President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday stressed on the importance of imparting moral lessons to children. While addressing a national seminar on “Challenges of the Modern World: Solutions through Indology” organized at Kurukshetra University, he said that in a world focused on materialism and where many see the end justifying the means, the study of rich Indian culture can give an alternate model.
The President stresses on the institutes of learning to offer courses on life management to orient the students with the diverse perspectives of life to give them a different world view of modernity.
He added that in the battle, ‘survival of the fittest’ everyone is overcome by anxiety and disquiet. The ancient scriptures and literatures contain valuable wisdom that denotes the true meaning of notions such as life, happiness, peace, prosperity, duty and obligation.
Mukherjee reminded that the great men and thinkers of the 19th century have contributed towards reformation of society and upliftment of human life.
He said that socio-religious movements like Arya Samaj, Brahma Samaj, Prarthana Samaj and Theosophical society had lent a direction that was new for that age but old in respect of our ancient philosophical understanding.
The President also congratulated Kurukshetra University for organizing seminar on the topic as it holds great importance to the modern times and could offer guidance to the resolution of several of its problems.