[Music] greetings and good day to all of you it
greetings and good day to all of you it
greetings and good day to all of you it is a pleasure to be here today to speak
is a pleasure to be here today to speak
is a pleasure to be here today to speak about the role of culture in a just
about the role of culture in a just
about the role of culture in a just society night before that thank you so
society night before that thank you so
society night before that thank you so much for the tedx so may have Delia for
much for the tedx so may have Delia for
much for the tedx so may have Delia for inviting me here and I consider it as
inviting me here and I consider it as
inviting me here and I consider it as honor to address you well when we talk
honor to address you well when we talk
honor to address you well when we talk about culture and also relating that to
about culture and also relating that to
about culture and also relating that to India we see a very grand picture in
India we see a very grand picture in
India we see a very grand picture in front of us there are many many the
front of us there are many many the
front of us there are many many the history of India for example I mean the
history of India for example I mean the
history of India for example I mean the recorded history of India goes back to
recorded history of India goes back to
recorded history of India goes back to more than 4,000 years there is a complex
more than 4,000 years there is a complex
more than 4,000 years there is a complex web of ideas institutions there is a
web of ideas institutions there is a
web of ideas institutions there is a complex web of I have many many many
complex web of I have many many many
complex web of I have many many many philosophies that have turned out in
philosophies that have turned out in
philosophies that have turned out in India many religions performances so
India many religions performances so
India many religions performances so everything all this makes up the count
everything all this makes up the count
everything all this makes up the count the the idea of culture in that sense
the the idea of culture in that sense
the the idea of culture in that sense but I would like to take I mean that is
but I would like to take I mean that is
but I would like to take I mean that is culture with a big capital C I’d like to
culture with a big capital C I’d like to
culture with a big capital C I’d like to come down to our level and see what is
come down to our level and see what is
come down to our level and see what is culture about it just look at this
culture about it just look at this
culture about it just look at this audience for example you come from
audience for example you come from
audience for example you come from different social backgrounds you speak
different social backgrounds you speak
different social backgrounds you speak different languages you perhaps see the
different languages you perhaps see the
different languages you perhaps see the same movies and perhaps the same music
same movies and perhaps the same music
same movies and perhaps the same music perhaps but at home it is different the
perhaps but at home it is different the
perhaps but at home it is different the language that you speak the lullabies
language that you speak the lullabies
language that you speak the lullabies that you may have heard or perhaps even
that you may have heard or perhaps even
that you may have heard or perhaps even the Proverbs that your mother or father
the Proverbs that your mother or father
the Proverbs that your mother or father may have taught you are very different
may have taught you are very different
may have taught you are very different so diversity is perhaps what we are all
so diversity is perhaps what we are all
so diversity is perhaps what we are all about we are as diverse as it gets we
about we are as diverse as it gets we
about we are as diverse as it gets we have many many ideas we are shaped by
have many many ideas we are shaped by
have many many ideas we are shaped by culture we are bound by culture each and
culture we are bound by culture each and
culture we are bound by culture each and every idea of us is also comes from
every idea of us is also comes from
every idea of us is also comes from within so the composite of all that is
within so the composite of all that is
within so the composite of all that is what I think we would call as culture
what I think we would call as culture
what I think we would call as culture and that has a different take on
and that has a different take on
and that has a different take on different people and that is what
different people and that is what
different people and that is what impacts us in our behavior our daily
impacts us in our behavior our daily
impacts us in our behavior our daily life are our respect towards the other
life are our respect towards the other
life are our respect towards the other person everything so we have we are
person everything so we have we are
person everything so we have we are governed by culture at all levels so
governed by culture at all levels so
governed by culture at all levels so this is the basic premise that I’d like
this is the basic premise that I’d like
this is the basic premise that I’d like to start with I have been I’m part now
to start with I have been I’m part now
to start with I have been I’m part now associated with a help
associated with a help
