My Life My Passion is a session in Gitamritam where prominent people would come and share their life’s experiences with us. All of them are people who have worked towards their passion without surrendering themselves to adharma or any difficult stages in life. We could learn a lot about life and the world as such from their talks. This year’s speakers were:
Mr.Vineeth Narain (Journalist)
He is a crusader and the one who brought out the Hawala scam. He was a JNU student. He launched Kalchakra, the first Hindi-language video magazine. He consistently fought against the corrupt through all ups and downs of his life. In 1996 for the first time in Indian history, several Cabinet Ministers, Chief Ministers, Governors and bureaucrats were charge-sheeted for corruption. He even fought against the Chief Justice of India and when he found out that even the chief justice was joining hands with the corrupt. No media supported him and even the people who he considered to be friends were not in a state to help him. He ignored threats and offers and fought for the truth. Later he met a mahatma who made him realize that when a person changes from within then the world outside him would change automatically. He became a Krishna Bhakthan and renovated many places in Brij that were left unnoticed. He holds on to his principles firmly and also taught his children the same. He believes in the ideology that if God wants to protect someone then no one can harm him and if God wants to harm someone then no one can protect him. Continue reading “Gitamritam- My Life My Passion”