Students advised to be judicious, not overuse resources

Students advised to be judicious, not overuse resources

Mangalore Today News Network

 Mangaluru, Feb 3, 2017: Speaking at a function to mark Martyrs’ Day and the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi organised by Mahatma Gandhi Peace Foundation at Tagore Park in Mangaluru, University College principal Dr Uday Kumar Irvattur said, " Concern about the overuse of natural resources in line with what Mahatma Gandhi had said that nature can only fulfill the needs of human beings not their greed must be seriously adopted,"  He said the rate at which we are consuming natural resources they will go extinct in a few years. "We must use these resources judiciously and make sure that they are not overused," he said.

Gandhiji was a common man who experimented with truth, found a new way and became a great personality. The youth these days carry the notion that patriotism is something which is aggressive but Gandhiji taught a new way of non-violence and Satyagraha.

He did not believe in great powers, he said. "Those who rule us today are ignorant and there is a need to change the mindset of people. The real change should be within. Gandhiji said that one should be the change he wants to witness. He did not believe in hatred and carried no enmity against anyone," Irvattur said. The mindset that Gandhian principles are of no use is a threat to humanity, he said.

Journalist Hamza Malar also spoke on the occasion. Mahatma Gandhi Peace Foundation president A Sadananda Shetty presided over the programme. Foundation vice president Prabhakar Shriyan and secretary Dr H Ismail were present among others. The dignitaries garlanded the statue of Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion. Bhajans were also rendered.