NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 9, 2011: The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, addressed a gathering on the launch of the film ‘I Believe’- universal values for a global society on the philosophy and vision of Dr. Karan Singh for India and the World in the 21st Century. He also released the book ‘Kashmir and Beyond: 1966-84’ – select correspondence between Indira Gandhi and Karan Singh, in New Delhi today.
‘We are gathered here to celebrate the life and work of a great son of India and a unique global citizen. I feel privileged to greet Dr. Karan Singh ji on the happy occasion of his 80th birthday. We wish him a long life ahead and as purposeful and active a life as the one he has led till now. I can think of no other Indian who has come to represent and symbolize the ethos of our great and ancient civilization than Dr. Karan Singh. He is a man of great learning, of great wisdom, of great liberalism and great humanism,’ said the Prime Minister.