associated with a help project a console project called the
project a console project called the
project a console project called the Encyclopedia of Indian arts and culture
Encyclopedia of Indian arts and culture
Encyclopedia of Indian arts and culture called Sahab media saha is a word in
called Sahab media saha is a word in
called Sahab media saha is a word in Sanskrit that means to be together to be
Sanskrit that means to be together to be
Sanskrit that means to be together to be bound together to work together with so
bound together to work together with so
bound together to work together with so to that extent Sahar pedia is an open
to that extent Sahar pedia is an open
to that extent Sahar pedia is an open online encyclopedia on the arts cultures
online encyclopedia on the arts cultures
online encyclopedia on the arts cultures and heritage of India open in the sense
and heritage of India open in the sense
and heritage of India open in the sense that it interacts with people experts or
that it interacts with people experts or
that it interacts with people experts or anybody with any any idea about arts and
anybody with any any idea about arts and
anybody with any any idea about arts and culture who have an expertise we ask
culture who have an expertise we ask
culture who have an expertise we ask them to contribute if what they know
them to contribute if what they know
them to contribute if what they know towards this platform it is a web
towards this platform it is a web
towards this platform it is a web because it’s an online encyclopedia and
because it’s an online encyclopedia and
because it’s an online encyclopedia and not like a print encyclopedia there is
not like a print encyclopedia there is
not like a print encyclopedia there is much more flexibility to what we can do
much more flexibility to what we can do
much more flexibility to what we can do what we can get into this platform so we
what we can get into this platform so we
what we can get into this platform so we ask people either with written knowledge
ask people either with written knowledge
ask people either with written knowledge or with other kinds of knowledge for
or with other kinds of knowledge for
or with other kinds of knowledge for example a terracotta person a painter
example a terracotta person a painter
example a terracotta person a painter who may have not published an article or
who may have not published an article or
who may have not published an article or written a book but has a core core
written a book but has a core core
written a book but has a core core contribution to make in his or her field
contribution to make in his or her field
contribution to make in his or her field so if he asked such people to contribute
so if he asked such people to contribute
so if he asked such people to contribute to us not just in terms of articles of
to us not just in terms of articles of
to us not just in terms of articles of books because they’re they’re also very
books because they’re they’re also very
books because they’re they’re also very important articles and books they can
important articles and books they can
important articles and books they can also contribute in terms of photographs
also contribute in terms of photographs
also contribute in terms of photographs in terms of audio video content in terms
in terms of audio video content in terms
in terms of audio video content in terms of maps or even a recorded interview
of maps or even a recorded interview
of maps or even a recorded interview anything that they have an archival
anything that they have an archival
anything that they have an archival material so that comes to the to the
material so that comes to the to the
material so that comes to the to the platform and we want to make it as
platform and we want to make it as
platform and we want to make it as accessible to everybody as possible so
accessible to everybody as possible so
accessible to everybody as possible so this is one of the biggest challenges
this is one of the biggest challenges
this is one of the biggest challenges and biggest contribution that saha pedia
and biggest contribution that saha pedia
and biggest contribution that saha pedia makes for that makes for India and
makes for that makes for India and
makes for that makes for India and perhaps I mean this is what even for a
perhaps I mean this is what even for a
perhaps I mean this is what even for a globalized India for anyone the
globalized India for anyone the
globalized India for anyone the information and access to access to
information and access to access to
information and access to access to different kinds of heritage now just
different kinds of heritage now just
different kinds of heritage now just look at the the the diverse cultural
look at the the the diverse cultural
look at the the the diverse cultural complex that is India there are so many
complex that is India there are so many
complex that is India there are so many traditions so many types of literature
traditions so many types of literature
traditions so many types of literature for example there is literature there is
for example there is literature there is
for example there is literature there is philosophy there is what we call as of
philosophy there is what we call as of
philosophy there is what we call as of our contribution this is India as a
our contribution this is India as a
our contribution this is India as a cultural superpower of contribution to
