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Akashvani Maitree Channel can play a significant role in promoting Bengali cultural heritage, says President

| | Aug 23, 2016, at 10:56 pm
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee launched Akashvani’s Maitree Channel in Kolkata, West Bengalon Tuesday.

Speaking on the occasion, the President said that the Akashvani Maitree channel can play a significant role in promoting and preserving the composite Bengali cultural heritage which is the proud inheritance of all Bengali speaking people irrespective of their geographical location.

He said that he was sure that the blending of content from both India and Bangladesh in the fields of art, culture, literature, music, sports and also on shared socio-economic issues will make the channel a unique one and establish it in the hearts of millions of radio loving people both in India and Bangladesh as well as outside.

The President said that India and Bangladesh are not just neighbours but are bound by an umbilical connection of ethnicity and kinship.

India always attaches highest importance to bilateral relations with Bangladesh because of our shared history, heritage, culture, language, physical proximity and also the role which the two nations can play together for the development and prosperity of the entire subcontinent and beyond, he said.

The bedrock on which the edifice of this unique relationship stands is the unwavering faith of both the countries in democratic values, principles of liberalism, egalitarianism, secularism and respect for each other’s sovereignty and integrity, Mukherjee said.

He stated that with the launch of Akashvani Maitree, a new chapter is being added in the annals of India- Bangladesh relations.

He said that Akashvani Maitree and its multimedia website is a unique venture and initiative of All India Radio not only for the Bengali listeners in West Bengal, Bangladesh and the adjoining areas but the entire Bengali speaking Diaspora living in different parts of the globe.

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