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bring in contentment. India with all her cultural hentage is destined to play a noble role in the establishment of the world peace. Indian culture whose basement is so well cemented with Ahimsa and Truth is sure to bring a social order and internal peace in men's hearts - which alone can give real peace and happiness to the world. "India has the good fortune" as Renoc puts in, "To be the repository of the noblest spiritual tradition, the only one in the whole world which has been alıve throughout the centuries, 's
In these difficult and trying times it has been a thing of abysmal pleasure to see that India has carried itself with great care and dignity and has in the face of severe odds stuck to its principles namely that of maintaining peace in the world by peaceful methods. In doing this, India has opened up a new chapter of international compromise, understanding and accomodation in the arena of world politics, from a stage, at which every country looked upon her neutrality with distrust and suspicion, India, by the honesty of her intentions and with sincerity of the purpose, created such a wonderfull atmosphere, that she became the world's natyral peace-maker, and today her neutrality. has not only been vindicated but is now being advantageously utilized to bring about international reapproachment. .
Today, India stands in the unique position of being the purveyor of peace to the war-torn world, which again
