Another year has passed, and we at VKIC continue our
mission of protecting and promoting the ancient wisdom and traditions of
North East India. The evaluation of the activities possibly lies not in
the size and shape of them, but in identification of the core value
within them.
In the midst of the rush for dissecting the
differences amongst the communities, in their attire and food, minor
variations in the rites and rituals, the job and mission of exploring
the core unity is a challenging task. VKIC is committed to this cause.
The year's activities covered an unique three-day
seminar on Sawra community, held in Moran of Dibrugarh district, Assam.
The Sawra is one of the tea communities of Assam rich in traditional
culture. Facets of their lifestyle, rites and rituals and other
important aspects of the community with definitive characteristics were
presented by the community members in the seminar.
The seminar on Bodo community - from the perspective
of change and continuity –covered wide ranging community
characteristics, which were elaborated by the experts from the
community.
The Annual Minati Hazarika Memorial Lecture was
delivered by Prof. Purneswar Nath,former head of the Assamese
Department, Darrang College, on the topic: “Patriotismand Nationalism in
the Literary Works of Lakshminath Bezbaruah.
In the Foundation Day of VKIC the highlight of the
programme was the conferring of VKIC Sanmanee award to Mizo preceptor
Puitham Rorelliana for the year 2016. The Sanmaan was presented by chief
guest of the function, Sri Ranjan Chatterjee, former Chief Secretary of
Meghalaya. He also delivered the VKIC Foundation Day Lecture on
thetopic: "Development Perspectives of North East India and
Environmental Concerns.
Apart from these some other activities which were
taken up included: Photography Workshop at Arya Vidyapeeth College, and a
number of yoga sessions organized indifferent places of Guwahati, where
trainers from VKIC highlighted the theoretical and practical dimensions
of this great Indian tradition.
A few books and publications also saw the light of
the day. They further reinforced VKIC's position as an intellectual
fountainhead and an emerging think tank in this part of our motherland.
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