Unity in Diversity is our priceless heritage. It is also a matter of much satisfaction that the past year has seen a record low in communal violence. India is the largest democracy in the world. The tradition of democracy in our country is very old. When this Century opened, democracy was the preserve of just a handful of countries, and even in them it was limited to small sections of the people.
Today there are just a handful who are still out of the pale of democracy.
There is scarcely a country whose people do not aspire to it. Come, let us strengthen Indian democracy. Let us make it an ideal for other countries of the world. Let us transform our political democracy into economic and social democracy. In business and economy, in education, in science and technology, in arts and culture, and also in sports.