Avatar for the Khojas was
Ali, the son-in-law of Prophet Mohammed. In their work, The Aga Khan Case:
Religion and Identity in Colonial India [p55] Purohit, Teena (2001) citing the
famous Aga Khan succession case [1866] in the Mumbai High Court confirm that
fact. In Dashavatara, part of the Ismaili devotional hymns known as Ginans was
the work of Pir Sadruddin, founder of the Khojas and descendent of Prophet’s
son-in-law, Ali. This was cited as Aga Khan’s previous connection with the
Prophet through Ali Pir Sadruddin. As Khojas converted, not as individuals, but
as a community, it was the Hindu law of succession that applied to them, not the
Sharia.<br>
Jinnah, who was born within 10 years of the Bombay High Court judgment that
Khojas did not have Quran as their Holy Text, might not have read the Quran but
perhaps only Dashavatara as he grew up. He himself followed only the Hindu law
till 1937. He ensured even in the 1937 Act he would have the rights of a Hindu
to adopt and also to write a Will. And yet he turned the bitterest enemy of the
Hindus and unleashed a bloodbath when he called for direct action in 1946 to
achieve partition. Like Jinnah, later the grandson of Aga Khan [Aga Khan III]
played a prominent part in the Muslim League and in the creation of Pakistan.
Like in the case of Khojas, Kutchi Memon Muslims who, too, were similarly
converted as a group, the Hindu law, not the Islamic one, applied. Tiger Memon
and Yakub Memon, whose parents and grandparents would have only followed the
Hindu laws, bombed and killed as many as 900 innocents and maimed 2000 in 1993.
The trigger for this massive shift to hostility and enmity was the 1937 Shariat
Act.<br>
The UCC was conceptualised by the Founding Fathers to ensure that post
Independence, Hindu-Muslim relations are not ruined like in the pre-partition
days by the continuation of the 1937 Act. Contrary to the constitutional
mandate, the 1937 law has been allowed to fester for too long. The law that
divided Bharat into India and Pakistan and which the Constitution makers wanted
undone, is now being glorified by pseudo-seculars as integral to the religious
rights of Muslims. This is an utter perversion. The UCC is an attempt – a
belated one though – to right that historic wrong. It calls for deep national
introspection dating back to 1937. Undoubtedly the 1937 Act divided India. Will
the UCC integrate it?<br>
<i>(S Gurumurthy: Editor, Thuglak, and commentator on economic and political
affairs )</i>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#1.">1.
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RAMAYAN MASAM: </b>Ramayan used to be read in Kerala households during
Karkkidakam, the month in the Malayalam almanac coinciding with June – July.
With the influence of communism in the social and political life, people
gradually moved away from it. The Vishal Hindu Sammelan held in Kochi in 1982
called upon the people of Kerala to revive the observance of Ramayan Masam. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQrjUk9dELLL6IYKjxBdMMp7WeIrdBo0tLT7MGyAY0KHKqkoJIdUKtc4tu96Q0Tcum5K6CryzFlU6bP1E4aCA5iAW1BTdhsI4dxQ-yCBZou6skzpcq96EAhF580yB7KLBcyF8Siprz15TZ0Oojt2h_XtJ1M1N83T-i1-rlkRE0kTr3Vd2wlUrN5JZBFE/s1200/17tval2--Karkidaka.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="706" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQrjUk9dELLL6IYKjxBdMMp7WeIrdBo0tLT7MGyAY0KHKqkoJIdUKtc4tu96Q0Tcum5K6CryzFlU6bP1E4aCA5iAW1BTdhsI4dxQ-yCBZou6skzpcq96EAhF580yB7KLBcyF8Siprz15TZ0Oojt2h_XtJ1M1N83T-i1-rlkRE0kTr3Vd2wlUrN5JZBFE/s320/17tval2--Karkidaka.jpeg"/></a></div> The
public meeting, attended by thousands of people, was addressed by Swami
Chinmayananda, Swami Vishweshawara Theertha and the then RSS Sah Sarakaryavah
Prof Rajendra Singh. Thereafter, many mandirs and households started to observe
the Ramayana Month. The modalities of observance were designed by the Vishal
Hindu Sammelan executive committee, presided by AR Sreenivasan. Scholars’ meet,
narration of Ramayana stories in public programmes, quiz competitions, singing
Ramayana songs, seminars, discussions, series of speeches, etc., became part of
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<b><a name="2.">2.</a> MANDIRS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN OUR SANATANI TRADITION:
DR. MOHAN BHAGWAT: </b>On July 22, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Sarasanghchalak
Dr. Mohan Bhagwat inaugurated the world’s biggest International Temples
Convention and Expo (ITCX) at Rudraksh International Convention Centre in
Varanasi. The three-day Mahasammelan was attended by Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, and
Jain representatives from 41 countries. They discussed mandir security,
protection and surveillance, finance management, disaster management,
cleanliness and holiness.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPO8QXE2lEmE0ZoUqDao_O3O4gLusYt6Y1uF1U8Ro_xRBrp1JEfSFEVn1ZKwgMFH5O-3CCFoeAKEeCUyk6U_bLPEwuhjPbINbhfhx_PSW7OQrAHvUCbmsZX9foM23W5DehElIQP-yFkiBp1Vve4FSlMK5MAJYpLOqnbhNDnuQ6Vql8HBVU-DlAGUvmB5c/s450/download%20%2892%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPO8QXE2lEmE0ZoUqDao_O3O4gLusYt6Y1uF1U8Ro_xRBrp1JEfSFEVn1ZKwgMFH5O-3CCFoeAKEeCUyk6U_bLPEwuhjPbINbhfhx_PSW7OQrAHvUCbmsZX9foM23W5DehElIQP-yFkiBp1Vve4FSlMK5MAJYpLOqnbhNDnuQ6Vql8HBVU-DlAGUvmB5c/s320/download%20%2892%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Bhagwat said that Hindu mandirs play an important
role in awakening and nurturing faith and devotion and even the smallest mandirs
in Bharat must be empowered. He also emphasised the need for mandirs to care
about every section of society and highlighted the role of mandir in inculcating
the right values among the youth.<br>
In a letter, Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi extended support to the initiative and
encouraged the participants to make optimum use of this platform and work
towards realising the vision of “Vikas bhi, Virasat bhi.” </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="3.">3.</a> TIME TO QUESTION EURO-CENTRIC IDEAS TO DECOLONISE OUR
MINDS: HOSABALE: </b>Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Sarakaryavah Dattatreya
Hosabale attended the launch of former MP Balbir Punj’s book, ‘Narrative, Ek
Maya Jaal’ on July 28 in New Delhi. Speaking on the occasion, he said that we
have ended up incorporating Euro-centric ideas into our life, education
curriculum, governance, intellectual discourse, media debates and view of our
society. Even though there is a difference between Rashtra and Nation, we
accepted the concept of Nation and the idea of multination states was the
primary reason for the problems in northeast region. He added that it is time to
question the Euro-centric ideas to decolonize our minds and come out of mental
slavery.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMgk2sQtMsIhZ5LfCDT75sYkGWw7FdZ0Gagu2Qc75H0GnjEOfgo5J7UlT9oOtn0NvJZ-r1AmK94zGygwb3Q8K5OnMrsKm9LycVtjoiMODcIaNHdiV5oE5QjKK_zYBjSV-xacD-CqzSLG-jhOqtFRqsOPtHsriZXcOax6KLy0YJnvNqtSIJhpYAFS5p3hU/s679/image-2023-2.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="433" data-original-width="679" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMgk2sQtMsIhZ5LfCDT75sYkGWw7FdZ0Gagu2Qc75H0GnjEOfgo5J7UlT9oOtn0NvJZ-r1AmK94zGygwb3Q8K5OnMrsKm9LycVtjoiMODcIaNHdiV5oE5QjKK_zYBjSV-xacD-CqzSLG-jhOqtFRqsOPtHsriZXcOax6KLy0YJnvNqtSIJhpYAFS5p3hU/s320/image-2023-2.jpeg"/></a></div>
Speaking on his book, Balbir Punj said that he has endeavoured to unravel the
intricate web of narratives that shape our individual and collective identities
so that readers can critically analyse the narratives to discern the truth
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<b><a name="4.">4.</a> PM MODI RECEIVES FRANCE'S HIGHEST CIVILIAN AWARD: </b>
During the two-day visit of Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi to France, he was
conferred with the highest honour of France, the ‘Grand Cross of the Legion of
Honour’, by French President Emmanuel Macron on July 13 at the Elysee Palace in
Paris. This is the highest military and civilian award in France. PM Modi is the
first Bharatiya PM to receive this honour. President Macron also hosted a state
banquet for PM Modi at the iconic Louvre museum on Bastille Day. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfECaPe8GZ51nh3WkPG7n4_1g0jPmBHjWse8sXdiIs0IlwxaTWAq1N-MWhESOMHha5QsoKDthsPiRwiBNVRGhAYLxWdJEr85Okjfw29TsJuMbXDUJc9mYIffRMbprRDfk3s-91O18l8ikpsY6Qsbe3J5sCEgNkpFh5iAU9uCJJxVMfeTnYO6NcNbXv9bc/s324/download%20%2893%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="243" data-original-width="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfECaPe8GZ51nh3WkPG7n4_1g0jPmBHjWse8sXdiIs0IlwxaTWAq1N-MWhESOMHha5QsoKDthsPiRwiBNVRGhAYLxWdJEr85Okjfw29TsJuMbXDUJc9mYIffRMbprRDfk3s-91O18l8ikpsY6Qsbe3J5sCEgNkpFh5iAU9uCJJxVMfeTnYO6NcNbXv9bc/s320/download%20%2893%29.jpeg"/></a></div> The last
foreign dignitary to be hosted for a banquet in the world’s biggest museum on
the right bank of the Seine River was Queen Elizabeth in 1957. Preceding the
state banquet, Modi was the ‘guest of honour’ at the French National Day. A
Bharatiya tri-Services contingent, including IAF aircrafts, participated in the
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<b><a name="5.">5.</a> AKHIL BHARATIYA SHIKSHA SAMAGAM IS CONFLUENCE OF
ANTIQUITY AND MODERNITY: PM MODI: </b>On the occasion of the completion of three
years of National Education Policy-2020, Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi along with
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the ‘Akhil Bharatiya
Shiksha Samagam’ at Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan on July 29.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJnV2Kr2rELdJlMGhV0XEwLFv6aVNTba4Ux7WlM2TEpULEE2Bye0FIJ56eCykGrHxpvLD3QPELXjif6bs3p_WSreoXV5beL7rueM3-ZeiRiNREKDvJkKR66rGhw-4pHSfpGIUXOXVGw4Zi9UYzHxWzHR_Cs9IAXsmKvwWwXuk7hTz_76JOScgLHKa95s/s375/download%20%2894%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="210" data-original-width="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJnV2Kr2rELdJlMGhV0XEwLFv6aVNTba4Ux7WlM2TEpULEE2Bye0FIJ56eCykGrHxpvLD3QPELXjif6bs3p_WSreoXV5beL7rueM3-ZeiRiNREKDvJkKR66rGhw-4pHSfpGIUXOXVGw4Zi9UYzHxWzHR_Cs9IAXsmKvwWwXuk7hTz_76JOScgLHKa95s/s320/download%20%2894%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
While addressing the gathering, PM Modi said that from Kashi’s Rudraksha to the
Mandapam of modern Bharat, Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam is a confluence of
antiquity and modernity. He added that our education system is preserving
Bharat’s traditions while the country is also moving forward in modern science
and technology. Highlighting the importance of the New Education Policy, PM Modi
stated that the NEP has given importance to traditional knowledge system and
futuristic technology in a balanced way.<br>
The two-day programme, held on July 29-30, provided a platform for academics,
sector experts, policymakers, industry representatives, teachers and students
from schools, higher education and skilling institutions, among others, to share
their insights, success stories and best practices in implementing the NEP 2020
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<b><a name="6.">6.</a> BHARAT, UAE SIGN RUPEE-DIRHAM TRADE PACT: </b>On July 15,
the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Central Bank of UAE decided on
strengthening the economic engagement between the two countries by agreeing to
allow exporters and importers from either side to invoice and pay in their
respective domestic currencies - rupee and dirham.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-k8EMcHKfRAiFAg6SWFmeMfX0-KcLnNlpmJ08HcTVG7jgu24mQxGJG3EZlScTGUV7SK6iT801iNKzzYeuSxK3VFu8qavzFwBTd4vcVwD2cdx20r6iUCZuCgx9TP-Lb4g-7TkCTFjiTILFIowoWa0UbCbvddOrogQua-Fk25cU28ERp4ukO0OGDWUtcU/s371/download%20%2898%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-k8EMcHKfRAiFAg6SWFmeMfX0-KcLnNlpmJ08HcTVG7jgu24mQxGJG3EZlScTGUV7SK6iT801iNKzzYeuSxK3VFu8qavzFwBTd4vcVwD2cdx20r6iUCZuCgx9TP-Lb4g-7TkCTFjiTILFIowoWa0UbCbvddOrogQua-Fk25cU28ERp4ukO0OGDWUtcU/s320/download%20%2898%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
An MoU, signed by RBI governor Shaktikanta Das with his UAE counterpart Khaled
Mohamed Balama during PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Abu Dhabi, is seen as aimed at
shielding traders from both sides from fluctuations in exchange rate, while
creating a window for Emirati companies to invest in Bharat given that the UAE
has a trade surplus with Bharat. RBI said that the creation of the Local
Currency Settlement System (LCSS) would enable the development of a Rupee-Dirham
foreign exchange market and promote investments and remittances between the two
countries.<br>
A second MoU dealt with ‘Payments and Messaging Systems’ and includes linking
the Fast Payment Systems (FPSs) — Unified Payments Interface (UPI) of Bharat
with the Instant Payment Platform (IPP) of the UAE. It also envisages linking
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<b><a name="7.">7.</a> HINDU YUVA CHAPTERS RECOGNIZED FOR OUTSTANDING
CONTRIBUTIONS: </b>Several chapters of Hindu YUVA USA have been recognized by
esteemed universities for their exceptional contributions and achievements.<br>
Hindu YUVA at California State - East Bay was honored with the SOLAR Awards 2023
for Outstanding Club/Organization. Their Diwali Milan event, with an attendance
of over 500 students, was the largest ever student event on campus.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQV93uZpGDQTzjwJfCIImeMQPFokwLo-MH5q6nyyBnMr2Ip-W6WUCg3f-1UmbfYOb5fmxvJKvTGSvaBU8ul5IqegguEaLL4kyIiwHlSVRPDELSkyK37rOD3r7QBiKVJzB_abYPuZ-M9N0ZQE5iXlQBxb21cP0QwF_3Ue6WLZPAV5EipkvWeYMYjMX8bz4/s725/358566096_665185392314040_600148561609888580_n.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="725" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQV93uZpGDQTzjwJfCIImeMQPFokwLo-MH5q6nyyBnMr2Ip-W6WUCg3f-1UmbfYOb5fmxvJKvTGSvaBU8ul5IqegguEaLL4kyIiwHlSVRPDELSkyK37rOD3r7QBiKVJzB_abYPuZ-M9N0ZQE5iXlQBxb21cP0QwF_3Ue6WLZPAV5EipkvWeYMYjMX8bz4/s320/358566096_665185392314040_600148561609888580_n.jpg"/></a></div>
Hindu YUVA at UIUC received the Outstanding Asian American Student Organization
Award for its commitment to diversity and contribution to the campus culture
through events like the interfaith celebration of Hindu New Year.<br>
Hindu YUVA at UT Austin has been recognized with the Pillars of the Forty Acres
Exemplary Student Organization award for the chapter’s impactful initiatives
such as their ‘Chai’ Time event organized in collaboration with Texas Hillel.<br>
Hindu YUVA at Rutgers University was presented with the esteemed Spirit of
Rutgers Award in recognition of the chapter’s commitment to the community
through events like annual Guru Vandana.<br>
Hindu YUVA at Northwestern University was honored with the Wildcat Impact Award
for Winter 2023 for the chapter’s outstanding contributions in creating a
positive and inclusive campus environment by providing a safe space for Hindu
students to share their experiences on campus.<br>
Hindu YUVA at Georgia Tech received the Celebrating Student Leadership Award for
starting new initiatives on campus such as the Hygiene and Period Kit packing
event, organized in collaboration with Hillel.<br>
These awards highlight the dedication, hard work, and positive impact that Hindu
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<b><a name="8.">8.</a> BHAGAT SINGH SHAKHA RECEIVED HUMAN AND SPIRITUAL VALUES
AWARD: </b>Bhagat Singh Shakha in Issaquah, WA, USA, received the Kiwanis Club
of Issaquah’s Human and Spiritual Values Award. The Kiwanis Club of Issaquah is
known for its dedication to volunteerism and activism since the Great
Depression. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOwCLsuISHcIFS1T7UzpGnUu5uq4KN2ajz16jDRb9uH5-698BI_XqNxD5nK1kyKcwgl3lLWj86JsiIVPy8qjUyNBsNJY-GXTb0KcwgyrHZLlDhkDSApqMUC4yjZpQ2fx-xYNLhpD5w2SK_LYk0lf0-oDYX4xKt80FTjitJ9j0L0gRJPVKEhaCjrqOggZ4/s590/Screenshot%20%28734%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="527" data-original-width="590" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOwCLsuISHcIFS1T7UzpGnUu5uq4KN2ajz16jDRb9uH5-698BI_XqNxD5nK1kyKcwgl3lLWj86JsiIVPy8qjUyNBsNJY-GXTb0KcwgyrHZLlDhkDSApqMUC4yjZpQ2fx-xYNLhpD5w2SK_LYk0lf0-oDYX4xKt80FTjitJ9j0L0gRJPVKEhaCjrqOggZ4/s320/Screenshot%20%28734%29.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbU8D73iKjBdgVo8h7-kvpycyMNjYwETmgJgmWagXsnLucv3OkMZbGOJhacNFNh4yNTXwD8LgG3m5FsrHU5J-JOKlumBtezBAgoi0ryP_JPiTkZPqSeeF-Edq1NXuwyobEkMk5f0Ixuy90Lsz0DEfnBJQHtgPR01D_jjw_fddKaGZDD7EHafIzHkS0lEw/s422/Screenshot%20%28735%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="422" data-original-width="401" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbU8D73iKjBdgVo8h7-kvpycyMNjYwETmgJgmWagXsnLucv3OkMZbGOJhacNFNh4yNTXwD8LgG3m5FsrHU5J-JOKlumBtezBAgoi0ryP_JPiTkZPqSeeF-Edq1NXuwyobEkMk5f0Ixuy90Lsz0DEfnBJQHtgPR01D_jjw_fddKaGZDD7EHafIzHkS0lEw/s320/Screenshot%20%28735%29.jpg"/></a></div> The Kiwanis Club of Issaquah recognized the work that HSS has done
through the donations from Sewa Diwali, food preparation for the homeless,
COVID-19 community support and partnering with local organisations to raise
awareness about missing Indigenous Women in the community among other
activities. Bhagat Singh Shakha was encouraged to apply for the award by former
leadership in the Kiwanis Club and a current Issaquah city council member
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<b><a name="9.">9.</a> SEVIKA WINTER CAMP IN SOUTH AFRICA: </b>Hindu Swayamsevak
Sangh HSS South Africa conducted winter camp for sevikas on June 24-25 at the
Redcliffe Hindu Sabha. 29 participants from 6 Shakhas were involved in various
activities including yoga, martial arts, yogchaap, drills, meditation, mantra
chanting, discussions and lectures on current topics. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIVUD0vZVpm9LSBrhCCFN_gW2uPES8tZgc_HECGQhLUty7rrrFmeoNPJSRCLHlDnuMIZHw7fp_5CMdNxLSYaopQWnmJvYtart58sZXt_aSkXlaUM8YnyGs21NORDK6sJrOde73OwoVqoPqPbS6jUrgy3SwrI31zDviulWuQe2hOISoiuyJBEHAefcc7VA/s644/Screenshot%20%28737%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="511" data-original-width="644" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIVUD0vZVpm9LSBrhCCFN_gW2uPES8tZgc_HECGQhLUty7rrrFmeoNPJSRCLHlDnuMIZHw7fp_5CMdNxLSYaopQWnmJvYtart58sZXt_aSkXlaUM8YnyGs21NORDK6sJrOde73OwoVqoPqPbS6jUrgy3SwrI31zDviulWuQe2hOISoiuyJBEHAefcc7VA/s320/Screenshot%20%28737%29.jpg"/></a></div> 11 year old Shivali
Lutchman who attended the camp said that the camp helped her with her social
skills, confidence, physical fitness and mental health. Shri Shivaji Shakha in
Phoenix, SA hosted a movie and games day on July 2. An animated version of the
Ramayan was screened and a discussion on Ramayan was conducted. Vasudev Shakha
in Verulam also hosted a games day during the school winter break in which many
Hindu themed games were played. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="10.">10.</a> ASSISTANCE CAMPAIGN BY SEWA BHARTI FOR DELHI FLOOD
VICTIMS: </b>The water level in the Yamuna River in the National Capital Region
of Delhi is still up to two to five feet high. As a result, several residents
are facing significant challenges. Sewa Bharti Delhi has been actively engaged
in relief work in the flood-affected areas of Delhi. More than 250 volunteers
have been deployed at various locations in Delhi where relief camps have been
set up for the flood victims. These camps distributes food, water, medicine, and
other essential supplies to the affected individuals.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikbQMN2Z8F2ISENN8_5GFNZxkaAaPYeX9iZqkXY88XVsewPibAhUvu11WQC_gdh3mFCwS9Lyml_StU9l4WveR7_aifwi03DsSAp6Ueer8Z26MbAWKavfwH6lo3ICehHxyT5YESh6RpupafzY0Mg0ByWAhnyIXBW_AJDDGcEoTDmXlR0ogzs-ua9Q2uaqE/s400/images%20%2824%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikbQMN2Z8F2ISENN8_5GFNZxkaAaPYeX9iZqkXY88XVsewPibAhUvu11WQC_gdh3mFCwS9Lyml_StU9l4WveR7_aifwi03DsSAp6Ueer8Z26MbAWKavfwH6lo3ICehHxyT5YESh6RpupafzY0Mg0ByWAhnyIXBW_AJDDGcEoTDmXlR0ogzs-ua9Q2uaqE/s320/images%20%2824%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
According to Sushil Gupta, Mahamantri of Sewa Bharti Delhi, Sewa Bharti is
connecting supportive families with the marginalized families in society and
making every effort to provide services in the areas affected by the flood.
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<b><a name="11.">11.</a> OVERSEAS STUDENTS ORIENTATION PROGRAM: Vishwa Vibhag
Bengaluru</b> launched its first edition of ‘Nayi Udaan’ program on July 16 at
Oxford College of Engineering. 60 students going to 10 different destinations
including USA, Canada, several European countries and Australia registered for
the program and around 40 students along with 60 guests and parents attended the
event.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKux1IwdpgRInFEqvQagwnbs55QknNKEVvBCp-S0nh6K617gu_-FdWIZNb2bvhf6mQmC1gSEhsRuLuXw1g9JOk00hFYxYFRNInU81ypWJysi9fDQL_kuBQoehC9l8eVGM4aNSIKXsFeoaSdvIWyNM7NK708mkIcDQJDI5-SvnNzLs-N_yqYKFPgUphQR4/s1600/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-07-27%20at%2009.40.42.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKux1IwdpgRInFEqvQagwnbs55QknNKEVvBCp-S0nh6K617gu_-FdWIZNb2bvhf6mQmC1gSEhsRuLuXw1g9JOk00hFYxYFRNInU81ypWJysi9fDQL_kuBQoehC9l8eVGM4aNSIKXsFeoaSdvIWyNM7NK708mkIcDQJDI5-SvnNzLs-N_yqYKFPgUphQR4/s320/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-07-27%20at%2009.40.42.jpg"/></a></div>
Expert panelists who have spent a considerable time as students and
professionals overseas, including some who joined virtually from overseas,
helped answer some of the common questions from students and parents, guided
them on student life in these countries, shared key dos and don’ts and touched
upon a few of the initial challenges they may face.<br>
Prof. Jayadev, Professor in Finance & Accounting at IIM Bangalore, Ms. Nupur
Dave - NRI Counsellor and author and Dr. Karunakar Rai, RSS Bangalore Karyavaha
were also present on the occasion.<br>
On July 22, the program organised by <b>Gujarat Yuva </b>in Karnavati was
attended by 25 students while a few more students from other cities attended
virtually. The program gave practical guidance to the students going abroad,
connected them with the like-minded organisations in the respective countries
and highlighted the importance of their identity outside Bharat. Practical
guidance was provided by panelists who joined virtually from USA and Canada.
Aruna Kathiriya conducted an identity awareness session and Shailesh Patel,
Gujarat Prant Karyavah, gave the concluding motivational guidance. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYpmBNTknWPl_53T7-nG169VL04_aRMQYy3Ljse58AAl8xPAs3r3C3k8zkSRvtphZwTKRvNxDcho5aNhdpTEaueCJEpT7Ll-MQ1vo1GuUUK1-3YKQmVAAkZ4HDG2ObgP8NP3SU6Ti4N2ok67s3AMSKg5b2yR3J2JGQEc4IbELyp4k47SeQEkYDna9zBac/s464/Screenshot%20%28738%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="339" data-original-width="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYpmBNTknWPl_53T7-nG169VL04_aRMQYy3Ljse58AAl8xPAs3r3C3k8zkSRvtphZwTKRvNxDcho5aNhdpTEaueCJEpT7Ll-MQ1vo1GuUUK1-3YKQmVAAkZ4HDG2ObgP8NP3SU6Ti4N2ok67s3AMSKg5b2yR3J2JGQEc4IbELyp4k47SeQEkYDna9zBac/s320/Screenshot%20%28738%29.jpg"/></a></div>
<b>Bharatiya Sanskruti Samvardhak Sanstha, Pune</b>, conducted a 4-hour
programme – ‘GarudBharari’ - on July 9 at Abasaheb Garware College. 150 students
had registered for the programme which had an attendance of over 240 including
students and parents. <br>
The programme included an introduction to RSS through the ‘Sangh Darshan’ video
and a presentation on ‘The Glory of Education in Ancient Bharat’.<br>
Practical guidance was given to students in 6 parallel groups based on the
territories they were heading for. Swayamsevaks who had the experience of
student life in those places guided them through audio-visual means and
addressed their queries. At the same time, parents were informed about the
various sewa activities being conducted through ‘Samarth Bharat Abhiyaan’. Six
representative students were also felicitated by dignitaries.<br>
For the students who were unable to attend the program, an online session was
arranged on July 30 to provide them similar guidance. 35 students, including
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<b><a name="12.">12.</a> CHANDRAYAAN-3 IN DESIRED ORBIT TO BEGIN MOON JOURNEY:
</b>Bharat has launched its third Moon mission, aiming to be the first to land
near its little-explored south pole. The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft with an
orbiter, lander and a rover had lifted off at 14:35 on July 14 from Sriharikota
space centre.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg18K6IJ6iRy3crEhu0z1IJXCnZ4uLprUT5HoM3C5Fv0uEErBu-BNLr35bLkNJ9TFYuPb2UGXK0f1cNHtgsRT2lTHONRHxV7OizAgnhMyRYb-JbbValVwlr52piLNriix-VFLTCa8nZhT1A-XEtYdwHBYaQgPvmmMPE-CaGS9RMxJokn6sxIs7OZwME_6U/s360/images%20%2825%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="219" data-original-width="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg18K6IJ6iRy3crEhu0z1IJXCnZ4uLprUT5HoM3C5Fv0uEErBu-BNLr35bLkNJ9TFYuPb2UGXK0f1cNHtgsRT2lTHONRHxV7OizAgnhMyRYb-JbbValVwlr52piLNriix-VFLTCa8nZhT1A-XEtYdwHBYaQgPvmmMPE-CaGS9RMxJokn6sxIs7OZwME_6U/s320/images%20%2825%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has confirmed that the
Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is now in a 1,27,609 km x 236 km orbit around Earth,
preparing for its Translunar Injection (TLI). The TLI, scheduled for August 1,
will slingshot the spacecraft towards the Moon, marking the beginning of its
lunar journey. Chandrayaan-3 successfully executed its fifth and final
Earth-bound orbit-raising maneuver on July 25, positioning itself for the
crucial next step. This maneuver was performed from the ISRO Telemetry, Tracking
and Command Network (ISTRAC) in Bengaluru.<br>
The Chandrayaan-3 mission aims to demonstrate end-to-end capability in safe
landing and roving on the lunar surface. The spacecraft is expected to land on
the uncharted south polar region of the Moon, where it will conduct
investigations into water, ice, and minerals. This presents a significant
advantage for Bharat, as the South Pole remains a relatively unexplored region
with immense scientific potential.<br>
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<b><a name="13.">13.</a> ISRO SUCCESSFULLY PLACES SEVEN SINGAPOREAN SATELLITES
INTO INTENDED ORBIT: </b>On July 30, ISRO successfully launched its proven PSLV
rocket carrying seven Singaporean satellites and placed them into intended
orbits.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivCS2DmbwdlTxHoyvZ3YLA9brlgHzC2sAL5bR8eTSPFaALZySbZDVTv1X86t4gUr2yz_Qm00AaeWRmClw6oN2GbjQIDo_20wmocXhyZ2ozOQYW7OoYkE-9W269Cv184XOYzY7angodTSQeLYnTKBHrwHjqjV4NLmfXB7YWfUsESlxaqj-248_dYLnxJqA/s341/download%20%28100%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivCS2DmbwdlTxHoyvZ3YLA9brlgHzC2sAL5bR8eTSPFaALZySbZDVTv1X86t4gUr2yz_Qm00AaeWRmClw6oN2GbjQIDo_20wmocXhyZ2ozOQYW7OoYkE-9W269Cv184XOYzY7angodTSQeLYnTKBHrwHjqjV4NLmfXB7YWfUsESlxaqj-248_dYLnxJqA/s320/download%20%28100%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
Around 23 minutes after lift-off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota,
Andhra Pradesh, the primary satellite got separated and it was followed by six
other co-passenger satellites, which were deployed into the intended orbits
sequentially, ISRO said.<br>
The 360-kg satellite, upon deployment at an altitude of 535 km into a
Near-equatorial Orbit (NEO), would be used to support the satellite imagery
requirements of various agencies within the Government of Singapore.<br>
This ISRO mission was undertaken by its commercial arm NewSpace India Limited.
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<b><a name="14.">14.</a> BHARATIYA, JAPANESE SCIENTISTS DISCOVER
600-MILLION-YEAR-OLD OCEAN WATER IN THE HIMALAYAS: </b>As per a release on July
27, researchers, and scientists from the Indian Institute of Science (Bharat)
and Niigata University (Japan) have jointly found and discovered droplets of
water trapped in mineral deposits in the Himalayas that were likely left behind
from an ancient ocean that existed 600 million years ago.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKlSkHw05XWEnKYAtbXSr5hyc7G_W3VSDsa2Ozq-L6OCWlq4XqWF-nAe5IDJBDCW2oM9a5dY8LGJl88YH5Pgl0OlPKPI5iiUYBLoEWoygK4dJkqUrlPAt8NTv3N_XF_62Ud7Y41vQ4V7VGVf44bKPRxr5FSaYh1yt5IlXwBmW1ahb_fsU07LCNZIx57Vk/s375/swh.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="361" data-original-width="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKlSkHw05XWEnKYAtbXSr5hyc7G_W3VSDsa2Ozq-L6OCWlq4XqWF-nAe5IDJBDCW2oM9a5dY8LGJl88YH5Pgl0OlPKPI5iiUYBLoEWoygK4dJkqUrlPAt8NTv3N_XF_62Ud7Y41vQ4V7VGVf44bKPRxr5FSaYh1yt5IlXwBmW1ahb_fsU07LCNZIx57Vk/s320/swh.jpeg"/></a></div>
Sajeev Krishnan, professor at the Center of Earth Sciences mentioned that the
joint research team from the IISc and Niigata University have been working on a
study on the tectonic evolution of the Himalayan and Nagaland Belt for the last
five years. The team which included three researchers from IISC, including
Sanjeev and two students and a professor and student from Japan hunted for these
deposits across a long stretch of the Western Kumaon Himalayas extending from
Amritpur to Milam Glacier and Dehradun to Gangotri Glacier and found the
droplets of water in the rocks.<br>
Prakash Chandra Arya, a PhD (doctoral) student at the Center of Earth Science in
IISc, and first author of the study said that this could provide more clues
about the Earth’s past climate, and this information can be useful for climate
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<b><a name="15.">15.</a> OBITUARY : MADANDAS DEVI: </b>Madandas Devi (81 years),
senior pracharak of RSS, former Rashtriya Sangathan Mantri of the ABVP and
former Sah Sarakaryavah of RSS passed away at Rashtrotthan Hospital in Bengaluru
at 5 am on July 24. His mortal body was brought to Pune on July 25 and placed at
Sangh’s Motibaug office for last darshan. Later, Madandasji’s nephew Radheshyam
Devi performed the last rites at Vaikunth crematorium.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRPsB_DlSLHCiVpLi2Wz1w9v_MICCQkRNeaFek5X4Xuqvgq2XOK0IaOKnWvYoBQpWKS2Rb9xNapUoiERtCB86lwQyC1fuGBC0Va6CsquUK98sCnAgRGCl9yovUIlsX94fpWlEfQ9eJXYob3UG0kxE3JLHUKFAhPI1jsnbL1dgNcVKyKyZiuoDHbac278s/s429/download%20-%202023-07-31T201642.717.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="249" data-original-width="429" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRPsB_DlSLHCiVpLi2Wz1w9v_MICCQkRNeaFek5X4Xuqvgq2XOK0IaOKnWvYoBQpWKS2Rb9xNapUoiERtCB86lwQyC1fuGBC0Va6CsquUK98sCnAgRGCl9yovUIlsX94fpWlEfQ9eJXYob3UG0kxE3JLHUKFAhPI1jsnbL1dgNcVKyKyZiuoDHbac278s/s320/download%20-%202023-07-31T201642.717.jpeg"/></a></div>
Madandas Devi was born on July 9, 1942 in Karamala Village, Solapur, Maharashtra.
He became a swayamsevak in childhood through his brother Kushaldas Devi. He
competed his M.Com from BMCC Pune, was a LLB Gold Medalist from the ILS Law
College and also completed his Chartered Accountancy. He joined Akhil Bharatiya
Vidyarthi Parishad in 1964 and was given the responsibility as Secretary of
Mumbai in 1966. In 1968, he became a full timer and was the ABVP Organising
Secretary for the Western Zone. From 1970 to 1992 he was the National Organising
Secretary of ABVP. In 1993 Madandasji was given the responsibility as Sah
Sarakaryavah of RSS. He was one of the founding members of the Swadeshi Jagran
Manch (SJM) in 1991, along with Dattopant Thengadi, M.G. Bokare and others. He
also coordinated between the RSS and BJP when the NDA Government headed by Atal
Bihari Vajpayee was at the Centre.<br>
While paying tribute to Madandasji after his last rites, RSS Sarasanghchalak Dr.
Mohan Bhagwat said that Madandasji did a great job of activating every person
who came in contact with him in some kind of social work by inspiring him with
thoughts and inner affection. He added that following his teachings and
increasing the work will be a real tribute to him.<br>
RSS Sarakaryavah Dattatreya Hosbale, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Bharatiya
Janata Party National President J. P. Nadda and other dignitaries also attended
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<b><a name="16.">16.</a> BHARATIYA-CANADIAN SHUVALOY MAJUMDAR WINS PRESTIGIOUS
SEAT IN HOUSE OF COMMONS: </b>In a significant electoral breakthrough for the
community, a Bharatiya-Canadian candidate Shuvaloy Majumdar has captured the
prestigious Calgary Heritage seat in the House of Commons that was once
represented by the then Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He won the seat in the
Alberta Province in a federal by-election on July 24.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHMSV8UkVrIFBhaCXZo4Ogib6HoBtlyhZv9CNWwQ3WaKNVtKD7wCPJDOIBVX3lI_SXA2TLIj6PDzPOGYPoSpz7CqT80Yd5tl-PPmIGtY0YQjWOuAK_aIC1_YFEnR40v11bXgf11HQQGkimm7rzmZ6wfjWvmq003drr92yJu2c3s09Ew-L7D_B366P7jaI/s266/majumdar.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHMSV8UkVrIFBhaCXZo4Ogib6HoBtlyhZv9CNWwQ3WaKNVtKD7wCPJDOIBVX3lI_SXA2TLIj6PDzPOGYPoSpz7CqT80Yd5tl-PPmIGtY0YQjWOuAK_aIC1_YFEnR40v11bXgf11HQQGkimm7rzmZ6wfjWvmq003drr92yJu2c3s09Ew-L7D_B366P7jaI/s320/majumdar.jpeg"/></a></div>
Majumdar was born in Calgary to immigrants from Bharat and spent time working in
both Iraq and Afghanistan in the early 2000s. Known for his expertise in foreign
policy and national security spheres, Majumdar had earlier worked in the office
of Stephen Harper, when he was the Prime Minister. He also worked as an adviser
in the office of Canada’s foreign minister in the Harper government.<br>
Following that stint in the government, he was involved with think tanks, most
recently as a senior fellow with the Ottawa-based Macdonald Laurier Institute (MLI).
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<b><a name="17.">17.</a> BHARATIYA-AMERICAN NISHA BISWAL BECOMES DEPUTY CEO OF
US FINANCE AGENCY: </b>Bharatiya-American policy expert Nisha Biswal was
confirmed by the Senate to serve as Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the
United States International Development Finance Corporation. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge2EFqPToZkhO2hxs8iKEEhKyGxHcBi6U6NXD2Y8UnzGCQ5WwFDAJcttvzgIF_xO-lNuglnNVZ0x5PVnZ9ebg7jqr8JMVPX843KsMkZ0UtR7hYbabY5CfhIAIWw3gQDFH9lZZ9XCVPaHImbMtSuLv1NP2BK5NDcOtEA2g6m5IVe58jM5XHglHWi60Q2GE/s286/usapost.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="165" data-original-width="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge2EFqPToZkhO2hxs8iKEEhKyGxHcBi6U6NXD2Y8UnzGCQ5WwFDAJcttvzgIF_xO-lNuglnNVZ0x5PVnZ9ebg7jqr8JMVPX843KsMkZ0UtR7hYbabY5CfhIAIWw3gQDFH9lZZ9XCVPaHImbMtSuLv1NP2BK5NDcOtEA2g6m5IVe58jM5XHglHWi60Q2GE/s320/usapost.jpeg"/></a></div> She has a
high-profile career of over 30 years with experience in US foreign policy and
international development programmes within the White House, US Congress and the
private sector. Ms. Biswal currently holds the position of Senior Vice President
for International Strategy and Global Initiatives at the US Chamber of Commerce.
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<b><a name="18.">18.</a> RUCHIRA KAMBOJ BECOMES CHAIR OF COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT: </b>Bharat’s permanent ambassador to United Nations Ruchira Kamboj
assumed the chair of the 62nd Session of the Commission for Social Development
and stressed its crucial role in addressing social challenges.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR0DoQ4319l6r7zJisnCFLF4bXEPyYc3LzhuWU33lVteXowrsc5bQ78rHwPsD4dTC2iQtdCEONC-h72Hkl6VZnyC7v-y9ncvOC2Bll0mKPR4_roqViI_4HLhPX78aIAnl-_yp9ZUucJf6_Qx6N3eFa32TmoXcnYOT2LiPDZQZ4nC1d_mxYBOaxmVHDReA/s259/images%20%2826%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR0DoQ4319l6r7zJisnCFLF4bXEPyYc3LzhuWU33lVteXowrsc5bQ78rHwPsD4dTC2iQtdCEONC-h72Hkl6VZnyC7v-y9ncvOC2Bll0mKPR4_roqViI_4HLhPX78aIAnl-_yp9ZUucJf6_Qx6N3eFa32TmoXcnYOT2LiPDZQZ4nC1d_mxYBOaxmVHDReA/s320/images%20%2826%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
Earlier, on February 15, Bharat was elected as the Chair of the 62nd Session of
the Commission for Social Development, marking a momentous occasion, as it is
the first time since 1975 that Bharat has held the position. The Commission for
Social Development’s main responsibility is to review, on a periodic basis,
issues related to the follow-up and implementation of the Copenhagen Declaration
on Social Development and the Program of Action of the World Summit for Social
Development and the outcome of the twenty-fourth special session of the General
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<b><a name="19.">19.</a> SHRI VISHWA NIKETAN</b>: Pravas: Vishwa Vibhag Sah
Samyojak Anil Vartak has returned to Bharat Visitors: Pradeep Sharma - USA,
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<b>FOOD FOR THOUGHT:</b> “The world is indeed a mixture of truth and
make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.” <i>— Swami
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<b>DHARMOCRACY, THE INDIAN VERSION OF DEMOCRACY</b><br>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt">“2023 BC” – blared the headline of
an English daily published from Kolkata. It had a picture of the saints of the
Adheenams from Tamilnadu standing in the well of the parliament while Prime
Minister Narendra Modi was installing the Sengol near the Speaker’s podium. “Is
this the noble mansion that we had dreamed of?”, it cynically lamented.<br>
Many other commentaries followed discussing the significance or otherwise of the
new parliament building and the Sengol. While the supporters elatedly declared
the arrival of Hindu Rashtra, the critics bemoaned the death of the spirit of
free India as envisioned by leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru.<br>
In the hyper-animated debate, too little attention was paid to what the Prime
Minister, the prime mover of the project, had said at the inauguration. He did
not dismiss the important contributions after independence, nor did he proclaim
taking India back to any bygone era. He acknowledged that after losing so much
during the colonial rule, India began its new journey after independence and
that “journey has gone through many ups and downs, overcoming many challenges”,
and now entered the ‘Amrit Kaal’ of independence. “Preserving the heritage and
forging new dimensions of development” will be the leit motif of the Amrit Kaal,
Modi averred.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhakZJRJiFGiTK7JbdKQvNO5DPR1V8CoPK4VsMHA2cpnixTIk7jl4tvYgWJ8fY9JvrMSS4JUKl7A9pv3W8IGg93pVcZ1t24wIBuX3ao6q3TC6PBOX4abTA7NWsW1T1HFvWJFdkYpa_lEqBrP-mtwNSG2TUaIincZXFq4PzQZhU5jBEQ8NMH53dE6I3ubwQ/s301/rmai.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="167" data-original-width="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhakZJRJiFGiTK7JbdKQvNO5DPR1V8CoPK4VsMHA2cpnixTIk7jl4tvYgWJ8fY9JvrMSS4JUKl7A9pv3W8IGg93pVcZ1t24wIBuX3ao6q3TC6PBOX4abTA7NWsW1T1HFvWJFdkYpa_lEqBrP-mtwNSG2TUaIincZXFq4PzQZhU5jBEQ8NMH53dE6I3ubwQ/s320/rmai.jpeg"/></a></div>
People plunged into the last twenty-five years of the freedom struggle with the
aspiration of building a developed India. Modi surmised that the new parliament
will be the place to realise those aspirations in the next twenty-five years
towards the centenary of independence.<br>
Seventy-five years ago, it was Jawaharlal Nehru who was at the wheels of
independent India’s government. He led the country through the first seventeen
years, or “Six Thousand Days” as Amiya Rao and B G Rao, the bureaucrats served
under him called it. He too had a vision for building a developed India.
Socialism was the path chosen by him to achieve that.<br>
At the stroke of midnight on 14-15 August 1947, standing in the parliament
building built by British architects Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker in 1927,
Nehru delivered his historic address to the just-independent nation. He called
the moment rare in history when the soul of a nation, “long suppressed, finds
utterance”. He called it end of an age and a nation’s stepping out “from the old
to the new”.<br>
Interestingly, Modi too called the moment of the inauguration of the new
parliament “immortal forever” and will “etch an indelible signature on the
forehead of history”. If Nehru believed in democracy and constitutionalism, Modi
too insisted that the “democracy is our inspiration, our Constitution is our
resolve”.<br>
But Modi’s vision, irrespective of the idiomatic approximation with some
Nehruvian ideals, markedly differs from that of Nehru. Many rightly see it as
the demise of that Nehruvian vision. Some revel in it while some repent. Nehru
appreciated India’s age-old civilisation but abhorred its manifestation in its
religion and culture. In objecting to the participation of President Rajendra
Prasad in the consecration ceremony of the Somnath temple in March 1951, Nehru
insisted that a secular government cannot associate itself with such a ceremony,
which was “revivalist in character”.<br>
Modi, and the ruling establishment – for that matter a majority of the
countrymen – do not see cultural and religious symbols of India as anti-secular
or revivalist. In fact, secularism draws from the ancient Indian religious and
cultural traditions, which upheld pluralism and celebrated diversity. Modi
presented the new parliament building as the “ideal representation of both the
modern and ancient coexistence”. Sacred Sengol in the epicentre of
state-of-the-art parliament marked that “ideal representation”.<br>
Nehru called religion obsolete and saw a dichotomy in culture and modernity.
Nehruvians detest religion of the majority and endorse communalism of the
minority. How else can one explain Rahul Gandhi’s ridiculing of “prostration”
before the Sengol and declaration of Muslim League as secular?<br>
But there was Mahatma Gandhi, for whom politics bereft of religion was a sin. He
declared that his politics and “all other activities were derived from my
religion”, and admonished Nehruvians that they “do not know what religion is”.<br>
The Constituent Assembly witnessed intense debates between the so-called
modernists and the Gandhians. At one point, looking at the draft constitution, a
member from South India indignantly asked, “where is Gandhi in it?”<br>
After independence, Gandhi was installed outside the parliament while the inside
was overwhelmed by the Nehruvian vision. Gandhi continues to be there outside
the new parliament building. But the Sengol – representing Gandhi’s Ram Rajya,
the “Dharma Rajya” – is inside the parliament now.<br>
Having established post-Nehruvian symbolism, the government has to now establish
those values in governance and national life. As Modi pointed out in his
address, democracy is in the genes of this ancient society. It never was
majoritarian. Gandhi described it as a system where “the weakest shall have as
much power as the strongest”.<br>
Deen Dayal Upadhyay, eminent thinker and propounder of BJP’s political
philosophy of Integral Humanism, insisted that democracy “is not merely the rule
of the majority. Therefore, in any form of democracy in India, election,
majority and minority… all must be combined and harmonised at one place. Anyone,
who has a different opinion from the majority, even if he is a single
individual, his viewpoint must be respected and incorporated into the
governance”. That is Dharmocracy, the Indian version of democracy.<br>
Sengol represent that Dharmocracy, or true spirit of our Constitution, where
fundamentalisms of all hues are rejected and justice to every citizen and
appeasement of none is the rule of law. Tolerating one form of fundamentalism,
whether in the name of secularism or majoritarianism, will lead to the rise of
the other.<br>
One of the several definitions of Dharma is “Dhaarayati iti Dharmah” – meaning
“Dharma is one that unites”. Nehruvian politics thrived on social divisions and
minority-majority syndrome. Prime Minister exhorted that achieving unity with
the spirit of “Nation First” would be his priority.<br>
By the way, 2023 BC was when the Indus Valley Civilisation thrived in India. It
was the most advanced among the contemporaries like Mesopotamian, Greek and
Chinese.<br>
Sometimes, leaning backwards, we actually surge forward. <br>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#1.">1.
FESTIVALS: ADHIK MAAS</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#2.">2.
PROGRAMS OF SARASANGHACHALAK DR. MOHAN BHAGWAT</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#3.">3. MIGRANT
PAKISTANI HINDU DOCTORS FORUM'S PROGRAMME</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#4.">4. RSS
AKHIL BHARATIYA PRANT PRACHARAK BAITHAK </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#5.">5. IBC
CELEBRATED ASHADHA PURNIMA</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#6.">6. GURU
POORNIMA UTSAVS</a></b></font></td>
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LONG ‘DARSHANA’ EXHIBITION AT BARRON ARTS CENTER</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#8.">8. BALA
DARSHANA CONTEST CONDUCTED IN RAGHAV VIBHAG</a></b></font></td>
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HERITAGE CAMP CONDUCTED IN MOZAMBIQUE</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#10.">10. SEWA
AT IRELAND BRAHMAKUMARI CENTRE</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#11.">11. HSS
VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPATED IN JULY 4 CELEBRATIONS</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#12.">12. HSS
APPRECIATED TEACHERS NATIONWIDE DURING ITS GURU VANDANA EVENTS</a></b></font></td>
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SUKHMANI SAHIB PATH ORGANIZED BY HINDU SIKH UNITY FORUM IN CANADA</a></b></font></td>
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AAPI CONVENTION</a></b></font></td>
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PEOPLE RECITE BHAGAVAD GITA IN TEXAS</a></b></font></td>
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BHARATIYA COMMUNITY COUNTERED PRO-KHALISTANI PROTESTERS</a></b></font></td>
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PRESS CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#18.">18. RSS
ORGANISED SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND SELF-EMPLOYMENT ACTIVITIES IN MANIPUR</a></b></font></td>
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BHARAT SENT 10,000 METRIC TONS OF WHEAT TO AFGHANISTAN</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#20.">20.
BHARAT’S FIRST INDIGENOUSLY BUILT 700 MW NUCLEAR REACTOR STARTS
OPERATIONS</a></b></font></td>
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BHAGWAN HANUMAN UNVEILED AS OFFICIAL MASCOT OF ASIAN ATHLETICS
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HONOURS 101-YEAR-OLD SIKH WORLD WAR II VETERAN</a></b></font></td>
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ADHIK MAAS: </b>Adhik Maas comes every three years and is a very special month
in the Hindu calendar. This month is also called Mal Maas, Purushottam Maas,
Malimmacha and Londa Maas.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgps84QyeM0LI5xUo-YUhZwQ8veZgCfV_LYSi719zf3mD1rd_gAPUKOgHbEJkA6e87g2SeLEKaGtZuwccaqvgB-lasZqVz2xJ7NFMuAtUmPDwCcByZ2lpTHASm1bgLh7P2prp6-MF3ZhBBQr6XCYTdmbmqcAYD04JoK9Wan_WHw6hSicSjCXu-jLDkDWOw/s458/download%20%2880%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="248" data-original-width="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgps84QyeM0LI5xUo-YUhZwQ8veZgCfV_LYSi719zf3mD1rd_gAPUKOgHbEJkA6e87g2SeLEKaGtZuwccaqvgB-lasZqVz2xJ7NFMuAtUmPDwCcByZ2lpTHASm1bgLh7P2prp6-MF3ZhBBQr6XCYTdmbmqcAYD04JoK9Wan_WHw6hSicSjCXu-jLDkDWOw/s320/download%20%2880%29.jpeg"/></a></div> In all the lunar months of the Hindu calendar, there
is a single Sankranti point when the sun moves from one zodiac to another, and
it happens only once during the entire span of the lunar month. All the lunar
months without the Sankranti are marked as Adhik Maas, which is observed
approximately every three years. In 2023, Adhik Maas starts on July 18 and ends
on August 16. Since it falls in the Shravana Maas, it is also called Shravana
Adhik Maas. No festivals fall in this month, and marriage ceremonies,
housewarming ceremonies and other auspicious occasions are avoided during this
time period. Some rituals of this month include Akhanda Deepa, where a lamp is
kept lit throughout the month continuously, Naktha Bhojana, which is complete
fasting during the day and taking just one meal at night and Vishnu Panchaka
Vratha, which are five fasts during the month on Shravana Nakshatra day, two
Ekadashis, Pournami and Amavasya. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="2.">2.</a> PROGRAMS OF SARASANGHACHALAK DR. MOHAN BHAGWAT: </b>While
speaking at a book release event in Pune on July 5, where eight volumes of the
original Valmiki Ramayana were released, RSS Sarasanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat
said that the world has so far failed to find answers to several questions and
now thinks that Bharat can provide the solutions. He added that the work of
national awakening is ongoing and the country needs intellectual Kshatriyas. Dr.
Bhagwat also stated that protecting Dharma involves counteracting, enlightening,
researching, and practicing.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhar9fwbilj3Ruq1C6MfIFHV_PNZ26_GY5oMac_ver87F8Cphe1lwR9T8ALBDIJDLt-QCgI6_IhU9DmvYGMHcRwBivTno8m-xiOjzkV6xPDCSLI2oTFiq4btW6q2meKqWvpy4ntH7ZYkaGSCvMbKCQwI5UUjMTrIPrk5isMbhBaO2qxMh3akaM3ugHCuRc/s696/StubandhMaMohanji.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="696" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhar9fwbilj3Ruq1C6MfIFHV_PNZ26_GY5oMac_ver87F8Cphe1lwR9T8ALBDIJDLt-QCgI6_IhU9DmvYGMHcRwBivTno8m-xiOjzkV6xPDCSLI2oTFiq4btW6q2meKqWvpy4ntH7ZYkaGSCvMbKCQwI5UUjMTrIPrk5isMbhBaO2qxMh3akaM3ugHCuRc/s320/StubandhMaMohanji.jpg"/></a></div>
On July 4, speaking at the release of a Marathi translation of the biography of
RSS pracharak late Laxmanrao Inamdar, written in Gujarati by Narendra Modi and
Rajabhai Nene decades ago, Dr. Bhagwat said that organising Hindus did not
amount to opposition to Muslims and Christians. He added that the foundational
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<b><a name="3.">3.</a> MIGRANT PAKISTANI HINDU DOCTORS FORUM'S PROGRAMME: </b>On
July 3, an event was organised in Ahmedabad by Pakistani-origin Hindu doctors
and their families to thank the government for ensuring that such doctors got a
permanent registration for practising in Bharat after clearing an exam from the
National Medical Commission. The organisers announced that as many as 50
Gujarat-based Pakistani Hindu doctors, who were already awarded Bharatiya
citizenship, have cleared the exam conducted a few months back.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAZAuDEkUHTBX4v2kh9BnxtcS7_Jr6iYjn5BXWUp9SMU9DjRICOUgHdtsvKLuuHEGTjH_Lkx3kHBCoxs_nacLxzJYhF72507kBFpj7T6nGuC6RK5rsB61JuGDO6QS_sPquOKLG_senjiP6qh2moJBBZ8jjYBD61eQM4d8uIgcjPhgxo7g0dO_7rYjKl00/s300/download%20%2881%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAZAuDEkUHTBX4v2kh9BnxtcS7_Jr6iYjn5BXWUp9SMU9DjRICOUgHdtsvKLuuHEGTjH_Lkx3kHBCoxs_nacLxzJYhF72507kBFpj7T6nGuC6RK5rsB61JuGDO6QS_sPquOKLG_senjiP6qh2moJBBZ8jjYBD61eQM4d8uIgcjPhgxo7g0dO_7rYjKl00/s320/download%20%2881%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
Speaking on the occasion, RSS Sarakaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale said that he is
happy to be among the people who have again become citizens of Bharat. He added
that CAA was an attempt to fast-track the process of granting citizenship to
persecuted minorities of Pakistan and Bangladesh.<br>
Speaking on the occasion, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel said that
migrant Hindu doctors have made a successful journey from darkness to light. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="4.">4.</a> RSS AKHIL BHARATIYA PRANT PRACHARAK BAITHAK: </b>The
Akhil Bharatiya ‘Prant Pracharak Baithak’ of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
discussed ways to make RSS shakhas more aligned with their social
responsibilities and encourage them to be more proactive. This annual baithak
was held from July 13-15 in Ooty (Nilgiris district), Tamil Nadu.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig13yzL353F7szUyBbpHOEml97v86Y_ryuJ2pu2a6I7N_69_AQD0u4aw-E1Oyw6Z7OSTHdiiIHPHs7nHhT-LPjN9as7M7p74dIdION4GjFRnGhsEJLiP_Kop_wzyLf7JJ6lniAZVW5HOD2A06BA-S5eaWd3MYGy4WDlkZEpOdygq_kjOM-0SgXu1j-wv8/s1024/pracharak_bAB.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig13yzL353F7szUyBbpHOEml97v86Y_ryuJ2pu2a6I7N_69_AQD0u4aw-E1Oyw6Z7OSTHdiiIHPHs7nHhT-LPjN9as7M7p74dIdION4GjFRnGhsEJLiP_Kop_wzyLf7JJ6lniAZVW5HOD2A06BA-S5eaWd3MYGy4WDlkZEpOdygq_kjOM-0SgXu1j-wv8/s320/pracharak_bAB.jpg"/></a></div>
During the baithak, serious concerns were expressed about the current situation
in Manipur. Efforts were being made by the RSS swayamsevaks to create an
environment of peace, mutual trust, and provide necessary assistance to the
affected families in Manipur. The baithak also discussed the expansion of relief
efforts for the affected people by the RSS volunteers. All sections of society
were urged to contribute to fostering mutual harmony and establishing peace.
