President flags 'intolerance', 'unreason'

President flags 'intolerance', 'unreason': Reminds legislators of their duty as lawmakers; says education must be open-minded


January
26, 2016
Republic
Day
This refers to the report
“President flags ‘intolerance’, ‘unreason’” (BS, January 26). It is an irony that
the mainstream media (both print and electronic) willing to debate intolerance
and unreason endlessly, gives much less attention to the President’s speech
which briefly, but eloquently expresses the common man’s concerns, from
terrorism to poverty.
President’s
observation, “For revitalizing the forces of growth,
we need reforms and progressive legislation. It is the bounden duty of the law
makers to ensure that such legislation is enacted after due discussion and
debate. A spirit of accommodation, cooperation and consensus-building should be
the preferred mode of decision-making. Delays in decision-making and
implementation can only harm the process of development.” Is loaded with
directions both to the government and opposition equally and should receive the
attention which the guidance from the first citizen to the nation deserves.

Questions
like, “
Why
does peace remain so elusive? Why has peace been so much more difficult to
attain than degenerate conflict?” raised by the President must keep disturbing the
peace of those responsible for governance, world over. Part of the solution lies
in President’s own prescription “Innovative solutions
of urban planning, use of clean energy, and changing the mind-sets of the
people call for active participation of all stakeholders. Permanence of
such changes can be ensured only if people own these changes.” Which should
wake up every Indian. Let us have faith in his words, when Pranab Mukherjee
says “The generational change has happened. Youth
have moved centre-stage to take charge.”

M G Warrier,
Mumbai



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