Quami Ekta Week: a relief to recent events

Quami Ekta Week: a relief to recent events

Quami Ekta Week (National Integration Week) is to begin from today (Nov 19-25), and Home Minister Shivraj Patil has written to different Ministries under Government of India for organsing programmes/events fitting the occasion.
Every year is observed with a view to fostering and re-inforcing the spirit of communal harmony, national integration and pride in our vibrant composite culture and nationhood.

In a press release issued by Ministry of Home affairs it was said that several programmes, with a specific theme on each of the seven days, will be held during this week. Meetings, symposia, seminars, special literary functions, cultural functions and programmes would be organized to highlight themes under focus. The week would begin with National Integration Pledge. National Integration, Welfare of Minorities, Linguistic Harmony, Weaker Section, Cultural Unity and Environment Conservation are the themes for the week and activities related to a specific theme would be under focus on each day.

This ‘special week’ seems to be coming at a very strategic time this year, as the recent developments in various parts of the country have shaken a considerable faith of people in the idea of ‘ekta or integration’. It seems that there is a need to take all possible measures for dissemination and reaffirmation of these values among all sections of our people.