Melting Pots

8216;59th Dharmjagruti Sabha8217;, was arranged at the New English School by Hindu Janjagruti Samiti organised by Hindu Janjagruti Samiti.

All for a cause
8216;59th Dharmjagruti Sabha8217;, was arranged at the New English School by Hindu Janjagruti Samiti organised by Hindu Janjagruti Samiti. Present at this occasion were National President of Hindu Mahasabha, Shrimati Himani Sawarkar, Bharatacharya and spiritual speaker Suresh Shevade, state spokesperson of Hindu Janjagruti, Ramesh Shinde, Dr Narendra Date of Sanatan Sanstha and Vinay Panwalkar from Dharmshakti Sena. Started by VedpathanVed recitation by Pundalik Vitthal Halabe Guruji and Vedmurti Vaman Pundalik Halabe Guruji, the programme was followed by lighting of the holy deep by the respectable orators at the dias. They addressed the August gathering thereafter. The programme ended with recitation of 8216;Vande Mataram by Kumari Neha Kulkarni. The Sabha commenced by paying condolence to all those who lost their lives in recent Mumbai terrorist attack. Sanatan8217;s new publication Satwik Rangolya was launched by Bharatacharya Suresh Shevade. A photo exhibition on 8216;Terrorism in Kashmir8217; was organized by FACT at the venue.

Intelligent words
Spreading the word of love and truthfulness, renowned spiritual leader Dadi Janki Devi from Bhramakumari centre at Mount Abu came to the city. She is attending a four-day seminar on mind and body healing organised by the General Practitioners association of Pune. Talking of current scenario, she said, 8220;We need medicine for our griefs more than our wounds, this is possible with an interconnect to the almighty. One may follow any religion and leader, but the ultimate aim should be to be a good soul.8221; With a mission of Global health Dadi Janki added saying, 8220;We must start loving ourselves first, only then can we love the world. In today8217;s world where terrorism, deceit and fraud is overaking the goodness of humanity, all of us must pledge to kill such demons and win over three most important aspects that are 8211; tolerance, patience and will power.

Communal Harmony
A public lecture on shared religious traditions and communal harmony in India to be delivered on Monday the 22nd of December 08 6pm. onwards at the Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Tilak Road Pune. Noted writer-scholar Yoginder Sikand will deliver the lecture.

Paying Homage
The Hindu Janjagruti Samiti bestowed the Jeevan Gaurav award to Shahir Yogesh for his incomparable service towards Hindutva. Bharatacharya SG Shevade presented the award. Dr Date in his speech said that Spiritual practice was the only way to eradicate the sheer ignorance towards Hindu Dharma and that itself would be the foundation of the mission of rekindling Dharma. Vinay Panwalkar in his speech said that, today a layman8217;s life has become totally insecure. At such time one has to speak out the agony he is facing. For this, one has to learn to protect one self. It is the need of the society to get cultured with self defense techniques which shall give us a resistive mind and shall increase our will power.

Triumphant Win
Taral Chanchani is one of the two boys from Maharashtra to have made it to the prestigious Rashtriya Indian Military College RIMC in Dehradun. RIMC is a member of Indian Public Schools Conference IPSC and has total intake of 250 cadets only. Only 25 Cadets are admitted every six-month. Candidates are selected on the basis of their performance in an All India Entrance Examination held twice a year. Successful candidates are called for Viva 8211; Voice test. RIMC admits students into Std. VIII and they can study up to Std. XII. A student of Sinhgad Spring Dale School, Taral has cleared the tough written admission test, interview and the medical test. He also happens to be the only candidate in the history of recent years to have cleared the written admissions test back to back. 8220;We came to know about RIMC through a circular distributed through his school and moreover our family was interested in providing an overall education and training to our child, which prompted us to tell him the pros and the cons of this institution and he then decided upon joining the same8221; says his proud grandfather Hemendra Chanchani, a retired businessman. 8220;I would like to thank my tutor Kulkarni and my family members, whose support and constant encouragement, made me get into RIMC. I plan to join the NDA after completing my schooling and then would like to be a decorated soldier for India,8221; says Taral.

Mission on wheels
The State Bank of India donated two vehicles to Sadhu Vaswani Mission with the aim of facilitating the humanitarian work and service activities undertaken by the Mission, thus becoming SBI8217;s 8216;Mission of Mercy on Wheels8217;. The ceremony was held on December 20 at 1:00 PM at Sadhu Vaswani Mission campus at the hands of Rev. Dada J P Vaswani, Spiritual Head of Sadhu Vaswani Mission and Bange, AGM, SBI main branch.

Jingle bells
It8217;s that time of the year when everyone is engrossed in Christmas planning- thinking about the gifts and the planning for the party. Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. This is exactly the idea behind the Christmas party organised for the underprivileged by Fujitsu Consulting India. They have invited DeepGriha, a charitable organisation working to better the lives of children in the slums of Pune, to celebrate Christmas with them. The company will be organising a Christmas party for these underprivileged kids in their premises on December 22. The children will enjoy themselves as they participate in fun filled activities like games, quizzes and contests. A Christmas party is always incomplete for the children without their favourite Santa Claus. The kids will be showered with gifts and goodies from the Christmas father.