Additionally, a call was made to the government to take every possible action
for permanent peace and rehabilitation. <br>
The baithak reviewed the service activities conducted by Sangh for the people
affected by recent floods in Mandi, Kullu, and other districts of Himachal
Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Delhi. Immediate measures were considered. Updates on
actions taken in various states during recent calamities were also shared with
everyone.<br>
The Sangh shakhas undertake various social and service activities according to
their social responsibilities and the needs of the surrounding areas. The
baithak included discussions on the details of such activities and the exchange
of experiences. Plans were made to enhance the active involvement of each sangh
shakha in this direction.<br>
In the year 2023, a total of 105 Sangh Shiksha Varg were conducted, including
the Sangh’s Pratham, Dwitiya, and Tritiya Varsha, with total participation of
21,566 shiksharthis from across the country. Among them, 16,908 shiksharthis
below the age of forty years and 4,658 shiksharthis between the ages of forty to
sixty-five years participated.<br>
According to the data received in the baithak, 63,724 daily Shakhas of the Sangh
are operating at 39,451 locations across the country, along with 23,299 Saptahik
Milans (weekly gatherings) and 9,548 Masik Mandalis (monthly circles) at other
places. The baithak also reviewed the future expansion of activities and the
Shatabadi Vistarak Yojana (centenary expansion plan) of Sangh for the upcoming
centenary year. <br>
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<b><a name="5.">5.</a> IBC CELEBRATED ASHADHA PURNIMA: </b>The International
Buddhist Confederation (IBC) celebrated Ashadha Purnima on July 3, as the Dharma
Chakra Pravartana Divas at National Museum, Janpath, New Delhi, under the aegis
of Ministry of Culture, Government of Bharat. It is the annual flagship event of
IBC on the second most sacred day for Buddhists after the Buddha Purnima. The
day marks Buddha's first teaching, after attaining Enlightenment, to the first
five ascetic disciples (pañcavargiya) on the full-moon day of Ashadha at ‘Deer
Park', Rishipatana Mrigadaya in the present day Sarnath, near Varanasi.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZGRJrQMdLFdvbT5TuXXCmGZ4NeciSK2jI6wISg1EFvw0D698DBcVtjNjo2yi4EB-yYh2RV54n5xJ-tN3G-UVrI0IYJob0PiIaxCJBapSeGXhHc9YUY-rTKodGGV5S0lhcqp4GI-9XFZatU-bCsY8xdADSdEAiQC299EhPbUufetGR2eulQLrnNSUeog/s602/image001VDQV.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZGRJrQMdLFdvbT5TuXXCmGZ4NeciSK2jI6wISg1EFvw0D698DBcVtjNjo2yi4EB-yYh2RV54n5xJ-tN3G-UVrI0IYJob0PiIaxCJBapSeGXhHc9YUY-rTKodGGV5S0lhcqp4GI-9XFZatU-bCsY8xdADSdEAiQC299EhPbUufetGR2eulQLrnNSUeog/s320/image001VDQV.jpg"/></a></div>
The programme included Dhamma talk on the significance of Ashadha Purnima by His
Holiness 12th Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa and the special address by Minister of
Culture and External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi. Many other dignitaries and
patriarchs of Buddhist sanghas, eminent masters, scholars, and diplomatic
representatives based in New Delhi participated in the event.<br>
In a recorded message, Rashtrapati Droupadi Murmu called upon the youth to learn
from the teachings of the Buddha, to enrich themselves and immensely contribute
to building a peaceful society, nation, and world. Minister of State for Culture
and External Affairs, Meenakashi Lekhi described a lay person's journey to
attain the level of a Bodhisattva and said that right actions can change our
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<b><a name="6.">6.</a> GURU POORNIMA UTSAVS: </b>On July 9, swayamsevaks and
sevikas of the Gandhiji Shakha - South East Zone of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh HSS <b>Trinidad
and Tobago</b>, observed Guru Poornima Utsav. Hosted at the Chandrasekhar Vishnu
Mandir in Rio Claro; the program consisted of bhajans, sangh geets and verses
from the Ramcharitamanas.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVqqPTatPlDfcrkGBCWs4qARXpSh0v4-xLLtrZX-gcXlPUsUxSn3CaCLzZocSNtnqQ92A_U1lZdU0gnkj_70-evpoz2pnlhJgv4h2QGA2ihnqEsADGUCvJ7VglpVRkJZyWWMk6nRHfhb3mFXzgy5y0n37gqS8ffvqYhby3MqOe6r0DNP53MFFqvumtAZw/s2048/gurupujaTT.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVqqPTatPlDfcrkGBCWs4qARXpSh0v4-xLLtrZX-gcXlPUsUxSn3CaCLzZocSNtnqQ92A_U1lZdU0gnkj_70-evpoz2pnlhJgv4h2QGA2ihnqEsADGUCvJ7VglpVRkJZyWWMk6nRHfhb3mFXzgy5y0n37gqS8ffvqYhby3MqOe6r0DNP53MFFqvumtAZw/s320/gurupujaTT.jpg"/></a></div> Around 30 people including parents, well-wishers, and
the community group ‘Friends in Dharma’ attended the event. HSS National
Sanghachalak Deoroop Teemal delivered the Guru Poornima sandesh. Gandhiji Shakha
was started in 1985 in Rio Claro on August 31 – the Independence Day of Trinidad
and Tobago.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3qbjfoOawZ4Y0zS2b25IvqzHjlaQU3wauhDS1RsbP7M_N-rKuyNL8qzAGbk2kordEBbeYGLxaMHVyeMOTsn05Ko4epCBHMcSSRdaUcgOpDdh3TW5glDHcef4czi_kLaZHQsRh1DCU7TBuk9Y3DTttb61cxgnKopE5X36i2drE18nOYFTVf0oYUszkFmg/s780/gurupujamelbourne.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="780" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3qbjfoOawZ4Y0zS2b25IvqzHjlaQU3wauhDS1RsbP7M_N-rKuyNL8qzAGbk2kordEBbeYGLxaMHVyeMOTsn05Ko4epCBHMcSSRdaUcgOpDdh3TW5glDHcef4czi_kLaZHQsRh1DCU7TBuk9Y3DTttb61cxgnKopE5X36i2drE18nOYFTVf0oYUszkFmg/s320/gurupujamelbourne.jpg"/></a></div>
Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh <b>Melbourne</b> also celebrated Guru Pooja Utsav on
July 9. Around 400 swayamsevaks and sevikas across various shakhas in Melbourne
attended the event. The utsav included explaining the significance of guru via
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<b><a name="7.">7.</a> MONTH LONG ‘DARSHANA’ EXHIBITION AT BARRON ARTS CENTER:
</b>After visiting the ‘Darshana’ exhibition at the Woodbridge Library last
year, the Barron Art Center (BAC) Director offered to host the exhibition for a
month in June/July 2023. The BAC building hosts musical performances, lectures
and an ever-changing display of art produced by nationally renowned artists. The
Woodbridge Township Cultural Arts Commission chaired by Dr. Dolores Capraro
Gioffre with support from Mayor John E. McCormac sponsored the ‘Darshana’
exhibition from June 26 to July 30. Preparations started two months prior to the
event with BAC and Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh teams coming together to plan the
inauguration day and the weekend events. BAC sent invitation cards through USPS
to more than 4000 people. They also printed posters to be placed at different
locations. HSS team decorated the heritage building of BAC for the inauguration.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiMvJIr29Eix9xHahee2QzclcxVK-DHK2npH7IsJTFhumHCGCKGce2ddDLsOmO9EsS3pD0Bwu234Pj5ql2YY0_PrDWfyjDJlNtodk75kMNmB9EaW5YnMn8Ut9Qg2IxlI-y3kV1Vd5aAnfQ9Jz54wHhPEsNhe1N3amb7oiuM4w0E-gjIy7EFOvJqHSVgtM/s631/Screenshot%20%28731%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="453" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiMvJIr29Eix9xHahee2QzclcxVK-DHK2npH7IsJTFhumHCGCKGce2ddDLsOmO9EsS3pD0Bwu234Pj5ql2YY0_PrDWfyjDJlNtodk75kMNmB9EaW5YnMn8Ut9Qg2IxlI-y3kV1Vd5aAnfQ9Jz54wHhPEsNhe1N3amb7oiuM4w0E-gjIy7EFOvJqHSVgtM/s320/Screenshot%20%28731%29.jpg"/></a></div>
Isha Vyas, Division Head of Middlesex County Office of Culture and Heritage
inaugurated the event by lighting a lamp. Mayor McCormac presented to HSS the
proclamation for Hindu American Heritage. Along with the month-long poster
exhibition, a few other attractions from Hindu culture included classical and
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<b><a name="8.">8.</a> BALA DARSHANA CONTEST CONDUCTED IN RAGHAV VIBHAG: </b>
Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh HSS USA launched Bala Darshana - a 10-week speech
contest for children in the age group 5 to 12 years. The program aims to develop
their public speaking and leadership skills while learning about the Hindu
civilization, its heritage and contributions. Each week, a new topic or concept
relevant to Hindu Dharma is introduced to three age categories.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigI159aD94NzZxL1fxSG59LkI4tnoQ5SzA2iHmBDLo4te2q0LA1DyadfWcF4D0K0LYJwEyon7dNKEsiDqpGLeg7aYALgfBdfwxKEGYNwoyiInGHmFnnFRgIbC75RkrnsTprvazQjgRnswIMIw_ibkpytKLFpX49M2gyATxoF9Zf5vgechTlxrOsNNxVLI/s1289/337531753_241886634930107_6112304017261068393_n.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="1289" data-original-width="990" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigI159aD94NzZxL1fxSG59LkI4tnoQ5SzA2iHmBDLo4te2q0LA1DyadfWcF4D0K0LYJwEyon7dNKEsiDqpGLeg7aYALgfBdfwxKEGYNwoyiInGHmFnnFRgIbC75RkrnsTprvazQjgRnswIMIw_ibkpytKLFpX49M2gyATxoF9Zf5vgechTlxrOsNNxVLI/s320/337531753_241886634930107_6112304017261068393_n.jpg"/></a></div>
Three shakhas in Raghav Vibhag, Charlotte, conducted the Bala Darshana
contest. The topics for each bala/shishu participant were assigned a week in
advance. Some shakhas even organized pre-contests/mock contests by pairing up
two kids with one tarun karyakarta. These virtual contests allowed for practice
and feedback, ensuring the participants were well prepared. Each child's speech
was recorded and shared with their respective parents to witness the child's
progress and be part of their journey in the contest.<br>
The final contest took place during a boudhik session, with parents serving as
the audience. The results would be declared at a later date, and trophies would
be distributed during the Vijayadashami utsav. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="9.">9.</a> HINDU HERITAGE CAMP CONDUCTED IN MOZAMBIQUE: </b>Hindu
Swayamsevak Sangh HSS Maputo, Mozambique, conducted the Hindu Heritage Camp on
July 1-2 at Salamanga. This was the fourth HHC in a series which started in
2017. 102 students aged 8 to 16 participated in it. 16 volunteers conducted the
activities which included games, yoga and shloka recitation. Most of the
volunteers were participants in a previous HHC. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNss9XICRxKYdSYiTLZDfI8FlFwchyU4MxUsTJvJ8r2Za7E8qy6ObjzpJKl4h0p0wBsDaTGMMXsGe8V51FHYsuMj_bgEz-jkXNqyeqi5eSKnG3-Pvy0nC37cUzHciGr00Q03QS1fXS7I2gzHcH5e4yHJknvJl2CZn9uJEkOs_DCs5Xqsg8KkytTjlM3Y8/s1280/hssmoz.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNss9XICRxKYdSYiTLZDfI8FlFwchyU4MxUsTJvJ8r2Za7E8qy6ObjzpJKl4h0p0wBsDaTGMMXsGe8V51FHYsuMj_bgEz-jkXNqyeqi5eSKnG3-Pvy0nC37cUzHciGr00Q03QS1fXS7I2gzHcH5e4yHJknvJl2CZn9uJEkOs_DCs5Xqsg8KkytTjlM3Y8/s320/hssmoz.jpg"/></a></div> In the concluding function,
karyavah of HSS Mozambique Mayur Manchu said that HSS activities built patriotic
personality with subtle understanding of sense of responsibility towards the
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<b><a name="10.">10.</a> SEWA AT IRELAND BRAHMAKUMARI CENTRE: </b>A team of
swayamsevaks from Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh HSS Ireland made a purposeful impact
at the Brahmakumari centre in Dublin with their service. On June 24, they
cleaned the place and painted the interior rooms and external walls. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXGePsQ4rTpc-28roB6zOQ0jhJA5PYYRGY6f3lvbcX4F-ArNON44aJlWx9XtM02Kl7LjDbXqVObUbedLZPCFyYx7ArvGI03ti_ixBxJ9H6wGK68Emd0dO5QjK68fAQISGEC0BpJx8_Pqk5OEJWSLaBDWzPLF7lvVSyPetj1vPgRxo0CVGtofZ0hFU-oMw/s1024/hssirelandbk2.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXGePsQ4rTpc-28roB6zOQ0jhJA5PYYRGY6f3lvbcX4F-ArNON44aJlWx9XtM02Kl7LjDbXqVObUbedLZPCFyYx7ArvGI03ti_ixBxJ9H6wGK68Emd0dO5QjK68fAQISGEC0BpJx8_Pqk5OEJWSLaBDWzPLF7lvVSyPetj1vPgRxo0CVGtofZ0hFU-oMw/s320/hssirelandbk2.jpg"/></a></div> The team
managed to complete the job to meet the expectations of the centre. In a
message, the centre head sister Catherine said that the vision, zeal and
enthusiasm of HSS swayamsevaks to take on a project and bring many willing hands
to lighten the task in a loving, egoless, humble and utter professional way is
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<b><a name="11.">11.</a> HSS VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPATED IN JULY 4 CELEBRATIONS: </b>
Hindu Americans and volunteers of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh HSS USA participated
and volunteered in the Independence Day celebrations all over the country on
July 4. In North Carolina, over 100 HSS volunteers walked in the 4th of July
parade, a few playing traditional Hindu and American patriotic tunes on their
band instruments. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn9MbxBQLeZNSZLCJyDQzAgT-Mw67ND6iW2BsKKFboYPJVWGq_MMFfaG5bkrCmAJyYDoyBz-E0p5vV5etojUE-Afs2ZeTW8phNNqCpPwzEDylOeiBGT0FvIWZLSR1nh-1eiKAu63xI8L6ja2T7THhQNxMByhEQwLv3CbZL2Tlmmz9CI6I2med4hsOwbs0/s1301/hss-volunteers-celebrating-july.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn9MbxBQLeZNSZLCJyDQzAgT-Mw67ND6iW2BsKKFboYPJVWGq_MMFfaG5bkrCmAJyYDoyBz-E0p5vV5etojUE-Afs2ZeTW8phNNqCpPwzEDylOeiBGT0FvIWZLSR1nh-1eiKAu63xI8L6ja2T7THhQNxMByhEQwLv3CbZL2Tlmmz9CI6I2med4hsOwbs0/s320/hss-volunteers-celebrating-july.jpeg"/></a></div> In Texas, HSS was recognized as ‘Friends of the Event’ at a
city-organized Independence Day fest. In San Jose, HSS volunteer families
participated in the ‘Red and White Parade’. Young children in ethnic outfits
walked holding the American flag and posters on yoga and spirituality. Attendees
of the nationwide HSS youth and leadership development camps at multiple
locations celebrated July 4th by hoisting the Star - Spangled Banner and singing
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<b><a name="12.">12.</a> HSS APPRECIATED TEACHERS NATIONWIDE DURING ITS GURU
VANDANA EVENTS: </b>During May and June, Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh, USA (HSS)
organized Guru Vandana events across the nation to honor teachers and their
contribution to society. More than 1000 academicians, including teachers,
principals, and superintendents from over 60 school districts, were appreciated
during these events, attended by more than 6000 attendees comprising students,
parents, and other invitees. In a typical event, the children presented a
cultural program where Sanskrit shlokas were recited, honoring the Guru. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid3yrNmZi6Q3TL8zPfyHMYWoSMSl0bBiANwjA-2X68mcPa4-LETh2dITjCQA3KMcPo-_ieb61edOfJh5q8ch5ZLzprChdzTd2r9wA4IDreAozDq-UZUtRLP12228VKzgt5C6u4kcEgQkntsMzm1W3sbVl9s0HNfRyVeQcGlWz5LZqeUk7WFM6yChJHp48/s620/Screenshot%20%28732%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="535" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid3yrNmZi6Q3TL8zPfyHMYWoSMSl0bBiANwjA-2X68mcPa4-LETh2dITjCQA3KMcPo-_ieb61edOfJh5q8ch5ZLzprChdzTd2r9wA4IDreAozDq-UZUtRLP12228VKzgt5C6u4kcEgQkntsMzm1W3sbVl9s0HNfRyVeQcGlWz5LZqeUk7WFM6yChJHp48/s320/Screenshot%20%28732%29.jpg"/></a></div> A local
chief guest shared their thoughts with the audience, followed by a teacher
appreciation ceremony. This event included a cultural program at several places.
Some children developed innovative skits reflecting great personalities from
Bharat and the U.S. All these events were organized by local HSS centers and
planned and coordinated by teenage children and their families. In some places,
HSS collaborated with the local townships to involve the school district.
Teachers and attendees were impressed by students’ passion and level of
involvement and acknowledged how this event introduced them to Hindu culture and
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<b><a name="13.">13.</a> SUKHMANI SAHIB PATH ORGANIZED BY HINDU SIKH UNITY FORUM
IN CANADA: </b>The inaugural Sukhmani Sahib Path, organized by the Hindu Sikh
Unity Forum in Canada on July 8 at Oakville Gurudwara, aimed to foster unity and
collaboration among like-minded Hindus and Sikhs, united by a shared history,
culture, and heritage. The event was successful in achieving its objectives
despite attempts to pressurize the Gurudwara committee into canceling the
gathering. Around 170 members of the Hindu-Sikh community gathered to
participate in the prayers. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS5STsjGqme2yP42QOVBtO5myozlL8lsjKxQ2LYtIbvKYDdQ_fwOg_FeUamZeepAOSENKlLFPJOOtClOK96khdBM-ncc7iEHyr2YO2o0xpC3gtLbdTwnFWwWc8luXmb1Xoq1uKI4ByYmy_lg0MsYyyXIyhlDP7QTLTC-lN2rDBLusI7Xyxbw7rWMr16k0/s450/download%20%2888%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS5STsjGqme2yP42QOVBtO5myozlL8lsjKxQ2LYtIbvKYDdQ_fwOg_FeUamZeepAOSENKlLFPJOOtClOK96khdBM-ncc7iEHyr2YO2o0xpC3gtLbdTwnFWwWc8luXmb1Xoq1uKI4ByYmy_lg0MsYyyXIyhlDP7QTLTC-lN2rDBLusI7Xyxbw7rWMr16k0/s320/download%20%2888%29.jpeg"/></a></div> The event witnessed the presence of distinguished
elected representatives and prominent community members, including Senator of
Canada Leo (Leonidas) Housakos and Mayor of Oakville Rob Burton.<br>
The Path was followed by Kirtan and brief speeches emphasizing the significance
of the initiative as a much-needed effort in promoting harmony and
understanding. The initiative is a positive step towards strengthening bonds and
promoting mutual respect among Hindus and Sikhs in Canada. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="14.">14.</a> 41ST AAPI CONVENTION: </b>The 41st annual American
Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) Convention and Scientific
Sessions concluded on July 9 at the Marriott Downtown in Philadelphia, PA, with
Dr. Anjana Samadder assuming charge as the new President of AAPI. The convention
was held under the major theme ‘True and Total Health is the Wellbeing of Mind,
Body, and Spirit’.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUgVWFMyB_4oRjSwseyKS0KOuceMe867IWNwIDFYckonzzbA6bOroJYVDPwaZZxjCWHw6hRlkMfcJ-Ngia_kObSzHF9Mgawyaxnsmgu1KtGavVJZOk-mhwAv0tenJh8rHqIFvtL_F1vqRxHcDuJotpgr-n5UBpB350IlybXwa45TR4_8R8i5zbkeovOFw/s2000/20230707_190916.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUgVWFMyB_4oRjSwseyKS0KOuceMe867IWNwIDFYckonzzbA6bOroJYVDPwaZZxjCWHw6hRlkMfcJ-Ngia_kObSzHF9Mgawyaxnsmgu1KtGavVJZOk-mhwAv0tenJh8rHqIFvtL_F1vqRxHcDuJotpgr-n5UBpB350IlybXwa45TR4_8R8i5zbkeovOFw/s320/20230707_190916.jpg"/></a></div>
Venkaiah Naidu, former UpRashtrapati of Bharat, delivered a keynote address
emphasizing the importance of giving back to one’s motherland and nurturing
one’s physical and mental well-being. Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar addressed the
gathering, sharing insights on stress management through yoga, breathing
techniques, and meditation. Several distinguished individuals were honored
during the convention. M.D., Managing Director of Akkad Holdings and Executive
Servant Leader at J & B Medical, received the AAPI Presidential Healthcare
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<b><a name="15.">15.</a> 10000 PEOPLE RECITE BHAGAVAD GITA IN TEXAS: </b>On Guru
Purnima, July 3, as many as ten thousand people recited Bhagavad Gita at the
Allen East Center in Texas.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP5e8RVHjLZ94V5f83gPjRZa09fG7wKhm3H5OOsubdpQH0qL8sd24Vh7JNmut_ZWNAe3U911NUIiNX8DEMIciNtafZdyOJ9yeyU1mlS4KlNHYGaIqLvKFm9BDP97QmX233p5w5SieK7oB4lxT6Z6OxaHrHhInr3OTIa5zrK9PBS625DzhhI0oC5yLNBYw/s420/download%20%2891%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP5e8RVHjLZ94V5f83gPjRZa09fG7wKhm3H5OOsubdpQH0qL8sd24Vh7JNmut_ZWNAe3U911NUIiNX8DEMIciNtafZdyOJ9yeyU1mlS4KlNHYGaIqLvKFm9BDP97QmX233p5w5SieK7oB4lxT6Z6OxaHrHhInr3OTIa5zrK9PBS625DzhhI0oC5yLNBYw/s320/download%20%2891%29.jpeg"/></a></div> This collective recitation of religious text is
marked as one of its kind event in the United States to date. As reported by
news agency PTI, the event named ‘Bhagavad Gita Parayan Yagya’ was organised by
Yoga Sangeeta Trust America and SGS Geeta Foundation. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="16.">16.</a> BHARATIYA COMMUNITY COUNTERED PRO-KHALISTANI
PROTESTERS: </b>Pro-Khalistani elements had announced to hold rallies outside
Bharatiya Missions in the UK, US, Canada and Australia on July 8. This was
followed by posters threatening the Bharatiya ambassadors to Canada and the US,
as well as the consulate general in Toronto.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghsyP8RcmrES8XGB-jVlkyLn-mkWPhtQuACna2WSKC1Vk3CMaZjc37Xwxw5wLAPITsXoOQQ1bm8KTCH8itj3-1o14R7I0wrr95DGwGMni2TDb8ZeatYMCvMH5XuSHa_bLhCdmqpC8xPLLrFXq77xqSf9vK6TYPITRlk9L7n7HMWglglhY4F_PrlR6DrHQ/s458/download%20%2890%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="248" data-original-width="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghsyP8RcmrES8XGB-jVlkyLn-mkWPhtQuACna2WSKC1Vk3CMaZjc37Xwxw5wLAPITsXoOQQ1bm8KTCH8itj3-1o14R7I0wrr95DGwGMni2TDb8ZeatYMCvMH5XuSHa_bLhCdmqpC8xPLLrFXq77xqSf9vK6TYPITRlk9L7n7HMWglglhY4F_PrlR6DrHQ/s320/download%20%2890%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
Members of the Bharatiya community holding the Tricolour gathered outside the
Consulate to protect their diplomats and the consulate office and unitedly
countered the pro-Khalistan protest in Canada’s Toronto.<br>
The Bharatiya diaspora raised slogans like “Bharat Mata ki jai”,“Vande Mataram”
and carried placards written “Khalistani are not Sikh”, and “Canada stop
supporting Khalistani Canadian terrorists”. A member of the Bharatiya diaspora,
Anil Shiringi, said that they support the Bharatiya Consulate and will stand up
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<b><a name="17.">17.</a> GITA PRESS CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS: </b>Gita Press,
established in Gorakhpur in 1923 with the concept of not-for-profit, is the
world's largest publishing center of Hindu religious books in terms of language
and number. Then Rashtrapati of Bharat, Ramnath Kovind, had inaugurated the
centenary celebrations of Gita Press on June 4, 2022. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqsM0NJ72auNigAje6CvwUOYRIf6Up54hTLzO2D1Z82CVhWPRkV5XsLbiowSE-JrwhA0ciZJPkNYy-GC_gQCEOf3rkRkXR_JTUM1x7LDTYJFY9zh2L00HomOQ_sxhJ2B78XDVLFSD8fN4PrYj0WdKZ8neMTAD-jy1iSZOcnR-r5nH1Eh8eyydgOl9QjUc/s489/download%20%2884%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="231" data-original-width="489" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqsM0NJ72auNigAje6CvwUOYRIf6Up54hTLzO2D1Z82CVhWPRkV5XsLbiowSE-JrwhA0ciZJPkNYy-GC_gQCEOf3rkRkXR_JTUM1x7LDTYJFY9zh2L00HomOQ_sxhJ2B78XDVLFSD8fN4PrYj0WdKZ8neMTAD-jy1iSZOcnR-r5nH1Eh8eyydgOl9QjUc/s320/download%20%2884%29.jpeg"/></a></div> On July 5, 2023, Pradhan
Mantri Narendra Modi addressed the closing ceremony of the centenary
celebrations and released the Chitramaya Shiva Purana Granth. Speaking on the
occasion, he said that an institution like Gita Press has a national character
as it connects Bharat and strengthens Bharat’s solidarity. He added that Gita
Press is a living faith that has always enriched social values and shown the
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<b><a name="18.">18.</a> RSS ORGANISED SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND SELF-EMPLOYMENT
ACTIVITIES IN MANIPUR: </b>As part of the relief and service work during the
ongoing violence in the state, a team of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)
Manipur Prant and Seva Bharati, Manipur visited the affected areas of Bishnupur
district. During the visit, the team also met with the family members of
violence victims Ningombam Ibomcha, Haobam Ibocha and Naorem Rajkumar of
Khoijumantabi and handed over Rs 10,000 along with essential commodities to the
next of kin of each victim.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvUFQ0ZUTcfVB6bFJAN4uphT_38wWsdaa8NwCLdRfcs3Q0kblf_sSxislNpLwaN_dgTXLKN1M5tDuv4OI7-8QsuDLPqvnuALHIwDeFULrphvLANbleMCnn6-NmdojWFN5WUuZ4KHXT8WiA0Q6WgdVPs4CcydHpp8SEDOX_wuRX3TdLGTpSB-x-ntz7cj4/s750/08-07-2023-poster-for-website-02-1-750x375.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvUFQ0ZUTcfVB6bFJAN4uphT_38wWsdaa8NwCLdRfcs3Q0kblf_sSxislNpLwaN_dgTXLKN1M5tDuv4OI7-8QsuDLPqvnuALHIwDeFULrphvLANbleMCnn6-NmdojWFN5WUuZ4KHXT8WiA0Q6WgdVPs4CcydHpp8SEDOX_wuRX3TdLGTpSB-x-ntz7cj4/s320/08-07-2023-poster-for-website-02-1-750x375.jpg"/></a></div>
RSS in association with Seva Bharati is running a Model Relief Center at
Rajarshi Bhagyachandra Skill Development Center (RBSDC). With an aim to impart
skills while staying at relief camp and support their livelihood post-violence,
skill development and self-employment activities are being conducted in the camp
on different job roles by Institute of Bioresources Sustainable Development and
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<b><a name="19.">19.</a> BHARAT SENT 10,000 METRIC TONS OF WHEAT TO AFGHANISTAN:
</b>Afghanistan continues to grapple with the extreme food crises. Bharat has
donated 10,000 metric tonnes of wheat to the landlocked country. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtnHWm5B6uTPFJNaJjBF9IZzJHnCbQMVv9NszLuhUYX8-K3CTo0W6m91EGZn8zfXzqdHJ6Kmw1PifWPfsEi2GBRgOFADZf6x_WiwDEU6Gb1s_o_cqMDTssBku9CQAnXTdttXRG8xiJcSII68fcAQJ_cQmF35eRaBwiK-66qzUwxHrMj0Vt5m6LFNshggw/s600/wheattoaf.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="297" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtnHWm5B6uTPFJNaJjBF9IZzJHnCbQMVv9NszLuhUYX8-K3CTo0W6m91EGZn8zfXzqdHJ6Kmw1PifWPfsEi2GBRgOFADZf6x_WiwDEU6Gb1s_o_cqMDTssBku9CQAnXTdttXRG8xiJcSII68fcAQJ_cQmF35eRaBwiK-66qzUwxHrMj0Vt5m6LFNshggw/s320/wheattoaf.jpg"/></a></div> It reached the
Herat city of Afghanistan on July 4, United Nations World for Food Programme (UNWFP)
said in a tweet. "Wheat donated by the Government of #India @MEAIndia @dpa_meato
@WFP arrived in Herat where it was milled for distribution to hungry families
across #Afghanistan." UN WFP stated in the tweet. Last month, the Bharatiya
government had sent another 20,000 metric tons of wheat to Afghanistan using
Iran's Chabahar port, Afghanistan-based Khaama Press reported. Earlier, another
wheat assistance delivery of 40,000 tons was carried out through Pakistan's land
border. Bharat shows its dedication to promoting the stability and prosperity of
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<b><a name="20.">20.</a> BHARAT’S FIRST INDIGENOUSLY BUILT 700 MW NUCLEAR
REACTOR STARTS OPERATIONS: </b>On June 30, the first indigenously built 700MW
Nuclear Reactor at Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (KAPP) in Gujarat has started
and ignited its commercial operations, which is a landmark achievement of Bharat
in civil nuclear power. This is an achievement of Bharat under the “Make In
India” initiative.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2tncmeYl26DRaS8jWMelKiRyF_17eZB6ss843Nwxd2Kge8YLlVfsPczAXwCeRms532p61QseUW3CxkgBdfTbGMgVR-7ilXnowKYzJWuYZgqoNXzCzBvhi4cavSyZBUNxsvMk7njDu5xUnFjiYnq4v8_afvBV6pr8ftgsRKHnvxpifBjJosxHT99HukqE/s375/download%20%2887%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="210" data-original-width="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2tncmeYl26DRaS8jWMelKiRyF_17eZB6ss843Nwxd2Kge8YLlVfsPczAXwCeRms532p61QseUW3CxkgBdfTbGMgVR-7ilXnowKYzJWuYZgqoNXzCzBvhi4cavSyZBUNxsvMk7njDu5xUnFjiYnq4v8_afvBV6pr8ftgsRKHnvxpifBjJosxHT99HukqE/s320/download%20%2887%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
“With great pleasure, this is to inform that our first indigenous 700MW, the
KAPP-3, has become commercial on June 30, 2023, at 10 AM”, a senior KAPP
official said.<br>
The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited is planning to build sixteen
700MW Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors across the country and has granted
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<b><a name="21.">21.</a> BHAGWAN HANUMAN UNVEILED AS OFFICIAL MASCOT OF ASIAN
ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS: </b>On the 50th anniversary of the Asian Athletics
Association, Bhagwan Hanuman, one of the most sacred deities in Hinduism, has
been unveiled on July 11 as the official mascot of the Asian Athletics
Championships 2023. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcIi9yb7jV51rnQoToGO_qvFsjp4eNUHxJABScALH27XGqfXJLe6VbOIe-Ym8vYqEF4I2nq3QqEtxTLLbmsblkO8kaGR7RdBUG39FLGt6tuJYK9hLKCjP4VjzpVLlnQcMBUc8f_J-LnViMbRwV1NHEqhcO1PzrDcUoeq2NWa_POuFTEFVdKmkXqm37_zE/s434/download%20%2885%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="228" data-original-width="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcIi9yb7jV51rnQoToGO_qvFsjp4eNUHxJABScALH27XGqfXJLe6VbOIe-Ym8vYqEF4I2nq3QqEtxTLLbmsblkO8kaGR7RdBUG39FLGt6tuJYK9hLKCjP4VjzpVLlnQcMBUc8f_J-LnViMbRwV1NHEqhcO1PzrDcUoeq2NWa_POuFTEFVdKmkXqm37_zE/s320/download%20%2885%29.jpeg"/></a></div> The continental event began on July 12 in Bangkok, the
capital of Thailand. The Asian Athletics Association released the news about the
official mascot on their website while stating their reasoning behind the logo.
They wrote, “Hanuman exhibits extraordinary abilities in (Bhagwan) Rama’s
service, including speed, strength, courage, and wisdom ... Hanuman’s greatest
ability is, in fact, his incredibly staunch loyalty and devotion.” </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="22.">22.</a> UK PM HONOURS 101-YEAR-OLD SIKH WORLD WAR II VETERAN:
</b>British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has honoured Rajindar Singh Dhatt, one of
the last surviving Sikh soldiers who fought in the Second World War with a
‘Points of Light’ honour at a UK-India Week reception at 10 Downing Street.<br>
Dhatt, 101, was recognised on June 28 for his service and his work in running
the ‘Undivided Indian Ex-Servicemen’s Association’ to help bring together
British Bharatiya war veterans.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOuoGVMyAf73btYUcN4xFtqapofHkLV0z9hzsea1CqJXzfuJePOYATZcZRJjxqa34y-OhmEDm_NPc_hQxsOVSb6e-tU4hHwzJtDozTLXCJ34fVPuMrE05sYnx8ae_27rDETg_SpoRDGEvy3chti5yt9wfHhrme7IXCU3tzUikVFcahuqR6pMsMFKu0MC8/s275/download%20%2886%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOuoGVMyAf73btYUcN4xFtqapofHkLV0z9hzsea1CqJXzfuJePOYATZcZRJjxqa34y-OhmEDm_NPc_hQxsOVSb6e-tU4hHwzJtDozTLXCJ34fVPuMrE05sYnx8ae_27rDETg_SpoRDGEvy3chti5yt9wfHhrme7IXCU3tzUikVFcahuqR6pMsMFKu0MC8/s320/download%20%2886%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
Dhatt, based in Hounslow in southwest London since 1963, was born in
pre-Partition Bharat in 1921. Dhatt joined the British Indian Army during the
Second World War and excelled up the ranks, being promoted to Havildar Major
(Sergeant Major) in 1943.<br>
“It is an immense honour to receive this recognition from the Prime Minister, to
whom I would like to extend my deepest appreciation for acknowledging the
importance and impact of the ‘Undivided Indian Ex-Servicemen’s Association’,”
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<b><a name="23.">23.</a> SHRI VISHWA NIKETAN:</b> <b>Pravas: </b>Vishwa Vibhag
Sah Samyojak Anil Vartak is travelling to South Korea, Japan and Thailand. <b>
Visitors:</b> Dr Jashubhai Patel, Dr Amit Desai, Sajal Kaushik - USA, Aastha
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<b>FOOD FOR THOUGHT:</b> “Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity.”
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<b>TRADITION OF SRUTI, SMRITI AND SENGOL</b><br>
<b>Sachidanand Joshi </b></font></p>
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Perception and inference are valid sources of knowledge in the Indian traditions
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt">Recently, India witnessed the
establishment of the historic ‘Sengol’ in her new building of the parliament.
The ceremony verily is the demonstration of our civilisational journey and
re-discovering the ancient tradition once practised. The ‘Sengol’ is not a
symbol of power, or lustre that is passed on from one generation to another
rather it envelops a much wider connotation with deep philosophic meanings. The
‘Sengol’ as a concept is deeply rooted in the idea of ‘Aram’ - the Tamil
equivalent of ‘Dharma’. Saint Tiruvalluvar, in his timeless ‘Thirukkural’, sings
the glorification of ‘Sengonmai’ as ‘rule with justice’, which is one of the
most precious achievements of the Indic civilisation.<br>
The ‘Sengol’, or the Staff or the Sceptre, is the foundation or support of all
virtues and ethics essential for the state. The establishment was a moment of
joy, pleasure, and pride for most of us. But some people doubted its grandeur
and importance and also questioned its historicity. Being ignorant of our rich
indic tradition of ‘Sruti and Smriti’, such people sought the justification of
this entire ceremony. To understand the significance of Sengol, it is necessary
to sweep over the tradition of Sruti and Smriti. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7vC3t7rZ3qBlrJQUrsOBboHk1GPskvVd2MVAdpGTOfB0NQI6ivphJhTn9vCrkiHDSTthUgtkimrD8LnbCz92g91dod5txrFatM9vNskOvPeLo5SC8u_DvK6qkzJCWIR4dXh-DhIf0XKlmQx1dyCpcKzmAiGQPKlYXSHB7ymCsUyIFDUkFRktX61OQK38/s351/download%20%2879%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7vC3t7rZ3qBlrJQUrsOBboHk1GPskvVd2MVAdpGTOfB0NQI6ivphJhTn9vCrkiHDSTthUgtkimrD8LnbCz92g91dod5txrFatM9vNskOvPeLo5SC8u_DvK6qkzJCWIR4dXh-DhIf0XKlmQx1dyCpcKzmAiGQPKlYXSHB7ymCsUyIFDUkFRktX61OQK38/s320/download%20%2879%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
One of the distinctive features of India is her preservation and dissemination
of knowledge for almost five thousand years at least. India bestows utmost
importance on knowledge, and that is why India is known as a ‘knowledge
culture’. This knowledge tradition is beyond the boundaries of any
spatiotemporal relationship (desatita and kalatita) as well as continuous (nirantara).<br>
The entire outlook of Indian knowledge tradition is an interplay of Sruti and
Smriti. There is a very intricate relationship between Sruti and the Smriti. The
Brihaspati Smriti perceives these two as the two eyes for the men of wisdom and
deprived of these two, one may lose their path and fall. <br>
Since the Vedas are transmitted orally and are perceptible to the auditory
sense, it is termed Sruti. It means ‘learning by hearing’ which is the primary
revelation at the beginning of creation.’ This revelation was ‘seen’ by the
primaeval seers; on the other hand, Smriti means ‘recollection’ and is the
collective term for all other sacred literature which is considered to be
secondary to Sruti (Van Buitenen, 1974. Revelation is the inner visualisation of
the true nature of various entities and their attributes. Vedic seers acquired
this revelation through a progressive self-culture (atma-sanskara). Sruti
statements are considered infallible and hence are authoritative.<br>
In his book ‘Freedom at Midnight’, Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins remind
us of the above-mentioned ritual that happened at sundown on 14th August 1947 in
Delhi. This pious ritual ended with chanting 11 verses of Kolaru Pathigam - a
Tamil text – to instil good thoughts in mind.<br>
Indian philosophical tradition accepts Sruti as the only means of Dharma. Sruti
as well as Smriti are regarded as valid means of knowledge. Sruti provides a
firm foundation for all knowledge traditions, and practices. Regarding the
validity of Smritis, the Mimamsa School of philosophy presents an enriching
argument by saying that “if the Smriti writers knew a certain action that should
not be done, how could they declare it to be one that should be done, and thus
mislead the contemporary society? One may argue that some sort of memory of the
Sruti provides the necessary foundation for Smriti writers to codify some acts.
But such memory is also not possible in the absence of some previous perception.
The Smritis cannot be solely based on memory because memory demands previous
cognition or experience. Continual of some sort of cultural memory also does not
authenticate them. On the other side, the memory of the Vedas is not
authenticated merely by its unbroken tradition but by the fact that the Vedas
are perceptible to us during its recitation. In the case of Smriti , no such
prior cognition is available to support their theories and practices.<br>
Indian tradition accepts Smriti as reliable based on inference (anumana) which
is a valid source of knowledge. The reason behind such inference is the fact
that ‘the agent is the same’, i.e., the author of the concerned Smriti and the
performer of the acts prescribed by the Sruti are the same individual. It is
also quite reasonable to accept that knowledge of Sruti texts is remembered,
while certain Sruti texts and their wordings may be now lost. Different
philosophical schools answer this question differently. The Mimamsa School
assumes that Smritis are derived from Vedic texts now forgotten or inaccessible
to us currently. In this way, Smriti, through inference, becomes the source of
valid knowledge.<br>
Perception and Inference, thus, are valid sources of knowledge in the Indian
culture. Amidst the looming controversies surrounding the tradition of ‘Sengol’,
its cultural validity can be significantly proven through the institutional
memory that rests with the Adheenams of Tamil Nadu. In the present context, the
tradition of handing over Sengol as a symbolic transfer of power is an
inalienable cultural embodiment of the Sruti-Smriti tradition of ancient India.
Its reiteration in modern India and symbolic placement in the new Indian
parliament signifies the cultural awakening and echoes the civilisational idioms
in the 21st century. (The author is member Secretary IGNCA) (The Pioneer, 14
July 2023) </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></p>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#1.">1.
FESTIVALS: GURU PURNIMA</a></b></font></td>
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<b><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><a href="#2.">2.
PROGRAMS OF SARASANGHACHALAK DR. MOHAN BHAGWAT</a></font></b></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#3.">3. PEOPLE
SUFFERED "ATROCITIES AND BARBARISM" DURING EMERGENCY: DATTATREYA
HOSABALE</a></b></font></td>
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DAY CELEBRATION ACROSS THE WORLD</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#6.">6. UTTAR
LOS ANGELES VIBHAG CONDUCTED HINDU HERITAGE CAMP </a></b></font></td>
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CELEBRATE HINDU MANDIR FESTIVAL IN HAMM </a></b></font></td>
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<b><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><a href="#8.">8. FIRST
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SENIOR BHARATIYA ADVOCATE SURESH SRIVASTAVA ELECTED VICE-CHAIRMAN OF
GLOBAL UN ADVOCACY BODY </a></b></font></td>
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REVIVING ANCIENT HINDU TRADITIONS OF TRIPURA </a></b></font></td>
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GANDHI PEACE PRIZE FOR 2021 TO GITA PRESS, GORAKHPUR</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a name="1.">1.</a> FESTIVALS:
GURU PURNIMA:</b> Guru Purnima, observed on the full moon day (Purnima) in the
month of Ashadha (July 3 this year), is a festival dedicated to offering respect
to all the spiritual and academic gurus. It is also known as Vyasa Purnima, for
it marks the birthday of Veda Vyasa, the sage who authored the Mahabharata and
compiled the Vedas. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBacjp9hVlyI7FY0UjXzoUBtnRzr2isJi3uly0NTlWkY2F_HuZ39-mfX6W4utir6WTFdXqSqf3u-G2_ZuvXBlXis083bprtOPI_QHvbNWaTh_ujhQouy6iwmU20JOvBrh43HCLMz22zzkfTF7cnE2kLyZ1F6QOkYMxrrWkDSUHQ_pl8OCt2ogCsID99Cw/s1280/gurupujautsav.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="853" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBacjp9hVlyI7FY0UjXzoUBtnRzr2isJi3uly0NTlWkY2F_HuZ39-mfX6W4utir6WTFdXqSqf3u-G2_ZuvXBlXis083bprtOPI_QHvbNWaTh_ujhQouy6iwmU20JOvBrh43HCLMz22zzkfTF7cnE2kLyZ1F6QOkYMxrrWkDSUHQ_pl8OCt2ogCsID99Cw/s320/gurupujautsav.jpg"/></a></div>The festival is common to all spiritual traditions of Bharat,
where it is an expression of gratitude towards the teacher by his or her
disciples. In Nepal, Treenok Guha Purnima is celebrated as ‘Teacher’s Day’ in
schools. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) celebrates ‘Guru Purnima’ as one
of its six annual utsavs. On this day, RSS swayamsevaks worship their Guru - the
Bhagwa Dhwaj. RSS was founded in 1925 and the first ‘Gurupuja’ in the
organisation was held in 1928. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="2.">2.</a> PROGRAMS OF SARASANGHACHALAK DR. MOHAN BHAGWAT: </b>
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Sarasanghachalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat attended the
second year training camp of RSS at Tippar in Galod, Hamirpur. While addressing
the swayamsevaks, he said that to implement the belief of collective unity in
our lives is the mantra of the Sangh. Around 259 swayamsevaks from five states
participated in the camp which ended on June 25.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIofG8Duj7cITMbnM9juroXC2DWOibRtHiIfTK_bgivHte85yAq0L2UT-x5tYaTp0aMiCOLGNsChzis3dTGxrOIyxGoUsOZ9Yj0uU0WjfpMdAtan7E4bjr1Sd0a_ap4QPnpxhO_H0U0rO038jxOL0i_PiDrEJ_A_aSZ5X2erL1dL0EZ3MqfFpguOde4zA/s710/maMohanjipro%20.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="402" data-original-width="710" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIofG8Duj7cITMbnM9juroXC2DWOibRtHiIfTK_bgivHte85yAq0L2UT-x5tYaTp0aMiCOLGNsChzis3dTGxrOIyxGoUsOZ9Yj0uU0WjfpMdAtan7E4bjr1Sd0a_ap4QPnpxhO_H0U0rO038jxOL0i_PiDrEJ_A_aSZ5X2erL1dL0EZ3MqfFpguOde4zA/s320/maMohanjipro%20.jpg"/></a></div>
On June 18, Dr. Bhagwat attended a symposium -"Pathfinder symposium with GSPFP
knowledge gurus" in Delhi. The symposium was conducted by The Global Strategic
Policy Foundation Pune (GSPFP), a 12-year-old Pune-based think tank. Governor of
Kerala Arif Mohammad Khan, Lt Gen (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain, several other high
ranking ambassadors and retired military officials with vast operational
experience with regards to security and foreign policy issues also attended the
symposium. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Bhagwat said that Bharat had always
stressed on its dharma because of which it never attacked any other country. He
added that Bharat always wanted world unity, as distinct from uniformity, in the
larger interest of lasting peace in the world.<br>
Governor Arif Mohammad Khan said that Bharat with it's rich cultural and
spiritual traditions was best qualified to provide global leadership. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="3.">3.</a> PEOPLE SUFFERED "ATROCITIES AND BARBARISM" DURING
EMERGENCY: DATTATREYA HOSABALE: </b>Recalling the "atrocities and barbarism"
people suffered during the Emergency imposed by the Indira Gandhi government 48
years ago, RSS Sarakaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale said on June 25 that it was a
"black chapter" in Bharat's history. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ERsWPgkWRxpHmVDKwUG-7jY19aeFTmL90l4J_g8gykSRCna1Z6KZXj48vIOPXubotBm-QhNvavstxv2wAsBYUd9OqZhjRh_rASGnLxy85Y0NPIgEuOUh3W7z7zNhqAlId-CwJRcdkfdbt8b5PXSDlrVdugJFjcqJLbbHNorhiOVzcXQodPwZud5o3uM/s486/download%20%2869%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="364" data-original-width="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ERsWPgkWRxpHmVDKwUG-7jY19aeFTmL90l4J_g8gykSRCna1Z6KZXj48vIOPXubotBm-QhNvavstxv2wAsBYUd9OqZhjRh_rASGnLxy85Y0NPIgEuOUh3W7z7zNhqAlId-CwJRcdkfdbt8b5PXSDlrVdugJFjcqJLbbHNorhiOVzcXQodPwZud5o3uM/s320/download%20%2869%29.jpeg"/></a></div>Hosabale was speaking at the Indraprastha
Vishwa Samvada Kendra (IVSK) on the anniversary of the Emergency which was
imposed on June 25, 1975 and lasted till March 21, 1977. The Emergency vested
upon the Pradhan Mantri Indira Gandhi the authority to rule by decree, allowing
elections to be suspended and civil liberties to be curbed. The Emergency in
1975 is considered one of the most controversial periods of independent Bharat's
history. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="4.">4.</a> YOGA DAY CELEBRATION ACROSS THE WORLD: </b>The 9th
International Day of Yoga (IDY) was celebrated worldwide on June 21.<br>
Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi led IDY celebrations at the UN Headquarters in New
York set a Guinness World Record for most nationalities participating in a
single session. The event witnessed the presence of esteemed UN officials,
diplomats, and prominent personalities. PM Modi emphasised that yoga is a truly
universal, ancient, living and dynamic Bharatiya tradition and that it is free
from copyrights, patents, royalty and payments.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg699y47jey9-HQ-5yMj_OdNudTzGvdICpETeHL4i9a3mF7GJJNN2wAtCyyj8oGsYoBgAlmqlkNtTENrTT2QYDCKswe2nYeHNA0LfxmotTiTzeIHEQpKcHV9eo9SfkQR57S_3r7ktFH2O_MHRCNtq04DHxz0UlJYV5baE1OjbB0nAjKsrm0yf0qVPtKjII/s1200/unyogapkmodi.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg699y47jey9-HQ-5yMj_OdNudTzGvdICpETeHL4i9a3mF7GJJNN2wAtCyyj8oGsYoBgAlmqlkNtTENrTT2QYDCKswe2nYeHNA0LfxmotTiTzeIHEQpKcHV9eo9SfkQR57S_3r7ktFH2O_MHRCNtq04DHxz0UlJYV5baE1OjbB0nAjKsrm0yf0qVPtKjII/s320/unyogapkmodi.jpg"/></a></div>
On June 20, several members of the Bharatiya diaspora and yoga enthusiasts
gathered at the iconic Trafalgar Square in London for a two-hour holistic yoga
session.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgangUMnMeng_T3uUz-Ih84lxqQmBvaKK1S6Xcmj8akrJbvz5uVCpQBe5JR-NR7raMe1noOCayJNuLIYWdDQ5P8bL3VkWVAGzJJbwY6kDmfQ276BWHP7q4C11qZr3lcmky1qrIrTYLdfnXy4YQc8z42ZAlV2rtDxrWWD9hMhA-LZpA2CggQAzF86GdH-vk/s611/download%20%2870%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="289" data-original-width="611" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgangUMnMeng_T3uUz-Ih84lxqQmBvaKK1S6Xcmj8akrJbvz5uVCpQBe5JR-NR7raMe1noOCayJNuLIYWdDQ5P8bL3VkWVAGzJJbwY6kDmfQ276BWHP7q4C11qZr3lcmky1qrIrTYLdfnXy4YQc8z42ZAlV2rtDxrWWD9hMhA-LZpA2CggQAzF86GdH-vk/s320/download%20%2870%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
On June 18, the Kyabazinga (ruler) of Busoga William Gabula Nadiope performed
yoga at the SDM mandir along Bell Avenue in Jinja City, Uganda. More than 600
people attended the event hosted by Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh HSS Uganda. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIFZ1_tskrZIuonCYWuQR2BxRqgHitnByl_22Ar-SkzOchtg_bNuPX0JEpnz09DcM1Uf9OUUalEniDWVVzbmRVcYixeW1ddWVG4dzznSFojttkozLJA93ZwqyrfYKcgULcPUCJEZmPQBGSPTxS86-aNMTIAunqdQw4yVWMBs6ipcJJE6qYVhbUzYLtAU/s1000/15b8823f-18e2-49e9-a9e5-14ed6fbe7f92.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIFZ1_tskrZIuonCYWuQR2BxRqgHitnByl_22Ar-SkzOchtg_bNuPX0JEpnz09DcM1Uf9OUUalEniDWVVzbmRVcYixeW1ddWVG4dzznSFojttkozLJA93ZwqyrfYKcgULcPUCJEZmPQBGSPTxS86-aNMTIAunqdQw4yVWMBs6ipcJJE6qYVhbUzYLtAU/s320/15b8823f-18e2-49e9-a9e5-14ed6fbe7f92.jpg"/></a></div> In his
speech at the celebrations, the Kyabazinga of Busoga said that it was his first
time to celebrate yoga adding that yoga practice brings joy, health, peace from
within the body and opens a sense of connection between an individual’s inner
consciousness and the external world.<br>
Around 650 people gathered to practise yoga on the grounds of Tsukiji Honganji
Mandir in Tokyo on June 21.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheP2wVK-mCqAbPYWJryoji-a_DRLXx1ycO13J5DhAtVuv39mMU6aSVGSAxHUSuk2l43zWPZ43xJib_GL8zRWbKtJl9JiDYbe66uC41Obah2pqPY5orqPZNnWWOe2aP6n_YuZta9lUg7_zYmu2kDUbf-jgeEWax8VGI5Pd12piTKyNrQPujRT3xBBlbo5I/s481/download%20%2871%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheP2wVK-mCqAbPYWJryoji-a_DRLXx1ycO13J5DhAtVuv39mMU6aSVGSAxHUSuk2l43zWPZ43xJib_GL8zRWbKtJl9JiDYbe66uC41Obah2pqPY5orqPZNnWWOe2aP6n_YuZta9lUg7_zYmu2kDUbf-jgeEWax8VGI5Pd12piTKyNrQPujRT3xBBlbo5I/s320/download%20%2871%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
On June 18, yoga enthusiasts took part in a mass yoga session at the
amphitheatre lawns at North Beach in Durban, South Africa.<br>
Nepal police personnel performed yoga during the IDY at National Police Academy
in Kathmandu.<br>
In a joint initiative by Bahrain India Cultural & Arts Services (BICAS) and Prop
Yoga & Therapy Centre and under the patronage of the Bharatiya Embassy, a
Manthan Yoga Conclave was organized in Bahrain. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDZva2y-YLWHjb6JGiX644gSIybiUqHBFmxr617bnHZNo47BJXKNlYXomGrBIozRxQYj_cfnRM7ut0Jn0cxDFNpi1OHrkz4f30YcFvELxRwLhJf7sJWrdSHxuT4pDawSnhZ7sSXgP701vjkRPM6G-CQ5IWEfyNHX_RMTJZjqG7GL74tduiibp-GCWRc6U/s552/download%20%2872%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDZva2y-YLWHjb6JGiX644gSIybiUqHBFmxr617bnHZNo47BJXKNlYXomGrBIozRxQYj_cfnRM7ut0Jn0cxDFNpi1OHrkz4f30YcFvELxRwLhJf7sJWrdSHxuT4pDawSnhZ7sSXgP701vjkRPM6G-CQ5IWEfyNHX_RMTJZjqG7GL74tduiibp-GCWRc6U/s320/download%20%2872%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
Around 300 yoga enthusiasts attended the yoga session organized by the embassy
of Bharat in Kiev, Ukraine.<br>
More than 520 participants across several cities participated in the 9th IDY
organized by the Sanatan Dharma Swayamsevak Sangh in Myanmar.<br>
IDY was celebrated by swayamsevaks of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh HSS New Zealand at
the Bharatiya High Commission in Wellington.<br>
HSS (UK) organised diverse array of events in different cities of UK on the
occasion of IDY. <br>
IDY was also celebrated in several cities across Tanzania including Iringa,
Mwanza, Lindi and Tanga.<br>
Chapters of HSS USA organized events to celebrate IDY in several cities of the
USA.<br>
Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh Munich Shakha demonstrated suryanamaskar at an IDY event
organized by the Consulate General of Bharat, Munich. <br>
National Cadet Corps (NCC) celebrated the 9th IDY with full zeal and enthusiasm
with the participation of 11 lakh NCC Cadets at different venues across Bharat.<br>
The Bharatiya Army formed a ‘Bharatmala’ by conducting yoga all along the border
areas of the nation including Dong in Arunachal Pradesh, Longewala in Rajasthan,
Siachen and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The troops, families including
children and defence civilians actively participated in the events.<br>
Local yoga organisations and Bharatiya embassies in several other countries
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<b><a name="5.">5.</a> JOHN P. STEVENS HIGH SCHOOL CELEBRATED GURU VANDANA: </b>
On May 5, John P. Stevens High School in Edison, New Jersey, celebrated Guru
Vandana for the first time. The board of the Hindu Students of John P. Stevens (HSJPS)
planned the event. Since this event was conducted for the first time, many club
members were unaware of how exactly to invite their teachers and what the event
would look like. To overcome this, an email regarding the event was sent to the
teachers listing the name(s) of the student(s) that wished to invite the teacher
as well as a brief overview on the meaning of a Guru and the importance of the
event to the Hindu culture. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGvTSuxX3ntAWQZPnU8xkWfGdUUSdtS1GcoXGjIbU7jgAU-Ui03dzRGW9VLs5wFKhdzxFc_0zVlAWdZAmPgvoAMokhY-qUda88a_1k06rXxKUdwUf2S4UFqXVow9HaIvvJCrMotWd1kwF-27770Hp7z1NUO6OF5s0wNB8qvNHP_pi5zVGA-brJc4O-hv8/s750/Pict11.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="319" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGvTSuxX3ntAWQZPnU8xkWfGdUUSdtS1GcoXGjIbU7jgAU-Ui03dzRGW9VLs5wFKhdzxFc_0zVlAWdZAmPgvoAMokhY-qUda88a_1k06rXxKUdwUf2S4UFqXVow9HaIvvJCrMotWd1kwF-27770Hp7z1NUO6OF5s0wNB8qvNHP_pi5zVGA-brJc4O-hv8/s320/Pict11.png"/></a></div>
After the Deep Prajwalan, a presentation regarding Guru Vandana and the Guru
Shishya educated the teachers about this Hindu tradition. <br>
Students felicitated their teachers by applying tilak, doing aarti, giving them
a shawl, and touching their feet. The students spoke about their teachers and
the teachers also shared their thoughts on the Hindu way of paying reverence. 25
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<b><a name="6.">6.</a> UTTAR LOS ANGELES VIBHAG CONDUCTED HINDU HERITAGE CAMP:
</b>Uttar Los Angeles Vibhag of HSS USA conducted Hindu Heritage Camp (HHC) in
Eastvale, CA on May 21. 19 karyakartas including three from Hindu YUVA and five
sevikas planned the camp activities. 74 new contacts from 22 families joined
their first ever sangh karyakram at the camp. Total participation in the camp
was 105 including 30 bals and around 10 kishores. Ice-breaking games, yogasana,
khel and charcha were conducted in separate ganas for bala, kishore, purush and
mahila.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnAMm0SJ2hLTOTuIrw2F1gxeNW1g9u_GciyKBRq-fR0G6N4nfQ5THQ1Z45MEd2lm2emTOZTbF0oWVaE5rlf1TsOwfvD7cntQymGNM1Gjjr7SGiCPjpV4lywqWCySxJ2J8gqcQZphfSegZ5vgiRrPPWMgOubr-ue0FCPlf29A7y9kFuenSv7FQnpTlFQF4/s640/image%20%282%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnAMm0SJ2hLTOTuIrw2F1gxeNW1g9u_GciyKBRq-fR0G6N4nfQ5THQ1Z45MEd2lm2emTOZTbF0oWVaE5rlf1TsOwfvD7cntQymGNM1Gjjr7SGiCPjpV4lywqWCySxJ2J8gqcQZphfSegZ5vgiRrPPWMgOubr-ue0FCPlf29A7y9kFuenSv7FQnpTlFQF4/s320/image%20%282%29.jpg"/></a></div>
The feedback from the participants was very encouraging and they expressed the
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<b><a name="7.">7.</a> 8,000 CELEBRATE HINDU MANDIR FESTIVAL IN HAMM: </b>The
annual festival of the Sri Kamadchi Ampal Mandir in the North Rhine-Westphalian
city of Hamm, Germany, began on June 5. Around 8,000 devotees celebrated the
main day of the festival on June 18. After ceremonies in the mandir, the statue
of Devi Kamadchi was placed on a float and honored by the devotees in a
three-hour procession. The procession was the culmination of the festival that
lasted around two weeks. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicr_6eOxQK5pTcbDbcZCU9j-ULHGQycP6sVbMSUFMkRszUxmTbs4cy5S6UuMoQmicwtD90SBGKyI_dpir8OL4s6aVnCMx7fV8Ldjw4aaMEPmu4Nl9NtPJnUdWDqyrzt2YC4oTC4FGXpq2dBwjs6qrD4qe11YXtFSf6dznvIQK7SpY3rvdFWNpi7tl_EQ8/s449/download%20%2877%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="254" data-original-width="449" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicr_6eOxQK5pTcbDbcZCU9j-ULHGQycP6sVbMSUFMkRszUxmTbs4cy5S6UuMoQmicwtD90SBGKyI_dpir8OL4s6aVnCMx7fV8Ldjw4aaMEPmu4Nl9NtPJnUdWDqyrzt2YC4oTC4FGXpq2dBwjs6qrD4qe11YXtFSf6dznvIQK7SpY3rvdFWNpi7tl_EQ8/s320/download%20%2877%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
The Hindu mandir in Hamm is one of the largest in Europe and attracts visitors
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<b><a name="8.">8.</a> FIRST EVER HINDU-AMERICAN SUMMIT ORGANISED AT US CAPITOL
HILL: </b>On June 14, the first-ever Hindu-American Summit was hosted by the
Americans4Hindus Political Action Committee (PAC) in collaboration with over 20
other diaspora organisations. The aim of the summit was to bring the Hindu
community’s issues to the attention of the lawmakers. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVC-V6VY_B31pQl1TjIFFv9gkYdFVzLrsHiTU43433Xqw9n-pbeCbWT2B3ACgJQ097XlEPUIBBQym_FVEsD8WI71uhoy6uukoYEf4W-RpVcVIEugs0AjhGbMM5OyrmBUjxPoFaraxdWKEoKRaTzHrZHnTnQMh7RNSM6ftn7UtjrD14lM9lBm1tjxbXeko/s450/download%20%2876%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVC-V6VY_B31pQl1TjIFFv9gkYdFVzLrsHiTU43433Xqw9n-pbeCbWT2B3ACgJQ097XlEPUIBBQym_FVEsD8WI71uhoy6uukoYEf4W-RpVcVIEugs0AjhGbMM5OyrmBUjxPoFaraxdWKEoKRaTzHrZHnTnQMh7RNSM6ftn7UtjrD14lM9lBm1tjxbXeko/s320/download%20%2876%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
Around 130 Bharatiya American leaders from Florida, New York, Boston, Texas, Chicago, and California
representing more than 20 Hindu and Bharatiya organisations attended the event.
