Yi had organized the Young Indians Eastern Regional

Summit: "Standing Tall - Celebrating those who

have..." on 08 December 2012. The theme was

decided to bring forward the reality of today's youth in

India being the torch bearers of change and the need

to celebrate them, so that inspiration from them

catches on to many others to achieve.

An interesting array of speakers was lined up for the

Summit which included Ms Alokananda Roy, Classical

Dancer & Social Worker, Ms Nisha Singh, Councilor

(Ward 30), Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon and Mr

Anand Kumar, Founder, Super 30 amongst others.

With an electrical failure gripping the summit soon

after its inception, the words of the speakers, who

braved the conditions to speak without a microphone,

seemed liked the rays of light making its way through

the cloud of misery – starvation, disease, exploitation,

the brutal indifference of great wealth side by side with

appalling poverty, the enmity between man and man –

that is hovering over us.

The summit was flagged off with Mr Shankar

Vanavarayar, Chairman, Yi Eastern Regional Summit

and Immediate Past National Chairman, Yi throwing

light on the history of the country, the democracy and

most importantly, the young strength that makes India

the most energetic market. He emphasized on two

eminent personalities of our country – Rabindranath

Tagore and Swami Vivekananda – sighting them as

examples of perfect mixture of simplicity of thoughts

with minds strong enough to shake the world and the

inner willingness to develop the country even in the

absence of high technological support in old India.

Ms Anupama Arya, National Chairman, Young Indians

gave the most simple solution to remove all or most of

the fallouts in any nation – through the enthusiasm

and determination of the youth of the country. Ms Arya

added that the youth of India must plan with passion

and merge it with a larger vision to make it a much

better nation to live in. She concluded by emphasizing

on team work where every enthusiastic youth must

join hands with other enthusiastic people to uplift the

nation on a whole.

In today's India, we rarely come across people who

devote their lives to the betterment of others. And,

here betterment is not a synonym of material and

financial help but, providing internal peace. Ms

Alokananda Roy, Dancer and Social Activist, is one

such person. Ms Roy has used danced therapy to

transform the lives of those living behind the high walls

of the jails (or as we now call them, correctional

homes).

The Young Indians Eastern Regional Summit

08 December 2012: Kolkata

STANDING TALL

The Young Indians Eastern Regional Summit

08 December 2012: Kolkata

STANDING TALL

The Yi Eastern Regional Summit08 December 2012: Kolkata

She works with the inmates of various correctional

homes and visits them often as she believes in

emotional attachment that can only be created by

physically meeting and creating oneness with them.

She threw light on how wrongly the society perceives

these souls, some which are condemned for life. She

concluded by saying that, these prisoners are victims

of situation and deserve love, affection and a second

chance to life.

Politics, they say is not for the good and filled with the

corrupt. But, if we don't take it in our hands to improve

the system and be the change how can we expect the

change to happen – this was one message that we

comprehended from the words spoken by Ms Nisha

Singh, Councilor, Ward No 30, Municipal Corporation

of Gurgaon. Ms Singh explained the importance of the

youth of India being in politics to exercise power and

improve the structure of the country.

She stressed that the most important responsibility of

any Indian is to cast his/her vote and choose the right

person to exercise the power. The factors which must

be present in an individual to exercise politics

effectively, she added are, cleanliness of intentions,

competency, commitment, capability to understand

people, physical strength, innovations and most

importantly love for nation.

What better way can be there to conclude such an

amazing summit than to hear the words of Mr Anand

Kumar, Founder, Super 30 spoken in rustic Hindi, filled

with humor but, yet grounded enough to bring tears to

the eyes of the listener. An orator who has no

comparison, Mr Kumar started off by saying; it might

become news that the summit was held in darkness

but, from where he comes it is news when there is

light, he said.

The man, who can be termed “the maker of lives”, hails

from Patna, where he provides free classes to the

underprivileged, not to get them through primary

education, but to provide them a sustainable living. He

prepares the children for the IIT entrance exam and

has near 100% success rate.

These children are not only given free classes, but are

also provided with shelter and food by Mr Kumar and

his family. He shared the story of how he wanted to

become a mathematician, but could not go to Stanford

to pursue his education due to financial problems

faced by his family.