“This is festival time,” Vice-President Hamid Ansari said and described India as a “riot of colours” reflected in its many festivals found nowhere else in the world.
Ansari deliberating at a get together meet with representatives of all religions here today, said, the enormity and beauty of the many festivals celebrated in the country makes India one of the most unique countries of the world.
He said that there are countries where one festival is celebrated in a year or in some cases two to three, but in India “all festivals” are celebrated.
“India celebrates all festivals, because it is part of our character to celebrate diversity,” the Vice president said at the meet held by the Central Puja Committee.
Ansari said this “celebration of diversity is a great virtue” and would continue in the country like in the past with “great gusto.” “This is what makes India unique in the world,” Ansari reiterated.
Further equating celebrations to human emotions, Ansari said festivals are celebrated because it gives us pleasure just like the emotion, laughter, which gives pleasure to human beings.
He exhorted the citizens of the country on this festive occasion, to be “good human beings.” “Goodness of human being is primary, because it is impossible to be a good citizen if you cannot be a good citizen,” he said to the gathering.
Ansari on the other hand also described himself as a “lover of flowers” after witnessing the green houses blossomed with orchids and other colourful flowers at the Horticulture hub at Upper Shillong earlier during the day.
“Say it with flowers is not a vague expression. It is going to take concrete shape in the state and Meghalaya’s profile would rise both in India and internationally,” the Vice president said.
Meanwhile, Meghalaya Governor, RS Mooshahary who also spoke on the occasion said: “religion is not the final word and like everything is also in the process of evolution.”
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