Dr Romesh Japra, Founder and Chairman of American4Hindus said that they thought
it is a good idea to bring all the organisations together for this summit being
held for political engagement as they feel that Hindu Americans are being
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<b><a name="9.">9.</a> PM MODI CONFERRED WITH EGYPT'S HIGHEST STATE HONOUR IN
CAIRO: </b>On June 25, Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi was conferred with ‘Order of
the Nile’ award, Egypt's highest state honour by the Egyptian President Abdel
Fattah al-Sisi. Modi's state visit to the African country was the first by a
Bharatiya PM since 1997. Later, PM Modi also paid a visit to the Heliopolis
Commonwealth War Cemetery and offered tributes to the 4,000 Bharatiya soldiers
who bravely fought and laid down their lives in Egypt and Palestine during the
First World War. He also interacted with the Bharatiya diaspora in separate
groups at the Ritz Carlton hotel. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5NNSlvvPCwMESfpHYWQimziqpWbhZZCHDDR1P_tETPyQ8V9_S-3MvBnpt3eonTP4-MTm8x0KGCNS-7mIUqIP1nOl9OjXS7u_-5x4aDFXJj34F10Lq8-N0Hmng7vve9U2rnsRFEFFz9zXc6FknKt2ppdiyDBnTTqL8r9PXa4fcEc8KgJXBwMUxmf7L-3k/s389/download%20%2873%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5NNSlvvPCwMESfpHYWQimziqpWbhZZCHDDR1P_tETPyQ8V9_S-3MvBnpt3eonTP4-MTm8x0KGCNS-7mIUqIP1nOl9OjXS7u_-5x4aDFXJj34F10Lq8-N0Hmng7vve9U2rnsRFEFFz9zXc6FknKt2ppdiyDBnTTqL8r9PXa4fcEc8KgJXBwMUxmf7L-3k/s320/download%20%2873%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
Earlier on June 23, PM Modi addressed a large gathering of the Bharatiya
diaspora at the Ronald Reagan Centre in Washington, marking the conclusion of
his US State visit. While speaking to the Bharatiya diaspora, PM Modi said that
the collective resilience of the nation that has overcome centuries of
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<b><a name="10.">10.</a> SENIOR BHARATIYA ADVOCATE SURESH SRIVASTAVA ELECTED
VICE-CHAIRMAN OF GLOBAL UN ADVOCACY BODY:</b>A senior Bharatiya advocate Suresh
Srivastava was unanimously elected vice-chairman of the World Federation of
United Nations Associations (WFUNA), a global UN advocacy body.<br>
As the new vice-chairman of WFUNA, headquartered at the United Nations premises
in New York, Srivastava will play a key role in shaping the organisation’s
policies and priorities, as well as helping to advance its mission around the
world, a press release said.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKT95dOC-MwBAU7oPDZBZivXIgVHKemm8CC2Z0B-6ySGm-Ymm9R69gTiNFrjkOWuxWz6pfH4QIKyH3Fm3N16htqwpMk2MnxfKAYe5jRsSYUqMqQlLIDoaJyUoS6sAxDFLhDPWSwoVTlO4uyzPr30o6wpcRllE5oKLYhkEp_WBEqheaLl4hSVxkwAO_i_U/s277/download%20%2874%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="182" data-original-width="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKT95dOC-MwBAU7oPDZBZivXIgVHKemm8CC2Z0B-6ySGm-Ymm9R69gTiNFrjkOWuxWz6pfH4QIKyH3Fm3N16htqwpMk2MnxfKAYe5jRsSYUqMqQlLIDoaJyUoS6sAxDFLhDPWSwoVTlO4uyzPr30o6wpcRllE5oKLYhkEp_WBEqheaLl4hSVxkwAO_i_U/s320/download%20%2874%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
In his statement, Srivastava said that it was a tremendous opportunity for him
to contribute to the important work of advancing the United Nations’ goals of
peace and development, and to work alongside some of the most dedicated and
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<b><a name="11.">11.</a> REVIVING ANCIENT HINDU TRADITIONS OF TRIPURA: </b>June
26 marked the beginning of the Kharchi Puja in Tripura, the festival of ‘14
Devatas’ believed to be the guardians of the state. The event holds immense
historical and cultural importance, showcasing the rich heritage and traditions
of the region. The auspicious event marked the revival of ancient customs and
traditions, drawing enthusiastic devotees from far and wide. The rituals and
ceremonies followed during the Kharchi Puja have been meticulously preserved
over the centuries. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnVWPZlJhqYnymR80K-Td2lfzbrsHdia3xTwl_8aOaAoiKx-F_nSp71-X8IqHFzdIAMKyRKE17IbUzitejMSxAdui8QfRCg5RTxNyM7BMfHMCKSCLYEz_TnO62GAiQEF1Ee18J3KoHGABm0Z9xb3vDX8CJzLYfeIEOV_MxyzAD_v_HYQirnQQRYUMBWAI/s450/download%20%2875%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnVWPZlJhqYnymR80K-Td2lfzbrsHdia3xTwl_8aOaAoiKx-F_nSp71-X8IqHFzdIAMKyRKE17IbUzitejMSxAdui8QfRCg5RTxNyM7BMfHMCKSCLYEz_TnO62GAiQEF1Ee18J3KoHGABm0Z9xb3vDX8CJzLYfeIEOV_MxyzAD_v_HYQirnQQRYUMBWAI/s320/download%20%2875%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
The festival also witnessed cultural performances, showcasing the diverse folk
traditions of Tripura. Kharchi Puja not only serves as a platform for spiritual
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<b><a name="12.">12.</a> GANDHI PEACE PRIZE FOR 2021 TO GITA PRESS, GORAKHPUR:
</b>The Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2021 is being conferred on Gita Press,
Gorakhpur. The award carries an amount of Rs. 1 crore, a citation, a plaque and
an exquisite traditional handicraft/handloom item. On June 18, the Jury headed
by the Pradhan Mantri Shri Narendra Modi unanimously decided to select Gita
Press, Gorakhpur in recognition of its outstanding contribution towards social,
economic and political transformation through non-violent and other Gandhian
methods. PM Modi observed that the conferment of Gandhi Peace Prize on Gita
Press, on completion of hundred years of its establishment, is a recognition of
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<b><a name="13.">13.</a> SHRI VISHWA NIKETAN</b>:<b>Pravas: Visitors:</b> Omkar
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<b>FOOD FOR THOUGHT:</b> Selfish actions must be avoided, and our actions must
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RSS FOUNDER DR HEDGEWAR & HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE FREEDOM STRUGGLE</b></font></p>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt">Some time ago, a journalist came to
visit me. During the conversation, he asked me, “What role did the RSS play in
the Independence struggle?” Perhaps he too was a victim of the propaganda
against RSS. I asked him back what he meant by the ‘Independence struggle’? He
was not prepared for this. He could not speak anything. Then he replied in a low
and hesitant voice, “The one which Mahatma Gandhi did”. I asked, “So nothing
happened before Gandhiji? Did the trinity of Lal-Bal-Pal have no contribution?
Did the revolutionary movement and Subhash Chandra Bose have no role in the
independence struggle?” He was silent. Then I asked how many Satyagrahas
happened under Gandhiji’s leadership? He was unsure of that. I said there were
three, in 1921, 1930 and 1942. He did not know it. I said the founder of RSS Dr
Hedgewarji (who passed away in 1940) had participated in the Satyagraha before
(1921) and after (1930). He founded the RSS for which he had to suffer
imprisonment also.<br>
I narrated this incident because a very systematic attempt is being made to tell
us a partial history. The people of Bharat are forced to believe that
Independence was gained only because of the Congress and the Satyagraha in 1942;
no one else did anything. This is not the complete truth. Yes, the Satyagraha
provided a simple and effortless means to the common people to participate in
the Independence struggle through charkha and khadi. However, to give credit to
a particular movement or a party is playing with history and an insult to the
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Now, if we want to discuss RSS, we have to start with Dr Hedgewar. Keshav (Hedgewar)
was born in 1889. The fervour of the Independence struggle started in Nagpur
from 1904-1905. Yet, in 1897, the 9-10 year old Keshav threw away the sweets
distributed in the school on the occasion of the diamond jubilee of Queen
Victoria’s coronation into a dustbin. This was his anger and annoyance for being
slave to the British. In 1907, Keshav invited the wrath of his school management
and exclusion from the school, as punishment for making all his classmates sing
Vande Mataram in front of the Government inspector in his Neel City school
against the tyrannical order banning the public chanting of Vande Mataram,
called Risley Circular. He chose Calcutta over Mumbai for medical education even
while the latter had the facilities because the former was the hub of the
revolutionaries. There, he became a core group member of the top revolutionary
organisation Anushilan Samiti.<br>
He returned to Nagpur in 1916 after becoming a doctor. At that time, all the top
leaders of the Independence struggle were married and leading a family life. Dr
Hedgewar could have thought on the same lines. The family background matched
with it. Nevertheless, he decided not to follow the medical profession and not
to marry. He had such intensity and urgency in his heart for attaining
Independence that he gave no thought to his personal life, dedicated all his
might, time and ability to the nation and joined every type of movement for
independence.<br>
He had an unflinching faith in Lokmanya Tilak. All the responsibilities of the
Congress session, to be held in Nagpur in 1920, were given to Dr Hardikar and Dr
Hedgewar and they inducted 1200 volunteers for that. Dr. Hedgewar was the joint
secretary of the Nagpur city unit of Congress at that time. Dr Hedgewar had
proposed to the resolution committee of the Congress to come up with a
resolution with a clear objective ‘to make Bharat independent, turn it into a
republic, and free the world from the clutches of capitalism. The Congress
accepted his suggestion of total independence after nine years in the Lahore
session in 1929. Pleased with this, Doctorji instructed all the shakhas of the
RSS to congratulate Congress on January 26, 1930. All Tilak supporters in Nagpur
were saddened after Lokmanya Tilak’s demise on August 1, 1920. Thereafter, the
independence struggle of the Congress continued under Gandhiji’s leadership. In
1921, Mahatma Gandhiji supported the Khilafat during the noncooperation movement
with a view of expanding the social base against imperialism and to accommodate
the Muslims that were hurt by the abolition of the Khilafat in Turkistan by the
British. Many leaders of the Congress and nationalist Muslims too were opposed
to this. Hence, the non-cooperation movement was not much effective in Nagpur.
However, Dr Hedgewar, Dr Cholkar, Samimulla Khan etc. changed this scene. Even
after objecting to associating Khilafat to the national movement, they did not
make the objection public. They took part in the movement with the sole purpose
of opposing imperialism. They did not care for the political atmosphere around
them or for the views of vocal Tilak supporters. They had to suffer one year in
imprisonment under the charges of sedition.<br>
Even after knowing the importance and priority of attaining independence, one
question plagued Dr Hedgewar – how could a handful of Englishmen, who came from
7000 miles away for trade, rule this large country? There must be some flaws in
us. He realised that our society had forgotten itself, divided in groups like
castes, provinces, language and faith; it was unorganised and full of bad
practices. The British benefited from this and could rule us. This history might
be repeated in future as well if the society remained the same even after the
independence. He used to say that ‘Sapnath will come when Nagnath goes’ (if one
type of snake goes, the other will come). Hence, it is more important and
necessary to make our society proud of itself, aware and organised as well as
liberate it from all bad practices and make it full of national character. He
realised that this work can be done only by staying away from politics,
publicity, silently and continuously. He founded Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in
1925 for this purpose. He had cordial and affectionate relations with all
political and social leaders, movements and activities even after founding RSS.<br>
The civil disobedience movement started by Gandhiji on April 6, 1930 from Dandi
(Gujarat). The decision to support this movement was taken in November 1929
itself in the three-day meeting of the Sanghchalaks. As per the RSS policy, Dr
Hedgewarji decided to participate in this Satyagraha at the individual level
with other Swayamsevaks. He entrusted his responsibility as the Sarsanghachalak
to his old friend Dr Paranjape so that RSS work was not affected and gave the
responsibility to visit the shakhas to Babasaheb Apte and Bapurao Bhedi.
Initially, 3-4 thousand people accompanied him on July 21 during this satyagrah.
By the time they reached Pusad, the venue of the Satyagraha 1930, ten thousand
people had gathered. They were sent to jail for nine months in this Satyagraha.
He took charge of the responsibility of the Sarsanghachalak after the release
and again focused on the RSS work.<br>
Hindu Mahasabha and Arya Samaj had given a call of Satyagraha under the banner
of Bhaganagar Nihshastra Pratikar Mandal in 1938 to oppose Nizam’s atrocities
against the Hindus in Bhaganagar (Hyderabad). Doctorji gave consent to those
Swayamsewaks who asked permission for joining that Satyagraha. But he clarified
that they could do so at an individual level. When the organisers frequently
mentioned in their press releases that RSS had participated in the Bhaganagar
Satyagraha, Doctorji wrote a letter to them and asked them not to mention RSS.<br>
Doctorji had deliberately devised this strategy with a vision and clear
thinking. He understood the transitory, momentary and struggling nature of
political movements and the continuous, uninterrupted and constructive nature of
RSS work. He wanted movements to be successful without hampering the perpetual
work of RSS. Even during the Forest Satyagraha, he participated in the
Satyagraha with many other Swayamsevaks after entrusting the responsibility of
Sarsanghachalak to Dr Paranjape. <br>
Mahatma Gandhi gave the historic call of ‘British! Go Back’ in the Congress
session at the Gowalia Tank ground in Mumbai on August 8, 1942. From the next
day itself, the movement caught momentum all over the country and arrests of
leaders started at many places. Agitations at Bawali (Amaravati), Ashti (Wardha)
and Chimur (Chandrapur) in Vidarbha were remarkable. The news from Chimur was
broadcast even on the Berlin Radio. The agitations there were led by Uddhavrao
Korekar of Congress and RSS’ functionaries Dada Naik, Baburao Begade and Annaji
Siras. The only death with a British bullet in that agitation was that of RSS
Swayamsevak Balaji Raipurkar. Congress, Shri Gurudev Seva Mandal of Shri Tukdoji
Maharaj and RSS Swayamsewaks collectively organised the agitation and Satyagraha
at Chimur. Cases were filed against 125 satyagrahis in this agitation and
innumerable Swayamsevaks.<br>
Senior members and pracharaks of RSS at many places vehemently jumped in this
movement all over Bharat such as Shri Jaidevji Pathak (Pracharak in Rajasthan),
who was later active in Vidya Bharati. Dr Annasaheb Deshpande at Arvi (Vidarbha).
Ramakant Keshav (Balasaheb) Deshpande who later founded the Vanvasi Kalyan
Ashram Jashpur (Chhattisgarh). Vasantrao Oak in Delhi who later became the Prant
pracharak of Delhi. Krishna Vallabh Prasad Narayan Singh (Babuaji) in Patna and
who later carried the responsibility of Bihar Sanghchalak. Chandrakant<br>
Bhardwaj (Delhi) whose foot was hit with a bullet and which could never be
removed. Dattatray Gangadhar (Bhayyaji) Kasture in Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh),
Madhavrao Devade in East Uttar Pradesh. Along with the tyranny of the British,
on the one hand Satyagraha was going on, while on the other many agitators went
underground and worked for steering the movement. To give shelter to the
underground workers during those times was not without risk. Many Sangh
Swayamsevaks did that. Innumerable names can be cited like these. The
possibility of documenting all these was very bleak in those days.<br>
From Dr Hedgewar’s life it is clear that his entire life was dedicated to the
Independence of the nation. The path he had chosen for the same was to organise
society that is flawless, skillful and based on national thought. Until 1947,
the main objective enshrined in the oath of RSS was ‘to make the Hindu nation
independent’.<br>
The national life of Bharat has the tendency of taking extreme positions. Even
in Doctorji’s lifetime, society was divided on the binaries of
Congress-revolutionaries, Tilak-Gandhi, violence-nonviolence, Hindu Mahasabha
Congress etc. The trend was of scoring brownie political points over each other.
Sometimes, owing to their differences, they would fiercely oppose each other
instead of fighting against British imperialism. A resolution to condemn the
revolutionaries was to come up in the provincial session of the Madhya Prant
Congress presided by Loknayak Ane in 1921. Dr Hedgewar convinced him that even
though he did not believe in the path of the revolutionaries, their patriotism
should not be doubted. Thus, Doctorji’s life was not determined by the narrow
options of political views, philosophy and policies, Tilak-Gandhi,
violence-nonviolence and Congress-revolutionaries etc. <br>
The fundamental aim of attaining Independence was far more important than a
personality or a particular path. A class which considers Bharat merely a
political entity always tries to take credit for everything. It pursues the
unilateral propaganda for taking the sole credit for Bharat’s Independence,
without recognising the role of others. Independence was a cumulative result of
all round efforts from armed revolutionaries to non-violent Satyagrahis, rebels
in the army and Indian National Army etc. The role of prevalent precarious
situations in England after World War II and their inability and reluctance to
rule the colonies cannot be completely ruled out either. The British eventually
gave Independence to other colonies also where there was no freedom struggle
like Bharat. It is true that the Satyagraha in 1942 was the last Satyagraha led
by Mahatma Gandhiji and Bharat attained Independence after that in 1947.
However, to say that Independence was gained only because of the 1942 movement
in 1942 and because of the people who were arrested in that movement is
laughable, improper and untrue. There is a story. A farmer was very hungry. The
wife was serving and he was eating. However, his hunger was not satisfied. He
was satisfied only after eating the eleventh roti. The upset husband scolded his
wife for not serving the eleventh roti earlier. His logic was the work of eating
so many rotis could have been avoided and he would have experienced satisfaction
earlier. The idea itself is laughable.<br>
Similarly, giving the credit for Bharat’s Independence solely to the 1942 Quit
India Movement is laughable. If we go through some historical accounts, we get a
clearer picture on this movement. While granting Independence to Bharat, British
PM Clement Atlee said,“Gandhi’s nonviolence movement had next to zero effect on
the British.” Former acting Governor of West Bengal P M Chakraborty (CJ of
Kolkata High court) wrote: “When I was the acting Governor, Lord Atlee, spent
two days in the Governor’s palace at Kolkata during his tour of India. At that
time, I had a prolonged discussion with him regarding the real factors that had
led the British to quit India. My direct question to him was that since Gandhi’s
“Quit India” movement had tapered off quite some time ago and in 1947 no such
new compelling situation had arisen that would necessitate a hasty British
departure, why did they have to leave? In his reply Atlee cites several reasons,
the principle among them being the erosion of loyalty to the British Crown among
the Indian army and navy personnel as a result of the military activities of
Netaji (Subhashchandra Bose). Towards the end of our discussion, I asked Atlee
what was the extent of Gandhiji’s influence upon the British decision to quit
India. Hearing this question, Atlee’s lips became twisted in a sarcastic smile
as he slowly chewed out the word, m-i-n-i-m-a-l”. [Ranjan Borra,“ Subhashchandra
Bose, The Indian National Army, The War of India’s liberation”. Journal of
Historical review, Vol 20,(2001), No 1 ref. 46]<br>
Bharat is not a mere political entity. This is a cultural unit based on the
perpetual, comprehensive and integral vision built on the eternal thinking and
vision of thousands of years. This vision and culture provide a special identity
to this varied society spreading from the Indian Ocean to the Himalaya.
Therefore, whenever there is a political change, just before that or
simultaneously a process of cultural awakening by a spiritual force takes place
in Bharat. It is visible that if the situation is more critical, the
manifestation of this spiritual force becomes stronger. This is why the Bhakti
Movement spread all over Bharat during the 12th to 16th Centuries during the
Mughul rule. An uninterrupted chain of spiritual great men like sadhus, saints
and sanyasis are seen in every region from Swami Ramanand in the north to
Ramanujacharya in the far south. The tradition of spiritual leaders like Swami
Dayanand Saraswati, Shri Ramkrishna Paramhans and Swami Vivekanand is seen
during the slavery of the British. No political change has been successful or
permanent in the history of Bharat without the cultural awakening. Therefore,
the work of cultural awakening should not be evaluated on the political
parameters. It must be underlined that spiritual and cultural awakening that
goes on silently and calmly has much more significance for a nation like Bharat.
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JAGANNATH RATH YATRA: </b>Jagannath mandir in Puri is one of the four Hindu
pilgrimage centers known as Char Dham. The festival of Puri Rath Yatra is
associated with Bhagwan Jagannath, one of the incarnations of Bhagwan Vishnu.
Rath Yatra falls on Ashadh Shukla 2 (June 20 this year). <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZMfm13djRnjlwnHqxJnYurspIbAEUJ3noujpgEW9S1WY4xuxVUQ9S6wF8q0jMuunJiPiFzbm1pF6DQxXaDqmHYgGwwNAj4MJP1386E5SMJpwupmWoasp5pTkLwOVt2sbouOOnOWRTf1BF6KqmFeF1EY53rmG77OyvrJ29B0HIFps12kw0OKRu3Hka/s650/jagannath-rath-yatra.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZMfm13djRnjlwnHqxJnYurspIbAEUJ3noujpgEW9S1WY4xuxVUQ9S6wF8q0jMuunJiPiFzbm1pF6DQxXaDqmHYgGwwNAj4MJP1386E5SMJpwupmWoasp5pTkLwOVt2sbouOOnOWRTf1BF6KqmFeF1EY53rmG77OyvrJ29B0HIFps12kw0OKRu3Hka/s320/jagannath-rath-yatra.jpg"/></a></div> In one of the oldest
Rath Yatra of the world, the decorated statues of Bhagwan Jagannath and his
siblings - Devi Subhadra and Bhagwan Balabhadra - cover a 3-km-long journey from
Jagannath Mandir to the Gundicha Mandir in chariots drawn by hundreds of
devotees. After nine days, the deities ride the chariots back to Shri Mandir
in ‘bahuda jatra’. This religious procession is also known as Chariot Festival,
Navadina Yatra, Gundicha Yatra, or Dasavatara.<br>
The Rath Yatra festival has also become a common sight in many major cities of
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<b><a name="2.">2.</a> RSS TRITIYA VARSHA SANGH SHIKSHA VARG CONCLUDED: </b>On
June 1, RSS Sarasanghachalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat addressed the concluding ceremony
of the Tritiya Varsh Sangh Shiksha Varg of RSS at Reshim Bagh, Nagpur.
Kadsiddheshwar Swami of Siddhgiri Sansthan Kaneri Math, Kolhapur was the chief
guest of the event and Vidarbha Prant Sanghachalak Ram Harkare and Nagpur
Sanghachalak Rajesh Loya were also present on the occasion.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBNMVLeh4s5SpZKZ1vCocoosOtL-MmRBa944NndaHWNPGtPnlf9uBWK2HZHNpjhFiCNzdX0w50cIUitzlNvjMFqE3qrOb-ReuCfsHDTvfYzJjm0UA9PuYD73T7ytT6Zo722eXXjBU3QLyxi_xcO-fICwKc8_uyv9_rwrOeNIVoTgKxDVkN4t1lCNm3/s696/Screenshot%20%28685%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="696" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBNMVLeh4s5SpZKZ1vCocoosOtL-MmRBa944NndaHWNPGtPnlf9uBWK2HZHNpjhFiCNzdX0w50cIUitzlNvjMFqE3qrOb-ReuCfsHDTvfYzJjm0UA9PuYD73T7ytT6Zo722eXXjBU3QLyxi_xcO-fICwKc8_uyv9_rwrOeNIVoTgKxDVkN4t1lCNm3/s320/Screenshot%20%28685%29.jpg"/></a></div>
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Bhagwat said that it is the duty of all of us to
remember our ancient tradition and accept our Bharatiya culture that
accommodates all diversities. He added that in our country, since ancient times,
there has been a culture of coordination among the diversities and everyone
should make efforts for enhancing Bharat’s unity and integrity. Dr. Bhagwat also
said that Bharat has done a good job in the financial crisis and in the corona
epidemic and it is a matter of pride that Bharat got the prestigious G-20
presidency.<br>
Dr. Bhagwat said that people living in Bharat have Hindu roots since their
forefathers were Hindus and that living in Bharat makes everyone Hindu, even if
they follow different faiths. He emphasised the need for 'unity in diversity',
called for dialogue instead of controversy and urged everyone to avoid
unnecessary conflicts.<br>
Shri Kadsiddheshwar Swamiji while addressing the swayamsevaks said that Sangh
means discipline, sewa, harmony and dedication. He added that Bharat was a
Vishwaguru and the seeds of the future to restore it on this pedestal are within
us with the medium of its manifestation being the Sangh Shiksha Varg.<br>
The Varg was inaugurated on May 8 by Sah Sarakaryavah Ram Dutt at Maharishi Vyas<br>
Auditorium located in Dr. Hedgewar Smriti Mandir premises. Speaking on the
occasion, he had said that Sangh plants the seeds of culture and every
Swayamsevak in the varg gets an opportunity to develop the sense of country
first, pride, authenticity, patriotism, discipline and affection towards self.
682 swayamsevaks from all over Bharat participated in the varg. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
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<b><a name="3.">3.</a> SAVARKAR'S COURAGE, SACRIFICE CONTINUE TO INSPIRE US: PM
MODI: </b>On May 28, Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi hailed freedom fighter Vinayak
Damodar Savarkar, popularly known as Veer Savarkar, and said that his fearless
and self-respecting nature did not tolerate the mentality of slavery. While
paying homage to Savarkar on his 140th birth anniversary, the PM said his
sacrifice, courage and determination continue to inspire us.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeCFNSpOZrxrhVCfxH9hfZLsGUfLBik_cx7oedi8JNOk37ti45599MLrh4q8Se3o9pobnwjslyTsAN7kgpKlW3itNKebew_Y5jDCbYs5PzQNMdqTeq_Ay2MEr-p2FmJiHjY2IoY6x-jtAgA08F9B3xIOd7YjzLdICfRp_xe_OgkYs_B4FHoA_10oCm/s472/download%20%2858%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeCFNSpOZrxrhVCfxH9hfZLsGUfLBik_cx7oedi8JNOk37ti45599MLrh4q8Se3o9pobnwjslyTsAN7kgpKlW3itNKebew_Y5jDCbYs5PzQNMdqTeq_Ay2MEr-p2FmJiHjY2IoY6x-jtAgA08F9B3xIOd7YjzLdICfRp_xe_OgkYs_B4FHoA_10oCm/s320/download%20%2858%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
Earlier, after inauguration of the new Parliament building project, PM Modi, Lok
Sabha speaker Om Birla and a host of Central ministers paid floral tribute to
Savarkar in the Central Hall of the current Parliament.<br>
In his 101st ‘Mann ki Baat’, PM Modi said that Savarkar was a great freedom
fighter and the stories related to his sacrifice, courage and resolve inspire us
all even today. Veer Savarkar's personality comprised firmness and magnanimity.
He is remembered not only for the freedom movement, but also for his
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<b><a name="4.">4.</a> SHIVAJI ESTABLISHED ‘SWARAJ’, ENDED SLAVERY MINDSET: PM
MODI: </b>On June 2, Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi said that when Chhatrapati
Shivaji Maharaj’s coronation took place, it carried the slogan of swaraj and
pledged that Shivaji’s model would be the guiding principle for governance in
Amrit Kaal in the next 25 years to make Bharat a developed nation.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOvsEWFk1hnYL0iP9mQY9HFB3_mn-g9Duq0pwQ7Er7J_J93nvFGqIs0KpPf9UN60SIMyNjh3iKx8EPP8NLIopQ4BAypKtdZINosop_uM5u3H7pk0raQxp4LFU0qMRJImTucrY6PPBcO6Yqyy86W7StWDGwRpv6doPvV-CsxN7Mc3PGH6r6i-3-t50i/s750/Shivaji_202306021239377621_H@@IGHT_0_W@@IDTH_600.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="395" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOvsEWFk1hnYL0iP9mQY9HFB3_mn-g9Duq0pwQ7Er7J_J93nvFGqIs0KpPf9UN60SIMyNjh3iKx8EPP8NLIopQ4BAypKtdZINosop_uM5u3H7pk0raQxp4LFU0qMRJImTucrY6PPBcO6Yqyy86W7StWDGwRpv6doPvV-CsxN7Mc3PGH6r6i-3-t50i/s320/Shivaji_202306021239377621_H@@IGHT_0_W@@IDTH_600.jpg"/></a></div>
In a video message on the 350th anniversary of Shivaji’s coronation, PM Modi
said that Shivaji was a great soldier as well as a great administrator and he
ended the mindset of slavery. He added that hundreds of years of slavery had
taken away the country’s self-esteem and confidence and Shivaji Maharaj not only
fought invaders but also infused a belief in the people that self-rule was
possible. He also said that the coronation of Shivaji Maharaj is a special
chapter of the historic period 350 years ago and the great tales of
self-governance, good governance and prosperity inspire everyone even today.<br>
As per an official press release, the Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde
stated that the Cultural Affairs Department has been entrusted with collecting
and collating literature, relics, and other things from the era of Shivaji
Maharaj from across the world in a bid to propagate his ideas and beliefs and
preserve his legacy. According to the CMO release, Shinde also informed that
various programs will be organised throughout the year to mark Chhatrapati
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<b><a name="5.">5.</a> G20 DELEGATES EXPERIENCE 1000-YR OLD MAHARASHTRIAN 'PALKHI
SOHALA’: </b>Pune, renowned for its cultural heritage, witnessed a mesmerizing
display of tradition as delegates from several countries, who are in the city
for the G20 summit, experienced the 1000-year old Maharashtrian 'Palkhi Sohala'
on June 12. The delegates took the blessings of the 'Palkhi' and were
overwhelmed with the devotional environment. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS7tFPNC8K3KMlbVlLlsuZqRYQDsLOzF1dOMYqadBAu2JKC9wHlsdJZ6c_COBaaOZi7CGC4auY5p-DEkf2dFWgrUx4wZ1Yog4I8jVzsU_W65JRAUB4VnquW12QYBlo-1GwAHsFgfPxv7Fil6vfqk1Mx2sT8KEE9wFQfPAZntyxNzshnM32dEhPUQcr/s502/download%20%2859%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="402" data-original-width="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS7tFPNC8K3KMlbVlLlsuZqRYQDsLOzF1dOMYqadBAu2JKC9wHlsdJZ6c_COBaaOZi7CGC4auY5p-DEkf2dFWgrUx4wZ1Yog4I8jVzsU_W65JRAUB4VnquW12QYBlo-1GwAHsFgfPxv7Fil6vfqk1Mx2sT8KEE9wFQfPAZntyxNzshnM32dEhPUQcr/s320/download%20%2859%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
Maharashtra government had made arrangements for the G20 delegates to witness
the annual pilgrimage to Pandharpur ahead of the Ashadi Ekadashi festivities.
Pune Guardian Minister Chandrakant Patil enlightened the G20 guests about the
rich traditions of the warkari sect in the state.<br>
The annual wari or pilgrimage owes its origins to the Bhakti movement and is one
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<b><a name="6.">6.</a> SHIBIR ORGANIZED BY HSS JAPAN: </b>After a 4 years hiatus
due to COVID-19, Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh HSS Japan organized a 2-day residential
shibir at Yumesen Indian, Chiba, on May 20-21. 87 participants from 39 families
attended the shibir. The participants from 9 shakhas were of diverse age groups,
including 58 adults and 23 bals. Various physical activities, cultural
presentations, and intellectual assignments were carried out promoting a deeper
understanding of HSS, key issues faced by Hindu society, the need for Hindu
unity and the means of achieving it.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8s1BFY-F9gQtK9HtX_40ue7g90oikKkbu7VaCWVOVirwuNf4o77WEsEBgbnT_vGCb01new-lEYu59srzNI1pskLbi_q1YGvh-I4cW6Aa38gln1nq1y7Zjt2vGMpdGLT5P3gj8es4xuf1PLwXSzrRl6oWtqBl9cM3ttYQHNphoSGPZdLWKOeRMGfYJ/s2048/hssjapvarg2.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8s1BFY-F9gQtK9HtX_40ue7g90oikKkbu7VaCWVOVirwuNf4o77WEsEBgbnT_vGCb01new-lEYu59srzNI1pskLbi_q1YGvh-I4cW6Aa38gln1nq1y7Zjt2vGMpdGLT5P3gj8es4xuf1PLwXSzrRl6oWtqBl9cM3ttYQHNphoSGPZdLWKOeRMGfYJ/s320/hssjapvarg2.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4gATkPcUeIxVy0UM91sZRK8z9iVd4X6CWmuLYp26wCQpIV8J5kLwZtHmXBzECfviAzdGdVE9pSLEkHtye1lwZWr0Uo1VJaJZtZycue22EGQYVibVtkjJfeBiLpJvty4QutEbY9ReQzPIAdyF2a737_xJhh3B040rtSY9ru_z7W4xgdQ9B4C9HwTnS/s2048/hssjapvarg4.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4gATkPcUeIxVy0UM91sZRK8z9iVd4X6CWmuLYp26wCQpIV8J5kLwZtHmXBzECfviAzdGdVE9pSLEkHtye1lwZWr0Uo1VJaJZtZycue22EGQYVibVtkjJfeBiLpJvty4QutEbY9ReQzPIAdyF2a737_xJhh3B040rtSY9ru_z7W4xgdQ9B4C9HwTnS/s320/hssjapvarg4.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrnxbQkOyB064WsSTCIbixwwVkwhHxpeIrN6bbxznx1fzHVcKXXEmErlGf57sJuOvaKalRmR0A-YKQynKHiSV74-xo0rsfCTLeZoCbE7uEpXqpfRTxF8RkYsYVMW4-GI2iG8tnaCcmcoyEC52ZepG57JWSgAnScTnW_tfiolfv1ZSOjAku2L8rzHxf/s2048/hssjapvarg.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrnxbQkOyB064WsSTCIbixwwVkwhHxpeIrN6bbxznx1fzHVcKXXEmErlGf57sJuOvaKalRmR0A-YKQynKHiSV74-xo0rsfCTLeZoCbE7uEpXqpfRTxF8RkYsYVMW4-GI2iG8tnaCcmcoyEC52ZepG57JWSgAnScTnW_tfiolfv1ZSOjAku2L8rzHxf/s320/hssjapvarg.jpg"/></a></div>
A workshop was conducted in which several teams brainstormed on themes like
‘Dependency on machines in day-to-day-life’ and ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ and
presented their ideas regarding it. Cultural programs and fireworks were
arranged during the evening sessions. A maha khel of four levels including
treasure hunt and sand castle building was conducted on the second day. The
shibir concluded with the participants sharing their experiences. One
participant said that participating in such a large scale shibir was an amazing
experience. Some others commented on the exciting and demanding shareerik
activities and the thought provoking bauddhik sessions. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
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<b><a name="7.">7.</a> HSS JAPAN BAL MARATHON 2023: </b>HSS Japan organised a
Bal Marathon to celebrate the 350th Coronation Day of Chhatrapati Shivaji as
Hindu Samrajya Divas. The marathon was held at Komatsugawa Park, Ojima on June
4. Mrs. Kanika Aggrawal, Director of Vivekanand Cultural Centre, Bharatiya
Embassy in Japan graced this event as the chief guest. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFYnCniPPtP77JLX3_s1AjKO1FPD5Cp1KLO2YGn8jvnNHT2OfGj888BjCZYRvpSSUB_fBrC47-S-iMUiqH7juqnwEj9EumDeq_opq-i3qNjs-aSCppxgzbOD4HkgKdytujHMJmwDUSu4ifGrp-3pqYFcp4xEkHRf7nVg4wLl_Qa5hgLg-rCYMD9kHq/s600/351475252_6227275947389993_5806606810465043163_n.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFYnCniPPtP77JLX3_s1AjKO1FPD5Cp1KLO2YGn8jvnNHT2OfGj888BjCZYRvpSSUB_fBrC47-S-iMUiqH7juqnwEj9EumDeq_opq-i3qNjs-aSCppxgzbOD4HkgKdytujHMJmwDUSu4ifGrp-3pqYFcp4xEkHRf7nVg4wLl_Qa5hgLg-rCYMD9kHq/s320/351475252_6227275947389993_5806606810465043163_n.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxj0pwbhR5nOlkufmxujYaYIZq2drxTBwZMMgDWOZfZYf4WMKHmkVG6-SoO6MzfVQkd4ctGqIhY5uB_JKO76VT3uAhMGUGyxi1u8pstvI0pXBfFnzEBt17MXL-WZfDi4KYXarVKcBzOz9HUZZj9ws2htQQ_rlK15nGjU0C37e3nDn8111oMxyTqfrq/s1600/BalMJ2.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxj0pwbhR5nOlkufmxujYaYIZq2drxTBwZMMgDWOZfZYf4WMKHmkVG6-SoO6MzfVQkd4ctGqIhY5uB_JKO76VT3uAhMGUGyxi1u8pstvI0pXBfFnzEBt17MXL-WZfDi4KYXarVKcBzOz9HUZZj9ws2htQQ_rlK15nGjU0C37e3nDn8111oMxyTqfrq/s320/BalMJ2.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglDpn06CRlJWuEmiY-VwPOdcCsDxRybKhau3kVbeZcbQEpoYUJ5BhU-rl1ZgU9ZxW-8RlBKI35_UofZ361Ea9N-J2kvAEeW_JT1iBXnrHw6zgESGuP40wLORNkfD6maFGJq9RcvgS1FiOF3FUkFGVZUt9HNvN1aImLY3Ji8dkLp4YQH9Av5XKWHfC7/s1024/BalMJ.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglDpn06CRlJWuEmiY-VwPOdcCsDxRybKhau3kVbeZcbQEpoYUJ5BhU-rl1ZgU9ZxW-8RlBKI35_UofZ361Ea9N-J2kvAEeW_JT1iBXnrHw6zgESGuP40wLORNkfD6maFGJq9RcvgS1FiOF3FUkFGVZUt9HNvN1aImLY3Ji8dkLp4YQH9Av5XKWHfC7/s320/BalMJ.jpg"/></a></div>The event started with a
shakha attended by more than 500 participants. Mrs. Kanika Aggrawal offered
floral tributes to the murti of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and addressed the
participants about the history of Shivaji Maharaj. She also flagged off the 256
participants of the marathon in various age and distance categories. Winners
were presented with medals and all participants received a participation
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<b><a name="8.">8.</a> HSS AUSTRALIA: HINDU SANGHATHAN DIVAS 2023: </b>285
people participated in the Hindu Sanghathan Diwas organised by Queensland Vibhag
of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh HSS Australia. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD7Xw1jvzwIZCmSGb-F6b41NtMrCPi6FGlmERc_Ywj43pRWRGE5ANM0CenlEt4AqJOWdviEn95Q6RSdC4NroOXxF-mO0inZrlBQe5MEDj8_PdkmfYTxU22GyOb1wXpGFGcLfc9LStWvjdRhSkFfChUFy1GNe2h-rlzesBOMw7xLCcNNlvE7BWNuOk5/s685/Screenshot%20%28687%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="685" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD7Xw1jvzwIZCmSGb-F6b41NtMrCPi6FGlmERc_Ywj43pRWRGE5ANM0CenlEt4AqJOWdviEn95Q6RSdC4NroOXxF-mO0inZrlBQe5MEDj8_PdkmfYTxU22GyOb1wXpGFGcLfc9LStWvjdRhSkFfChUFy1GNe2h-rlzesBOMw7xLCcNNlvE7BWNuOk5/s320/Screenshot%20%28687%29.jpg"/></a></div>
On June 4, Victoria Vibhag celebrated Hindu Sanghathan Diwas at Shivaji Shakha,
Melbourne. The primary purpose of the Utsav was to promote and foster a sense of
unity among Hindus and articulate how the ideals and leadership of Shivaji
Maharaj continue to inspire generations even today. More than 150 people of
various age groups participated in the event.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjznbVGtEWWP5DCg-58TUh2Z8WXiCKgAZ8hwYL1c_dRyNur_GJXtnFAEF55lnRSZG1Vhl7FSWUf1d773rCqzn-mn6iQPqCLVHLDuhdXVjVmnBE5WXP0npBejGwqnj5DuQgBHYE4lgNkTrc3H2-ArRvFHcYDaHmvcYBXy0ZUobdu70ldcFmGHRjjRtDf/s590/Screenshot%20%28686%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="590" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjznbVGtEWWP5DCg-58TUh2Z8WXiCKgAZ8hwYL1c_dRyNur_GJXtnFAEF55lnRSZG1Vhl7FSWUf1d773rCqzn-mn6iQPqCLVHLDuhdXVjVmnBE5WXP0npBejGwqnj5DuQgBHYE4lgNkTrc3H2-ArRvFHcYDaHmvcYBXy0ZUobdu70ldcFmGHRjjRtDf/s320/Screenshot%20%28686%29.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNNWbkZVnkQ0n7GEV1RUwFeIDfyRijpIsCyI47o8xKHFCydzX5OxqLKwx3qVg65Y22hYLzD85OHmLRirlwkALaR3MxIcshcp_AkaqgcQcL6LX2MEBlLZp7nilcjAL_dfPkK9ZeiOkTrfmyFdmEsNyFIWwCHtsdegZOOYKGkARPmhTJwtmS2P_AhofN/s792/Screenshot%20%28688%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="617" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNNWbkZVnkQ0n7GEV1RUwFeIDfyRijpIsCyI47o8xKHFCydzX5OxqLKwx3qVg65Y22hYLzD85OHmLRirlwkALaR3MxIcshcp_AkaqgcQcL6LX2MEBlLZp7nilcjAL_dfPkK9ZeiOkTrfmyFdmEsNyFIWwCHtsdegZOOYKGkARPmhTJwtmS2P_AhofN/s320/Screenshot%20%28688%29.jpg"/></a></div>
200 people participated in the Hindu Sanghathan Divas Utsav organised by the
Western Australia Vibhag at Bunbury which is 200 km away from the main Perth
city. All the events included khel and bauddhik on Shivaji Maharaj. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
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<b><a name="9.">9.</a> HSS JAPAN ORGANISED CLOTH RECYCLING DRIVE: </b>On May 27,
HSS Japan organised the cloth recycle drive at shakha level. The drive received
a huge response from community members and around 1750 kg clothes were
collected. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdw1S5vn7Tokn9EVnoOOjJTKyA5nmFmwNN4wgnvrWzY3gKiiMj9B10xR5ORQ-4mfoZDNepVtm2jwOMNExTfJaJ0bAxI4Sy5H5D5uiHqqGOgpkD6KwF_1PeIg-ZJoxur8iLtYog8NDSlNuajsTqELJThachosScD2yZ8FuHIEKMQs9-1dWHpnCK-9b8/s2048/HSSJapClothr.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdw1S5vn7Tokn9EVnoOOjJTKyA5nmFmwNN4wgnvrWzY3gKiiMj9B10xR5ORQ-4mfoZDNepVtm2jwOMNExTfJaJ0bAxI4Sy5H5D5uiHqqGOgpkD6KwF_1PeIg-ZJoxur8iLtYog8NDSlNuajsTqELJThachosScD2yZ8FuHIEKMQs9-1dWHpnCK-9b8/s320/HSSJapClothr.jpg"/></a></div> With this year’s spring cloth recycle drive, HSS Japan has collected
7,050 kg cloths till date for the needy. The clothes are donated to the local
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<b><a name="10.">10.</a> SEWA SANGAM NETHERLANDS: </b>On May 28, Hindu
Swayamsevak Sangh HSS Netherlands organized Sewa Sangam for the first time in
The Hague. 65 swayamsevak and sevikas from all 12 shakhas across Netherlands
participated in sewa activities at 6 different locations (5 Mandirs and 1
Gurudwara) on the same day, at the same time. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjbycKwobOqKZ_TEsRdF3Um29z6abVbxU34pqFt9RZjt-D1wyLTysbKH_lSUqGioJzbyGsFiYA6rxjYCtaGATj7uDrhafUobJR37bHodsyeWuapzqkEiFObNXHxurObhBCcpUvIe8jKfnCtQSqOF-hyQyG0AX_4sTbt6VGPGOlALyeSg4-emiWQuuW/s500/SEWANether2.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjbycKwobOqKZ_TEsRdF3Um29z6abVbxU34pqFt9RZjt-D1wyLTysbKH_lSUqGioJzbyGsFiYA6rxjYCtaGATj7uDrhafUobJR37bHodsyeWuapzqkEiFObNXHxurObhBCcpUvIe8jKfnCtQSqOF-hyQyG0AX_4sTbt6VGPGOlALyeSg4-emiWQuuW/s320/SEWANether2.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgeWwW8pjK__1DMNNtl62ANYYr7wiLDKMNLC0Yj0pcbuPkLwSXLU8hDTeeLmz17pF6GmgowV2SvAc-jFFatc3Jsmy1SXd-DRmLz0BgIvs1bZqQSFZunReQW7cx5lzDVdC7x5LluERgUIi9vTLsI4C3wJRPe-pDeaZS84c-0KP8L3XbdyjA308QpmVU/s1024/SEWANether.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgeWwW8pjK__1DMNNtl62ANYYr7wiLDKMNLC0Yj0pcbuPkLwSXLU8hDTeeLmz17pF6GmgowV2SvAc-jFFatc3Jsmy1SXd-DRmLz0BgIvs1bZqQSFZunReQW7cx5lzDVdC7x5LluERgUIi9vTLsI4C3wJRPe-pDeaZS84c-0KP8L3XbdyjA308QpmVU/s320/SEWANether.jpg"/></a></div>
The sewa work included registration desk activities, prasadam/bhojan
distribution and cleaning at the Srinivasa Kalyanam Utsav attended by more than
1200 people. In the other Mandirs and Gurudwara, the aim was to do deep
cleaning, gardening, and small maintenance activities according to mandir
management team needs and directions.<br>
Subsequently, all karyakartas went to the Gurudwara together for darshan and
along with the Gurudwara management, sang a sangh geet in front of the premises.
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<b><a name="11.">11.</a> ODISHA TRAIN INCIDENT: RSS AND ABVP HELP SURVIVORS: </b>
More than a thousand swayamsevaks of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Akhil
Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) worked round the clock since the train
accident took place in Odisha on June 2. Karyakartas were deployed at the
Balasore hospital to help people with identifying their relatives and family
members and to provide food and water. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6aUkq-afRkv6t_ou_TeJjSs3WyW93eI3H_t-VVqr7eOrZOoJTNrCGI4ovxmybrmPGfMrEWWDLbJ8dwhllB3Ij7BfooCefM7uASkJn1c8lYNL-NyDRSWSK5gvbguhU332W1DqSe-0MqZYR7ZKWAZOCM8qp8x621CAF35JGwHHKyf8YEUHHt5imFI0J/s496/download%20%2860%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6aUkq-afRkv6t_ou_TeJjSs3WyW93eI3H_t-VVqr7eOrZOoJTNrCGI4ovxmybrmPGfMrEWWDLbJ8dwhllB3Ij7BfooCefM7uASkJn1c8lYNL-NyDRSWSK5gvbguhU332W1DqSe-0MqZYR7ZKWAZOCM8qp8x621CAF35JGwHHKyf8YEUHHt5imFI0J/s320/download%20%2860%29.jpeg"/></a></div> Some provided telephones and mobiles to
those who had lost their phones and were looking for their respective family
members. Swayamsevaks helped the railway officials and NDRF teams with the
rescue operation on site. They also issued numbers for the blood bank and
provided a thousand units of blood at the hospital. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
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<b><a name="12.">12.</a> SEWA INTERNATIONAL MANIPUR RELIEF: </b>Sewa
International and its partner organizations responded to the recent violence in
Manipur by establishing 41 relief camps. These camps were equipped with
essential services and relief materials to support the victims. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0kT7lJPRIR10hc7WhOlBzx3Sq7ZUt5vpUy-7nlO1PalnOz3Pgd36QEDw13vM_-H4XVLCcyEUa15awvXbWnX3uN3DzKRrhdE8xb_PUEUwwA8aYo8UDRW8kCfGUP43KdLDcZC21VPNL9Acgyt58tb1Nx0_HDdiDQGJFG-IoDzNs_N-Fbkl5Pm-U6o_/s611/353053069_6443950025662825_7812309182228184252_n.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="347" data-original-width="611" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0kT7lJPRIR10hc7WhOlBzx3Sq7ZUt5vpUy-7nlO1PalnOz3Pgd36QEDw13vM_-H4XVLCcyEUa15awvXbWnX3uN3DzKRrhdE8xb_PUEUwwA8aYo8UDRW8kCfGUP43KdLDcZC21VPNL9Acgyt58tb1Nx0_HDdiDQGJFG-IoDzNs_N-Fbkl5Pm-U6o_/s320/353053069_6443950025662825_7812309182228184252_n.jpg"/></a></div> The relief
efforts covered five districts and involved more than 50 dedicated volunteers
who worked tirelessly to relieve the hardships faced by the 3,677 inmates in
Imphal East, Imphal West, Bishnupur, Kakching, and Thoubal districts of Manipur.
The volunteers distributed relief materials and organized ten health camps to
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<b><a name="13.">13.</a> SIF KUWAIT CONDUCTED ANNUAL SCIENCE GALA: </b>The
Annual Science Gala for the academic year 2022-23 organized by Science
International Forum (SIF), Kuwait was conducted on May 26 at Kuwait College of
Science and Technology. The ceremony was inaugurated by the chief guest for the
evening Dr. Satheesh C Shenoi. He addressed the audience on the subject ‘The
Story of Indian Tsunami Early Warning System’. Dr. Suleiman Al Sabah (Director
of Research Core Facility, Kuwait University), Dr. Mohamed Bin Sabt (Acting
Dean, Faculty of Science, Kuwait University) and Mr. Musaed Al Tamemi (Team
leader, Lab Services, EQUATE) also attended the function.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg94OSGL4AEUadzQmJTKBLwkonkmRIagk8QZY_A5RyQHBH0-u2JdzBYC72SeI6W7J8OpA2qj3bnU85DERjrj-NkOxHFVKI94J8suY2craqC-mLXRat6V-5ZUtdGdCOxX_pp5B68IGkDI0rmdfGH1PdIVJyviEuhMsexDzBNGLhX6lNtfKzPjjGose5/s2048/350135243_255114087179209_4437046506132344990_n.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg94OSGL4AEUadzQmJTKBLwkonkmRIagk8QZY_A5RyQHBH0-u2JdzBYC72SeI6W7J8OpA2qj3bnU85DERjrj-NkOxHFVKI94J8suY2craqC-mLXRat6V-5ZUtdGdCOxX_pp5B68IGkDI0rmdfGH1PdIVJyviEuhMsexDzBNGLhX6lNtfKzPjjGose5/s320/350135243_255114087179209_4437046506132344990_n.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO0600KsRENLhbYCLLr_K3JfxwIjxrhMTQDXuRyNzstpab9KTuPBU46BUxn9uHf6LaB3Sef3C7M8Y2rJ4mgWUD5gZa0y-p_cEcWjen_hWssB2a5MAEcM8UACoci1aJI91CXDMqY-uw2cjW3QK0qI2BehK9nPkS7-7r4uG_tIDOgP9iM36kA9VqMWVZ/s2048/350241452_271245732146769_7964412723758536327_n.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1317" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO0600KsRENLhbYCLLr_K3JfxwIjxrhMTQDXuRyNzstpab9KTuPBU46BUxn9uHf6LaB3Sef3C7M8Y2rJ4mgWUD5gZa0y-p_cEcWjen_hWssB2a5MAEcM8UACoci1aJI91CXDMqY-uw2cjW3QK0qI2BehK9nPkS7-7r4uG_tIDOgP9iM36kA9VqMWVZ/s320/350241452_271245732146769_7964412723758536327_n.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf5mw3ZWq-8zVhkF6SS6IIid2dyU1xwXgB9YchgKRU2fHHEZfVbcUsdUs3fXPUd3r8uAcYFx2_Ne1ROywbrJwkSCFPUbrPV4Ut7kINJ_FyuCEGcJ5leXsYmrwb2eA4J1purChYIeun03jEZr_05e-w1DUsN1B2JocvtIrPB15SE0Ysn8wWlxMVOXM9/s2048/350242936_976297063387057_4443244750341666350_n%20%281%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf5mw3ZWq-8zVhkF6SS6IIid2dyU1xwXgB9YchgKRU2fHHEZfVbcUsdUs3fXPUd3r8uAcYFx2_Ne1ROywbrJwkSCFPUbrPV4Ut7kINJ_FyuCEGcJ5leXsYmrwb2eA4J1purChYIeun03jEZr_05e-w1DUsN1B2JocvtIrPB15SE0Ysn8wWlxMVOXM9/s320/350242936_976297063387057_4443244750341666350_n%20%281%29.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWogIeTkxhoymQrdbJILrQX0fVo8yCnP6y_59nsKl3l2eMh73HaZ1NauaH37mlaco48AssEdKFn__gICkrCUW_5xaNHAnb4PZuj2jj_oitLqITD4mod4d70-iHWTfWHyQl1RcEwQhmTKSLHDpCBZBYlaitp37nuENgUkCOFdvueFnXYVghkWzlcAzy/s2048/350339956_797191998286731_6949568497057339982_n.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1135" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWogIeTkxhoymQrdbJILrQX0fVo8yCnP6y_59nsKl3l2eMh73HaZ1NauaH37mlaco48AssEdKFn__gICkrCUW_5xaNHAnb4PZuj2jj_oitLqITD4mod4d70-iHWTfWHyQl1RcEwQhmTKSLHDpCBZBYlaitp37nuENgUkCOFdvueFnXYVghkWzlcAzy/s320/350339956_797191998286731_6949568497057339982_n.jpg"/></a></div>
The winners and outstanding performers of Sastra Pratibha Contest 2023 and
Kuwait Children’s Science Congress (KCSC) 2022 were honored with trophy and
certificate. The students and teachers of Fahaheel Al-Watanieh Indian Private
School (DPS) along with their Vice principal Dr. Sheeba Balraj received the
prestigious ‘Acharya J. C. Bose Sastra Puraskar’ for the best performing school.
The grand evening was studded with the presence of scientific personalities from
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<b><a name="14.">14.</a> SURINAME CONFERS HIGHEST CIVILIAN AWARD TO RASHTRAPATI
DROUPADI MURMU: </b>On the first leg of her state visit to Serbia and Suriname,
Rashtrapati Droupadi Murmu had arrived in Paramaribo, Suriname, on June 4. She
was welcomed at the Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport with full state
honours by Suriname’s President Chandrikapersad Santokhi, the official release
of Rashtrapati Bhavan said.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqbDXhzVbh6Q1oE2jrz8SpdObssvVAYHTUw0jEyOPydfHWszWGeh0OdMIPBGiAG8kQyZYXeSxlhXKW9l2qSZUqirxz3K1oSYa-5tk_OdE05v7IASi18d9rE9HE36tTJfi3BgBlWhVwXe6FYSCmt0EHEwgWgWVIyuN59iLv0JXK1UAMq0hsKRulX9Le/s598/download%20%2861%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="598" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqbDXhzVbh6Q1oE2jrz8SpdObssvVAYHTUw0jEyOPydfHWszWGeh0OdMIPBGiAG8kQyZYXeSxlhXKW9l2qSZUqirxz3K1oSYa-5tk_OdE05v7IASi18d9rE9HE36tTJfi3BgBlWhVwXe6FYSCmt0EHEwgWgWVIyuN59iLv0JXK1UAMq0hsKRulX9Le/s320/download%20%2861%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
On June 5, Rashtrapati Murmu was conferred with Suriname’s highest civilian
honour award ‘The Grand Order of the Chain of Yellow Star’, the first Bharatiya
to receive this award. Rashtrapati Murmu received the award from President
Santokhi. After receiving the award, she said that the honour holds tremendous
significance for her and the people of Bharat. She dedicated the award to the
successive generations of the Bharatiya-Surinamese community who have played a
stellar role in enriching the fraternal ties between the two countries.<br>
Bharat and Suriname also signed four major Memoranda of Understanding in health,
agriculture and capacity building. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
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<b><a name="15.">15.</a> RAJNATH SINGH MEETS BHARATIYA DIASPORA IN ABUJA: </b>
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh arrived in Abuja on a three-day visit, marking
the first-ever visit of a Bharatiya defence minister to Nigeria. He represented
Bharat at the swearing-in ceremony of Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.<br>
On May 30, he interacted with the Bharatiya diaspora in Nigeria at an event
organised by the Bharatiya High Commission in Abuja. The event was attended by
members of the Bharatiya community not just from Abuja, but also from other
cities of Nigeria such as Lagos.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxTybpSTccpuAcnVxWv9ElOj1pqH11bMQAuK7cb9c9ZvnFLXNz0n6nY6SgXlY0AwqpHVpbhNqxL0FRRtZEP8dwTz6LJCgjUZt3HgFdrum78Cs_mxQ82nBDb_oS7p9rPuO-9Dn8DnB1nInxFHTx_F3fQ3_DNDCqZhidAhylqBdhqMGrdHxxXSrwH1kV/s413/download%20%2862%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="413" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxTybpSTccpuAcnVxWv9ElOj1pqH11bMQAuK7cb9c9ZvnFLXNz0n6nY6SgXlY0AwqpHVpbhNqxL0FRRtZEP8dwTz6LJCgjUZt3HgFdrum78Cs_mxQ82nBDb_oS7p9rPuO-9Dn8DnB1nInxFHTx_F3fQ3_DNDCqZhidAhylqBdhqMGrdHxxXSrwH1kV/s320/download%20%2862%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
Underlining the country’s fast expanding economy and progressive government
actions, he highlighted Bharat’s growing importance due to these factors. He
emphasised the government’s focus on ‘Aatmanirbharta’ and the significant
progress made in defence exports in recent years towards achieving the objective
of ‘Make in India, Make for the World’.<br>
Rajnath highlighted Bharat’s growing importance on the world stage owing to its
fast-expanding economy and appreciated the positive contributions made by the
Bharatiya community in Nigeria.<br>
Nigeria is home to more than 50,000 Bharatiyas. Bharatiya-owned or operated
companies and businesses are among the largest employers in the country. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
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<b><a name="16.">16.</a> S JAISHANKAR INAUGURATED IT CENTRE AT NAMIBIA
UNIVERSITY: </b>The Ministry of External Affairs (EAM) and the Centre for
Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) signed an Agreement on July 16, 2018
for setting up an ‘India Namibia Centre of Excellence in Information Technology’
(INCEIT) at the Namibia University of Science & Technology.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxCEVt3x0wjKbevYZJM7EaynL7GP0oUCn1c_SuImf6oMvGcGXv81Z8jtH4VS1ebHOiLnNZtncGtAMRyiCQUG9e6zgZMJQ_jPYA2JlYM9XtzZM1mXnGNQDgA3ip1hiB2MqYLJr1ar2pMa69BK_bqbcXR9mAoj6zDNeeixEMoj1UBMzWKzZb54_yk4TP/s389/download%20%2863%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxCEVt3x0wjKbevYZJM7EaynL7GP0oUCn1c_SuImf6oMvGcGXv81Z8jtH4VS1ebHOiLnNZtncGtAMRyiCQUG9e6zgZMJQ_jPYA2JlYM9XtzZM1mXnGNQDgA3ip1hiB2MqYLJr1ar2pMa69BK_bqbcXR9mAoj6zDNeeixEMoj1UBMzWKzZb54_yk4TP/s320/download%20%2863%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
On June 6, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar inaugurated Namibia
University’s fully equipped IT centre, INCEIT. The centre is equipped with a
CDAC PARAM Supercomputer with High-Performance Computing (HPC) Applications.<br>
While addressing the inauguration event of the INCEIT, EAM Jaishankar said that
it reflects the long-standing people-to-people friendship and linkages between
Bharat and Namibia. Speaking on the trainers teaching at the INCEIT, the EAM
informed that six master trainers from Namibia were given training in CDAC in
Bharat.<br>
The centre has been able to offer courses and to train more than 275
professionals, government officials from various ministries students, teachers
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<b><a name="17.">17.</a> NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE PASSES BILL TO MAKE DIWALI
SCHOOL HOLIDAY: </b>New York State legislature has passed a Bill to make Diwali
a school holiday in the city. Both the Senate and the Assembly voted for the
Bill before they ended their session early on June 10 morning and it now goes to
Governor Kathy Hochul for her expected signature to make it law. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqRmJChooJJ_pR-ExE6MJbivdcXfR20HGpIh_eVLzdH6Ggq-Rj3Zg03URpHS-Gijq_NL9hrkSq410IM_2eFm4Ghru5l7voiujwmtYZb_nCYSvd1n_Ie4trNosxCWzY1ScaV8yn_tYXRWu45wipyqryJyabMw97GKHjAlwmmUKpB3dJLDM5bie9eLvB/s324/images%20%2820%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="324" data-original-width="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqRmJChooJJ_pR-ExE6MJbivdcXfR20HGpIh_eVLzdH6Ggq-Rj3Zg03URpHS-Gijq_NL9hrkSq410IM_2eFm4Ghru5l7voiujwmtYZb_nCYSvd1n_Ie4trNosxCWzY1ScaV8yn_tYXRWu45wipyqryJyabMw97GKHjAlwmmUKpB3dJLDM5bie9eLvB/s320/images%20%2820%29.jpeg"/></a></div> Introducing the
bill, Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar said, "It is long past time to honour" the
"vibrant cultural heritage" of the South Asian, Indo-Caribbean, Hindu, Sikh,
Jain, and Buddhist communities by making Diwali a school holiday. An estimated
200,000 students from these communities will be able to celebrate the Festival
of Lights in their own way, free of school. The Bill overcame a last-minute
hurdle after the Bill`s sponsors, Rajkumar and State Senator Joseph Adabo,
introduced the proposal to have Diwali replace the Brooklyn-Queens Day holiday.
