Good evening all.
Thank you. Jai Hind.
Honourable Member of Legislative Assembly, Dumraon, Shri Dadan Yadav, Respected Principal, Shri Anjum Arshi, kind-hearted parents of students, Members of Parents Teachers Association and my dear friends.
It is a matter of extreme proud for me to stand before you all and express my views. Today, as you all know, we are celebrating the NVS Foundation day and I, Sachin Kumar of Class XII (Science) would like to speak on the topic National Integration through Migration Scheme and Three-Language Formula followed in JNVs.
Migration scheme of JNVs is one step in promoting exchange of students between two different linguistic regions or JNVs. Under this scheme, we have our migration from JNV Darjeeling in West Bengal. The regional language of JNV Darjeeling is Nepali so class 6th to 8th students of JNV Buxar study Nepali as the third language. On one hand, it facilitates the ease of exchanging students in Class 9th, On the other, it strengthens the ties between the students. JNVs provide a rare privilege to see the culture of the migrated state. Right from the time we leave our school on migration, the journey by bus, train or steamer, sending off by the friends and parents and to the point of reception at the migrated JNV fills a new joy and enthusiasm in us. Living there with the local students and staff and at times personal contacts with their parents is a novel experience. We get a chance to learn the language of that place and a delight to savour on the local delicacies. We get a chance to be a part of their regional festivals also. In this way, our mind opens up to the rich culture and varied heritage of this vast motherland. Great thinker and a statesman, our first Prime Minister Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, the writer of 'Discovery of India' in his letters to his daughter Priyadarshini has said that if you wish to see real India, you should travel to far-flung and the remotest corners of the land and meet the local people to know of their culture, traditions, food habits and ways of dressing. Knowledge gained through this means of exchange under the migration scheme of JNVs provide us a pool of information that has great implications on our bearing and personality. It makes us aware in all respects and strengthens our understanding of the concept of Unity in Diversity.
With all these diversities, we strive to level the differences of caste, creed, colour and religion and help in promoting the national unity. We come under an umbrella which makes no distinction between the people living in different parts of our motherland. In length from the snow capped Jammu and Kashmir to the vast fathomless sea of Kanyakumari and in breadth from the religious Gujarat to the exquisite land of Arunachal Pradesh, we see our people as one. A sense of fraternity and brotherhood finds a new bond that strengthens the loose joints of people who are narrow-minded and only talk of regionalism. A student of JNV is above these petty issues of regional prejudices who constantly endeavours to promote national integration for the betterment of the country and so, we are proud of it.
Thank you. Jai Hind.