00:00This is a cultural and community event where we are going to have people of all walks of life.
00:06It's an interfaith event.
00:07So people, a section of people oppose, you know, we live in a democracy.
00:13It's completely fine.
00:14What we are extending a hand and saying is that the world is a one big family
00:18and we all can come together and we all can have our differences.
00:22But we can still sit on the table and we can have a dialogue.
00:25And I think post this event, people are going to understand that why this is important.
00:31And I hope that and I'm pretty sure is that this might get modeled that, you know,
00:37universal in oneness is not called sameness.
00:39It is that we might have our differences, but we can still come together and we can walk together.
00:44There is everything, all the protocols that require to make this event safe and successful.
00:50All the protocols are taken care of and everything is in line as per the laws of the land and
00:58the city.
00:59This event is hosted by AHEAD, which is the American Hindus for Engagement and Dialogue.
01:04They are the host of the event.
01:06And the chief of the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak, which is RSS, Dr. Mohan Bharpadji, is invited to address the event.
01:16So with that, New York City is such a vibrant city and it's such a central city to the entire
01:22country.
01:23So it was but natural to host the event here.
01:26Also, we, you know, the Northeast, as well as the entire United States, I mean, the diaspora is so kind
01:35of centered here.
01:36And then also we have other pockets like Chicago and Texas.
01:39So I think this was the right venue to be hosted for the event to be hosted.
01:45So see, as I mentioned, the full form of AHEAD is the American Hindus for Engagement and Dialogue.
01:51We are all based here. We all are the part of the larger Indian diaspora and the Hindu-American diaspora.
01:58This event is happening, you know, at the Raksha Bandhan weekend, which is what that we protect each other.
02:07What does this Raksha Bandhan symbolize is that we protect each other.
02:10We basically, you know, care for each other and we kind of live within the shared, the common, our common
02:17shared humanity.
02:18Right. So with that, the goal is that all of us come together.
02:24We kind of learn from each other.
02:27We live in peace and harmony and we kind of grow as a larger community because the philosophy behind this
02:37event is Vasudeva Kutumbakam,
02:39which is the world is the one big family.
02:41And in that family, you know, we have a different kind of, you know, we might have our differences,
02:48but we can be together and we can learn from each other and we can walk the path forward.
02:53See, this is first of all, this is a private event and it is happening in New York City.
02:59And Mayor Mamdani, you know, is the chief of the city.
03:03So everyone has tried to express their opinions and we honor it.
03:09But as you see, this event is going to have 5000 members coming in and everybody is very eager to
03:15listen to everything that that event is going to showcase.
03:19And that is what it is, which is universal oneness.
03:22If anybody has any, you know, they have any reservations or, you know, they wanted to express any disagreements,
03:31then there is always a room for dialogue because dialogue does not mean endorsement.
03:36Listening does not mean agreement and understanding does not mean abandoning your differences.
03:40We can work together.
03:43We can come together.
03:44And as you know, the registration was open registration.
03:47I think it's closed now.
03:49So everybody was, you know, the invitation was for everybody and anybody who wanted to come and be part of
03:56this program.
