Past wrongs can be reversed by present generation: Governor

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD, MAY 23. The Governor, Dr. C. Rangarajan, on Wednesday, said economic growth could be a solution to many problems stalking the country. When there was right atmosphere for economic growth many problems could be addressed by the people properly and a spirit of bonhomie could prevail among different groups.

Inaugurating a seminar on `Different Identities in India - Rights and Duties for Nation Building' organised by the Hum Sab Hindustani Trust, he said amends must be and could be made by the present generation for past wrongs and injustices. Nothing could be achieved by pushing under the rug past injustices.

In fact, the greater the injustices of the past, the larger the extent of positive action in the present. He said reconciliation required all concerned to understand the need to build a present that recognised the past and past wrongs. But, such attempts must be freed from the past. The country needed to start a process so that all sections could live and prosper together.

Dr. Rangarajan said in a multi-religious and multi-lingual society plurality was the strength. Identity had always been fundamental to human society and race, religion and language had been the dominant factors providing identity to groups. The Indian nation was the outcome of both history and ideas, he said adding that a harmonious society could be built through respect and understanding for each other's way of life.

Mr. Asghar Ali Engineer and Mr. Arvind Deshpande spoke on the need to preserve different identities in tact while at the same time respect each other. Rights and duties of different identities were important for nation building and the development of an over arching national identity.

Dr. V.K. Bawa welcomed the gathering and Mr. P. Purnachandra Rao, trustee in-charge, read a report.

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