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iolitics is uudou|t.dl,, t|.
uost iuportaut iustitutiou iu
au, oru o soci.t,. 1|.
iupact o political proc.ss,
|. it |at.v.r oru
d.uocrac,, socialisu,
autocrac,, .tc is t|. or.uost
iu a iatiou iuildiug aud
D.v.lopu.ut
1|. c|oic.s o i.opl. iu
io.r, till toda,. vastl, a.cts
all diu.usious o t|. citiz.u's
li.. i. it |usiu.ss, grot| or
s.curit,
#.c.ut studi.s at iarvard
|av. s|ou |o a uajorit,
o Yout| ar. dissatisi.d
it| iolitics aud r.j.ct all
|op. rou its proc.ss.s
u t|. udiau sc.uario too, uau,
uuortuuat. occurr.uc.s |av. l.d to t|.
uis-us. o politics or p.rsoual gaius,
oppr.ssiou aud couuuualist goals
1|. lot, |alla,s o io.r ar.
iucr.asiugl, |.giuuiug to g.t staiu.d
it| corruptiou, ualpractic. aud
iuuoralit, |, t|. s.lis| aud
ius.usitiv. iudividuals |o iud t|.ir
a, iuto it
1|.r. is a |ug. u..d or a coustructiv.
iut.ll.ctual d.|at. ou t|. uatur. o
c|aug. politics cau |av. it|iu its.l |,
.u|raciug tiu.l.ss valu.s o |uuauit,
$uc| tiu.s ar. au
opportuuit, to r.-
t|iu| t|. curr.ut
situatiou o
political t|oug|t
aud stat.
$atsaug, a p|ilaut|ropic
uau-ua|iug iustitutiou
|as aa|.u.d to t|is
crisis aud |op.s to ua|.
a clariou call it|iu
po.r circl.s aud
acad.uia
Jhy Sr| Sr| 1hakur's
V|s|on |s ke|evant to
o||t|ca| 1hought
today?
Jhat Deshbandhu Ch|ttaran[an Das the |ate
res|dent Ind|an Nat|ona| Congress to
Mahatma Gandh|
have seen many greaL men ln Lhe world buL l have
never seen a man wlLh such an exLraordlnary power ln all
respecLs and as lovely and acLlve as Srl Srl 1hakur
Anukulchandra l have learnL from my Curu (Srl Srl 1hakur) Lhe
value of LruLh ln our deallngs l wanL you Lo llve wlLh hlm for a
few days aL leasL ?our need ls noL Lhe same as mlne buL he
has glven me Lhe sLrengLh l dld noL possess before l see Lhlngs
more clearly whlch l saw dlmly before"
Jhat La| 8ahadur Shastr| the r|me
M|n|ster of Ind|a had to say
usL as lmproved seeds are essenLlal
facLors ln Lhe developmenL of agrlculLure so also
ls lmproved manpower ln Lhe developmenL of
naLlon So Lhe emphasls on beLLer progeny of Srl
Srl 1hakur has my enLhuslasLlc supporL"
$r| Sr| 1hakur Anuku|chandra
ls one of Lhe worlds greaL splrlLual leaders a
man of exLraordlnary lnLelllgence and keen
lnslghL a physlclan a sclenLlsL and a man of love
and servlcePls exLraordlnary superhuman
lnslghLs on Lhe ollLlcal luLure of lndla were
never llmlLed Lo mere soclologlcal [argon buL Pe
mlxed Lhe developmenL of lndla Lo many
mulLldlmenslonal facLors llke Lugenlcs
LducaLlon AnLhropology and oLhers Pe uLLered
Codly comprehenslon of varlous complex lssues
of Lhe ollLlcal pllghL of lndla durlng Pls Llmes
and slmulLaneously gave ouL an acLlon plan for
Lhe enLlre Soclal LmanclpaLlon of Lhe
lndependenL lndla for a new Crder
Pls lmmense knowledge sea conLalned ln Lhe huge
volumes of uLLered messages wrlLlngs and dlalogues
wlLh devoLees form a llbrary of Wlsdom LhaL could have
emerged from no less Lhan ulvlne 1he llLeraLure
encompasses flelds from every sub[ecL ranglng from
PeredlLy Lo Medlclne Lo Soclology! 1he gems conLalned
ln Lhls llbrary of !nana have obvlous lmpllcaLlons for Lhe
ollLlcal and Lconomlc of a SocleLy
1he Venue
8lghL near Lhe newly bullL dazzle of Lhe lnLernaLlonal AlrporL aL
Pyderabad ls Lhe SaLsang CenLer A SplrlLual 8eLreaL cum Man Maklng
lnsLlLuLlon nesLed amldsL lusL hllls and woods ls Lhe declded venue for
Lhe Sympos|um 1he ClLy Loo has had a hlsLory of boLh ollLlcal
LransformaLlon and 1urmoll 1he pollLlcal alr of Pyderabad has always
been perfumed wlLh ollLlcal movemenL of some klnd or anoLher 1hus
lL seems a perfecL seLLlng for Lhe dlscusslon of ollLlcal Change rlghL ln
Lhe mlddle of Lhe clLy buzz yeL ln Lhe cool breeze of an Ashram
i.r., auidst |r..z, |ills, l.adiug
uiuds iu politics ould cou.
tog.t|.r or a r.l.ctiv. at.ruoou
o r.v.latious