Page 7 - Mann Ki Baat - English, August 2022

Information and Broadcasting, country, for the freedom fighters,
Government of India. There, they the writings and events that we
had organised the screening of have been organising, we have to
‘Swaraj’, the Doordarshan serial. carry them forward.
I got an opportunity to attend My dear countrymen,
its premiere. This is a great the knowledge of our forefathers,
initiative to acquaint the younger the farsightedness of our
generation of the country with ancestors and the Ek-Atma-
the efforts of unsung heroes Chintan integral self realisation is
and heroines who took part in so significant even today; when
the freedom movement. It is we go deep into it, we are filled
telecast every Sunday at 9 pm with wonder. Our thousands of
on Doordarshan. And I was told years old Rigveda! In Rigveda it is
this is going to continue for 75 said:-
weeks. I urge you to take time Aû¸ff³f-¸ff´fû ¸ff³fb¿fe: A¸fÈ¢°f¸fÐ ²ff°fÐ
out to watch it yourself and do °fûIYf¹f °f³f¹ff¹f VfÔ ¹fû:Ü
show it to the children of the ¹fc¹fÔ dWâf d·f¿fªfû ¸ff°fÈ°f¸ff d½fV½fÀ¹f
house. And people from schools À±ff°fb: ªf¦f°fû ªfd³fÂfe:ÜÜ
and colleges can also record it Meaning – O water, you
and compose a special program are the best friend of humanity.
when the schools and college You are the giver of life, food is
open on Monday, so that a new produced from you, and from you
awakening will arise in our is the well-being of our children.
country about these great heroes You are the protector of us and
of the birth of freedom. Azadi Ka keep us away from all evils. You
Amrit Mahotsav will continue till are the best medicine, and you
next year i.e. August, 2023. For the are the sustainer of this universe.

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