DD News Nagaland's video: NEHRU YUVA KENDRA SANGATHAN MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS SPORTS ORGANIZE YUVA UTSAV AT DIMAPUR

A DISTRICT-LEVEL YUVA UTSAV WAS ORGANISED TODAY BY THE NEHRU YUVA KENDRA SANGATHAN (NYKS), MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS, AT DIMAPUR GOVERNMENT COLLEGE. SPEAKING ON THE OCCASION AS SPECIAL GUEST, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF DIMAPUR, SACHIN JAISWAL SAID THAT THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF CELEBRATING YUVA UTSAV IS TO HAVE A PURPOSE OF DEVELOPMENT AND AT THE SAME TIME TAKING PRIDE IN OUR RICH HISTORY AND CULTURE. HE ALSO SAID THAT EVERY CITIZEN SHOULD TAKE PRIDE ON THE FIVE PRINCIPLES OF YUVA UTSAV WHICH ARE TO DEVELOP INDIA, TO REMOVE ANY TRACE OF SLAVERY OR COLONIAL MINDSET, TO TAKE PRIDE IN OUR HERITAGE AND LEGACY, UNITY AND SOLIDARITY AND THE SENSE OF DUTY AMONG CITIZENS. ADDRESSING THE GATHERING, PRINCIPAL, DIMAPUR GOVERNMENT COLLEGE, PROFESSOR SANJAY SHARMA SAID THAT YUVA UTSAV IS A YOUTH FESTIVAL WHICH IS CELEBRATED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY IN 150 DISTRICTS. HE SAID THAT THE YOUTHS ARE THE HOPE OF THE NATION AND OUR COUNTRY WITH 60 PERCENT YOUTH POPULATION IS CONSIDERED A YOUNG NATION IN GLOBAL CONTEXT. SHARMA OPINED THAT THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS CELEBRATION IS TO CHANNELIZE YOUTH ENERGY FOR NATION BUILDING. FIVE DIFFERENT EVENTS, YOUNG ARTISTS CONTEST-PAINTING, YOUNG WRITERS CONTEST-POEM, PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST, DECLAMATION CONTEST AND CULTURAL PRESENTATION COMPETITION WERE HELD DURING THE DAY-LONG EVENT.