Monday, 13 September 2010
Report of Universal Brotherhood Day (U.B. Day 2010
Vishwa Adhyayan Kendra (VAK) celebrated the Universal Brotherhood Day on Friday 27th August 2010. The function was held at the Galaxy Hall of MIG Club, Bandra East, Mumbai from 6 to 8.30 pm.
The reception area and the auditorium were beautifully decorated with rangoli giving a colourful and festive look.
Rakhis were tied to all the guests on arrival. After registrations guests were served refreshments.
Shri K. Narassimhan, CEO of CommIT Group was the MC of the programme and conducted the proceedings very professionally by his superlative skills in communication.
Shri Sanjay Kelapure, President of VAK in his Welcome Address highlighted the objectives of the VAK. He mentioned that VAK organises the U B Day every year to foster friendship and goodwill with various consulates and foreign nationals in Mumbai. He concluded that VAK aspires to become a think-tank that wishes to give a Bharat-centric outlook and an alternative viewpoint on international issues.
Shri Vishal Chavda, Coordinator - U B Day 2010 Paper Presentation Competition, informed about the Paper Presentation Competition (PPC) which was held among students of Technology, Management and International Studies from 27 institutions of Mumbai on the topic ‘Challenges to Universal Brotherhood ’. He also introduced the panel of judges viz. Dr. Satish Modh, Dr. Madhavi Pethe and Shri Nitin Raut.
Dr. Madhavi Pethe, Principal of M. L. Dahanukar College summarized her feelings about the competition and also shared her opinion about the views expressed by the participants. “I am happy to note from the views expressed by the participants in the PPC that they too are concerned about the burning issues of today whereas the general perception about the youth is they are self oriented and self focused. One participant has stressed the need for maintaining human bonds and feelings of brotherhood with the help of education and more importantly IT.”
“I am reminded of Martin Luther King’s famous quote that tells that we all are trapped in an inescapable web of mutuality and only by being helpful mutually can we help ourselves.” she concluded.
Shri Ajit Doval and Prof. Vijay Page later distributed certificates and cash prizes to the winners of PPC.
Shri Venkati Muthappa, second year PGDM student from MET who bagged the first prize presented the synopsis of his paper. He felt that the only solution one can think of in the present food crisis is pooling resources available all over the world and providing them to the needy. This is one form of “Universal Brotherhood” where the concern for the fellow human beings goes beyond the territorial boundaries he said. He added that with the quality of appreciating diversity being the hallmark of Indian value system, Bharat can be the front-runner of not only upholding but spreading the value of Universal Brotherhood.
The Keynote Address was given by Shri Ajit Doval - a highly decorated police officer who had an illustrious career and retired as Director, Intelligence Bureau. He started saying that be it the faith based religions or the
science based theories like Darwin’s Theory or Primordial Soup Theory, we are increasingly converging to the idea that the entire living beings including human beings came from the same evolutionary process and hence have same heritage.
“When we talk of Universal Brotherhood as a value system that can end the sufferings, strife and conflicts that we see all around us, we are operating on a presumption. The presumption is that, the cause of the entire conflict is due to the fact that we have forgotten that we are brothers and sisters after all.”
“We believe it is a crisis of knowledge about our commonality, our ancestry and our progeny that is causing this infirmity and if you spread the message of universal brotherhood, this infirmity will cease to exist and if the infirmity ends; that will bring in peace, prosperity and development. As a logical thought it looks very correct.”
“Most of us formulate our ideas based on logical thoughts and not on empirical data. Actually, more of
bloodshed in this world has happened among those who knew each other and not among strangers.” he
exclaimed.”
“River Mother Ganga is pure and we cannot purify it further what needs to be done is just stop pollutants and sewage water getting mixed with it. Universal brotherhood too is a value that is noble but will not succeed until we identify, stop, fight, kill, conquer and succeed over the forces that vitiate the values of universal brotherhood.”
