This is a speech delivered at an SV150 event.
Namaste!
Today I want to speak about Vivekananda. But not the man, rather the idea that is Vivekananda, because it is the idea of Vivekananda that has shaped the growth of the Hindu world.
It is the idea of Selfless work, the idea of a middle class boy who turns into a wandering monk at the behest of his own SPIRIT, against the wishes of all those around him, who walked bare foot across the length and width of Bharat to only discover suffering, pain, hopelessness, defeat and despair amongst his countrymen. It is the idea that in the face of over whelming odds, ONE DEDICATED individual can change the destiny of a nation.
