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Acknowledgements
Tn writing this book, our ideas have been shaped by our Linteraction during the past few decades with millions of our countrymen hailing from different walks of life. Each interaction enhanced our experience and added to our understanding of the development of a noble family, a noble society and a noble nation. While embarking on this journey of writing a book, we realized the magnitude of connectivities involved and the extent of our society's evolution during the last few centuries. We realized too the extent to which it had been influenced by the people who had come to our country for various purposes. We particularly thank Dr Y.S. Rajan and all those people who have facilitated our understanding of our society and its unique characteristics.
Acharya Mahapragyaji would like to place on record his thanks to a number of devotees and followers who have contributed towards crystallizing his thoughts in this book. He particularly thanks Niyojikaji Sadhvi Vishrut Vibha, Prof. Muni Mahendra Kumar, Dr Sohanlal Gandhi and Prof. Arun K. Tiwari for their continuous involvement in the book and for enriching its content.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam would like to thank the thousands of world citizens with whom he is virtually connected all the time and who provided him the inspiration for working towards the development of a value-based, prosperous, happy, peaceful and safe society keeping family as the
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