The progress of human evolution and development is a two fold process resulting in Civilisation and Culture. The former is an external activity and the latter is an internal preoccupation. They are not contradictory, but complimentary. One can influence the other and vice versa. The spirited human race has produced Rishi, Poet, Sculptor, Yogi, Prophet, Mahatma, Acharya, Saint and Paramahamsa. The national consciousness is a by-product of collective consciousness of millions of people. This spontaneous overflow of a torrent is similar to the advent of Great Ganges from Himalayas, finally reaching Ganga Sagar in Bengal. The word “Samskriti” (culture) has a meaning, which is multi-dimensional and complex. We cannot define it in one word or in one sentence! It can at best be described as flowering of “Chith” and the man’s soul seeking an all-round growth to achieve its final objective of self-realisation through cultural pursuits.

The human mind is trying to unravel the mysteries of nature through a study of Science and History. One such attempt has been made through the study of evolutionary biology. We study the evolution of Man from a single celled Amoeba. It has taken millions of years for Man (Homosapien) to arrive on the scene from the stage of ...