Articles by Surya Nath Prasad

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A Condolence Message on the Passing of Prof. Johan Galtung
Dr. Surya Nath Prasad – TRANSCEND Media Service, 26 Feb 2024

Prof. Galtung was a principal founder of the discipline of peace and conflict studies. He was the main founder of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) in 1959 and served as its first director until 1970. He also founded the Peace Research Journal (1964), Transcend International, Transcend Media Service, and Transcend Peace University.

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A Condolence Message on the Passing of Dr. Betty A. Reardon
Dr. Surya Nath Prasad – TRANSCEND Media Service, 8 Jan 2024

I shocked to hear the news of passing of Dr. Betty A. Reardon on November 3, 2023 at the age of more than 94 years. She was born on June 12, 1929. She was one of the founders of Peace Education.

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Universal Peace Education for Justice and Peace, Prevention and Remedy of War
Dr. Surya Nath Prasad – TRANSCEND Media Service, 30 Oct 2023

28 Oct 2023 – Peace is more complicated than war because peace is tried to achieve through war.

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Teachers for the United Nations and Peace
Dr. Surya Nath Prasad – TRANSCEND Media Service, 23 Oct 2023

Dedicated to the United Nations Day, 24 October

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Peace Education and International Community
Dr. Surya Nath Prasad – TRANSCEND Media Service, 25 Sep 2023

The common masses of every nation are exploited and oppressed by their masters whether they are dictators or democrats. Common people everywhere are poor and slaves. Even intellectuals are not free from the organized authority of societies’ institutions.

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Vedantic Democracy, Education and Peace
Dr. Surya Nath Prasad – TRANSCEND Media Service, 18 Sep 2023

All men tend to be free. Freedom is the birth right of every man irrespective of caste, creed and color.

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Condolences on the Passing of Dr. M.S. Gosavi
Dr. Surya Nath Prasad – TRANSCEND Media Service, 11 Sep 2023

7 Sep 2023 – I am extremely shocked to hear the news about the death of Dr. M.S. Gosavi, Director General and Secretary, Gokhale Education Society, Nashik, Maharashtra, India on 9 Jul 2023. This is my delayed condolences because I was not aware of his death.

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A Condolence Message on the Passing of Dr. Benjamin B. Ferencz
Dr. Surya Nath Prasad – TRANSCEND Media Service, 17 Apr 2023

I shocked to hear the news of the passing of Dr. Benjamin B. Ferencz, on 7 April 2023, at the age of 103 and express condolences to his family members.

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Vedantic Democracy, Education and Peace
Dr. Surya Nath Prasad – TRANSCEND Media Service, 6 Feb 2023

All men tend to be free. Freedom is the birth right of every man irrespective of caste, creed and color.

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Condolences on the Passing of Prof. Charles Mercieca
Dr. Surya Nath Prasad – TRANSCEND Media Service, 18 Jul 2022

TRANSCEND Member and Founder of the Association of Educators for World Peace-IAEWP: RIP

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Peace Education: An Alternative to War Education
Dr. Surya Nath Prasad – TRANSCEND Media Service, 13 Jun 2022

War is considered essential for peace and progress. This has also been the ancient concept of attaining peace, and we know that the ancient wars were for the most parts waged to achieve peace. “Even in our modern civilization”, if we may believe Mary Stuart and E.C. Oakden, “war proves the most valuable stimulus to progress.”

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Grow Man (Human) for Peace: The Role of Peace Education
Dr. Surya Nath Prasad – TRANSCEND Media Service, 7 Mar 2022

We have developed tremendously in science, humanities, technology, medicine, agriculture, transportation, communication, and the other fields of knowledge except man (human), hence we have violence of others and selves, war, exploitation of each other.

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Hinduism in View of World Thinkers
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 21 Feb 2022

Hinduism is the oldest of all religions in the world. Many great world thinkers were highly impressed with its universal, tolerant, and elastic tenets. Below cited views on Hinduism of a few world renowned thinkers are worth mentioning here.

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Man-Making Universal Education for Justice and Peace
Dr. Surya Nath Prasad – TRANSCEND Media Service, 31 Jan 2022

Dedicated UNESCO International Day of Education 24 January

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World Peace and Future Education
Dr. Surya Nath Prasad – TRANSCEND Media Service, 6 Dec 2021

Guest Speech delivered to the International Seminar at Sarswati Vidya Mandir, Bhagalpur (Bihar) organized by Bhartiya Shiksha Shodh Sansthan (Lucknow) in collaboration with Bhagalpur University 5-7 Nov 2011.

