Culture

In 1963, Hawking was diagnosed with an early-onset, slow-progressing form of motor neurone disease (MND), that gradually paralysed him over the decades. Even after the loss of his speech, he was still able to communicate through a speech-generating device.

5th June is celebrated as ‘Environment Day’ all over the world. On this occasion, our friend Shri.C.V.Krishna from Bhubaneswar sent a very apt quotation of Mirza Galib.

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.

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.

Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram was to visit one of the departments. Naturally the person in-charge tidied up things and all was kept spick and span. Old and ungainly items were all stacked together in the shed in a corner of the compound.

Ivan Illich was a Croatian-Austrian philosopher, a rebellious priest, and critical of the institutions of modern Western culture.

VKIC’s Foundation Day was celebrated in a solemn way on January 31, 2018. That evening the prestigious VKIC Sanmaan was bestowed on Smt. Gayatri Debi of Agartala, Tripura and Smt. Jonaki Baro of Dhekiajuli, Assam. They were each presented with a citation, a memento, a seleng sador and a cash award.

“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.