Vice President Unveils Book Highlighting 100 Years of RSS Service Initiatives
C P Radhakrishnan says documenting social work is vital to preserving its place in history and public memory.
NEW DELHI, Sep 15: Vice President C P Radhakrishnan on Tuesday emphasised the importance of documenting constructive social work, saying that efforts that are not recorded may eventually disappear from public memory.
He made the remarks while releasing A Century of Service: The RSS in 100 Acts of Seva, authored by former Telangana governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, in New Delhi.
Addressing the gathering in Tamil, Radhakrishnan said the publication would provide a record of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s century-long service activities while also reflecting India’s traditions of assistance, culture and national consciousness.
“Today’s news is tomorrow’s history,” the Vice President said, underlining the need to preserve accounts of meaningful work for future generations.
According to an official statement, Radhakrishnan said the book highlights social responsibility and various initiatives undertaken by RSS volunteers over the past 100 years. He said the publication illustrates how the principle of seva, or service, has developed into sustained community-oriented efforts.
Describing the idea that “Seva is Dharma; it is a duty” as a central principle, he said such initiatives have extended support to poor and marginalised communities as well as different sections of society, including workers, women and children.
The Vice President also recalled the assistance provided by volunteers during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the distribution of food, medicines and other essential supplies.
Referring to the book’s theme of nation building through character building, Radhakrishnan said values such as patriotism, discipline, social responsibility and national unity have an important place in the development of the country.
He congratulated Soundararajan and others involved in the publication and expressed hope that similar initiatives would help preserve accounts of India’s social history for coming generations.
