From: tpd@tpd.Eng.Sun.COM (Tapas Datta )
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: SEMINAR ON VIVEKANANDA
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            * SWAMI VIVEKANANDA AND INDIAN NATIONALISM *
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Date: 13 Aug 92 23:31:53 GMT
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You are cordially invited to attend a seminar on

        "Swami Vivekananda and Indian Nationalism"
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         When:  Sunday, August 23, 1992. 6:00 -- 8:00 p.m.
         Where:  Fremont Hindu Temple,
                 3676 Delaware Drive,
                 Fremont, CA94538.
         Admission : FREE


For directions to Temple : call (510)-659-0655 or the information numbers.
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For more information regarding Seminar, please call :

Tapas Datta    : (408)-986-1918 (H) or (415)336-1578 (W)
Sandip Dasgupta: (408)-739-2674 (H) or (408)447-3639 (W)

Additional information maybe found in the August Issue of India Currents.

Format of the seminar:
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1. Introduction to Seminar

2. Keynote speech by Swami Prabuddhananda, Vedanta Society of San Francisco.
   (Vedanta Society is affiliated with the Ramakrishna Mission, India)
 
3.  SEMINAR - 10  topical  subjects  (see  topics  below)  addressed  by
 speakers.  Each subject  discussed for about three minutes.  Talks will
 be interspersed with nationalistic songs in different Indian languages.
 Speakers and artistes are from the San Francisco Bay Area.
 
4. Wrap-up speech by Swami Prabudhananda.
 
5.  Open forum to audience for expressing  opinions, other  information,
ideas,  related  criticism of seminar etc.  We propose to discuss  plans
for  celebrating  the  Centenary of  Vivekananda's  1893  Parliament  of
Religions success etc.
 
Content of Seminar:
 
A Rationale:
 
Nationalism is composed of the thoughts,  emotions and practical actions
in various fields of human endeavour, that show a love for one's nation.
The  inspiration to understand and love India, in the past hundred years
have come from several  great sons and daughters of India, and our focus
here is to show how Swami  Vivekananda  was one giant mover of the heart
and mind of Indians - in the  direction of patriotism  and  nationalism.
It has  been  said of him,  that "as if he  changed  the  course  of the
history  of India  with his own two  hands".  We will try to touch  upon
some of these  fields of thought  and action in India - which had direct
and indirect  influence and  inspiration  from this great patriot, Swami
Vivekananda.
 
Papers will be read in the following areas :
 
- Swami Vivekananda and the reawakening of India.
 
- Indian Freedom Movement:  Swamiji's  influence on the moderate leaders
and the inspiration they drew from him.
 
 
- Swami Vivekananda & the armed Freedom movement
 
- Social Work - plague/famine work.  Starting of Ramakrishna Mission and
  its  work.  Following  this,  a  case  study  of  a  very   successful
  agricultural  project  named  "Divyayan"  in the  Sunderbans  will  be
  presented)
 
-  Vivekananda's  ideas about women,  women's  education  and  awareness
movement.
 
-  Vivekananda  and  Science,  on  future  of  large  scale/small  scale
industry, engineering etc.
 
- Education -  Vivekananda  & Dr.  Zakir  Hussain,  Sir  Lakshman  Swami
Mudaliar.
 
-   Vivekananda   &  Historians  -  Jadunath   Sarkar,   R.C.  Mazumdar,
K.M.Panikkar.
 
-   Vivekananda  &   Philosophy/philosophers   -  Sri   Aurobindo,   Dr.
Radhakrishnan, etc .
 
-  Influence  on  Literature  and  Literateurs,  poets  etc -  different
languages all over India
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Tapas Datta  
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian