LIVES OF GREAT MEN AND 21ST CENTURY

SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

- Role of Character in Nation Building

- Religion, Culture and Education for Indian Youth

- India is the country of youth, and is expected to have 34.33% share

of youth in total population by 2020.
(http://mospi.nic.in/sites/default/files/publication_reports/Youth_in_India-2017.pdf )
Being the future of the nation, the youth are also responsible to a
considerable extent for the development of the nation. At the same time
there is also a need for taking the youth energy towards the right
direction.
Swami Vivekananda was a dreamer. But, the only theme of his dream was
India.
He is a youth icon, and he understand the role of character building in
youths and their contribution to country, he said, ” If there are holes in
this national ship, this society of ours, we are its children, let us go and
stop the holes. Let us gladly do it with our hearts' blood; and if we cannot,
then let us die. We will make a plug of our brains and put them into the ship,
but condemn it never.“(http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114520).

As we know our perception makes our body and mind, as said by Dr.Deepak
Chopra. By holding cultural awareness programs in the community, the
youth can make sure that political parties aren’t able to exploit religious
differences for electoral gains. It can also hold functions where people can
come and celebrate religious festivals together. We must make sure that
people of one religion don’t see people from other faiths as ‘the other’,
and instead of fighting with each other they should come forward for the
development of the country.
We need to understand the importance of trees, animals and various
types of flora and fauna we respect in our culture, and should understand
the power of holy water, it is also scientifically proven that water has
memory and can do wonders. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_memory).
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Youth nowadays have so many career options, This has opened their minds
and broadened their thought horizons. It has built bridges between
religions and brought people together. Plus, more young people are visiting
bookstores, buying books and reading- something which has opened up
their chitta shakti even more, ushering in logical and scientific thinking
based on rationality, and making sure that today’s young are independent,
liberal and open to other cultures and schools of thought.

-2018173.
-Palash Himanshu Rathore.