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<b><a name="18.">18.</a> IIT TO OPEN ITS FIRST CAMPUS IN AFRICA: </b>Indian
Institute of Technology (IIT) will open its first-ever overseas African campus
in Tanzania in October 2023 with a batch of 50 undergraduate students and 20
master’s students. The new IIT campus will be set up under the name IIT Madras
at Zanzibar. The institution will offer data science and artificial intelligence
courses.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNTLyDdLsQnYxpsW_HZdEd4TiqdozehrNJdUCI4But-bakFfAFtvz3hGfQGAfJqHCL1_d3Xda-qMhV04PxTOxvO8QXp6TRKNBNjBcvXcqlorKNKqk1nG-5ag9VODedDbeq2LCZ_uOVqU2OI5nR4JMSB90cLG8jTFYU23FBQ78s4rgYWpFstYtwh14a/s516/IIT_Madras_delegation_-_feature_image.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="258" data-original-width="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNTLyDdLsQnYxpsW_HZdEd4TiqdozehrNJdUCI4But-bakFfAFtvz3hGfQGAfJqHCL1_d3Xda-qMhV04PxTOxvO8QXp6TRKNBNjBcvXcqlorKNKqk1nG-5ag9VODedDbeq2LCZ_uOVqU2OI5nR4JMSB90cLG8jTFYU23FBQ78s4rgYWpFstYtwh14a/s320/IIT_Madras_delegation_-_feature_image.jpg"/></a></div>
President of Zanzibar, Hussein Mwinyi is looking forward to this project and has
made it possible for IIT to begin operations this year by giving the necessary
premises. He has guaranteed IIT the autonomy it needs to ensure that the quality
is maintained.<br>
The initial instructors for Zanzibar will be from Bharat, but the long-term
objective is to train a cadre of IIT-trained local instructors to carry the
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<b><a name="19.">19.</a> BHARATIYA AMERICAN STUDENT WIN REGENERON YOUNG
SCIENTIST AWARD: </b>Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Society for Science announced
that Saathvik Kannan, 17, of Columbia, Missouri, received one of two Regeneron
Young Scientist Awards of $50,000. The Regeneron International Science and
Engineering Fair is the world’s largest global pre-college science and
engineering competition.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgud36jChfVHV9BNMT161LTrlWsa9r6HPOeLnvfkL7A6r8DsDAwa1oPo0zMQYDO2zqkYRSTjc08UWS-eUmnfsQ8EwIexdargry9QUcmYiYq4mvofQYKw19vOWoM8xwlAyl9Y4OEqqRTlal3Nbyf6hgWWsT3YENYSdUdubfqwB38Lvq72jBphXs2Pvs/s259/download%20%2864%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgud36jChfVHV9BNMT161LTrlWsa9r6HPOeLnvfkL7A6r8DsDAwa1oPo0zMQYDO2zqkYRSTjc08UWS-eUmnfsQ8EwIexdargry9QUcmYiYq4mvofQYKw19vOWoM8xwlAyl9Y4OEqqRTlal3Nbyf6hgWWsT3YENYSdUdubfqwB38Lvq72jBphXs2Pvs/s320/download%20%2864%29.jpeg"/></a></div> Kannan won for using biocomputational methods to
understand the causes of heightened infectivity in the disease mpox after it
reemerged in 2022. Saathvik’s approach, named Bioplex, uses a combination of
machine learning and three-dimensional comparative protein modeling to decode
structures like those that enable the mpox virus to replicate. This allowed him
to identify the mutations in the virus that likely made it more infectious as
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<b><a name="20.">20.</a> OM SRI SAI BALAJI MANDIR BHOOMI POOJA FOR 25 FT HANUMAN
MURTI: </b>The Om Sri Sai Balaji Mandir & Cultural Center based in Monroe, New
Jersey, marked a milestone May 14, with the Bhoomi Pooja for its mandir with a
25 foot image of Bhagwan Hanuman. A massive gathering of devotees, community
members, and guests attended the event “symbolizing the unity and devotion of
the community” the mandir said in a press release. Among those present was the
Consul General of Bharat, New York Randhir Jaiswal.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGmUVFgNF39XFpSBKCouF6ugyELSsT8Uv2A72DU0wfH4krGTIxs6gOw-_6PbwiZlafEAc05JwO4SGBdw2UgfNp3vFtT5nxBEEIobGBfGT9_idkqf2Z5o_z0I-RNkGmlnjE9RsdQCbNsz8Y4Ejk2R5_r6H2wgRR3d8PAOxk46TrGJLVtm6M2l3RKL7h/s564/images%20%2819%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="356" data-original-width="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGmUVFgNF39XFpSBKCouF6ugyELSsT8Uv2A72DU0wfH4krGTIxs6gOw-_6PbwiZlafEAc05JwO4SGBdw2UgfNp3vFtT5nxBEEIobGBfGT9_idkqf2Z5o_z0I-RNkGmlnjE9RsdQCbNsz8Y4Ejk2R5_r6H2wgRR3d8PAOxk46TrGJLVtm6M2l3RKL7h/s320/images%20%2819%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
The 11.2-acre site, which will house a Hindu Mandir & Cultural Center and aims
to cater to the spiritual needs of the community while cultivating a divine
atmosphere, the Mandir said in its press release. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
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<b><a name="21.">21.</a> OBITIUARY : JAYANT SAHASRABUDDHE: </b>Jayant
Sahasrabuddhe (April 17, 1966 - June 2, 2023), National Organising Secretary of
Vijnana Bharati and Pracharak, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, passed away on June
2 early morning. He was 66. He was being treated for a long time after he met
with an accident on September 3, 2022. Since then, his health was continuously
deteriorating.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7c4a5zOdjNDLsuXY8sQVwElL1el-a89uYUagmg6LbLbKp00fQLxKqQanbq6EDnmuU6C9I_TvbCbXQwesolwBXMZ_k2M2MsOG3HobzMIiFJNuHwPBqAeIFQly1BYF2ssi9pFGIhcYaX28pSTCiOJJnHIGYQB262lUbsl0tIX-bVX_5PmjDA_EQwIjS/s225/download%20%2866%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7c4a5zOdjNDLsuXY8sQVwElL1el-a89uYUagmg6LbLbKp00fQLxKqQanbq6EDnmuU6C9I_TvbCbXQwesolwBXMZ_k2M2MsOG3HobzMIiFJNuHwPBqAeIFQly1BYF2ssi9pFGIhcYaX28pSTCiOJJnHIGYQB262lUbsl0tIX-bVX_5PmjDA_EQwIjS/s320/download%20%2866%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
After completing BSc Tech (Electronics) from Mumbai University, he worked at
Bhabha Atomic<br>
Research Centre (BARC). In 1989, he became Sangh Pracharak and served in
Maharashtra. He was Vibhag Pracharak of Goa and Prant Pracharak of Konkan Prant.<br>
Since 2009, he had the responsibility of National Organising Secretary of
Vijnana Bharati.<br>
Many initiatives of Vijnana Bharati, like Viddyarthi Vijnana Manthan, Tech for
Seva, IISF, Vishva Ved Vijnana Sammelan, Bharatiya Vijnana Sammelan etc., were
being guided by him. He used to give direction to many dimensions of Vijnana
Bharati, like the World Ayurveda Foundation, GIST- Global Indian Scientist and
Technocrats Forum, and NASYA–National Ayurveda Students Youth Association.<br>
Jayant Sahasrabuddhe played a vital role in expanding Vijnana Bharati’s work
globally. He also successfully brought the role of Bharatiya Scientists in the
country’s independence before the people.<br>
In a shraddhanjali sabha in Delhi on June 15, RSS Sarakaryavah Dattatreya
Hosabale highlighted several aspects of Jayant Sahasrabuddhe’s personality and
said that he was the embodiment of the 5 gunas mentioned in the sangh prarthana.</font><font face="Georgia"><b><font size="1"><a href="#SAMVAD">-GoTop</a> </font></b></font>
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<b><a name="22.">22.</a> SHRI VISHWA NIKETAN:Pravas: Visitors: </b>Ahinandan
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<b>FOOD FOR THOUGHT:</b> I have totally forgotten my jealousy of others, since I
found the Saadh, Sangat, the Company of the Holy. No one is my enemy, and no one
is a stranger, I get along with everyone … The One God is pervading in all.
Gazing upon Him, beholding Him, Nanak blossoms forth in happiness. – Adi Granth.</font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b>INDIA AS A NORM INITIATOR, DEVELOPER<br>
</b></font><b><font face="Georgia" size="3"><i>Nishtha Kaushiki</i></font></b></p>
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The Indian philosophies of ‘Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah' and ‘Sarve Santu Niramayah'
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt">Under the guidance of PM Modi,
India's stature in the world has grown immensely, and we are being looked to as
a 'superpower'. This write-up aims to surface the differences between the Indian
concept of a Vishwa Guru and the Western values of a 'great power'. The
fundamental values of India's exceptionalism have been the strong foundations of
Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (the entire world is one family) that 'presented the world
with a philosophy for uniting humankind. Nevertheless, India's unique approach
of 'Sarve Bhantu Sukinah', 'Mitrasya Chakshusha Samikshamahe' (Look at the world
with friendly eyes), 'Krinvanto Vishvamaryam' – (be noble and make the world
noble) add to India's uniqueness. The same concepts were acknowledged by Dr S.
Radhakrishnan, the second president of India, who stated that the "higher
concept is world community; it is this kind of world community to which we have
to attach ourselves". Thus, India's foreign and security policy has been deeply
rooted in the principles of regional and international peace and peaceful
co-existence. Thus, India, with exceptional civilisational values, is poised to
be the Vishwa Guru once again.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi_Q-lLIsNeAsXKk3VSUXhWyS4iA1XFGLSMdwhnKdY-oo4ezXqJthJ0eXZEXkGLUBE6XYIlhyv-DsWBKa0Fx5VVejCY2opTr5sZNh1LEn5_Q60xRy-raBoXQy5sjgQuaXxYYyJq77_GeQcmh18b2CmRCdhRBxvcK8qzq52vWyqhdXWhoHTR5MfGgCN/s251/download%20%2857%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi_Q-lLIsNeAsXKk3VSUXhWyS4iA1XFGLSMdwhnKdY-oo4ezXqJthJ0eXZEXkGLUBE6XYIlhyv-DsWBKa0Fx5VVejCY2opTr5sZNh1LEn5_Q60xRy-raBoXQy5sjgQuaXxYYyJq77_GeQcmh18b2CmRCdhRBxvcK8qzq52vWyqhdXWhoHTR5MfGgCN/s320/download%20%2857%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
There are fundamental differences between superpowers/ great powers and a 'Vishwa
Guru'. As a first, India's civilisation has been scientifically proven to date
back to the Indus Valley civilisation (1200-1500 BCE). Later, Bharat's grand
stature in the world was defined by the existence of different Universities such
as Nalanda and Kanchipuram (Tamil Nadu). Thus, the unique civilisation gave us
an intellectual legacy. India's academic and philosophical foundations rest on
the premise that the ultimate goal of knowledge is not 'power maximisation' but
the enhancement of the mental and physical well-being of all; thus, knowledge
and justice share an intricate bond.<br>
The Western traditions of Realism and the English School in international
politics speak of maintaining the 'hegemony' and the 'status quo' of the
stronger power. Liberalism, on the other hand, speaks for a total market economy
with little or no regard for the less privileged. On the contrary, Marxism and
its critical strands speak of the marginalised groups and countries but
primarily present themselves as a critique of liberalism. Consequently, no
theory takes a well-balanced approach while maintaining the interests of all the
contesting stakeholders. Here, the Indian traditional knowledge system can play
an important role wherein there is justice and prosperity for all. 'Sarve
Bhavantu Sukhinah' and 'Sarve Santu Niramayah', as core philosophies, firmly
believe that all should be happy, contended, and free from diseases as only a
healthy mind can contribute to strong nation-building.<br>
Second, the stature of a 'great power is purely a Western or a Eurocentric
concept that stands on the bedrock principle of international anarchy and a
deep-rooted lust for power. In the West, for external developments and events to
serve as triggers for garnering support for specific defence policy agendas,
they must be rhetorically portrayed as potential challenges and threats, which
in international relations is called 'agenda setting'. The West, in the 1980s
and 1990s, had narratives of "rogue states" and "axis of evil" for those
"deviant" regimes which did not align with its "ideals and principles". Later,
to harness domestic support and finance apart from the international coalition,
the fundamental concept of "anti-Christ" leaders came into the picture, the most
prominent of which was Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi. Later, it was proved
that Iraq had dismantled its WMD infrastructure before the invasion. The
consequence of such concepts is always a "tragedy" that results in war. The
struggle thus is a vicious cycle of power maximisation, security dilemma and
great power wars.<br>
India has a very different approach in line with its 'Sarve Bhavantu Sukinah'
policy. From ancient times, examples that have used religious terminologies or a
religion-based national identity have been deliberately avoided. Later, because
of the Mongol and Mughal invasions, India became a multicultural population.
India has always tried to adopt an inclusive approach in which it firmly
believes that the interests of all countries are better served through the
skills of humanitarianism.<br>
Finally, western geopolitics firmly believes in the concept of a geographic
'sphere of influence' for a major power. Since its inception, New Delhi's
foreign policy approach has been the opposite of a 'clash of civilisations' and
certainly is not "us versus them". India's civilisational glory lies in the fact
that it does not believe in 'civilisational subsuming'. Indian philosophers have
tried to expand their 'civilisational sphere of influence' where India's soft
power, such as cultural values and later Buddhism, were active foreign policy
tools.<br>
India has stood in solidarity with the world's countries to ensure that the
developing world's concerns are not side-lined. Given the global conflicts with
a crisscross of interstate rivalries, the world looks up to India under the
leadership of PM Modi. India's presidency of G20 from December last year
strongly indicates that PM Modi's multilateral diplomacy based on the ancient
Indian knowledge system has been a norm initiator and developer. https://www.dailypioneer.com/2023/columnists/india-as-a-norm-initiator--developer.html
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MODI’S TOUR OF PACIFIC REGION</a></b></font></td>
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MINISTER JAISHANKAR INTERACTS WITH BHARATIYA DIASPORA IN SWEDEN</a></b></font></td>
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APOLOGIZED TO THE BHARATIYA-FIJIAN COMMUNITY </a></b></font></td>
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SCOTLAND SHIBIR 2023</a></b></font></td>
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CLEANUP DRIVE ON EARTH DAY</a></b></font></td>
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DARSHANA AT ST ANTHONY CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL</a></b></font></td>
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ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF SEWA INTERNATIONAL</a></b></font></td>
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CANADA WILDFIRE RELIEF ACTIVITIES </a></b></font></td>
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UK VOLUNTEERS JOINED ‘BIG HELP OUT’ WITH SEWA INITIATIVES</a></b></font></td>
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BRITISH HINDU CONTRIBUTIONS CELEBRATED</a></b></font></td>
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ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF WUPPERTAL HINDU MANDIR IN GERMANY</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#16.">16. FIRST
BHARATIYA-ORIGIN LORD MAYOR ELECTED IN AUSTRALIA</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#17.">17. US
LAWMAKER INTRODUCED BILL TO DECLARE DIWALI A FEDERAL HOLIDAY</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#18.">18. THREE
BHARATIYA PEACEKEEPERS HONOURED WITH UN MEDAL FOR SUPREME SACRIFICE</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#19.">19. IAF
SENDS 24,000 KG OF RELIEF MATERIAL FOR SUDAN </a></b></font></td>
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SET TO JOIN BHARAT’S UPI PAYMENT SYSTEM</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a name="1.">1.</a> FESTIVALS:
HINDU SAMRAJYA DINOTSAV: </b>Hindu Samrajya Din celebrates the coronation of
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. He was coronated on Jyestha Shukla Trayodashi, 1731
(June 6, 1674 CE) at Raigad fort. The events marking the 350th anniversary of
the coronation will begin on June 6 this year and continue till June 6, 2024. On
the occasion, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarakaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale
said that on this auspicious occasion, RSS solemnly reminisces Chhatrapati
Shivaji Maharaj and appeals to the swayamsevaks and all the other sections of
the society to commemorate the epoch-making moment of the establishment of
Hindavi Swaraj by participating in all related events.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmQwbgS6bdeNHIlZpdUXJfm50bcZO9uL2qKw0tf0xXKR8hJjGqiXCtoRd9cVXqBKQ7_jQzPqfhhM65nPvlaivLiYadN_PhOLn5EvP5QAQEsNAeo72ZwGShVuomrovrVMeolSJ8bdXFFUYokHQVTtr4Ydx_K0v3oh_F9H1dSBNO-rDxkQeK6FVVeFLx/s549/D9GDIJ8VUAImP-W.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="308" data-original-width="549" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmQwbgS6bdeNHIlZpdUXJfm50bcZO9uL2qKw0tf0xXKR8hJjGqiXCtoRd9cVXqBKQ7_jQzPqfhhM65nPvlaivLiYadN_PhOLn5EvP5QAQEsNAeo72ZwGShVuomrovrVMeolSJ8bdXFFUYokHQVTtr4Ydx_K0v3oh_F9H1dSBNO-rDxkQeK6FVVeFLx/s320/D9GDIJ8VUAImP-W.jpg"/></a></div>
Shivaji Maharaj’s coronation marked a significant turning point in Bharatiya
history, symbolising Bharatiya pride and identity restoration. After centuries
of oppressive Muslim (foreign) rule, the ordinary people found solace in Shivaji
Maharaj’s coronation. The grand ceremony at Raigad fort continues to inspire
generations, serving as a powerful reminder of courage, cultural preservation,
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<b><a name="2.">2.</a> SARASANGHACHALAK DR MOHAN BHAGWAT UNVEILED STATUE OF
SANGH FOUNDER: </b>RSS Sarasanghachalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat reached Lohardaga on
May 15 to participate in the ongoing 20-day second year Sangh Shiksha Varg (SSV).
About 800 swayamsevaks from Jharkhand and Bihar are participating in this SSV
which was started from May 13 and will continue till June 2. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwFz8iohzzzrjYhdlHz7HqihOeHHpTfzVbrq2J9bMnj7bpnc4tj3zMGpyita-D9ArWVZIWJV0jXnWl_ek2W2ErsOjQUhZvyqNdzEykVftrT7yAIstoLkPKBXCWx6U9wAUpO4xWn3nL1WkW2FE8-Syu38Bdx1cLvTqntSHg-1ODf67x3tW3GqRPmNPi/s1024/ecc85f7259.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwFz8iohzzzrjYhdlHz7HqihOeHHpTfzVbrq2J9bMnj7bpnc4tj3zMGpyita-D9ArWVZIWJV0jXnWl_ek2W2ErsOjQUhZvyqNdzEykVftrT7yAIstoLkPKBXCWx6U9wAUpO4xWn3nL1WkW2FE8-Syu38Bdx1cLvTqntSHg-1ODf67x3tW3GqRPmNPi/s320/ecc85f7259.jpg"/></a></div>
Dr. Bhagwat told in detail about Sangh’s role in nation building to the
swayamsevaks participating in the varg. In a Q&A session, he responded to
questions by the swayamsevaks. On May 19, Dr. Bhagwat also unveiled the
life-size statue of Sangh founder Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar at the Manohar Lal
Agarwal Saraswati Vidya Mandir campus in Lohardaga. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="3.">3.</a> NEW PARLIAMENT BUILDING INAUGURATION: </b>Pradhan Mantri
Narendra Modi dedicated the new parliament building to the country on May 28 by
unveiling a plaque. The inauguration was done amid chants of shlokas and mantras
by sadhus from all across the country.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs5VMHOa6o-i9vO7xIGlWKiNQGBGhN9joSgf7IJ3c-anpuKvMVLvyoRoY_vkCB29hVjHLX9Fq7bsyBu_2ViuBCr6I3z61ZdkVjwejR2mTPjXtf_ogm_p7sHgo4ar7V_4DhyDXdsmtuV14iTowG2BrmUwug4wCEgVyxQqsWEnoouY-GvmGCdLlWYqm9/s1200/parlia.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs5VMHOa6o-i9vO7xIGlWKiNQGBGhN9joSgf7IJ3c-anpuKvMVLvyoRoY_vkCB29hVjHLX9Fq7bsyBu_2ViuBCr6I3z61ZdkVjwejR2mTPjXtf_ogm_p7sHgo4ar7V_4DhyDXdsmtuV14iTowG2BrmUwug4wCEgVyxQqsWEnoouY-GvmGCdLlWYqm9/s320/parlia.jpg"/></a></div>
In the holy environment, PM Modi installed the historic Sengol by the speaker’s
seat in the building. During the installation, the PM was accompanied by the
speaker Om Birla. Other dignitaries and politicians, sadhus and Adheenams were
also present inside the building reciting Mantras for the better future of the
country. Ambassadors of several foreign countries were also present during the
function.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmN2mcqXy866TSdV_Wzn1N6maMqTSqC_U4ZTu3yKdV6aXIdVz32FnAoJ4NmFtLc90qT3t95gx7rxvysRfJ4NZ-sZGE-OR86eRmyY7_EqacYJMkNaMlGAK6CQ_wJ9bk6qrJ_dtW7fTSLbwFq67iRWKonjlhk-zhTsBBCHSbQAGYme4dszTm6yWagq6h/s1200/FxMZN8JaEAAAhhx.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmN2mcqXy866TSdV_Wzn1N6maMqTSqC_U4ZTu3yKdV6aXIdVz32FnAoJ4NmFtLc90qT3t95gx7rxvysRfJ4NZ-sZGE-OR86eRmyY7_EqacYJMkNaMlGAK6CQ_wJ9bk6qrJ_dtW7fTSLbwFq67iRWKonjlhk-zhTsBBCHSbQAGYme4dszTm6yWagq6h/s320/FxMZN8JaEAAAhhx.jpg"/></a></div>
The new parliament building, spread over a built up area of 64,500 sqm, was
constructed in two and half years. The Lok Sabha Chamber has 888 seats, which
can accommodate 1,272 members during a joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and the
Rajya Sabha. It is home to nearly 5,000 artwork, including paintings, wall
panels, stone sculptures, and metal murals.<br>
PM Modi also launched a special Rs 75 coin to mark the inauguration of the new
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<b><a name="4.">4.</a> PM MODI’S TOUR OF PACIFIC REGION: </b>Pradhan Mantri
Narendra Modi received the highest honours of Papua New Guinea and Fiji, an
unprecedented acknowledgement of a non-resident in the two Pacific island
nations. During his maiden visit to Papua New Guinea (PNG), Modi hosted a
significant summit between Bharat and 14 Pacific island countries to bolster
bilateral ties. Governor-General of Papua New Guinea, Sir Bob Dadae, bestowed on
Modi the Grand Companion of the Order of Logohu (GCL), which is the country’s
highest civilian award. The honour was given for championing the cause of unity
of Pacific Island countries and spearheading the cause of Global South. On May
22, PM Modi was also conferred with the highest honour of Fiji, the Companion of
the Order of Fiji, by Sitiveni Rabuka, the Prime Minister of the Republic of
Fiji. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJk7uIA-AP9nxmr4IqI4ZrV0JuLO_MnxSxPa-jAmupRvrXSm2uAY8nxU2pNzJVKKhU01T_KUypKX8SiJh3VaxYAy7S0YmC7Y97jwAzKm9MCAtH1wEmUP93fZbJLDYcyRk0KLgO7KMn9MWgm0BzzmAhorQQbbLL_4kBLZVAg3yauGG2db7Ayf4agMnq/s259/images%20%2818%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJk7uIA-AP9nxmr4IqI4ZrV0JuLO_MnxSxPa-jAmupRvrXSm2uAY8nxU2pNzJVKKhU01T_KUypKX8SiJh3VaxYAy7S0YmC7Y97jwAzKm9MCAtH1wEmUP93fZbJLDYcyRk0KLgO7KMn9MWgm0BzzmAhorQQbbLL_4kBLZVAg3yauGG2db7Ayf4agMnq/s320/images%20%2818%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
After attending the G7 meeting in Japan on May 19-21, the PM traveled to Port
Moresby in PNG. In an exemplary gesture of respect, Papua New Guinea PM James
Marape touched the feet of PM Narendra Modi when he arrived in the island
nation. PM Modi's visit to PNG was the first ever by any Bharatiya Pradhan
Mantri.<br>
Upon his arrival at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney on May 23 as part of his
official visit to Australia, PM Modi was greeted with Vedic chanting. The
Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, was also present during the
welcoming ceremony witnessed by the thousands of Bharatiya diaspora. In
addition, PM Modi was also greeted in a traditional Aboriginal manner. During
the event, PM Modi announced that Bharat will open a new consulate in Brisbane.<br>
On May 24, PM Modi raised the issue of attacks on mandirs in Australia and said
that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had assured to take “strict actions against
such elements in the future.” </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="5.">5.</a> FOREIGN MINISTER JAISHANKAR INTERACTS WITH BHARATIYA
DIASPORA IN SWEDEN: </b>During his three-day visit to Stockholm for bilateral
talks and the European Union (EU) Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum (EIPMF),
Bharat’s External Affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar interacted with the
Bharatiya community in Sweden and highlighted the transformations underway in
Bharat. In a tweet on May 14, Dr Jaishankar said, “Delighted to interact with
the Indian Community in Sweden.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Vg3-ypDcxeac_IkWWTgXotLqpGcdDzk9Qru7Ms7bZKh3oNk57L0qsa3ugepDusbAaOq4qNPwmKHHLXNR8p9RfF8IFi7iBZESyC1oosJLzoUGvofPLAYSCDNuyVTgXhI2unsrAZHQy71MxDg1MCnUmOj7ygbnl86ixnGG7xrxHsUqXgLbeXM4Rnf3/s750/drjaishakar.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Vg3-ypDcxeac_IkWWTgXotLqpGcdDzk9Qru7Ms7bZKh3oNk57L0qsa3ugepDusbAaOq4qNPwmKHHLXNR8p9RfF8IFi7iBZESyC1oosJLzoUGvofPLAYSCDNuyVTgXhI2unsrAZHQy71MxDg1MCnUmOj7ygbnl86ixnGG7xrxHsUqXgLbeXM4Rnf3/s320/drjaishakar.jpg"/></a></div> Sweden is valued as a member of the EU, a Nordic
partner and a fellow multilateralist. Spoke about the transformations underway
in India that enhance our global profile and create opportunities for Indians
abroad.” </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="6.">6.</a> FIJI APOLOGIZED TO THE BHARATIYA-FIJIAN COMMUNITY: </b>On
May 14, in an emotionally charged “Reconciliation and Thanksgiving” service
organized by Fiji’s Methodist Church - the country’s largest Christian
denomination - the President of the church Reverend Ili Vunisuwai and Prime
Minister Sitiveni Rabuka apologized to the Indo-Fijian community for the
suffering and insults they have endured in Fiji’s post-independence era, paving
the way to what the political leaders call “building a new era” of peace and
prosperity. <br>
Rabuka apologised for leading the 1987 coup overthrowing the then PM Timoci
Bavadra, the first Indo-Fijian leader. Rabuka's action impacted Fiji and its
relationship with Bharat, bringing about long-term consequences. At the end of
the service a “Forward Fiji Declaration” was adopted.<br>
The South Pacific nation of Fiji Islands has a population of close to 925,000
and about one-third of them are of Bharatiya descent brought here by the British
between 1879 and 1916 to work in the sugar cane plantations they were
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<b><a name="7.">7.</a> HSS UK SCOTLAND SHIBIR 2023: </b>The Scotland Shibir 2023
was held over the weekend of May 6-7. The theme for the Shibir was 'Prakruti'
and around 200 swayamsevaks and sevikas took part in various activities
throughout the weekend. Bal, Kishor/Kishori and Yuva/Yuvati participated in
shareerik, bauddhiks, game, yoga, ni-yudha, samata, khel and ratri program
sessions. Yuva Charcha was organised in which success stories and challenges of
Hindu's in Scotland were discussed.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1bPI6yAKtNyXYTRgr1J9oI1_TO4W0iPy_sOVPvzpuGxCx6hafMe_8OMrvsdHJv4aBVG4zmWsh7_dVxhEu3cN317C4at78F9dgxbvcX5VBGqNOVs2DcvZrMUYllV_zDkb0sDScqHCdCnI88kDVtS1NxPsVQaX5t4vvJlQGokY-WCnoicBl_cJS1wRh/s584/scot2.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1bPI6yAKtNyXYTRgr1J9oI1_TO4W0iPy_sOVPvzpuGxCx6hafMe_8OMrvsdHJv4aBVG4zmWsh7_dVxhEu3cN317C4at78F9dgxbvcX5VBGqNOVs2DcvZrMUYllV_zDkb0sDScqHCdCnI88kDVtS1NxPsVQaX5t4vvJlQGokY-WCnoicBl_cJS1wRh/s320/scot2.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6sA0s2Xq2PiIq-se2KJbWsgrVfAkYDmgVQp-LujJw7nrWhWpHutjPXrT74ed3vSIT_qSXv3s4X5z8reW4ZtqzHgLJYvOCs2Hlc1MBtLK8m2L20OeIUE0hHCtcCUx5tdI_ZFYQt85IYXV-on-X5jHbmfGXq9LMDekoqgZTjQ785Bqw_eE-8rFtxVTA/s1024/scotlandshibir.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6sA0s2Xq2PiIq-se2KJbWsgrVfAkYDmgVQp-LujJw7nrWhWpHutjPXrT74ed3vSIT_qSXv3s4X5z8reW4ZtqzHgLJYvOCs2Hlc1MBtLK8m2L20OeIUE0hHCtcCUx5tdI_ZFYQt85IYXV-on-X5jHbmfGXq9LMDekoqgZTjQ785Bqw_eE-8rFtxVTA/s320/scotlandshibir.jpg"/></a></div> In his bauddhik, UK and East Africa
pracharak Shri Chandrakant Sharma elaborated different topics including Hindus
in Scotland and need for karyakarta development. Local community leaders as well
as representatives from the armed forces and the Bharatiya Consulate in
Edinburgh also visited the Shibir. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="8.">8.</a> HSS GURU VANDANA: </b>On May 6, Rani Laxmibai Shakha of
the Sun Prairie Chapter of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh HSS USA organized a ‘Guru
Vandana’ event at Meadow View Elementary School to honor and appreciate teachers
in the local community. The event brought together Sun Prairie Mayor Paul Esser,
teachers, students, parents and community members to celebrate the invaluable
contributions of teachers to society.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDCrNj2oD6-Pnpcf26xCKO8y7aO0y-cz1GYcpuNlowmKkLImshuO2HehHKT6BwMPo02-d3SMB1WMBaCIXh5nrnnI0g3VZcBK5vNiNZOg8LfnpZ5Ri5Hpja-fBM-QNKx8vr_ZWv_ySJUyp7wXADchGGBKY9IBNqRrtFzWIZ7YE947qYD8Uis9qMIz9/s1024/349173278_1224754148150175_3055576314879797119_n.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDCrNj2oD6-Pnpcf26xCKO8y7aO0y-cz1GYcpuNlowmKkLImshuO2HehHKT6BwMPo02-d3SMB1WMBaCIXh5nrnnI0g3VZcBK5vNiNZOg8LfnpZ5Ri5Hpja-fBM-QNKx8vr_ZWv_ySJUyp7wXADchGGBKY9IBNqRrtFzWIZ7YE947qYD8Uis9qMIz9/s320/349173278_1224754148150175_3055576314879797119_n.jpg"/></a></div>
Farmington Town Council Chairperson C. J. Thomas was the chief guest of the
‘Guru Vandana’ program held at the Farmington Senior Center on May 13. More than
150 people, including 60 family members of the teachers and Hindu families from
Farmington, Avon and Simsbury attended the event <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBW2avm8wYZF-w1GEx-UGhIBRk5YOCC5wE8Cz8dBIWJwvKiJhJptgBAxRgRkIyyLkYL3ut3mkapOG89pX-I5jjEtbHkdYUibwjP9ZzfzmN5QeYHPYO9OxB8A7g-ufw6Ku1Xqv7YtB9_epcSD91ilXgIvozrB3BuPJ1H4cVNtx2qFzs4VMRJHu610w7/s750/gvb.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="392" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBW2avm8wYZF-w1GEx-UGhIBRk5YOCC5wE8Cz8dBIWJwvKiJhJptgBAxRgRkIyyLkYL3ut3mkapOG89pX-I5jjEtbHkdYUibwjP9ZzfzmN5QeYHPYO9OxB8A7g-ufw6Ku1Xqv7YtB9_epcSD91ilXgIvozrB3BuPJ1H4cVNtx2qFzs4VMRJHu610w7/s320/gvb.jpeg"/></a></div>
On May 7, HSS Buffalo Grove and other Hindu community organisations honoured 85
educators - including two school superintendents, five school principals, and
two school board presidents - from 24 schools in 13 school districts. The event
was attended by more than 400 people. Similar programs were also organized by
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<b><a name="9.">9.</a> HSS USA CLEANUP DRIVE ON EARTH DAY: </b>HSS USA marked
the occasion of Earth Day with a series of cleanup events across the country.
More than 120 volunteers from various HSS shakhas participated in several
environmental related activities. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBM4bKiehk1tTsNwuEY3s9mC9s5g5S_iLOZHFlN9bN5snQ2QntoedpuhxUKGvHT61hcGQzGiHz_eBAPochhsKFtbm6QnxA8nyzzqUOdajO73hOx2E3KuWgC9Qs3tRqtA1neR7siCXwmN7SvRqHwzR7KX9zfRvgO_bQ9_--xTBgcq6SiIpTlfEwrS5B/s768/unnamed%20%284%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBM4bKiehk1tTsNwuEY3s9mC9s5g5S_iLOZHFlN9bN5snQ2QntoedpuhxUKGvHT61hcGQzGiHz_eBAPochhsKFtbm6QnxA8nyzzqUOdajO73hOx2E3KuWgC9Qs3tRqtA1neR7siCXwmN7SvRqHwzR7KX9zfRvgO_bQ9_--xTBgcq6SiIpTlfEwrS5B/s320/unnamed%20%284%29.jpg"/></a></div>
Many city chapters including Naperville in Illinois and Portland in Oregon
adopted and cleaned roads and highways across the US. 30 volunteers participated
in the beach cleanup event at Seal Beach, California. An annual spring trash off
and cleanup event was held at Flowermound, Texas. Volunteers in New Jersey
participated in the Earth Day celebrations organized by Edison Health Department
and also cleaned up several parks. Several HSS chapters including San Ramon, San
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<b><a name="10.">10.</a> DARSHANA AT ST ANTHONY CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: </b>
Working under the aegis of ‘Interfaith Alliance of San Antonio’, volunteers of
the San Antonio Chapter of HSS USA, collaborated with Mr. Daniel Lizzaraga who
teaches World Religions at University of Incarnate Word, to bring the ‘Darshana’
exhibition to St. Anthony Catholic High school.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwjWC5bEtkHW1IAquV4sBDTmsUz4LbB8pxsciDSdOELoPOx6jXRceqEK_0_4uH0d8wnP6mAVRR5jDXYdoqXiaCNICHZo_VjTSuQp8Yj5QACthhiBVPc-3aqueOLwokXIyhElwPVAHG3wjHQhzGE7abJevtxFMa_ho2mhCZe_KqNCoVW_eOx3NZlFoY/s580/image.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="326" data-original-width="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwjWC5bEtkHW1IAquV4sBDTmsUz4LbB8pxsciDSdOELoPOx6jXRceqEK_0_4uH0d8wnP6mAVRR5jDXYdoqXiaCNICHZo_VjTSuQp8Yj5QACthhiBVPc-3aqueOLwokXIyhElwPVAHG3wjHQhzGE7abJevtxFMa_ho2mhCZe_KqNCoVW_eOx3NZlFoY/s320/image.jpeg"/></a></div> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVAHUn_5EinSgBxyeK1K8vPhJ-jfNi9nzIwrz3ZVL2qkm68yvFybY5j2AW0hUawNPtWLeyPdIsKC1pRG3_IiTo0n2vMHB6Cejzd-pf8kDdIjbcXgAxkeTfQC81w3CHJyWhh9d7DEunVpzBOqrjQANylc_qacUAmVfddK26ctORZ_8LtQ4CD6q9W58Y/s580/image%20%281%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="326" data-original-width="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVAHUn_5EinSgBxyeK1K8vPhJ-jfNi9nzIwrz3ZVL2qkm68yvFybY5j2AW0hUawNPtWLeyPdIsKC1pRG3_IiTo0n2vMHB6Cejzd-pf8kDdIjbcXgAxkeTfQC81w3CHJyWhh9d7DEunVpzBOqrjQANylc_qacUAmVfddK26ctORZ_8LtQ4CD6q9W58Y/s320/image%20%281%29.jpeg"/></a></div>Students were introduced to
Hindu Dharma, its principle and practice and given an overview of its richness,
diversity and pluralism. At the official inauguration, Dr. Kristina Vidaurri,
Principal of St Anthony Catholic High School expressed delight for the
opportunity to host ‘Darshana’ and encouraged the faculty and students to visit
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<b><a name="11.">11.</a> 17TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF SEWA INTERNATIONAL:
</b>Sewa international organized its 17th annual national conference in Atlanta
on May 6 and 7. Over 120 delegates from across the United States participated in
the conference. Sewa’s board members, advisers, and its executive leadership
participated in the two-day conference. Digvijay "Danny" Gaekwad, an American
Bharatiya entrepreneur and community leader from Ocala, Florida was the chief
guest at the inaugural event. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0dhh7lor42NLi1STblRsAqQY2Zp46CDbQWufleQyPj6jblqCFiEThRp-ycVtzWRF08cMKvrzJ77Uw5tAepRux1xgJ1VF4vMVaZ--C0raLbPxDc9bcyKCya_lic-8COQeLQIIJpUNS3tRKBnbv-u820WW0e1hpn_Ulhfmnmxad3yb3_x5Jr4DQbIKB/s2048/345924513_508439198074298_1235334311026728966_n.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="957" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0dhh7lor42NLi1STblRsAqQY2Zp46CDbQWufleQyPj6jblqCFiEThRp-ycVtzWRF08cMKvrzJ77Uw5tAepRux1xgJ1VF4vMVaZ--C0raLbPxDc9bcyKCya_lic-8COQeLQIIJpUNS3tRKBnbv-u820WW0e1hpn_Ulhfmnmxad3yb3_x5Jr4DQbIKB/s320/345924513_508439198074298_1235334311026728966_n.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-lJ4-C-3LL671XzetOHyhSdeDq__CrSx0_QXuEGVS_lhB2d_VPASdMmCr-uO70Xl6P9xsU4W8ZVQijx48G6gFB5PnzXy_rf4YQee1wC5qPB_o5fNvajKdyp2IysGYHB7KNFVDUsEDsvtEOJ-U8SXg0tNb3YxfgFYkdtq9TyXjaZhFqsvrEM-QSC7l/s2000/346031183_1467788823962346_6932623196521571722_n.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="2000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-lJ4-C-3LL671XzetOHyhSdeDq__CrSx0_QXuEGVS_lhB2d_VPASdMmCr-uO70Xl6P9xsU4W8ZVQijx48G6gFB5PnzXy_rf4YQee1wC5qPB_o5fNvajKdyp2IysGYHB7KNFVDUsEDsvtEOJ-U8SXg0tNb3YxfgFYkdtq9TyXjaZhFqsvrEM-QSC7l/s320/346031183_1467788823962346_6932623196521571722_n.jpg"/></a></div>
The conference gave an opportunity for volunteers to meet with each other, learn
about Sewa projects in different chapters, and learn many dimensions of Sewa’s
work. There were multiple sessions in the conference where volunteers described
their experiences, discussed best practices and shared many impressive Sewa
stories. Sewa’s board member Dr. Suresh Jain participated in the meeting and
guided the deliberations. Sewa’s president Arun Kankani released Sewa’s 2022
annual report at the conference.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-uF8YoBatT_7-onM4utUlds-zaZ5p0ts6M50AHhmbsKV4Q7anKEkCzcJNAEniLPaSgeWcrwjMVdfys7jEp2fx_2ztq0PP6o1Ewfz9H9zbofcp9jeUi0key-AFSXGRXcMtDhiqcAHn7XgLMX73xJMQdpQVt_qw5c8PXiRcQ7PmrDIWvwIHbBY694XR/s1600/346041532_942455803843022_5931128809542453102_n.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="757" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-uF8YoBatT_7-onM4utUlds-zaZ5p0ts6M50AHhmbsKV4Q7anKEkCzcJNAEniLPaSgeWcrwjMVdfys7jEp2fx_2ztq0PP6o1Ewfz9H9zbofcp9jeUi0key-AFSXGRXcMtDhiqcAHn7XgLMX73xJMQdpQVt_qw5c8PXiRcQ7PmrDIWvwIHbBY694XR/s320/346041532_942455803843022_5931128809542453102_n.jpg"/></a></div>
Congressman, Dr. Rich McCormick addressed volunteers during luncheon on May 6.
Expressing his support and gratitude for the work Sewa does, he mentioned the
Bharatiya American community’s accomplishments in many areas and praised the
community for its contributions to the United States. Many Sewa teams such as
marketing, fund development, disaster relief, and programs and projects
presented their goals for 2023 and their accomplishments in 2022. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="12.">12.</a> SEWA CANADA WILDFIRE RELIEF ACTIVITIES: </b>Hot and dry
conditions have triggered an intense and early start to wildfire season in
Alberta. As of May 17, there were 91 wildfires burning in the forest protection
area of Alberta, including 27 which were out of control. The number of evacuees
had reached a peak of more than 30,000 people earlier in May.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh43RkGD5N3U8vcfVvBjA68IbxuaxRACEYJ6-GzNSB75NB2u3PCqXw_BAGvoevO3eYAjWGHL7m_VDKwA1XHhJawu2wgPF6P2kuA0yDny6r_3FZihwtEvz5yqTW-ZgVZhX5s1s19i57xZcL2pN1taLl8M0GEjREkkIduH2BQ-PzTsTgmTHSOWG4fa2U_/s474/Screenshot%20%28675%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh43RkGD5N3U8vcfVvBjA68IbxuaxRACEYJ6-GzNSB75NB2u3PCqXw_BAGvoevO3eYAjWGHL7m_VDKwA1XHhJawu2wgPF6P2kuA0yDny6r_3FZihwtEvz5yqTW-ZgVZhX5s1s19i57xZcL2pN1taLl8M0GEjREkkIduH2BQ-PzTsTgmTHSOWG4fa2U_/s320/Screenshot%20%28675%29.jpg"/></a></div> On both May 19 and
20, Sewa Canada International Aid Inc. in collaboration with its partner
organization ‘WE TOGETHER STRONG COMMUNITY’ helped serve 150 fresh cooked meals
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<b><a name="13.">13.</a> HSS UK VOLUNTEERS JOINED ‘BIG HELP OUT’ WITH SEWA
INITIATIVES: </b>Across the UK, volunteers of the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS)
UK enthusiastically participated in activities as part of the ‘Big Help Out’. 9
HSS shakhas and 132 participants engaged in 11 different community projects as
part of the unique Coronation Bank Holiday weekend initiative. Clearing
community gardens, planting flowers, serving teas, cleaning benches, clearing
charity shop clutter, litter picking, visiting care homes, cooking and serving
meals, and taking calls on helplines were some of the activities that were
undertaken. They were all well received with warm words of gratitude by the
elderly and the infirm, community groups, mandirs and charity shops. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8D9ndY4-S0doSRqd89LxFW7bQCBqh3cRg_BQXjec4dIlvkanqzkAQxk2N3Zj3cvbs6j3zcfplyx6xzBse3JuCusPG-AFw2f9vz7xBFBsNZlHWl3PlJjyHYKZPfGrTIQrGekUBTbaz7Idx-_67PPsF1jjJUOsNhts4GAA6MHpQGUsDUECkdeB1yGam/s446/download%20%2853%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="255" data-original-width="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8D9ndY4-S0doSRqd89LxFW7bQCBqh3cRg_BQXjec4dIlvkanqzkAQxk2N3Zj3cvbs6j3zcfplyx6xzBse3JuCusPG-AFw2f9vz7xBFBsNZlHWl3PlJjyHYKZPfGrTIQrGekUBTbaz7Idx-_67PPsF1jjJUOsNhts4GAA6MHpQGUsDUECkdeB1yGam/s320/download%20%2853%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
Valerie, a recipient of the HSS UK volunteering efforts, said: “Your amazing
hardworking volunteers have made a great difference and we value their efforts.”
Gary Bargoff, the Finchley Victoria Bowling and Croquet Club president, added:
“I take my hat off for all the wonderful work HSS volunteers do without any
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<b><a name="14.">14.</a> BRITISH HINDU CONTRIBUTIONS CELEBRATED: </b>To
commemorate the visit of Mahant Swami Maharaj (BAPS) to the UK, an event was
organized to celebrate the contributions of the Hindu community in UK. Several
dignitaries, Hindu organisations including HSS UK and more than 2000 guests from
all walks of life came together at the Neasden Mandir in London to celebrate
British Hindu contributions in the fields of Charity or Sewa, Culture and Youth
and Education and Spirituality.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh13_smwMiE7swiSoAKJJw7W3ddA7TSK1Hfy4q00IRyQMHitZFw3xodJTLgWPtwN6Mtrxeky-AjOgJuifVfoi0rbbmOGz8wUJIjwDH1pbxDZFJx31DSbn93Ep7I29HV3pabKgSveZFaxUlVVvGOJsoe7UcUyZKitcbdU8RPj-xdBjZCJyXXZcXEgWZ/s297/download%20%2854%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh13_smwMiE7swiSoAKJJw7W3ddA7TSK1Hfy4q00IRyQMHitZFw3xodJTLgWPtwN6Mtrxeky-AjOgJuifVfoi0rbbmOGz8wUJIjwDH1pbxDZFJx31DSbn93Ep7I29HV3pabKgSveZFaxUlVVvGOJsoe7UcUyZKitcbdU8RPj-xdBjZCJyXXZcXEgWZ/s320/download%20%2854%29.jpeg"/></a></div> The event saw performances and eloquent
presentations on key areas of British Hindu Contribution. Nilesh Solanki -
Assistant General Secretary of Sewa UK - did a presentation on the Hindu
contributions in the field of Sewa and Social work. There were also
presentations about Hindu contributions in the fields of Youth, Public Service,
Arts and Spirituality. High Commissioner of Bharat in UK (High Commission of
Bharat, London) Vikram Doraiswami was the Guest of Honour and Lord Jitesh Gadhia
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<b><a name="15.">15.</a> ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF WUPPERTAL HINDU MANDIR IN GERMANY:
</b>On May 20, a procession was organized as part of the annual festival of the
Wuppertal Hindu mandir at Hünefeldstrasse, Germany. During the procession, the
Devi Sri Navathurgadevi was carried out of the mandir and led around the mandir
building in a sacred float decorated with flowers (‘Theer’), and accompanied by
Kavadi dances and music of traditional Bharatiya instruments.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3y3fsabjbyXkJb7KQBFyax3KZNak4UmjygQNXKzUamqJOzL3bjavlDee2ityxYcY-r0YYURq--6KKmo3_geQSrFPnUxjgK8IxXfWW5DN_0l4Q2czwOpxgbh_cfXYoeAEPK3fbpMV6OljttI4psra7EduLaaF1sf5w9_kXo0QCWkvvUktY1QxBlVDt/s450/download%20%2855%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3y3fsabjbyXkJb7KQBFyax3KZNak4UmjygQNXKzUamqJOzL3bjavlDee2ityxYcY-r0YYURq--6KKmo3_geQSrFPnUxjgK8IxXfWW5DN_0l4Q2czwOpxgbh_cfXYoeAEPK3fbpMV6OljttI4psra7EduLaaF1sf5w9_kXo0QCWkvvUktY1QxBlVDt/s320/download%20%2855%29.jpeg"/></a></div>
In addition to the devotees, several interested onlookers from Wuppertal and
surrounding areas witnessed the lively culture and the colorful world of
Hinduism. The ten day annual festival was held from May 12-22. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="16.">16.</a> FIRST BHARATIYA-ORIGIN LORD MAYOR ELECTED IN AUSTRALIA:
</b>On May 22, the City of Parramatta Council in Sydney elected Bharatiya-origin
Councillor Sameer Pandey as its new Lord Mayor. Pandey was first elected to the
council in 2017 and in 2022, became the City's first Deputy Lord Mayor of
Bharatiya origin.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7bJS75lZOO6AgxylPO20esjzIlfNDK_hLObirbbBoEo3hX3oxWlUMGfz83EoYUelpJQLWBcL2djVxHfB4TRXck1jZI1fLzF5mJw1bahdwiUU0UCjfJSLn-vA5rPxs-D3FF_RPGhxqHt5D9QhSpzBXS989oGn-Zj-i-JjGLRIOnttBfJCDDHjVjO2/s300/download%20%2856%29.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7bJS75lZOO6AgxylPO20esjzIlfNDK_hLObirbbBoEo3hX3oxWlUMGfz83EoYUelpJQLWBcL2djVxHfB4TRXck1jZI1fLzF5mJw1bahdwiUU0UCjfJSLn-vA5rPxs-D3FF_RPGhxqHt5D9QhSpzBXS989oGn-Zj-i-JjGLRIOnttBfJCDDHjVjO2/s320/download%20%2856%29.jpeg"/></a></div> Pandey was elected as Donna Davis stepped down from the role
following her election as the State Member for Parramatta in Australia's New
South Wales state. Asserting that it was a privilege to lead the council of one
of the fastest-growing centres in Australia, Pandey said, “The City of
Parramatta is the geographical heart of Greater Sydney and a major economic
powerhouse as well as the best place in Sydney to live.” </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="17.">17.</a> US LAWMAKER INTRODUCED BILL TO DECLARE DIWALI A FEDERAL
HOLIDAY: </b>On May 26, a prominent US lawmaker Grace Meng submitted a
legislation titled “Diwali Day Act” in Congress to make the Hindu festival of
Diwali a national holiday in the country. <br>
“Diwali is one of the most important days of the year for billions of people
across the globe and for countless families and communities in Queens, New York,
and the United States,” she stated during a virtual news conference in the US
soon after introducing the bill in the House of Representatives. The Festival
of Lights would become the 12th legally acknowledged holiday in the United
States if the proposed act is enacted by Congress and signed into law by the
President. Different communities from throughout the nation have applauded the
development. Notably, in April, the US state of Pennsylvania declared Diwali as
a state holiday. The state House passed a bill recognising the Hindu festival as
an official holiday. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="18.">18.</a> THREE BHARATIYA PEACEKEEPERS HONOURED WITH UN MEDAL FOR
SUPREME SACRIFICE: </b>Bharat’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations,
Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj, received the Dag Hammarskjöld Medals on behalf of
Head Constables Shishupal Singh and Sanwala Ram Vishnoi.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiawlptGv9BRlrhH6-dkmikGDucyrFazmCOJiq-C8A7ulYR_l2DCbGY4Gl0M0RVIXCNLrkhywMaG5sHPjK9QeyY-Hk0yXO7aqsoaw-19PXeX0HA3l2nX5E4vsFKm-CobCVGpbbRLRJEKeqLKnkES6WAh6j7XbS13Z7VMu4_Euwrf0fZ6gmf6JxVxPpF/s600/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-05-26%20at%206.40.00%20PM.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiawlptGv9BRlrhH6-dkmikGDucyrFazmCOJiq-C8A7ulYR_l2DCbGY4Gl0M0RVIXCNLrkhywMaG5sHPjK9QeyY-Hk0yXO7aqsoaw-19PXeX0HA3l2nX5E4vsFKm-CobCVGpbbRLRJEKeqLKnkES6WAh6j7XbS13Z7VMu4_Euwrf0fZ6gmf6JxVxPpF/s320/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-05-26%20at%206.40.00%20PM.jpg"/></a></div>
The Dag Hammarskjöld Medal is the highest honour awarded to members of UN
peacekeeping operations as a tribute to the sacrifice of those who have lost
their lives in peacekeeping operations. The ceremony took place at the UN
headquarters in New York on May 25 to commemorate the International Day of UN
Peacekeepers. Head Constables Shishupal Singh and Sanwala Ram Vishnoi of the
Border Security Force lost their lives while serving under the UN flag last year
in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. <br>
Meanwhile, Shaber Taher Ali, employed in a civilian capacity with the UN
Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), was also posthumously awarded the Dag
Hammarskjold Medal, which was received by Under-Secretary for Field Support,
Atul Khare. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="19.">19.</a> IAF SENDS 24,000 KG OF RELIEF MATERIAL FOR SUDAN:</b>
As the efforts for providing assistance to Sudan continued, Indian Air Force (IAF)
sent 24,000 kg of relief material for the war-torn country on May 20. The Indian
Air Force also said that they might bring back approximately 150 stranded
Bharatiyas. Prior to this, on the intervening night of April 27 and 28, Indian
Air Force pilots flew blind in the face of overwhelming odds to rescue 121
stranded Bharatiyas in war-torn Sudan. With no navigational approach aids or
fuel, the Bharatiya brave hearts landed on a run-down airstrip at Wadi Sayyidna
with the help of infrared sensors and night vision goggles. This swift and
efficient operation, a part of the greater rescue operation 'Kaveri' to safely
evacuate 3,000 Bharatiyas from Sudan, was just one example of Bharat's
commitment to her citizens. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="20.">20.</a> JAPAN SET TO JOIN BHARAT’S UPI PAYMENT SYSTEM: </b>On
May 18, Japanese Digital Minister Kono Taro said that the government of Japan is
seriously considering joining Bharat’s UPI payment system. <br>
He said, “Japan and India are trying to promote digital cooperation. We are
serious about joining India’s UPI payment system and also contemplating how we
can mutually recognize EID, starting with cooperation to increase
interoperability. G7 agrees to establish a new framework with a new secretariat
on cross-border data flow and we are hoping that the Indian government will join
this framework.” Talking about Bharat’s digital revolution, the Japanese
minister stated that he is surprised to see Bharat leap-frogging in this sector.
<br>
Taro stated that UPI is a “very convenient system of payment” which “can
increase interoperability between governments”. “It could be another standard of
cross-border payment,” he said. </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
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<b><a name="21.">21.</a> SHRI VISHWA NIKETAN:</b> <b>Pravas: Visitors:</b> Biren
and Poorvi Soni - Canada, Yelloji Mirajkar - USA, Dr. Anil Asthana - Australia<br>
<br>
<b>FOOD FOR THOUGHT:</b> Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet
each one can be true. <i>– Swami Vivekananda. </i></font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b>“EKATMA MANAVDARSHAN” AND THE DECOLONISATION OF INDIAN MINDSET<br>
Pankaj Jagannath Jayswal </b></font></p>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt">Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay is one of
those thinkers in Bharat who exercised on ‘Swaraj of ideas’– which means
Decolonisation of ideas, i.e. Decolonisation of Indian minds. India was free
politically, but ideologically, the colonial hangover is still there.<br>
Elephants have many times the power and strength of humans. When an elephant is
chained as a child, he develops the belief that he cannot break the chain and
liberate himself, making him a prisoner of his thoughts and actions. The same
thing happened to Bharatiya, particularly Hindus. Foreign invaders influenced
Hindus’ minds such that they began to despise their own culture, Dharma, and
history, forgetting that their forefathers’ socioeconomic success using ethical
means was completely due to adhering to Dharma.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDPEPbQ-Z3Lsgop0MolHyqzAMLdya533uq2WxlsQcd_-Rh0FQ71LBeS4X0Yje4As0zT8acq5SNCpWnR1FE3I8gudLkvogwgK0AOZMQYyPpxEhSb9uUl4HP0mCxhECKMnZgX9k-L6HXmtTP2uTZSTVJ-uA92drq7odXKO6y2L37oh4BDpKLIXlLM0QW/s368/panditdeen.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDPEPbQ-Z3Lsgop0MolHyqzAMLdya533uq2WxlsQcd_-Rh0FQ71LBeS4X0Yje4As0zT8acq5SNCpWnR1FE3I8gudLkvogwgK0AOZMQYyPpxEhSb9uUl4HP0mCxhECKMnZgX9k-L6HXmtTP2uTZSTVJ-uA92drq7odXKO6y2L37oh4BDpKLIXlLM0QW/s320/panditdeen.jpeg"/></a></div>
We can learn from Israel and Japan because, despite many natural constraints and
a difficult neighbourhood, they are moving forward on all fronts. The simple
reason is that they are united as a nation, ignoring political and social
differences when it comes to overcoming any challenge faced by the nation. In
our case, the brainwashed mindset never unites for a national cause, which is
why dynastic political parties, corrupt leaders, vote bank politics, many
foreign-funded activists and NGOs divide, particularly Hindus on caste lines,
and make difficult inroads for the great Bharat. If Hindus unite, our nation
will be excellent in every way, without damaging any religion and instead
helping to better socioeconomic situations. Prepare for disaster if Hindus do
not band together, as we have seen in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Let
Hindus band together for a better world; it is what “Hinduness” stands for. And
for this, “Ekatma Manavdarshan” should serve as the foundation for decolonising
the thoughts of all Indians, particularly Hindus.<br>
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay outlines why and how Decolonisation of the Indian
mindset is necessary. He introduced the basic concept of Indian philosophy in
political, social and cultural discourses. Everything from the West need not be
harmful, and every attribute of modernity need not be in the best interest for
us. As stated by Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay in his ‘Principle of
Confluence’,“While accepting and implementing any change, we must ensure that it
is as per the ethos of our Nation and has Viability in contemporary times.” The
Principle pronounced by Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay has provided us with the
necessary direction in which this nation has to traverse. While maintaining
plurality in our opinions, this Principle essentially gives us the foundation to
traverse on a unidirectional way. Apart from finding a unidirectional approach
to our shared objectives, Bharatiya values must become a ‘quid pro quo’ for all
Policy decisions.<br>
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay envisioned an India based on a unique economic model
in which a human being or humanity was at the centre of all things. He did not
want Bharat to simply mimic Western economic principles in order to become a
developed nation.<br>
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay wished to establish national liberation on the
foundation of Bharatiya culture. As a result, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay was
unwilling to accept those Western conceptions that many deem axiomatic. He
remarked from a Bharatiya perspective on topics such as Western ideas of state,
secularism, democracy, and numerous ‘-isms’ of the West.<br>
Subsequently, some Macro sectors where Decolonisation needs immediate attention
are;<br>
1. The medium of Knowledge.<br>
2. Education System.<br>
3. Judiciary.<br>
4. Administration.<br>
5. Research Methodology and;<br>
6. Governance.<br>
In the post-colonial era, the continuity of Macaulay’s model of education
systematically debased the significance of Bharatiya languages and established
the hegemony of English education over prevalent Education practices.<br>
English came preloaded with impressions to render our thought process
monotheistically, and inclusivity was replaced by the exclusivity of
monotheistic elitism. This elitism quickly infected the subsidiaries of
governance, judiciary and most of the bureaucracy and created a massive fault
line between commoners and these policymakers. While subsidiaries of governance
and judiciary were supposed to be complementary to the body polity of this
nation, on the contrary, it became an external entity and disengaged from
society at large. The lack of will to reinject and rejuvenate the Bharatiya
thought process further aggravated the problem.<br>
The present education system does not empower the Indians, which becomes so
visible in economic achievements.<br>
The statistics on imports and exports make this abundantly clear. India’s share
of the world economy was 23 per cent, as great as all of Europe put together
when Britain landed on its borders, but by the time the British withdrew from
India, it had shrunk to little over 3 per cent. As a result, the New Education
Policy 2020 is critical to creating an education system that brings the most out
of every child in order to make our nation great again. The book will have a
detailed explanation.<br>
<b>How has the colonial concept harmed the planet, and why is mental
Decolonisation necessary?</b><br>
Some intellectuals perceive the consequences of the current Western paradigm and
underline the necessity for an alternative approach to Capitalism and
consumerism that is not only materialistic but also encourages vulgar
consumerism. Westerners believe that heavy industries and the capitalist’s
attitude will address all problems, which have been proven to be useless and
have instead resulted in major environmental degradation such as acute
pollution, food poisoning, bio-diversity loss, and serious health risks. Every
man is fundamentally a soul endowed with a body-mind combination that is plagued
by a toxic condition. However, the so-called materialistic man acts in such a
way that he endangers society by causing the extinction and endangerment of
numerous species and endangering our future generation. In this day and age of
globalisation, neither reason nor sociopolitical thought seems to be guiding
humanity in the correct way. Financial wealth reigns supreme, facilitating most
materialism devoid of humanity. As a result, man, whose next higher stage of
growth is divinity, descends to the level of beastliness.<br>
The Western paradigm of massive industrialisation causes climate change,
ecological degradation, the wealth gap, massive unemployment, terrorism, and
many other problems. Rapid deforestation is undermining the entire existence of
mandatory forest cover and wreaking havoc on our natural resources. Rivers and
water supplies are rapidly depleting and polluting. Global warming has reached a
tipping point, and carbon emissions from developed countries are out of control.
