Samskritik Manch:Cultural Forum
Science and religion will shake hands. this will be the religion of the future... and will be for all times and peoples.
Water the roots of the tree and the whole tree is watered.
--Swami Vivekandanda
So
long as a community rightly interprets its traditions to answer
challenges and meet future needs so long is that community alive and
vibrant. In India this re-interpretation has been done by the seers and
sages creatively. Since Arunachal Pradesh is in a transitional phase,
through VKIC and Arunjyoti activities, Seminars are organized whereby
right-minded persons and thinkers not only come together to understand
their traditional systems but also think of ways to strengthen its
continuity.
Focus : Culture is that which joins/units. Bharatiya culture
has not only strengthen the consciousness of collectivity , it has also
created effective traditional systems and institutions to monitor and
ingrain the sense of collectivity. One of the greatest challenges and
needs is to adopt and nourish these traditional systems to suit our
current needs. In Arunachal Pradesh too, people have taken up the
challenge of doing it.
Vivekananda Kendra Arunjyoti Samkriti Manch thus provides a crucial
platform for intellectuals to come together to sensitively reflect upon
themes of continuity. With the guidance of VKIC ,Seminars and symposia
are organized on Traditional Systems – Change and continuity amongst
various communities, as far as possible , with the active co-operation
of local socio-cultural/literal organizations. Translation,
Documentation, Publication in local languages, are other activities of
this Manch.
Highlights:
Impact :
Participations of the community elders of Arunachal Pradesh in The First International Conference and Gathering of Elders of the Ancient Traditions held in Mumbai in February, 2003.
Participations of the community elders of Arunachal Pradesh in The First International Conference and Gathering of Elders of the Ancient Traditions held in Mumbai in February, 2003.
