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Speaker:   Avatans Kumar https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/author/avatans-kumar/ Avatans holds graduate degrees in Linguistics from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), and MBA from Webster University. Avatans has keen interest in topics involving Indian Intellectual Tradition, history, and current affairs. He has taught undergraduate level linguistics and Hindi classes at JNU and UIUC respectively. Avatans is the President and National Convenor of INDICA, Inc., the US subsidiary of Indic Academy.  Topic: Hinduphobia in American Academia and Media : protests and objections are gaining steam. Date/Venue:     March Ist, 2020  (Sun)  at Cerritos Library  1:30 PM - 3 PM @ Skyline Room, Cerritos Public Library, 18025 Bloomfield Ave, Cerritos, CA, 90703 Subject:    Hinduphobia in the society, media, and academia has more that 200-year old legacy in the West. It is, like...

Speaker:   Professor (Emeritus)  Shive  K. Chaturvedi Topic: Vedic Dharmic Gyana-Vigyana Versus Contemporary Scientific Paradigms: A journey through some foundational ideas, and reflections on Hindu civilizational failings Date/Venue:     January 26, 2020 at Cerritos Library  1:30 PM - 3 PM @ Skyline Room, Cerritos Public Library, 18025 Bloomfield Ave, Cerritos, CA, 90703 Subject: It is well recognized that foundational concepts/ideas are the shapers and movers of the world, human as well as natural. This talk intends to focus on a few foundational ideas related to the medical and physical sciences, representative from the Vedic Dharmic Traditions, in order to compare and contrast with the corresponding contemporary scientific paradigms and observations. However, the talk will not focus on technological developments based on those ideas/paradigms. Some comparative assessment of a few significant limitations of prevailing scientific paradigms will also be...

Topic: Citizenship Amendment ACT (CAA) - Facts Vs Fiction, Panel Discussion with following Panelists: 1. Shri Sanjay Panda, Amb Counsul General of India, San Francisco https://www.cgisf.gov.in/page/amb-profile/ 2. Dr. Amrit Nehru, Dentist and founder of Kashmiri Hindu Foundation. 3. Dr. Jashvant Patel, Pain medicine Physician and community activist.  4.  Shri Sanmay Mukhopadhyay, Community Activist   BVM Moderator: Dr.  Amit Desai Date/Venue:    February  9 , 2020 at Cerritos Library  130 PM - 330 PM @ Skyline Room, Cerritos Public Library, 18025 Bloomfield Ave, Cerritos, CA, 90703 This is a RSVP Only Event, please RSVP at  http://bit.ly/BVM-LA-CAA Subject: Recently, the parliament of India passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill on December 11, 2019.  The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019 amends the Citizenship Act of 1955 so that Indian citizenship can be conferred to the persecuted religious minorities such as Hin...

Lecture Topic:  My Journey of Life with RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) Speaker:  Balkrishna Uttamrao Naik Date/Venue:   November 17, 2019 @ Gayatri Chetna Center, 2446 W Orange Ave, Anaheim, CA 92804  Lecture Time: 130 PM - 3 PM   Please note change in venue. Shri Naik ji is the Member of Central Governing Council of VHP (International) since 2018.  He was a former Joint General Secretary and Vice-President of VHP. He was born in 1942 in Paithan, Maharashtra. He Stood 1st in Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) degree from Gujarat University, 1962.  Did Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (MSME) from Stanford University, California (USA) and worked as Research Engineer with NARMCO R&D, San Diego, California during 1963-65. He remained bachelor and dedicated himself to the service of Maa Bhaarati (Mother Bharat) in 1966 as a Pracharak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.  Worked in West Bengal (HQs Kolkata) for 2...

Speaker: Chaitanya Davé Topic:  Replacing Casino Capitalism with sensible economic system Date/Venue:   October 6, 2019  (Sun) 1:30 PM - 3 PM @ Skyline Room, Cerritos Public Library, 18025 Bloomfield Ave, Cerritos, CA, 90703 Capitalism, to quench its voracious appetite, is devouring global resources at an unparalleled rate while exploiting millions of poor people in America and billions around the world. In its March of Folly, capitalism is devastating forests and earth’s eco-systems while polluting planet’s environment, oceans, rivers and soil.  This obsolete economic system, being the single biggest driver of climate change--if not stopped and replaced--will ultimately destroy humanity itself along with all the living species of the planet earth.  Ecological collapse is certain if capitalism continues unabated. Today, the greatest threat facing humanity is climate change and the biggest contributor to it is global capitalism. Ecological crisi...

Speaker: Professor (Emeritus) Shive K. Chaturvedi Topic: Lokasangraha Karmayoga-Dharma: Structure, Meanings, and Purpose- A Wake-up call Date/Venue:     September Ist, 2019 at Cerritos Library  1:30 PM - 3 PM @ Skyline Room, Cerritos Public Library, 18025 Bloomfield Ave, Cerritos, CA, 90703 Subject: As we all know that we are constantly engaged in all kinds of activities for our living, and most of these activities are primarily directed toward two means -and- two ends spectrum: economic stability and prosperity for ourselves and for our children, and that is coupled with some superficial entertaining activities which may help us to a short-lived relief from our stressful chronic painful condition. As we get closer to our retirement age, we get worried about what to do now as the imminent most painful human conditions-old age, diseases and death-are hovering over our heads round the clock. What happened to that “rat-race”; what happened to my “iden...

Lecture Topic:  Rashtriya Chetana Ka Punarjagaran “Reawakening National Consciousness” Speaker:  Didi Maa Sadhvi Ritambhara ji   Date/Venue:   July 21, 2019 @ Gayatri Chetna Center, 2446 W Orange Ave, Anaheim, CA 92804 Time: 130 PM - 3 PM   Please note change in venue. Didi Maa Sadhvi Ritambhara ji http://www.didimaa.org/home.aspx   https://www.vatsalyagram.org/ https://www.facebook.com/PujyaDidiMaa/ https://pspausa.org/ Param Pujya Didi Maa Sadhvi Ritambharaji is an eminent spiritualist and a great source of inspiration from the holy land - India. She is not only a saint but also a great orator and patriot.   Sadhvi Ritambhara is amongst India’s most respected spiritual leaders and distinctive humanitarians. From her vision has emerged a unique model of a societal system that no saint or reformist has ever envisaged in the past. Marching ahead in the divine light of spiritual knowledge of her Gurudev Param Pujya Yug Puru...