“We have been taught since thousands of years that dharma has to be upheld and adharma has to be eliminated. Therefore the need of the hour is not just to spread the message of universal brotherhood but also to conquer and vanquish the forces that are out to vitiate the values of universal brotherhood” he said.
He narrated the example of Adam Yahiye Gadahn, the US-born media advisor of Al Qaeda who said that the day he converted to Islam all his blood relatives became enemies as they were non-Muslims and hence kafirs. He may be right in having such a view but he questions the very existence and freedom of faith of others he opined.
“Weakness is the greatest provocation for violence and that is why the invaders attacked us so easily, even though we as a nation possessed some of the the greatest virtues including universal brotherhood” he explained.
Referring to the ceaseless overt and covert efforts of Pakistan to destroy and demolish India, he said that the best response from us in the true spirit of universal brotherhood is to increase our defence and nuclear capabilities to the fullest extent but restrain from using it first. However, the preaching and practice of the values of universal brotherhood should come from a position of strength and not from the fear of being defeated or destroyed he added.
He gave a detailed account of how in 2001, USA enlisted our support in their fight against terror and after our sincere efforts of building Afghanistan’s infrastructure like schools, bridges and roads and also sending our troops along with other countries, we have been left out from the group of countries that will decide the future of Afghanistan after the withdrawal of forces in July 2011 due to a secret deal with Pakistan.
According to him the deal ensures the West from being not targeted by jihadi groups and Pakistan being given a freehand to have their say in deciding who will rule Afghanistan. This will put us in a more vulnerable and difficult position he added with a worry.
He explained that Universalism and Nationalism do not go together and so, along with having a universal outlook, we should take utmost care to uphold our national interests too. Everything that will come in the way of national interest should be defeated by all means and this has been uttered by no less a person than Lord Krishna he said.
He felt that in our pursuit of preaching our noble values of universal brotherhood, we simply cannot and should not ignore to build our fighting capabilities as it is most essential for our very survival. It is only to establish righteousness and only to establish universal brotherhood that we need to be ever prepared to fight for it he concluded.
His speech was a perfect blend of logic, caution and motivation.
The inspiring, interesting and captivating Keynote Address was followed by an interesting Q/A session.
On how to deal with China
“China’s comprehensive nationl power is three times that of ours and in the next 50 years we cannot equal it unless a turmoil happens in China. This is the reality and we have to accept it. The best strategy will be to develop our missile technology. China’s comprehensive national power will be in jeopardy if its economic installations are targets of our missiles. If China understands that our missiles are of sufficiently long range as to target the most sensitive economic installations there, it will think twice before taking any step in Arunachal Pradesh. We also have to identify those critical areas in economy where we can beat them. IT is one such sector but they are fast catching up. We can also have an edge over them in Banking and Insurance sectors.
Though our manufacturing sector cannot match theirs’ in size we however have a greater goodwill with the international trade community. Therefore we can only achieve some success over them by challenging them with superior missile technology and in critical economic areas”.
On the effect of abrogation of Article 370 in solving Kashmir issue –
“Pakistan’s military as well as political leaders have clearly stated that even after a amicable solution of Kashmir we will have scores to settle with India. Abrogation of Article 370 will send a strong message to Pakistan as well as the people of Kashmir that we consider it as a totally integral part of Bharat and want to give them the same status as other states. For 60 years we have kept them in docks. When we send a strong
and clear signal to Pakistan and the separatists that Kashmir is not negotiable, things will settle in a few years”.
On sending our officers to mercenary schools in US for special training –
“We have the best police training facilities that are second to none. Our police and para- military forces are not restrained by training or equipment but by having to confront a situation where they have to minimize the collateral damage and political fall-outs”.
On the relevance of conventional armies and warfare from India’s perspective –
“There is a doctrine that all strategic weapons are for enforced budgets and wars will be fought only by conventional means. The fourth generation warfare is a very difficult one because the enemy is within the civil society and the civil society has to be protected”.
He also answered questions on biological warfare and promulgating common civil code.
Prof. Vijay Page, Director General of MET Institute of Management in his presidential address complimented VAK for organizing the event every year to foster friendship and harmony. Though it was a small step it is a significant one he added. He felt that through the forums like these a beginning is made by the society to unite as one and cherish the values of Universal Brotherhood. He said brotherhood means conformity to a commonly held righteous path and a path to success at a nation-state level.
The Vote of Thanks was delivered by Shri Vidyadhar Phadke, Treasurer of VAK and the dignitaries were presented with VAK mementos.
The programme came to a close with the reciting of shanti mantra by Aditya Pandey.
The event was sponsored by M/s KisaN Group of Companies who have been sponsoring the event since 2007 and co-sponsored by M/s Geeta Shipping and Clearing Services.. We are very grateful to them for their generosity and commitment to support a social cause being pursued by VAK.
The programme was attended by 150 distinguished audience from various walks of life ranging from students to CEOs and included 65 who attended for the first time.
The highlight of the programme was that despite heavy rains through the day invitees had resolved to attend the function in a good number. Another was that the programme commenced and closed on time.
Sunday, 17 January 2010
Sunday, 29 November 2009
Report of Speaker on Campus (SoC) lecture programme.
VAK conducted its first lecture under the Speaker on Campus program. Dr Hieu Tran, Dean of College of Pharmacy, Sullivan University, Louisville, KY, USA was invited to deliver a lecture on the topic ‘Spirituality – Martial Arts and Non-violence’.
The topic was specially selected as Dr. Tran is a practicing Buddhist and is also a Master in martial arts.
The lecture was held in collaboration with the K J Somaiya Centre for Buddhist Studies at their Vidyavihar Complex on Saturday 21st November from 3 to 5 pm at the Management College Lecture Hall.
After tea and registrations the programme commenced with prayers rendered by Mrs. Deshpande. Lighting of lamp was later performed by Dr. Hieu Tran and others.
Mrs Deshpande also gave an introduction of the Somaiya institution.
Shri Sanjay Kelapure, President of VAK, welcomed the gathering and gave introduction of Dr. Hieu Tran as well as Vishwa Adhyayan Kendra.
In his short lecture Dr Hieu Tran outlined the subtle relationship between spirituality, martial arts and non-violence. He informed that every martial art trainer was expected to perform meditation as equivalent to the time of practice in order to control the power generated.
He also gave several examples from everyday life to explain the need to acquire physical power by practicing martial arts and also counter the same with mental power by performing meditation. Only with a perfect balance of the two will a person be able to lead a peaceful and non-violent life. If the balance is disturbed the martial art performer will resort to violence.
He also answered a few questions on controlling anger and controlling violence that is soreading the world.
Shri Ratan Sharda, senior trustee of VAK, delivered the vote of thanks.
Dr Hieu Tran was offered shawl and bouquet by Somaiya institution as well as VAK.
The occasion was utilized by VAK to felicitate Dr Madhuriben Sheth and Shri Ramesh Sheth both of whom have recently completed 75 years of purposeful life. Shri Ratan Sharda explained how both of them had excelled in professional career but were not lured to shift to the West. Instead they chose to stay in Mumbai and dedicate valuable time for selfless social work.
About 75 persons attended the programme. The audience comprised mainly of students of Centre for Buddhist studies s well as VAK members. Notable among the audience were Buddhist monks from Myanmar and Vietnam.
The topic was specially selected as Dr. Tran is a practicing Buddhist and is also a Master in martial arts.
The lecture was held in collaboration with the K J Somaiya Centre for Buddhist Studies at their Vidyavihar Complex on Saturday 21st November from 3 to 5 pm at the Management College Lecture Hall.
After tea and registrations the programme commenced with prayers rendered by Mrs. Deshpande. Lighting of lamp was later performed by Dr. Hieu Tran and others.