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Dr. Young Seek Choue: An Apostle of Peace
Dr. Surya Nath Prasad – TRANSCEND Media Service, 22 Nov 2021

22 Nov 2021 is the 100th Birth Anniversary of Dr. Young Seek Choue, initiator of UN International Year and Day of Peace, who died on 18 Feb 2012. A world renowned peace thinker and practitioner, Dr Choue of South Korea dreamed thought and developed a very novel idea and realizable concept that is ‘Oughtopia.’

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Peace Education for Good Governance and Nonviolence
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 18 Oct 2021

Here I would like to explain about the right kind of education that is peace education. And this man-making education is missing everywhere.

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Hinduism and Peace Education
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 26 Jul 2021

Hinduism, based on Vedanta (Upanishads), is a religion of perpetual verifiable truth. It is a religion of universe and God in man. It is a religion that claims the manifestation of perfection already exists in man. Hinduism is very much peace education.

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Yoga Can Be Done by Well-Fed
Surya Nath Prasad and Mira Purn – TRANSCEND Media Service, 5 Jul 2021

A Dialogue between Surya Nath Prasad and Mira Purn on International Day of Yoga, 21 June

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To Be Young Is to Be Healthy Forever
Surya Nath Prasad – TRANSCEND Media Service, 31 May 2021

28 May 2021 – The author tries to find the answer of the question: “What Does It Mean to Be Young in an Aging World?” in the answers of three questions of Prince Siddhartha Gautama (before he became Buddha): “Why does a man become old?” “Why does a man become sick?” And “why does a man die?”

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Vedantic Democracy, Education and Peace
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 14 Sep 2020

Dedicated to the UN International Day of Democracy, 15 September

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Coronavirus Pandemic Disease: The Role of Universal Peace Education in Its Remedy
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 29 Jun 2020

The peoples of the whole world have been in the grip of poverty and inequality, and violence and war, and now they are facing to be the deadly Coronavirus pandemic disease, and currently there is no medicine or vaccine to cure this novel disease except to keep themselves in isolation from others and regular practice of cleanliness to prevent from this deadly disease.

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Academic Trends in Higher Education for Tolerance
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 14 Oct 2019

Few exceptional persons in every society have been tolerant in all times and at all places. In the past, among them, Jesus Christ, Prophet Muhammad, Buddha and Saint Francis of Assisi were the highest type of exemplary tolerant personalities. They loved even their enemies. But the world needs all the people to be tolerant everywhere for human survival in the age of intolerance.

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Choueology as Peace Education
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 4 Feb 2019

Peace Education Journal, Vol. 18, Feb. 2019 is dedicated to An Apostle of Peace Dr. Young Seek Choue in his perpetual memory. Choueology as Peace Education is based on the editorial written by the author of these lines for this Special issue of Peace Education Journal. Considering the vast contributions of Dr. Choue in the areas of peace ideas, peace studies and peace activities, I would like to term them as Choueology that is synonym of Peace Education.

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Restructuring Education Based on Spiritual Secularism for Kindness, Tolerance and Nonviolence
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 13 Aug 2018

Education as a discipline is cosmopolitan because there is no Chinese mathematics, Russian physics, American chemistry, and Indian biology; and as self realization is manifestation of perfection already in every man and woman everywhere without any discrimination, and hence education needs to be restructured universally based on spiritual secularism for kindness, tolerance and nonviolence.

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Dialogue among Civilizations for Peace
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 9 Jul 2018

Though human beings evolved from primitive virus to modern Homo sapiens and highly developed scientifically and technologically but still at the primitive stage and barbarous in the sense of behavior and dealing with each other because vested interests in every civilization, misused the fruits of science and technology and used them for their own gains.

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Ignorance about Man, the Only Reason; Universal Peace Education, the Only Prevention of Torture
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 25 Jun 2018

On UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on 26 June

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Grand Design for Universal Peace Education for Global Good Governance through the New UN
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 9 Apr 2018

Even if all nation-states adopt democracy, and promise for better governance to the people in their respective nations, they cannot do so individually. Because no nation can develop alone economically, scientifically, educationally even socially and culturally without the mutual help of each other, and for this, global governance is a must. We find three models for global governance, viz. Cross-national Organization, Supra-national Organization and Trans-national Organization.

