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Pundit Navin Omadath Maharaj, President of the Pandits Parishad at Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha says the mandate of the organization is to provide cultural infusion and religious infusion into its charges and students.

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00:00Pundit Navin Maharaj, speaking on The Morning Edition, warns that social media and other
00:07external influences are increasingly shaping the lives and values of the nation's youth.
00:13He says educators are fighting an uphill battle, constantly competing with these powerful forces
00:20to keep cultural heritage alive in the hearts and minds of the younger generation.
00:25In terms of how or to the degree to which they appreciate, I think over the years it has dwindled
00:33a bit and it has been challenging because the societal conditions would have changed. Before
00:42the home would have been the means and the mode, the school would have been the means and the mode
00:46and the agents of communication and inclusion. Now social media has totaled, as I mentioned before,
00:51social media would have dominated that. He points out that Hindu schools observe Christmas holidays,
00:58while Christian schools also recognize Diwali and Indian Arrival Day, an encouraging sign of mutual
01:04respect. This, he says, underscores the ongoing need for cultural infusion within our educational
01:12institutions to ensure that diversity and heritage are meaningfully preserved and celebrated.
01:19The Ministry of Education has what is called the cultural transformation policy that would have
01:24been implemented where schools are tasked especially, and that's why it's with looking at cultural aspects
01:32and how those cultural aspects bring about and help to enhance the behaviour modification of students.
01:38And you would find under this policy, this particular policy, and a lot of our schools have been doing it even before that.
01:46Pundit Navin Maharaj says the contributions of the Indian community are deeply embedded into the social,
01:54cultural and economic fabric of the country. He tells the TV6 Morning Edition that Indian Arrival Day
02:01is not merely a celebration, but a solemn opportunity to honour the enduring legacy of the forefathers.
02:08The marking and commemoration of the East Indian holiday, of this particular holiday, is in a way more of a reverence
02:15that we pay to those who have come before us. Because we built on their foundation, they made the
02:23foundation and we built upon them. That's how we commemorate and we mark. We pay respect to those who have
02:28gone before us. Their toys, their struggles. Nicole M. Romany, TV6 News.
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