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VP Radhakrishnan puts national identity above caste, language and region
Vice-President C P Radhakrishnan said no caste, language or region was more important than the nation, urging Indians to place national identity above narrower identities. Speaking at a Partition Horrors Remembrance Day…
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Vice-President C P Radhakrishnan said no caste, language or region was more important than the nation, urging Indians to place national identity above narrower identities. Speaking at a Partition Horrors Remembrance Day event in New Delhi, he said remembering Partition should promote unity rather than reopen old wounds. He called it one of history’s largest mass migrations and said its hurried borders still affect defence, national security and ties with neighbouring countries.
Delhi University Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh separately said around 1.5 crore people were forced from their homes during Partition and urged students to remember its suffering. He asked the university community to support the goal of a Viksit Bharat by 2047 and help DU enter the world’s top 200 universities. Radhakrishnan also felicitated 15 Partition survivors.
The Indian Opinion
The easy narratives are familiar: that remembering Partition is either an attempt to revive hostility or a ritual with no present value. Neither captures the speakers’ message. Radhakrishnan called for unity, while Singh linked remembrance to preventing a repeat of the tragedy. The test is whether institutions teach the human cost without reducing it to communal blame, and whether their promises produce measurable gains, including DU’s progress towards the top 200.
Sources (2): timesofindia.indiatimes.com, timesnownews.com
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Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
