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About Balmiki Prasad Singh
- Balmiki Prasad Singh (born 1 January 1942) was the 14th Governor of Sikkim, India.
- He is an author, thinker and a retired IAS officer.
- He has written number of books and articles relating to Indian culture, in particular the culture of North-East India.
- Among his prominent books are Bahudha and the post 9/11 World and The problem of change: a study of North East India.
- He presided over the four-day Global Buddhist Conference in 2011 to mark the 2,600th year of Buddha's enlightenment.
- Around 1,000 Buddhist scholars, thinkers and followers from over 30 countries were present.
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- Singh is also the principal architect of the Bahudha Approach, which outlines a path towards a harmonious world, as against the clash of civilizations. Singh writes: Pluralism could be the closest equivalent to Bahudha in the English language.
- But Bahudha is more than pluralism.
- For, the Bahudha approach is both a celebration of diversity and an attitude of mind that respects another person's point of view.
- Dialogue is central to this approach.
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