| Flag Hoisting by Tribal Women in Barli Development Institute on 65th Independence day - 15 August 2011 |
The 65th Independence Day Celebrations were organized with great zeal and enthusiasm by the young rural and tribal women-trainees at Barli Development Institute for Rural Women on 15th August 2011. The Chief Guest on the occasion was Father Vincent Carmel, (Director, Universal Solidarity Movement for Value Education for Peace). The program began at 8:30 am when the National Flag was hoisted by the trainee-women: Ms.Nirmala (Alirajpur), Ms.Monu Ningwal (Khargone) accompanied by chief guest, the Director Mrs Tahera Jadhav and Mr. Yogesh Jadhav (Chief Operating Officer). This was followed by chanting of the National Anthem. All the trainees enjoyed this special day of their lives, as most of them had experienced this for the first-time in their lives. |
| Mrs Tahera Jadhav (Director) congratulated the audience on the 65th Independence Day. She praised the great Indian freedom fighters like Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad, Lala Lajpat Roy, Sarojini Naidu, Rani Laxmi Bai, Kasturba Gandhi and the father of the nation Mahatma Gandhiji who sacrificed their lives for getting freedom from British rule. She elaborated on the importance of balancing rights with duties and said that both are complimentary, and added that with the absence of proper law and order, true freedom cannot be achieved. She quoted from the Baha’i spiritual writings and elaborated that material progress without spiritual upliftment cannot make a nation truly happy. She said that in Barli Institute, the trainings aim at getting true freedom viz: trainees learn to read and write which imparts freedom from illiteracy; knowledge about health and hygiene contributes to freedom from sickness and disease; and learning life-skills through Cutting and Tailoring at the Institute contributes to better livelihoods and thus imparts freedom from poverty. The trainees are also taught the importance of leading a holistic life based on achieving spiritual qualities which contributes to achieving freedom from the Self. |
| The Chief Guest of the program, Father. Vincent Carmel in his speech said that now is the opportune time for renewing the Independence Movement and to fight against social ills like: illiteracy, corruption and poverty. He spoke about how each one can contribute towards taking the country towards newer heights of development. He saluted the achievements of the Barli Institute and hoped that each trainee-woman of the Institute will make her country proud by studying and grasping the trainings imparted at the Institute and help in the process of developing their rural and tribal areas. |
| After flag hoisting ceremony, the trainees presented a cultural program which included patriotic songs, devotional presentations and folk dances. About 100 people participated in the program which included the staff members and women trainees from villages of Dhar, Aalirajpur, Khargone, Badwani, Dewas districts of Madhya Pradesh and trainees from Maharashtra. The program was conducted by Mr. Yogesh Jadhav (Chief Operating Officer). |
