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Did Ms. Sushma Swaraj read Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda?

YBREMS Ref: Minutes of the 1st Meeting of the National Committee for commemoration of 150th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda held under the Chairmanship of Hon'ble Prime Minister on 20th May 2010 at 5.00 PM at 7 Race Course Road, New Delhi. This is freely available on the net. Smt. Sushma Swaraj supported the proposals received and suggested that the youth should be involved in a big way, with the commemorative programmes like essay competitions and debates and that `The Complete Works of Swamiji' should be given as prizes to the winners and also to the participants. YBREMS: One question haunts me: Did Sushma Swaraj read the Complete Works? Or was she just adding her samidha (a small piece of wood) to the agni (fire) in the sacrifice? Printing the Complete Works costs millions. Our students have little time to read school, college and University text books. They read selected questions from guides by rote. When will they read the Complete Works? When will they read Vi