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A Multi-Cultural Vision of the 21st Century
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and pioneered by the Ramkrishna Mission, more recently in Benglore and Madras.
Therefore, we have now here the ground work, the constitutional framework. We have to evolve a cultural framework which would be concomitant with the constitutional framework. No law, no constitution, no declaration, no treaty, no government can do all these unless it is in the hearts, in the minds, in the souls of men and women. And that is where we must create defences of peace. That is where we must create defences of multicultural vision and values, which alone can make civilization possible. It will not only make it possible for us to survive together but also to convert the challenges of today into the opportunity for tomorrow.
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