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Co-operative relationship with Nepal
The mighty Himalayas have inspired our two peoples since time immemorial. The wisdom and vision of our sages and their perception of the fundamental truths of life guide our conduct to this day. We are not only close neighbours in the usual sense of that expression; ties of blood and cultural tradition and history, going back to the hoary past, bind our two peoples in bonds of brotherhood -- bonds which have endured beyond human memory and recorded history.
In recent times, at the level of state relations too, our two Governments have been forging fresh links, as between two sovereign, independent and equal nations, on the basis of mutual trust and respect, and for mutually beneficial co-operation in the interest of the well-being and advancement of our peoples.
Mobilise Human Resources
On January 26, 1976, our country will complete twenty-six years as a republic. Freedom to us has always connoted liberation from colonial rule, but even more importantly it signifies a relentless struggle for social justice and balanced economic growth of all sections of our people, without which a nation must remain internally weak and vulnerable. Our national endeavour is to mobilise our human and material resources for the building up of a socialist society based on equality of opportunity, fairplay and justice to all.
Our belief in the quality of human beings leads us naturally to the conviction that nations, big and small ought to conduct their relations as equals. It is a matter of considerable surprise and pain to us that some big powers should still go about, in the last quarter of the 20th century, in the belief that it is their destiny to dominate the world and reshape it in the mould of their own interests and ambitions.