At the ancient Sitakund Mandir in Baruipur, a temple dedicated to Sita Ma and Sri Ram, collected sacred soil for #MeriMaatiMeraDesh & planted saplings in a programme thoughtfully put together by @BJYMinWB Jadavpur Dist. PM Shri Narendra Modi’s call of #MeriMaatiMeraDesh has inspired countless to reconnect with historic and sacred …
Among the best tribute to Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya is the sustained and systematic effort to eradicate the colonial mindset that is being seen – from new infrastructure to new technology, from self-reliance to a new vision of education, from Bharat emerging as friend of the marginalised and weaker countries, from …
Inspired by PM Shri @narendramodi’s galvanising call of #MeriMaatiMeraDesh had the privilege of collecting the sacred soil from Sister Nivedita’s historic house at Baghbazar in North Kolkata. A house which was frequented by Swami Vivekananda, Sri Aurobindo, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose, Sudhira Devi, Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, Romesh Chandra Dutt. A radiating …
In pouring rain participated in another elevating and inspiring episode of #MannKiBaat in Shyampukur, north Kolkata with district president Sh Tamoghna Ghosh and other karyakartas. Each example, each achievement mentioned by PM Shri @narendramodi inspires us to strive for #EkBharatShreshthaBharat in #AmritKaal. Following #MannKiBaat celebrated PM Shri Narendra Modi’s birthday …
Addressed a special programme organised by the West Bengal BJP Refugee Cell, at Kanchrapara this evening. Shri Satish Dhond, Jt General Secretary (Org) BJP, West Bengal was also present. Gave an overview of the refugee movement and its increasing relevance in WB.
At Bagula, Nadia, 4 to 5 km from the international border which saw large number of refugees cross over into West Bengal from August 1947 onwards, addressed the #PartitionHorrorsRememberanceDay programme: spoke of Nehru’s refusal to exchange population on the eastern front, recalled Pakistan’s 1st Law Minister & Dalit leader Jogendranath …
Most of those who participated in silent including people who conveyed their silent support have been victims of partition, having to leave their established business, jobs, homes, overnight and cross the border which is just 4 km away, into West Bengal. Because Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee saved a portion of …
At Barrackpore this evening: addressed a public programme on #PartitionHorrorsRemembranceDay – spoke of the significance of PM Shri @narendramodi’s call to observe the occasion, it’s historicity and necessity, of Nehru’s duplicitous behaviour towards Bengali Hindu refugees from East Bengal, denial of rehabilitation to them, his refusal to effectuate a complete …
At #SwamiVivekananda’s Ancestral House & Cultural Centre, Kolkata delivered the keynote address in presence of Swami Suvirananda Ji General Secretary of Ramakrishna Math & Mission & Swami Gyanalokananda Ji, on Swami Vivekananda’s nationalism – many shades, many dimensions. I spoke of how one sees the India of Swami Vivekananda’s hopes …
Was delighted to participate in 75th Anniversary Celebrations of “Shyama Prasad Vidyalaya” in New Delhi today. The school – then known as a branch of the Union Academy, was formally inaugurated by Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee, then Union Minister for Industry and Supply, on 8th August 1948, with D.L.Majumdar ICS, …
Was very impressed to meet young inventors and go through the gallery of their innovative inventions at the science exhibition named after Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee. Interacted with them and their teachers.
A colourful cultural programme by students of SPV was followed by the release of a Souvenir. Was happy to meet the members of the governing board, many of them with roots in Bengal. Over the decades they have held on to the founding vision of the school.
[Bengal Famine of 1943] on humanitarian ground and keep it beyond the purview of political gain was the Bengal Hindu Mahasabha in the person of Dr Syamaprasad Mookerjee” reported the colonial intelligence. Spoke on two crucial episodes of Bengal’s history: the Bengal Famine of 1943 and Dr Mookerjee’s herculean efforts …