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dated December 28, 1957: Interpretation of India’s culture

The President, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, asked historians and scholars to interpret the present ‘topsy-turvy’ atomic age in the light of the past which laid more stress on human spirit. He said this alone would make humanity respect not the weapons of destruction but things which made life happier and better for every individual.

The President was inaugurating the 19th All-India Oriental Conference in the new Convocation Hall of the Delhi University on December 27.

The three-day conference, on indological studies, is being attended by nearly 400 scholars, 35 of whom are from European countries like Germany, Czechoslovakia and Britain, and U.S.A. and Iran.

Dr. Rajendra Prasad said that in pursuit of knowledge, the assembled scholars owed a duty not only to the past but also to the present and the future to make the present still better and the future worth aspiring for and of great value for mankind.

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