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Hinduism Today
04-30-1999
Educating India

THE EDUCATION MINISTER'S CONference in New Delhi began with the singing by a group of blind school children of "Sarasvati Vandana," a traditional song in praise of Sarasvati, Goddess of Learning. As soon as the song began, a dozen ministers staged a noisy walkout of the October 22 meeting, shouting protest slogans that drowned the melody of the children's voices. India's Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, sat in stony silence, unable to give his opening speech.

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