Some countries’ economic development should not be allowed to jeopardise the
healthy progress of less developed countries. Similarly, depriving future
generations of their legitimate cultural and natural riches by greedy and
exploitative segments of the current generation will be considered a crime
against humanity.<br>
<b>Why is “Ekatma Manavdarshan” so important at this time?</b><br>
Because it lacks spirituality, the fragmented version of Western Humanism is a
barrier to human unification and world peace. Spirituality is incorporated with
humanism by Swami Vivekananda, Shree Aurobindo, Rabindranath Tagore, and Pandit
Deendayal Upadhyay. <br>
It is the spiritual ethos that integrates the various phenomena of mundane
existence through the Divine Principle, i.e., the Supreme Soul (Paramatman) that
exists in all natural phenomena in the form of Atman (Soul).<br>
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay believes that the unique blend of Karma Yoga, Bhakti
Yoga, and Gyana Yoga will serve the aim of spiritual and material elevation.
This is how Indian humanism spirally merges the person, family, society, nation,
globe, and creation. <br>
However, the Western approach to these phenomena is merely mechanical, with each
phenomenon isolated from the others. (Organiser, 26 May 2023) </font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></p>
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<font face="Georgia" size="2">Jyestha Krishna 12 Vik. Samvat 2080, Yugabda 5125
: 16 May, 2023:SM 5004 (For Private Circulation only)</font></b></p>
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<font face="Georgia"><span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#1.">1.
FESTIVALS: GANGA DUSSEHRA </a></b></span></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia"><span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#2.">2.
SARASANGHACHALAK DR MOHAN BHAGWAT UNVEILS STATUE OF ‘SAMPOORNA BHARAT’</a></b></span></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia"><span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#3.">3.
‘MANN KI BAAT’ SPIRITUAL JOURNEY OF MY BEING: MODI </a></b></span>
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<font face="Georgia"><span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#4.">4.
TIME TO DECOLONISE THE COLONIAL HANGOVER ON MEDIA ESTABLISHMENT:
NARENDER KUMAR</a></b></span></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia"><span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#5.">5.
‘AKSHAYYA HINDU AWARDS’ CONFERRED IN PUNE</a></b></span></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia"><span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#6.">6.
NATIONAL LAWYERS’ PARLIAMENT FESTIVAL</a></b></span></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia"><span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#7.">7.
HSS CONTRA COSTA VIBHAG BLOOD DONATION SEWA </a></b></span></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia"><span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#8.">8.
HINDU HERITAGE CAMP BY HSS BOTSWANA</a></b></span></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia"><span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#9.">9.
GURUVANDANA BY HSS GERMANY</a></b></span></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia"><span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#10.">10.
RAM KATHA READING IN NORTH EAST SAMBHAG</a></b></span></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia"><span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#11.">11.
SAN FRANCISCO NEIGHBORHOOD CELEBRATED HOLI FESTIVAL</a></b></span></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia"><span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#12.">12.
JEWISH AND HINDU COMMUNITIES BREAK BREAD AND BARRIERS</a></b></span></font></td>
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2ND CENTURY BUDDHA STATUE DISCOVERED IN EGYPT</a></b></span></font></td>
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SONOWAL INAUGURATES SITTWE PORT IN MYANMAR</a></b></span></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia"><span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#15.">15.
UKRAINIAN MINISTER APOLOGISES FOR MAA KALI TWEET</a></b></span></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia"><span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#16.">16.
HINDUS, SIKHS SLAM UK’S ‘EXTREMISM’ REPORT</a></b></span></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia"><span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#17.">17.
2,000-YEAR-OLD 'MODERN SOCIETY' UNEARTHED IN BANDHAVGARH NATIONAL PARK</a></b></span></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia"><span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#18.">18.
J&K LG MANOJ SINHA INAUGURATES RENOVATED TEMPLE AT SRINAGAR'S LAL CHOWK
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<font face="Georgia"><span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#19.">19.
COLOURFUL PROCESSION MARKS 11TH DAY OF CHITHIRAI CHARIOT FESTIVAL</a></b></span></font></td>
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ISRO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED MAIDEN TEST OF SEMI-CRYOGENIC ENGINE</a></b></span></font></td>
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OBITUARY: HARIBHAU VAZE</a></b></span></font></td>
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SHRI VISHWA NIKETAN & FOOD FOR THOUGHT</a></b></span></font></td>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><font face="Georgia">‘HATRED AGAINST
HINDUS DOES NOT SHOCK PEOPLE’; WHERE ARE THE PROTESTERS AGAINST THIS
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a name="1.">1.</a> FESTIVALS: GANGA DUSSEHRA:
</b>Ganga Dussehra falls during Dashami Tithi of Jyeshtha Shukla Paksha (May 30
this year).</span> <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIqBBhEHcczMNmSe8r3hL5sEq3-Du_ZXXbZClgjbUqnq8mdE09CrcCeV1o2lFBcXjmouc4ANgkFqAaTnQaWmjuNSRbGhrc9hPuvqVv4W8ktC7rrHmc7Nsjpg4kX86AzR3HUO-uqBwpvuNH0F1ZrRSIrz_eAbxHdK3umDQyRTJgMVGU7cWTjg1XwDsh/s389/GD.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIqBBhEHcczMNmSe8r3hL5sEq3-Du_ZXXbZClgjbUqnq8mdE09CrcCeV1o2lFBcXjmouc4ANgkFqAaTnQaWmjuNSRbGhrc9hPuvqVv4W8ktC7rrHmc7Nsjpg4kX86AzR3HUO-uqBwpvuNH0F1ZrRSIrz_eAbxHdK3umDQyRTJgMVGU7cWTjg1XwDsh/s320/GD.jpg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt">
This day is commemorated as the day when Ganga Mata descended on Earth to
accomplish her mission to purge the cursed souls of Bhagiratha's ancestors. On
the day of Ganga Dussehra, devotees worship Ganga Mata, take bath in Ganga and
offer charity. Devotees flock to Prayagraj/Allahabad, Garhmukteshwar, Haridwar,
Rishikesh and Varanasi to take a holy dip. Ganga Dussehra celebrations are
legendary in Varanasi and thousands of devotees do Ganga Snan and participate in
Ganga Aarti at Dasaswamedh Ghat. </span><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt">
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<b><a name="2.">2.</a> SARASANGHACHALAK DR MOHAN BHAGWAT UNVEILS STATUE OF
‘SAMPOORNA BHARAT’: </b>The ‘Kumbabhishekam’ ceremony at Bharat Mata Temple in
Neelamangalam Village near Madurantakkam, Chengalpattu District was organised on
May 5. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarasanghachalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat and
Poojya Shri Dr Yudhishtirlal Maharaj, 9th Peethadish of Shadani Darbar Tirth,
Raipur participated in the ceremony.</span> <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvrfRu19Ft-1aB1Du6kuw15zGz2ZGa_eSspj_38MH7YlrzZxD9oEKEW1NvPUrdF50-4Obt1g2xfTgNjv2dMVFPkLE0Sofb0qqj8uJQTdubgmO5PtLQOfpwXZIn6BqbNfmdfm76Z7UaPNEIliLkHYXa-qhquMnUOUa8l13QpoGLtEOVrS7EHzQ0MexQ/s389/download%20-%202023-05-15T155039.510.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="389" data-original-width="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvrfRu19Ft-1aB1Du6kuw15zGz2ZGa_eSspj_38MH7YlrzZxD9oEKEW1NvPUrdF50-4Obt1g2xfTgNjv2dMVFPkLE0Sofb0qqj8uJQTdubgmO5PtLQOfpwXZIn6BqbNfmdfm76Z7UaPNEIliLkHYXa-qhquMnUOUa8l13QpoGLtEOVrS7EHzQ0MexQ/s320/download%20-%202023-05-15T155039.510.jpg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt">
Dr. Bhagwat, who unveiled a statue of ‘Sampoorna Bharat’ at the consecration,
said that Akhand Bharat is true and eternal and we just need to awaken our
consciousness to understand this truth. He added that Akhand Bharat has not been
divided, it is just that lines have been drawn in the map. Dr Bhagwat also said
that all creations in this world is based on Dharma. He cited Maharishi
Aurobindo who said that Bharat was created out of Truth, Kindness, Penance and
Pureness to uphold Dharma which can guide this world.<br>
He further said that the Hindu society must set aside the differences and work
together to create the awareness that Truth is One and must take a sankalp to
dedicate our thought, deeds and resources for our country. <br>
Thousands of devotees and villagers also participated in the function. </span><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt">
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<b><a name="3.">3.</a> ‘MANN KI BAAT’ SPIRITUAL JOURNEY OF MY BEING: MODI: </b>
Pradhan Mantri Modi’s radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’ completed its 100th episode
on April 30. The milestone was regarded as “historic” as the episode was also
broadcast live at the United Nations headquarters in New York and the UNESCO
Director-General Audrey Azoulay featured in the 100th episode. Azoulay has
hailed the radio programme, saying it is certainly one of the most celebrated,
with its hundreds of millions of listeners in more than 50 languages and
dialects. Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi said that whether it is about ‘Beti
Bachao, Beti Padhao’, or the ‘Swachh Bharat’ movement, love for Khadi, Azadi Ka
Amrit Mahotsav or Amrit Sarovar, “any subject it got associated with was turned
into a mass movement” by the people of the country. ‘Mann Ki Baat’ was first
aired on October 3, 2014 within months of Modi becoming Pradhan Mantri. An
emotional Modi said that “for me ‘Mann Ki Baat’ is not a program, for me it is a
matter of faith, of worship, or vrat.” </span> <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-9mt0c11GfOu9hNzXI1X05SOl-lPAMmvD7AJegklOlXZgq3G_JlDLzU_Nu5yWu6KSLItW8BOLeMiLlCskPo2ajyP9mK4gGrU2b6H2wTVsFszR4DgfB95N0TmpGhupzG6a3Gv4f7qOhxIMsZtRlqL5LCu4-nCY6tB8KtvxZbjtKRcKlMIFOIZFU75/s324/download%20-%202023-05-15T155134.765.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="243" data-original-width="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-9mt0c11GfOu9hNzXI1X05SOl-lPAMmvD7AJegklOlXZgq3G_JlDLzU_Nu5yWu6KSLItW8BOLeMiLlCskPo2ajyP9mK4gGrU2b6H2wTVsFszR4DgfB95N0TmpGhupzG6a3Gv4f7qOhxIMsZtRlqL5LCu4-nCY6tB8KtvxZbjtKRcKlMIFOIZFU75/s320/download%20-%202023-05-15T155134.765.jpg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt">
The Pradhan Mantri also said that he has an unwavering belief that the biggest
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<b><a name="4.">4.</a> TIME TO DECOLONISE THE COLONIAL HANGOVER ON MEDIA
ESTABLISHMENT: NARENDER KUMAR: </b>On May 6, Narender Kumar Dev, Akhil Bharatiya
Sah Prachar Pramukh of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) said that the role of
media is to balance between truth and the general welfare of the whole society
and it should be the mantra for media personnel, as propounded by Devarshi Narad
since time immemorial. Speaking on the annual Maharshi Narad Jayanti celebration
held at Sudarshanalay in Guwahati, he also added that in contrast to Satyam
Bruyat-Priyam Bruyat, many present day’s media outlets prefer to nurture fake
news to propagate their selfish agenda. Arguing that society, in general,
rejects negative news, he opined that the Swa Adharit (selfhood-centric) media
communication system should be promoted. Time is ripe for the colonial hangover
on media establishment to be decolonised, he added. </span> <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjET7QleNvrZUnEm_EC6DEX4QFImYv4eW05yxlgrLkfcJu00vFRCZMghjM9euETrI4LlSQvF65izJHGyAOzVE6QWcLxKnBaSIcxoo9ziKiOUArvMu6jZC1spnsOvL7zaQrv8-9ggofDw4wLiNdwqo1NPWl9pfJxXNNbqiMAMhyQchL5FdzVw129yqfn/s696/Organiser4-696x391.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="696" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjET7QleNvrZUnEm_EC6DEX4QFImYv4eW05yxlgrLkfcJu00vFRCZMghjM9euETrI4LlSQvF65izJHGyAOzVE6QWcLxKnBaSIcxoo9ziKiOUArvMu6jZC1spnsOvL7zaQrv8-9ggofDw4wLiNdwqo1NPWl9pfJxXNNbqiMAMhyQchL5FdzVw129yqfn/s320/Organiser4-696x391.png"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt">
Acclaimed journalist and editor of the popular Assamese children’s magazine
Sofura, Rupam Barua was conferred the prestigious Narad Jayanti award. The
annual award carries a citation, a memento, and a cash prize of Rs 50,000. As
part of the celebration, three senior city-based journalists namely Jitendra
Choudhury of Dainik Asom, Samya Bharadwaj of Amar Asom and Sewali Kalita of
Doordarshan Kendra Guwahati were also felicitated during the function. <br>
Organised by Vishwa Samvad Kendra Assam, the function was also attended by many
distinguished personalities of the city. Talented young artiste Sarat Raag
performed Narad Prasasti to enthrall the audience. </span><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt">
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<b><a name="5.">5.</a> ‘AKSHAYYA HINDU AWARDS’ CONFERRED IN PUNE: </b>On May 7,
the Humanist Indian Nationalist Democratic Union (HINDU), an organisation based
in Pune, decorated five dedicated contributors to Hinduism with the Akshayya
HINDU Award. The organisation gave awards to Hindu activists tirelessly
contributing across various sectors including Dharma Jagruti, Gorakshan, Media,
Tribal Welfare, Women Empowerment, etc. </span> <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdyIO_XkgyZ31rlHDXWhOu7Gec4wLgcx14p7Zoiz4Sshp3BBnLaZFviMmO7zbTSH5qqQUHqICZm7nqA5Ye1TE2Bzs__eG6Rc-cLsqdTg8MONPTbpf9SBOTl0pW8Au_j3aHarBSQtDIjA6c1O2hzyp7pgoe4k8eiBUWg4EUotWib_K_rVdR8b3RxFxQ/s446/download%20-%202023-05-15T160201.344.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="255" data-original-width="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdyIO_XkgyZ31rlHDXWhOu7Gec4wLgcx14p7Zoiz4Sshp3BBnLaZFviMmO7zbTSH5qqQUHqICZm7nqA5Ye1TE2Bzs__eG6Rc-cLsqdTg8MONPTbpf9SBOTl0pW8Au_j3aHarBSQtDIjA6c1O2hzyp7pgoe4k8eiBUWg4EUotWib_K_rVdR8b3RxFxQ/s320/download%20-%202023-05-15T160201.344.jpg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt">
Padmashree Girish Prabhune and Sharad Chavan were present as the president and
the chief guest of the program held at the Veer Savarkar Adhyasan Kendra, Pune.
The awards were given to Ashutosh Adoni, Dinesh Joshi and Sneha Joshi, Swati
Shilkar, Kumar Panjlar, and Shalutaai Kolhe for their contribution to Hinduism
in their respective fields. The award consists of an idol of Kodand-dhari Shri
Ram, a cash prize of Rs 5000, and a set of books written by various nationalist
writers. All the awards were funded by public participation. </span></font></p>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a name="6.">6.</a> NATIONAL LAWYERS’
PARLIAMENT FESTIVAL: </b>“For all constitutional issues, the debate must be
ongoing, for no society, no culture is static, things change, society evolves,
requirements evolve, the law cannot be stagnant and the Constitution cannot be
stagnant,” said Justice Sachin Datta, Delhi High Court Judge, in the Valedictory
Ceremony of the first-ever National Lawyers’ Parliament Festival organised at
the Indian Society of International Law on April 29. </span> <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjJQePUpJOMYeY2lB_OF8D22qDmKMn0yw0gK2z_634Q7pzA_veOkSdrXzhMDIi371Qn_eW95RkMTPzh9_20rqJOywrcRLGD15R3M9AVwjlnbDDPAiqqL_7mL8tATW9DZdibZJcIoBO6k_WoodsO1MHW0oiQ2Bh82DbkA-RY1QefAYhx6Y8dDkQ-nS/s501/images%20%2857%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="227" data-original-width="501" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjJQePUpJOMYeY2lB_OF8D22qDmKMn0yw0gK2z_634Q7pzA_veOkSdrXzhMDIi371Qn_eW95RkMTPzh9_20rqJOywrcRLGD15R3M9AVwjlnbDDPAiqqL_7mL8tATW9DZdibZJcIoBO6k_WoodsO1MHW0oiQ2Bh82DbkA-RY1QefAYhx6Y8dDkQ-nS/s320/images%20%2857%29.jpg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt">
The Justice Dutta was the Guest of Honour. The conference was organised by the
efforts of Lawyers for Justice, in association with Rajdhani Yuva Sansad.<br>
The conference hosted more than 300 law students and practising advocates from
across the country. The conference’s agenda was “Discussion of the introduction
of Uniform Civil Code in India: Need of the Hour”.</span><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a><font size="1"> </font></b>
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<b><a name="7.">7.</a> HSS CONTRA COSTA VIBHAG BLOOD DONATION SEWA: </b>On April
22, Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh HSS USA San Ramon chapter conducted a successful
blood donation drive by partnering with Vitalant.org. The primary objective of
the blood donation drive was to promote the ‘Health of Humanity’ as a
continuation to the ‘Sun Salutation Yogathon’ conducted in January. Blood
Donation drive helped to bring the social cohesion among diverse people in the
community coming together for the common cause of saving lives in need.</span> <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_OBSGUc85inVD3Caym-dNConjCEqwzaJEHG8Rord26Y3KDjc8HAHc7MIUfQxoZpKT0U-7Eau6wi991K5RYf3HztMAt56UGE7yiVAKzCANcWLN460umSmh2mmqdKp-3WhRLhCtZm6EOunpGh3fSInAghTPQsLXCaNaRty6M4EDgpVLvtj99ivqc7PP/s384/Screenshot%20%28669%29.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="303" data-original-width="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_OBSGUc85inVD3Caym-dNConjCEqwzaJEHG8Rord26Y3KDjc8HAHc7MIUfQxoZpKT0U-7Eau6wi991K5RYf3HztMAt56UGE7yiVAKzCANcWLN460umSmh2mmqdKp-3WhRLhCtZm6EOunpGh3fSInAghTPQsLXCaNaRty6M4EDgpVLvtj99ivqc7PP/s320/Screenshot%20%28669%29.png"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDOowp06Cr8jOCD775zn-_igm4rFVXaX1KFw6N5wUOdTHUTe1bRLmaprpzKIY4qKG8iejJsGUHBJhTaY6TKQEzUFOk2NYt-1CkwVA4aDndKdoXqgzL7QdN2nBnmgQ6W5ep3RqR5CJ0MHymtUn0SLz1Z3HMXj2ueV_KUbtjQ22pjGq7kaBuNpIEqf_A/s380/Screenshot%20%28670%29.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="365" data-original-width="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDOowp06Cr8jOCD775zn-_igm4rFVXaX1KFw6N5wUOdTHUTe1bRLmaprpzKIY4qKG8iejJsGUHBJhTaY6TKQEzUFOk2NYt-1CkwVA4aDndKdoXqgzL7QdN2nBnmgQ6W5ep3RqR5CJ0MHymtUn0SLz1Z3HMXj2ueV_KUbtjQ22pjGq7kaBuNpIEqf_A/s320/Screenshot%20%28670%29.png"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt">
The event was held at the Alcosta Senior Community Center in San Ramon and was
attended by around 40 people who donated around 90 units of blood. It exceeded
the initial target of collecting 36 units of blood. Many of the donors expressed
their satisfaction at being able to contribute to the welfare of their fellow
community members.</span><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="8.">8.</a> HINDU HERITAGE CAMP BY HSS BOTSWANA: </b>On May 1, Hindu
Swayamsevak Sangh HSS Botswana successfully conducted ‘Hindu Heritage Camp’ for
students aged between 6 and 16. The venue of the camp was the Livingstone
Kolobeng College in Gaborone. The activity included both physical and
intellectual activities. Various competition were also conducted during the
camp. 182 participants from Gaborone attended the camp and 34 volunteers work
tirelessly towards the success of this camp. Chairperson of the college Mrs.
Nilima Bakaya also visited the camp. </span> <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRgLg8vmtUIhnBvQpdO_G-pDKAJjeh7xLzPJON2pvAAbfJbugT1WvyPv2sC-UmZAO0ZRhFJ6sFIKn859S-bKs8XEp2xBDWHKBzUXxFjEY2lZwNKI_vJyzmwf-Vv9FVyo7snvncdjsgFFMlbnT8QmLBHag0EHsIpfF_ND8-eVk8g7Xi6_sC8TbzVvh4/s1024/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-05-03%20at%2015.48.46.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRgLg8vmtUIhnBvQpdO_G-pDKAJjeh7xLzPJON2pvAAbfJbugT1WvyPv2sC-UmZAO0ZRhFJ6sFIKn859S-bKs8XEp2xBDWHKBzUXxFjEY2lZwNKI_vJyzmwf-Vv9FVyo7snvncdjsgFFMlbnT8QmLBHag0EHsIpfF_ND8-eVk8g7Xi6_sC8TbzVvh4/s320/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-05-03%20at%2015.48.46.jpg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt">
In the concluding function, students demonstrated yoga, vayamyog and patriotic
song recitation. HSS Botswana karyavah Abhinandan Kumar emphasized universal
outlook of Hindu cultural values in his speech and made a humble appeal to have
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<b><a name="9.">9.</a> GURUVANDANA BY HSS GERMANY: </b>Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS)
Germany celebrated Guru Vandana on April 23 at New Berlin Senior Center. 22
teachers, including principals from different school districts, attended the
event. During the event, students performed several activities like
Bharatanatyam, recited Guru Stotram, and enacted four skits about Guru-Shishya.
Different booths like dress-up booths, henna booths, and exhibition boards to
know about the rich Hindu civilization, culture, and heritage were also set up.</span> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpY01c1EGfXxvreFeJPnkB3kUkcldyzn4DdYP5fCqmRShJNF4zK8M42O0wrEi18-51l1uxUhkfDo3UvbGTFG4sUx8BoGRe3cuZY8zQ4N0mubsmabkxdH87WM72jsYhQvGOVcKamGjbtCRwQJfHXngvc2u2OXEEzVpU6uiqOSGZMLrfdWr1tVZN-2TT/s576/guruGerm.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpY01c1EGfXxvreFeJPnkB3kUkcldyzn4DdYP5fCqmRShJNF4zK8M42O0wrEi18-51l1uxUhkfDo3UvbGTFG4sUx8BoGRe3cuZY8zQ4N0mubsmabkxdH87WM72jsYhQvGOVcKamGjbtCRwQJfHXngvc2u2OXEEzVpU6uiqOSGZMLrfdWr1tVZN-2TT/s320/guruGerm.jpg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt">
Students also felicitated their teachers on this occasion. The principal of Glen
Hills Middle School, Mrs. Anna Young said that all the activities were performed
with joy, smile, and ability to take a risk and that working together brings us
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<b><a name="10.">10.</a> RAM KATHA READING IN NORTH EAST SAMBHAG: </b>Hindu
Swayamsevak Sangh HSS USA organised 12 Ram Katha reading programmes in the North
East Sambhag. More than 100 sevikas and swayamsevaks read Ram Katha in 20
distinct events. This year, Ram Katha was done in online, in-person and hybrid
formats. </span> <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFw7PovAYnsohqpC36oUKrnoydxv6haW5SBPUHj-7V8m381w0l0eyPm7HoqFcDPRL7V64ZUVXlNdItr7gPKhdayF42iKIESDOkPliYCedGkAM66WOECDpTScpxGJSoV6heN5qvNh8D-hzc31zmN5icZE3PCbtIV-OwpnLefWd2EJnRXWJQFX25vMLY/s1024/unnamed%20%2811%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="455" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFw7PovAYnsohqpC36oUKrnoydxv6haW5SBPUHj-7V8m381w0l0eyPm7HoqFcDPRL7V64ZUVXlNdItr7gPKhdayF42iKIESDOkPliYCedGkAM66WOECDpTScpxGJSoV6heN5qvNh8D-hzc31zmN5icZE3PCbtIV-OwpnLefWd2EJnRXWJQFX25vMLY/s320/unnamed%20%2811%29.jpg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt">
At Sambhag level, Ram Katha was read on Zoom in two sessions. One session was
conducted in seven different languages, using seven breakout rooms. Languages
covered were Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada and Malayalam.
There were 10 readers and around 25 listeners. Second session focused on
kishores, yuvas and people who do not understand any Bharatiya languages was
conducted by a yuva, who read in English. <br>
Ram Katha Samarop was done in person at all places with everyone coming
together, doing Ram Katha, Bhajans, Stutis, followed by Prasad. On an average,
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<b><a name="11.">11.</a> SAN FRANCISCO NEIGHBORHOOD CELEBRATED HOLI FESTIVAL:
</b>On April 29, the Holi festival, organized by neighborhood groups Ideate SF
and Together SF, commemorated one of the most significant festivals in Hindu
culture. The event marked the second year in a row that organizers in the East
Cut banded together to put on the festival at the Crossing, a 3-acre outdoor
space between Howard and Folsom streets that temporarily served as the city’s
Transbay bus terminal.</span> <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnzzbNQaQv6lCSh2VCkorBWU-uLGoLo1Maw9b9HY-jZAgGv0xN_hoWhNwqyjiFX1dRTK5OYeuUVThdCnLOipF2e0ZlwYKKjCLbUU6PHZtF-p3FDauy9uoLNMhjO61hXRyDRWoh9CKkvJcCl5mtU2vROU3BKEU8COVbCqn_T9RUJw1u1bWTxEzMe2tA/s435/download%20-%202023-05-15T164540.670.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="435" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnzzbNQaQv6lCSh2VCkorBWU-uLGoLo1Maw9b9HY-jZAgGv0xN_hoWhNwqyjiFX1dRTK5OYeuUVThdCnLOipF2e0ZlwYKKjCLbUU6PHZtF-p3FDauy9uoLNMhjO61hXRyDRWoh9CKkvJcCl5mtU2vROU3BKEU8COVbCqn_T9RUJw1u1bWTxEzMe2tA/s320/download%20-%202023-05-15T164540.670.jpg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt">
This year’s festival doubled in size compared with last year’s inaugural event,
and “really reflects the diversity of San Francisco,” said Kanishka Karunaratne
Cheng, one of the festival’s organizers. A team of around 40 volunteers put
together the festival to try to create a sense of community among neighbors in
the East Cut. District Six Supervisor Matt Dorsey, dressed in all-white attire
and shades, was among the attendees who came prepared and celebrated the
afternoon. Organizers said they planned to host a third festival next year with
hopes of making the event an annual tradition. </span><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt">
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<b><a name="12.">12.</a> JEWISH AND HINDU COMMUNITIES BREAK BREAD AND BARRIERS:
</b>A four part Hindu Jewish Dialogue series where members of the Hindu
and Jewish community got together in person in Portland and had a very engaging,
structured conversation covering various topics was organized in February 2023.
This was the product of interactions between Hiral Pandya and
Jewish representative Bob Horenstein as members of the City Diversity Advisory
Board. Bob Horenstein, Jewish Federation of Greater Portland’s Director of
Community Relations was approached about a year ago after he made a
presentation. <br>
The process started as a series of lunches with Horenstein and Associate JCRC
Director Rachel Nelson, along with Pandya and another member of the local branch
of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh. Through those conversations, Horenstein and Nelson
spearheaded the JCRC’s participation in a food drive during the Hindu festival
of Diwali, a project that contributed 10,000 pounds of food to families in need.
<br>
Then the framework for the dialogue series came together. It was decided to have
the dialogue and meet in the Synagogue for two sessions and at the Hindu Mandir
for two sessions. During these sessions, basic tenets of faith and practice,
history of oppressions and journey of civilization, and connection to homeland
were discussed. The dialogues revealed commonalities: a sense of connection to
homeland and a history of persecution and genocide through the ages. <br>
The dialogue group is reconvening to discuss next steps and future goals and are
coordinating to advocate for legislation to expand ethnic studies education in
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<b><a name="13.">13.</a> 2ND CENTURY BUDDHA STATUE DISCOVERED IN EGYPT: </b>A
statue depicting Buddha that dates from the 2nd century AD - from the Roman era
- has been unearthed in the ancient Red Sea town of Berenice in Egypt, providing
an intriguing glimpse into the ancient ties between Bharat and Egypt. A
statement by the antiquities ministry said that a Polish-US delegation
discovered the figure “dating back to the Roman era while digging at the ancient
temple in Berenice.” The head of Egypt’s supreme antiquities council Mostafa al-Waziri
said that the finding has important indications over the presence of trade ties
between Egypt and Bharat during the Roman era.<br>
The statue, with part of its right side and its right leg missing, measures 71
centimetres (28 inches) in height and portrays Buddha with a halo around his
head and a lotus flower by his side. </span> <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsXDwzOd773I5UcIPBssP4GGW5edbzfVcCHEcOkuJ62M_qFrjwm41z1JE95GO8yL8m8jHhIj_fr4bUJCg32xOuu7FOSLVY-Q5aV-4DKsO0Tz5h-K-Xp8F0K6T9xm-dDkCzDW0IuWCBlKvy72EtjosAdfLsCOJnc68l8NixvIgZ__vAMzn6KqSFM3B9/s568/download%20-%202023-05-15T164309.094.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsXDwzOd773I5UcIPBssP4GGW5edbzfVcCHEcOkuJ62M_qFrjwm41z1JE95GO8yL8m8jHhIj_fr4bUJCg32xOuu7FOSLVY-Q5aV-4DKsO0Tz5h-K-Xp8F0K6T9xm-dDkCzDW0IuWCBlKvy72EtjosAdfLsCOJnc68l8NixvIgZ__vAMzn6KqSFM3B9/s320/download%20-%202023-05-15T164309.094.jpg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt">
Archaeologists also uncovered two coins from the central Bharatiya kingdom of
Satavahana, an ancient Bharatiya dynasty based in the Deccan region. </span><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt">
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<b><a name="14.">14.</a> SONOWAL INAUGURATES SITTWE PORT IN MYANMAR: </b>Union
Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Myanmar's Deputy Prime Minister Admiral Tin Aung
San jointly inaugurated the Sittwe Port in Myanmar on May 9 and received the
first Bharatiya cargo ship, according to an official statement. The cargo ship
was flagged off from Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata. </span> <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJvO7Wd73YgnnLUrNz1GIN0aOwGfV2_Y9UM5G_aXUu1Qh0T_h9Qv7vvfy5JkNmG0nb3JmYPNbMm0NevoDSQuuXwNOcmxmow9tfiue-gSK2Ke9HRc6sRfwB7oufQsapSxN12nKgwXn9APgJPIJh6UjD9n9-GeKx49D_Fa6eg4G36zhmb93nqXNqa-k/s442/images%20%2858%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="248" data-original-width="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJvO7Wd73YgnnLUrNz1GIN0aOwGfV2_Y9UM5G_aXUu1Qh0T_h9Qv7vvfy5JkNmG0nb3JmYPNbMm0NevoDSQuuXwNOcmxmow9tfiue-gSK2Ke9HRc6sRfwB7oufQsapSxN12nKgwXn9APgJPIJh6UjD9n9-GeKx49D_Fa6eg4G36zhmb93nqXNqa-k/s320/images%20%2858%29.jpg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt">
With the development of Sittwe Port, the cost and time of transportation of
goods between Kolkata and Agartala and Aizwal will decrease by 50%, the
statement said.<br>
"This will promote trade connectivity and people-to-people ties between Bharat
and Myanmar and the wider region, and will help boost the economic development
of NE states under Act East Policy of the government," the statement quoted Mr.
Sonowal as saying.<br>
Sittwe Port has been developed as a part of the $484 million Kaladan Multi-Modal
Transit Transport Project (KMTTP) funded under grant-in-aid assistance from the
Bharatiya government.<br>
"The seaport with maximum capacity of 20,000 deadweight tonnage (DWT) will make
Sittwe the maritime hub of Myanmar, drastically reduce transportation cost of
cargo from other parts of Bharat to our North East and open unprecedented
avenues of economic growth in the region," Mr. Sonowal said in a series of
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<b><a name="15.">15.</a> UKRAINIAN MINISTER APOLOGISES FOR MAA KALI TWEET: </b>
On May 2, Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzheppar took to social media
to apologise for her country’s Ministry of Defence’s offensive tweet about Maa
Kali. After massive backlash from Bharatiyas on social media, the ministry
removed the tweet.</span> <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifBeW26ZpAIuRT1pFx1dgjjistsGi5t34GA2rPsBXbultqVom6p_hjLBXxG64vf-zvkTEeY6Dic2h-U0Mzo8Juq6OnSzU4nhs190qZk2OyMxEZtZYHpbX9NuBm_Th9lWcv5yLBoVH-Br_Ob6aLm8RJ9PJexu-UdjDztaFkxwg8fdYZM_gMmJ37uxto/s381/images%20%2859%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="178" data-original-width="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifBeW26ZpAIuRT1pFx1dgjjistsGi5t34GA2rPsBXbultqVom6p_hjLBXxG64vf-zvkTEeY6Dic2h-U0Mzo8Juq6OnSzU4nhs190qZk2OyMxEZtZYHpbX9NuBm_Th9lWcv5yLBoVH-Br_Ob6aLm8RJ9PJexu-UdjDztaFkxwg8fdYZM_gMmJ37uxto/s320/images%20%2859%29.jpg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt">
Emine Dzheppar said Ukraine “regrets” the defence ministry’s depiction of Maa
Kali in a “distorted manner” and that the European country “respects unique
Indian culture and highly appreciates support from India”.<br>
This came a day after the tweet in question sparked outrage among netizens.
Kanchan Gupta, senior advisor, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting called the
image “an assault on Hindu sentiments”. </span><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt">
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<b><a name="16.">16.</a> HINDUS, SIKHS SLAM UK’S ‘EXTREMISM’ REPORT: </b>There
has been a furious backlash to the UK government-commissioned “Bloom Review”
from British Sikhs and British Hindus after both Sikh extremism and Hindu
nationalism featured in a chapter called “Faith-based Extremism”, which
describes “subversive or sectarian behaviours” in the UK. <br>
Colin Bloom, independent faith engagement adviser to the UK government, devoted
a chapter to “faith-based extremism” which, the report says, is “incompatible”
with “the great liberal democracy that is Britain”.<br>
Trupti Patel, president of the Hindu Forum of Britain, said that she had
received objections to this part of the review from all over the world. “The
reference to Hindus in Leicester is wrong as numerous reports have found that
the violence was triggered by pro-ISIS anti-Hindu hate preachers spreading fake
news. “, she said.<br>
Anil Bhanot, interfaith director at Hindu Council UK, said that the report’s
view relied on “references to some articles from the BBC and the Guardian which
many British Hindus – certainly the majority – see as part of the problem.” Jay
Shah, a member of Friends of India Society International UK said, “The report
itself is going to create disharmony in the community”. </span><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt">
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<b><a name="17.">17.</a> 2,000-YEAR-OLD 'MODERN SOCIETY' UNEARTHED IN
BANDHAVGARH NATIONAL PARK: </b>Archaeologists have stumbled on a 1,500-year-old
rock painting and numerous 1,800-2,000-year-old man-made water bodies in
Bandhavgarh National Park. Superintending archaeologist, Archaeological Society
of India (ASI) Jabalpur circle, Shivakant Bajpai said that the tiger zone of
today was most likely part of an old trade route, with passing traders using
rock-cut caves as shelters. </span> <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4VyaBXtWW6emEA6Jb_41lJdiBLzw88NWqkBvPGkbbLfagWi8IyBn5PW4es9H8QVR029Ep8rSrsIpnsID0nkyZiIO7f6FTMoBBvzSt_g1e722TmsgiRdnFoo1Ydw86tdA498iTlgQ8B1S1o-DFBZtRKvtYykYWZ8zVW3Pw6E4E_QskeNSQ6oX-h-p2/s375/download%20-%202023-05-15T171601.800.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="210" data-original-width="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4VyaBXtWW6emEA6Jb_41lJdiBLzw88NWqkBvPGkbbLfagWi8IyBn5PW4es9H8QVR029Ep8rSrsIpnsID0nkyZiIO7f6FTMoBBvzSt_g1e722TmsgiRdnFoo1Ydw86tdA498iTlgQ8B1S1o-DFBZtRKvtYykYWZ8zVW3Pw6E4E_QskeNSQ6oX-h-p2/s320/download%20-%202023-05-15T171601.800.jpg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt">
"The presence of the water bodies built at a height and used for collecting
rainwater suggests the habitation had a modern society. The water bodies could
be 1,800-2,000 years old, but evidence suggests there was some renovation 1,000
years ago," an ASI official said.<br>
Eleven rock-cut caves have surfaced during the second phase of exploration in
the Tala range of Bandhavgarh. The survey started on April 1 and will continue
till June 30.<br>
Last year, ASI explorations in the same range discovered 26 ancient
temples/relics, 26 rock-cut caves, two monasteries, two stupas, 24 inscriptions,
46 statues, 20 scattered remains and 19 water structures. Unlike the caves
discovered last year, which were Buddhist, the 11 found this time were cut out
of rocks for dwelling purposes, ASI added. </span><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt">
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<b><a name="18.">18.</a> J&K LG MANOJ SINHA INAUGURATES RENOVATED TEMPLE AT
SRINAGAR'S LAL CHOWK: </b>In a historic moment on May 12, Jammu and Kashmir’s
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha inaugurated the renovated old Shiva Temple
located at Abi Guzar, near Lalchowk in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. The Shiva
temple had faced destruction during the 2014 floods. The Jammu and Kashmir
administration undertook this project under the Srinagar Smart City initiative. <br>
Manoj Sinha also inaugurated three projects of Srinagar Smart City, 16
development projects of 11 Urban Local Bodies, and 9 solid waste management
facilities in 10 Urban Local bodies. These projects will significantly boost
urban infrastructure and give an impetus to ease of living. </span> <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKblMFvq6fY_02watV4GXVEiChl-eXAeq1aSe2RWIPf6U_wK4vzRdAcow9U_pUXigg0pIdVRMYL06HerFtZvuRzI73u4hxE8i2br_KlyACrQVm0tmyar3SdVnbDgxPghZ8yEM_Rl7jblw2RoL58c2kUs_hNkxjPR9yqP5StC16ANtCJxxoHu7c5nVX/s405/Srinagartemple.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="331" data-original-width="405" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKblMFvq6fY_02watV4GXVEiChl-eXAeq1aSe2RWIPf6U_wK4vzRdAcow9U_pUXigg0pIdVRMYL06HerFtZvuRzI73u4hxE8i2br_KlyACrQVm0tmyar3SdVnbDgxPghZ8yEM_Rl7jblw2RoL58c2kUs_hNkxjPR9yqP5StC16ANtCJxxoHu7c5nVX/s320/Srinagartemple.png"/></a></div><span style="font-size: 13pt">
He also inaugurated the Polo View High Street. Speaking about the same, he
tweeted, "Polo View in the heart of Srinagar has been transformed into
pedestrian-oriented high street that will attract more footfall, increase in
retail sale, improve experience of visitors and it will make the area more
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<b><a name="19.">19.</a> COLOURFUL PROCESSION MARKS 11TH DAY OF CHITHIRAI
CHARIOT FESTIVAL: </b>On the 11th day of the annual Chithirai festival on May 3,
thousands of devotees gathered to witness the chariot festival of the Meenakshi
Amman Temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. <br>
The procession of the Chariot started in East Masi Street. Amidst chanting the
hymns and names of Meenakshi Amman, hundreds of people pulled the ropes of the
Chariot and led it along the four Masi streets.<br>
More than 20 transgenders who came with “mulaipari” on their heads attended the
Chithirai festival on May 2.</span> <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGP4jgkxq9QSC0_eVzID2sm3VumdMdwNkt5fagvemUIY-XELJ5qqCPpvCMBtyBG-Usf8N8fjLKmGPGTH6LNia3p9Jmp7k8hzMLamdMha2FetthS-KdUXyiljrl8kNBg11JiU5xXQtPM6LA-IUhhP36nZql6SDxr1C1o2p3cUQqsfV-BjQNCym8D0rN/s683/Screenshot%20%28671%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="683" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGP4jgkxq9QSC0_eVzID2sm3VumdMdwNkt5fagvemUIY-XELJ5qqCPpvCMBtyBG-Usf8N8fjLKmGPGTH6LNia3p9Jmp7k8hzMLamdMha2FetthS-KdUXyiljrl8kNBg11JiU5xXQtPM6LA-IUhhP36nZql6SDxr1C1o2p3cUQqsfV-BjQNCym8D0rN/s320/Screenshot%20%28671%29.jpg"/></a></div><span style="font-size: 13pt">
Earlier, many children participated in the festivities dressed as Murugan,
Meenakshi Amman and Sivan on the tenth day of the festival and thousands of
devotees attended the Thirukalyanam (celestial wedding) on the ninth day.<br>
The flag hoisting ceremony of the ‘Chithirai’ festival was held at Meenakshi
Amman Temple on April 23 and the festival concluded on May 4 with the
Theerthavari at the Meenakshi Amman temple. </span><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt">
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<b><a name="20.">20.</a> ISRO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED MAIDEN TEST OF
SEMI-CRYOGENIC ENGINE: </b>ISRO has initiated the series of tests required for
qualifying and validating its most-powerful liquid-fuelled engine yet, one that
is powered by special refined kerosene (dubbed as ‘ISROsene’) and super-cooled
liquid oxygen.<br>
Once ready, this 2000kN engine and its stage (associated components, fuel tanks
etc.) will be replacing the current L110 (core stage) of Bharat’s largest rocket
– Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LVM3). This is meant to significantly add to the
lifting power of the LVM3 rocket.</span><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtgl4-6LWvRCYHM1NSuiVcr8O9k51arYhAMO9buRhRJaXfmANWH6FEMmjk9A-9iNcdfrYJqIk1fIUc-2Fg_JzTtjWOnrWkBJaPocwwD9ewmES7RzE6JZvKa_pOXyoTj-nLdd1out-IiGKwuIerNitDqXgRmxjZCpiuuGRZrLUZTlFZIsYKxoA2BCvu/s275/isronew.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtgl4-6LWvRCYHM1NSuiVcr8O9k51arYhAMO9buRhRJaXfmANWH6FEMmjk9A-9iNcdfrYJqIk1fIUc-2Fg_JzTtjWOnrWkBJaPocwwD9ewmES7RzE6JZvKa_pOXyoTj-nLdd1out-IiGKwuIerNitDqXgRmxjZCpiuuGRZrLUZTlFZIsYKxoA2BCvu/s320/isronew.jpg"/></a></div><span style="font-size: 13pt">
As per the procedure followed in such cases, ISRO carried out tests on the
Pressure Head Test Article (PHTA), a setup that comprises all engine systems
except the thrust chamber. As part of test, the parameters that led up to the
engine start were checked and validated. In a major success for ISRO, this
initial test is said to be a grand success and paves the way for up to seven or
eight tests, which will also include the test firing of the new engine.<br>
The test was carried out at the newly-established ISRO Propulsion Complex test
facility at Mahendragiri. </span><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt">
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<b><a name="21.">21.</a> OBITUARY: HARIBHAU VAZE: </b>Haribhau Chintamanrao Vaze,
a senior sangh pracharak breathed his last on May 13 in Belagavi. He was born on
October 4, 1932 in Belagavi and completed his M. Sc. in Organic Chemistry. He
became a sangh pracharak in 1956 and held various responsibilities. He was the
Organising Secretary of ‘Vidya Bharati’ for close to 20 years.</span><br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOFNB-8FTZA4ElT07gV-ocVlfDJ_JkiI50JccUq3Q4G2nZOW5R63iKrxsMeE2VjWOsbP0j9_4CZ7AzfklelrGP5IScFhfWrIrnqMK2xQu6ekAgmFQwlYDaUz6tmcFadCoGQY42TVpwYO3XtRWdyCK8Qc3yiXo8OawRjdYJ-07DnlUObrer535xFS_6/s256/haribhau.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="256" data-original-width="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOFNB-8FTZA4ElT07gV-ocVlfDJ_JkiI50JccUq3Q4G2nZOW5R63iKrxsMeE2VjWOsbP0j9_4CZ7AzfklelrGP5IScFhfWrIrnqMK2xQu6ekAgmFQwlYDaUz6tmcFadCoGQY42TVpwYO3XtRWdyCK8Qc3yiXo8OawRjdYJ-07DnlUObrer535xFS_6/s320/haribhau.jpg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt">He was one of the
founding members of ‘Akhil Bharatiya Itihas Sankalan Yojana’ and was its
National Organising Secretary from 1996-2009. He was also closely involved in
the research of Saraswati River. He has authored several books including Ramayan
and Mahabharat for bals and kishores. </span><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt">
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<b><a name="22.">22.</a> SHRI VISHWA NIKETAN:</b> Pravas: Visitors: Dr Yashodhan
Agalgaonkar - USA, Ajith Ramyavaran - Australia.<br>
<br>
<b>FOOD FOR THOUGHT:</b> Think of the power of words! They are a great force in
higher philosophy as well as in common life. Day and night we manipulate this
force without thought and without inquiry. To know the nature of this force and
to use it well is also a part of Karma yog. – Swami Vivekananda. </span><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt">
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b>JAI SHRI RAM</b><br>
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<b>‘HATRED AGAINST HINDUS DOES NOT SHOCK PEOPLE’; <br>
WHERE ARE THE PROTESTERS AGAINST THIS INTOLERANCE?</b><br>
Charlotte Littlewood</span></font></p>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt">But despite such harrowing case studies, less than
one percent of British schools have reported any form of anti-Hindu bullying
incidents in the last five years.<br>
This particular form of hatred appears poorly understood and is at times fed by
teachers with substandard and prejudicial colonialist teachings on Hinduism.<br>
Research, I conducted last year for the Henry Jackson Society study found a 173
percent increase in anti-semitic incidents in UK schools over the past five
years. With the more general rise in anti-semitism a regular headline, what was
almost more shocking than the research was just how little it shocked people.<br>
This year, we have looked into the experiences of Hindu pupils and found that 51
percent of Hindu parents surveyed said their child had faced anti-Hindu hate in
schools. Where are the protesters against this intolerance?<br>
Why is it that in an age of supposed anti-racism, attacks on both the longest
standing victims of race hate and a people held under British colonial rule for
hundreds of years draw so little concern?</span><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyvFjEQ3IR4p-jVX69mFo4gnh9DLF1saKU6mznn2ASj-b4pYuzXO5rf__hM3iNQzKtJ_xDCOhP5fgSeytfDr9QcOnuIipGxD4rPVtN1dgHsF26uJ2wnbBJjfixTqG1fdn3pLvSxlY5mwMboXRKPUwA0kDaqtEJEQvoLKJhcE6GRfX_69dN84pcDrui/s405/hindu.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="405" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyvFjEQ3IR4p-jVX69mFo4gnh9DLF1saKU6mznn2ASj-b4pYuzXO5rf__hM3iNQzKtJ_xDCOhP5fgSeytfDr9QcOnuIipGxD4rPVtN1dgHsF26uJ2wnbBJjfixTqG1fdn3pLvSxlY5mwMboXRKPUwA0kDaqtEJEQvoLKJhcE6GRfX_69dN84pcDrui/s320/hindu.jpg"/></a></div><span style="font-size: 13pt">
David Baddiel’s thesis rings true: Jews don’t count because they are not the
right kind of victim. Contemporary anti-semitism draws on centuries-old bigotry
that depicts them as “too rich” and “too powerful”. Now it seems this idea has
barred another group of victims from victim-hood: Hindus.<br>
For sections of the left, the world is divided into the “oppressor” and
“oppressed”. Should you fall into the oppressor class you are everything that
should be opposed and can never be a victim? Jews are viewed as white and
powerful, imperialist and establishment, therefore deemed not able by definition
to face racism and incapable of being victims. Hindus, it seems, have joined
them.<br>
Last summer, more than 600 people took to the streets of Leicester in violent
protest against alleged “Hindutva”, a term unfamiliar to many. To some it means
Hindu nationalism, to others simply outward expression of “Hinduness”. While
Muslim and Hindu youths had fought in what looked like gang-style territorial
violence, there was little evidence of any political nationalist allegiances
with India.<br>
Instead, concern over Hindu extremism lead to threats to find Hindus and “chop
them up”, to “chase Hindus out of Leicester like they were chased out of
Kashmir”, vandalism of vehicles and homes that displayed Hindu symbols and
attacks on Hindu temples – all while the majority of mainstream media seemed to
comment on any aspect other than Hindu-hate.<br>
Despite the evidence pointing towards youth gang violence dressed up as
“Hindtuva” terrorism, reporting on the unrest in Leicester either endorsed the
notion of “Hindutva” by giving a voice to key Islamist activists, or ignored the
specific issues in Leicester by discussing nationalism on the subcontinent.<br>
Mohammed Hijab, for example, who declared at a pro-Palestine rally in 2021 that
“we love death” and rallied the crowds in Leicester with anti-Hindu slurs,
referring to them as “violent vegetarians” and declaring he was leading a Muslim
patrol, was interviewed on Channel 4.<br>
The reporter described him as an influencer with conservative views. The results
of our study showed parents reporting their children to have experienced
anti-Hindu hate, with cases ranging from having beef thrown at them to physical
assaults, being held accountable for politics in India and the caste system and
being told the bullying will stop when they convert to Islam.<br>
But despite such harrowing case studies, less than one percent of British
schools have reported any form of anti-Hindu bullying incidents in the last five
years.<br>
This particular form of hatred appears poorly understood and is at times fed by
teachers with substandard and prejudicial colonialist teachings on Hinduism.<br>
Similar accusations have, of course, been made on teaching about Israel and
Palestine in schools and a lack of consistent understanding and approach to
defining anti-semitism.<br>
The British Hindu community has joined the Jews in not being fit for
victim-hood. The perceived economic success of the community, the relative lack
of engagement in issuing critiques against the West – indeed, enthusiastic
embrace of it with a Hindu prime minister – bars Hindus from the class of the
oppressed.<br>
India’s growing relationship with Israel has led far-left activists to associate
Hindutva with Zionism, the death knell for leftist victim support.<br>
It is an uphill battle but we must challenge at every opportunity this narrative
of “oppressed” and “oppressor” classes, which underlie antisemitic and
anti-Hindu frameworks of thinking – or risk seeing intolerance and extremism
continue on their upward trajectory.<br>
(Charlotte Littlewood is a researcher at the Henry Jackson Society. This article
was first published in London-based The Jewish Chronicle)
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#1.">1.
FESTIVALS: BUDDHA JAYANTI</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#2.">2.
PROGRAMS OF SARASANGHACHALAK DR. MOHAN BHAGWAT</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#3.">3.
OPERATION KAVERI LAUNCHED IN SUDAN</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#4.">4. GLOBAL
BUDDHIST SUMMIT CONCLUDED</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#5.">5. ARSP
CONFERENCE ON CIVILIZATIONAL AND CULTURAL CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN NEPAL AND
BHARAT</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#6.">6. NEW
ZEALAND SANGH SHIKSHA VARG</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#7.">7.
AUSTRALIA SANGH SHIKSHA VARG</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#8.">8. HSS
DENMARK :HOLI UTSAV </a></b></font></td>
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SCHAUMBURG AWARDED ‘VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR AWARD’</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#10.">10. SEWA
SNEHA MILAN HELD IN PACIFIC SOUTHWEST</a></b></font></td>
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CELEBRATING HINDU CULTURE IN NEIGHBORHOOD</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#12.">12.
‘WILDCAT HINDU EXPERIENCE’ AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#13.">13.
BHARATIYA AMERICANS OPPOSE PROPOSED CALIFORNIA CASTE BILL SB 403</a></b></font></td>
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HINDUPHOBIA IN UK SCHOOLS</a></b></font></td>
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CANADIAN MP CONDEMNS GROWING HINDUPHOBIA</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#16.">16.
THOUSANDS ATTEND HINDU MANDIR'S RESTORATION CEREMONY IN AUSTRALIA</a></b></font></td>
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PENNSYLVANIA DECLARES HINDU FESTIVAL OF DIWALI AS OFFICIAL HOLIDAY</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#18.">18. HINDU
COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA PARTICIPATED IN ANU RELIGIOUS CONFERENCE</a></b></font></td>
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ISRO'S PSLV-C55 SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED SINGAPOREAN SATELLITES</a></b></font></td>
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OBITUARY : TAREK FATAH</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a name="1.">1.</a> FESTIVALS:
BUDDHA JAYANTI: </b>Buddha Jayanti or Vesak (May 5 this year) marks the birth of
Gautama Buddha and is celebrated with great fervour in Bharat, Sri Lanka, Nepal,
Bhutan, Tibet and numerous other South East Asian countries including Thailand,
Tibet, China, Korea, Laos, Vietnam, Mongolia, Cambodia and Indonesia.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKx2lKPZ7noBbPnu48XT8jijemnK9GaWg2qv9xRtFI_Y5qT1O23kgKxB0VUEKOaHXdKptFB7IAIIY6bgJXOh9sL3U7JJZDsImCwkoeOoDTrCXkPc4Xh-YZAvvTUMHQBtQQt_wFnSnXkoBEAd1CVeamjGjZdQ5kZPq6OILB6_KlR2r57NmZZ8i2Xlqg/s450/mbuddha.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKx2lKPZ7noBbPnu48XT8jijemnK9GaWg2qv9xRtFI_Y5qT1O23kgKxB0VUEKOaHXdKptFB7IAIIY6bgJXOh9sL3U7JJZDsImCwkoeOoDTrCXkPc4Xh-YZAvvTUMHQBtQQt_wFnSnXkoBEAd1CVeamjGjZdQ5kZPq6OILB6_KlR2r57NmZZ8i2Xlqg/s320/mbuddha.jpg"/></a></div>
Gautam Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, was born in Lumbini as Prince Siddhartha
Gautama on the Purnima Tithi of Vaisakh month in 563 BCE. In Theravada Buddhism,
this day is also observed as the day when Buddha attained Nirvana under the
Mahabodhi tree at Bodh Gaya. Devotees of Buddha visit mandirs, light candles and
incense sticks, pray and offer sweets and fruits before the statue of Bhagwan
Buddha. Many followers also free caged birds on this day as a symbol of empathy
and compassion for all living beings. In Bharat, a large fair takes place in
Sarnath, a major Buddhist pilgrimage site where Buddha delivered his first
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<b><a name="2.">2.</a> PROGRAMS OF SARASANGHACHALAK DR. MOHAN BHAGWAT: </b>On
April 25, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarasanghachalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat
said that society needs to be more benevolent for the poor in their
surroundings. He was speaking on the occasion of Kritagyata function organised
by Shree Siddhivinayak Seva Trust, Nagpur, to mark the fifth foundation year of
starting of Deendayal Thali which serves the needs of patients and their
relatives who are often at loss in new places.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmpV_nGVBt0-Zk1_YhXDP4dR2S8whDj8kKDi7M-GIEyECqal7VTAvMC4_xyffBS9eMU7fBdC7pPDIyhVMHVjtCgXy4elaXJgHxfGgmsq-rR95r7S6eujHBqJsFaHXoznTwBIVZeVNVIlduzYazhx4QdY8G3QlGZ0r4kBpUi8zYhfEpaKA6jfUIuuBJ/s500/Dr-Bhagwat_2_500.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmpV_nGVBt0-Zk1_YhXDP4dR2S8whDj8kKDi7M-GIEyECqal7VTAvMC4_xyffBS9eMU7fBdC7pPDIyhVMHVjtCgXy4elaXJgHxfGgmsq-rR95r7S6eujHBqJsFaHXoznTwBIVZeVNVIlduzYazhx4QdY8G3QlGZ0r4kBpUi8zYhfEpaKA6jfUIuuBJ/s320/Dr-Bhagwat_2_500.jpg"/></a></div>
While addressing a programme organised on second commemoration day of Jagatguru
Swami Shyamdevacharya at Shrinarsingh Mandir premises on April 18, Dr Bhagwat
said that Sanatan Dharma is the essence of Hindu culture and foundation of Hindu
nation. He also said that Hindu Sanatan Dharma promotes universal welfare,
allowing people of different sects to live in harmony while considering their
own religion as safe within the Sanatan culture.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jxlIr_OITxLnkH_RQrZleCcOicMa0zn1HRgTikLf5nSPq1E2-Rjof3CJ7sefoEdytPTunMnx0TvxUxusDFt9vBRjUlkYhi1VMekrr-yQId5aVboedaSAB1Vtu_mdoxY3g412tjiM0KU9l6Gie1JA9EcLzpvSQyb0kdPVQhvTRUGDaF7OQjTo_ikg/s600/download%20-%202023-04-30T134849.764.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jxlIr_OITxLnkH_RQrZleCcOicMa0zn1HRgTikLf5nSPq1E2-Rjof3CJ7sefoEdytPTunMnx0TvxUxusDFt9vBRjUlkYhi1VMekrr-yQId5aVboedaSAB1Vtu_mdoxY3g412tjiM0KU9l6Gie1JA9EcLzpvSQyb0kdPVQhvTRUGDaF7OQjTo_ikg/s320/download%20-%202023-04-30T134849.764.jpg"/></a></div>
On April 16, Dr. Bhagwat addressed the Dharma Sanskriti Sabha in Madhya
Pradesh's Burhanpur and said that Bharat will become 'vishwaguru' by following
the path of Dharma - the feeling of welfare of the whole world. The Dharma
Sanskriti Sabha was organized by Peethadhishwar Swami Jitendra Nath of the Nath
Peeth located in Amravati, Maharashtra. Earlier in the day, he visited the
Gurudwara Badi Sangat Sahib Burhanpur and discussed with the President of
Gurudwara Prabandhan committee about the history of Gurudwara Sahib and
sacrifice of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZtpsZzA6X2EiNI18UglXtnZXwBXcUBHmC0v5BI_918HF-kgOZcxbo7oNdqLvPO5alrTqgDQ9K5Gx5C3JOeol9gQqz8Bjl7la4li8bK-9WLHsJJ34aorPE_iDJYOT4bEoYZfcK052AByzyKnZy3y-wvtyQ8iIKbTnL4lrax5eapdFp7NcB9ucUAlci/s550/download%20-%202023-04-30T135324.075.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZtpsZzA6X2EiNI18UglXtnZXwBXcUBHmC0v5BI_918HF-kgOZcxbo7oNdqLvPO5alrTqgDQ9K5Gx5C3JOeol9gQqz8Bjl7la4li8bK-9WLHsJJ34aorPE_iDJYOT4bEoYZfcK052AByzyKnZy3y-wvtyQ8iIKbTnL4lrax5eapdFp7NcB9ucUAlci/s320/download%20-%202023-04-30T135324.075.jpg"/></a></div>
Speaking at the Samaj Sangam Shakti program in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad on April 14,
Dr. Bhagwat said that the two speeches of Babasaheb Ambedkar while unveiling the
Constitution are a guide for us to make ourselves qualified for independence. He
added that there is provision for political and economic independence in the
Constitution, but without societal equality, the political and economic
independence won’t come into effect. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm2wzTYwjfT1S4TSBo8X9PKHrP5_x1tyxdHMEJ0IRZfym-gakca09gRHCyEobQPBoP-rJVqijHJz5Ikmb7OckpPupsx-SjQLiHwbMf7a6DU7qYW0y7DApyfJ219B6ewLQUpE_LKF_gJFqt8Uvkbkm7oSi6Wi62uq2tWu0uY1XMveSX-ysc7x6t1-2S/s1280/WhatsAppImage2023-04-27at2.14.38PM%281%2904A4.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm2wzTYwjfT1S4TSBo8X9PKHrP5_x1tyxdHMEJ0IRZfym-gakca09gRHCyEobQPBoP-rJVqijHJz5Ikmb7OckpPupsx-SjQLiHwbMf7a6DU7qYW0y7DApyfJ219B6ewLQUpE_LKF_gJFqt8Uvkbkm7oSi6Wi62uq2tWu0uY1XMveSX-ysc7x6t1-2S/s320/WhatsAppImage2023-04-27at2.14.38PM%281%2904A4.jpeg"/></a></div>
On April 27, Dr. Bhagwat inaugurated the 710-bed National Cancer Institute in
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<b><a name="3.">3.</a> OPERATION KAVERI LAUNCHED IN SUDAN: </b>Bharat has
launched ‘Operation Kaveri’ with the aim of repatriating all the citizens who
have been stranded in Sudan due to the ongoing conflict.<br>
On April 28, Minister of State, Ministry of External Affairs, V Muraleedharan
who is stationed at Jeddah to supervise ‘Operation Kaveri’ informed that so far,
2,100 Bharatiyas have arrived in Jeddah. The total number of Bharatiyas brought
back home now stands at 1,360, according to official data.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrMEjwqhbNySLNMctlt3xQEdej9zpUuA68gj1igfPFOsh124aAmEghB6-gykr4B3Ywry2bUr_brs3m2JX45J5orTSilYxFcVrn823d4jH76JQGHvruTKlwDYWfo2iS-k6FzQeQ4PzkOuZOsqVg--8Uylq37Z2BkwMfEBKTSedS5EMqkGZH-qo9YByp/s389/images%20%2856%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrMEjwqhbNySLNMctlt3xQEdej9zpUuA68gj1igfPFOsh124aAmEghB6-gykr4B3Ywry2bUr_brs3m2JX45J5orTSilYxFcVrn823d4jH76JQGHvruTKlwDYWfo2iS-k6FzQeQ4PzkOuZOsqVg--8Uylq37Z2BkwMfEBKTSedS5EMqkGZH-qo9YByp/s320/images%20%2856%29.jpg"/></a></div>
Earlier, the Navy’s INS Sumedha evacuated 278 Bharatiyas from Port Sudan. This
was followed by the evacuation of 121 and 135 passengers on two sorties of the
IAF’s C-130J Super Hercules aircraft. 297 Bharatiyas also sailed out on INS Teg.
