KIIT UNIVERSITY

NSS SCE PARAKRAM DIWAS

NSS School Of Computer Engineering hosted a

webinar on “The teachings of Netaji Subhash

Chandra Bose” on 23rd

January 2021

On 23rd January 2021, a webinar was conducted by NSS SCE from 1900hrs, where a

volunteer, Soubhik Ghosh spoke about the teachings of Subhash Chandra Bose on the

auspicious day of Parakram Diwas and made us all remember our history book’s an

ever-famous quote that perhaps everyone has spoken with much vigour and passion

once in their life “Tum mujhe khoon do, main tumhe azaadi dunga”, a quote so

powerful that even after decades instils a sense of freedom in us, youngsters. We’re

thankful to our founder sir, Dr Achyuta Samanta for providing us with this platform.

Guided by Prof. Sital Dash and Prof. Ramakant Parida, Program Officers NSS SCE

and Dr Kajal Parashar, Program Coordinator KIIT NSS bureau who made us smile

even in lockdown by gracing us with their presence and wise words.

We organized a poster making competition to keep the fire burning in our hearts and

in our small way remember our fallen soldiers. Now if you search on Google “Hero

Birthday” today you will find Subhash Chandra Bose’s name on top.

Famously known as Netaji, he has left an imprint that hasn't faded even after 76 years

of his passing. Born on January 23, 1987, in Cuttack. He was the ninth child among

14 others with no special power until he decided to take it. Ever since he was a

student, he has always been popular for his patriotic enthusiasm and always followed

Swami Vivekananda’s teachings. Armed with nothing but his intelligence, wit and

will, he studied hard and ventured abroad and stood fourth in ICS exams in England.

He taught us that no matter who you are or from where you are from if you have

dreams that touch the sky you can make an aeroplane and fly.

However, he didn’t let his aspirations forget who he was and came back to India after

hearing about the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy and met Mahatma Gandhi whose

ideologies matched his own and came under the wing of Jawahar Lal Nehru as he

joined Indian National Congress. In 1930 he was arrested as he actively participated

in civil disobedience movement and subsequently released in 1931 because of this

struggle for freedom. We learnt from him that being a rebel is good if you have a

worthy cause. To achieve something we cannot just sit back and relax. We stand and

fight and even if people try to suppress us we never bow our heads down. Netaji,

being the intelligent freedom fighter he was, managed to always slip through the

fingers of the British.

Later on, due to the differences between the higher-ups, he was ousted from Congress

even had a ban in his home country, but that didn't stop his fight as he found his way

and against all odds, managed to escape India and opened this challenge with open

arms and even miles away from his country, he used his political knowledge and

strengthened India by the help of foreign bonds and made a grand comeback to India

with the Japanese support and revived the Indian National Army.

His tactics and principles weren't accepted by the Indian National Congress, though

his patriotism was considered an epitome example. But now after many years, the

same beliefs and opinions are being praised as he saw India in a way that maybe no

one else ever did at that time. He understood the fact that British Raj knew that India

was divided, the ruling chiefs perpetually fighting among themselves and unless we

became a fist, the fingers would be easily defeated down. A man of logic and reason,

he used his words and his wit to defeat British in his war and ultimately we lost this

brave soul in a plane crash, following his dream to free India from the clutches of

colonial rule, after receiving third-degree burns.

Netaji was termed as the master of disguises. Travelling as a pilgrim in many parts of

this wide world he would disguise himself and follow up the ever famous quote

"when in Rome, do as Romans do" and based on this there are some people who still

believe that being the mysterious enigma he was, he didn't die during that crash and

still lived on and continued fighting for "Swaraj".

Perhaps the one thing we learn from Bose which is the most distinct out of all the

lessons is that his service and devotion to his motherland. He fought, he rebelled and

he lived a life of hardship and chaos all for India to be a free country. He sacrificed

himself again and again, conscious of the cost the freedom demanded, just to raise the

national edifice, to get our hands free from these invisible chains.

His teachings were imparted and the quotes pierced our hearts as the meeting

concluded at 2000hrs with us remembering this Hero and all his patriotic acts.

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