ICCR’s role in enhancing the strong and productive relationship between the nations is worth mentioning. India is mother country to most of its neighbor and other African and Asian countries too. Its greatness he has in the fact, the motherly attitude and concern is found among most of its highest officers and officials who had the prominent places being so grateful, to such a motherly country with fatherly affection.

Unity in Diversity – a short and common phrase envelops an entire world in it. A true image of unity in diversity is presented by the people of India. India is a country of many ethnic groups, a number of languages, dialects, regional variations; a land of myriad tongues etc., For the most part, the continental size of the country accounts for the variations and diversities.

The country has also made a remarkable progress in the field of medical research, thereby providing medical assistance to countries like ours at a minimal cost. We are greatly indebted to the great nation.

In respect of religion in India, there is no end of its range. India is the place of reunion of many religions and languages of the world. Great spiritual leaders and reformers like Swami Vivekananda and Raja Ram Mohan Roy worked incessantly as the harbinger of a new age.

It is the dynamism and the flexibility that have enabled Indian culture to survive despite its many diversities and heavy odds. Through these di­versities runs a common stream, as it were, and the similarity and unity of outlook can be noticed across the length and breadth of the nation. Indian culture is actually a continuous synthesis, and has absorbed many external influences in the course of history.

Another notable characteristic of Indian culture is that it has always been based on moral, religious and ethical values. The shades of these are found even in the field of education. Apart from these, modern infrastructures and teachers with adequate training are facilitating cutting-edge delivery of content; and today, India is attracting students from Afghanistan, Africa, China, Japan, Maldives, Canada, France, Iran, Iraq, Germany, Australia, UK and USA. This unbelievable progress in the educational scenario also includes low costs of tuition as compared to the western countries.

The ICCR was one of the first Government instruments to take off as early as 1950 with this lofty objective. Addressing its inaugural function on 9th April 1950, post-independent India’s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had emphasised this pre-eminent cultural role when he said that he “always looked forward to furthering the cause of India’s cultural association, not only with the neighbouring countries to the East and West but with the wider world outside.’ For Nehru, this reaching out to the world culturally was crucial, it was essential if India was to again regain her cultural spaces across the globe and especially in her immediate vicinity, ‘it is not a question of merely wanting such cultural association or considering it good’ Nehru pointed out, ‘it is rather a question of the necessity of the situation which is bound to worsen if nothing is done to prevent it.”

We feel proud to be a part of this rich culture to admire and appreciate the Panchsheela principles which is deep imprinted in Indian foreign Policy by 1st PM of India Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru and the Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam doctrine of foreign policy inspired by H.E. Shri Narendra Modi, esteemed PM of India in his Modiplomacy.

The Indian Council for Cultural Relations have made exorbitant efforts to strengthen multilateral relations between India and rest of the world.

we find that people are extremely good, generous and mindful of others, at point of time we need. weare really privileged to be here in India a country of great freedom of life and religion.

Written By: Sayed Qudrat Hashimy - ICCR Sponsored Students, Under Special Scholarships Scheme for Afghanistan, Student of 1st Year LL M (International Law), Department of studies in Law, University of Mysore, Mysore
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