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Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra said that there are approximately 3,500
Bharatiya nationals and 1,000 people of Bharatiya origin in Sudan, concentrated
in pockets of Khartoum city with presence in other cities. Committed to ensuring
that no Bharatiya national is left behind in Sudan, Bharat has deployed military
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<b><a name="4.">4.</a> GLOBAL BUDDHIST SUMMIT CONCLUDED: </b>The ‘Global
Buddhist Summit 2023’ – a two day congregation - concluded on April 21 in New
Delhi. Hosted by the International Buddhist Confederation in collaboration with
the Bharatiya Ministry of Culture, the event saw participation of delegates from
around 30 countries, including major Buddhist countries like Taiwan, Myanmar,
Thailand, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Mongolia. Those in attendance included monks,
scholars, nuns and heads of Buddhist organisations.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFdvg4juggyJAYNeUbscPeqzTm6-P1r-2f4gTmmPdrKwmDKxsssOmhFRBZheeTP0xYelxRr03xQbIEEJAl7SzlbftwZ5U1s2Oq_aPMKGcPSMxEdKUQr8k8zuVV6-W6H_lqn6bMuX2iDuRjz45fGrL42NaxcgH64pQ0eczyivg7EYQnGeLG5Qq1Op-X/s558/images%20%2855%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="362" data-original-width="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFdvg4juggyJAYNeUbscPeqzTm6-P1r-2f4gTmmPdrKwmDKxsssOmhFRBZheeTP0xYelxRr03xQbIEEJAl7SzlbftwZ5U1s2Oq_aPMKGcPSMxEdKUQr8k8zuVV6-W6H_lqn6bMuX2iDuRjz45fGrL42NaxcgH64pQ0eczyivg7EYQnGeLG5Qq1Op-X/s320/images%20%2855%29.jpg"/></a></div>
The aim behind the ‘Global Buddhist Summit’ was to internalize universal values,
find ways to work together in a harmonious manner and offer a sustainable model
for the future of the world. The summit was inaugurated by Pradhan Mantri
Narendra Modi and concluded on a positive note that peace is the foundation for
human happiness and well-being. The theme of the summit was ‘Responses to
Contemporary Challenges: Philosophy to Praxis’.<br>
On April 21, His Holiness Dalai Lama spoke about how studying Buddhist
philosophies and imbibing values have given him the courage to face Tibet’s
struggle and its current situation.<br>
The Summit passed the New Delhi Declaration which called upon called upon all
nations, organisations and individuals to work towards creating a world free
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<b><a name="5.">5.</a> ARSP CONFERENCE ON CIVILIZATIONAL AND CULTURAL
CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN NEPAL AND BHARAT: </b>A three-day international conference
on civilizational and cultural connectivity between Nepal and Bharat -
‘Manaskhand: Inevitability of Integrity for Internalizing Civilizational and
Cultural Connectivity between Nepal and India’ - was held from April 15-17 in
Dhangadhi, Nepal.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd7DzxSZaEF0m8T5tLBKwc-ldRxS1BN7enDlqUjEkpMOm9M4DQ-RC5mxASgoTeQproQeqt8Ta_8KAuEGOHaRT0qVs6LfzkYWdvSsZWFABn2fYVnvt691lQtpPf901mnETkj9fN8ltYKrjEd19I4Nb1wy-NBEgMWpm4qRnVl1MJBnz2gHlOcrymUbFk/s1920/unnamed%20%283%29.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd7DzxSZaEF0m8T5tLBKwc-ldRxS1BN7enDlqUjEkpMOm9M4DQ-RC5mxASgoTeQproQeqt8Ta_8KAuEGOHaRT0qVs6LfzkYWdvSsZWFABn2fYVnvt691lQtpPf901mnETkj9fN8ltYKrjEd19I4Nb1wy-NBEgMWpm4qRnVl1MJBnz2gHlOcrymUbFk/s320/unnamed%20%283%29.png"/></a></div>
The event organised by Antar Rashtriya Sahyog Parishad (ARSP) and Nepal Bharat
Sahyog Manch saw the participation of academicians and experts from both
countries. The conference was hosted by the Far Western University of Nepal in
knowledge partnership with S.S Jina University Almora (Uttarakhand), Kumaon
University, Rishihood University Sonipat (Haryana) and Mahakali Sahitya Sangam
Nepal. <br>
The event consisted of a full-day academic session and brainstorming discussion
between bureaucrats, diplomats and leaders of both countries on internalising
and conceptualizing the ‘Manaskhand’ as a pilgrimage corridor to strengthen
cultural ties between Sudurpaschim province of Nepal and the Kumaoni region of
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<b><a name="6.">6.</a> NEW ZEALAND SANGH SHIKSHA VARG: </b>Sangh Shiksha Varg of
Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh HSS New Zealand was held from April 7-15 at Brookfield
Outdoor Education Centre, Wainuiomata, Wellington. 57 shiksharthis from 8 cities
across New Zealand (Auckland, Hamilton, Napier – Hastings, Palmerston North,
Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin) participated in the Prathamik, Pravesh and
Praveen vargs. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWxP3Hk_7wLDLfAKOSePJd5V16GauV2brcuEU27e3iZwdzEbZkdhw0d-UuRBSYYBu8Mxkwut1TT5VDVtFUWYJcvJPDvMfst2ujjauxLk_IxJN1DhHZNsUGrBcnO2bGuNuELyX2zcxnce4x7FNz_sUScVBSbrajr5OiPHD4Tp6JKJ2z08cWRZOqpNor/s585/Screenshot%20%28666%29.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="241" data-original-width="585" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWxP3Hk_7wLDLfAKOSePJd5V16GauV2brcuEU27e3iZwdzEbZkdhw0d-UuRBSYYBu8Mxkwut1TT5VDVtFUWYJcvJPDvMfst2ujjauxLk_IxJN1DhHZNsUGrBcnO2bGuNuELyX2zcxnce4x7FNz_sUScVBSbrajr5OiPHD4Tp6JKJ2z08cWRZOqpNor/s320/Screenshot%20%28666%29.png"/></a></div> The theme of the varg was ‘Arise Arjun’. Karyakartas of
Wellington Nagar worked round the clock to ensure things were running smoothly.
In a special event, fourteen families from Wellington participated in Matru
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<b><a name="7.">7.</a> AUSTRALIA SANGH SHIKSHA VARG: </b>From April 8-16, Hindu
Swayamsevak Sangh HSS Australia successfully conducted its national Sangh
Shiksha Varg in Perth, Western Australia, in the land of the native Whadjuk
people.<br>
Varg karyavah Suresh Limbani reported that 154 shiksharthis from 6 vibhags of
Australia participated and completed the varg. Of these 73 were in Prathamik
varg, 68 in Pravesh and 13 participated in the Praveen varg. 42 shikshaks and
prabandhaks were also present full time to ensure the success of the vargs.
Arrangements were also made to take care of 27 baals whose parents were
participating in the vargs.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrtoiD5pHCg7iHVsjQxV9c5ZkLVDRiIiLPHb04vr_E95ufqLt1ZwQm-fTwRZyOtpcAWggtpBqbBfVTtLGc_By3nzDFZxgpFxWyyy3n5xB13Wy9TK2s2yF0rBrPM8x_JSlMO0v1t5wnzXQ8ITPYE3GFPhMrMs_aFQBwJnQAo7a-ePppub0Ygbh2FqDB/s1024/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-04-18%20at%2021.37.12.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrtoiD5pHCg7iHVsjQxV9c5ZkLVDRiIiLPHb04vr_E95ufqLt1ZwQm-fTwRZyOtpcAWggtpBqbBfVTtLGc_By3nzDFZxgpFxWyyy3n5xB13Wy9TK2s2yF0rBrPM8x_JSlMO0v1t5wnzXQ8ITPYE3GFPhMrMs_aFQBwJnQAo7a-ePppub0Ygbh2FqDB/s320/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-04-18%20at%2021.37.12.jpeg"/></a></div>
The varg concluded with a public function on April 16. Dr. Jagadish Krishnan,
MLA, Riverton, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance, Commerce &
Women’s Interests, presided over the function. After witnessing an inspiring
demonstration by the shiksharthis of the shareerik skills they learned at the
vargs, he mentioned in his speech that imparting sanskars to develop mentally,
physically, emotionally and spiritually fit good global citizens is one of the
noblest works. He attested that the effect is visible and felt by the Australian
community by the tremendous contributions of the Bharatiya diaspora to the
country of their karma - Australia.<br>
While addressing the samarop function, Zonal Sampark Pramukh Vasu Ramyavaran
mentioned that swayamsevaks and sevikas are the ambassadors of Bharatiya
inspired Sanatana Dharma. They are role-models with impeccable character and
selfless contribution towards vishwa-shanti by practicing vishwa-dharma and
instilling it in our next generation. He emphasised that shakha is a simple yet
profound fountain-head school where we perennially draw our inspiration,
sanskaras, motivation, knowledge and fitness on physical as well as intellectual
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<b><a name="8.">8.</a> HSS DENMARK :HOLI UTSAV: </b>Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh HSS
Denmark, along with Friends of India in Denmark (FIIDA), celebrated Holi
festival on April 23. The event was planned in active collaboration with
Bharatiya Embassy and Ambassador Pooja Kapur. Around 1000 guests of several
nationalities participated in the celebrations. They included Permanent
Secretary of State in the Danish Prime Minister’s Office Barbara Bertelsen,
Ambassador of Bharat Pooja Kapur, Ambassador of Nepal Prof. Dr. Ram Swarth Ray,
Ambassador of Bangladesh A.K.M. Shahidul Karim and Director of Danish Cultural
Institute Bente Wolff.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgALsY0zSQDP8PqALMRgYANXovezAaqFyOOjb9hTBJ_aevAG1KKMeG4eleq3_jrV2P_OWy5YdoGq-SlRQOaIjBOTAmSBzgrXMPrpxsA9OzAIEBhV_9t9JAdua9a1GKj_hRTK3BTa4S7wjKWf88Rb8x_FZYi1lQ3cyIMzsuroM4VdlpaV6uvZEnPlsOs/s455/Screenshot%20%28667%29.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="455" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgALsY0zSQDP8PqALMRgYANXovezAaqFyOOjb9hTBJ_aevAG1KKMeG4eleq3_jrV2P_OWy5YdoGq-SlRQOaIjBOTAmSBzgrXMPrpxsA9OzAIEBhV_9t9JAdua9a1GKj_hRTK3BTa4S7wjKWf88Rb8x_FZYi1lQ3cyIMzsuroM4VdlpaV6uvZEnPlsOs/s320/Screenshot%20%28667%29.png"/></a></div>
The event started with auspicious mantra chanting and lamp lighting ceremony
followed by Chief Guests speeches, cultural programs and playing with organic
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<b><a name="9.">9.</a> HSS SCHAUMBURG AWARDED ‘VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION OF THE
YEAR AWARD’: </b>Schaumburg Chapter of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh HSS USA was named
‘Volunteer Organization of the Year’ from among five nominees. For the past 24
years, the chapter’s volunteers have been meeting at the Schaumburg Park
District’s Community Recreation Center to plan their work in the village and
surrounding communities.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRpdjbhCSCD1U5VE_-ydR0TIKEj4izvBZ_68l7V7J36XMyMFLcsHuNZu3QrTZPPMtui40RkCzGCq3V74yl3MD4pxlF9VTscqX0kd_Rnzqp5q9j8wUSUmyWdqmIITRQrtAtwJ9syObxWOaEy5zL-1M9KSIG8xhAyMSixtMhO2OYko7UPdLIpRgGJind/s1170/hss..jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="387" data-original-width="1170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRpdjbhCSCD1U5VE_-ydR0TIKEj4izvBZ_68l7V7J36XMyMFLcsHuNZu3QrTZPPMtui40RkCzGCq3V74yl3MD4pxlF9VTscqX0kd_Rnzqp5q9j8wUSUmyWdqmIITRQrtAtwJ9syObxWOaEy5zL-1M9KSIG8xhAyMSixtMhO2OYko7UPdLIpRgGJind/s320/hss..jpg"/></a></div>
Among its recent achievements, the HSS chapter helped with Schaumburg Township’s
vaccination drive, collected and donated 3,400 pounds of food to the township
food pantry, volunteered to package meals at ‘Feed My Starving Children’ in
Schaumburg, assisted with the village’s Adopt-A-Highway program, and a number of
other charitable events.<br>
Schaumburg Mayor Tom Dailly and other village officials were present during the
occasion. “Thank you to all the volunteers who keep Schaumburg working,” Dailly
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<b><a name="10.">10.</a> SEWA SNEHA MILAN HELD IN PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: </b>Pacific
Southwest Sambhag of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh HSS USA organised its first Sewa
Sneha Milan on April 2 at Gayatri Chetna Mandir, Anahiem. 13 organisations
participated in the event. Dr Amrit Nehru of Kashmir Hindu Foundation, HSS
National Sanghachalak Dr Vinod Ambhastha and other dignitaries inaugurated the
event by lighting the lamp. All the organisations showcased their activities and
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<b><a name="11.">11.</a> CELEBRATING HINDU CULTURE IN NEIGHBORHOOD: </b>A
private event called ‘Celebrating Hindu Culture in My Neighborhood with
Non-Indian Neighbors’ event was held at the Enclave Club House in Edison, New
Jersey with the aim to bring Darshana exhibition to a wider audience with
minimal effort.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiswXvKsX82FlUYYw8KSB2krMnI7RPmp98ngDsuc2l_GYhs-dQVFzPb8qhwzO4-sBr64NXL0W7wWj8L2yDLCcwy9J-EHfi7p_22DUoUK9oU2FrsX0B3pGZVS_Kqx_2C7dBtEVqloXO6UUZqUmYWk_-lxaBUHnYnMo4i3P6CRwCvJkAPrlWmiViIJoxK/s338/download%20-%202023-04-30T153008.557.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiswXvKsX82FlUYYw8KSB2krMnI7RPmp98ngDsuc2l_GYhs-dQVFzPb8qhwzO4-sBr64NXL0W7wWj8L2yDLCcwy9J-EHfi7p_22DUoUK9oU2FrsX0B3pGZVS_Kqx_2C7dBtEVqloXO6UUZqUmYWk_-lxaBUHnYnMo4i3P6CRwCvJkAPrlWmiViIJoxK/s320/download%20-%202023-04-30T153008.557.jpg"/></a></div>
A main focus for promoting the exhibition was on Gruha Sampark, which involved
distributing invitations door-to-door within the community. Many non-Bharatiya
residents responded positively to the personal and direct approach with some
even offering to volunteer during the exhibition. 18 families from the community
attended the exhibition. A few shakha karyakartas from neighboring communities
were present during the exhibition to guide and clarify any questions on the
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<b><a name="12.">12.</a> ‘WILDCAT HINDU EXPERIENCE’ AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY</b>:
Hindu YUVA and OM at Northwestern University came together to host the ‘Wildcat
Hindu Experience’, an event planned to provide a safe space for Hindu students
to share their experiences on campus. The event was sponsored by the Religious
and Spiritual Life Office at Northwestern and supported by Northwestern Seva and
Hillel, the Sikh and Jewish student organizations respectively. Amar Shah, the
Hindu Chaplain, Tahera Ahmad - the Associate University Chaplain, and the
Director of Interfaith Engagement at Northwestern addressed the gathering of 35
attendees on April 13. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjly9EYqnpjgqsCbz_0mmdvjKRtfe5OomSNzjX3P1_jb_8UHCfulzfObsc_QB4xDIA-JpHUGi3m0gz7Gu5oum8CXayGrEKy8J4Ma9S1r41Jv3EI_7vCqC0QvVh6fDQDjBcu4DVySxcmbv9pH_5sMcyOF6wr7_S7cNBt27mc0QK-fqBGS-FpCF3tUgcN/s413/download%20-%202023-04-30T153415.557.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="413" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjly9EYqnpjgqsCbz_0mmdvjKRtfe5OomSNzjX3P1_jb_8UHCfulzfObsc_QB4xDIA-JpHUGi3m0gz7Gu5oum8CXayGrEKy8J4Ma9S1r41Jv3EI_7vCqC0QvVh6fDQDjBcu4DVySxcmbv9pH_5sMcyOF6wr7_S7cNBt27mc0QK-fqBGS-FpCF3tUgcN/s320/download%20-%202023-04-30T153415.557.jpg"/></a></div>
Through events like the ‘Wildcat Hindu Experience’, Hindu YUVA engages with
interfaith community while advocating for the safety of and freedom for all
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<b><a name="13.">13.</a> BHARATIYA AMERICANS OPPOSE PROPOSED CALIFORNIA CASTE
BILL SB 403: </b>Major Hindu and Bharatiya businesses and mandirs have united to
issue a statement to oppose the proposed California Caste Bill SB 403. The bill,
introduced by State Senator Aisha Wahab, seeks to amend the anti-discrimination
policy under the Unruh Civil Rights Act by adding caste as a protected category.<br>
The signatories to this statement include Asian American Hotel Owners
Association (AAHOA) with 20,000 members, Asian American Store Owners Association
(AASOA) representing over 8300 store owners, Hindu Mandir Executives’ Conference
(HMEC) - an umbrella organisation of Hindu mandirs with the participation of 600
mandirs in its conferences, Hindu Business Network (HBN), and, Hindu Policy
Research and Advocacy Collective (HinduPACT).<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI5rHkphzTTRrjVZiGdI41J_eH8XYLmhcx_VDPoerffuP3Pc7etpLf3aLMQwpuyqW1E1hewwXvzDinwpdysUW6BMzW7zTfWODQ6miVB9kiX8OZoMMLD2F2m0dNk2CjRGI_lm63XX2bwTDcQytLyK1EwKSITfkiRQiKH04x0b7hYV-E5NgKeo0-Vfea/s465/download%20-%202023-04-30T145853.762.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="245" data-original-width="465" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI5rHkphzTTRrjVZiGdI41J_eH8XYLmhcx_VDPoerffuP3Pc7etpLf3aLMQwpuyqW1E1hewwXvzDinwpdysUW6BMzW7zTfWODQ6miVB9kiX8OZoMMLD2F2m0dNk2CjRGI_lm63XX2bwTDcQytLyK1EwKSITfkiRQiKH04x0b7hYV-E5NgKeo0-Vfea/s320/download%20-%202023-04-30T145853.762.jpg"/></a></div>
The statement said that the bill based on unsubstantiated data and an unproven
court case perpetuates colonial narrative of caste using a convoluted and broad
definition and it would lead to harassment, discrimination, bullying and
violence against Hindus. The signatories of this statement believed that the
existing laws in California are sufficient to address any instance of
discrimination if they arise and urged the Senate Judiciary Committee California
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<b><a name="14.">14.</a> HINDUPHOBIA IN UK SCHOOLS: </b>According to a
London-based think tank, Hinduphobia is propelled by Muslim students in the
United Kingdom against Hindu pupils in the classroom by bullying and racially
discriminating. As per the report by The Telegraph, Muslim pupils call Hindu
students ‘kafirs’ and threaten them for being non-believers to pressure them
repeatedly to convert to Islam. <br>
A research fellow named Charlotte Littlewood conducted this study by surveying
more than 1000 British schools and speaking with 988 Hindu parents. The report
was published on April 19 by the Henery Jackson Society. The think tank said
that amplifying misconceptions about the worship of deities and inappropriate
references to the caste system in religious education “fostered discrimination”
and Hinduphobia towards Hindus, which students felt made “a mockery of them”.<br>
While talking to The Telegraph, Conservative Party MP Ben Everitt said that the
findings shed light on the varying themes and forms in which anti-Hindu
discrimination materialises in the classroom. He also recognised the problematic
way Hinduism was being taught in UK schools and emphasized that to reduce
discrimination against those of minority faiths in schools, we need to make sure
that young people are receiving the best possible education about the many
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<b><a name="15.">15.</a> CANADIAN MP CONDEMNS GROWING HINDUPHOBIA: </b>The
leader of Canada’s principal opposition Conservative Party, Pierre Poilievre,
has condemned the growing incidences of Hinduphobia in the nation. Poilievre is
the first leader of a major Federal party in Canada to address the phenomenon.
In an interview with the local network, Prime Asia, he said, “We have to stop
Hinduphobia and nasty comments that are made about Hindus and the vandalism and
other violence targeting Hindu Canadians. This is totally unacceptable.”<br>
He also called for bolstering the security of places of worship with matching
government funds for guards and cameras and other protections against religious
violence. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuxJbA3zC9-cQHqsdBwzj2eKyPI_9rYsBNoox-kHVQ4j_gb5O4Wz-5qGCX01Nt1yDQhL06E-6tMqB7ZI6pxyugMOEBIQUC8N1p-NljyA-glAQDfgf3Un727dnT9KmMavxTdOcYyai4fY9eHrjMAlgNIl_0h4x9919Iwx1oZb0ZQvAOdxsiviyxUHxD/s450/download%20-%202023-04-30T150233.899.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuxJbA3zC9-cQHqsdBwzj2eKyPI_9rYsBNoox-kHVQ4j_gb5O4Wz-5qGCX01Nt1yDQhL06E-6tMqB7ZI6pxyugMOEBIQUC8N1p-NljyA-glAQDfgf3Un727dnT9KmMavxTdOcYyai4fY9eHrjMAlgNIl_0h4x9919Iwx1oZb0ZQvAOdxsiviyxUHxD/s320/download%20-%202023-04-30T150233.899.jpg"/></a></div>
Since July last year, there have been at least five incidents of desecration of
Hindu mandirs in Canada. Speaking in the House of Commons in January, Liberal
Party MP Chandra Arya had asked Canadian authorities to “take serious note of
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<b><a name="16.">16.</a> THOUSANDS ATTEND HINDU MANDIR'S RESTORATION CEREMONY IN
AUSTRALIA: </b>ABC News reported that on April 12, more than 20,000 Hindus,
including 15 priests and visitors from Singapore, Malaysia and Mauritius
attended a traditional ceremony held to celebrate the restoration of the Sri
Venkateswara Mandir in Helensburgh, a small suburb on the outskirts of Sydney.
The consecration ceremony, ‘Kumbhabhishekam’, is believed to bring prosperity to
the entire community.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhakvD0wl-GreTsTgK_tNuSA19zo3Fx7pqx4gPfgNGpN8rNLq7JG6jbqNnd2FzsDEzjPQIn5sN9j-gW2v6I_L0cb_ugPa9wOaExn6_pjBgv-22ZNdtXQvcOizRpP9gR5v9HwlnFgSTPFsWv-ge8eKff6XrH-1BVsaeujOpeuSVZSilKS8eYDwnomBKO/s429/download%20-%202023-04-30T151152.955.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="249" data-original-width="429" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhakvD0wl-GreTsTgK_tNuSA19zo3Fx7pqx4gPfgNGpN8rNLq7JG6jbqNnd2FzsDEzjPQIn5sN9j-gW2v6I_L0cb_ugPa9wOaExn6_pjBgv-22ZNdtXQvcOizRpP9gR5v9HwlnFgSTPFsWv-ge8eKff6XrH-1BVsaeujOpeuSVZSilKS8eYDwnomBKO/s320/download%20-%202023-04-30T151152.955.jpg"/></a></div>
During the event, sacred fires were lit, and priests climbed to the mandir's
roof, where holy water was poured into golden pots.<br>
"The significance of that is purifying not only the mandir and deities but also
the devotees who are watching the ceremony," mandir director Subra Iyer was
quoted as saying.<br>
The construction and repair of the dozens of stone deities in the mandir were
done by 10 specialist masons and painters brought from Bharat. Hundreds of
volunteers also spent their weekends working on the mandir alongside local
contractors, the report said. <br>
The mandir, one of the largest of its kind outside Bharat, had started
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<b><a name="17.">17.</a> PENNSYLVANIA DECLARES HINDU FESTIVAL OF DIWALI AS
OFFICIAL HOLIDAY: </b>The state House in Pennsylvania has passed a bill
recognizing the Hindu festival of Diwali as an official holiday, a US Senator
from the Northeastern state said on April 26. The senate voted unanimously to
recognise Diwali as a official holiday.<br>
State Senator Greg Rothman and Senator Nikil Saval introduced a legislation to
make Diwali an official state holiday in Pennsylvania in February this year, My
Twin Tiers reported. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywYnmFV-Y17fl2R1An6bC0On5uP0U1suIhS0JpKQnY1E3SlrzIUH7fOVMDCX1yFgp8gePHtu-Cm4oe0PWlcCCBC-QBZjcqZbQob9oGqxDE2QpEjZheN0fbO8P-QxN4aLsTJyLnpPnStvFf5Lq-uRXKAg0O-K72rN92R3YfYd551iFr7Qo2H5FkL3u/s450/download%20-%202023-04-30T151231.236.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywYnmFV-Y17fl2R1An6bC0On5uP0U1suIhS0JpKQnY1E3SlrzIUH7fOVMDCX1yFgp8gePHtu-Cm4oe0PWlcCCBC-QBZjcqZbQob9oGqxDE2QpEjZheN0fbO8P-QxN4aLsTJyLnpPnStvFf5Lq-uRXKAg0O-K72rN92R3YfYd551iFr7Qo2H5FkL3u/s320/download%20-%202023-04-30T151231.236.jpg"/></a></div>
Nearly 200,000 South Asian residents reside in Pennsylvania, many of whom
participate in Diwali as a time of reflection and gathering. <br>
“Thousands of Pennsylvanians celebrate Diwali each year, including many
residents of the 34th Senatorial District,” Rothman said, adding, “Recognizing
Diwali as an official state holiday upholds and celebrates our Commonwealth’s
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<b><a name="18.">18.</a> HINDU COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA PARTICIPATED IN ANU
RELIGIOUS CONFERENCE: </b>Australian National University had organized a three
day conference on “Religion in Modern Education : Conflict, Policy and Practice”
on April 13-15 in its campus in Canberra. The conference invited scholars to
consider the immediate and enduring impacts that the value, consideration,
accessibility, and format of religious education may have on religious
practices, on public spheres of activity, and on the relationship between
religion and society.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsrNm-ppKRO7qoWd-eLWJptsDbXGJOB9UxGg3cSKuJf5d9qXf8UxaT9gckuPdaEB0XGEzSZ-om2IkoEoPrMhLLjq4zXVgdZDNzQ9kkSlA3wXPoSCdbi1Bfu0YGno4C4USzEDXTfnLhNjfI9wqa_Z1exnnBjM72sRwR95nB6-YM57HZnSr4opWdCwjl/s450/3725107052044271538.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsrNm-ppKRO7qoWd-eLWJptsDbXGJOB9UxGg3cSKuJf5d9qXf8UxaT9gckuPdaEB0XGEzSZ-om2IkoEoPrMhLLjq4zXVgdZDNzQ9kkSlA3wXPoSCdbi1Bfu0YGno4C4USzEDXTfnLhNjfI9wqa_Z1exnnBjM72sRwR95nB6-YM57HZnSr4opWdCwjl/s320/3725107052044271538.jpg"/></a></div>
A parallel session held on “Politics and Religious Education” chaired by Rosita
Soryte from European Federation for Freedon of Belief included a panel exploring
actual case studies. Surinder Jain from Hindu Council of Australia and Darren
Bark from NSW Jewish Board of Deputies participated in the panel discussion.
Surinder Jain presented two case studies. First was about the acceptance of a
religious article (a nose stud) wherein the Hindu community and a school had to
fight it out in the media. The matter was resolved, but the process was
inefficient and painful for everyone involved.<br>
Surinder also presented the case study about creating a new law to ban Nazi hate
symbols but exempt Sacred Swastika used as a religious icon. The second case
study illustrated how even the most difficult issues can be solved through
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<b><a name="19.">19.</a> ISRO'S PSLV-C55 SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED SINGAPOREAN
SATELLITES: </b>On April 22, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
launched two customer satellites in a textbook launch of the Polar Satellite
Launch Vehicles. The 228-ton PSLV, on its 57th flight, lifted off from the
Satish Dhawan Space in Sriharikota into an eastward low inclination orbit.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8bcbfmc746ik6sPQXb8n0PTnYNtgcWGxOmw7mKKgEfIS8tRoMZWd7MI91Qquqeg0K-6T_Af1JHn7qObpmZVMTVFgplv5W3Dl2y-ygeNRnw0wDnDrdm-gmP9iWMaYYIJpnc0yIIc4qz5WOqIm6sep9Sea9wFv5-9A-k4yIU6eSvALLCOpVuM34FOqg/s300/download%20-%202023-04-30T140731.494.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8bcbfmc746ik6sPQXb8n0PTnYNtgcWGxOmw7mKKgEfIS8tRoMZWd7MI91Qquqeg0K-6T_Af1JHn7qObpmZVMTVFgplv5W3Dl2y-ygeNRnw0wDnDrdm-gmP9iWMaYYIJpnc0yIIc4qz5WOqIm6sep9Sea9wFv5-9A-k4yIU6eSvALLCOpVuM34FOqg/s320/download%20-%202023-04-30T140731.494.jpg"/></a></div>
The two satellites belonged to Singapore and had a combined weight of 757 kilograms.
This was a dedicated commercial mission through NewSpace India Limited which is
the commercial arm of ISRO. ISRO Chief S Somanath said that the PSLV placed both
satellites into the intended orbit.</font><font face="Georgia"><b><a href="#SAMVAD"><font style="font-size: 13pt"> </font><font size="1">-GoTop</font></a></b></font><font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt">
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<b><a name="20.">20.</a> OBITUARY : TAREK FATAH: </b>Pakistani-Canadian
journalist Tarek Fatah (73 years) breathed his last on April 21 after a
prolonged illness. Born on November 20, 1949 in Karachi, Pakistan, Fatah moved
to Canada in 1987 and became a vocal advocate for secularism, human rights, and
freedom of speech. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf0kiEmkgRaj-2WkT8RXKGfaCZduO1ZGXdhctXmaixmEPTxdPOzuLk_FSwpikyqOOFXnXXYrDgBcdOFzyY_TegSus2HPqhufFdBvKCFbGP_IQMrmCpCHNcKuuDnHUJW518kYW12ETnQVSuLSBdfRxMt4j00KMdwn1yTCd75g2JohqieRVfSuBsLD-r/s172/images%20%2854%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="172" data-original-width="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf0kiEmkgRaj-2WkT8RXKGfaCZduO1ZGXdhctXmaixmEPTxdPOzuLk_FSwpikyqOOFXnXXYrDgBcdOFzyY_TegSus2HPqhufFdBvKCFbGP_IQMrmCpCHNcKuuDnHUJW518kYW12ETnQVSuLSBdfRxMt4j00KMdwn1yTCd75g2JohqieRVfSuBsLD-r/s320/images%20%2854%29.jpg"/></a></div>
He was a prominent voice in the world of journalism and commentary. He wrote
several books including “Chasing a Mirage: The Tragic Illusion of an Islamic
State” and “The Jew is Not My Enemy: Unveiling the Myths that Fuel Muslim
Anti-Semitism.” <br>
In a condolence message, RSS Sarakaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale said that Tarek
Fatah was an eminent thinker, author and commentator and his significant
contributions to the media and the literary world will be greatly remembered. He
added that Fatah remained committed to his principles and beliefs throughout his
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<b><a name="21.">21.</a> SHRI VISHWA NIKETAN:</b> <b>Pravas: Visitors:</b> Biren
and Poorvi Soni - Canada.<br>
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<b>FOOD FOR THOUGHT:</b> However many holy words you read, however many you
speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them? <i>- Gautama
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<b>“SWABHIMAN”-THE PRIME COMMUNITY CHARACTER OF TRIBES</b><br>
</font><font face="Georgia"><i><b>The British and Turkic invaders targeted
indigenous tribal communities of India as they were insistent on protecting
their rights. Their basic character was Swabhiman (pride) -- Adv. Shine P
Sasidhar </b></i></font></p>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt">Normally, all communities have
their characters, similar to certain business communities of India. Similarly,
Tribal communities have their unique community characters. These tribal
community characters encompass some community rights apart from the usual
individual rights.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgbl9tUESluHlBCe1dSSLRKMkgz2Xs1YkqO_grjfDwENgmo9Hyoge2izwh7kTnsi6ShNzKJbcHZxQtn7E8rrePSmS9UNRQhR2msJblbZLP_RmuVRpUI-onZ449W61mU_uz-hH-vybEwbsu5MGo58cAyrM-oO1ERAADDMN1DngkLu20PXsV5YeIIXeg/s750/untitled-1-40-750x375.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgbl9tUESluHlBCe1dSSLRKMkgz2Xs1YkqO_grjfDwENgmo9Hyoge2izwh7kTnsi6ShNzKJbcHZxQtn7E8rrePSmS9UNRQhR2msJblbZLP_RmuVRpUI-onZ449W61mU_uz-hH-vybEwbsu5MGo58cAyrM-oO1ERAADDMN1DngkLu20PXsV5YeIIXeg/s320/untitled-1-40-750x375.jpg"/></a></div>
Defining community is a group of people sharing certain common attributes that
strengthen their bonding. The common characteristics to define a community are
community behaviour, belief system, value system, moral qualities, thoughts,
community leadership and gathering pace, the distinct identity of the place of
natural habitat and perception of communities.<br>
Tribal communities are having certain unique characters distinct from others,
and these characters, by and large, are universal and more specific to Indian
groups. Depending on the geographical habitat, some groups prefer to stay deep
inside the forest. Few are in the buffer zones of the forest and certainly some
groups do not stay permanently in one palace like gipsies. Normally they do not
intermingle with other communities and try to avoid the urban community. Tribes
staying in deep forests will generally tend to be introvert in their basic
nature.<br>
At the same time, it is important to note that as a community they were
self-reliant on their traditional way of life. Their dependency was restricted
to the community only. Irrespective of these, the most important characteristics
of a tribal community are their pride and honour. This character is applicable
to both an individual and a community. They have always liked to live with pride
in their area, never allowed others to rule them with any law and protecting the
homeland (forest and its resources) while giving their lives was a prime goal.
For example, great tribal leaders and martyrs like Talakkal Chandu of Vaynad,
Kerala, Bhagwan Birsa Munda of Central India, Natram Negi of Northern part of
India, U Titrot Singh of Kasi (North East) fought against British and Turkic
invaders to protect their rights. Tribals were treated as criminals by British
due to their proud feelings and their non-compromising characters. Even Samrat
Ashoka conquered Kalinga and was the Samrat of Bharat and the Indian Ocean.<br>
However, the Rock Edict XIII of Samrat reads that tribes of those times, called
“Atavik “ or “Attavikas”, did not agree to his ruling in tribal areas and tested
his patience. All the available history since BCE pointed out that the basic
character of the tribal community is pride (Swabhiman) with the tribal majority,
especially in India.<br>
<b>Upholder of Values</b><br>
Beggars are not seen in tribal areas, and tribes, especially North Eastern
Scheduled States, reinforce this fact. The tribal communities have high values,
morals and social values. Due to this, communities have high interdependency,
but outside interference is less. Decision-making, gender parity, and respect to
elders and leaders are strong characteristics of tribes. Parallels of
traditional community support systems like “Halma” (Bheel community) are visible
in tribal communities across India.<br>
The community takes over and shares the individual’s or family’s difficulty or
grief. It helps promote positive<br>
thought in the community, and the mental health index of tribal communities is
better than others. Nature andcommunity teach them “how to live happily”. This
is the general perception and thought of tribal communities, while urban
communities are still searching for it. Community gathering and collective
decision on common issues (Sahayog) is another exclusive characteristic of the
tribal community.<br>
<b>Relevance of Traditional Weapons</b><br>
All tribal community groups have their traditional weapons. These weapons are
depending on their character of food choices like agriculture, hunting and
fighting. Archery is common to most communities; some use only archery, but
others use unique weapons as their identity. Even the ones that use the sword
have different designs in different communities. These weapons have a
prestigious position in their lives, poojas and ceremonial events.<br>
The usage of these traditional weapons (Shastras) is another uniqueness of
tribal communities’ identification.<br>
Swabhiman, Sahayog and Shastra are unique tribal characteristics. Tribal
communities’ characters are developed and continued with their value system,
which is rooted in their belief system and dependency on nature.<br>
More studies are required on these topics by universities and other tribal
research organisations apart from regular anthropological studies. <br>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#1.">1.
FESTIVALS: AKSHAYA TRITIYA </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#2.">2.
PROGRAMS OF SARSANGHACHALAK DR. MOHAN BHAGWAT</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#3.">3.
BHARAT’S DEFENCE CAPABILITY EXPANDED IMMENSELY TO COVER ALL FRONTIERS:
RASHTRAPATI </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#4.">4.
RASHTRIYA SEWA SANGAM CONCLUDES WITH RESOLUTION OF SELF-RELIANT BHARAT</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#5.">5.
‘COLOURS OF INDIA’ ORGANISED BY VANBANDHU PARISHAD </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#6.">6. BMS
CONVENTION CONCLUDES WITH RESOLUTIONS ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND LABOUR
POLICY</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#7.">7. GEORGIA
PASSES RESOLUTION CONDEMNING HINDUPHOBIA </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#8.">8. FAMINE
FOOD RELIEF IN KENYA </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#9.">9. CASTE
DISCRIMINATION CASE AGAINST BHARATIYA-ORIGIN CISCO ENGINEERS DISMISSED
</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#10.">10. HSS
UK - KHEL PRATIYOGITA 2023 </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#11.">11.
MIDWEST SAMBHAG GHOSH VARG </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#12.">12. VARSH
PRATIPADA CELEBRATIONS BY HSS</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#13.">13. BIHU
PERFORMANCE ENTERS GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#14.">14.
BHARATIYA VANAVASI KALYAN ASHRAM KKM </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#15.">15.
ODISHA TRIBALS RAISE VOICE AGAINST RELIGIOUS CONVERSION, DEMAND
AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 342</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#16.">16.
BHARATIYA-AMERICAN MATHEMATICIAN CR RAO AWARDED INTERNATIONAL PRIZE IN
STATISTICS AT 102</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#17.">17. ISRO
SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTS AUTONOMOUS LANDING OF BHARAT’S FIRST REUSABLE
ROCKET </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#18.">18.
BHARAT'S DEFENCE EXPORTS REACH ALL-TIME HIGH </a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#19.">19. J&K'S
TULIP GARDEN, ASIA'S LARGEST, WITNESSES 100,000 VISITORS IN FIRST WEEK
OF OPENING</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#20.">20. SHRI
VISHWA NIKETAN & FOOD FOR THOUGHT</a></b></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a name="1.">1.</a> FESTIVALS:
AKSHAYA TRITIYA: </b>Akshaya Tritiya (22 April this year) also known as Akha
Teej is celebrated on Shukla Paksha Tritiya of Vaishakh. Akshaya means never
diminishing, and it is believed that doing any Japa, Yajna, Pitra-Tarpan, Dan-Punya,
any buying of gold by people on this day never diminish and bring everlasting
prosperity in their lives. Parashurama Jayanti also falls on the same day. Ved
Vyasa began reciting Mahabharata to Ganesha on Akshaya Tritiya and river Ganga
descended to earth on this day. Also, Sudama visited Bhagwan Krishna in Dwarka
on this day and received unlimited wealth.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIaj5xydC3e32TNXw8slf_q5PjZwpANnvRPVXH2iL11N1TDvTTEWrIPoHKNfyvX2IAhSuFPPk6euyuJmjRplnBK9zuWbSIMJM1P0nYPUTVOb1T93Vyju_9fhuVG0dpmqOnYdcky6zVq_CoIHNeZwknZIKajK3QxlAHwXm0HK5OQNsxFUprFGSw2XBk/s314/images%20%2851%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIaj5xydC3e32TNXw8slf_q5PjZwpANnvRPVXH2iL11N1TDvTTEWrIPoHKNfyvX2IAhSuFPPk6euyuJmjRplnBK9zuWbSIMJM1P0nYPUTVOb1T93Vyju_9fhuVG0dpmqOnYdcky6zVq_CoIHNeZwknZIKajK3QxlAHwXm0HK5OQNsxFUprFGSw2XBk/s320/images%20%2851%29.jpg"/></a></div> Kubera also received his wealth and
position as the 'Lord of Wealth' on this auspicious day. In Jainism, the day
commemorates the first Tirthankara (Bhagwan Rishabhdev) ending his one-year
asceticism by consuming sugarcane juice poured into his cupped hands therefore
fasting and ascetic austerities are marked by Jains. </font><font face="Georgia"><b>
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<b><a name="2.">2.</a> PROGRAMS OF SARSANGHACHALAK DR. MOHAN BHAGWAT: </b>
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat on 31 March
said that ‘Akhand Bharat’ was undisputed truth and a divided Bharat was a
nightmare. Dr. Bhagwat said that the separated parts of Bharat would unite one
day. He was speaking at a function in Bhopal to mark the birth anniversary of
freedom fighter and revolutionary Hemu Kalani.<br>
Dr. Mohan Bhagwat on 30 March said that the 'Sanatan' dharma has been proven
true to the test of time. "Today you are taking the resolve to enhance the
prestige of the saffron colour by donning it. The one that is 'Sanatan' doesn't
need any certificate. In English, they say, "time proven". It has proven to
stand true to the test of time," RSS Sarsanghchalak said while addressing an
event of 'Sanyas Diksha' in Uttarkhand's Haridwar. Swami Ramdev Baba who was
also present at the event said that after 75 years of independence, Patanjali is
fulfilling the dream of Maharishi Dayanand, Swami Vivekananda, Mahatma Gandhi
and all the revolutionaries of the Swadeshi education system.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidxU7YH-ChUBnLYyX5Oty-LkVLufYyVLLWIrI6d8i4XWn97aD8dHSgzfTWZyHp3nOUzBHPFDLK9rDkNdLCdanekz6HhCxXBOFtgNSFvSP3Mh6jv1VL0iaDFnOwFjfFgwzEXXzbAkf9XuRVa80yCr0HfN9N_28crhxPXo_JaLisdVQSu6sRlsEEN9F4/s465/download%20-%202023-04-15T155205.927.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="245" data-original-width="465" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidxU7YH-ChUBnLYyX5Oty-LkVLufYyVLLWIrI6d8i4XWn97aD8dHSgzfTWZyHp3nOUzBHPFDLK9rDkNdLCdanekz6HhCxXBOFtgNSFvSP3Mh6jv1VL0iaDFnOwFjfFgwzEXXzbAkf9XuRVa80yCr0HfN9N_28crhxPXo_JaLisdVQSu6sRlsEEN9F4/s320/download%20-%202023-04-15T155205.927.jpg"/></a></div>
Dr. Mohan Bhagwat on 31 March unveiled the statue of Veerangana Rani Durgavati
at Deendayal Shodh Sansthan, Maharishi Valmiki Complex, Majhgawan district Satna.
On the 500th birth anniversary of Veerangana Durgavati, an exhibition based on
her life and an exhibition of Millets have also been set up at the venue. </font><font face="Georgia"><b>
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<b><a name="3.">3.</a> BHARAT’S DEFENCE CAPABILITY EXPANDED IMMENSELY TO COVER
ALL FRONTIERS: RASHTRAPATI: </b>On 8 April Rashtrapati Droupadi Murmu took a
historic sortie in a Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force in
the Tezpur AFS (Air Force Station) located in Sonitpur District of Assam. She
said that it is a matter of pride that Indian Defence Capabilities have expanded
immensely to cover all frontiers of land, sea and air. <b> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYZSJCmsLgQUbVc_E4k2WrPyjeI6Wo7US5DVsRWpb8xVW8cFyJWqgZdzH1aOZh8fXVhyDQQf1lU_56Dw88mmQfhYMgSO619pLaypoD7miCyYzp_79NoBSQtEkO0nJ3ksD3o2Yfb5WITAqGRmE28SPstlWI7lpgtxUDQVvlrOR2bQHS8ylRRA0QTnV2/s411/download%20-%202023-04-15T161121.305.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="411" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYZSJCmsLgQUbVc_E4k2WrPyjeI6Wo7US5DVsRWpb8xVW8cFyJWqgZdzH1aOZh8fXVhyDQQf1lU_56Dw88mmQfhYMgSO619pLaypoD7miCyYzp_79NoBSQtEkO0nJ3ksD3o2Yfb5WITAqGRmE28SPstlWI7lpgtxUDQVvlrOR2bQHS8ylRRA0QTnV2/s320/download%20-%202023-04-15T161121.305.jpg"/></a></div></b>According to a statement
from Rashtrapati Bhavan, Rashtrapati Murmu who is the Commander in Chief of the
Indian Armed Forces, flew for a period of 30 min covering the Brahmaputra and
Tezpur valley and got a sight of the Himalayas before returning to the Air Force
Station. The fighter aircraft was flown by Group Captain Naveen Kumar, the CO
(Commanding Officer) of the 106th Squadron of the Indian Air Force. </font><font face="Georgia"><b>
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<b><a name="4.">4.</a> RASHTRIYA SEWA SANGAM CONCLUDES WITH RESOLUTION OF
SELF-RELIANT BHARAT: </b>The 3-day third edition of the Rashtriya Sewa Sangam,
hosted by Rashtriya Sewa Bharti (RSB), concluded at Jaipur on 9 April with the
resolution of ensuring a "self-reliant society and self-reliant India". As many
as 2,756 representatives, out of whom 515 were women, from 45 provinces
including Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Ladakh, took the pledge of
self-reliant and prosperous Bharat. More than 50 case studies were presented for
the progress of the girl child.<br>
RSS Sarsaghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat, Piramal Group Ajay Piramal, Sant Balayogi
Umesh Nath Maharaj, industrialists Narsiram Kulariya and Ashok Bagla, RSS
sarakaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale, Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami
Maheshwaranand, Vishwa Jagruti Mission founder Acharya Sudhanshu Maharaj and
other promiment people graced the occasion. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSINrVyTjQCmAonNRm8l1fOoVkU0GApVCjX7JN4_dpeerAyrrGwtV7B5Vh-wDwCDOCD-1y4YeeBLCh8A0bEjvKjGbSO43j_z9kf88bhl8QPiP0OteXF4mJhjjDpkhcYEEZBqg9Bc_StjhnOyxss4oieJZBbap9BfoyB5H7H-kZpvP5iBXvDinaRlQ/s440/download%20-%202023-04-15T162045.720.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="258" data-original-width="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSINrVyTjQCmAonNRm8l1fOoVkU0GApVCjX7JN4_dpeerAyrrGwtV7B5Vh-wDwCDOCD-1y4YeeBLCh8A0bEjvKjGbSO43j_z9kf88bhl8QPiP0OteXF4mJhjjDpkhcYEEZBqg9Bc_StjhnOyxss4oieJZBbap9BfoyB5H7H-kZpvP5iBXvDinaRlQ/s320/download%20-%202023-04-15T162045.720.jpg"/></a></div>
While inaugurating the Sewa Sangam on 7 April Dr Bhagwat emphasised that all
Bharatiyas should prioritise national service and national security over
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<b><a name="5.">5.</a> ‘COLOURS OF INDIA’ ORGANISED BY VANBANDHU PARISHAD: </b>
The ‘Colours of India’ event was conducted by Vanbandhu Parishad and Sri Hari
Satsang Samiti, Dhanbad Chapter, with the aim of promoting health awareness and
sports among children living in rural areas. One of the highlights of the event
was the “Ekal Ke Sang” race, covering a distance of 8.4 kilometers, which
witnessed enthusiastic participation of more than 400 children, youth, and
elders.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiIks74YBaDRvd6KF_NVtlHKxGv6lQv79Ovld-WoVnAYTn6RfYMjxWwDQS38gwQI3Fimqt18xjfxoxXsHnp8iLDyw_pN5a6gFbUPpCXoZhPg3DZGu22oJ0yOG_-ukyKSY7dINw5OOYowKoTzqr6Fi8I65NQuxqxmL7Ac-xoeKBw4sNBy5vkW5Eb_PC/s489/Ekal.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="489" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiIks74YBaDRvd6KF_NVtlHKxGv6lQv79Ovld-WoVnAYTn6RfYMjxWwDQS38gwQI3Fimqt18xjfxoxXsHnp8iLDyw_pN5a6gFbUPpCXoZhPg3DZGu22oJ0yOG_-ukyKSY7dINw5OOYowKoTzqr6Fi8I65NQuxqxmL7Ac-xoeKBw4sNBy5vkW5Eb_PC/s320/Ekal.jpg"/></a></div> The runners were determined to reach the finish line, and their
excitement and zeal were palpable throughout the race. To motivate the
participants, Ekal distributed T-shirts to all the runners, and certificates
were handed out to acknowledge their participation in the race. The top three
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<b><a name="6.">6.</a> BMS CONVENTION CONCLUDES WITH RESOLUTIONS ON SOCIAL
SECURITY AND LABOUR POLICY: </b>“Since its inception Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh has
been raising its voices for the protection of labours’ interest. Being the
largest labour union, Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) has also been awakening
people to the Sanatan culture point of view,” said V Bhagaiyya, former Sah
Sarkaryavah and member of Akhil Bharatiya Karyakarini, Rashtriya Swayamsevak
Sangh (RSS), on April 7. The observations were made during the inauguration of
20th Akhil Bharatiya Triennial Convention of BMS (April 7-9) organised at Keshav
Sarswati Vidya Mandir, Patna, Bihar.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqRbmhXZCaldLO7imFURB7CVRilj9VXUPIdWedVn3Y3UaqX79a8QXc0kRTHeDhfIYmyUnB-22vLwzCDLqBd8FjhxIFv6G3sPI57dG44StoueF_cEcN_uBrVOpynHxm4dO-YYMGEzvj-FswsPU3rpHGt2WLavjJbCLPr_aaUPA4r_Kp29oRxf9AZ5W_/s1265/Screenshot%20%28657%29.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="1265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqRbmhXZCaldLO7imFURB7CVRilj9VXUPIdWedVn3Y3UaqX79a8QXc0kRTHeDhfIYmyUnB-22vLwzCDLqBd8FjhxIFv6G3sPI57dG44StoueF_cEcN_uBrVOpynHxm4dO-YYMGEzvj-FswsPU3rpHGt2WLavjJbCLPr_aaUPA4r_Kp29oRxf9AZ5W_/s320/Screenshot%20%28657%29.png"/></a></div>
V Bhagaiyya, the chief guest, said, “BMS is the organisation of the labours, for
the labours and run by the labours. BMS is free from all external influence and
it has no association with any political party. BMS talks about the interest of
the labours, along with that of the country and industry.” Speaking on this
occasion, Hiranmay Pandya, President of BMS, said that during the Corona crisis,
workers associated with BMS selflessly helped people.<br>
A special session for women was organised on the second day (April 8) of the
convention. Two resolutions on ‘Social security for all’ and ‘Contract Labour’
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<b><a name="7.">7.</a> GEORGIA PASSES RESOLUTION CONDEMNING HINDUPHOBIA: </b>The
Georgia Assembly in the United States has passed a resolution condemning
Hinduphobia, making it the first State to take such a legislative measure. The
resolution said Hinduism is one of the world's largest and oldest religions with
over 1.2 billion adherents in over 100 countries, and encompasses an array of
diverse traditions and belief systems with values of acceptance, mutual respect,
and peace. The resolution was introduced by Representatives Lauren McDonald and
Todd Jones from Forsyth County in the suburbs of Atlanta, home to one of the
largest Hindu diaspora communities in Georgia.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3zZZ2JvyESH6_ItALqaiQOQJCHbhuH_enqB3gsNAt42lh924feGaCJwoW1DqhPnFJrFTCmR3vXT8E5WpX0McKb5xeD5NGsmfALEs724nhWqWnzjWPyGZcZ74WGTx92E5QMrLJMyOdyUBQHnxGVQlJHs0upwf03rm0JcB0NcExkKXyju22aNZWSnbb/s1024/1680496575642a57bf4a8a5.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3zZZ2JvyESH6_ItALqaiQOQJCHbhuH_enqB3gsNAt42lh924feGaCJwoW1DqhPnFJrFTCmR3vXT8E5WpX0McKb5xeD5NGsmfALEs724nhWqWnzjWPyGZcZ74WGTx92E5QMrLJMyOdyUBQHnxGVQlJHs0upwf03rm0JcB0NcExkKXyju22aNZWSnbb/s320/1680496575642a57bf4a8a5.jpeg"/></a></div>
Stating that there have been documented instances of hate crimes against Hindu
Americans over the last few decades in many parts of the country, the resolution
said Hinduphobia is exacerbated and institutionalised by some in academia who
support the dismantling of Hinduism and accuse its sacred texts and cultural
practices of violence and oppression.<br>
A move in this regard was spearheaded by the Atlanta chapter of the Coalition of
Hindus of North America (CoHNA), which organised the first-ever Hindu Advocacy
Day held on March 22 at the Georgia State Capitol. It was attended by around 25
lawmakers -- both Republicans and Democrats -- who joined the Hindu community to
understand its concerns, pledge to create ways to protect the community against
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<b><a name="8.">8.</a> FAMINE FOOD RELIEF IN KENYA: </b>In the March month - 900
families were given 15 Kilograms of basic food rations each, by Sewa Canada
International via Sewa Kenya and Hindu Religious & Service Centre (HRSC), at
Syumile Health Centre outside Makindu Town, Makueni County, 190 Kms from
Nairobi. The Sewadars of the Makindu Sikh Temple (Gurudwara Sahib) also
participated in this selfless service or Seva. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiVh2yQcCCjlCCRI28i7NtBVjcnDb6ITBeUC1OfomdZHvCgEfssWu_KBvrAUi5KspvDe9yejD2aXWANKIuGhIMxIXLsignYon71NxTENZ5mL6EpdtutS57s1HmHCUscy3M080OSzJD1LP_I7CoMHL8vSaW6KNh0D_DHZFqz-e6MP-wj66cLO_DkE5F/s1600/336067508_166901302852393_1770178142074077212_n.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1071" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiVh2yQcCCjlCCRI28i7NtBVjcnDb6ITBeUC1OfomdZHvCgEfssWu_KBvrAUi5KspvDe9yejD2aXWANKIuGhIMxIXLsignYon71NxTENZ5mL6EpdtutS57s1HmHCUscy3M080OSzJD1LP_I7CoMHL8vSaW6KNh0D_DHZFqz-e6MP-wj66cLO_DkE5F/s320/336067508_166901302852393_1770178142074077212_n.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitDyHwRJ8YWD1tudi_8RPSd76pkyBqBfHGfdAUzjSfgXcPY-BcppaIqMLItkTilXPssGsE-1fXe5843BjKxwnMoVQ2rDQt-MEXe3Iry-uNzZR8kBCIScGLP2AmTh4wtgupUYGgVEa7Xn4vxSHtQu4ve5XfX78qlXz1rAIsr1WB0Yfdnyos6jFM8Kgj/s1156/336908544_193023190116734_8335562428949089189_n.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="521" data-original-width="1156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitDyHwRJ8YWD1tudi_8RPSd76pkyBqBfHGfdAUzjSfgXcPY-BcppaIqMLItkTilXPssGsE-1fXe5843BjKxwnMoVQ2rDQt-MEXe3Iry-uNzZR8kBCIScGLP2AmTh4wtgupUYGgVEa7Xn4vxSHtQu4ve5XfX78qlXz1rAIsr1WB0Yfdnyos6jFM8Kgj/s320/336908544_193023190116734_8335562428949089189_n.jpg"/></a></div>
A local TV channels in Kenya covered this aid effort along with testimonials (in
Swahili) of recipients of this aid. Gratitude has been paid to all the donors
who helped to raise CAD$ 10,000 for this “Hunger Crisis in Kenya” effort. </font><font face="Georgia"><b>
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<b><a name="9.">9.</a> CASTE DISCRIMINATION CASE AGAINST BHARATIYA-ORIGIN CISCO
ENGINEERS DISMISSED: </b>On April 10, 2023 the California Civil Rights
Department voluntarily dismissed its case in Superior Court against Cisco
Systems engineers Sundar Iyer and Ramana Kompella, who faced allegations of
caste based discrimination. A mediation conference between Cisco and the CRD is
still set for May 2. Filed nearly three years ago, CRD’s legal action made
global headlines, with false claims about the Hindu religion and xenophobic
depictions of people of Indian origin, eliciting widespread outrage in the
Indian and Hindu American communities.<br>
The dismissal comes just a few months after the Hindu American Foundation filed
a Section 1983 claim in US District Court asserting that CRD’s case against
Cisco and the engineers infringed on the civil rights of Hindus living in
California by unconstitutionally and falsely asserting that Hinduism mandates
caste discrimination. However, the case against Cisco seems to be still kept
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<b><a name="10.">10.</a> HSS UK - KHEL PRATIYOGITA 2023: </b>This year, Khel
Pratiyogita was held in Leicester for both Sevikas and Swayamsevaks on the last
weekend of March. On 25 March sevika khel pratiyogita was held with a record
breaking sankhya of 456 sevikas, 28 nagars and 127 fixtures. It included Kho-Kho,
Ring, Kabbadi etc. The atmosphere was electric and saw many new nagars coming
for the first time, as well as many familiar faces who attend yearly. This
year’s event was witnessed by many guests including owner of Birmingham Bulls
Kabaddi Team and a senior England Cricket Board representative and community
leaders from BAPS, Shree Sanatan Mandir, Leicester Police, Brahma Kumaris, as
well as the leaders from local language associations.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB-S5d5f7-QkA1qTgrmQP3c__0MD8X7yGYhg6mONPwI-XIfvJblmr5P0OM0vMfxychO3j1LrFMoZDSt1ppBJW-sqfx-fgdK2QYnGZ8jON6O90MSN-GIX33oH8Q1FrCL4JAtXdsqcUOWkTpQFcbLBTwWBTfXgOqlN7QJ-NAQienDPtbgSVH-ieuoi7J/s600/download%20-%202023-04-15T172631.228.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB-S5d5f7-QkA1qTgrmQP3c__0MD8X7yGYhg6mONPwI-XIfvJblmr5P0OM0vMfxychO3j1LrFMoZDSt1ppBJW-sqfx-fgdK2QYnGZ8jON6O90MSN-GIX33oH8Q1FrCL4JAtXdsqcUOWkTpQFcbLBTwWBTfXgOqlN7QJ-NAQienDPtbgSVH-ieuoi7J/s320/download%20-%202023-04-15T172631.228.jpg"/></a></div>
The Swayamsevak pratiyogita on 26 March included 947 swayamsevaks from over 30
nagars, 96 teams and nearly 300 fixtures played Football, Kho-kho, Ring, and
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<b><a name="11.">11.</a> MIDWEST SAMBHAG GHOSH VARG: </b>MidWest Sambhag of HSS
USA conducted its first ever 24-hour residential ghosh varg at Chicagoland
during the 1 April weekend. 40 shiksharthis (15 Bala-Kishor, 13 Kishor, 12 Tarun)
and 10 shikshaks (5 yuva, 4 kishor, 1 tarun) from Chicago, Downstate Illinois,
and Wisconsin vibhag attended the varg. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFwDHCicdmhCUFqTDnOszT8i3ZsxV1VvwPpkyVqNp8Ewjvs5-T7dBWUudjyk9OHxC0AG9iXOStENmocHjpJ73A8kyqjr1Q1QXpKu-3AW82qqYCxPOUCY6HN7FQ0PsDnTVU4YmLg-qeH6nPC0zDAj6EUAd8LvpYLvB8GooXBDVqPiY_-p0fwVxvJn-W/s770/Screenshot%20%28659%29.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFwDHCicdmhCUFqTDnOszT8i3ZsxV1VvwPpkyVqNp8Ewjvs5-T7dBWUudjyk9OHxC0AG9iXOStENmocHjpJ73A8kyqjr1Q1QXpKu-3AW82qqYCxPOUCY6HN7FQ0PsDnTVU4YmLg-qeH6nPC0zDAj6EUAd8LvpYLvB8GooXBDVqPiY_-p0fwVxvJn-W/s320/Screenshot%20%28659%29.png"/></a></div>
Participants were divided into groups as per their instruments, including anak,
vamshi, shankha, shrung (brass and woodwind), and concert band (violin, cello,
and xylophone). The sessions focussed on improving already known compositions,
practice of new ones, and combined sessions for all instruments. The varg
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<b><a name="12.">12.</a> VARSH PRATIPADA CELEBRATIONS BY HSS: </b> <b>HSS
Munich</b> had Varsha Pratipada celebration on 1 April. Apart from Varsha
Pratipada, participants also celebrated the Birth Anniversary of Aadya
Sarasanghchalak Poojaniya Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, "Doctor ji" And Bhagwan
Shri Ram "Shri Ramanavami'. One of the main attractions of this Utsav was the
performance by Balagokulam kids. They recited Shlokas, sangh geet and performed
skit on the importance of Varsha Pratipada, speeches on life messages from
Doctor ji and Bhagawan Shri Ram. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQPD6FVope6yYxO6vUZ_ZJkm5UO42kpbin7z5vmCHpfID9epl-fS_phN0eR2LPEv-ARedfQqEZ8WPCBHHs2eHo5a3IXttD0ctMHfBxJxwFGVgvWeKZj_Q1VjavhR_tUDBcNHWOmZVWAAiBNoH2mW6BqmrtgZ5IJl3miNTfOKm-D4WuVNil_tkr2sqh/s600/339307976_161733450147111_4342153926429524636_n.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQPD6FVope6yYxO6vUZ_ZJkm5UO42kpbin7z5vmCHpfID9epl-fS_phN0eR2LPEv-ARedfQqEZ8WPCBHHs2eHo5a3IXttD0ctMHfBxJxwFGVgvWeKZj_Q1VjavhR_tUDBcNHWOmZVWAAiBNoH2mW6BqmrtgZ5IJl3miNTfOKm-D4WuVNil_tkr2sqh/s320/339307976_161733450147111_4342153926429524636_n.jpg"/></a></div>
<b>Arizona Vibhag</b>, USA celebrated Yugadi utsav 2023, with a gathering at the
Paradise valley community park. More than 230 members for the local Hindu
community, swayamsevaks, sevikas from the ages of few months old to
octogenarians graced the occasion. Tributes were paid to Sangh founder Dr.
