After ‘Mann ki Baat’, the prime minister, at 3pm, will address the 125th anniversary celebrations of this iconic journal ‘Prabuddha Bharata’, which he said is closely associated with Swami Vivekananda.
The monthly journal of the Ramakrishna order was started by Vivekananda in 1896 from Chennai — erstwhile Madras — where it continued to be published for two years after which it was published from Almora. Later, in April 1899, the place of publication of the Journal was shifted to Advaita Ashrama and it is since then being published from there. Luminaries like Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Sister Nivedita, Sri Aurobindo, Former President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan have contributed to the journal over the years.
PM Modi’s ‘Mann ki Baat’ will be aired on All India Radio. It will be broadcast on the entire network of AIR and Doordarshan and also on AIR News website www.newsonair.com and newsonair Mobile App. It will also be streamed live on the YouTube channels of AIR, DD News, PMO and Information and Broadcasting Ministry. AIR will broadcast the programme in regional languages immediately after the Hindi broadcast. The regional language versions will be repeated at 8 pm.
‘Mann Ki Baat’ is the Prime Minister Modi’s monthly radio programme during which he shares his thoughts and with the people of the country. It is broadcast on the last Sunday of every month. In the last episode of Mann Ki Baat, PM Modi had urged India’s manufacturers and industry leaders to amplify the call for ‘vocal for local’ by making more and more indigenous products. He also said that the manufacturers should ensure that the country’s products are world-class.