Mrs Deshpande also gave an introduction of the Somaiya institution.
Shri Sanjay Kelapure, President of VAK, welcomed the gathering and gave introduction of Dr. Hieu Tran as well as Vishwa Adhyayan Kendra.
In his short lecture Dr Hieu Tran outlined the subtle relationship between spirituality, martial arts and non-violence. He informed that every martial art trainer was expected to perform meditation as equivalent to the time of practice in order to control the power generated.
He also gave several examples from everyday life to explain the need to acquire physical power by practicing martial arts and also counter the same with mental power by performing meditation. Only with a perfect balance of the two will a person be able to lead a peaceful and non-violent life. If the balance is disturbed the martial art performer will resort to violence.
He also answered a few questions on controlling anger and controlling violence that is soreading the world.
Shri Ratan Sharda, senior trustee of VAK, delivered the vote of thanks.
Dr Hieu Tran was offered shawl and bouquet by Somaiya institution as well as VAK.
The occasion was utilized by VAK to felicitate Dr Madhuriben Sheth and Shri Ramesh Sheth both of whom have recently completed 75 years of purposeful life. Shri Ratan Sharda explained how both of them had excelled in professional career but were not lured to shift to the West. Instead they chose to stay in Mumbai and dedicate valuable time for selfless social work.
About 75 persons attended the programme. The audience comprised mainly of students of Centre for Buddhist studies s well as VAK members. Notable among the audience were Buddhist monks from Myanmar and Vietnam.
Saturday, 10 October 2009
Annual Report of VAK for period
April 2008 to March 2009
Support to Tibetan Solidarity Movement in Mumbai
Beginning from the 10th of March 2008, a series of protest demonstrations continued all over the three regions of Tibet, including Lhasa the Capital of Tibet. The people inside Tibet made a very strong statement at the cost of their lives that they are not happy with the policies of the PRC. They raised their voice for freedom, truth and justice. Over 142 peaceful protestors attained martyrdom and over ten thousand arrested and many more injured. Tibetans were denied the basic human rights.
The Tibetan government in exile conducted a series of demonstrations all over the world to protest the killings and arrests and to make the world aware of the situation inside Tibet.
In view of the above, there were various programmes in Mumbai from 10th to 12th April 2008. Under the guidance of Shri Bimal ji Kedia, VAK helped in coordinating the various activities including the stay, food and transport arrangements for over 3500 monks.
Beginning from the 10th of March 2008, a series of protest demonstrations continued all over the three regions of Tibet, including Lhasa the Capital of Tibet. The people inside Tibet made a very strong statement at the cost of their lives that they are not happy with the policies of the PRC. They raised their voice for freedom, truth and justice. Over 142 peaceful protestors attained martyrdom and over ten thousand arrested and many more injured. Tibetans were denied the basic human rights.
The Tibetan government in exile conducted a series of demonstrations all over the world to protest the killings and arrests and to make the world aware of the situation inside Tibet.
In view of the above, there were various programmes in Mumbai from 10th to 12th April 2008. Under the guidance of Shri Bimal ji Kedia, VAK helped in coordinating the various activities including the stay, food and transport arrangements for over 3500 monks.
Business of Freedom book launch
The book ‘Business of Freedom – An Initiative for School of Indian Management’ was launched at a simple but emotional function held at Keshavrao Ghaisas Auditorium of Dahanukar College, Vile Parle East, Mumbai on 19th April 2008.
The book is written by Shri Sandeep Singh, former Vice President (Sales & Marketing) at Sahara News and published by him in association with Vishwa Adhyayan Kendra, Mumbai.
Dr Satish Modh, Dy. General Manager Air India and President of Vishwa Adhyayan Kendra welcomed the guests. He felt that when 99% of all the management books available today are wholly based on western thought and philosophy BoF was a much needed book from Indian examples and history.