Hedgewar on this occasion. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF0CHFkPQIOjmDIB5sagJ9v9ixJVW5iuwLVI_VMWfjkYE3ypDv_dTXKLNW8JdGCWsFGhgNxWGICANMSjDFvA_BxvnkOA-CCL3A5j8qVT3Rcj_CXbwhWqLqE4WZe5p5FxIif1QpDxUnzbmdXKw_FLtNi1mfGBTnGn8X-j17Ghh94vROThWvtUHLUrp-/s502/download%20-%202023-04-15T173124.217.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF0CHFkPQIOjmDIB5sagJ9v9ixJVW5iuwLVI_VMWfjkYE3ypDv_dTXKLNW8JdGCWsFGhgNxWGICANMSjDFvA_BxvnkOA-CCL3A5j8qVT3Rcj_CXbwhWqLqE4WZe5p5FxIif1QpDxUnzbmdXKw_FLtNi1mfGBTnGn8X-j17Ghh94vROThWvtUHLUrp-/s320/download%20-%202023-04-15T173124.217.jpg"/></a></div>
<b>HSS Dallas & Sewa International</b>, in collaboration with DFW Hindu Ekta
Temple and 54 partner organizations, celebrated Varsha Pratipada. The event was
inaugurated by the Irving Mayor Rick Stopfer and Mrs Stopfer. The key highlight
of this event was that 32 Organization's leadership came together under one
platform and lighted the Diya. The event started with 'Shanti Yagna',
participated by many Yajmans followed by cultural programs (across 23 groups).
This event was like a mela, with a lot of game booths and over 15 food booths
serving 35+ cuisines from different parts of Bharat. The event culminated with
performance of 'Dhol Taasha' and dances in the courtyard. The utsav is attended
by 1300+ guests over 6 hours. For the first time in Dallas, there were so many
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<b><a name="13.">13.</a> BIHU PERFORMANCE ENTERS GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS: </b>
Bihu dance entered the Guinness Book of world records in Guwahati on April 14.
More than 11,000 Bihu Nachoni (Bihu dancer girls) and Dhulia (Drum players)
performed a mesmerising show together in Sarusajai stadium in Guwahati, creating
a record for the largest Bihu group dance. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3SZ521ftFlTPcL28XpXggZxYc0JrOWUD0Gtl3JrN8YzapKq84VAwmBFGO-Xb5Ybb7z1sZ8hJoR0JAhkiCtwGUeTodDxlZbPQtP7KxfQnbuZuGDt_df7fyBBQkglA2z6poATgJsd01lsGjw_TaHKCjJBTAisdTlIVqwSzpIp5hKkFyBXDmzgVA8RM/s598/images%20%2853%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="598" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3SZ521ftFlTPcL28XpXggZxYc0JrOWUD0Gtl3JrN8YzapKq84VAwmBFGO-Xb5Ybb7z1sZ8hJoR0JAhkiCtwGUeTodDxlZbPQtP7KxfQnbuZuGDt_df7fyBBQkglA2z6poATgJsd01lsGjw_TaHKCjJBTAisdTlIVqwSzpIp5hKkFyBXDmzgVA8RM/s320/images%20%2853%29.jpg"/></a></div>Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi was also
present on the occasion. The record was officially accepted on April 13 by the
Guinness Book Authority and the certificate of the record was presented to Assam
CM Himanta Biswa Sarma. Speaking on occasion PM Modi said that he had full
confidence in the youth of the nation and knew that the energetic youth of our
county will work relentlessly to make Bharat a developed country. PM Modi, who
was in Assam on a day-long trip on the beginning day of the Rongali Bihu, also
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<b><a name="14.">14.</a> BHARATIYA VANAVASI KALYAN ASHRAM KKM: </b>“Criteria and
Procedure laid down by law should be strictly followed in the inclusion of New
castes in the List of Scheduled Tribes (STs),” said Akhil Bharatiya Vanvasi
Kalyan Ashram (ABVKA) in its resolution passed in the Kendriya Karyakari Mandal
(KKM) meeting held at Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh on February 23, 2023. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggwXugDHe8wB0uuWFaqDPJuoVQ6bxO3hw38E0B4ptgsqm7qqj4ebv5oXMyTUqmD-J1c_lOiFC3rJY1KmRpBjPpavJil1oO9W2xy74_8yxygvQJjV9B4dVBdOep3_58AvBQg38jh8hPK1f95OqBWZ4Smi_S9a8c20XxRUKGGqbnoanzMeqxDun8gAYf/s383/whatsapp-image-2023-04-02-at-1.06.18-pm.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="331" data-original-width="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggwXugDHe8wB0uuWFaqDPJuoVQ6bxO3hw38E0B4ptgsqm7qqj4ebv5oXMyTUqmD-J1c_lOiFC3rJY1KmRpBjPpavJil1oO9W2xy74_8yxygvQJjV9B4dVBdOep3_58AvBQg38jh8hPK1f95OqBWZ4Smi_S9a8c20XxRUKGGqbnoanzMeqxDun8gAYf/s320/whatsapp-image-2023-04-02-at-1.06.18-pm.jpeg"/></a></div>ABVKA in its
resolution further said that President recognised the list of Scheduled Tribes in
different states of the country, first time by Constitution (Scheduled Tribes)
Order, 1950, Procedure for inclusion in ST list after 1950: This procedure
commences with the recommendation of the concerning State Government for
inclusion of any community in the Schedule (List) of the Tribe for the State to
the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, after due examination, the Ministry forwards it
to the Registrar General of India (RGI) and the National Commission for
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<b><a name="15.">15.</a> ODISHA TRIBALS RAISE VOICE AGAINST RELIGIOUS
CONVERSION, DEMAND AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 342: </b>Members from different tribal
communities across Odisha on 25 March gathered in the capital city Bhubaneshwar
seeking delisting of tribals who have undergone religious conversion from the
Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.<br>
Draped in traditional attire, thousands of tribals from 26 districts conducted
foot-march in different parts of the city. Under the banner of Janajati
Surakshya Manch, the members of 62 communities then staged a huge rally at
Janata Maidan seeking appropriate amendments to Article 342 of the Constitution
to prevent tribals from converting to other religions and at the same time
enjoying the rights given to STs.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyCMz-BzJNtrQpv7pJeDw8hJ8HLl1j37xMCJ3gq8fBLEBgWNjp4xb2GPKSxXkcYkKZHGcWRfWxQ8kAhW7eoih7zRCh1Ll5RH1KH3HmVpcxessnFRjBI6kHtMG0ob5izCsZte2c-bhP1fUHDAF7fy3yDiLYyrpSDcepU1hRDjaPnbGNhOzK8yuY6Sr/s852/Screenshot%20%28660%29.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="852" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyCMz-BzJNtrQpv7pJeDw8hJ8HLl1j37xMCJ3gq8fBLEBgWNjp4xb2GPKSxXkcYkKZHGcWRfWxQ8kAhW7eoih7zRCh1Ll5RH1KH3HmVpcxessnFRjBI6kHtMG0ob5izCsZte2c-bhP1fUHDAF7fy3yDiLYyrpSDcepU1hRDjaPnbGNhOzK8yuY6Sr/s320/Screenshot%20%28660%29.png"/></a></div>
Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti Bishweswar Tudu who joined the march said
the demand for delisting of those converting to other religions from the tribal
groups is growing louder across the country. Tribal leader and former
Chhattisgarh minister Ganesh Ram Bhagat said many tribals who have converted to
other religions avail benefits as Scheduled Tribes as well as minorities. “This
should be stopped,” he said, and urged all to work towards protection of tribal
culture and tradition.<br>
Gitanjali Hembram, a woman leader, said tribals are often targeted by the
proselytisers for conversion. “In a recent case, they didn’t even spare a person
with brain tumor, misleading him to convert to their religion to get cured. The
person is now admitted in a hospital in Cuttack for treatment,” she said.<br>
Members of the Janajati Suraksha Manch said tribals usually practice Sanatan
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<b><a name="16.">16.</a> BHARATIYA-AMERICAN MATHEMATICIAN CR RAO AWARDED
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE IN STATISTICS AT 102: </b>Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao, a
prominent Indian-American mathematician and statistician was awarded the 2023
International Prize in Statistics, the equivalent to the Nobel Prize in the
field, for his monumental work 75 years ago that revolutionised statistical
thinking. Rao's work continues to exert a profound influence on science, the
International Prize in Statistics Foundation said in a statement.<br>
Rao, who is now 102, will receive the prize, which comes with $80,000 award,
this July at the biennial International Statistical Institute World Statistics
Congress in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz1XpfE26YLF8FYn_vy-Q1VIHZQWK7posUP3rkQVMRnIsPMASVn4FwkY6yeE_uPpNvp2MMT1MQUDS-FvYnyh0Hoia5IaUnCESdvhFlGuYQua16J8awjYqtPgRQrZJcNocjOQ-xXQPGOIFfbbcrfwu689y53a3Evq4Q5EfxInh9MvSfhNtN7MPxBkv0/s285/download%20-%202023-04-15T174526.579.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="160" data-original-width="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz1XpfE26YLF8FYn_vy-Q1VIHZQWK7posUP3rkQVMRnIsPMASVn4FwkY6yeE_uPpNvp2MMT1MQUDS-FvYnyh0Hoia5IaUnCESdvhFlGuYQua16J8awjYqtPgRQrZJcNocjOQ-xXQPGOIFfbbcrfwu689y53a3Evq4Q5EfxInh9MvSfhNtN7MPxBkv0/s320/download%20-%202023-04-15T174526.579.jpg"/></a></div>
Rao was born in Hadagali, Karnataka. His schooling was completed in Gudur,
Nuzvid, Nandigama, and Visakhapatnam, all in Andhra Pradesh. He received an MSc
in mathematics from Andhra University and an MA in statistics from Calcutta
University in 1943. He obtained a PhD degree at King’s College at Cambridge
University. He added a DSc degree, also from Cambridge, in 1965. Rao has
received many honours. He was awarded the title of Padma Bhushan by the Indian
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<b><a name="17.">17.</a> ISRO SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTS AUTONOMOUS LANDING OF
BHARAT’S FIRST REUSABLE ROCKET: </b>The realisation of an Indian Reusable Launch
Vehicle is a step closer to becoming a reality as the Reusable Launch Vehicle
Autonomous Landing Mission (RLV LEX) has been successfully accomplished by the
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 2 April. At the Aeronautical Test
Range in Chitradurga, Karnataka, the trial involved a winged body lifted to an
altitude of 4.5 km by an Indian Air Force Chinook helicopter, subsequently freed
to execute an independent landing on a runway.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGBGry5c15tMLJUwqYeYZHk5TyW1rRCnIQg8cv19N4sZ1kmN-uXuIuZ-32jLVWbOq9NfA8rYS4YIhYBNQk5ylhi8hxpz3trYD1GIBnP-Hd_HhDFMpktHjkEBviQa97fUTA_HZ6A2U5F0VXbGCqdIPjqn4p4te0qYlpTDXbHypbaYWQT_oJqOhOVJTW/s360/download%20-%202023-04-15T174629.984.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="165" data-original-width="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGBGry5c15tMLJUwqYeYZHk5TyW1rRCnIQg8cv19N4sZ1kmN-uXuIuZ-32jLVWbOq9NfA8rYS4YIhYBNQk5ylhi8hxpz3trYD1GIBnP-Hd_HhDFMpktHjkEBviQa97fUTA_HZ6A2U5F0VXbGCqdIPjqn4p4te0qYlpTDXbHypbaYWQT_oJqOhOVJTW/s320/download%20-%202023-04-15T174629.984.jpg"/></a></div>
This is the first time that a winged body has been released mid-air by a
helicopter and carried out an autonomous landing. The RLV LEX is essentially a
space plane with a low lift-to-drag ratio requiring an approach at high glide
angles that necessitated a landing at high velocities of 350 kmph.<br>
The Indian Air Force, Centre for Military Airworthiness and Certification (CEMILAC),
Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), and Aerial Delivery Research and
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DEFENCE EXPORTS REACH ALL-TIME HIGH: </b>Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on
1 April shared that Bharat’s defence exports have reached an all-time high of Rs.
15, 920 Crore in the Financial Year 2022-2023. Notably, this year the Ministry
of Defence was allocated approximately 5.94 lakh crore in Budget 2023–24, a jump
of 13% over the previous year. In March 2023, MoS for Defence Ajay Bhatt
informed the parliament that “Expenditure on defence procurement from foreign
sources has reduced from 46 percent of the overall expenditure in 2018-19 to
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<b><a name="19.">19.</a> J&K'S TULIP GARDEN, ASIA'S LARGEST, WITNESSES 100,000
VISITORS IN FIRST WEEK OF OPENING: </b>Over one lakh tourists have so far
visited Asia's largest Tulip Garden in Jammu and Kashmir in the first seven days
of its opening. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiya-CEud2DedHunij-163XRpOssgdmCav2jO4rmhAzoroUquRtJG7Lmm_Ym5x26OdcEySTAch2ns3SQUxk6hudYYB76E9cm09fjpqZ8y8uVEQcr1TwjnT-E4lwmtKEPNJMWh89drjdtAOySYU2riyaiQRQlwCShT2vcRi18AIFl0-RaPfXMODii_e8/s435/images%20%2852%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="435" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiya-CEud2DedHunij-163XRpOssgdmCav2jO4rmhAzoroUquRtJG7Lmm_Ym5x26OdcEySTAch2ns3SQUxk6hudYYB76E9cm09fjpqZ8y8uVEQcr1TwjnT-E4lwmtKEPNJMWh89drjdtAOySYU2riyaiQRQlwCShT2vcRi18AIFl0-RaPfXMODii_e8/s320/images%20%2852%29.jpg"/></a></div><br> According to the Floriculture department, around 1,15,000
tourists have visited the garden since it opened on March 19, with over 35,000
people visiting it on the third day of its opening. It is situated on the banks
of the world-famous Dal Lake and this year it has over 16 lakh tulip bulbs of as
many as 68 varieties. The Tulip Garden has played a major role in attracting
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<b>FOOD FOR THOUGHT: </b>Three things cannot be long hidden: the Sun, the Moon,
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NATIONALIST NARRATIVE AND SILENT TRANSFORMATION<br>
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<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt">It has been over 75 years since the
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has been working tirelessly in the North East for
national integration.<br>
Sangh Pracharaks Dadarao Parmarth, Vasantrao Oak and Krishna Paranjpe arrived in
Assam on October 27, 1946, and went on to establish RSS shakhas in Guwahati,
Shillong (the then capital of Assam) and Dibrugarh. Since then, lakhs of
selfless RSS Pracharaks and Karyakartas have worked indefatigably in the
Northeastern region, overcoming enormous challenges.<br>
Today, 75 years after its quiet beginnings in the North East, the RSS can claim
that it has successfully set the nationalist narrative in the region, which has
a large Muslim and Christian population.<br>
As per the 2011 census, Assam has a whopping 34 per cent Muslim population,
while in five other North East states more than half of its population are
Christians – Nagaland (87.93 per cent), Mizoram (87.16 per cent), Meghalaya
(74.59 per cent), Manipur (41.29 per cent) and Arunachal Pradesh (30.26 per
cent).<br>
<b>RSS in Tripura</b><br>
The tiny Princely State of Tripura has a Hindu population of over 83 per cent.
The state has a large tribal population and the RSS started its foray in Tripura
by serving this community. In Tripura, the RSS started its activities in 1952
but found it hard to find its ground. The Sangh initially began its activities
in Tripura through “Udbastu Sahayata Samiti” and later started shakhas in 1956.
But the expansion of shakhas was not so easy.<br>
The Sangh also started welfare works for the tribals through ‘Vanvasi Kalyan
Ashram’, which started its functions in the state in 1979. Currently, the
Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram runs 8 hostels and 6 ‘Khelkud Kendra’ for the tribal
people of the State. In the 1980s and 1990s, there were constant threats to the
Sangh Karyakartas from extremist organisations like the Tripura National
Volunteers and the National Liberation Front of Tripura. This came to a head in
1998 when four RSS workers were kidnapped and killed by NLFT. Even though
Tripura is an overwhelmingly Hindu State, the CPI (M) governments made it
difficult for the Sangh to expand its ideology of nationalism in the state.<br>
Tripura, with 83.40 per cent Sanatani followers, was ruled by the Communist
Party for many decades. Sangh Pracharaks and Karyakartas had to overcome the
hurdles caused by Left goons virtually on a daily basis. Many tireless Sangh
Karyakartas sacrificed their lives to build the nation-building narrative in the
State.<br>
Despite its presence since 1956, things gradually changed only after 2014. Now
Tripura has around 150 shakhas, around 60 Milan and around 60 Mandali. In
addition, 200-250 schools are run in the state by RSS inspired organisations
like ‘Sanskar Kendras’. There are hostels as well for the poor and needy
students.<br>
In 2017, when Tripura was still under the rule of Left parties, the RSS
organised a mega Hindu congregation, which was addressed by Sarsanghchalak Mohan
Bhagwat Ji and attended by a number of top RSS Pracharaks. Lakhs of people from
more than 500 villages across Tripura and other districts of nearby northeastern
states attended the event. The RSS said the mega Hindu congregation was
“inspirational” and “effective in every sense”.<br>
“The Hindu Sammelans organised in the northeastern states, especially in Tripura,
were inspirational in many ways,” the Sangh said in its annual report in 2018.
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad started its functioning in Tripura in 1984. Since
then, the VHP is involved in organising and consolidating the Hindu society to
serve and protect the Sanatan Dharma. It has been involved in many social
service projects and the organisation is currently running 4 hostels for the
poor and needy students.<br>
<b>EDUCATION AND SERVICE</b><br>
Likewise, the ‘Ekal Vidyalaya Abhiyan’ has been a transforming factor in the
field of education in remote and hilly tribal areas. Started in 2001, the Ekal
Abhiyan is running more than 60 Ekal Vidyalaya in the tribal areas of Tripura.
Similarly, Vidya Bharti, another frontal educational organisation, has made a
huge impact on the rural and semi-urban educational scenario of Tripura since
1995. Vidya Bharti now runs 11 successful schools in the state. Besides all
these, social awareness initiatives by various organisations, such as Janajati
Kristi Sanskriti Mancha and Reang Saranarthi Seva Kendra are working tirelessly
to bridge the gaps in the society. Some of the very successful social
initiatives are Sarhad Ko Pranam in 2012, Tripura Hindu Malayam 2017, and
Maharaja Bir Bikram Jayanti in 2019. Pujjya Santikali Maharaj Ashram Pratistha
in 2022 had a huge impact on the Hindu society and helped the Sangh gain more
social support in the state. The Sangh umbrella has expanded today in Tripura
and in all other Northeastern states, with shakhas, Vivekananda schools,
Balwadis, Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas, tuition centres, study circles,
vocational training centres and a hospital.<br>
Dr. Kanak Chaudhury, a physician from Agartala the capital city of Tripura,
said, “I have always been impressed by the social welfare programmes initiated
by the RSS. In my personal capacity as a doctor, I always try to attend the
medical camps for the poor people by Seva Bharti. These types of initiatives
bridge the gap in our society.”<br>
<b>THE SACRIFICE</b><br>
The journey of the RSS in Tripura was never easy in a state run by Left parties
for 25 years and disturbed by extremism. Four RSS Pracharaks – Shyamal Sengupta,
Dinen De, Sudhamay Datta and Subhankar Chakraborty – were abducted by NLFT
extremists on August 16, 1999 from Kanchanpara in North Tripura district. The
four men had gone to Kanchanpara to visit the Ratanmani Shishu Shiksha Mandir
run by the Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram.<br>
Six months later, the Pracharaks were executed in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of
Bangladesh by the extremist group. It was perhaps the first time in the history
of independent India that innocent members of a non-political organisation were
killed in a foreign country in such a manner. Even today, 22 years later, the
conspiracy behind the murders is been revealed. The BJP government had
constituted an SIT to reinvestigate the murders. Apart from the sacrifices of
these four karyakartas, RSS workers have suffered many attacks during the Left
rule.<br>
<b>SANGH AND THE NORTH EAST</b><br>
In the 80s and 90s, the Sangh established many welfare programs, especially in
education, through the Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram in the tribal-dominant States of
Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Meghalaya and Mizoram. During this period, the RSS,
through its like-minded organisations, began to sponsor the education of
students (mainly tribal students) from the region. By the mid-90s, the RSS had
strong roots in the North East states. Not only the Hindu society, Sangh
institutions like the Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram and Eklavya Vidyalaya have earned
appreciation even from the Christian community for their educational work.<br>
Today the RSS, through its immensely effective social impact initiatives,
especially in the education sector, has established its presence in the region
and successfully implemented the theory of nation-building through
person-building. Dr. Susendra Barman, an educationist of the region, says that
when the elected governments did not provide basic education to the tribals of
far-flung hilly areas of the North East, it is the RSS which is giving them an
opportunity to learn through their affiliated organisations. Giving a chance to
the poor and needy to gain knowledge is the best service to mankind, Barman
added.
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#_1."> 1. FESTIVALS:
VAISHAKHI</a></b></span></font></td>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#2.">2. PROGRAMS OF
SARASANGHACHALAK DR. MOHAN BHAGWAT</a></b></span></font></td>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#3.">3. SWARAJ INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE </a></b></span></font></td>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#4.">4. DALAI LAMA NAMES
US-BORN MONGOLIAN BOY AS 3RD HIGHEST BUDDHIST LEADER</a></b></span></font></td>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#5.">5. CHALO DISPUR RALLY FOR
DELISTING CONVERTED INDIVIDUALS</a></b></span></font></td>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#6.">6. SURYA NAMASKAR YAGNA -
UK</a></b></span></font></td>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#7.">7. HINDU HERITAGE CAMP IN
ZAMBIA</a></b></span></font></td>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#8.">8. HINDU FAMILY MEET IN
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO</a></b></span></font></td>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><a href="#9.">9. ‘FRIENDS OF HUA GALA’ IN
HOUSTON</a></span></font></b></td>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#10.">10. TAKHT SRI PATNA
SAHIB GURUDWARA PRABANDHAK COMMITTEE CONDEMNED ATTACK ON HIGH COMMISSION
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#11.">11. HINDUS TAKE OUT A
RALLY IN AUSTRALIA AFTER THE LAXMI NARAYAN MANDIR IN BRISBANE GOT
ATTACKED </a></b></span></font></td>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#12.">12. PRAN PRATISTHAN
POOJA OF GANESH MANDIR RUN BY JAPANESE DEVOTEE</a></b></span></font></td>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#13.">13. BHARAT CONTINUES TO
SUPPORT DEBT-RIDDEN SRI LANKA</a></b></span></font></td>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#14.">14. 700-YEAR-OLD
MANGLESHWAR BHAIRAV MANDIR UNDERGOES RESTORATION </a></b></span></font></td>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#15._">15. IN A FIRST,
MEGHALAYA GETS ELECTRIC TRAINS</a></b></span></font></td>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#16.">16. BHARAT'S COCHIN
SHIPYARD BAGS ORDER TO BUILD ZERO-EMISSION FEEDER CONTAINER VESSEL</a></b></span></font></td>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><a href="#17._">17. IIT GUWAHATI LISTED
AMONG WORLD'S TOP UNIVERSITIES</a></span></font></b></td>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#18.">18. SHRI VISHWA NIKETAN
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A NATION NAMED HINDU AND SANATAN ITS ADJECTIVE</font></span></a></td>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a name="_1."> 1.</a> FESTIVALS: VAISHAKHI:
</b>Vaisakhi, also known as Baisakhi and Basoa (among Dogras), marks the first
day of the month of Vaisakh - April 14 this year. It is celebrated primarily in
Northern Bharat as spring harvest festival. Further, in many parts of Bharat,
Vaisakhi is also the date for the Bharatiya Solar New Year. </span><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL2K2VBAm6HFDn24-P1agk8II2q8m_Jk8WnRiIcnysxMLodLgL06NJB75t22xWvZpTCXeTF0nvNTI5Bi8UIG9BKpceqECqM4uXxyycpfNqFqTEAjnihp2Bh4hx5rQZ6G_bJpObOOSrjwieJfJPautK2jrCS7480rxyuTXrIDu0Sy_Frpmb-3FPOhKY/s272/images.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="185" data-original-width="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL2K2VBAm6HFDn24-P1agk8II2q8m_Jk8WnRiIcnysxMLodLgL06NJB75t22xWvZpTCXeTF0nvNTI5Bi8UIG9BKpceqECqM4uXxyycpfNqFqTEAjnihp2Bh4hx5rQZ6G_bJpObOOSrjwieJfJPautK2jrCS7480rxyuTXrIDu0Sy_Frpmb-3FPOhKY/s320/images.jpg"/></a></div><span style="font-size: 13pt">
Vaisakhi observes major events in the history of Sikhism. It marks the birth of
the Khalsa panth by Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru of Sikhism, on April 13
1699. Later, Ranjit Singh was proclaimed as Maharaja of the Sikh Empire on 12
April 1801 (to coincide with Vaisakhi).</span><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUS1_Kq6fmUDBEjfpXZAFXjg-q8iarvK2uSas6eGac9P_qOFRzNGQIYr5CtBIfsZraiOl1j81efCQE6dK163nA_RfkMJB_lqsp2Ci5C2rQ1sRa6IHymWzm8GpbT_5hdOvZlYK00vc02HRQp7u80IOLkKemSaWA_vSLwG93JoV_WNpukNCO_UslsSyn/s1200/bihu-feature.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUS1_Kq6fmUDBEjfpXZAFXjg-q8iarvK2uSas6eGac9P_qOFRzNGQIYr5CtBIfsZraiOl1j81efCQE6dK163nA_RfkMJB_lqsp2Ci5C2rQ1sRa6IHymWzm8GpbT_5hdOvZlYK00vc02HRQp7u80IOLkKemSaWA_vSLwG93JoV_WNpukNCO_UslsSyn/s320/bihu-feature.jpg"/></a></div><span style="font-size: 13pt">
The festival coincides with New Year festivals celebrated on the first day of
Vaisakh in other regions of the Bharat such as 'Vishu' and 'Puthandu' in Kerala
and Tamil Nadu, Bohag (Rongali) Bihu in Assam and Pohela Boishakh in Bengal. <br>
Vaisakhi is the day when Hindus believe that the holy River Ganga descended on
earth from heaven. One of the largest Vaisakhi fair in Bharat is held at
Haridwar in which is an important Hindu pilgrimage place. Around 50 lakhs (5
million) pilgrims throng Brahm Kund in Haridwar to take a dip in Ganga. </span><b><font size="2"><a href="#SAMVAD">
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<b><a name="2.">2.</a> PROGRAMS OF SARASANGHACHALAK DR. MOHAN BHAGWAT: </b>
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Sarasanghachalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat said that
religions are different pathways that people take to reach the same goal and
added that different ways of worship cannot be the reason for animosity or
conflict between communities. The RSS chief made remarks on March 17 at the
launch of the first Urdu translation of the Samaveda, one of the four Vedas, by
scriptwriter and filmmaker Iqbal Durrani. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZY2Qx40EXcI0l__YBD1qwMx2Bo3hAw3IrdLwthz7CV-YyoCzSvt-OrlR5BTMvjz6V3AeoN5bXR5zBkOqUyZuJ5efP__O3lL9x0hvFUGTXe6fx2oy8clDGz1vhtukjdzdUcYul5-6W2Eol9F6_UdlkU9b3ob2Zt0jjknd31k1JGIsRGhMq0inzneq/s600/SamvedainUrdu.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZY2Qx40EXcI0l__YBD1qwMx2Bo3hAw3IrdLwthz7CV-YyoCzSvt-OrlR5BTMvjz6V3AeoN5bXR5zBkOqUyZuJ5efP__O3lL9x0hvFUGTXe6fx2oy8clDGz1vhtukjdzdUcYul5-6W2Eol9F6_UdlkU9b3ob2Zt0jjknd31k1JGIsRGhMq0inzneq/s320/SamvedainUrdu.jpg"/></a></div>
The event was organised at the iconic Red Fort in the national capital, New
Delhi. Borrowing a piece of wisdom from Swami Vivekananda, Bhagwat said even if
people climb a mountain from many sides, they will end up at the same peak. He
added that the Samaveda contains a distilled version of what is found in the
three other Vedas. <br>
Speaking on the occasion, Durrani said that Dara Shikoh, son of Mughal emperor
Shah Jahan, had started work of translating the Upanishads into Urdu but was
murdered by his brother Aurangzeb before his effort come to fruition. "While the
work towards this end had been stalled for 400 years ever since, fresh efforts
to translate Hindu scriptures into Urdu are being made." he added.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPOimHBI_RuKImTkV7ET__Umv6mdMk-4lBQkLr8G8dj2vv71NWJt94Nu4gc2kHymUs8OGys_izCa0QDpaArF3dkmlq8ERgEYNHWo0nsE7sz7sVCLK21b_9-WHZP1IAX4mxJ-YoOpTOYFFjrhHEJHZ-Zf4yba5MdR2LZgXVy3P-qyqER7C5TDOb56G/s522/mohan%20ji.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="348" data-original-width="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPOimHBI_RuKImTkV7ET__Umv6mdMk-4lBQkLr8G8dj2vv71NWJt94Nu4gc2kHymUs8OGys_izCa0QDpaArF3dkmlq8ERgEYNHWo0nsE7sz7sVCLK21b_9-WHZP1IAX4mxJ-YoOpTOYFFjrhHEJHZ-Zf4yba5MdR2LZgXVy3P-qyqER7C5TDOb56G/s320/mohan%20ji.jpg"/></a></div>
On March 26, Dr. Mohan Bhagwat visited the historic Sangameswara Mandir in
Nandyal district and offered prayers. He also took part in a meeting in Kurnool
city. <br>
Speaking at a farmers' conference organised by the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh in
Hastinapur on March 19, Dr. Bhagwat said that changing farming methods is
necessary not only for Bharat but the world and advised farmers to adopt
cow-based farming. He added that cow-based farming does not disturb the cycle of
nature. Mohan Bhagwat said that the government might change the policies but the
farmers will have to do the work to save agriculture and nature. </span><b><font size="2"><a href="#SAMVAD">
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<b><a name="3.">3.</a> SWARAJ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: </b>“Swaraj - Native
Models of Governance”, a three-day international conference at Karnataka State
Rural Development and Panchayat Raj University Gadag concluded on March 3.<br>
52 delegates from 15 foreign countries and 255 delegates from across the length
and breadth of Bharat participated in the conference. These delegates
represented more than 30 organisations and institution. Forty-four resource
persons from diverse academic and professional domains shared their thoughts
during the discourses.</span><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimgqf4nwatHcsb-4FWoDWtLeIlVxFFbyIjgr76enbzBdg2N1fl2DxAu-IXN0S0RQGJ_bffvyRlmYHrIapGjkBMsRFom9hCaUwTIiRjt36hBqxVl3zqxLCHDpwj-3GKecPu9HCNGg777SHcdt9TqiaLacxa3LbnrGBkTMzjTz_I_DaHcC7dDdZpWAwI/s499/bhaiyyaji-joshi.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="499" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimgqf4nwatHcsb-4FWoDWtLeIlVxFFbyIjgr76enbzBdg2N1fl2DxAu-IXN0S0RQGJ_bffvyRlmYHrIapGjkBMsRFom9hCaUwTIiRjt36hBqxVl3zqxLCHDpwj-3GKecPu9HCNGg777SHcdt9TqiaLacxa3LbnrGBkTMzjTz_I_DaHcC7dDdZpWAwI/s320/bhaiyyaji-joshi.jpg"/></a></div><span style="font-size: 13pt">
Importantly, the conference received 170 abstracts and more than 100 full length
research papers during the conference. The three-day conference witnessed
technical sessions, panel discussions, paper presentations, case studies along
with cultural programmes which were in tune with the theme of the conference and
reflect the global ethos of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam.<br>
The Swaraj Resolution which was passed during the conference has advocated for
establishing centres at various institutions to study ‘Swaraj’ as a theory for
Self Governance, encouraging and facilitating collaborations between academics,
researchers, and practitioners of Swaraj to promote inter-disciplinary /
trans-disciplinary research, knowledge sharing and facilitating local
communities to develop models of governance suited locally. It also advocated
developing and implementing Swaraj-based curriculum in schools and universities
to promote research awareness and understanding of the philosophy among students
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<b><a name="4.">4.</a> DALAI LAMA NAMES US-BORN MONGOLIAN BOY AS 3RD HIGHEST
BUDDHIST LEADER: </b>An eight-year-old Mongolian boy, born in the United States,
has been named the 10th Khalkha Jetsun Dhampa Rinpoche, the third highest rank
in Tibetan Buddhism, by the Dalai Lama.</span> <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0jdkbQh1Qy0Df7-8DjHuRxnzBD94HJly5uuZDYshH9OL-LdiwkhES5WfoHHApclmW6lysPgZeUWKGdXcVwMvYlFyoc_jF8Hoy_J1RMp1wmnRk5YnJl15TvXjYUHOJs8GVKwK0JQ8BfP2Fne8pzzHD27JE_58O4uXldb_JkPXuK9H5ttKFYXSSYW5o/s750/dalailambanew.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0jdkbQh1Qy0Df7-8DjHuRxnzBD94HJly5uuZDYshH9OL-LdiwkhES5WfoHHApclmW6lysPgZeUWKGdXcVwMvYlFyoc_jF8Hoy_J1RMp1wmnRk5YnJl15TvXjYUHOJs8GVKwK0JQ8BfP2Fne8pzzHD27JE_58O4uXldb_JkPXuK9H5ttKFYXSSYW5o/s320/dalailambanew.jpg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt"> During a ceremony, held on March 8 in
Dharamsala where the Dalai Lama (87) lives in exile, the elderly spiritual
leader was pictured with the boy recognising him as the 3rd highest leader in
Buddhism. "We have the reincarnation of Khalkha Jetsun Dhampa Rinpoche of
Mongolia with us today," the Dalai Lama said during the ceremony which was
attended by 5,000 monks and nuns, 600 Mongolians and other members. </span><b><font size="2"><a href="#SAMVAD">
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<b><a name="5.">5.</a> CHALO DISPUR RALLY FOR DELISTING CONVERTED INDIVIDUALS:
</b>The massive rally on anti-conversion and delisting of Schedule Tribe (ST)
status possessed by converted individuals was held on March 26 in Guwahati.
Organised by Janajati Dharma Sanskriti Suraksha Manch (JDSSM-Assam), the rally
witnessed participation of over 55,000 tribal people from 30 districts of Assam.<br>
Wearing traditional attire, the participants also carried folk musical
instruments in the ‘Chalo Dispur’ rally.</span> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAm38jZDD_IuVpQm6qXxFHQTSpb5MrGRh3WwD4H10hYNmADNpzQJcO07jAlMP_aPFihe2zD8sPLGk5y22lytsxFEOS03gg0KoawOQsPmEpFs3_8VZY3EiOUtmaA_Jps-QOuAJFWLNO6F7kjZKRrLN2k7GwtuenQwo39pugj1zLDZxvNPGW4vHyNBa/s1080/chalodispurrally2.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="717" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAm38jZDD_IuVpQm6qXxFHQTSpb5MrGRh3WwD4H10hYNmADNpzQJcO07jAlMP_aPFihe2zD8sPLGk5y22lytsxFEOS03gg0KoawOQsPmEpFs3_8VZY3EiOUtmaA_Jps-QOuAJFWLNO6F7kjZKRrLN2k7GwtuenQwo39pugj1zLDZxvNPGW4vHyNBa/s320/chalodispurrally2.jpeg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimPpIGsoOGXqieatMqmzQ00ONRljEABRTXJuImCXZbyMsml_LIioQjdD3Pb4akDOqT6YdU-TXsbCwwxLs4KOBJbNpulpvE22FWLPMMthKO1cvhR4GncayW4Ss8MZqqbQvEqjeygb8oyuVIohIqAo4_21crxKz6fpspJEbX65ZL9Sr3qiQ4WWDtW-Co/s750/chalodispurrally.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimPpIGsoOGXqieatMqmzQ00ONRljEABRTXJuImCXZbyMsml_LIioQjdD3Pb4akDOqT6YdU-TXsbCwwxLs4KOBJbNpulpvE22FWLPMMthKO1cvhR4GncayW4Ss8MZqqbQvEqjeygb8oyuVIohIqAo4_21crxKz6fpspJEbX65ZL9Sr3qiQ4WWDtW-Co/s320/chalodispurrally.jpeg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt"> The Janajati Suraksha Manch (JSM)
expressed concern that relentless religious conversion among the ST families has
been ruining the tribal people. Advocating to prevent unethical religious
conversion, the forum urged both the Union and concerned State Governments for
amending Article 342 A of the Constitution (where the matter of benefits to
socially and educationally backward classes is highlighted) and equalise with
Article 341 for Scheduled Caste (if any SC person is converted to any other
religion, he/she should be automatically delisted from the reservation
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<b><a name="6.">6.</a> SURYA NAMASKAR YAGNA - UK: </b>In February, HSS UK
conducted its annual Surya Namaskar Yagna (SNY). The SNY targets for this year
included ‘Everyday Surya Namaskar’ in which 300 swayamsevaks and sevikas
completed at least 13 Surya Namaskars every day of the month. Under the
‘Everywhere Surya Namaskar’ concept, swayamsevaks and sevikas were encouraged to
take pictures of Surya Namaskar at iconic locations across the UK.</span> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqdoguw9e4ge9zQliTwXpaZZOkCw78nVZJM9ML2SdgnHgNN3XxUL1EDIXu2M8IDC5mAQzf6N_aveD6a-7uND4eAwL_hA5Vr4Y58zK-5vPYsB9rx4GtYtKlkY2PYPUS0JsyXLZ-nwZvOeqcfDxzwuTFEBvXYprf5M7dLUTFfc01XXTwBGxmZxQhJKFA/s526/ukSNY2023.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqdoguw9e4ge9zQliTwXpaZZOkCw78nVZJM9ML2SdgnHgNN3XxUL1EDIXu2M8IDC5mAQzf6N_aveD6a-7uND4eAwL_hA5Vr4Y58zK-5vPYsB9rx4GtYtKlkY2PYPUS0JsyXLZ-nwZvOeqcfDxzwuTFEBvXYprf5M7dLUTFfc01XXTwBGxmZxQhJKFA/s320/ukSNY2023.jpg"/></a></div> <span style="font-size: 13pt">Surya
Namaskar photos were posted from many stunning locations including Warwick
Castle, London Parliament and the Canary Islands. Under the ‘Everyone Surya
Namaskar’, swayamsevaks and sevikas reached out to more than 240 individuals
outside of shakha and they completed 411,206 Surya Namaskars. In total, 826
swayamsevaks/sevikas from 77 shakhas across the UK and 240 other participants
from the samaj took part in the SNY. </span><b><font size="2"><a href="#SAMVAD">
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<b><a name="7.">7.</a> HINDU HERITAGE CAMP IN ZAMBIA: </b>On March 19, Hindu
Swayamsevak Sangh HSS Zambia successfully conducted Hindu Heritage Camp" for
students aged between 6 and 16. The venue of the camp was the Ndola Hindu Samaj
– Mandir. The activity included physical activities like Bharatiya traditional
games and intellectual activities like cultural quiz. Yoga and meditation
techniques and shloka chanting was also conducted to cater to the mental and
spiritual aspects. </span><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS3zXaAxR8JRZUF-0fqbkEvLlO2k37kb1FMitcs43zVeAw6w2LrMvYBVp-yNkUlP1aE9BYxSwxNAFXcilAbJfXqm-Ex4o95FhXBaOz7eQx2ICOQfPZ6hkunU4rhIUjdDo7-TrZF1duqvaqeqMg-x_07QTdn08g1jrNuK7FgstsDzXppQvSDYDhpBy-/s1280/IMG-20230320-WA0017.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS3zXaAxR8JRZUF-0fqbkEvLlO2k37kb1FMitcs43zVeAw6w2LrMvYBVp-yNkUlP1aE9BYxSwxNAFXcilAbJfXqm-Ex4o95FhXBaOz7eQx2ICOQfPZ6hkunU4rhIUjdDo7-TrZF1duqvaqeqMg-x_07QTdn08g1jrNuK7FgstsDzXppQvSDYDhpBy-/s320/IMG-20230320-WA0017.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1omHJO2ge6T_OyBS45g3xVDYhan8tQeWI7INA9mX_e95w726275YLAFsapmtG2eC37K_8Ncd_5bD7Y3LiJTzWTw39lRQzYokkZWGyLVyvO-vKJKi_6kTpZkHyISChR9sjCbgg-k6jN6RUXE-aaejwhFYEF7JK40J3NidmCullLP6gVasrVrJDFcUK/s1600/IMG-20230320-WA0021.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1omHJO2ge6T_OyBS45g3xVDYhan8tQeWI7INA9mX_e95w726275YLAFsapmtG2eC37K_8Ncd_5bD7Y3LiJTzWTw39lRQzYokkZWGyLVyvO-vKJKi_6kTpZkHyISChR9sjCbgg-k6jN6RUXE-aaejwhFYEF7JK40J3NidmCullLP6gVasrVrJDFcUK/s320/IMG-20230320-WA0021.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ1e3IilnfgAueQ7w5VxKQ3XL4rlQj0r0jbHsujfPs6iJbCY2lQ-SSSy-7PjVY2EF9-CIRQ0Sz8iQADfxd0dhKUd4raKvliRzZZ2U2wqZeECqZ2wE_zz5fec5a9rf9XB-zlb88uOmvHp1lKjvtE6IrzquGNlFTltoemTWAt7IQeCAszGpn0PChFMHF/s1600/IMG-20230320-WA0025.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ1e3IilnfgAueQ7w5VxKQ3XL4rlQj0r0jbHsujfPs6iJbCY2lQ-SSSy-7PjVY2EF9-CIRQ0Sz8iQADfxd0dhKUd4raKvliRzZZ2U2wqZeECqZ2wE_zz5fec5a9rf9XB-zlb88uOmvHp1lKjvtE6IrzquGNlFTltoemTWAt7IQeCAszGpn0PChFMHF/s320/IMG-20230320-WA0025.jpg"/></a></div><span style="font-size: 13pt">
162 students including 80 boys and 82 girls attended the camp. Around 20
volunteers worked together for the success of the camp. At the concluding
program, the students gave an impressive demonstration of Yoga and other topics
learnt during the camp. Addressing the concluding session, Ndola Hindu Samaj-
President Shree Devendra Bhai Mistry highlighted the importance of Hindu
cultural values with subtle examples. </span><b><font size="2"><a href="#SAMVAD">
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<b><a name="8.">8.</a> HINDU FAMILY MEET IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: </b>On
March 24, HSS conducted its first programme in Democratic Republic of Congo. The
‘Hindu Family Meet’ at Lubumbashi was a great success with a large number of
local Hindu families attending the function. </span><br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifVI8Yy7rveDMJ1aBdicDML_HyskWQX6UjeorfHEp8gyveqa8QXAHaJ3j07ZIZ8ky40gvZpUgVnjjIhhAj7p1VEEipFQw5E5QXIZKBUEtep0m77Q9ya3aBQvwDKdaq3-7lhCEC_vTVnZ4uL-si1HFdHAo_WYy3DmQmcRE1fCTnSf3kI-QztBLcrkU9/s1280/DRC%20Hindu%20Family%20Meet.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifVI8Yy7rveDMJ1aBdicDML_HyskWQX6UjeorfHEp8gyveqa8QXAHaJ3j07ZIZ8ky40gvZpUgVnjjIhhAj7p1VEEipFQw5E5QXIZKBUEtep0m77Q9ya3aBQvwDKdaq3-7lhCEC_vTVnZ4uL-si1HFdHAo_WYy3DmQmcRE1fCTnSf3kI-QztBLcrkU9/s320/DRC%20Hindu%20Family%20Meet.jpg"/></a></div><span style="font-size: 13pt">Such a huge response highlighted
the need of the local Hindu community and the potential for the activities of
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<b><a name="9.">9.</a> ‘FRIENDS OF HUA GALA’ IN HOUSTON: </b>Hindu University of
America (HUA) in association with Hindus of Greater Houston (HGH) hosted a
‘Friends of HUA Gala’ evening on March 26 at VPSS Haveli in Houston. Close to
500 members of the Houston community attended the amazing event. <br>
The gala honored Kiran and Ramesh Bhutada and their family for their generous
gift of one million dollars to HUA. Sri Ramesh Bhutada, CEO of Star Pipe
Products, is a successful Houston-based businessman and philanthropist.<br>
The Houston community also heard from the Chairman of the HUA Board Padma
Bhushan Ved Nanda, and the HUA President Kalyan Viswanathan about the
rejuvenation of HUA, its current state, and future roadmap.</span> <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAxomyJlbGCI_P-8EW-PPdANDu3R1A002EmLkkH0cCUfJXu2129pPaS1qsFWXjpOfNIUVn5g3oBoPMG38O8ABW-uwRBkdPKb2kfgovjgDgF9-kO6YxQHExQUDuGSIeH7o_fvs4kXDWPeOpnh02FGEH-kbcpzlsWnLPpoRbGxZJmrDpmphjMuAmDGJC/s378/download%20%283%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="133" data-original-width="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAxomyJlbGCI_P-8EW-PPdANDu3R1A002EmLkkH0cCUfJXu2129pPaS1qsFWXjpOfNIUVn5g3oBoPMG38O8ABW-uwRBkdPKb2kfgovjgDgF9-kO6YxQHExQUDuGSIeH7o_fvs4kXDWPeOpnh02FGEH-kbcpzlsWnLPpoRbGxZJmrDpmphjMuAmDGJC/s320/download%20%283%29.jpg"/></a></div><span style="font-size: 13pt">
On the occasion, Ramesh Bhutada said that though other universities may impart
knowledge for students to earn a livelihood, only an institution like HUA can
impart Hindu knowledge that teaches the student how to live their life. With his
own personal stories as well as stories from the Hindu American community, he
underlined that knowledge imparted by established educational institutions in
the modern academic setting is critical to ensure the younger generations
understand and apply Hinduism in their lives. </span><b><font size="2"><a href="#SAMVAD">
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<b><a name="10.">10.</a> TAKHT SRI PATNA SAHIB GURUDWARA PRABANDHAK COMMITTEE
CONDEMNED ATTACK ON HIGH COMMISSION: </b>Takht Sri Patna Sahib Gurudwara
Prabandhak Committee, while slamming the Khalistani elements, has condemned the
attack and removal of the National flag from the Bharatiya High Commission in
the United Kingdom (UK) on March 19.<br>
As per the report of a local daily, the president of the Gurudwara Prabandhak
Committee, Jagjot Singh Sodhi, senior member of the committee, Lakhwinder Singh,
along with vice-president Gurwinder Singh said in a joint statement that the
attempts to barged into Bharatiya High Commissions of UK, Australia and United
states are unprecedented as even during the peak of terrorism in Punjab such
incidents were never been reported. They added that those who are inciting the
youths of the community for such misdeeds are only doing damage to the prestige
of the Sikh community worldwide. </span><b><font size="2"><a href="#SAMVAD">-GoTop</a></font></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="11.">11.</a> HINDUS TAKE OUT A RALLY IN AUSTRALIA AFTER THE LAXMI
NARAYAN MANDIR IN BRISBANE GOT ATTACKED: </b>In a show of support, Hindus in
Brisbane took to the streets to stand in solidarity with the Laxmi Narayan
Mandir that was recently attacked by Khalistani extremists. The rally, which was
held on March 26, saw a large turnout of people from the Hindu community, who
were outraged by the attack on their religious institution.</span><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZV4q7O-Sz5jTDuU25DGU0Iip2D7limoWyxYmgWLOPsfvaZGnpeWGJ5MuvYQCV8GL2jO7KW7TzP3rslGG9QC3giHTd2B3e3ijV8SzedwBM6UPBkG4VPpe66R3jwiBPx6JPx2Pbe7aXwEVz7gGQ0FA0_Tp7i1qsrPSnT7Gx3GwU18SS_sPHYUnCF6SQ/s297/download.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZV4q7O-Sz5jTDuU25DGU0Iip2D7limoWyxYmgWLOPsfvaZGnpeWGJ5MuvYQCV8GL2jO7KW7TzP3rslGG9QC3giHTd2B3e3ijV8SzedwBM6UPBkG4VPpe66R3jwiBPx6JPx2Pbe7aXwEVz7gGQ0FA0_Tp7i1qsrPSnT7Gx3GwU18SS_sPHYUnCF6SQ/s320/download.jpg"/></a></div><span style="font-size: 13pt">
The rally took place on the streets of Brisbane, with participants denouncing
the attack on their mandir. Most of the participants were dressed in traditional
Hindu attire, and the atmosphere was one of unity and strength.<br>
“Salute to the over 1000 Australian Hindus hailing from Andhra Pradesh, Bihar,
New Delhi, Fiji, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab, Maharashtra,
Telangana, Uttar Pradesh & elsewhere who participated in the Australian Hindus
Harmony Rally in Brisbane on 26 March.” said the Australian Hindu Media. </span><b><font size="2"><a href="#SAMVAD">
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<b><a name="12.">12.</a> PRAN PRATISTHAN POOJA OF GANESH MANDIR RUN BY JAPANESE
DEVOTEE: </b>On March 26, the Pran Pratisthan Pooja was held at the renovated
Chiba Shri Ganpati Mandir in Japan. The mandir is being run by a Japanese
Ganesha devotee, Maekawa-san. The pooja was performed by Buddhist monks from
Thailand by chanting Sanskrit shlokas. The program was organized by the local
Japanese community.</span><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRf2OPkl-YAkaQBicpM4zH7QsoLQmsC5Kf8vlEWnFpHcNIt6ibeJ46ieJ-0MPvXyCJmyisqBTLMze_vUntqlv-HAIrNmL_aEvY5pLxHd-W40FpZI08soe7bJPg9ZU4IATfv7mVtjFcb9eqZyr1xUU43SJ04cindfAlRhvwJRnyAHX8P9Bj8jBIgvwC/s2048/japanmandir.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRf2OPkl-YAkaQBicpM4zH7QsoLQmsC5Kf8vlEWnFpHcNIt6ibeJ46ieJ-0MPvXyCJmyisqBTLMze_vUntqlv-HAIrNmL_aEvY5pLxHd-W40FpZI08soe7bJPg9ZU4IATfv7mVtjFcb9eqZyr1xUU43SJ04cindfAlRhvwJRnyAHX8P9Bj8jBIgvwC/s320/japanmandir.jpg"/></a></div><span style="font-size: 13pt">
From March 30 to April 2, Ram Navami will also be celebrated at various mandirs
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<b><a name="13.">13.</a> BHARAT CONTINUES TO SUPPORT DEBT-RIDDEN SRI LANKA: </b>
Sri Lanka plunged into a financial crisis after the Covid-19 pandemic affected
tourism, which is considered the country's economic backbone, and remittances
from citizens working abroad fell.<br>
Bharat, under its 'Neighbourhood First' policy, has always come forward to help
debt-ridden Sri Lanka, and in the latest instance, New Delhi distributed the
ration in Kalmunai, the Bharatiya High Commission in Colombo said. <br>
Recently, Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Ali Sabry was on an official visit to New
Delhi to attend Raisina Dialogue, 2023. During the Raisina Dialogue, Sabry had
said that Bharat - both the government and the people - helped Sri Lanka more
than any other country, especially when the island-nation was struggling to come
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<b><a name="14.">14.</a> 700-YEAR-OLD MANGLESHWAR BHAIRAV MANDIR UNDERGOES
RESTORATION: </b>The Jammu and Kashmir administration has taken up the
restoration work of the 700-year-old Mangleshwar Bhairav Mandir located in the
heart of Srinagar city. It was severely damaged by floods in 2014. The J&K
administration said that the work was started in June 2022 and is expected to be
completed next month.</span> <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqk-sp7X-237bvmxPou5Nc3f9Lfercx5NqbedeGbFootmFA3XuzGBG84nUgE8hs_F5iUYzrq4KEhKkx4tYgG4GXvDvmUmK6JviNhNzjYwjJlQTZq1upm1GQxVwVUmC5396nDzHEZXdBnvUvHttx2S6gXK4nCY_jMfpl_W08tmnoV4dLIYra9HWDCcX/s1200/shivatemplekashmir.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqk-sp7X-237bvmxPou5Nc3f9Lfercx5NqbedeGbFootmFA3XuzGBG84nUgE8hs_F5iUYzrq4KEhKkx4tYgG4GXvDvmUmK6JviNhNzjYwjJlQTZq1upm1GQxVwVUmC5396nDzHEZXdBnvUvHttx2S6gXK4nCY_jMfpl_W08tmnoV4dLIYra9HWDCcX/s320/shivatemplekashmir.jpg"/></a></div><span style="font-size: 13pt">
Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, Muhammad Aijaz Asad said that the Mangleshwar
Bhairav mandir management committee was consulted on preserving the structure’s
original form before the work began. "There are two sacred trees and we have not
touched them… No cement has been used for the reconstruction and the same
material is being used with which it was built,” he added. Sanjay Saraf, a
Kashmiri Pandit, said that local people call the Mangleshwar Bhairav mandir by
several names such as "Raazeh Mangleshwar", which is also incarnation of Bhagwan
Shiva, He added there were nearly 700 mandirs in Kashmir that need to be
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<b><a name="15._">15. </a>IN A FIRST, MEGHALAYA GETS ELECTRIC TRAINS: </b>In a
landmark event on March 17, Meghalaya got its first electric train. In another
endeavor for complete electrification, Northeast Frontier Railway has achieved
another milestone by commissioning Dudhnai - Mendipathar (22.823 km track)
single line section and Abhayapuri - Pancharatna (34.59 km track) double line
section on March 15. </span><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKkntFc1UfwIWi2VwPDC216DDctszIO5H9n3zko53qKBGakpE2T6aJfgPU42c2S4f54Z8jybAAMwulbBVmbecwzGJcvTfPtev-4cItEr2qGDNUspURK_nSABHdEA2hc8-uZdIbRF1BiN1rzn2ua5wtoB27vKMAY2aF2LfeL-t_Ij5K53obCQy11PL3/s380/meghalayatraine.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="214" data-original-width="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKkntFc1UfwIWi2VwPDC216DDctszIO5H9n3zko53qKBGakpE2T6aJfgPU42c2S4f54Z8jybAAMwulbBVmbecwzGJcvTfPtev-4cItEr2qGDNUspURK_nSABHdEA2hc8-uZdIbRF1BiN1rzn2ua5wtoB27vKMAY2aF2LfeL-t_Ij5K53obCQy11PL3/s320/meghalayatraine.jpg"/></a></div><span style="font-size: 13pt">
According to the Ministry of Railways, the Central Organization for Railway
Electrification (CORE) has carried out the electrification works in these
sections. After the commissioning of electric traction, trains hauled by
electric locomotive will now be able to operate directly from Mendipathar in
Meghalaya. More passenger and freight-carrying trains will be able to operate
through these sections with full sectional speeds. As a result, punctuality will
also increase. Parcel and freight-carrying trains hauled by electric locomotives
from other states will be able to reach Meghalaya directly, said the Railways
statement. The electrification will significantly improve the mobility of trains
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<b><a name="16.">16.</a> BHARAT'S COCHIN SHIPYARD BAGS ORDER TO BUILD
ZERO-EMISSION FEEDER CONTAINER VESSEL</b><br>
In a huge development, Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) has received an
international order for the world's first zero-emission feeder container vessel.
