1. FESTIVALS: Makar Sankranti, the Holy Day When the Sun Enters The
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
: P.O.BOX 5728 SRT NAGAR, NEW DELHI 110055 (BHARAT); Email : [email protected] No. Sm1118/2068 (For Private Circulation Only) Paush Shukla 8 Vik Samvat 2068, Yugabda 5113 Tel: 91-11- 23684445; Fax: 91-11-23517722 1 January 2012 1. FESTIVALS: Makar Sankranti, the holy day movements. The judge, after reviewing the when the Sun enters the sign of Makara or petition from the state prosecutors and the Capricorn, falls normally on January 14. This most responses against it, dismissed the plea. auspicious festival of the Hindus is celebrated in 3. FDI IN RETAIL UNACCEPTABLE- various parts of the country in different ways. In SARSANGHACHALAK: "Our retail sector Gujarat and Rajasthan, it is referred Uttararayan provides employment to crores of people and it is while in Northern part of the country it is known not strong enough to even compete with the as Sankranti, in Tamil Nadu it is known as Pongal. Bharatiya corporates like Reliance and Tata. Then, Apart from Bharat it is also celebrated in Nepal, how can we expect it to face the economic might Malaysia, Thailand and all other countries where of multinational retailers like Walmart? Foreign Hindus have a sizable presence. Direct Investment (FDI) in multi brand retail at the The birth of Swami Vivekanand on the Sankranti cost of our own people cannot be accepted at all. “ day is an inspiring indication of the passing of the said RSS Sarsanghachalak Shri Mohan Bhagwat, long night of self-oblivion and birth of an addressing a gathering of professors and lecturers effulgent era of Hinduism. The festival is also the in New Delhi on December 19. The topic of last of six festivals celebrated by HSS and RSS at lecture was ‘Global Scenario, RSS, Bharat & We’. their shakhas. The closing of the function on this Uttar Kshetra Sanghachalak Dr Bajranglal Gupt, occasion is sweetened by the distribution of til-gul Delhi Prant Sanghachalak Shri Kulbhushan Ahuja to the participants. and Sah Prant Sanghachalak Dr SS Agrawal also 2. RUSSIAN COURT REFUSES TO BAN shared the dais. Hundreds of lecturers and BHAGVAD GITA: A Russian court on professors including the Mayor of Delhi Prof December 28 rejected a petition, described by Rajni Abbi, participated in the function. Bharat as "patently absurd", which had sought a In his speech Shri Bhagwat touched many current ban on a translated version of Bhagvad Gita, issues and said the root cause of majority of the bringing cheers to followers in Bharat as well as problems in the world today is selfishness and those across the world. Prosecutors in the Siberian greed of the man. About the Communal Violence city of Tomsk had argued that the Russian Bill, Shri Bhagwat said Bharat has provided translation of "Bhagavad Gita As It Is" promotes shelter to all those who were tortured or "social discord" and hatred towards non-believers. humiliated in any part of the world. Answering a The text is a combination of the Bhagvad Gita, one query regarding the reconstruction of Sri Ram of Hinduism's holiest scriptures, and commentary temple in Ayodhya, Shri Bhagwat said it would by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, not take more than two years for building the founder of the International Society for Krishna temple if the land is provided to Hindus now. He Consciousness, commonly known as the Hare said Bharat has to play a vital role in the global Krishna movement, ISKCON. The prosecutors scenario and we should make ourselves ready to had asked the court to include the book on the bear this responsibility. Quoting Rabindranath Russian Federal List of Extremist Materials, which Tagore who described Hindutva as a binding bans more than 1,000 texts including Adolf force, Shri Bhagwat stressed the need to create Hitler's "Mein Kampf" and books distributed by leaders with high character like Anna Hazare and the Jehovah's Witness and Scientology Dr Abdul Kalam even up to the village level. 1 4. RIG VEDA TO PARTICLE PHYSICS by G. main particle detectors looking for the Higgs S. Mudur: Physicist Vivek Sharma who was born boson. in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, and now leads an "Our curiosity about our origins doesn't change international group hunting for the Higgs boson anybody's life, but there is a satisfaction from sees the search as an attempt to seek out answers understanding such things," Sharma said in a to questions posed in the Rig Veda. telephone interview ahead of the CERN seminar Sharma, who went to a Kendriya Vidyalaya in where scientists presented their latest results from Pune and pursued master's in physics at the Indian the Higgs search. Institute of Technology, Kanpur, says he was "But when we build machines like the Large drawn to experimental particle physics after Hadron Collider (the particle accelerator at CERN learning Rig Veda hymns from his mother, a where