In Conclusion. . .
This year the Nation is celebrating the 150th Birth Anniversary
of Swami Vivekananda.
We in Gujarat are celebrating this event as Yuva Shakti Year
during which special priority is being given to programmes for
the empowerment of youth by providing them with
professional training and skills and enabling them to work with
heads held high. Special programmes and activities are being
taken up to encourage the youth of the State to make Swami
Vivekananda as their role model and absorb his ideas of
character building and nation building to transform their lives.
The commemoration of the 150th birth anniversary should be a
reason for all of us to rise in the right direction.
As we start the Twelfth Five Year Plan we will be
guided by the vision of Swami Vivekananda of
building a strong and just nation.
“Arise, awake and not stop
till the goal is reached.“
In Swamiji’s words, it is time for us to