Violence against minority communities can be tackled through the strength of music that creates a social consciousness, Bangladeshi Minister of Cultural Affairs, Asaduzzaman Noor, said here. Noor along with finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith and Harsh Vardhan Shringla, High Commissioner of India, formally inaugurated the five-night classical music festival here on Tuesday. The culture minister emphasised that music festivals help in the revival of the “value of pluralism”, which he said, was getting destroyed by “militancy and fundamentalist forces”. If we can create this consciousness, I feel that Bangladesh will have nothing to fear,” Noor said. Shringala also reiterated Noor’s thoughts, and added that the festival will be a source of inspiration for the secular citizens of Bangladesh.

Source: Hindustan Times December 27, 2017 11:10 UTC