Srinagar, June 21 -- Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday called for strengthening India's soft power and promotion of cultural diplomacy, saying the country can be the bridge the world needs.

The LG made these remarks while delivering the keynote address at Srinagar-Nalanda Dialogue at the SKICC here, an official press release informed. The event was organised by the Ministry of Tourism, Department of Culture, J&K, Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA), National School of Drama and Nava Nalanda Mahavihara University.

Sinha said that our goal is to revive our great inheritances of knowledge and spirituality, strengthen India's civilisational traditions, and shape a future-oriented education that connects our youth to bot...