Centenary Celebration: Book and Souvenir release
Those benefiting from
education should become intellectuals who can clearly differentiate
between--`Dharma' and 'Adharma'-- Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari D Veerendra
Heggade said on Friday.
He addressed the gathering
after inaugurating the Besant Centenary celebrations organised by Women's
National Education Society (WNES) at T M A Pai International convention centre.
After releasing the souvenir
--`Shata Smruthi' and Prof M R Prabhu's, `Hale Beru, Hosa Chiguru', Heggade
urged students to develop curiosity.
"In my day, I had no
source of information other than the radio. Today, we gather news from all
sources and form opinions," he pointed out.
He stressed the need to
differentiate between belief, disbelief and superstition.
"Blind belief is not
necessarily superstition. Even scientists admit that science is walking the
tight rope between blind faith and curiosity," he remarked.
"Science should be our
slave and we should not be slaves to science," Heggade pointed out.
He expressed concern over
increasing drug abuse among students and termed drug addiction the biggest
menace.
He urged students to develop
ideals and not to ignore Indian culture (Samskara).
Other speakers paid rich
tributes to Dr Annie Besant who laid the foundation stone for the institution
in 1918.
Mangalore University
Vice-Chancellor Prof Ishwara P, WNES President Kudpi Jagadish Shenoy and
Centenary Celebration Committee Chairman K Devananda Pai were also present.
The formal programme was
followed with cultural programmes presented by students of Besant institutions.