VKAJ conducts youth motivation camp

ITANAGAR, May 9: Vivekananda Kendra Arun Jyoti conducted a at VKV, Chimpu here from May 1 to 6 last in which the youth in the age group of 18 to 30 years participated.
The camp was aimed at giving the future leaders a positive direction and to inculcate patriotism, cultural value, self-discipline and the attitude of social service with the twine ideals of Vivekananda Kendra “Man Making – Nation Building” through various sessions on yoga, lecture, concentration & memory development games, group discussion and career guidance.
Drama session was taken up during the camp on the topics like Swami Vivekananda’s incidents in life, formal and informal education, health and hygiene.
The camp was inaugurated by Er Kalyan Dutta, Nagar Pramukh, Vivekananda Kendra Arun Jyoti, Itanagar.
He said that by doing so, they will be able to strengthen their self-confidence and able to face any of life’s challenges in the future. He believed that by providing youth with positive and constructive activities to occupy their time, they will be impacted morally, and eventually become a better person who will one day contribute to a better society.
Er Chaphung Wangsupa took a session on the topic “Man-Making, Nation Building” in which he spoke on the need of a organized work.
Prant Sanyojak of Swami Vivekananda Sardha Shati Samaroh Arunachal Pradesh, Rinchen Dorjee took a session on “Patriotism in Practice” where he said that patriotism is a cultural attachment to one’s homeland, excluding differences caused by the dependencies. “Patriotism is a devotion to one’s country. Practical patriotism means not a mere sentiment or even emotion of love of the motherland but a passion to serve our fellow country men”, he added.
A session on “Teamwork” was taken by Dr Techi Upen Tara, Sah Prant Sanyojak of SV-SSS, AP.
Er S Sumnyan, Yuva Shakti Aayam Pramukh of SV-SSS, spoke on the topic “My Hero Swami Vivekananda”. He said that being a youth icon of India Swami Vivekananda’s birthday on January 12, every year is celebrated as National Youth Day in our country. It is a fitting tribute to this great spiritual personality who believed in our youth power and inspired Indian youth to improve themselves and the country as a whole, he said.
In his short life span of 39 years, Vivekananda had created a flutter at national and global scenario and that is why a western admirer had even called him ‘young in years but eternal in wisdom’, he added.
Ashok Atale took a session on the “150th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda”. The theme for the 150th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda is appropriately named as “Wake up Bharat! Enlighten the World!”