PATNA: Youth for Free India (YFI), an active social
work movement of the students of St. Xavier's College of Management and
Technology (SXCMT), Patna, welcomed first year students to is fold with an
induction ceremony here.
Addressing the new members, Swami Sachidananda Bharathi, who was behind the idea of setting up YFI,
said it was started as a dream to see a hunger-free, caste-free and
corruption-free India. “I am happy that YFI has been seriously working towards
this mission,” he said, adding that its volunteers were doing a wonderful work
serving the needy people across Patna.
Swami Sachidananda Bharathi is a
former Indian Air Force officer-turned seeker of truth and promoter of peace.
Because of his Air Force background, he is also known as ‘Air Force Baba’. An
encounter with death in an air accident in 1982 was the ‘turning point’ in his
life. He was initiated into spiritual life in 1984.
Swami Sachidananda Bharathi addressing the Youth through Video conferencing.
Asking the students to overcome the
“evil of selfishness, greed and pride”, Swami Sachidananda Bharati said they
should follow the principle of tyagarchana or conscious and willing
self-sacrifice, instead.
He said fruitful people always gave
something to the society and shared with the students five principles of
enlightened leadership for a fruitful life. “These five principles are love and
sharing, caring and giving, focus and progress, trust and entrust, grow and
help grow, risk and rise and report and response.
Earlier, YFI mentor, Mr Piyush Ranjan
Sahay, welcomed the freshers and introduced them to Swami Sachidananda
Bharathi.
Speaking on the occasion, acting
Rector, Fr Martin Poras SJ, congratulated the YFI for “reaching out to the most
needy people during the Covid-19 pandemic”. SXCMT Principal, Fr T Nishaant SJ,
said the YFI had been providing food to the poor people in many areas on a
regular basis. It should now make serious efforts towards making the society
caste-free, corruption-free and communalism-free.
Sanghamitra Raje Singh anchored the
event while Sam Matthews proposed the vote of thanks.
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