proton-proton collisions are used to search Sanskrit scholar. The ancient text has a hymn on for the Higgs boson), it requires us to invent new creation that speculates on the origin of the technologies that can change people's lives," he universe and describes a period when "all that said. existed was void and formless". The World Wide Web was created at CERN to "It was a shock, it left an impression in my mind. help physicists move data around between Thousands of years ago people were different computers in a seamless fashion. "It's a contemplating our origins," said Sharma, a great example of how something that is good for professor at the University of California, San physicists turned out to be fantastic for the Diego, and head of a Higgs search team at CERN, public," Sharma said. the European research laboratory. New technologies and ideas that are born in He was still a high school student but began experimental physics laboratories may have thinking how modern technology might be used to implications in information technology and probe creation. The Higgs boson, the subatomic medicine. "Our goals are esoteric, but what particle that Sharma and his colleagues are looking sometimes comes out benefits the public," he said. for, was predicted in the 1960s to explain the Sharma, whose routine in recent years has been origin of mass. A discovery of the Higgs boson is eight weeks at CERN and 10 to 15 days with his important for physicists because it is the last wife and 7-year-old daughter in San Diego, is also missing, or unseen, piece of a bedrock theory of keen on drawing more students to physics. physics called the Standard Model that explains all His homepage has a link to a talk he once the forces and particles in nature except gravity. delivered to prospective students and their parents. Sharma moved to the US in 1984, treating higher "The popular belief that physicists do not make studies in the US as a route to plunge much money is totally false," the link says. intoexperimental physics requiring expensive "Physics majors make more money than chemistry machines ' particle accelerators ' but spent five or bio majors." (www.telegraphindia.com – Wed, years at CERN in the early 1990s where he Dec 14, 2011) discovered two new subatomic particles, including 5. SSV-2011 OF HSS MAURITIUS: Hindu a cousin of the proton, but five times heavier. Swyamsevak Sangh Mauritius, successfully His enthusiasm for experimental physics emerges conducted ‘Sangh Shiksha Varga – 2011’ (Sat. 26 in his talks ' whether delivered to fellow-physicists Nov. to Sun. 3 Dec. 2011) at D.A.V. College or aspiring students. It also appears to temper any Morceliment Saint Andre. There were 52 emotions that might spring each time particle Swyamsevaks, 42 Sevikas along with 9 Shikshaks detectors at CERN spot signals resembling traces from 25 places. of the Higgs boson. The shareerik was daily three and half hours "Experiments will ultimately tell us what is right different physical training which included dand, and what is wrong," he said. In the coming niyuddha, yogasana, padavinyaas, Various Shakha months, Sharma and his colleagues will refine Khel, Yogachap, Samata, Achaar Paddati and their analyses and combine the data from the two Vyayamyog. 2 Apart from daily charcha & Baudhik Sessions demanded a ban on fighting election by the Indian there were special sessions for Management Skill National Congress (INC) in the polls to come. Games, Business Skill Games, Quiz Competition In its memorandum VHP said that the religion- on Ramayana, Traditional Ramayana chanting based reservation is not only prohibited by programme, Treasure Hunt etc. Articles 15(1) and 16(2) of the constitution and A sanchalan was held with Ghosh for all violative of articles 15(4) and 16(4) of the same Shiksharthis in nearby town “Triolet”. Samarop too but also divide the country. Programme was held on Sat. 3 Dec 2011 and 8. HSS NEW YORK SAKHI SAMELAN: HSS, around 200 parents were present from the Shivaji shakha, Westchester NY conducted “Sakhi beginning. Samelan” on the 4th of December wherein nearly 6. SIXTH ALL BHARAT KHELKOOD 30 sevikas from NY vibhag got together. It was COMPETITION COMMENCES IN PUNE: fun filled day learning, playing and knowing each Sixth Khel Kood competition organised by All other. Yoga, rapid games, Balagokulam Radio Bharat Vanavasi Kalyan Aashram was inaugreted commercial game, shakha geet ‘Charaiveti by Rashtiya SwayamSevek Sangh (RSS) Charaiveti’, and a bauddhik on motives behind Sarsanghchalak Dr. Mohan Bhagavat on Dec 29 in having HSS and RSS by NY Vibhag Karyavah Pune Maharashtra. Talking about need to Rudra Upadhyaya were highlights of the incorporate Vanvasis in main stream society Dr. sammelan. The granddaughter of Mausiji (Dr. Bhagwat said, “Vanvasi people are not lacking in Sanjivani Bakhare) shared with the participants their capability but they should be recognised in her childhood experiences with Mausiji; the society.