Shri Ratan Sharda, Senior IT Consultant and General Secretary of Vishwa Adhyayan Kendra confessed that despite his busy schedule he accepted to edit the book due to the inspirational character of Shri Sandeep Singh who had resigned his lucrative job to work for a noble cause and author the book.
In his emotionally charged speech Shri Sandeep Singh thanked everyone who played a minute role though, in helping to publish his dream book. He said that the collection of Rs 100/- from known and unknown individuals was an unforgettable experience. He said he realized that the new generation had little or no knowledge about our freedom fighters. He specially thanked Vishwa Adhyayan Kendra for joining him in publishing the book.
Speaking on the occasion after launching the book, Shri Deepak Ghaisas, Vice-Chairman and Director, i-Flex Solutions said he was thrilled to know that a book could be sold before being written and 800 people could commit to buy 3000 copies. He congratulated Shri Sandeep Singh for taking a very difficult, rare and bold decision of resigning his job to write a book for the benefit of the society and not for personal profit.
The book ‘Business of Freedom – An Initiative for School of Indian Management’ was launched at a simple but emotional function held at Keshavrao Ghaisas Auditorium of Dahanukar College, Vile Parle East, Mumbai on 19th April 2008.
The book is written by Shri Sandeep Singh, former Vice President (Sales & Marketing) at Sahara News and published by him in association with Vishwa Adhyayan Kendra, Mumbai.
Dr Satish Modh, Dy. General Manager Air India and President of Vishwa Adhyayan Kendra welcomed the guests. He felt that when 99% of all the management books available today are wholly based on western thought and philosophy BoF was a much needed book from Indian examples and history.
Shri Ratan Sharda, Senior IT Consultant and General Secretary of Vishwa Adhyayan Kendra confessed that despite his busy schedule he accepted to edit the book due to the inspirational character of Shri Sandeep Singh who had resigned his lucrative job to work for a noble cause and author the book.
In his emotionally charged speech Shri Sandeep Singh thanked everyone who played a minute role though, in helping to publish his dream book. He said that the collection of Rs 100/- from known and unknown individuals was an unforgettable experience. He said he realized that the new generation had little or no knowledge about our freedom fighters. He specially thanked Vishwa Adhyayan Kendra for joining him in publishing the book.
Speaking on the occasion after launching the book, Shri Deepak Ghaisas, Vice-Chairman and Director, i-Flex Solutions said he was thrilled to know that a book could be sold before being written and 800 people could commit to buy 3000 copies. He congratulated Shri Sandeep Singh for taking a very difficult, rare and bold decision of resigning his job to write a book for the benefit of the society and not for personal profit.
Reception to swayamsevaks from UK
A special meeting of VAK was held on 14th July 2008 at Utkarsha Mandal, Vile Parle for giving a reception to swayamsevaks from UK. About 20 members of VAK attended the meeting.
22 swayamsevaks from HSS-UK joined the meeting to get introduced. They informed the VAK members about shakha and campus activities in U.K.
They had arrived for participating in the VSSV 2008 that took place in Bhagyanagar from 21st July to 11th August 2008.
VAK organized their stay arrangements, travel and trips to Raigad Fort and Mumbai Darshan.
A special meeting of VAK was held on 14th July 2008 at Utkarsha Mandal, Vile Parle for giving a reception to swayamsevaks from UK. About 20 members of VAK attended the meeting.
22 swayamsevaks from HSS-UK joined the meeting to get introduced. They informed the VAK members about shakha and campus activities in U.K.
They had arrived for participating in the VSSV 2008 that took place in Bhagyanagar from 21st July to 11th August 2008.
VAK organized their stay arrangements, travel and trips to Raigad Fort and Mumbai Darshan.
Universal Brotherhood Day 2008
Dr. Subramaniam Swamy propounded that it would be unrealistic to dream of Hindi Cheeni bhai bhai and it would be equally senseless to have hostile relationships with China. He advocated a balanced relationship as equals in mutual interest. He was speaking at the Universal Brotherhood Day as the keynote speaker on ‘India – China: Traditions to Trade Relations’ on 22nd August, 2008 at Nehru Science Centre, Worli, Mumbai.
