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EDITORIAL<br />
EVENTS INSPIRE US<br />
<strong>Jan</strong>uary 2010. We gleefully usher the Gragarian New Year every<br />
time. Do rock & roll and send greetings to innumerable acquaintances all<br />
over. But being a <strong>Bharat</strong> Vasi do we ever think of or try to remember what<br />
is Bhartiya Nav Varsh? Probably not. This is because we are driven for<br />
away from our own cultural values. While celebrating the aforementioned<br />
New Year we may not be knowing the significance of the names of those<br />
twelve months but Bhartiya Nav Varsh have all the months named after<br />
various seasons of this mother earth. So, I would appeal to all our<br />
brotheren to celebrate with gusto our own Nav Varsha falling on 16th March 2010 which may bring peace and prosperity to all:<br />
losZ HkoUrq lqf•uk% losZ lUrq fujke;k%A<br />
losZ Hkækf.k i';fUr ek df'pn nq%• Hkkx Hkosr~AA<br />
This month the entire nation celebrates the B’days and martyrdom<br />
days of couple of our revered leaders and also some festivals connected<br />
with change of seasons.<br />
The B’day of Guru Govind Singh, (5th <strong>Jan</strong>.) the tenth guru will ever<br />
be remembered for the establishment of Khalsa Panth. He taught us to<br />
be always ready for any sacrifice. Swami Vivekanand (6th <strong>Jan</strong>.) earned a<br />
name for his country when be spoke at the Congregation of Religious<br />
Leaders at Chicago by addressing the gathering as ‘My sisters & brothers<br />
of America’. And later he was heard with rapt attention. Swamiji, even<br />
today, is recognized as the Leader of youth and his B’day is celebrated<br />
as Youth Day (;qok fnol ). Guru Ravidas (30th <strong>Jan</strong>.) was a spiritual poet<br />
who by his couplets penetrated into the hearts of many. ‘You give me<br />
blood I will give you Freedom’ will ever be remembered while celebrating<br />
B’day of Subhash Chander Bose (23rd <strong>Jan</strong>.)<br />
The Nation also pays respectful homage to two National leaders<br />
in this month. A leader who gave us the slogan ‘Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’ led<br />
this nation in foregoing at least one meal per week to save enough of<br />
wheat for its çtk& he being the Prime Minister. We salute of revered Lal<br />
Bahadur Shastri (11th <strong>Jan</strong>.). ‘He Ram’- the last words uttered by none<br />
other than Mahatma Gandhi, are engraved at his Samadhi at Rajghat in<br />
New Delhi that reminds us that a frail and simple leader could get the<br />
nation its Freedom, though belated. This day is celebrated as Martyr<br />
Day when at the stroke of 11 am the entire Nation observes ekSu for a<br />
minute to pay sincerest homage to the bespectacled n.M/kjh and to<br />
innumerable martyrs. Its freedom struggle brought immense cheers when<br />
the Nation got its own Constitution on Republic Day (26th <strong>Jan</strong>.). The<br />
question often asked is ‘Are we sincere in upholding the dignity of our<br />
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Nation?’ It is for the readers to answer when the country is sometimes<br />
ranked ahead in the field of corruption.<br />
Let us now move to our seasonal festivals. Lohri (13th <strong>Jan</strong>.) in<br />
North and Pongal in South are enjoyed during winter season. Arrange a<br />
Bon-Fire, sing folk songs and eat dry fruits. Basant (Panchami) (20th <strong>Jan</strong>.) ushers the spring season. Colourful flowers all around. Nature’s<br />
beauty in full bloom. This is the time to learn how to remain smiling like<br />
flower and spread fragrance all around by your sweet tongue:<br />
,slh ok.kh cksfy, eu dk vkik •ks;]<br />
vkSju dks 'khry djs vki Hkh 'khry gks;A<br />
Every incidence, every event teaches us something or the other.<br />
It is for us to grasp its essence.<br />
And this is what we exactly do at <strong>Bharat</strong> <strong>Vikas</strong> <strong>Parishad</strong> through<br />
our various projects specially during Sanskriti Saptah.<br />
And remember, all of us have taken a vow to expand our family<br />
of the <strong>Parishad</strong>- at micro as well as macro levels. This will strengthen<br />
the members even at the grass-root level. Add but not delete should be<br />
our motto. Whenever we find some leakage in the membership let us try<br />
to plug it by approaching such members of the <strong>Parishad</strong>.<br />
Let us, therefore, nurture our roots and reap the fruits as envisaged<br />
for 2013. -DVS.<br />
uhfr<br />
Another Milestone Achieved!!<br />
BVP Membership List Now on the Website<br />
All India list of members of <strong>Bharat</strong> <strong>Vikas</strong> <strong>Parishad</strong><br />
is now available on <strong>Parishad</strong>’s website<br />
(http://bvpindia.com/prant.htm).<br />
Prants / Branches may kindly provide updates only on<br />
computerized lists obtained from the Central Office.<br />
yksgM+h] edj laØkfUr] iksaxy] x.kra=k fnol ,oa olar<br />
iapeh dh lHkh dks ifj"kn~ ifjokj dh<br />
vksj ls gkfnZd c/kbZ<br />
ek?k&iQkYxqu] tuojh 2010<br />
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