The country pays heartfelt tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri : apostles of peace who served the country with utmost loyalty and honesty and helped in the emancipation of the very roots of Indian cultural glory.

Though Gandhi was never against modernisation and free flow of cultural practices, he was deeply concerned about keeping our cultural heritage intact and adapting to only that culture which does harm the cultural health of our country. Gita was Mahatma Gandhi’s companion and guide which always  showed  him the right path. For him Gita was the medium which could act as a connecting link between the inner and outer world which is the nee of the whole world. He rightly said  ‘Let the winds come from all sides but let us be not blown away by winds’. Digital India is an epitome of the efforts to bring integration as well as modernization but we should not forget that it can act as a source of influx for many evils in our society. We should be alert to not integrate with that cultural flow which will damage our country and which does not comply with our spiritual and ethical standards.  Terrorism is another  great concern. The only solution to these varied but interrelated problems  is contained within Gita . That’s why he always used to say that ‘ Eye for an eye makes the whole world blind’ to propagate the doctrine of Ahimsa and discourage  the feelings of vengeance so that harmony prevails.

 Lal Bahadur Shastri was grassroot level worker, oue former prime minister who integrated in his personality the erfectcombination realism and idealism . That’s how he gave a befitting reply to Pakistan in 1965. As a symbol of the special relation which Indians hold with Mother Earth and to acknowledge the sacrifice of the soldiers(jawans) he gave the slogan of of ‘Jai jawan and jai kisan’

  Both of these leaders were the real sons of Mother India who idolised he values of harmony, peace and integrity in their characters and spent the whole of their lives working for the country. Our nation needs numerous such leaders who live for the country and die for it to resurrect her.