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dated July 15, 1954: Nehru on Ramayana

"Among our great festivals, which spread joy and comradeship amongst all our people, there is none which is so popular, more especially in Northern India, as the celebration of the story of Rama and Sita. Valmiki wrote his immortal epic, and, in later days, Tulsidas, writing in homely language, made this story a part of the texture of the lives of our people. A story and a book which has had this powerful influence on millions of people, during some millennia of our changing history, must have a peculiar virtue in it," writes Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru in his foreword to "Valmiki Ramayana" by Mr. N. Chandrasekhara Aiyar, formerly Judge of the Supreme Court and at present Chairman of the Delimitation Commission.

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