Delhi: Aaj poore desh mein Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas (NRI Day) manaya ja raha hai. Is mauke par Prime Minister Narendra Modi ne duniya bhar mein base lagbhag 3.5 crore se zyada Bharatiya diaspora ko shubhkamnayein di hain. PM Modi ne social media platform ‘X’ par ek message share karte hue overseas Indians ki tareef ki aur unhe Bharat ke liye ek “mazboot kadi” (strong link) bataya.
PM Modi ne apne sandesh mein kaha ki hamara diaspora poori duniya mein Bharat ka ek “powerful bridge” hai. Unhone bataya ki Bharat ke log duniya ke jis bhi kone mein gaye, unhone wahan ke samaj ko behtar banaya aur wahan ki tarakki mein yogdan diya. Lekin sabse badi baat yeh rahi ki itni door rehne ke bawajood, woh hamesha apni mitti aur apni sanskriti (roots) se jude rahe.
Prime Minister ne ek baar phir diaspora ko “Rashtradoots” (National Ambassadors) kehkar pukara. Unhone kaha ki yeh log hi hain jinhone global level par Indian culture, yoga, aur ayurveda ko popular banaya hai. PM ne yeh bhi bharosa dilaya ki unki sarkar ne pichle kuch saalon mein aise kai kadam uthaye hain jis se videshon mein rehne wale Bharatiyon ka nata apne desh se aur bhi mazboot ho sake.
Zikr-e-kaabil hai ki Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas har saal 9 January ko manaya jata hai, kyunki isi din 1915 mein Mahatma Gandhi South Africa se Bharat laute the. Halanki is saal (2026) koi bada central convention nahi ho raha hai (kyunki yeh biennial format mein hota hai), lekin duniya bhar ke Indian Embassies aur Missions mein webinars aur cultural programs ke zariye is din ko celebrate kiya ja raha hai.