MUMBAI, (GPN): IMC today organized an analytical session addressed by Dr. Romila Thapar – renowned Historian and Writer. The session was attended by professionals from different arenas that had mutual interest in History and the current issues bothering society.

Speaking at the session Dr. Romila Thapar said,“Dual policy is the basic problem in our country, one side we have development and the other side its effects. 60’s was the era where economic growth was the major problem, today we have different issues like money corruption and also corruption of morals. The country needs more empowerment”.

Dr. Romila Thapar, added that  “Today we have modern issues like Love Jihad, Valuation of churches, Ban on Beef, Ghar Vapsi, and TV Channels being banned Ban on Pakistani artists. All these things have made few communities scared. I hope we will have more concrete constitutional changes in future; we will need to control the influence of religion on democracy. Secularism is the co-existence of religion and we cannot have democracy without secularism”. We need to overcome intolerance issues and now need to we grow up and have diverse views”

Speaking at the session Deepak Premnarayen President IMC said, “We were highly privileged to have Dr. Romila Thapar today at IMC, She is a scholar and a global citizen with a truly universal outlook; but quintessentially Indian with a deep insight into and understanding of ancient India”.