RSS-linked Lokmanthan to feature noted thinkers

Lokmanthan, a wing of the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS), will hold a three-day colloquium on the theme ‘Nation First’ at the state legislative assembly in Bhopal from November 12.

Lokmanthan, a wing of the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS), will hold a three-day colloquium on the theme ‘Nation First’ at the state legislative assembly in Bhopal from November 12.

Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan performs rituals at Lokmanthan-2016 on Friday. (Praveen Bajpai/HT photo)

Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated an exhibition ahead of the event on Friday.

He said the Indian culture and public life had multiplicity of joy and emotional attachments to our traditions. “Due to blind westernisation and the modern way of life, happiness and liveliness have been alienated,” he said.

Eminent thinkers and practitioners are expected to participate in the national-level conclave. “It is a public discourse platform to share, brainstorm and perorate on contemporary issues of the country. Nationalism, aspirations, social justice and harmony through empathy and sensitisation which will culminate into social mobility through development is the moving mantra of the convention,” said Deepak Sharma, coordinator of the Manthan.

J Nandkumar, prachar pramukh of RSS, said, “The objective of the conclave is to give clarity and vision through an intellectual churning by the people. Another important aim is to decolonise Indian minds, especially the young ones.”