cultural superpower of contribution to
cultural superpower of contribution to mathematics to astronomy astrology
mathematics to astronomy astrology
mathematics to astronomy astrology to the different scientific fields
to the different scientific fields
to the different scientific fields greatly to medical heritage we talk
greatly to medical heritage we talk
greatly to medical heritage we talk about iron whether we talk about yoga so
about iron whether we talk about yoga so
about iron whether we talk about yoga so it is well and it’s an endless it is a
it is well and it’s an endless it is a
it is well and it’s an endless it is a very very what we talked about all we
very very what we talked about all we
very very what we talked about all we are all that we do have all that we have
are all that we do have all that we have
are all that we do have all that we have to take pride and all that but it is not
to take pride and all that but it is not
to take pride and all that but it is not what we are but how we take it to the
what we are but how we take it to the
what we are but how we take it to the next generation how we make it more
next generation how we make it more
next generation how we make it more meaningful to the next generation is
meaningful to the next generation is
meaningful to the next generation is what matters and this is I think where
what matters and this is I think where
what matters and this is I think where the power of culture is in for a just
the power of culture is in for a just
the power of culture is in for a just society how to make it more democratic
society how to make it more democratic
society how to make it more democratic how to make it more accessible to all
how to make it more accessible to all
how to make it more accessible to all people and not just make it the preserve
people and not just make it the preserve
people and not just make it the preserve of a few is the challenge that we have
of a few is the challenge that we have
of a few is the challenge that we have taken up and we hope that each step
taken up and we hope that each step
taken up and we hope that each step towards that is one is one success story
towards that is one is one success story
towards that is one is one success story for us this is how we want to operate
for us this is how we want to operate
for us this is how we want to operate actually we know that we are a small
actually we know that we are a small
actually we know that we are a small small institution we cannot do
small institution we cannot do
small institution we cannot do everything together there are many many
everything together there are many many
everything together there are many many institutions who have acquired core
institutions who have acquired core
institutions who have acquired core knowledge in all these things so we
knowledge in all these things so we
knowledge in all these things so we alive with institutions we contact
alive with institutions we contact
alive with institutions we contact institutions who have archives and ask
institutions who have archives and ask
institutions who have archives and ask them to share this material we also
them to share this material we also
them to share this material we also contact experts of different domains
contact experts of different domains
contact experts of different domains different even small small areas of
different even small small areas of
different even small small areas of scholarship and we ask them to
scholarship and we ask them to
scholarship and we ask them to contribute not like I said not just as
contribute not like I said not just as
contribute not like I said not just as articles but in different kinds of
articles but in different kinds of
articles but in different kinds of materials so this is perhaps a big
materials so this is perhaps a big
materials so this is perhaps a big advantage that we open it out to the
advantage that we open it out to the
advantage that we open it out to the world and we also share it asmath take
world and we also share it asmath take
world and we also share it asmath take it as it comes and every material that
it as it comes and every material that
it as it comes and every material that is in Sahar pedia is not copyrighted it
is in Sahar pedia is not copyrighted it
is in Sahar pedia is not copyrighted it can be accessed as freely as anybody can
can be accessed as freely as anybody can
can be accessed as freely as anybody can so this is the core idea and I in on
so this is the core idea and I in on
so this is the core idea and I in on this context i’d like to show you some
this context i’d like to show you some
this context i’d like to show you some images of what we have gathered is very
images of what we have gathered is very
images of what we have gathered is very little compared to what we have gathered
little compared to what we have gathered
little compared to what we have gathered but then it will show you a small
but then it will show you a small
but then it will show you a small example of how we have been going about
example of how we have been going about
example of how we have been going about it these are just still images we do
it these are just still images we do
it these are just still images we do have documented material audio video we
have documented material audio video we
have documented material audio video we have maps we have many other kinds of
have maps we have many other kinds of
have maps we have many other kinds of material also but this I’d like to show
material also but this I’d like to show
material also but this I’d like to show it to you for now it is a self
it to you for now it is a self
it to you for now it is a self explanatory the title is down here
so that’s it it’s a selection from what
so that’s it it’s a selection from what we have what I wanted to make the point
we have what I wanted to make the point
we have what I wanted to make the point is that the ambit of what we call
is that the ambit of what we call
is that the ambit of what we call culture is very wide and and also the
culture is very wide and and also the
culture is very wide and and also the richness is it is this goes beyond our
richness is it is this goes beyond our
richness is it is this goes beyond our definitions of what we think of as
definitions of what we think of as
definitions of what we think of as definitions of culture it has so many
definitions of culture it has so many
definitions of culture it has so many domains it has the four wat and we also
domains it has the four wat and we also
domains it has the four wat and we also don’t want to make a distinction between
don’t want to make a distinction between
don’t want to make a distinction between what is classical and what is folk I
what is classical and what is folk I
what is classical and what is folk I mean there is this a 2 n’s or perhaps
mean there is this a 2 n’s or perhaps
mean there is this a 2 n’s or perhaps the same same thread of the same
the same same thread of the same
the same same thread of the same spectrum this is what we wanted to show
spectrum this is what we wanted to show
spectrum this is what we wanted to show in all these pictures the thing is that
in all these pictures the thing is that
in all these pictures the thing is that for example let us take the example of
for example let us take the example of
for example let us take the example of dance dance as a professor maybe
dance dance as a professor maybe
dance dance as a professor maybe performance as we know humans performed
performance as we know humans performed
performance as we know humans performed all right from ever up from right from
all right from ever up from right from
all right from ever up from right from the beginning of history they performed
the beginning of history they performed
the beginning of history they performed for example this way to the wind they
for example this way to the wind they
for example this way to the wind they imitated the movements and the sounds of
imitated the movements and the sounds of
imitated the movements and the sounds of da of the moments of of the nature and
da of the moments of of the nature and
da of the moments of of the nature and also imitated the sounds of animals and
also imitated the sounds of animals and
also imitated the sounds of animals and birds and all that so there is a long
birds and all that so there is a long
birds and all that so there is a long history of dance that we have as it
history of dance that we have as it
history of dance that we have as it evolved when during the agricultural
evolved when during the agricultural
evolved when during the agricultural practices for example men and women
practices for example men and women
practices for example men and women worshipped nature for different for
worshipped nature for different for
worshipped nature for different for different forces of nature for the ends
different forces of nature for the ends
different forces of nature for the ends for example to have a good harvest or to
for example to have a good harvest or to
for example to have a good harvest or to propitiate some elements of our wadding
propitiate some elements of our wadding
propitiate some elements of our wadding of the evil for warding off diseases so
of the evil for warding off diseases so
of the evil for warding off diseases so this became a community engagement dance
this became a community engagement dance
this became a community engagement dance slowly as it happened as it turned out
slowly as it happened as it turned out
slowly as it happened as it turned out as it evolved it became more more than a
as it evolved it became more more than a
as it evolved it became more more than a communal active community activity it
communal active community activity it
communal active community activity it became more of a personal activity for
became more of a personal activity for
became more of a personal activity for example the people hi people of high
example the people hi people of high
example the people hi people of high society the Royals or the elite began to
society the Royals or the elite began to
society the Royals or the elite began to patronize arts so perhaps the emphasis
patronize arts so perhaps the emphasis
patronize arts so perhaps the emphasis at this point shifter from the dance to
at this point shifter from the dance to
at this point shifter from the dance to the dancer and people started honing
the dancer and people started honing
the dancer and people started honing their skills the the artists started
their skills the the artists started
their skills the the artists started honing their skills to suit a big
honing their skills to suit a big
honing their skills to suit a big audience saying that I mean and so they
audience saying that I mean and so they
audience saying that I mean and so they stopped and their skills and it became
stopped and their skills and it became
stopped and their skills and it became more and more personalized in that sense
more and more personalized in that sense
more and more personalized in that sense and he statics also did many kinds of
and he statics also did many kinds of
and he statics also did many kinds of theories of aesthetics also developed by
theories of aesthetics also developed by
theories of aesthetics also developed by and by so in a way if I take an example
and by so in a way if I take an example
and by so in a way if I take an example from the form that i know and i have
from the form that i know and i have
from the form that i know and i have studied kathakali the police have art
studied kathakali the police have art
studied kathakali the police have art form that may have evolved sometime
form that may have evolved sometime
form that may have evolved sometime around the 17th century
around the 17th century
around the 17th century as an art form we call it a classical
as an art form we call it a classical
as an art form we call it a classical dance um it is also described with one
dance um it is also described with one
dance um it is also described with one of the classical dances of India but how
of the classical dances of India but how
of the classical dances of India but how it evolved it has taken elements from a
it evolved it has taken elements from a
it evolved it has taken elements from a very vibrant folk and existing other
very vibrant folk and existing other
very vibrant folk and existing other traditions it has taken for example its
traditions it has taken for example its
traditions it has taken for example its makeup from the theam from the folk
makeup from the theam from the folk
makeup from the theam from the folk tradition of theam music from the
tradition of theam music from the
tradition of theam music from the existing soap on a style of style of
existing soap on a style of style of
existing soap on a style of style of singing and perhaps the vibrant facial
singing and perhaps the vibrant facial
singing and perhaps the vibrant facial expressions and and and the and that
expressions and and and the and that
expressions and and and the and that power from the the theatre form of
power from the the theatre form of
power from the the theatre form of podium so innovate synthesized all these
podium so innovate synthesized all these
podium so innovate synthesized all these elements and made it a much more
elements and made it a much more
elements and made it a much more spectacular and a narrative kind of
spectacular and a narrative kind of
spectacular and a narrative kind of dance so I am what I am saying is
dance so I am what I am saying is
dance so I am what I am saying is everything has a works in a state of
everything has a works in a state of
everything has a works in a state of complementarity and give and take and
complementarity and give and take and
complementarity and give and take and there is nothing that is exist on its
there is nothing that is exist on its
there is nothing that is exist on its own as classical so we don’t get into
own as classical so we don’t get into
own as classical so we don’t get into that kind of the car of that kind of
that kind of the car of that kind of
that kind of the car of that kind of divisions I would binaries I would say
divisions I would binaries I would say
divisions I would binaries I would say now before this I was I had the
now before this I was I had the
now before this I was I had the opportunity to work in the national
opportunity to work in the national
opportunity to work in the national mission for manuscripts which actually
mission for manuscripts which actually
mission for manuscripts which actually was a great experience for me because in
was a great experience for me because in
was a great experience for me because in manuscripts is what we have all the
manuscripts is what we have all the
manuscripts is what we have all the storehouse of knowledge that we call the
storehouse of knowledge that we call the
storehouse of knowledge that we call the intellectual traditions of India
intellectual traditions of India
intellectual traditions of India whatever I said about the mathematics
whatever I said about the mathematics
whatever I said about the mathematics the there is no no knowledge that is not
the there is no no knowledge that is not
the there is no no knowledge that is not that India did not produce right from
that India did not produce right from
that India did not produce right from like I am very happy to say from
like I am very happy to say from
like I am very happy to say from aesthetics to anesthetics to
aesthetics to anesthetics to
aesthetics to anesthetics to shipbuilding to philosophy to even folk
shipbuilding to philosophy to even folk
shipbuilding to philosophy to even folk wisdom everything is our ancestors
wisdom everything is our ancestors
wisdom everything is our ancestors recorded in these manuscripts so it was
recorded in these manuscripts so it was
recorded in these manuscripts so it was a great challenge to put them together
a great challenge to put them together
a great challenge to put them together to serve a document to make a database
to serve a document to make a database
to serve a document to make a database and two went to a give conservation
and two went to a give conservation
and two went to a give conservation treatment to these manuscripts they are
treatment to these manuscripts they are
treatment to these manuscripts they are available and we made a database of more
available and we made a database of more
available and we made a database of more than 2 million that is 20 lakh
than 2 million that is 20 lakh
than 2 million that is 20 lakh manuscripts and still there are more and
manuscripts and still there are more and
manuscripts and still there are more and more and more manuscripts waiting to be
more and more manuscripts waiting to be
more and more manuscripts waiting to be discovered waiting to be documented put
discovered waiting to be documented put
discovered waiting to be documented put together so just imagine the challenge
together so just imagine the challenge
together so just imagine the challenge these are written in languages i mean so
these are written in languages i mean so
these are written in languages i mean so many languages and scripts in which
many languages and scripts in which
many languages and scripts in which people don’t even many people don’t even
people don’t even many people don’t even
people don’t even many people don’t even know how to read so it was again another
know how to read so it was again another
know how to read so it was again another challenge to make people understand
challenge to make people understand
challenge to make people understand scripts read these scripts so so many
scripts read these scripts so so many
scripts read these scripts so so many levels we had to work but the problem
levels we had to work but the problem
levels we had to work but the problem with this mission was that because it
with this mission was that because it
with this mission was that because it was a public
was a public
was a public a onde institution they were very few
a onde institution they were very few
a onde institution they were very few they were constraints on how to give
they were constraints on how to give
they were constraints on how to give without access was a problem though the
without access was a problem though the
without access was a problem though the database was available for people to see
database was available for people to see
database was available for people to see the digitized texts were not free for
the digitized texts were not free for
the digitized texts were not free for all this was one of the one of the is
all this was one of the one of the is
all this was one of the one of the is incentives for us to start creating this
incentives for us to start creating this
incentives for us to start creating this aha pedia because we thought that if
aha pedia because we thought that if
aha pedia because we thought that if this knowledge is are locked up in these
this knowledge is are locked up in these
this knowledge is are locked up in these libraries and people are not able to use
libraries and people are not able to use
libraries and people are not able to use them researchers are not able to use
them researchers are not able to use
them researchers are not able to use them students are not able to use them
them students are not able to use them
them students are not able to use them what is the point in claiming that these
what is the point in claiming that these
what is the point in claiming that these are our great assets and the cultural
are our great assets and the cultural
are our great assets and the cultural heritage so we the first principle that
heritage so we the first principle that
heritage so we the first principle that we started out when we started with the
we started out when we started with the
we started out when we started with the Sahaba days make knowledge free make
Sahaba days make knowledge free make
Sahaba days make knowledge free make knowledge accessible to everybody
knowledge accessible to everybody
knowledge accessible to everybody secondly go in for participation
secondly go in for participation
secondly go in for participation participation of all kinds in the sense
participation of all kinds in the sense
participation of all kinds in the sense i mean it can have any kind of
i mean it can have any kind of
i mean it can have any kind of participation and if what we wanted to
participation and if what we wanted to
participation and if what we wanted to avoid is monocultures of the mind we
avoid is monocultures of the mind we
avoid is monocultures of the mind we cannot have a single mind we cannot have
cannot have a single mind we cannot have
cannot have a single mind we cannot have a single-minded window it tells her hair
a single-minded window it tells her hair
a single-minded window it tells her hair take diversity it has to take many
take diversity it has to take many
take diversity it has to take many levels of engagement so this perhaps
levels of engagement so this perhaps
levels of engagement so this perhaps goes for creation of a just society a
goes for creation of a just society a
goes for creation of a just society a true society and in which everyone
true society and in which everyone
true society and in which everyone enjoys the fruit of our culture or what
enjoys the fruit of our culture or what
enjoys the fruit of our culture or what we call as our common culture or I will
we call as our common culture or I will
we call as our common culture or I will put it in the in the plural as cultures
put it in the in the plural as cultures
