Fight against negativity needs to be on mission mode: Kulaste

Faggan Singh Kulaste, MP and chairperson of the parliamentary standing committee of SC/ST inaugurated the 11th edition of India Against Negativity (IAN) here and said the youth must challenge negativity in society and undertake it as a mission to mobilize citizens.

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Prafulla Ketkar, described the reluctance to speak in one's mother tongue as one of the biggest forms of negativity. "Our education system still suffers from a colonial hangover. Negativity spreads when we forget our institutions. India Against Negativity must go beyond its title to evolve into India for Positivity," he stressed at the inaugural event here on Sunday.

In her speech Jacqueline Mukangira, High Commissioner of Rwanda to India said, we inherited non-violence from Mahatma Gandhi. Rwanda has shown the world that forgiveness, compassion and unity are possible even in adversity. Today, Rwanda is one of the most peaceful nations globally and the number one in Africa for ease of doing business," she said.