The vessel will ultimately be powered using Hydrogen Fuel Cells, with Green
Hydrogen. The total project cost is about Rs 550 crores.</span><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0f9wU7iMxkYxbvzLuMwhi7_ytvzzlq6oLenOYFqgEvcSxMprSMJKMefq9AcgS_wZj7PZ_n3TU-iKMCTcb12KHSJZzGJlYytPQmB34v7uhagfBWG8juOZBdUivjTYUTz6bVwp82Ep1fWy3uE_UHnM6RteOyrK5kbevCDPRbmHl1Ul59VfXP5O0XAm/s311/cochinshipyard.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="162" data-original-width="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0f9wU7iMxkYxbvzLuMwhi7_ytvzzlq6oLenOYFqgEvcSxMprSMJKMefq9AcgS_wZj7PZ_n3TU-iKMCTcb12KHSJZzGJlYytPQmB34v7uhagfBWG8juOZBdUivjTYUTz6bVwp82Ep1fWy3uE_UHnM6RteOyrK5kbevCDPRbmHl1Ul59VfXP5O0XAm/s320/cochinshipyard.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3nQN8tmYfw7QJngCN_NB41iDEYYonhUNpbSDarI-SXOjGbzlpjik0uk3u7sK0DN89O3hfbqm6UAh5IZOKapepUBV4LdzZ_U1Wex1-Ez5eO7CsA3dMNXQBxhXXb20ElqI3_kEF1p83q8cSim1HUpZ9ME3jqa2jG55frALGo-v3664rW9I3KiRz7l0J/s301/download.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="167" data-original-width="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3nQN8tmYfw7QJngCN_NB41iDEYYonhUNpbSDarI-SXOjGbzlpjik0uk3u7sK0DN89O3hfbqm6UAh5IZOKapepUBV4LdzZ_U1Wex1-Ez5eO7CsA3dMNXQBxhXXb20ElqI3_kEF1p83q8cSim1HUpZ9ME3jqa2jG55frALGo-v3664rW9I3KiRz7l0J/s320/download.png"/></a></div><span style="font-size: 13pt">
The order has been received from M/s. Samskip Group, a global logistics solution
provider for the Design and Construction of Two Zero Emission Feeder Container
Vessels with an option for two more vessels. These ships can carry about 365
45-feet long high cube containers and are intended to serve the European Market
where sustainable transportation solutions are in high demand. <br>
In the recent past, CSL had also bagged contracts for the construction of two
Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOV) for the European renewable
offshore wind-farm segment. </span><b><font size="2"><a href="#SAMVAD">-GoTop</a></font></b><span style="font-size: 13pt"> </span></font></p>
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<b><a name="17._">17. </a>IIT GUWAHATI LISTED AMONG WORLD'S TOP UNIVERSITIES:
</b>Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati has been named as one of the
world's top universities for the study of 14 subjects, according to the latest
edition of the world's most-consulted university ranking.</span><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpZpYuRt8ZGvsJ7b-HA_7uKdqsNvfp0K6KAEWICNqd4bGus5D6uTd9Y3yyAhohKgGt5NSxpAlARUDckQ5UJd0QJ_VoV7qLc9oOb_Y-P8dMYQFj0_OsxYK67ba1ykydeqXvkSujkt3s5AgmNoUPcdnVZGxk5XxRJx2oymtqYXG4fHgqfqoUzEogwRof/s600/IIT_g.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpZpYuRt8ZGvsJ7b-HA_7uKdqsNvfp0K6KAEWICNqd4bGus5D6uTd9Y3yyAhohKgGt5NSxpAlARUDckQ5UJd0QJ_VoV7qLc9oOb_Y-P8dMYQFj0_OsxYK67ba1ykydeqXvkSujkt3s5AgmNoUPcdnVZGxk5XxRJx2oymtqYXG4fHgqfqoUzEogwRof/s320/IIT_g.jpg"/></a></div><span style="font-size: 13pt">
The 2023 edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject, released by
global higher education analyst QS Quacquarelli Symonds, named the world's best
universities for the study of 54 academic disciplines. IIT Guwahati has
performed best in Petroleum Engineering, in which it ranks 51-100 globally and
2nd in Bharat. Compared to the previous year, the institution is ranked in two
additional subjects. For IIT Guwahati, six of its programmes improved in rank. <br>
Speaking about IIT Guwahati's performance in the QS World University Rankings by
Subject 2023, Prof Parameswar K Iyer, Officiating Director, IIT Guwahati, said,
"IIT Guwahati is working hard to deliver quality education which will play an
important role in building a brighter future for all.” </span><b><font size="2"><a href="#SAMVAD">
-GoTop</a></font></b></font></p>
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<b><a name="18.">18.</a> SHRI VISHWA NIKETAN:</b> Pravas: Vishwa Vibhag Samyojak
Saumitra Gokhale will be travelling to Africa. Vishwa Vibhag Sah-Samyojak Dr.
Ram Vaidya will be travelling to Egypt. RSS Akhil Bharatiya Karyakarini Sadasya
Suresh Soni will be travelling to UK. Visitors: Chander Malik—USA. </span><b><font size="2"><a href="#SAMVAD">
-GoTop</a></font></b></font></p>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
<b>FOOD FOR THOUGHT: </b>In reality, this strength is as sacred and blessed as
spiritual strength. We don’t have to become strong to indulge in violence but to
end the violence and atrocities of the world once and for all. — Dr. Keshavrao
Baliram Hedgewar (Pathey) </span><b><font size="2"><a href="#SAMVAD">-GoTop</a></font></b></font></p>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; font-weight:700">JAI SHRI RAM<br>
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<br>
A NATION NAMED HINDU AND SANATAN ITS ADJECTIVE<br>
</span><span style="font-weight:700"><span style="font-size: 11pt">DR MANMOHAN
VAIDYA</span></span></font></p>
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Sanatan or eternal is the adjective ascribed to Bharat as Bharat is Anaadi (beginningless)
and Anant (unending). There are two reasons for the same. One the philosophy
that has shaped Bharat is eternal, and two, the society which lives by it, which
is the embodiment of this philosophy, is also eternal.<br>
The unique worldview of Bharat is eternal because the basis of it is
spirituality; hence it is integral and hence holistic. Owing to this world view
Bharat realizes the entire creation interconnected – singular consciousness
manifested in varied expressions. Therefore, Bharat considers that there is
coordination in the universe and not conflict.</span><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqlblBgtIf7OtCtidJOJ7g11xJWjbzLAa8bOTC9C6Vtyu8Z0W3C52NIDqRj30zia2wZ9yug1_trs_U7ukHKZQQae3--DPsqK660a5dXyJpasFhh7nDh83_aEgBMRm1paIFxYP_hkZ3xVe1DQsoo1-SELarWMuY9ftqphvlh0euMCxCyWtH8-zKzCK/s680/manmohanji.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="383" data-original-width="680" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqlblBgtIf7OtCtidJOJ7g11xJWjbzLAa8bOTC9C6Vtyu8Z0W3C52NIDqRj30zia2wZ9yug1_trs_U7ukHKZQQae3--DPsqK660a5dXyJpasFhh7nDh83_aEgBMRm1paIFxYP_hkZ3xVe1DQsoo1-SELarWMuY9ftqphvlh0euMCxCyWtH8-zKzCK/s320/manmohanji.jpg"/></a></div><span style="font-size: 13pt">
Bharat or Bharatiya society holds four beliefs as central to its civilization.
First, Truth or God is one, it can be called by various names and realized
through different ways and religious practices. Second, to see unity in teeming
diversity, to appreciate it and to celebrate it is the very essence of the
Bharatiya way of life. Third, every soul (man & woman) is potentially divine and
the goal of life is to manifest the divinity by controlling nature external and
internal and to liberate oneself from the cycle of birth and death by merging
into that supreme consciousness is the ultimate goal of human life. Fourth,
one’s innate divinity may be manifested by walking different paths (referred to
as religion or worship) as conducive to one’s unique nature and interest and all
paths are equal, acceptable and respectable. These paths may be referred to by
different names and with time newer paths may emerge. The old and the new are
all welcome here. This is the defining feature of Bharat. This is why Swami
Vivekananda in his 1893 Chicago address referred to Bharat as the “mother of all
religions.” The basis of this philosophy being spirituality makes it eternal.<br>
Having all this merely at the level of thinking and philosophy is not
sufficient. A timeless tradition of living that philosophy has been established
by the society here. Having suffered innumerable attacks and blows this society,
which is referred to as the ‘rashtra,’ continues to exist. The interminability
of this society also makes Bharat sanatan. Two main factors responsible for the
continuity and sanatan tradition of this rashtra are spirituality-based view of
life and the society not being based on the welfare state. Gurudev Rabindra Nath
Thakur in his essay ‘Swadeshi Samaj’ writes “welfare state is not a Bharatiya
tradition. Barring law & order, defence and foreign affairs the society had its
autonomous systems for all other matters like education, healthcare, trade &
commerce, temples, fairs, art & aesthetics, music, dance-drama, pilgrimage, etc.
Sanatan Bharat did not rely on the state treasury to fund these activities of
the society.<br>
The society had its independent arrangement which had dharma as its guiding
principle. This ‘Dharma’ does not imply religion or worship. To give to the
society as one would to one’s own family, to give back, is considered dharma.
Swami Vivekananda’s disciple Bhagini Nivedita has said that the society in which
the people, instead of keeping the remuneration of their efforts to themselves,
give it to the society, becomes rich and prosperous and as a result, every
person in the society becomes rich and prosperous. This is called Dharma and
Dharma does not discriminate. It connects all, it binds all and it holds all
together. <br>
But if the people in the society, instead of giving the remuneration of their
efforts to the society, keep it to themselves, some persons in the society may
become rich but the society remains poor. A tent-like structure that is
supported by but one pole is grounded in case the pole is damaged whereas a
tent-like structure that is built with the help of three-four poles will not be
grounded in case any one of the poles gets damaged, moreover it can possibly be
internally reconstructed. Bharat has traditionally been working in the same way.
Hence though the foreign attacks defeated the kings, the society or rashtra
remained undefeated. Each time, swaraj has been restored through suitable
awakenings. This design is also at the heart of the secret of Bharat being
Sanatan.<br>
The unique spirituality-centric view of life of this rashtra is known by the
name Hindu across the world, which is why this rashtra is Hindu and its
adjective Sanatan. We did not coin this name because we never considered
ourselves separate from the rest of humanity. Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (the whole
vasudha or creation is one kutumba or family) has been our belief. But those who
viewed us from outside christened this uniqueness of ours in order to
differentiate us as Hindu (those who hail from the other side of the Sindhu).
<br>
Between 1935-1940 the ghee shops in Nagpur bore boards flanked by the names of
the neighboring villages, viz, Boregaanv, Dahegaanv or Aamgaanv followed by the
suffix “ghee shop.” Around the time when WW-II was going on a product called
Dalda made an appearance in the market, which looked like ghee but wasn’t
actually ghee. It was then that the boards of those shops began to be renamed as
“shudh ghee shop” suffixed after the name of the village. Now the word ‘shudh’
(pure) was added later but that cannot be interpreted as what was being sold
earlier was not pure. It was added to differentiate it from the imitative
article. This applies to Hindu too. Living by the dictum of aatma vat sarva
bhuteshu (to consider everyone as oneself) the necessity to define ourselves
with a name or a label was never felt, therefore we did not consider doing it.
With time, in the natural course of events, every society undergoes changes.
While remaining steadfast in the eternal principle, discarding obsolete
practices in the light of the timeless principles and adopting concurrent new
practices comes naturally to Bharat. In this line, Bharat has had a culture of
adopting certain foreign values and systems after refashioning those as per the
local lore. This is yet another hallmark of Bharat that makes it ancient and
antiquated (chir puratan), yet ever so young (nitya nutan). <br>
Many treatises or documents (smritis) that inform the attitude and behavior of
the society were composed here from time to time as this process of
aforementioned integration of values and knowledge systems in the light of the
existing timeless principles took place. This text here is the panacea of
knowledge and that there will be none beyond this – Bharat has never proclaimed
this.<br>
For the Bharat of current times, our constitution is the latest Smriti. The
provisions for modifying this constitution are enshrined within the constitution
only. The tact of periodically renovating the structure while retaining the base
of the foundation is what Bharat has championed. It has ensured our
civilisational continuity and renewal and it is this which makes it Sanatan.<br>
Yet another peculiarity of Bharat is that it has held both abhyuday (material
prosperity) and nihshreyas (salvation or liberation) as equally important. To
live a life that strikes a balance between these two inseparable pursuits is
what is Dharma – ‘</font><font face="Arial Unicode MS">यतोऽभ्युदय निःश्रेयस
सिद्धिः स धर्मः’ </font><font face="Georgia"></span><span style="font-size: 13pt">
This is another definition of Dharma.<br>
Because of this view in the first seventeen centuries of the current era
Bharat’s share in world trade was over 30% (highest in the world, then). <br>
Despite trade relations with several countries, we did not attempt to colonize
them, plunder their riches, ‘convert’ the natives or enslave the people and rob
them of their dignity by trading them as labor. This also was possible because
of the eternal global view – Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam – held by Bharat. Bharat is
an ancient civilization. <br>
In the long journey of its existence, it has seen periods of degradation which
led to a passivity in the attitude of its people. In such situations to awaken
and strengthen the society many saints incarnated in all segments of the society
who were instrumental in reinvigorating the consciousness of the people. This
timely intervention through directives of many such saints and sages also gives
Bharat its Sanatan adjective.<br>
Today when the whole world has moved in closer, newer speed and efficiency have
dawned upon the mediums of transportation and communication, to balance the
diversity manifested in languages, lineages and religions with the finite
resources available on earth is a challenge before all of humanity. Where the
need of the hour is the aspiration to live a truly prosperous life but in
harmony then Bharat has the worldview, the philosophy, the experience and also a
history that illustrates a similar achievement.<br>
Famous physicist Fritjof Capra’s this illustration illuminates the same idea –
“The paradigm that is now receding has dominated our culture for several hundred
years. During which it has shaped our modern western society and has
significantly influenced the rest of the world. This paradigm consists of a
number of entrenched ideas and values, among them the view of the universe as a
mechanical system composed of elementary building blocks, view of human body as
a machine, the view of life in society as a competitive struggle for existence,
belief in unlimited material, economic and technological growth, and last not
the least, the belief that a society in which the female is everywhere subsumed
under the male is one that follows a basic law of nature. <br>
These entire assumptions have been fatefully challenged by recent events.
Indeed, a radical revision of them is occurring. The new paradigm may be called
a holistic world view, seeing the world as an integrated whole rather than a
dissociated collection of parts. It may also be called an ecological view, if
the term ecological is used in a much broader and deeper sense than usual. Deep
ecological awareness recognizes the fundamental interdependence of all phenomena
and the fact that as individuals and societies, we are all embedded in (and
ultimately depend on) the cyclic process of nature. Ultimately, deep ecological
awareness is spiritual or religious awareness. <br>
When the concept of the human spirit is understood as the mode of consciousness
in which the individual feels a sense of belonging, of connectedness, to the
cosmos as a whole, it becomes clear that ecological awareness is spiritual in
its deepest essence. It is therefore not surprising that the emerging new vision
of reality based on deep ecological awareness is consistent with the so-called
perennial philosophy of spiritual traditions.”<br>
Therefore, preservation of this uniqueness of Bharat along with its prosperity,
continuity and security is a global necessity. And for Bharat to remain Sanatan
this Sanatan spirituality-based Hindu view of life must continue to thrive. The
continuity of a close-knit, strong, active and victorious society that embodies
this view of life is equally important. To sustain this Sanatan Bharat and
maintain the Sanatanata (eternal values) of Bharat, honoring the essence of the
word Hindu by consolidating the Hindu samaj, remedying it and instilling the
virtue of the Rashtra is the way. <i>(Writer is Sahsarkaryavah of Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh) </i>https://vskbharat.com/a-nation-named-hindu-and-sanatan-its-adjective/?lang=en
March 20, 2023 </font></span><font face="Georgia"><b><font size="2"><a href="#SAMVAD">-GoTop</a></font></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="center"><b>Chaitra Krishna 9, Vik. Samvat 2079, Yugabda 5124: 16
March, 2023:
SM4024(For
Private Circulation Only)</b></p>
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<font face="Georgia">
<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#1."> 1. FESTIVALS: RAM NAVAMI</a></b></span></font></td>
<td height="33" width="583">
<font face="Georgia">
<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#2.">2. HEALTH AND EDUCATION SERVICE
SHOULD REACH TO ALL: DR. MOHAN BHAGWAT</a></b></span></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia">
<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#3.">3. PM MODI PUBLICLY RAISES ISSUE
OF VANDALISM OF MANDIRS IN AUSTRALIA</a></b></span></font></td>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#4.">4. JUNIOR CITIZEN OF THE YEAR
AWARD TO SWARA DASARWAR </a></b>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#5.">5. SDSS MYANMAR ORGANIZED BLOOD
DONATION CAMP</a></b></span></font></td>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#6.">6. HSS CANADA AND USA CONDEMNS
THE ATTACKS ON HINDU ORGANISATIONS </a></b>
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<font face="Georgia">
<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#7.">7. HOLI CELEBRATED AROUND THE
GLOBE - FEW GLIMPSES </a></b>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#8.">8. BHARATIYA DEGREES TO BE
RECOGNIZED IN AUSTRALIA</a></b></span></font></td>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#9.">9. BHARATIYA-ORIGIN RAVI
CHAUDHARY CONFIRMED ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF US AIR FORCE</a></b></span></font></td>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#10._">10. IT IS BHARAT’S
RESPONSIBILITY TO BRING FORWARD“ VALUES OF BUDDHISM”: MINISTER OF STATE
MEENAKSHI LEKHI </a></b>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#11.">11. MAHARASHTRA PLANS TO
CELEBRATE 350TH ANNIVERSARY OF CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI MAHARAJ'S CORONATION
</a></b>
</span></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia">
<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#12.">12. BHARAT SAW 11% DIP IN
DEFENCE IMPORTS BETWEEN 2013-17 AND 2018-22</a></b></span></font></td>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#13.">13. BHARATIYA ARMY DOCTOR CAPT
DEEKSHA, FIRST WOMAN TO BE POSTED AS REGIMENTAL MEDICAL OFFICER-SPECIAL
FORCES </a></b>
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<font face="Georgia">
<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#14.">14. ASSAM ENTERS GUINNESS BOOK
OF WORLD RECORDS FOR 43 LAKH HANDWRITTEN ESSAYS ON LACHIT BORPHUKAN</a></b></span></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia">
<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#15.">15. BIRSA MUNDA HOCKEY STADIUM
IN GUINNESS BOOKS</a></b></span></font></td>
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<font face="Georgia">
<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#16.">16. "OUR COUNTRY IS RICHEST IN
STORIES, STICK TO YOUR CULTURE": SS RAJAMOULI'S FATHER, V VIJAYENDRA
PRASAD </a></b>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#17._">17. SHRI VISHWA NIKETAN</a></b></span></font></td>
<td height="33" width="583">
<font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#17._">FOOD FOR
THOUGHT</a></b></font></td>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#---">RASHTRIYA SWAYAMSEVAK
SANGH : AKHIL BHARATIYA PRATINIDHI SABHA (ABPS) MARCH 2023</a></b></span></font></td>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a href="#-----">RASHTRIYA SWAYAMSEVAK
SANGH - ABPS RESOLUTION</a></b></span></font></td>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b><a name="1."> 1.</a> FESTIVALS: RAM NAVAMI: </b>
Ram Navami is celebrated to commemorate the birth of Bhagwan Ram. Devotees
celebrate this day by going to mandirs, observing fasts, and seeking Bhagwan
Ram’s blessings. This spring festival promotes the idea of the victory of good
over evil. The festival celebrates the birth of Vishnu as the Ram - the seventh
avatar - to Maharaj Dasharatha and Maharani Kausalya in Ayodhya, Kosala. This
festival is a part of the Chaitra Navaratri in the spring, and falls on the
ninth day of the bright half (Shukla Paksha) of Chaitra, 30 March this year. </span><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgghSrhZQiDR-DKCMZIYYpE3VxpYsEQ8TRpIf4msJZ7Xd4OBVl0NNrDFUF7DCY5CajGpxIcNp5fx_MnlyhuMDimCxtKc0M9MtayrNUrcVMa7dm2Sh8v1hL_LbRUpJkuJN7tAtM0mOhazbPUGTRTd5LqDC6gTJClyZ2YtZ9GcbMHuRNnWpV4MaxvMieG/s750/Ram-Navami-yodhya1.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgghSrhZQiDR-DKCMZIYYpE3VxpYsEQ8TRpIf4msJZ7Xd4OBVl0NNrDFUF7DCY5CajGpxIcNp5fx_MnlyhuMDimCxtKc0M9MtayrNUrcVMa7dm2Sh8v1hL_LbRUpJkuJN7tAtM0mOhazbPUGTRTd5LqDC6gTJClyZ2YtZ9GcbMHuRNnWpV4MaxvMieG/s320/Ram-Navami-yodhya1.jpg"/></a></div><span style="font-size: 13pt">
The day is marked by fasting and Ram Katha recitals. Rathayatras of Ram, Sita,
Lakshmana and Hanuman, are taken out at several places. In Ayodhya, many take a
dip in the sacred river Sarayu and then visit the Shri Ram Mandir. <br>
Ram Navami is also celebrated by the Bharatiya diaspora in Trinidad and Tobago,
Guyana, Suriname, Jamaica, other Caribbean countries, Mauritius, Malaysia,
Singapore, Fiji and many other countries.
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<b><a name="2.">2.</a> HEALTH AND EDUCATION SERVICE SHOULD REACH TO ALL: DR.
MOHAN BHAGWAT: </b>Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarasanghachalak Dr Mohan
Bhagwat on March 5 highlighted the importance of education system of ancient
Bharat. He said the educational system before the British rule had its
importance, but it was ruined after the British implemented their education
system. Dr. Bhagwat was speaking during the inauguration ceremony of a multi-speciality
hospital at Atam Manohar Jain Aradhana Mandir in Karnal, Haryana. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRXhpBY4VcELO_ZD00j3Wj1bsBMbEGs7UDA2wy8NuFfDSY24g_8HYYI16Ytex9gkUzM92O8FXA7JEMCH2fKxGsPPidhBIaqEKdTkI2rJqfkSLJv-WLU3OSZa4dr5ROJsMhuJMN6OOABC8SJKJdoJPbdRO6mBa2NDVdqVp0glONfNh1V9Du6nSo7-QD/s750/download.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRXhpBY4VcELO_ZD00j3Wj1bsBMbEGs7UDA2wy8NuFfDSY24g_8HYYI16Ytex9gkUzM92O8FXA7JEMCH2fKxGsPPidhBIaqEKdTkI2rJqfkSLJv-WLU3OSZa4dr5ROJsMhuJMN6OOABC8SJKJdoJPbdRO6mBa2NDVdqVp0glONfNh1V9Du6nSo7-QD/s320/download.jpg"/></a></div>
While addressing the gathering, Dr. Bhagwat said, "Our education system that
prevailed before the British rule in Bharat made people self-reliant, but the
education system of the British destroyed our education system". Dr. Bhagwat
also stressed on the importance of health and education for all and emphasised
on the need to improve the health and education system to ensure easy
availability of both facilities to common people. Dr Bhagwat said that the
ashram had constructed the hospital to serve the society.
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<b><a name="3.">3.</a> PM MODI PUBLICLY RAISES ISSUE OF VANDALISM OF MANDIRS IN
AUSTRALIA</b> : Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister
Anthony Albanese discussed disturbances created by pro-Khalistani outfits in
Australia and the later Australian PM assured that his government will be taking
all necessary measures to ensure that peace and harmony prevails. "Issues
relating to the Indian diaspora in Australia also came up for discussions
between the two Prime Ministers of significance in our people-to-people ties,
also discussions on disturbances created by pro-Khalistani outfits in
Australia," Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra informed this while addressing
a press conference on March 10. "Since the last few weeks, news of attacks on
temples in Australia are coming regularly. It is natural that such news worries
people in India. I have raised these concerns with Prime Minister Albanese who
has assured me that the safety of the Indian community is a special priority for
him," PM Modi said during India-Australia: Exchange of Agreements and Press
Statements on March 10.
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<b><a name="4.">4.</a> JUNIOR CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARD TO SWARA DASARWAR : </b>
The Community Champion Awards are an opportunity to say thank you to people who
have done something special for their local community and honour those
individuals and community groups who have gone above and beyond to support
residents throughout West Berkshire during the year. Swara Dasarwar from Hindu
Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS) Bharati Shakha Newbury received the Junior Citizen of
the Year Award for 2022, from a list of many other deserved contenders. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP5o-_QcyKD7AiO0JvbGwHxloIG4KQRmOzEO7-gaq7lHaPyNy8ZOMpyqSg3UXIkGTHxvrhmMXY9sSOOXHRwtfPuVGqBXxrWGFjLaL4zPv_z4pCbP5H6pT4NySCccuuyY0Wzd8Lbu7DUtEbqnzBdsbrBAp4oZWxrr_7cCYn0tMdwkMy40FqksGnfZjg/s2048/swaraaward.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1532" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP5o-_QcyKD7AiO0JvbGwHxloIG4KQRmOzEO7-gaq7lHaPyNy8ZOMpyqSg3UXIkGTHxvrhmMXY9sSOOXHRwtfPuVGqBXxrWGFjLaL4zPv_z4pCbP5H6pT4NySCccuuyY0Wzd8Lbu7DUtEbqnzBdsbrBAp4oZWxrr_7cCYn0tMdwkMy40FqksGnfZjg/s320/swaraaward.jpg"/></a></div> The
award was presented by the Chairman of the WEST Berkshire Council, Cllr Rick
Jones. Swara rasied £1650 for a school project, which clearly stood out from the
rest of the candidates. During the summer of 2022, Swara helped set up a Charity
Coffee Morning in Newbury Town Hall, where proceeds from this event helped to
provide toys and equipment for the pupils at Castle School. The group managed to
raise a staggering £1,650. As well as contributing to our wider community, Swara
is active within her school as a prefect and gives up her time to support other
events within Trinity School.
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<b><a name="5.">5.</a> SDSS MYANMAR ORGANIZED BLOOD DONATION CAMP: </b>On March
2, Dakshin Vibhag of Sanatan Dharma Swayamsevak Sangh (SDSS) Myanmar organized a blood donation programme. This
progrmme was organized in Nursing college of Yangoon. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDtzV0eVRSVK7Cf8YrIhFtX52IcCrd1d-5foP2aMIjLRhL39rQ-K8q4wuevaBxYQ18cxAX1AMzktd32VV1tRcPxxSr9EiRVV3UVoW8fJOVYh2g-DtLyNUTaARcWwTp3TqPBxXu9zRAKJnAKIkiTedq_2bekBfv8hg-eIqYPU1kgDVsjgMC8UYg2TV_/s1280/msg1681719793-101084%282%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDtzV0eVRSVK7Cf8YrIhFtX52IcCrd1d-5foP2aMIjLRhL39rQ-K8q4wuevaBxYQ18cxAX1AMzktd32VV1tRcPxxSr9EiRVV3UVoW8fJOVYh2g-DtLyNUTaARcWwTp3TqPBxXu9zRAKJnAKIkiTedq_2bekBfv8hg-eIqYPU1kgDVsjgMC8UYg2TV_/s320/msg1681719793-101084%282%29.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz1TduJD9E5c1A703iRrYcUeoiPienX_lARYZRRN9ANkIQVUrUxw7_5079Opq-tuK0F3cuQlY7JfXus57nRWGAoCwvEj2Sp5g3RZH3l6g1vCuL5CwH6P4OX0ibo2Eh5xVNPHmt7uc49fiBKE2N2oxgMuPufLMcJ4G0Npihcdc4vS3a4e5pXAsdb4gE/s1280/msg1995832424-101126%281%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz1TduJD9E5c1A703iRrYcUeoiPienX_lARYZRRN9ANkIQVUrUxw7_5079Opq-tuK0F3cuQlY7JfXus57nRWGAoCwvEj2Sp5g3RZH3l6g1vCuL5CwH6P4OX0ibo2Eh5xVNPHmt7uc49fiBKE2N2oxgMuPufLMcJ4G0Npihcdc4vS3a4e5pXAsdb4gE/s320/msg1995832424-101126%281%29.jpg"/></a></div> 68 donors donated blood
during this camp and more than 130 people participated in the programme.
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<b><a name="6.">6.</a> HSS CANADA AND USA CONDEMNS THE ATTACKS ON HINDU
ORGANISATIONS: </b>The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) and World
Sikh Organisation of Canada (WSO) recently released a fallacious report entitled
“Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Network in Canada”. The report has been
widely criticised for its institutional bias against Hindus, Bharat, and the RSS,
as well as its malicious agenda, misinformation, rhetoric, and opinion-based
claims. <br>
Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh HSS Canada condemned the report which promotes hate and
contempt towards all Hindus in Canada. A statement of their website said that
the recent vandalism of Hindu mandirs in Canada followed by the recent targeted
attack on HSS Canada falls under the umbrella of the growing and continued
Hinduphobia events. Over the last three decades HSS Canada has inculcated and
produces self-disciplined, self-confident, citizens of Canada who share selfless
values of service and leadership. This is evident in the continued and growing
contributions of Hindu Canadians in areas of economic growth, education, medical
sciences and many more. HSS Canada has requested all well-wishers, media
representatives, public officials, educators, and all other Canadians to make
note of such organizations who are working to create unrest in Canada and
appealed to the Canadian authorities to take immediate action to stop
Hinduphobia and Hindu hate. <br>
The report also included false and defamatory statements about HSS USA. In a
statement on their website, HSS USA said that the result of such campaigns is
creating an environment of hate against Hindus as witnessed by the attacks on
Hindu temples (Toronto, New Jersey, and Australia) and Hindu people (Texas,
California). HSS USA has expressed concern over the incidences of disinformation
and cautioned well-wishers, American lawmakers, public officials etc. to take
note of such organisations who create division and an environment of hate.
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<b><a name="7.">7.</a> HOLI CELEBRATED AROUND THE GLOBE - FEW GLIMPSES: </b>
Guyana: A colourful Holi celebration was organised by Bharatiya High
Commissioner to Guyana at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground in Guyana by the
High Commission of Bharat on March 8. Guyanese Prime Mininister Brigadier (Ret'd)
Mark Philips, ministers of the diplomatic corps and citizens took part in the
Holi celebration. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKh2JBG4Fo6Me40hBkoFKXDKLpH6F_KxE6BEHb7MDqZNLpNvNrzF6NK-vZhPI_VwgRjyPrlOVTybQrOrjl3XuNZ-uRy2qmP9O-NKRwii7FbehetCHcW8e-OS9RW1mHPdHk6FYf0B77wE5xLS9AO47Cb3JpyMBA9NQrQsSTSltJ4mUQ4dHen14m8tHY/s1280/remote.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKh2JBG4Fo6Me40hBkoFKXDKLpH6F_KxE6BEHb7MDqZNLpNvNrzF6NK-vZhPI_VwgRjyPrlOVTybQrOrjl3XuNZ-uRy2qmP9O-NKRwii7FbehetCHcW8e-OS9RW1mHPdHk6FYf0B77wE5xLS9AO47Cb3JpyMBA9NQrQsSTSltJ4mUQ4dHen14m8tHY/s320/remote.jpg"/></a></div> On this occasion Prime Minister of Guyana, Mark Philips said,
“Holi also known as Phagwah is a joyous time that represents spring.” Leicester
City celebrates colourful festival of Holi: Like Diwali, Leicester is said to
have the largest Holi celebrations outside Bharat. Abbey Mead primary school in
the city celebrated by holding a colourful event. Children and parents threw
brightly-coloured powder at each other during a celebration on March 8. UAFS
Students Celebrate Holi, the Festival of Colors: Festival of Colors, better
known as Holi, made an impact right on the UAFS campus in USA on March 8.
Neither cold weather nor the threat of rain could stop one of the newest formed
Desi Culture Club clubs on campus from celebrating together with their
university community.<br>
Thailand : In Pattaya, the ‘Happy Holi Festival of Colours’ took place on 11
March at Central Pattaya Beach Road. In Bangkok, the ‘Holi Festival’ was held on
12 March at Bangkok World, Siam Amazing Park. (TAT). <br>
The Nepalese Hindu community in Fort St. John celebrated by throwing nontoxic
coloured powder on each other’s faces, singing sacred songs and eating delicious
foods like Sel Roti (typical Nepalese cuisine).<br>
Lakhs of people gather at Basantapur Durbar Square to celebrate Holi in
Kathmandu’s Basantpur Durbar Square on March 6. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfHJPwKdk6qnNmxhO9VfXngqZGKZBx9KFP3pl4GNK7l-lT1b5qZSX9LInZbxrd_llMhLmgjvf7IfOYt9HyYrG_MzWPGHb0bdRvCTdCn7gC8obJJnlHmm-_v2FS9ERLnADtMNSVcXplTH3Ehl5P5RLql0FRH1X1EgokyxrL_4042yFObNv3J_ayXQPZ/s1600/Holi3_20220317171828.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfHJPwKdk6qnNmxhO9VfXngqZGKZBx9KFP3pl4GNK7l-lT1b5qZSX9LInZbxrd_llMhLmgjvf7IfOYt9HyYrG_MzWPGHb0bdRvCTdCn7gC8obJJnlHmm-_v2FS9ERLnADtMNSVcXplTH3Ehl5P5RLql0FRH1X1EgokyxrL_4042yFObNv3J_ayXQPZ/s320/Holi3_20220317171828.jpg"/></a></div>
Murray State celebrates Holi with festival of colors: The Murray State Indian
Students Association (ISA) students and staff participated in a Holi celebration
on March 11. Rituja Newase is the publicity officer for ISA said the event is an
opportunity for students and faculty to learn more about Holi. The annual
celebration was held on Murray State’s quad behind Pogue Library.
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<b><a name="8.">8.</a> BHARATIYA DEGREES TO BE RECOGNIZED IN AUSTRALIA: </b>
Bharat and Australia have finalised the 'Education Qualification Recognition
Mechanism under which Bhratiya university degrees will be recognised in
Australia, and vice-versa. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on March 8
made the announcement saying that his country and the Bharatiya government have
finalized the ‘Australia-India Education Qualification Recognition Mechanism’.
Australian PM also announced a new the Maitri scholarships for Bharatiya
students who want to study in Australia. “The scholarships are part of the wider
Maitri programme that seeks to boost cultural, educational and community ties
between Australia and India,” Albanese said. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra
Patel and Governor Acharya Devvrat were also present on the occasion.
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<b><a name="9.">9.</a> BHARATIYA-ORIGIN RAVI CHAUDHARY CONFIRMED ASSISTANT
SECRETARY OF US AIR FORCE: </b>The United States Senate on March 15 confirmed
Bharatiya origin Ravi Chaudhary as the Assistant Secretary of Air Force for
Energy, Installations, and the Environment. Chaudhary won the mandate by a vote
of 65-29 as he became a part of one of the top civilian leadership positions in
the Pentagon. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0om75rWx2nweGjbg5LIVwaFQqp3p88T3PEVoDj6oVrzZK1Dy3VjJMANOzjLxT5X-Zkt0yCbEMAOGSBXv80QLiOmgiaf00Ag3F9obB1LGSh-Gm5mNrAycztihoDsfubHWJv1KwwyAqqUHD1WGwf7uoeHNIyQPLSJi4hRVN3IH6vx0V4l-gNzdntEyP/s184/download%20%286%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="184" data-original-width="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0om75rWx2nweGjbg5LIVwaFQqp3p88T3PEVoDj6oVrzZK1Dy3VjJMANOzjLxT5X-Zkt0yCbEMAOGSBXv80QLiOmgiaf00Ag3F9obB1LGSh-Gm5mNrAycztihoDsfubHWJv1KwwyAqqUHD1WGwf7uoeHNIyQPLSJi4hRVN3IH6vx0V4l-gNzdntEyP/s320/download%20%286%29.jpg"/></a></div> After Minneapolis native Chaudhari won the vote, US Senator Amy
Klobuchar (D-MN) released a statement that read, "Growing up as the son of
immigrant parents in Minnesota, Dr. Ravi Chaudhary dreamed of serving our
country as an Air Force pilot. From his more than two decades of service as an
active duty Air Force officer to his tenure at the Federal Aviation
Administration, Dr. Chaudhary has dedicated his career to public service."
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<b><a name="10._">10. </a>IT IS BHARAT’S RESPONSIBILITY TO BRING FORWARD“ VALUES
OF BUDDHISM”: MINISTER OF STATE MEENAKSHI LEKHI: </b>Minister of State (MoS)
External Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi on March 14 said, “India is not only the centre
of Buddhist philosophy but also of art and culture, so it becomes India’s
responsibility to bring forward the values of Buddhism.” Meenakshi Lekhi made
the above remarks after the conclusion of the first day of the two-day
international conference on “Shared Buddhist Heritage” held in New Delhi with a
focus on Bharat’s civilisational connection with the Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation (SCO) nations. Union Minister G Kishan Reddy said that today,
Bharat on one hand is leading Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) countries
and the G20 countries on the other.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihNbB3C9zkonJh7YDtRwcsjJ-QURJPpyuPCy7wGL8dP9QA13mjAe8WWHgtVJtN81wnBfEeBBDRhr2jCMBzghP-B_Zg4vDThpfF-sTJ5ZdYLkTFH7Cwdodh43jowqKS18etXePHCe4ekTJD2PTAn6WY5Hf9hwWBdqM4rAC7jOTGaTmf7on-EYfyMvlq/s540/meelekhi.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihNbB3C9zkonJh7YDtRwcsjJ-QURJPpyuPCy7wGL8dP9QA13mjAe8WWHgtVJtN81wnBfEeBBDRhr2jCMBzghP-B_Zg4vDThpfF-sTJ5ZdYLkTFH7Cwdodh43jowqKS18etXePHCe4ekTJD2PTAn6WY5Hf9hwWBdqM4rAC7jOTGaTmf7on-EYfyMvlq/s320/meelekhi.jpeg"/></a></div>
Notably, the event, a first of its type, brings together Central Asian, East
Asian, South Asian, and Arab countries on a common platform to discuss “Shared
Buddhist Heritage” under Bharat’s leadership of SCO (for a period of one year,
from September 17, 2022, until September 2023)<br>
The SCO countries comprise Member States, Observer States and Dialogue Partners,
including China, Russia and Mongolia. More than 15 scholars and delegates from
China’s Dunhuang Research Academy, Kyrgyzstan’s Institute of History,
Archaeology and Ethnology, Russia’s State Museum of the History of Religion,
Tajikistan’s National Museum of Antiquities, Belarusian State University and
Myanmar’s International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University, were presented
research papers on the topic during the 2-day event.
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<b><a name="11.">11.</a> MAHARASHTRA PLANS TO CELEBRATE 350TH ANNIVERSARY OF
CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI MAHARAJ'S CORONATION: </b>A museum on the life of
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj will be set up at Shivneri Fort, his birthplace,
besides a leopard safari that will be started soon, announced deputy chief
minister and finance minister Devendra Fadnavis in his budget speech. Around Rs
300 crore will be spent to spruce up Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's forts as part
of weeklong 'Shiv Rajyabhishek Mahotsav' celebrations starting from June 2. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEmqFfjKloJ1zWGcKXU3-52BZRXGGOXMmMGqUZncG7Qqeq5FRK8R7gQvPGhVYVijmKcJlWIAPc_Qo5Tdz7SFQF365nkyz_UsC2MMtDCB9trMnjEoqVj3T-h4uzZU_6WAfBDQYJPPCdyle7a29njHmVPKePO5a3IxqBTa5YKGlloib9ElsS4QYbQeqV/s292/download%20%283%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="173" data-original-width="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEmqFfjKloJ1zWGcKXU3-52BZRXGGOXMmMGqUZncG7Qqeq5FRK8R7gQvPGhVYVijmKcJlWIAPc_Qo5Tdz7SFQF365nkyz_UsC2MMtDCB9trMnjEoqVj3T-h4uzZU_6WAfBDQYJPPCdyle7a29njHmVPKePO5a3IxqBTa5YKGlloib9ElsS4QYbQeqV/s320/download%20%283%29.jpg"/></a></div> It
should be reminded that founder of Hindavi Swarajya, ascended the throne at
Raigad Fort on June 6, 1674, and became known as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
Fadnavis also said that the government will set up a 'Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj Theme Park' at Ambegaon, Pune. Public parks with audio-visual media
facilities shall be developed in Mumbai, Amravati, Nashik, Chhatrapati
Sambhajinagar and Nagpur to tell the story of the life of Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj. As part of the initiative, a leopard safari will be started in Pune
while a plan has been approved for Swarajya Rakshak Dharmaveer Chhatrapati
Sambhaji Maharaj Balidaan Sthal in Tuljapur and at Shirur in Pune. </span><b><font size="2"><a href="#SAMVAD">-GoTop</a></font></b><span style="font-size: 13pt"><br>
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<b><a name="12.">12.</a> BHARAT SAW 11% DIP IN DEFENCE IMPORTS BETWEEN 2013-17
AND 2018-22: </b>According to a report released by the Sweden-based think-tank
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), "India’s tensions with
Pakistan and China largely drive its demand for arms imports. Bharat remains the
world’s top arms importer, but its arms imports declined by 11 per cent between
2013–17 and 2018–22. This decline was linked to a complex procurement process,
efforts to diversify arms suppliers and attempts to replace imports with local
designs". "The decrease can be attributed to several factors including attempts
to replace imports with major arms that are designed and produced domestically,"
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<b><a name="13.">13.</a> BHARATIYA ARMY DOCTOR CAPT DEEKSHA, FIRST WOMAN TO BE
POSTED AS REGIMENTAL MEDICAL OFFICER-SPECIAL FORCES: </b>Captain Deeksha a
doctor in the Bharatiya Army has been posted as a Medical Officer with a
Parachute Regiment (Special Forces) battalion. Captain Deeksha has undergone
training with the special force troops and has undergone rigorous training with
the special forces operatives. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifB8N2wOxJDPrk5YGui8jErUNL0cu3bsMb1DOvx0TuyWPTOEFoptKCsXafAh6-FSl-gsU6o4Q7Glo6hQ8hKEsbwDBtjrI-Tab2WldWtnBDhjDfRCEIxji9Omn8skAhioAbb-XZ9HvX8S6t2QbtvujnI5YHo0HWxms_W42wcHT-Nk3to2Kkn8lrnvYE/s360/FqiXCbSWIAIr4kj.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifB8N2wOxJDPrk5YGui8jErUNL0cu3bsMb1DOvx0TuyWPTOEFoptKCsXafAh6-FSl-gsU6o4Q7Glo6hQ8hKEsbwDBtjrI-Tab2WldWtnBDhjDfRCEIxji9Omn8skAhioAbb-XZ9HvX8S6t2QbtvujnI5YHo0HWxms_W42wcHT-Nk3to2Kkn8lrnvYE/s320/FqiXCbSWIAIr4kj.jpg"/></a></div>
She is a medical doctor and is trained for special operations as she may be
required to provide help to troops during special operations. Medical officers
in special forces units have earlier also been closely associated with special
operations.
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<b><a name="14.">14.</a> ASSAM ENTERS GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS FOR 43 LAKH
HANDWRITTEN ESSAYS ON LACHIT BORPHUKAN: </b>On March 9, 2023, the Guinness Book
of World Records handed a certificate to Assam’s Chief Minister Himanta Biswa
Sarma for the largest number of handwritten essays on Lachit Borphukan in
Guwahati. These were submitted by the people of Assam and everywhere else in the
world. A total of 42,94,350 essays on the Ahom Hero were submitted.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN1Zv1hKPmOQ7KwmuqoDikNoirNVcfx9_10bwCnPm_biQKRJSF9jJCrBP0eCn1aBVAXQEnwq9KJDrtfn8DMFd1myEs1-antLN4dHGDy3SObADiQ9HJXu7mL5YZOI0eNCH8LfPQvW5iMEg87cJf2ISQqMDn-NAdXsLWxWtJ8VOLFSURaDTHaNudC8pF/s450/download%20%284%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN1Zv1hKPmOQ7KwmuqoDikNoirNVcfx9_10bwCnPm_biQKRJSF9jJCrBP0eCn1aBVAXQEnwq9KJDrtfn8DMFd1myEs1-antLN4dHGDy3SObADiQ9HJXu7mL5YZOI0eNCH8LfPQvW5iMEg87cJf2ISQqMDn-NAdXsLWxWtJ8VOLFSURaDTHaNudC8pF/s320/download%20%284%29.jpg"/></a></div>
The essays were submitted as part of the 400th Birth Anniversary of Lachit
Borphukan after the Assam Government had appealed to the people to pay a tribute
to the legendary army commander by writing essays on him as a part of
celebrations. Over 57 lakh essays on Lachit Borphukan were submitted during this
initiative, but the Guinness World Records considered only the images of the
handwritten essays as the title of the record is a photo album of the longest
handwritten notes. Therefore, 42,94,350 handwritten essays were considered for
this record.
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<b><a name="15.">15.</a> BIRSA MUNDA HOCKEY STADIUM IN GUINNESS BOOKS: </b>
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik received the certificate of recognition
from the Guinness Book of World Records for Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in
Rourkela being the world's largest fully seated hockey stadium. <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQGVm94Ik6PfM656koPS2xRTxAXTfULVL2h7QvJnPTlCeIKhNZvD7Wm6F_IppYHKOrJIywTKNq5og6ytJlvBEEkHqH3143wYZp59B25PwaJXqV3Hm_XQ25BlhR8FuU-tOxKDX1DgTVUwKD6ntPbEi26wxTG2qGXjpn9yH0zzmgLIk38x4USXt5mb94/s544/mcms.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="465" data-original-width="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQGVm94Ik6PfM656koPS2xRTxAXTfULVL2h7QvJnPTlCeIKhNZvD7Wm6F_IppYHKOrJIywTKNq5og6ytJlvBEEkHqH3143wYZp59B25PwaJXqV3Hm_XQ25BlhR8FuU-tOxKDX1DgTVUwKD6ntPbEi26wxTG2qGXjpn9yH0zzmgLIk38x4USXt5mb94/s320/mcms.jpg"/></a></div>
Patnaik received the certificate during the ongoing FIH Pro League tournament at the stadium in
Rourkela. The stadium, which is now a benchmark in hockey infrastructure, was
built in a record 15 months and has a seating capacity of 20,011 with
uninterrupted viewing experience for all. It was recognised by the Guinness Book
of Records as the world's largest fully seated hockey stadium adding to the
celebration of the Hockey World Cup and bringing immense pride for Bharat and
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<b><a name="16.">16.</a> "OUR COUNTRY IS RICHEST IN STORIES, STICK TO YOUR
CULTURE": SS RAJAMOULI'S FATHER, V VIJAYENDRA PRASAD: </b><br>
SS Rajamouli's 'RRR' scripted history at the 95th Academy Awards by winning the
Best Original Song Award. Scriptwriter and Rajya Sabha MP, V Vijayendra Prasad,
called it a moment of triumph for the entire film fraternity of Bharat. In an
interview Prasad said, "Sometimes my son Rajamouli asks me in what aspects is
India the richest in the world. I tell him that our country's richness lies in
our storytelling.” Kaala Bhairava, one of the singers of Naatu Naatu, told The
Hollywood Reporter that the song was award-worthy because it was "rooted to its
nativity". The song already made history in January when it won a Golden
Globe for the best original song - a first for Bharat. The same month, it also
won the Critics' Choice award for the best song.
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<b><a name="17._">17. </a>SHRI VISHWA NIKETAN</b>: Pravas: Vishwa Vibhag
Samyojak Saumitra Gokhale will be travelling to Hong Kong and Taiwan. Vishwa
Vibhag Sah-Samyojak Dr. Ram Vaidya will be travelling to Egypt. Visitors:
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<b>FOOD FOR THOUGHT:</b> Hey Lakshman, even though Lanka is full of wealth, it
doesn't give me happiness. Mother and motherland are much greater than heaven.
<i>— (Bhagwan Sri Ram in Ramayana) </i>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt"><b>JAI SHRI RAM</b><br>
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<b>RASHTRIYA SWAYAMSEVAK SANGH <br>
AKHIL BHARATIYA PRATINIDHI SABHA (ABPS) MARCH 2023</b></span></font></p>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt">The annual meeting of the Akhil Bharatiya
Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS), the RSS’s most important body, concluded on March 14.
At a press conference, Sarkaryavah Shri Dattatreya Hosabale informed that an
important resolution was passed in view of the RSS’s future endeavours towards
national regeneration, even as the annual report was reviewed. This resolution
will provide direction to the society as India marches ahead confidently during
the ongoing Amrit Kaal and as the RSS approaches its centenary in 2025. At a
time when India is taking bold steps on the path to global leadership, citizens
need to be vigilant of those looking to impede Bharat’s progress.<br>
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the entire society will continue to work to
remove all the obstacles coming in the way of the nation's resurgence,
Sarkaryavah emphasized. The narrative about the country should change as we
march ahead in this Amrit Kaal, and answers to questions pertaining to India
should emanate from India only, he added. Distorted history should be replaced
by correct history, so that the countrymen can take pride in their heritage.
Art, literature and other expressions of creativity should reflect
contemporaneity.</span> <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0BvCUk0A7pROCSm9U7jVpH4wN3CAVCxCltxSK_Hize24nTopyQbA2ZvPEFs0n0zGqy3vHZCOjy6Z1N-QUa3yg0tjjtZDN0HJQLkZGf_H9lGiRB3IdsCbEi52W4JYE2Rog_5_AVsxPWHv6OhzlUZXt-Ya8lGNPw0EumAozjhRtbLloRWTe_uZOFWgh/s700/IMG_5163_202303141738228546_H@@IGHT_522_W@@IDTH_700.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0BvCUk0A7pROCSm9U7jVpH4wN3CAVCxCltxSK_Hize24nTopyQbA2ZvPEFs0n0zGqy3vHZCOjy6Z1N-QUa3yg0tjjtZDN0HJQLkZGf_H9lGiRB3IdsCbEi52W4JYE2Rog_5_AVsxPWHv6OhzlUZXt-Ya8lGNPw0EumAozjhRtbLloRWTe_uZOFWgh/s320/IMG_5163_202303141738228546_H@@IGHT_522_W@@IDTH_700.jpg"/></a></div>
<span style="font-size: 13pt">In addition to the resolution, three important statements were issued, one each
on completion of the 200th birth anniversary of Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati, the
350th year of the coronation of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, and the 2550th year
of Nirvana of Mahavir Swami. <br>
The centenary year of the RSS starts from the Vijayadashami of 2025, but the
ABPS did not firm up any plan of action for the landmark event. However, the
Sabha has chalked out a strategy to expand the Sangh’s footprint, and ramp up
its quality of service activity. The Swayamsevaks of Shakhas will study the
social realities of villages and settlements, and work towards addressing their
problems by involving the local communities. Such experiments and endeavours are
already being made, and were discussed in the ABPS meeting, which had started on
March 12 in Samalkha’s Pattikalyana-based Seva Sadhna evam Gram Vikas Kendra. <br>
In the coming months, the RSS will aim to focus on five dimensions of social
transformation. These five dimensions include social harmony, family values,
ecological conservation, Swadeshi (Bharatiya) conduct, and civic duty. In this
regard, he stressed that the aim of this action plan is to strengthen the voice
against discrimination in the society and make constant efforts for harmony. In
response to a question, he made it clear in unequivocal terms that
untouchability is a disgrace to the society, and that the RSS is committed to
eradicating it. <br>
The RSS remains concerned about the prevailing population imbalance, an issue
that has found a mention in the Supreme Court also. Former chief election
commissioner T.N. Seshan, and Mahatma Gandhi had also talked about this, the
Sarkaryawah said, while replying to questions from the journalists. <br>
On the question of Rahul Gandhi's criticism of the RSS and his statement about
democracy being in danger in India, Sarkaryavah said that a senior
parliamentarian like him should talk more responsibly. Moreover, those who did
not even apologize for the imposing Emergency in the country have no moral right
to talk about democracy.<br>
He once again affirmed that the RSS’s idea of Hindu Rashtra envisions a cultural
nation, different from the concept of 'State' with geo-political boundaries.
When seen from this perspective, there is no doubt that Bharat is a Hindu
Rashtra. <br>
On the question of same-sex marriage, he asserted that the Sangh is of the firm
belief that marriage is a sacred ritual that takes place between a man and a
woman. This is because the purpose of marriage is the larger interest of the
society, and not carnal pleasure.<br>
Bharat’s economy is growing at a rapid pace, its influence and profile is rising
in the strategic and diplomatic spheres. At this juncture, the entire society
needs to come together and work for achieving all-round development.<br>
There are several forces, both in Bharat and abroad, that want to stop Bharat
from moving forward on this path. But, unitedly and with the spirit of ‘Swa’, we
shall render these forces ineffective, and ensure Bharat’s rejuvenation and
resurgence.<span><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijecf8V1vnrCU64wBTHXboZzTskp25mzkMjDJVvDVBiAvr3lM8NuZH503TrX52wuBPpxQEBKjE8Gh4c1ty5lEa4BDW4bzyQfxUh-km3gIFoAQFFT9ScH-IF6_cZHZLmgYUgzP-vUSdUFOxz3WUb8R1qv2m4NcpSb3zos2MjNdvSOIvHqFQZQg8Tqph/s1200/1200-900-17966880-thumbnail-4x3-rss-meeting.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijecf8V1vnrCU64wBTHXboZzTskp25mzkMjDJVvDVBiAvr3lM8NuZH503TrX52wuBPpxQEBKjE8Gh4c1ty5lEa4BDW4bzyQfxUh-km3gIFoAQFFT9ScH-IF6_cZHZLmgYUgzP-vUSdUFOxz3WUb8R1qv2m4NcpSb3zos2MjNdvSOIvHqFQZQg8Tqph/s320/1200-900-17966880-thumbnail-4x3-rss-meeting.jpg"/></a></div>
<span style="font-size: 13pt">Pratinidhis (representatives) from different Prants (states) of the country
brainstormed in the ABPS meeting that lasted for three days. The annual report
was presented on the first day of the meeting, which showed that the number of
Shakhas has increased from 62,000 to 68,000. By next year, the RSS aims to
increase this to one lakh. It was also decided to organize a Parivaar Milan
(family get-together) in the Shakhas every three months. Sunil Ambekar, the
Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh, Narendra Thakur, and Alok Kumar were also
present at the press conference.<br>
Earlier, speaking to the media after the inauguration of the ABPS on March 12,
RSS Sah-Sarkaryavah Dr. Manmohan Vaidya informed that the Sangh would complete
100 years of its formation in 2025. Currently, the RSS is working directly at
71,355 places and striving for social transformation. Over the next one year, it
aims to expand its direct presence and service activity to about one lakh places
across the nation. <br>
The Sangh’s work and influence saw a big boost after the Covid pandemic in 2020,
Dr. Vaidya said at the press conference. In 2020, as many as 62,491 Shakhas were
held across 38,913 places, Saptahik Milan (weekly gatherings) at 20,303 places,
and Maasik Mandali (monthly meetings) at 8,732 places. In 2023, all these
numbers have seen a significant uptick. Currently, 68,651 Shakhas are being
organized at 42,613 places, Saptahik Milan at 26,877 places, and Maasik Mandali
at 10,412 places. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1-Uhj7uZf178aaRRIdU28rhrPBrQHDS-56NJVW2qdNwotq70OOKOdlffJN7BTd5eEc5LVuF3de1nenzYesbckl3IMiZ4uat7wX2tpw7adRaaggeN4lih-_5DXV56mi612_BcIQe00c0jtgyoTntgZ4SjnIMSpbVPBKv7NXzNOD_VQxLW9WmpW4gm8/s229/download%20%285%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="229" data-original-width="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1-Uhj7uZf178aaRRIdU28rhrPBrQHDS-56NJVW2qdNwotq70OOKOdlffJN7BTd5eEc5LVuF3de1nenzYesbckl3IMiZ4uat7wX2tpw7adRaaggeN4lih-_5DXV56mi612_BcIQe00c0jtgyoTntgZ4SjnIMSpbVPBKv7NXzNOD_VQxLW9WmpW4gm8/s320/download%20%285%29.jpg"/></a></div>
From the Sangh’s perspective, the nation has 911 districts, out of which the RSS
is working directly and actively in 901 districts. <br>
As many as 1,300 additional Shatabdi Vistaraks (vistaraks during centenary
year), besides the regular Pracharaks and Vistaraks, have set out on a 2-year
mission to expand the RSS’s work and activities during its centenary year.<br>
The noble thoughts and value systems that emphasize that the whole society of
Bharat is one, that all are equal, all are my own, and that I have to give
something to the society emanate from the RSS’s Shakhas, Sah Sarkaryavah
highlighted.<br>
Such is their dedication that the Swayamsevaks spread RSS’s service activities
by taking time out of their daily work and contributing to social change even if
it entails spending money from their own pockets. The RSS’s Shakhas are centres
for character development. Individuals who attend Shakhas imbibe great values,
and later play a critical role in social transformation by awakening nationalist
thoughts and taking the society along, he added. <br>
He informed that the RSS has been able to sharpen its appeal in the society, and
now more and more people are getting drawn to it. People are searching for the
RSS and seeking to join the nationalist organization through the digital medium.
Between 2017 and 2022, the RSS received 7,25,000 applications to join it.
Importantly, most of these applicants were aged 20 to 35 years, looking to join
the RSS with the aim to serve the society. <br>
The country’s youth are displaying a keen interest in the RSS’s daily Shakhas as
well. Of the total, 60% are Vidyarthi Shakhas (student shakhas). In the last one
year, 121,137 youth have received the Sangh’s Prathmik Shikshan. Over the next
one year, the RSS aims to hold 109 Shikshan Vargs (training camps), with 20,000
Swayamsevaks likely to participate, he said. <br>
Elaborating on the Sangh Shikshan (training), Dr. Vaidya said that Swayamsevaks
in the age group of 15-40 years participate in the Pratham Varsh Shikshan
(first-year training), those in the 17-40 years attend the Dwitiya Varsh, and
the Tritiya Varsh is meant for those aged between 25 years and 40 years. The RSS
organizes special training camps for Swayamsevaks aged above 40 years.
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<b>RASHTRIYA SWAYAMSEVAK SANGH <br>
ABPS RESOLUTION</b></span></font></p>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt">Let us resolve for resurgence of Rashtra based on
‘Swa’ (Selfhood): The Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) is of the
considered opinion that the prolonged journey of Bharat's ‘Swa’ to realize the
noble objective of global wellbeing has always been a source of inspiration for
all of us. During the period of foreign invasions and struggle, Bharat’s
societal life got disturbed and social, economic, cultural and religious systems
were severely mutilated. In this period, under the stewardship of revered saints
and great personalities, the entire society preserved its ‘Swa’ while being in
continuous struggle. <br>
The inspiration for this struggle was based on the ‘Swa – trayi’ of Swadharm,
Swadeshi and Swaraj in which entire society participated. On the auspicious
occasion of Amrit Mahotsav of independence, the whole nation gratefully
acknowledged the public leaders, freedom fighters and seers who contributed in
this resistance.<br>
After independence, we have attained remarkable achievements in many fields.
Today, Bharat's economy is emerging as one of the leading economies of the
world. The resurgence based on Bharatiya eternal values is being accepted by the
world. Bharat is heading towards a role for ensuring global peace, universal
brotherhood and human wellbeing based on the conceptual framework of ‘Vasudhaiva
Kutumbakam’. <br>
The ABPS is of the opinion that, in the process of making well organized,
glorious and prosperous nation, we need to overcome the challenges of fulfilment
of basic needs of all sections of society, opportunities for holistic
development and building new models based on Bharatiya concept of modernity
through judicious use of technology and eco-friendly development. For rebuilding
the nation, we need to make special efforts for achieving the objectives such as
strengthening the family institution, creating fraternity based harmonious
society and developing entrepreneurship with Swadeshi spirit. The entire
society, especially youth, will have to make concerted efforts in this regard.
As renunciation and sacrifice were essential for freedom from the foreign rule
during the period of struggle; in present times, we need to establish a social
life free from colonial mindset and committed to civic duties for realization of
abovementioned objectives. In this perspective, the call of ‘Panch Pran’ (five
resolves) given by Honourable Prime Minister on Independence Day is
significant. <br>
The ABPS wishes to underscore the fact that while many countries have respect
and goodwill for Bharat, some forces in the world are not accepting this
Bharatiya resurgence based on its ‘Swa’. These forces opposing Hindutva thought
within and outside the country are devising new conspiracies for creating mutual
distrust in society, systemic alienation and anarchy by instigating selfish
interests and divisiveness. While being vigilant towards all these, we also need
to defeat their designs. <br>
This ‘Amritkaal’ is offering us an opportunity to make collective efforts so
that Bharat attains global leadership. The ABPS calls upon the entire society
including enlightened people to participate, with full strength, in this
endeavour of evolving contemporary systems in all the fields of social life
including educational, economic, social, democratic and judicial institutions in
the light of Bharatiya thought process, so that Bharat acquires its rightful
place on the global stage as a strong, prosperous nation committed to universal
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