DPD TO PUBLISH COLLECTED WORKS OF DEEN DAYAL
UPADHAYA
The Publications Division of the Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting would bring out Complete Works of Pandit Deen Dayal
Upadhaya. This was announced by the Minister of Information and
Broadcasting, Smt. Sushma Swaraj at a function organized for the
release, here today, of biography of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhaya
written by former MP, Dr. Mahesh Chander Sharma and published
by the Publications Division. Smt. Swaraj said Pandit Deen Dayal
Upadhaya was a great thinker and believed in ‘complete humanism’.
He practiced what he preached and believed that nation is not
a piece of land but a living being. He believed that if even one
person is poor and exploited in the country the entire nation
should feel the pain Smt. Swaraj said.
Releasing the book, the Human Resource Development Minister,
Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi who was a close associate of Pandit Deen
Dayal Upadhaya said that he was a great advocate of public morality
and believed that cultural nationalism should be the basis of
nationhood. Dr. Joshi said Panditji was above the petty considerations
of caste, religion and politics and believed in absolute humanism.
He advocated that entire world was a family and not a market,
Dr. Joshi said. He said it was Panditji and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia
who said that Indian and Pakistan should from a confederation.
The Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Shri
Ramesh Bais who also addressed the gathering said that the Publications
Division is bringing out biographies of great personalities. The
author of the biography Dr. Mahesh Chander Sharma said that it
was very difficult of do justice to the life and works of Panditji
in a small book.
