Man is described by modern biology not only as an inter-breeding species, the only such species in nature, but also, what is more significant, an inter-thinking species, again the only such species in nature. Man thinks, and thinks together and, through such inter-penetration of minds, achieves great heights of culture and civilisation. Our own ancient culture is a product of such profound thinking and inter-thinking. Modern Western culture, similarly, is the product of the same process.
But since we became independent, we seem to have gradually deprived ourselves of this great discipline of thought and its great energy resources. We became complacent, with its offshoot of stagnation and national vision, descended upon us within a few brief years of our becoming politically free.
Yet, in spite of this, our nation has registered some progress in various fields during the past twenty-two years of our post-independence existence. There has always been, and there is still, a small minority of thinking people in India, at the centre and in the states - in politics, administration, and public life - who are imbued with the spirit of patriotism and national dedication; and through their devoted endeavours, the country did achieve some progress.
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