Sunday 14 September 2014

JOINT VENTURE: SNEHASADAN & ST. JOSEPH'S TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, PUNE

 STUDENTS OF TECHNICAL: TOPIC OF DISCUSSION: 

"ON THE THRESHOLD OF ACTIVE LIFE"

Indian Culture is the Beautiful Brew of Commingling of Various Cultural Currents ’
‘Look at each other as human beings,’ Said   the Leading Social Activist Professor Sharad Javadekar.   
Resource Person: Professor Sharad Javadekar
In view of the Guru Paurnima/Teacher’s Day Snehasadan-Inter Faith Dialogue Institute & St. Joseph’s Technical Institute jointly organised half a day’s seminar for the Technical Students. While speaking to the students and the Staff on the topic, “On the Threshould of Active Life,” Prof. Javadekar beckoned all to “look at each other as human beings and shun discrimination.”

The program began with Fr. Subhash Tribhuvan, the director of the Technical Institute awarding certificates & prizes to the excellent students through Prof. Javadekar, Sharad. After having introduced the main speaker to the audience packed hall the Director invited the professor to speak
Professor Sharad Javadekar

  Popularly known as Professor Javadekar said, ‘The world today is called a global village with a better communication through the hi-tech media connecting people the world over at a click of a mobile switch, while our neighbours are unknown to us. ‘Here the people have separated even the gods of high caste from the gods of low caste people. High caste gods are handsome looking, while the low caste gods are ugly looking and just saffron painted stones. On the basis of castes, creeds, languages, territories and even ideologies, we are creating a rift between various communities’ he pointed out. ‘However, India is the intermingling of many different cultural streams like Aryans, the Mongols, Moghuls, the Portuguese, and later still the British. This is the real rich and all-accommodative culture of India,’ He further opine. He said, ‘In order to honour a great personality like King Shivaji, people do not have to denigrate some other community. In fact Shivaji, a Hindu King and Aurangzeb, a Muslim emperor battled against each other for the territorial expansion and not on the basis of religion.’ They both had several Muslim and Hindu experts on important posts in their kingdoms respectively. Therefore, we, the ordinary people need to be careful against the poison of disunity in the country.


Students rapt in attention

Principal Mr. Khandagle thanked the chief guest and the invitees. The special invitees were Rev. Fr. Theo de Sales, Fr. Philip Parmar and Mr. Vishwas Chakranarayan who was instrumental in bringing the famous activist, Prof. Javadekar, Sharad in contact with the Technical. 






A Brief about Dr. Sahrad Javadekar: 
Prof. Shree Javadekar, Sharad: A senior professor retired from the Wadia  College of Commerce, Pune. He is a social activist, believer of Socialist Philosophy ( Samajvadi Chalval and Vichar) and is popularly called Pradhyapak Javadekar. He has been engaged in the KG to PG free education movement in Maharashtra. A close associate of Bhai Vaidya, Dr. Narendra Dabholkar and such like who propagated classless ( in India Casteless) society, and social equality to all without any discrimination. 

He is the member of the Akhil Bhartiya Samajwadi Adhyapak Sabha. 

He has been on the editorial board of 'Purogami Satayshodhak' which is published every three months. Mostly he does his writing in Marathi. He has also edited 'Bahujananche Shikshan: Vastav and Apeksha'( The Education of the masses: Reality and Expectations). 

It is learned that he during the Emergency period forced by Indira Gandhi was incarcerated along with Mr. Anwar Rajan, for tree months for having raised his voice against the powers of that time. 

Links: 
1. http://absasindia.org/prakashne.php
2. http://www.sakaaltimes.com/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=5163048338645940872&SectionId=5171561142064258099&SectionName=Pune&NewsDate=20120426&NewsTitle=Teachers%20threaten%20stir%20over%20edu%20policy
3. http://www.sakaaltimes.com/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=4686761599366299636&SectionId=5351696313519115080&SectionName=State&NewsDate=20111014&NewsTitle=State%20teachers%20to%20mobilise%20support%20for%20free%20education
4. http://absas2011.blogspot.in/
5. www.sacw.net | October 11, 2004 [India] Erasing the Past for Present Political Agenda by Ram Puniyani
6. http://tribune.com.pk/author/3182/nadeem-wagan/ Another view on Aurangzeb Was  the fall of the mighty Mughal Empire really due to Aurang­zeb’s religi­ous zeal? .
August 12, 2012
7. http://www.albalagh.net/general/0093.shtml



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Fr. Anil Chakranarayan,SJ; Snehasadan, Pune-30














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