Students urged to preserve cultural traditions

Kamareddy: Telangana State convener of the Forum for Social Equality Appala Prasad urged the students not to forget the traditions and culture of India. Participating in a seminar on social equality at the Parsi Ramulu Function Hall in the town on Friday, he said it was unfortunate that that great cultural traditions of India were fading away and the younger generation must preserve and protect them. India has a hoary past with rich traditions, he added.

Prasad said that there were great leaders in India in the past who rendered yeomen services like Mahatma Gandhi, Swami Vivekananda, B R Ambedkar and the present generation should take them as a role model and strive for the ideals for which they stood for. Social inequalities should be rooted out, he added.Among those who were present were Kistaiah, Nagaraju and others.