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Essential Requirement of Qualities in the Rulers and the Servants of People for Good Governance
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 26 Mar 2018

The Role of Universal Peace Education

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Implement Universal Peace Education Forthwith to Stop Violence in Schools
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 26 Feb 2018

Peace education is not a set of predetermined values to be taught. True peace education is man-making education. Hence, it should be free for all leaving none, and in all. Peace education is perpetually self-learning, self-transcending and self-revealing knowledge and practice to be integral man.

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Dr. Young Seek Choue: A Genuine Nominee for Nobel Peace Prize
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 19 Feb 2018

On the 8th anniversary of the death Dr. Young Seek Choue, 18 Feb 2018, the author would like to pay him his sincere and deep tribute by sharing his peace ideas, peace studies and peace activities, and his adherence to meet the criteria laid down in the Nobel’s Will.

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The Persons Who Changed the Lives of Terrorists and Criminals
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 22 Jan 2018

If the social, religious, political, governmental and non-governmental leaders, rulers, bureaucrats, judges, and several experts and specialists in the United Nations think and realize that they can solve the problem of violence and terrorism, they being elders and guardians must treat the terrorists and perpetrators as part and parcel of the society, and they deserve to be heard and listened.

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Science and Religion for Freedom and Happiness
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 11 Sep 2017

Science enables man to be free from the tyranny of the environment, but it fails to free him from the tyranny of his own nature. But its twin – the religion can complement in the role of science for making human beings free to be happy.

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Protection of Law and Justice for Peace through Universal Peace Education
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 17 Apr 2017

When we do not obey the unjust law, we plead justice for humanity. Alexis De Tocqueville rightly says, “When I refuse to obey unjust law, I do not contest the right which the majority has of commanding, but I simply appeal from the sovereignty of the people to the sovereignty of mankind.

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Free Distribution of Two UN Books
Surya Nath Prasad – TRANSCEND Media Service, 24 Oct 2016

At the Occasion of the 71st Anniversary of the United Nations, 24 October 2016

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Peace Education for Good Governance and Nonviolence
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 17 Oct 2016

International Association of Educators for World Peace Congress: Peace Education for Good Governance and Nonviolence – October 24-26, 2016 Maharashtra, India

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Nonviolence: More Fundamental than Disarmament
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 8 Aug 2016

At the 71st Anniversary of 129,000 People Who Died from Two Nuclear-Weapon Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, August 1945

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Integrated Science and Religion for Peace
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 1 Aug 2016

Science has facilitated many things for human prosperity, but it has also helped to lose humanity’s peace of mind. Science alone cannot bring peace within the individual and in the world as a whole. It has led to unrest and war simultaneously with progress.

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Pandit Parmanand: Prisons as Homes for Long Periods for India’s Freedom
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 23 May 2016

Brief of Interaction between Great Patriot Global Man Pandit Parmanand and Dr. Surya Nath Prasad

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19th World Congress of the International Association of Educators for World Peace
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. - TRANSCEND Media Service, 2 May 2016

The Conference Organizing Committee invites members from Academia, Administration, Research and Corporate Fraternity to participate in the deliberations by submitting research papers, articles, review studies, case studies on the themes/sub-themes of “Peace Education for Good Governance and Non-Violence” from 24 to 26 October, 2016.

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Total Education for Good Governance and Peace: The Role of Youth
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 15 Feb 2016

Education in all and education for all is a must for good governance and peace. Education in all means education in all the five elements (viz. body, vitality, mind, intellect and spirit). Education for all means all men and women, young and old, rich and poor leaving none.

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The Role of Peace Education
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 11 Jan 2016

For Good Governance: Saints and Sages as Ministers and Judges; Inventors and Innovators as Bureaucrats

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Education for Tolerance and Peace
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. - Transcend Media Service, 21 Dec 2015

Executive Vice President of International Association of Educators for World Peace Keynote Speech at the Kerala State Convention on the theme: Education for Tolerance and Peace.

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Education for Environment and Peace
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 30 Nov 2015

On the eve of Paris 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference

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Total Literacy for World Peace
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 2 Nov 2015

On the eve of National Unity Day on 31 October.

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Politics of Good Governance for Nonviolence: The Role of Peace Education
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 12 Oct 2015

Peace education based on universally inherent five elements, viz. body, vitality, mind, intellect and spirit in every man and woman everywhere without any discrimination should be for all including for parents, teachers, current peace educators, preachers, rulers, representatives of people, bureaucrats, judges, lawyers, personnel in army and police departments and other professionals, and all minor and adult who have no access to educational institutions for natural preparation and practice of good governance leading to nonviolence.

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Yoga: A Practical Skill in Peace Education for Nonviolence
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service~, 22 Jun 2015

21 Jun 2015 UN International Day of Yoga – At the beginning of the ‘UN International Year of Yoga,’ let all people of the world be aware of the five elements within them and grow integrally through perpetual practice of skill of yoga for sustainable nonviolence.

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Peace Education for Nonviolence and Solution of Terrorism
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 1 Jun 2015

We find the history of terrorism and violence since the beginning of human civilizations. In every violent act, there is terror, fear and threat as experienced by its victim, similarly in every terror attack there is violence, fear, threat and terror.

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Role of Women for Nonviolence through Peace Education
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 9 Mar 2015

The International Women’s Day started from the activities of labor movements in the beginning of the twentieth century in North America and across Europe. The Socialist Party of America designated 28 February, 1909 to honor the 1908 garment workers’ strike in New York. In 1910, the Socialist International, meeting in Copenhagen, established a Women’s Day, international in character.

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Peace Education for Protection of Human Rights
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. - TRANSCEND Media Service, 15 Dec 2014

10 December is celebrated annually across the world to honor the UN General Assembly’s adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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Peace and Security through the United Nations
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 27 Oct 2014

On the Eve of United Nations Day, 24 Oct 2014 – The United Nations needs peace education for sustainable peace and security, but not the current one teaching predetermined values through knowledge, attitude and skill. Peace education ought to be based on universally inherent elements: body, vitality, mind, intellect and spirit in all men and women everywhere without any discrimination.

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Gandhi, Nonviolence and Peace
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 6 Oct 2014

On the Eve of International Day of Nonviolence – I would like to end my article with the advice my Mahatma Gandhi who himself said, “I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before any one even at the cost of your life.”

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On the Eve of UN International Day of Peace: The Mother of Peace Yet to Be Born
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 29 Sep 2014

Here I would like to enlighten the people, especially those who are not aware, about the beginning of the UN Day and Year of Peace before to start to write on the theme of the event – “The Mother of Peace yet to be born”.

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Learning for Nonviolence and Better Governance versus Teaching for Violence and Worst Governance
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 8 Sep 2014

I advise the teachers of our nation and the world to consider themselves as learners leading to the formation of sustainable genuine democracy, performance of good governance and practice of nonviolence. , “May we both (the teacher and the taught) attain fame together” as cited in Taittiriyopanishad.

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Peace Education for Genuine Democracy, Good Governance and Nonviolence
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 21 Apr 2014

Prof. Prasad has developed his own concept of peace education, which is based on universally inherent five elements, viz. body, vitality, mind, intellect and spirit, in every man and woman without any discrimination.

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Women, Education and Peace
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 17 Mar 2014

The author dedicates this article to all women of the world on the eve of UN International Day of Peace. Dr. Prasad advises to foster in education and women an essential portion of our perception of life with fearless enthusiasm for improvement of the moral and physical state of mankind by profound and sound education for women’s freedom and against women’s sequestration and war.

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Peace Education for Protection of Human Rights and Global Peace
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service, 9 Dec 2013

This article of Prof. Prasad is on the eve of UN Day of Human Rights which annually falls on December 10. The job of conscientization to the citizens and people of the different nations of the world about their rights can be done very successfully through the knowledge and practice of peace education leading to global peace.

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Peace Education and a Call for Social Dialogue on Nonviolence and Peace
Surya Nath Prasad – TRANSCEND Media Service, 10 Sep 2013

Peace education is education of man (humanity). It is the manifestation of an integral culture of body, vitality, mind, intellect and spirit. These elements constitute every man and woman without any discrimination of race, caste, creed, language, nationality and other differences.

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