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Ramnath Goenka Lecture | NATION

Committed to duty, guided by national interest

Goenka drew inspiration from a Gita verse: सुुख दुः�खे सुमेे कृृत्वाा, लााभाा-लााभाौ जयाा-जयाौ। ततो याुद्धााया
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याुज्यास्वा, नैवां पाापां अवााप्स्यासिसु।। which means happiness and sorrow, gain and loss, and defeat and
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victory are the same side of the coin and fight for the fulfillment of your duty; by doing
so, you will not only fight for the fulfillment of your duty; but also not commit any sin.
He prioritized national interest over ideology. After independence, when the issue of
Hyderabad and the atrocities of the Razakars gained momentum, he helped Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel. Furthermore, in the 1970s, when the student movement in Bihar
needed a leader, he, along with Nanaji Deshmukh, prepared
Jayaprakash Narayan to lead the movement. Even during the
Emergency, he did not bow down. No matter how powerful the
forces, he always stood by the truth and put duty above all else.

Free ourselves from Macaulay’s Social justice is
mentality of slavery BY 2035 now a reality
A campaign to build 120
Prime Minister Modi called for...We are not against the million toilets for people
English language. We support Indian languages. 2035 will
mark 200 years since the injustice committed by Macaulay in forced to defecate in the
1835. Therefore, I want to make a call to the entire nation: open brought dignity to
in the next 10 years, we must resolve to free ourselves from the lives of the poor.
the slave mentality that Macaulay has instilled in India.
These 10 years are crucial. We must end the journey that Crore Jan Dhan bank
began in 1835 by 2035. My dream is to end this thinking.
57 accounts achieved financial
inclusion for them.

Crore people given pucca houses,
4 which gave them the courage to
dream new dreams and increased
their risk-taking capacity.

25 Crore people have defeated
poverty in the last 11 years.

social security in the last 11 years as remarkable. tablished the Indian Express Group not just as a
Ten years ago, only 250 million people were covered newspaper, but as a mission among the people of
by social security. Now, this number has increased India. Remembering Ramnath Goenka, PM Modi
to 940 million, and this is true social justice. noted that under his leadership, the group became
the voice of India’s democratic values and national
RAMNATH GOENKA GAVE A NEW HEIGHT interests. Therefore, in this era of the 21st century,
TO POWER OF MASS MOVEMENTS as India moves forward with the resolve to develop,
Ramnath Goenka gave a new height to the power its commitment, efforts, and vision are a great inspi-
of journalism, expression, and mass movements ration for us. n
in Indian democracy. As a visionary, an institution Scan the QR code to watch the
Prime Minister’s full program.
builder, a nationalist, and a media leader, he es-

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