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किसी भी क्रियाशील समाज में राष्ट्र को विकास एवं गौरव के पथप्रदर्शन के लिए बुद्धिजीवियों की महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका होती है। वे केवल नवाचारों के प्रणेता नहीं होते परंतु उनका कार्य राष्ट्र की धरोहर और आधुनिक आवश्यकताओं को एकात्म करने का और वर्तमान की समस्याओं के निवारण का भी होता है। दुर्भाग्यवश कुछ समय के लिए हमारा बुद्धिजीवी वर्ग न केवल मृतप्राय हो गया है परंतु उसे दिशाभ्रम भी हुआ है। हमारा प्रबुद्ध वर्ग विदेशी विचारों और सुझावों को स्वीकार करने के लिए बिना प्रयास के तत्पर है। ऐसे अनेक बुद्धिजीवी हैं जो स्वभाव से ही भारतीय अवधारणाओं, मूल्यों, परंपराओं, जीवन शैलियों और यहाँ तक कि भारतीय उत्पादों का भी तिरस्कार करते हैं। इसी बीच सामाजिक, आर्थिक एवं व्यवस्था की समस्याओं के कारण से राष्ट्र की एकता एवं सामाजिक समरसता संकटग्रस्त हो गई है। इसलिए अनिवार्य हो गया है कि बौद्धिक स्तर पर इन समस्याओं का उचित समाधान खोजा जाए- ऐसे समाधान जो देश की चिति एवं आवश्यकताओं के अनुरूप हों।
बुद्धिजीवी वर्ग में यह क्षमता है कि वे जनमानस को राष्ट्रीय एकता, सार्वभौमिकता और सामाजिक समरसता का विघटन करने वाली शक्तियों के विरोध में खड़ा कर सकें। वैश्वीकरण के नाम पर आर्थिक, राजनीतिक और सांस्कृतिक क्षेत्रों में जो अवांछनीय प्रयास हो रहे हैं उनसे जूझने के लिए इसके वर्ग बौद्धिक नेतृत्व प्रदान करना है।
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An honest and tireless pursuit of truth in all its manifestations and all fields of social and national life has been the most valued cultural tradition of India since times immemorial. Questioning incisively and thoroughly every postulate, creed or idea before accepting and adopting it has been the main attribute of our intellectual ethos.
It was no fewer than 108 questions of an inquisitive, eager and doubting Arjuna to Lord Krishna that gifted the humanity with Gita, the greatest book of knowledge. A vast galaxy of great thinkers like Gautam and Gargi, Vishwamitra and Vasishtha, Kanva and Kapila, Yagyavalkya and Patanjali, Mahavir and Buddha, Shankar and Ramanuja, Nanak, Kabir, Dadu, Dayanand, Raman, Ramkrishna and Ram Tirtha, carried forward this great tradition and gave India her distinctive identity, and innate sense of civilizational oneness and pride of nationhood.
Intellectuals play a vital role in leading the country to progress and glory in all vibrant societies. They are not only the harbingers of new thoughts but also help integrate the best in a nation’s heritage with modern needs and find apt solutions to contemporary problems.
Unfortunately, for quite some time now, our creative intellect has not only become moribund but also lost its direction. Our intelligentsia is ever willing to accept alien ideas and solutions without demur. Many have made it a habit to scoff at any thing Bhartiya – values, heritage, way of life and even products. Meanwhile sociological, economic and systemic problems threaten to disrupt our national integrity and social fabric. It is imperative to find proper solutions to these problems at the intellectual level – solutions that are in consonance with the country’s genius and needs. The intelligentsia can prepare and galvanize the people to face tendencies and forces that threaten our national unity, territorial integrity and social harmony. It can throw up ideas to fight undesirable foreign influences and onslaughts being made in the economic, political and cultural fields in the name of globalization and universalism.
It was against this backdrop that a select group of enlightened intellectuals and professionals from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal, Chandigarh and Delhi held deliberations in several meetings during the year 1983. The group discussed at length the desirability of setting up a platform for a constructive dialogue among various sections of the society. A consensus emerged on the aims, objects and the methodology of the proposed organization that led to the formation of Panchnad Research Institute as a non-profit non-government body dedicated to the service of the motherland that was registered with the Registrar of Societies, Chandigarh. Justice T.U. Mehta, a former Chief Justice of the Himachal High Court and Shri Shyam Khosla, a senior journalist, were elected its first Chairman and Director respectively. Panchnad has since emerged as a leading forum in the North-West region comprising Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, J&K, Himachal and Chandigarh for free exchange of views and ideas of all hues and persuasions.
