Indo-Pak Students Peace Camp 2nd Oct06
GANDHI JAYANTI OBSERVED AS INDO-PAK PEACE DAYWITH INAUGURATION OF A INDO-PAK STUDENTS PEACE CAMP
Today, to promote peace, non-violence and people topeople dialogue between youngsters from India andPakistan Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal, Union Minister ofState for Finance, Government of India inaugurated asix day long Indo-Pak Students Peace Camp beingorganised by YUVSATTA, The Youth-Pakistan, Dev SamajCollege of Education, DAV College, Moti Ram Arya Sr.Sec. School and Gandhi Smriti & Darshan Samiti, NewDelhi with the help of Department of Public Relationsand Cultural Affairs, Chandigarh Administration.
Welcoming the participants Dr. Satinder Dhillon,Convenor of ‘Campaign for Peace-city Chandigarh’ saidthat to aid the process further, they’re alsocelebrating this GANDHI JAYANTI, which is also beingcelebrated this year as Dusshera i.e. the victory ofgood over evil as INDIA PAKISTAN PEACE DAY, thussaluting the Gandhian spirit of tolerance, forgivenessand brotherhood.
Speaking on the occasion Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal saidthat the Peace process between India and Pakistan isquite fragile. Biased bureaucrats, people vested incontinuation of hostilities, and acts of terrorism caneasily derail it. As we approach the 60th anniversaryof Independence of India and Pakistan, the peoples ofthe region, especially the silent majority, shouldseriously reflect on what they want, and what would bein the long range interest of the two nations and thatof the whole region. And such initiatives ofyoungsters can play a great role in promotingbrotherhood, peace and progress.
Mr. Bansal, appreciated the organisation of GandhiJayanti as INDO-PAK PEACE DAY, thus saluting the 100years of birth of Gandhiji’s Satyagraha. He alsopresented autobiographies of Mahatma Gandhi, ‘TheStory of My Experiments with Truth’ to all theparticipating students from Pakistan. He also saidthat with fast expanding information technology worldhas become a global village in true sense...and peopleof India and Pakistan have just to remove mentalbarriers to cross over to each other to grow andprogress together.
In this Camp 16 youngsters from The Youth-Pakistan (anNGO) and 25 local students are participating.
Giving information about the Camp Mr. Parmod Sharma,Coordinator, Yuvsatta said that the good part of thisinitiative is that guests from Pakistan are staying inlocal families and College Hostels with local studentsand this will certainly help to promote mutualgoodwill and feeling of brotherhood. Next six days ofthis group are packed with deliberations on role ofyouth in promoting universal peace, disarmament, unityof religions and strengthening Indo-Pak relations.Alongside serious discussions, special city Chandigarhtour on bus and bicycles will also be there andthey’ll also not miss watching ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’.
Mr. Mubashir Mirza the group leader of studentsrepresenting The Youth-Pakistan (an NGO) said thatafter this Camp, now it’ll be their turn to host asimilar initiative in Pakistan, in which they’llrequest students from Schools and Colleges ofpeace-city Chandigarh to participate.
Today, this group of youngsters were also specialinvitees of Shri Ramlila Committee, Sector 17, towatch the Dusshera celebrations.
PRAMOD SHARMA
Today, to promote peace, non-violence and people topeople dialogue between youngsters from India andPakistan Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal, Union Minister ofState for Finance, Government of India inaugurated asix day long Indo-Pak Students Peace Camp beingorganised by YUVSATTA, The Youth-Pakistan, Dev SamajCollege of Education, DAV College, Moti Ram Arya Sr.Sec. School and Gandhi Smriti & Darshan Samiti, NewDelhi with the help of Department of Public Relationsand Cultural Affairs, Chandigarh Administration.
Welcoming the participants Dr. Satinder Dhillon,Convenor of ‘Campaign for Peace-city Chandigarh’ saidthat to aid the process further, they’re alsocelebrating this GANDHI JAYANTI, which is also beingcelebrated this year as Dusshera i.e. the victory ofgood over evil as INDIA PAKISTAN PEACE DAY, thussaluting the Gandhian spirit of tolerance, forgivenessand brotherhood.
Speaking on the occasion Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal saidthat the Peace process between India and Pakistan isquite fragile. Biased bureaucrats, people vested incontinuation of hostilities, and acts of terrorism caneasily derail it. As we approach the 60th anniversaryof Independence of India and Pakistan, the peoples ofthe region, especially the silent majority, shouldseriously reflect on what they want, and what would bein the long range interest of the two nations and thatof the whole region. And such initiatives ofyoungsters can play a great role in promotingbrotherhood, peace and progress.
Mr. Bansal, appreciated the organisation of GandhiJayanti as INDO-PAK PEACE DAY, thus saluting the 100years of birth of Gandhiji’s Satyagraha. He alsopresented autobiographies of Mahatma Gandhi, ‘TheStory of My Experiments with Truth’ to all theparticipating students from Pakistan. He also saidthat with fast expanding information technology worldhas become a global village in true sense...and peopleof India and Pakistan have just to remove mentalbarriers to cross over to each other to grow andprogress together.
In this Camp 16 youngsters from The Youth-Pakistan (anNGO) and 25 local students are participating.
Giving information about the Camp Mr. Parmod Sharma,Coordinator, Yuvsatta said that the good part of thisinitiative is that guests from Pakistan are staying inlocal families and College Hostels with local studentsand this will certainly help to promote mutualgoodwill and feeling of brotherhood. Next six days ofthis group are packed with deliberations on role ofyouth in promoting universal peace, disarmament, unityof religions and strengthening Indo-Pak relations.Alongside serious discussions, special city Chandigarhtour on bus and bicycles will also be there andthey’ll also not miss watching ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’.
Mr. Mubashir Mirza the group leader of studentsrepresenting The Youth-Pakistan (an NGO) said thatafter this Camp, now it’ll be their turn to host asimilar initiative in Pakistan, in which they’llrequest students from Schools and Colleges ofpeace-city Chandigarh to participate.
Today, this group of youngsters were also specialinvitees of Shri Ramlila Committee, Sector 17, towatch the Dusshera celebrations.
PRAMOD SHARMA
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