put it in the in the plural as cultures not just culture because cultures are
not just culture because cultures are
not just culture because cultures are many even each of us have culture bv
many even each of us have culture bv
many even each of us have culture bv bear with us our culture and we have a
bear with us our culture and we have a
bear with us our culture and we have a special special feeling towards our
special special feeling towards our
special special feeling towards our heritage and that is what we wanted to
heritage and that is what we wanted to
heritage and that is what we wanted to foster through this now coming to say
foster through this now coming to say
foster through this now coming to say happy day itself there are like I said
happy day itself there are like I said
happy day itself there are like I said there are many institutions who engage
there are many institutions who engage
there are many institutions who engage with our car there is ncpa for example
with our car there is ncpa for example
with our car there is ncpa for example there is a national this is the National
there is a national this is the National
there is a national this is the National Center for Performing Arts that is the
Center for Performing Arts that is the
Center for Performing Arts that is the sangeet natak academy there are
sangeet natak academy there are
sangeet natak academy there are universities slowly we are building up a
universities slowly we are building up a
universities slowly we are building up a kind of corpus of a network of
kind of corpus of a network of
kind of corpus of a network of institutions and the corpus of knowledge
institutions and the corpus of knowledge
institutions and the corpus of knowledge ideas not in many ways I mean in
ideas not in many ways I mean in
ideas not in many ways I mean in multiple ways for the engagement of all
multiple ways for the engagement of all
multiple ways for the engagement of all and for the consumption of all this is
and for the consumption of all this is
and for the consumption of all this is Evan this I think is a core of what I
Evan this I think is a core of what I
Evan this I think is a core of what I wanted to say and I would like to end
wanted to say and I would like to end
wanted to say and I would like to end this by citing MS Subbulakshmi
this by citing MS Subbulakshmi
this by citing MS Subbulakshmi mellifluous music which many of you may
mellifluous music which many of you may
mellifluous music which many of you may have heard it is when she
have heard it is when she
have heard it is when she at the UN she is she is she sang it for
at the UN she is she is she sang it for
at the UN she is she is she sang it for the UN during the UN General Assembly
the UN during the UN General Assembly
the UN during the UN General Assembly years back but it is still I think I
years back but it is still I think I
years back but it is still I think I think very very very resonant in all our
think very very very resonant in all our
think very very very resonant in all our just called my dream vijetha my which
just called my dream vijetha my which
just called my dream vijetha my which means that you practice friendship
means that you practice friendship
means that you practice friendship towards everybody and also not have an
towards everybody and also not have an
towards everybody and also not have an treat others as you would like to be
treat others as you would like to be
treat others as you would like to be treated by by them to you so give
treated by by them to you so give
treated by by them to you so give respect and then you expect that you
respect and then you expect that you
respect and then you expect that you give or take respect from people so this
give or take respect from people so this
give or take respect from people so this I think is perhaps the core and essence
I think is perhaps the core and essence
I think is perhaps the core and essence of culture and what it can do to a just
of culture and what it can do to a just
of culture and what it can do to a just society you bring you give equal status
society you bring you give equal status
society you bring you give equal status to people you give respect to people you
to people you give respect to people you
to people you give respect to people you take your respect so this is the essence
take your respect so this is the essence
take your respect so this is the essence of what I wanted to say and what we
of what I wanted to say and what we
of what I wanted to say and what we strive towards through so happy dia and
strive towards through so happy dia and
strive towards through so happy dia and this is an invitation for everybody in
this is an invitation for everybody in
this is an invitation for everybody in all of you here and also many other
all of you here and also many other
all of you here and also many other people to come and join us in this
people to come and join us in this
people to come and join us in this initiative and give us and support us in
initiative and give us and support us in
initiative and give us and support us in creating this as a global platform on
creating this as a global platform on
creating this as a global platform on India and India sculpture thank you so
India and India sculpture thank you so
India and India sculpture thank you so much
much
much [Applause]
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