Dr. Subramaniam Swamy propounded that it would be unrealistic to dream of Hindi Cheeni bhai bhai and it would be equally senseless to have hostile relationships with China. He advocated a balanced relationship as equals in mutual interest. He was speaking at the Universal Brotherhood Day as the keynote speaker on ‘India – China: Traditions to Trade Relations’ on 22nd August, 2008 at Nehru Science Centre, Worli, Mumbai.
(His complete speech can be viewed in August 2008 post in this blog}
The programme was chaired by Shri Shriram Dandekar , Chairman of Camlin International, who in his brief address, talked of Chinese traditions and culture and quoted some very interesting Chinese proverbs which he gathered during his Chinese business trips from local population and gave a glimpse of Chinese thinking about life and business.
The programme closed with vote of thanks proposed by Shri. Sanjay Kelapure, U. B. Day 2008 Coordinator. He thanked Dr. Swamy for his well prepared speech and also the sponsors M/s Kisan Moulding, M/s Kisan Irrigation, M/s Sureshot Advertising & M/s Edge Consultancy for sponsoring the programme.
The programme was chaired by Shri Shriram Dandekar , Chairman of Camlin International, who in his brief address, talked of Chinese traditions and culture and quoted some very interesting Chinese proverbs which he gathered during his Chinese business trips from local population and gave a glimpse of Chinese thinking about life and business.
The programme closed with vote of thanks proposed by Shri. Sanjay Kelapure, U. B. Day 2008 Coordinator. He thanked Dr. Swamy for his well prepared speech and also the sponsors M/s Kisan Moulding, M/s Kisan Irrigation, M/s Sureshot Advertising & M/s Edge Consultancy for sponsoring the programme.
Dr. Satish Modh’s USA pravas
President of VAK, Dr. Satish ji Modh visited USA from 6th to 12th October 2008. His pravas was part of Speaker on Campus (SoC) Program in the Universities of Southern California. His lectures were titled ‘Vedanta concept of personality analysis and development ’.
Speaker on Campus events were held on 7th October at University of California, San Diego; on 8th October at San Diego State University; and on 9th October at University of Southern California.
On Sunday 12th October he was vakta at Southern California Vibhag Vijaya Dashami Utsav. Speaker on Campus was one aspect; Satish ji’s pravas was very fruitful and effective for the regular shakhas and karyakartas too.
President of VAK, Dr. Satish ji Modh visited USA from 6th to 12th October 2008. His pravas was part of Speaker on Campus (SoC) Program in the Universities of Southern California. His lectures were titled ‘Vedanta concept of personality analysis and development ’.
Speaker on Campus events were held on 7th October at University of California, San Diego; on 8th October at San Diego State University; and on 9th October at University of Southern California.
On Sunday 12th October he was vakta at Southern California Vibhag Vijaya Dashami Utsav. Speaker on Campus was one aspect; Satish ji’s pravas was very fruitful and effective for the regular shakhas and karyakartas too.
3rd Lakshmanrao Bhide Memorial Lecture
VAK and Keshav Srushti jointly organized the 3rd Lakshmanrao Bhide Memorial Lecture on Friday 16th January 2009 at the Alkesh Dinesh Mody Auditorium, Kalina Campus, Vidyanagari, Mumbai.
The programme commenced with the soul stirring rendering of sanghathan mantra from the rig veda by Ms Mridula Kulkarni.
Shri Sanjay Kelapure, President of VAK, welcomed the gathering and gave a brief profile of VAK. He made a special mention of Dr Satish Modh and Shri Ratan Sharda for painstakingly nurturing VAK for over a decade to its present position.
