At Jadabpur University, Kolkata, 26 July 2017:
At Shyam Bazar, Kolkata, 28 July 2017:
On Shahid Khudiram Divas 11 August 2017, at Kolkata:
Category Archives: Samaj
No Gorkhaland in Bengal; Amra Bengali Youth
[Siliguri, 19 July 2017] – More than 5000 supporters of the Amra Bengali movement gathered at Siliguri, braving all the obstacles and brought out an impressive procession to protest against the heinous conspiracy to break Bengal and India with the tacit support of China.
The most important feature of the gathering was the fighting spirit and unfathomable inspiration that the …
Asomiya Samaj – A New Socio-Economic Movement for the People of Assam
By Dr Dhruba Hojai,
Guwahati, India
Krishnanagar Prout UTC
Picture above: A section of the audience enjoying the street theatre performance of Mukta Bhumir Meye ("Daughters of Liberated Land") downtown Krishnanagar during the Prout UTC
(Krishnanagar, 21 December) – A five-day Prout utilisation camp (UTC) was conducted at Krishnanagar in Nadia District, West Bengal from 17 to 21 December. More than 300 students, youth, Prout leaders (BPs, UBPs and various committee …
10 Points Demand Presented at 6000 Strong Amra Bengali Meet
Photo above: Amra Bengali crowd at Dharmtala, Kolkata
(Kolkata, 19 November 2015) – The socio-economico-cultural movement Amra Bengali (AB) declared the rudimentals of its program platform when presenting a 10 points demand at a public meeting at Dharmtala, downtown Kolkata. The demand included:
- Like Marathi, Punjabi, Jats, and Tamils are given respective homelands in the federated structure of India, Bengalis should
Successful PROUT Field Effort in Midnapur, WB
Picture above: The PROUT Parikrama at Goaltor village, Midnapur District, West Bengal
(PROUT Globe) – A four-day Prout Parikrama ("moving around") in Midnapur district of West Bengal was held to promote Prout in this significant cadre-producing district. The Parikrama started on 12th October from the Kerani tala Ananda Marga School campus. A motorcade of five four-wheelers and a bus carrying …
Assam Needs a Second Cultural Renaissance
Photo: Women dancing during Assam's annual Rongali Bihu spring festival
By Dr Dhruba Hojai
Assam is a land of rich cultural heritage.The features of offering Tamulpan (betel nuts with betel leaves), Horai (brass plate on a long stand) and Gamocha (a locally woven cloth) are three important symbolic elements which are unique to Assamese culture.
The famous Vaishanav Movement, a …
Samajas of India
The below linked document (pdf) gives an outline of some samajas of India. It was published by the New Delhi Prout Research Institute. In spite of numerous inaccuracies as regards the detailed blocks and districts (and the fact that new districts and blocks have been created since this review was carried out), to the knower of India's languages, various cultural expressions and socio-economic potentialities …
The Proutist Samaj Movement
By Dr. Dhruba Hojai
The nature of the human mind is expansion. That's why it is restless. It longs for the infinite. The narrow domestic walls of our social and political mindsets are some of the many hindrances to the universal brotherhood and sisterhood.
"There is an urgent cry for moralists to unite."
Poet Rabindranath Tagore, the Nobel laureate, wrote …
Drive for Industrialization of Agriculture of Poor
Picture above: Kannada samaj leader Ghanesh Bhat (right) at a farmers meeting at Allapur, Hubli in Karnataka, India.
The Kannada samaj-movement of Karnataka, India, focusses on generating awareness among farmers about giving industrial status to agriculture. Kannada representatives are conducting meetings in villages and interacting with farmers.
“Though there are hundreds of problems faced by farmers, we are focusing on …