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Swami Vivekananda's call for National Renaissance -- Keynote address of Dr. Subramanian Swamy at Chicago

Swami Vivekananda 's call for National Renaissance Keynote address on the occasion of:  150th birthday Celebration at Chicago by Dr. Subramanian Swamy, Ph.D. (Harvard) Former Cabinet Minister for Commerce, Law and Justice, Govt. of India September 28, 2013 1.  THE IDENTITY OF AN INDIA AS HINDUSTAN In Chapter 7 Sloka 5 in the Gita, Bhagvan Krishna says that besides eight material elements , the noble souls collectively empower him to control the world. Swami Vivekananda is one such soul that Lord Krishna must have had in mind. As RSS senior adhikari K. Suryanarayana Rao pointed out in his booklet, Swami Ramakrishna, the guru of Swami Vivekananda had prophesied that indeed Vivekananda as Narendranath, a shishya of the guru, would one day through his intellectual and spiritual powers shake the foundations of the world. Swami Vivekananda indeed did so by his discourses and speeches. He spoke vigorously on the need for a new Hindustan...

A blueprint for fast-tracking Thorium Reactor programme in India

A blueprint for fast-tracking Thorium Reactor programme in India   The thorium reactors can be rapidly commissioned in India with little or no modification to the existing reactors used to produce electricity. I suggest that Nuclear Corporation of India and BHAVINI be given the responsibility to activate the use of thorium fuel cycle in four selected reactors for this thorium reactor programme which can be achieved in the next 4 to 6 months. This should be independent of and complementary to the 3-stage nuclear programme of the country. The objective to achieve production of 2/3rd electricity from thorium fuel in the selected reactors. A separate Thorium division should be set up in DAE to work with NCI and BHAVINI to carry forward the time-bound programme, to demonstrate to the world the technological competence of Indian nuclear scientists for leadership role in the use of thorium fuel cycle. Thorium division of DAE should be charged with the responsibilit...