Dr. Shankarrao Tatwawadi, Vishwa Vibhag Samyojak (International Coordinator of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh) who had a long personal association with Late Lakshmanrao Bhide, introduced Bhide ji. He mentioned that Lakshmanrao Bhide was a calm, silent, self-effacing RSS pracharak who went around the world many times to meet the NRIs and PIO’s to understand their problems and also to make them organized.
The Keynote Address was given by Shri Ram Madhav, member of the National Executive of RSS on the topic ‘From Chanakya to Chandrayaan – Our Global Vision’. Shri Ram Madhav traced the ancient civilization of Bharat during the time of Chanakya when he had put his thoughts on state craft in his book the Arthashashtra. Shri Madhav ji mentioned that Bharat has come a long way from Chanakya to Chandrayaan and Indian civilization he said is identified with great thinkers - Sri Aurobindo, Swami Vivekananda and Mahatma Gandhi. Having just returned from China Sri Ram Madhav stressed the emergence of China as a Super Power. Communism, he said is breaking down in China and slowly China is rising like capitalist America. There was a question answer session after Shri Ram Madhav’s address. Questions pertaining to terrorism and the economic capability of China were asked and Shri Ram Madhav answered them all patiently.
VAK and Keshav Srushti jointly organized the 3rd Lakshmanrao Bhide Memorial Lecture on Friday 16th January 2009 at the Alkesh Dinesh Mody Auditorium, Kalina Campus, Vidyanagari, Mumbai.
The programme commenced with the soul stirring rendering of sanghathan mantra from the rig veda by Ms Mridula Kulkarni.
Shri Sanjay Kelapure, President of VAK, welcomed the gathering and gave a brief profile of VAK. He made a special mention of Dr Satish Modh and Shri Ratan Sharda for painstakingly nurturing VAK for over a decade to its present position.
Dr. Shankarrao Tatwawadi, Vishwa Vibhag Samyojak (International Coordinator of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh) who had a long personal association with Late Lakshmanrao Bhide, introduced Bhide ji. He mentioned that Lakshmanrao Bhide was a calm, silent, self-effacing RSS pracharak who went around the world many times to meet the NRIs and PIO’s to understand their problems and also to make them organized.
The Keynote Address was given by Shri Ram Madhav, member of the National Executive of RSS on the topic ‘From Chanakya to Chandrayaan – Our Global Vision’. Shri Ram Madhav traced the ancient civilization of Bharat during the time of Chanakya when he had put his thoughts on state craft in his book the Arthashashtra. Shri Madhav ji mentioned that Bharat has come a long way from Chanakya to Chandrayaan and Indian civilization he said is identified with great thinkers - Sri Aurobindo, Swami Vivekananda and Mahatma Gandhi. Having just returned from China Sri Ram Madhav stressed the emergence of China as a Super Power. Communism, he said is breaking down in China and slowly China is rising like capitalist America. There was a question answer session after Shri Ram Madhav’s address. Questions pertaining to terrorism and the economic capability of China were asked and Shri Ram Madhav answered them all patiently.
(His complete speech can be viewed in the January 2009 post in this blog).
Shri Mahendra Kumar Kabra, Chairman of the Vidyalaya Management Committee of Ram Ratna Vidya Mandir (RRVM), Keshav Srushti, presided over the function. In his address Shri Kabra said that schools should adopt the traditional Indian way of teaching and functioning. He proudly announced that RRVM had secured 100% results in 12th and 10th classes and there is a family-like relationship between the students and teachers. During the Makar Sankranti the students of the RRVM go out and distribute til ladoos to the poor setting the mark for social harmony and community service.
A goodwill message sent to the Vishwa Adhyayan Kendra by the former Chief Justice of India Shri P.N Bhagwati was read out by Prof. Indira Satyanarayan.
