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| Don't confine youth in shell: Governor | | Kupwara students meet Sinha | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 12
Governor Lt. General (Retd) S K Sinha today lamented attempts of confining enterprising youth of Jammu and Kashmir in a shell while rest of the world was looking towards Mars and Moon.
In an interaction with a group of students from Degree College, Kupwara here this afternoon, on their return from Seir-e-Wattan under Operation Sadhbavna, the Governor said that some elements with vested interest had a purpose in raking up the bogey of separate nation to further their agenda.
'Thinking in these myopic terms will do good to none but retard the growth of the youth of Kashmir, who have now got wide vistas of opportunities waiting them in this competitive world', General Sinha observed when a student, while narrating his tour experience, said that after the tour he felt like a chic out of an egg shell.
Dwelling on the historical background of Mughal monuments, which the students visited, the Governor said that the Mughals assimilated and became a part of great Indian Nation. He said we are all proud of the monuments and legacy they bequeathed for posterity. He said the City of Srinagar too is blessed with the magnificent grandeur of Mughal gardens. He told the students that while India was taking pride in its past, it was progressing at full throttle with full vigour and confidence in different spheres of life, especially in science and technology. He made a mention of the Metro on which the students enjoyed traveling in Delhi.
General Sinha said India owes its progress and development to the great values of secularism and democracy, absence of which has proved disastrous for the neighbouring country. He elaborated the secular credentials of India by mentioning that till recently the country had a President from the minority community apart from the Prime Minister and the Army Chief too from minorities. He castigated those creating walls of hatred in the name of religion and said this is detrimental to progress and prosperity. He hoped that the students after visiting various places and meeting their compatriots will disseminate the message of secularism, democracy and technical progress in the country.
The students observed that apart from visiting places, they were highly impressed by the discipline and affection of the Indian Army, which had organized the trip and said that it inculcated a spirit of self-confidence in them.
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