{"id":11858,"date":"2006-10-19T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-19T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2006\/10\/19\/hindu-student-council-holds-successful-annual-meeting-in-boston\/"},"modified":"2006-10-19T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-19T12:00:00","slug":"hindu-student-council-holds-successful-annual-meeting-in-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2006\/10\/19\/hindu-student-council-holds-successful-annual-meeting-in-boston\/","title":{"rendered":"Hindu Student Council Holds Successful Annual Meeting in Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"source\"><a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.hscnet.org\">www.hscnet.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\">BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, October 5, 2006:  &#8220;The past and future are but the essence of our existence.&#8221; These words by Swami Tygananda of the Boston Vedanta Society resonated with the attendees at Hindu Students Council&#8217;s 2006 Annual Meet, recently held on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus. The three-day meeting, from September 29 to October 1, brought together participants from all over the United States to discuss HSC&#8217;s future goals and bond together while learning about Hinduism.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting started off with the participants joining the MIT chapter&#8217;s weekly Friday satsang on the Bhagavad Gita delivered by Swami Tygananda. After a relaxed Friday evening, attendees started Saturday morning at full speed, with discussions on HSC&#8217;s future and a presentation on how to build and maintain a productive team.  After a satisfying lunch, the participants tackled tough issues relevant to Hindus through a presentation on Hindu-related human rights issues, sparking a lively and insightful debate about the role of HSC members vis-a-vis Spirituality versus Activism.<\/p>\n<p>The attendees also got another chance to hear from Swamiji, as he spoke on how Swami Vivekananda could be a role model for the youth in this day and age. &#8220;I felt very honored to hear Swamiji speak, because he helped us make sense of how our daily rituals connect with our past and our future,&#8221; said Sheena Sood, chapter president at Emory University.  After Swamiji&#8217;s talk, the attendees received a healthy dose of Bhakti Yoga by participating in a puja organized by MIT&#8217;s HSC.  The day ended with a dinner where the attendees got to meet and interact with the local Hindu community leaders from the Boston area.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday morning provided a chance for the Meet&#8217;s attendees to look at HSC&#8217;s goals for the year. Nikunj Trivedi, president of HSC, presented the theme for the upcoming year, &#8220;Reach Out, Recruit, and Retain,&#8221; as HSC embarks on a campaign to increase the number of chapters and volunteers performing various tasks all over the organization. Though the last day was marred by heavy rain that caused a few disruptions, attendees still came away with a feeling of clarity and accomplishment.  Jilna Kothary, a chapter officer at New York University, remarked, &#8220;The Annual Meet was the perfect blend of religious, cultural, and social activities for Hindu youth, away from the pressures of student life.&#8221; With the 2006 Annual Meet completed, Hindu Students Council looks forward to the coming academic year and the promise of strengthening an already vibrant organization.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>www.hscnet.org BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, October 5, 2006: &#8220;The past and future are but the essence of our existence.&#8221; These words by,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11858\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}