Dr. Shantilal K. Somaiya, the Chief Guest of the function, mentioned in his address that he also had visited China, and according to him the Chinese were not so much Communists as much as they were baniyaas. “The Chinese are very clever, very smart and above all they have great economic sense” he said. China as a country has only one system and no Democracy he said. According to Dr. Somaiya, Democracy is the second best form of Government the first is yet to come. The world needs persuasion and logic not war he added. Shri Somaiya ji was optimistic when he mentioned that ultimately Bharat would succeed over China because we have ’Sanskriti’.
Gen. Secretary of VAK Shri Ramesh Subramaniam gave the vote of thanks. Two resourceful members of the VAK viz. Shri Sandeep Singh and Dr. Satish Modh were felicitated for their special contribution.
The function came to a close with the melodious rendering of Ekta Mantra by Ms Mridula Kulkarni. Ms Mamta Vora efficiently conducted the proceedings by being the MC.
The programme was attended by over 350 participants from a cross section of the society that included 22 students from IIT, 30 from Kalina Campus, 30 students from RRVM, about 35 students from other institutions and also representative participants from UK, Mauritius, Muscat and USA.
The exhibition ‘From Chanakya to Chandrayaan – Our Global Vision’ that was on display was a special attraction for the students.
Shri Mahendra Kumar Kabra, Chairman of the Vidyalaya Management Committee of Ram Ratna Vidya Mandir (RRVM), Keshav Srushti, presided over the function. In his address Shri Kabra said that schools should adopt the traditional Indian way of teaching and functioning. He proudly announced that RRVM had secured 100% results in 12th and 10th classes and there is a family-like relationship between the students and teachers. During the Makar Sankranti the students of the RRVM go out and distribute til ladoos to the poor setting the mark for social harmony and community service.
A goodwill message sent to the Vishwa Adhyayan Kendra by the former Chief Justice of India Shri P.N Bhagwati was read out by Prof. Indira Satyanarayan.
Dr. Shantilal K. Somaiya, the Chief Guest of the function, mentioned in his address that he also had visited China, and according to him the Chinese were not so much Communists as much as they were baniyaas. “The Chinese are very clever, very smart and above all they have great economic sense” he said. China as a country has only one system and no Democracy he said. According to Dr. Somaiya, Democracy is the second best form of Government the first is yet to come. The world needs persuasion and logic not war he added. Shri Somaiya ji was optimistic when he mentioned that ultimately Bharat would succeed over China because we have ’Sanskriti’.
Gen. Secretary of VAK Shri Ramesh Subramaniam gave the vote of thanks. Two resourceful members of the VAK viz. Shri Sandeep Singh and Dr. Satish Modh were felicitated for their special contribution.
The function came to a close with the melodious rendering of Ekta Mantra by Ms Mridula Kulkarni. Ms Mamta Vora efficiently conducted the proceedings by being the MC.
The programme was attended by over 350 participants from a cross section of the society that included 22 students from IIT, 30 from Kalina Campus, 30 students from RRVM, about 35 students from other institutions and also representative participants from UK, Mauritius, Muscat and USA.
The exhibition ‘From Chanakya to Chandrayaan – Our Global Vision’ that was on display was a special attraction for the students.
3rd International Conference of Elders of Ancient Traditions
The 3rd International Conference of Elders of Ancient Traditions was held in Nagpur from 31st January to 5th February 2009.
The theme of the Conference was ‘Renaissance of the Ancient Traditions and Cultures: Challenges and Solutions’.
Over 150 delegates from 35 countries representing 45 different traditions participated in the conference.
VAK helped in receiving about 60 delegates and arranging their stay in Mumbai and also coordinating their pre-conference and post-conference tours in over 8 States.
The 3rd International Conference of Elders of Ancient Traditions was held in Nagpur from 31st January to 5th February 2009.
The theme of the Conference was ‘Renaissance of the Ancient Traditions and Cultures: Challenges and Solutions’.
Over 150 delegates from 35 countries representing 45 different traditions participated in the conference.
VAK helped in receiving about 60 delegates and arranging their stay in Mumbai and also coordinating their pre-conference and post-conference tours in over 8 States.
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