Newsletter

Dear friends, Warm regards from VK NARDEP. This month newsletter starts with the importance of coral reefs for fishing in the Rameshwaram island. If coral reefs disappear then fish populations are affected. If fish populations dwindle then fishing communities are affected. Fishing communities  being an integral part of the socio-ecological fabric of the island the adverse impact on their…

As part of the 'Green Rameshwaram' project we have been able to bring smiles and light into the hamlets of Danushkodi with solar power installations. Sponsored by BrahMos Aerospace the project has not only lighted up the individual houses of the hamlet but also the community commons including the panchayat school and street lights in…

Dear friend, Warm regards from VK NARDEP. This month we have exciting report on Dharmar Teertham. After identifying the Teertham area which was a plain sand dune and after the initial ceremonies, we started digging. And we discovered a huge beautiful traditional water body emerging as the sand dune got cleared. The centuries old structure made with…

Dear friend, It is almost like a detective story. The traditional water bodies of Rameshwaram are finding a new life. Already VK NARDEP has renovated the Sahadeva and Nakula teerthams. We have renovated vitally the Arjuna and Bhima teertham. But the remaining one Pandava prince and eldest of them all -Dharma : teertham in his name has…

Dear friend, We hope you have had a great summer... In this Newsletter we provide you a further glimpse of how the 'Green Rameshwaram' project is taking off. We present the discussions that took place around various sub-committees' presentation and the deliverable targets fixed for each of the sub-committees. The sub-committees we cover in this newsletter…

Dear Reader, A very happy and prosperous new year. This is the first newsletter of 2014 and carries the activities of the last month of 2013. Here in continuation with the  150th year celebrations we present the views of Swami Vivekananda that form the philosophical basis of VK NARDEP activities. Here Swami Vivekananda speaks about the organic unity of…

Dear friend, Warm Greetings from Vivekananda Kendra - nardep. This month newsletter brings out how Swami Vivekananda was one of the earliest modern thinker-seer to challenge the man-centric vision of nature that was responsible for the vast destruction of the environment. No other idea has played a central role in ecological devastation than the idea that…

Dear friend, The veneration for all life is the basis of deep ecology and Swami Vivekananda points to this core aspect of all existence - its innate divinity. In continuation with our newsletters providing the vision of Swami Vivekananda that forms the spiritual substratum of the work of VK NARDEP towards sustainable development, we provide this month an…

Dear friends, Even as we share this month newsletter with you, we are also sharing the pain and grief of all those who lost their dear ones in the Uttarakhand tragedy. This immense human tragedy has made us realize that our pilgrimages are meant to be green pilgrimages as well. They should have in them an in-built…