Country going through testing times, need to adapt Gandhi's idea of nationalism: Sasikanth Senthil
Mangaluru: Former IAS Officer and DC of Dakshina Kannada District Sasikanth Senthil, who resigned from IAS earlier last month, on Wednesday added that the country was going through testing times as people were being asked every now and then to prove their nationalism.
Speaking at an event organised to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, in Mangaluru Senthil added that Gandhi’s idea of nationalism was different than how and where the country is currently heading.
“We should understand what Gandhi’s concept of nationalism was. He had a different vision for our country where we grow as a country with all our diversity, with no violence and without differentiating between the people of the country” Senthil noted.
“Gandhi’s idea of nationalism didn’t come out overnight. It took him years to come out and express his vision of the country and lead the freedom movement against the British by uniting whole country” he further added.
“Without love, unity, bonding and empathy among the diverse culture of this country the idea of nationalism cannot stand. These are the must factors for the idea nationalism” Senthil said.
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Karnataka School Edu Dept prohibits children from being made to dance to obscene songs
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka School Education Department has issued a circular strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs in educational and cultural programmes.
It stated that such dances would negatively impact students' mental health and moral values. It will create indiscipline and harm the sanctity of education.
"All the Deputy Directors (Administration) of the state's School Education Department have been asked to take strict measures to prevent children or students from dancing to obscene songs in all government, aided and unaided schools in the state," the office of the commissioner of the School Education Department said in a recent circular.
"If it is found that children are being made to dance to obscene songs, appropriate action will be taken against the headmaster or management of such school," it added.
The department also listed certain measures in this regard, which include: strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes; selecting songs that are inspiring, positive, instilling national pride in children and reflecting the greatness, dignity, values, culture, and morality of the state.
Stating that the school headmaster and management are responsible for selecting songs and dances for cultural programmes, it said, they should also ensure that students wear decent clothes in dance or cultural programmes.
