We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.-Swami Vivekananda
“Let not a single day pass without your learning a verse, half a verse, or a fourth of it, or even one letter of it; nor without attending to charity, study and other pious activity.” - Chanakya
WHEN WILL OUR THIRST FOR FREEDOM BE QUENCHED? ONLY WHEN OUR OBSESSION FOR SLAVERY IS KILLED.
Youth
karyakartas (Youth volunteers) of Vivekananda Kendra Dibrugarh has decided and
initiated to conduct "Swadhyaya Varga” especially for the
college going youths of Dibrugarh & its adjoining areas.
"Swadhyaya Varga" is one of the 'ayam'(program or methodology)
of Vivekananda Kendra which facilitate its mission towards “Man Making and
Nation Building". With an objective to provide congenial platform, to the
youths of our society to express & groom their aspiring mindset, into a
constructive rejuvenated thought process with clear understanding, VK Dibrugarh
has taken up the initiative.
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College Youths Participating in Swadhay Varga |
. On 30th March’2016 at Vivekananda Kendra,
Dibrugarh branch center premises it was held .It started at 3 pm and continued
till 4:30 pm. Students from City College, Dibru college and DHSK college were
among the participants. Sacred omkar chanting and vedic hymn by VK’s
karyakartas sanctified the atmosphere to begin with which is followed by
explanation regarding the objective & guidelines of the session by a VK
karyakarta. Dr. Bharati Dutta, Retd. Professor of DHSK College and Nagar
Pramukh of Vivekananda Kendra Dibrugarh delivered the welcome speech. One youth
karyakarta performed a patriotic song. Participants’ Introductory session was
done with an interesting game. That was
not only ice breaking for the participants but also helps them to know each
other more intimately. After that the participants were divided into three
groups for group discussion on given topic- “role of students towards nation
building”. All of them expressed their views
within the groups on the topic in presence of mentors monitoring each group.Two
representatives from each group delivered speech based on the gist of their
discussion in the groups.
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Group Discussion or Manthan |
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Kum. B.Radha Devi,Join Sey VKV-APT |
Kum B.Radha Devi, Join Secretary of Vivekananda Kendra
Arunachal Pradesh Trust was the invited speaker in the program. After
completion of presentations by all the youth group representatives Kum.B.Radha Devi
has done the summing up beautifully in her own unique way. In her speech she
appreciated all the participants’ for their involvement in the program and the
way some of the youth speakers expressed their views. One girl student of Dibru
college during her presentation while speaking about the villagers of Assam has
shown her great maturity by correcting herself after saying “most of the people
in the villages are uneducated “ by immediately saying “It will be improper to
say uneducated, it will be illiterate”. Which
was very much appreciated by Kum B.Radha Devi by saying ”how nice to see a young
girl could differentiate between educated and literate”. “Education in Indian
perspective is much more than the academic qualification one posses or the bundle
of information stored in ones’ memory”
she continues” It is the moral values or noble qualities which get expressed in every attitude, action, feelings,
relationships and commitments as a result of real education” . One of the youth
participants also mentioned that in India even in this modern time some people believes in
superstitions. We need to educate them
so that they can overcome their blind believe. In respond to this Radhadidi said that “No doubt
there are some superstition exists but we cannot say that all are bogus. There
are lot more believe systems and rituals still exist in India which since
thousands of years are nurturing the inner greatness to its ultimate manifestation.
They are all time tested. One generation passes it to the next generation. They
are better known as ‘Sanskara’. It has been the basic foundation of social
structure of our motherland since ancient time but never loses its relevance. It was
an integral aspect of our education system since then”. She continues her
speech with many such explanation, instances and references which were very attentively,
eagerly with interest listened by the youth participants. She concluded her
speech by saying “Right thought lead us to right act, right act lead us to
right result and right result lead us to right rewards. So take care of your
thought first the rest will follow itself.”
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Group Presentation speech |
The
program is concluded with a vedi hymn
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