{"id":10158,"date":"2026-09-25T15:08:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T09:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samachar18news.in\/?p=10158"},"modified":"2026-09-25T15:08:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T09:38:26","slug":"addressed-the-17th-nadi-utsav-at-indira-gandhi-national-centre-for-the-arts-today-reflecting-on-indias-deep-civilisational-bond-with-its-rivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samachar18news.in\/?p=10158","title":{"rendered":"Addressed the 17th Nadi Utsav at Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts today, reflecting on India\u2019s deep civilisational bond with its rivers."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coming from Punjab &#8211; the land of five rivers &#8211; I appreciate how rivers have shaped our culture, spirituality and way of life for millennia. The Yamuna, too, carries sacred memories &#8211; from carrying newborn Krishna to Gokul to shaping traditions that remain woven into our heritage.<\/p>\n<p>Protecting the Yamuna is therefore not only an environmental mission, but a cultural responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Government action alone cannot restore our rivers. It requires sustained partnership among agencies, institutions, civil society and citizens.<\/p>\n<div class=\"font-chirp max-w-full whitespace-pre-wrap break-words text-text text-body font-normal\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"font-chirp max-w-full whitespace-pre-wrap break-words text-inherit text-[length:inherit] font-inherit\">Let us work together to revive the Yamuna &#8211; and restore Delhi\u2019s living connection with its river. Jai Hind! \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"relative\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col\">\n<div class=\"relative h-0\">\n<div class=\"absolute -inset-0.5\">\n<div class=\"group\/carousel relative h-full\">\n<div class=\"h-full w-full\">\n<div class=\"scrollbar-hide flex overflow-x-auto gap-1 h-full snap-x snap-mandatory overscroll-x-contain py-0.5 -ms-3.5 -me-3.5 ps-4 pe-4\">\n<div class=\"border-normal h-full min-h-0 min-w-[auto] shrink-0 snap-center overflow-hidden rounded-sm border\">\n<div class=\"relative h-full w-full\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coming from Punjab &#8211; the land of five rivers &#8211; I appreciate how rivers have shaped our culture, spirituality and way of life for millennia. The Yamuna, too, carries sacred memories &#8211; from carrying newborn Krishna to Gokul to shaping traditions that remain woven into our heritage. Protecting the Yamuna is therefore not only an environmental mission, but a cultural responsibility. Government action alone cannot restore our rivers. It requires sustained partnership among agencies, institutions, civil society and citizens. Let us work together to revive the Yamuna &#8211; and restore Delhi\u2019s living connection with its river. Jai Hind! \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samachar18news.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samachar18news.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samachar18news.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samachar18news.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samachar18news.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/samachar18news.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10160,"href":"https:\/\/samachar18news.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10158\/revisions\/10160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samachar18news.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samachar18news.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samachar18news.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samachar18news.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}