India, April 21 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Marking Civil Services Day, the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) inaugurated Season 2 of Reimagining Governance Discourse for Excellence (RGDE) lead by PDUNASS with a keynote by historian and author William Dalrymple, reflecting on India's long arc as a civilisational connector of ideas, trade and culture.
India's historic strength, Dalrymple argued, lay not in conquest but in the movement of ideas, an openness that allowed it to shape civilizations across continents. Reclaiming that spirit, he suggested, may be central to India's future global role.
Challenging conventional narratives of the "Silk Road," he pointed to evidence that places India at the heart of...