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these cheetahs…. by what name
should each of them be called?
By the way, if this naming is of
traditional nature, then it will
be very nice since, anything
related to our society and culture,
tradition and heritage, draws us
easily. Not only that, you should
also share how humans should
behave with animals! Even in our
fundamental duties, emphasis
has been laid on Respect for
Animals. I appeal to all of you to
participate in this competition.
Who knows…you may be the first
to get an opportunity to see a become a witness to the struggles
cheetah as a reward! of ideologies. That is why, he
put forward an idea of ’Ekatma

My dear countrymen, Manavdarshan’ and ‘Antyodaya’
th
today the 25 of September is before the country which was
celebrated as the birthday of completely Indian. Deendayal ji’s
Deendayal Upadhyay ji, a brilliant ‘Ekatma Manavdarshan’ is such an
humanist, thinker and great son of idea, which in the realm of ideology
the country. The more the youth gives freedom from conflict and
of any country take pride in their prejudice. He again put forth to the
identity and honour, the more their world, the Indian philosophy which
original ideas and philosophies considers human beings equal.
attract them. The biggest feature It has been said in our scriptures
of Deendayal ji’s thoughts is that in – ‘Atmavat Sarvabhuteshu’, that
his lifetime, he had seen the great is, we should treat living beings
upheavals of the world. He had akin to us and similarly treat them
such. Deendayal ji taught us how
Indian philosophy can guide the
world even in the modern, social
and political perspective. In a
way, he awakened our intellectual
consciousness by freeing us
from the inferiority complex that
prevailed in the country after
independence. He also used to say
– ‘Our freedom can be meaningful
Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya only when it expresses our culture
25 September, 1916 - 11 February, 1968 and identity’. On the basis of this
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