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Ganga is not a river, it is a mother and our culture – Umashankar Pandey

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Noida, 23 November (Hindustan Reporter). On the second day of the three-day program on the five principles of Panch Parivartan, under the ‘Inspiration Discussion 2024’ organized at Saraswati Shishu Mandir, Sector 12, Noida, under the auspices of Prerna Research Institute Trust, the country’s leading writers and thinkers on environment, family enlightenment and social harmony. And the scholars discussed about the global environment affected by climate change, families disintegrating due to lack of values ​​and ways to remove caste-religion discrimination in the society. The speakers expressed their views, reflected on the problems and presented their solutions.

While brainstorming on the environmental theme “Mata Bhoomi: Putroham Prithivya” in the first session of the program, chief guest environmentalist and water warrior Umashankar Pandey said that there is a water crisis in the world. We are indiscriminately exploiting the water that our ancestors had stored under the ground by drilling holes in the ground. Now is the time to save water.

The keynote speaker of the session was Prof. of Faculty of Environmental Sciences, JNU. Dr. Usha Meena said that everyone should be sensitive towards the environment and contribute to its solutions. Dr. Usha Meena said that while being conscious about the environment, plant a tree on your birthday. It is not the responsibility of the government to care for the environment but it is the responsibility of everyone who can contribute by adopting a sustainable life. Anil Tyagi, who was presiding over the session, said that if we do not work to protect the environment now, we will face many problems in the future. We have to follow the policies of our ancestors. Convenor Prof. Anil Nigam also expressed his views on the environment. The session was conducted by Prof. Poonam and Mukta Martolia did it.

In the second session, under Kutumb Prabodhan, the speakers reflected on the topic ‘Family is our base’. During this, Surya Prakash Tonk, Area Sanghchalak of Western Uttar Pradesh of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, said that if life is to be enjoyed then the family should be joyful. He discussed in detail the five points for an organized family like education, values, consistency, unity and the place of the family in the society and explained the five principles of a great family. Said that the journey from I to us starts with the family.

Varun Gulati, the keynote speaker of the session, said that today an atmosphere of ‘I’ is visible instead of ‘we’. What is currently being served on social media is worrying. Expressing gratitude to the guests, former Women Commission Chairperson of Uttar Pradesh, Vimla Botham said that great personalities like Aapla, Gargi and Ahilyabai followed the state religion along with the family religion. Convener Manmohan Sisodia also expressed his views on family enlightenment.

The third session focused on social harmony. On the topic ‘Sangchchadhvam Samvadhvam Sam Vo Manasi Jantam’, chief guest Manjul Paliwal and writer and thinker and keynote speaker Vijay Sonkar Shastri expressed their views on social harmony, while Virendra Dutt Semwal chaired the session, Dr. Naveen Gupta and Dr. Sunetri Singh also participated on the stage. Shubhranshu Jha was the coordinator.

Apart from publicity head, Kripa Shankar, President, Prerna Research Institute Trust, Preeti Dadu, President of Prerna Vimarsh 2024, Anil Tyagi, Coordinator, Shyam Kishore Sahay, Convenor, Akhilesh Chaudhary were present in the program.