‘In today’s Teacher-Student Relationship Value system needs to be reinstated’ Agreed all the speakers.
Pune: Sept. 10: On the occasion of Teacher’s Day, a seminar was jointly organised by Snehasadan, Institute for the Study of Religion and St. Vincent’s Night College of Commerce in the Campus of the College.
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| Dr. Anil Adsule delivering his Keynote address at the outset |
Fr. James Selvaraj, SJ
the manager and the Professor of the College welcomed all the students, staff
and, invited the dignitaries to light the lamp. After he introduced the guest
speakers Mr. Abhay Tilak, Shri Zia A. Khan and Fr. Learoy Rodrigues, SJ for
this joint Seminar on the topic of ‘GURU’, Fr. Anil Chakranarayan invoked Jesus
our Guru with a shloka, Dr. Anil Adsule delivered his Keynote address. Fr. Anil
introduced the topic of the day and invited the speakers to enlighten all on
the same.
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| Fr. james Selvaraj, SJ the Pune Jesuit Father, the manager of the College Welcomes and introduces the speakers of the seminar. |
Mr. Abhay Tilak said,
‘Being a student is a profession today. But to be a disciple is an attribute, a
quality, a disposition of a person. You may be a student without being a
disciple. Ne may be a very good disciple, highly acclaimed one without being a
formally called or educated student. The guru being a Sanskrit word means, the
one who eradicates the darkness of ignorance. Moreover, this word has several
dimensions-temporal, spiritual, linguistic and other.’
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| Fr. Learoy Rodrigues, SJ delivering his disocurse |
Mr. Zia a Khan, one
time Ustad of wrestling, a well-studied personality in Sufism, spoke of the
relationship between Shagird or student and the Ustad-Master. In this he said,
‘Today’s students ask for education because they pay the money to the teacher.
Hence, there is not real relationship of a student with the master or teacher.
The whole value system has gone topsy-turvy. That has rendered a transactional
character to the noble work like teaching.’
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| Shree Abhay Tilak, delivering his discourse. |
‘With the neghbouring
kingdoms flaunting their tradition of Guru-shishya, the Jews too unearthed
their tradition of Rabbi-student relationship,’ said Fr. Learoy Rodrigues, SJ. He began with a story of a Guru who told his
disciples that when one saw another human being as his or her brother and
sister, saw pain and suffering in the eyes of the other human beings, then he
or she could distinguish between morning and night.’ He further said, ‘Jesus is
a different Guru. He washed his disciples’ feet and then told them that as he
their master has washed their feet, they should also do the same with each
other.’
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| Shree Zia Ahmed Khan delivering his speech |
FR. James Selvaraj, SJ
and the Principal of the College both felicitated the speakers and the director
of Snehasadan with bouquets of flowers and shawls while other Jesuit guests Fr.
Theo de Sales and Fr. Tony Sequeira too were present along with Fr. Philip
Parmar of Delhi diocese. The students of
the college Br. Navin Kerketta, SJ and others also contributed their share of
hospitality to the guests.
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| The Rapt Audience |
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| Ligting of the Auspicous Samai. present with the speakers Fr. Anil Chakranaraya, SJ from Snehasadan, Pune |
There was an excellent cooperation from Rev. Fr. James Selvaraj, SJ, and the whole St. Vincent's Commerce College staff and the students.
Th involvement and the discipline of the college one could experience through this program.
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