A three-day National Webinar on Indian Cultural and Communication Traditions is being organised at Rabindranath Tagore University.
The semimar is organised by the Faculty of Humanities and Liberal Arts of the University and Dharmapal Research Centre.
Chairman of Private University Regulatory Commission Bharat Sharan Singh was addressing the seminar as the chief guest.He said that culture does not belong to an individual or a family, but of the land, which is called a nation. States and countries keep on changing but the nation remains permanent. Even after being a separate state, our sentiments are that of a cultural nation.
Presiding over the inaugural session, Santosh Choubey, Chancellor of Rabindranath Tagore University said that for 2000 years, the Vedas were transmitted through oral traditions. History is not made by mere writing, it is also made by oral tradition. History is recorded here only in narratives. The identity of the four levels of life is in the best Indian culture and tradition.
Saurabh Kumar Mishra, Deputy Director, Research Council of the Indian Council of Historical Research, Ministry of Education, Government of India, present as a special guest, said that India is not just a landmass, but it is a river, mountain, forests, a group of sages. These are all Vedic cultures which are still with us like tradition.
Sai Madhavi, President, Grand Academic Portal, and Padma Bhushan, Kanak Rale, founder of Nalanda Nritya Kala Mahavidyalaya, Mumbai, also addressed the seminar through online medium.
Educationist Amitabh Saxena was specially present. He said that the culture of India is not religious but spiritual. Therefore spiritual upliftment is necessary.