30th December Reconciliation of Science and Technology With the Peace-giving Culture What is wrong with science? What is defective in technology? The implements that help man cook his food could kill him if they are misused and abused. Electricity has come to be the very breath of life. But, then, it should be used with caution and with the sole aim of subserving mans selfless longing to serve his fellowmen. Science is not the enemy of culture; science and culture are sisters. They can live together amicably and help make the house (the world) a paradise if there is the bond of real love uniting their hearts. Once the basic ideology if accepted and implemented, why should science itself not be elevated to the grand status of a cultural institution? Technology will be a branch of national culture. They can promote the spiritual welfare of man, enrich his heart, broaden his outlook and enlighten his soul, as profoundly as any other branch of culture can. Not because there is anything diabolical in scientific advance itself does culture look upon it with an eye of suspicion and dread. But, it is because the canker of uncultured, baser, animal passions eats the very vitals of Man in whose erring hand science serves as the best suicidal agency. lf culture enters the heart of man, if cultural institutions receive the rightful place of honour in all Plans and Schemes of nation-building the world over, then science itself will promote culture!
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