The the world has yet to learn from India: Pranab

November 21, 2015 14:09

Noting that the world is presently "struggling to deal with the worst impulses of intolerance", President Pranab Mukherjee today said this was the time to reinforce the values that bind together the complex diversity of modern-day India and promote them throughout the globe.

Inaugurating the first-ever International Conference of Indologists, he cited Swami Vivekananda's message that "the world has yet to learn from India, the idea not only of toleration, but of sympathy" as he sought to remind people of the high values for which the country has been known. "We are today witnessing events without precedent; when the world is struggling to deal with the worst impulses of intolerance and hatred that mankind has ever witnessed.

"At such a time, there can be no better recourse than to remind ourselves of the high values, written and unwritten samskaras (tradition), duties and the way of life that is the essence of India," he said.

He further stressed that "this is the time to reinforce the civilisational values that bind together the complex diversity of modern-day India and promote them among our people and the world".

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