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`Political parties should imbibe cultural values'

By Our Staff Reporter

THRISSUR, AUG. 31. The State will progress only if political parties and movements imbibe cultural and moral values, the secretary of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi, P. V. Krishnan Nair, has said.

Addressing a meeting organised by the Kerala State Freedom Fighters' Association and the Kerala Press Academy here on Tuesday, Mr. Krishnan Nair said that revivalism and fundamentalism were the tragic outcome of power games in a decadent society. "What then is the solution? Power should embrace dharma (righteousness),'' Mr. Nair added.

Delivering the Kuroor Memorial Lecture, the former additional director, Education Department, P. Chitran Namboodiripad, described Kuroor Neelakantan Namboodiripad as a "true Gandhian''.

The chairman of the Kerala Press Academy, Thomas Jacob, and the general secretary of the Kerala State Freedom Fighters' Association, Ramu Painkal, also spoke.

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