Speech by the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee at the Release of a Set of Eight Commemorative Postage Stamp of Indian Musicians

It gives me great pleasure to release this set of commemorative postage stamps today.

It gives me great pleasure to release this set of commemorative postage stamps today.
I am happy to deliver the fifth Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Memorial Lecture for the year 2014 being organised by the Dr. Ambedkar Foundation. I am grateful to Hon’ble Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Thawar Chand Gehlot and the organisers for giving me this honour.
I am delighted to be with you today on the occasion of the presentation of the National Award on Teachers Day. I extend my heartiest congratulations to all the teachers who are receiving the Award for their commendable work and service to the nation. Today, the 5th of September, is the birth anniversary of the former President of India Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, a great philosopher, thinker, scholar and educationist of the country. Very many years ago, he had perceptively remarked and I quote,

Your Excellency, President Truong Tan Sang,
Distinguished Guests,

Your Excellency, Mr. Xi Jinping,
President of the People’s Republic of China,
Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen,