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Vizag Fest committee secretary Aja Sarma said the government should work towards promoting peace and unity among people rather than religious intolerance. National president of AIDWA Malini Bhattacharya addressing the gathering at the session on ‘India’s cultural diversity-challenges’ hosted by the Vizag Fest committee in Visakhapatnam on Sunday. Former Vice-Chancellor of Acharya Nagarjuna University V.
Balamohandas said the country’s charm lies in its cultural richness and there was a need to protect it in every possible manner. In broader sense, culture symbolises the living practices of people, their mutual coexistence and exchange of rituals.”The AIDWA’s national president further said in today’s scenario of growing corporate culture and religious intolerance, the notion of cultural diversity can be strengthened only by going a step beyond the practice of mutual tolerance. She said: “Culture is not a reservoir but a river, collecting and dispelling several components as it flows from one place to the other..