Monday, January 23, 2012

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's 115th birth anniversary to be celebrated with enthusiasm

January 23

VARANASI: To mark the 115th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose on January 23, the Vishal Bharat Sansthan (VBS) organised an award ceremony and an international seminar on Bose at Tilak Auditorium, Varanasi Nagar Nigam (VNN), on Sunday. On the occasion as many as 10 persons were felicitated the organisation for their valuable contribution in their respective field of action.
According to Rajeev Srivastava, founder of the organisation, the awards were named after Bose and comprised nine national and one international ones. According to him, social worker of South Korea and manager of Asian Bridge, Min Jung Oh, was given Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Peace Prize. Others in the list of awardees were Mohammad Moosa Azmi president of Asian Bridge for his contribution in promoting communal harmony, betterment of tribal people, dalit women and curbing violence against women in Philippines, Korea and India, along with many unknown faces like Vitthal Das of Chandauli district for rural development, boatman Virendra Nishad who works to save Ganga from pollution, Avadesh Dikshit working for RTI, Judith Keller for welfare of physically disabled children, Dr Amar Bahadur, Dr Amar Nath, Dr Amar Jyoti for higher education, along with Bhojpuri film actor Mahesh Raja for performing arts were awarded with Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose prize on Sunday.
Around 25 research papers by historians and professors were also read. According to Prof Brijesh Kumar Srivastava of Banaras Hindu University (BHU), even Gandhi was influenced by the ideologies of Subhash Chandra Bose and his notion 'karo ya maro' was inspired from Bose.
Dr Lala Azzola, social activists and archaeologist, along with Andriana Alakantara of New York University (NYU) opined that Bose's leadership would continue to inspire all and that it had become a need to adopt those leadership qualities for the whole world.
Additional general manager of Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited (BHEL), Sanjay Sinha said Bose was a synonym for nation building, former information commissioner, Government of India, O P Kejriwal said "Subhash Chandra Bose's teachings are very much required to slay the devil of corruption, poverty, illiteracy and terrorism."
According to Srivastava, a separate award ceremony for children would also be held on Monday. Historian T K Basu, vice chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth (MGKV) Prithvish Naag, Himanshu Upadhyay, Prof Guru Prasad Singh, Archana Bharatvanshi, Puja Bharatvanshi, Nazma, Nazneen and many children dressed in the outfits resembling Subhash Chandra Bose were present on the occasion.
Posted by :Vipul koul
Edited by : Ashok Koul

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