'DEGRADATION OF VALUES RAMPANT, REFORMATION NECESSARY IN SOCIETY'

Hindi version of ‘Jawahar’, a book on veteran freedom fighter Jawaharlal Darda, released

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The independence put the country on the path of development and growth but along with rapid progress, India also experienced the degradation of values of life, said senior political leaders bemoaning that the generation of leadership, which preserved culture and civility despite intense political opposition, has been lost.

The occasion was the launch of the Hindi version of the book ‘Jawahar’, the biography of the founder of Lokmat Media Group and veteran freedom fighter,Jawaharlal Darda, in the national capital in the presence of a galaxy of senior politicians, journalists and dignitaries. “India happily hosts people

of many religions, customs, colours and different temperaments. However, we have tainted it with discrimination on the basis of religion and caste. Let alone creating a heaven, with our selfishness we have destroyed the heaven we have inherited.”

Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir and president of Democratic Progressive Azad Party, Padma Bhushan Ghulam Nabi Azad articulated the unanimous feelings of all key speakers when he said, “Dil aur dimag mein girawat aa gai hai, sudharna chahiye!’’