UBCHEA Institutional Project for CSRS
The Centre for the Study of Religion and Society (CSRS) has been granted a three year institutional project by United Board (UBCHEA) titled Understanding Alternative Lives: Equiping Students for a Peaceful Co-existence.A note on the project
Objective: To
offer an opportunity to the students and imbibe values from the extraordinary
and unusual lives of people who have re defined the mainstream societal values.
The project seeks to enrich and enable the students to comprehend their
contributions to peaceful and harmonious co-existence. It also proposes to
document the practical lessons acquired by the students in their respective
disciplines through interaction with these eminent personalities. The chosen personalities with
whom students will interact have carved a niche for themselves in their
respective fields upholding integrity, honesty and commitment. Students’
acquaintance with them would crystallize their understanding of the College
motto –“The Truth Shall Make You Free”.
The output of the project in the
form of compilation of edited interviews and screening of a short film reflecting
the quintessence of alternative lives in the context of Union Christian College
and the insights drawn from the most influential personalities from among the
chosen group is presented before the college and local communities. Both these
would bear testimony to their understanding of how these alternative lives have
contributed to peace building in the society by the inclusion of the
marginalized. In our knowledge, such a study has never been chronicled.
