विवेकानंद केंद्र कन्याकुमारी को गांधी शांति पुरस्कार से सम्मानित किया
Focusing only on the environment would not help serve the cause of Sustainable Development. Along with it, the economy and society too have to be taken into consideration when we aim for achieving development that also secures the needs of future generations.
“All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything,” thus spake Swami Vivekananda, the blessed child of Mother Bharat. This sublime ideal espoused by Swamiji was amply reflected in our work spanning a year 2017-18 (financial). In a world that is today buffeted by small and great forces which are subversive and divisive, our work in different areas attested to our belief in his deeply meaningful thoughts.
Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird wrote a path breaking book – “The secret lives of plants” - A Fascinating Account of the Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Relations Between Plants and Man.
“There is an ascending evolution in nature which goes from the stone to the plant, from the plant to the animal, from the animal to man. Because man is, for the moment, the last rung at the summit of the ascending evolution, he considers himself as the final stage in this ascension and believes there can be nothing on earth superior to him.
Dr. Rita Moni Baishya, Associate Professor of Hindi, Gauhati University delivered the 5th Dr Minati Hazarika Memorial Annual Lecture on December 27, 2017 in VKIC’s W.M. Auditorium. She spoke on ‘Assam’s contribution to the Indian Bhakti Movement.’