DAKAR, SENEGAL, March 6, 2018 (Le Soleil, translated from French): The Embassy of India in Dakar celebrated, for the first time in Senegal, the Holi Color Festival. There was a carnival atmosphere in the esplanade of the Monument of African Renaissance. Despite the strong heat and the wind blowing in this open space, the Indians celebrated Holi which is for them the arrival of spring. Holi is the festival of colors. The Indian expats living in Dakar demonstrated it Saturday accompanied by Senegalese. All are sprinkled with powder of colors of all kinds: blue, red, yellow, green, etc. They danced and jumped, all in an atmosphere of happy days. A new season begins for them.
The ”Dakar Tiranga Holi” marked the end of the festival ”Tiranga 2.0” which opened on February 1st. For more than a month, Indian dance was in the spotlight at the Daniel Sorano National Theater. Holi, according to India’s ambassador to Senegal, Rajeev Kumar, means the victory of good over evil. ”Holi, in India, is a big festival. It’s a day of celebration. The colors of Holi are the colors of life,” says the diplomat who promises that, from now on, he will organize every year the ”Dakar Holi festival”.
INDIA, March 6, 2018 (Opindia): The Indian Council of Historical Research organized a 3-day conference commencing on Monday, March 5, on the need to clear distortions in Indian history. The event was organized by Indologist and guest professor at IIT Gandhinagar, Dr. Michel Danino and Rajaneesh Kumar Shukla, member secretary of ICHR. ”This is a very important conference of ICHR – an initiation towards history writing in the right direction. I am not saying that past direction was wrong but righteousness as a concept should always be taken care of. This conference is a step towards restoration of history from the historians having colonial perspective,” Shukla said.
The keynote address was delivered by Historian and Archaeologist, Ramachandran Nagaswamy, a Padma Bhushan awardee. He presented a paper titled ”Listen to the Voice of your Ancient Leader” at the event and spoke of the urgent necessity to study the Indian scriptures such as the Upanishads and the teachings of Ashoka and Manu among others. The conference will is also seeing a host of papers questioning the Aryan Migration Theory. Koenraad Elst, PhD in Asian Studies and noted author, will present a paper on the linguistic evidence regarding the issue. Dr. Michel Danino will present a paper titled, Fabricating Evidence in Support of the Aryan Invasion-Migration Theory.
Do not say that you do not have time for God. The busiest of men will have the most leisure, and the laziest will always be short of time, for the former utilizes time and the latter only wastes it. If you really want God, you will find time for Him.
— Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati (1912-1954), 34th pontiff of the Sarada Peetham
