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MY AUSTRIA VISIT AND PROJECT OF HOPE
Ali Engineer, Asghar
Ali Engineer, Asghar
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"Now coming back to the Projects of Hope and its activities. This is extremely interesting project being run by deeply committed people who want a healthy society which makes it possible to spiritual and right kind of livelihood and not corrupt and materialist one. The over consuming, globalized and capitalist society has distorted all the values and over-armed certain countries and over consumption has not only polluted our environment but also is fast exhausting our limited resources. I told the audience in this regards that how Gandhiji viewed this situation. Gandhiji used to say that there is enough on this earth for the need of entire humanity but there is not enough for greed of one person. The modern technology has increased our consumption no end and our greed has made us blind to all healthy values. Gandhiji’s saying was greatly appreciated by my audience. Mr. Tony Clarke, the environmentalist activist from Canada narrated a story which demonstrates how blind modern advanced countries have become for satisfying their greed. Canada has lot of oil deposits but these deposits Canadian Government that these sedimented rocks can be blasted easily using nuclear weapons. Such proposal would send shock down the spines of Canada. How harmful is nuclear radiation, even a school student knows. Yet, US Government made such suggestion blinded by their greed for over-consumption. What was most interesting for me was our lectures before young students of high school level. It is much easier, as all of us know, to influence the young students. Their education system, we came to know through discussions, is mainly, like India, career oriented and have nothing to draw inspiration from. I was extremely happy with our presentation before these young students."(pg 1-2)
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2011-12-01
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