India is a geographical and economic entity, a cultural unity amidst diversity, a bundle of contradictions held together by strong but invisible threads. Overwhelmed again and again her spirit was never conquered, and today when she appears to be a plaything of a proud conqueror, she remains unsubdued and unconquered.

In Natal, apartheid is a deadly cancer in our midst, setting house against house, and eating away at the precious ties that bound us together. This strife among ourselves wastes our energy and destroys our unity. My message to those of you involved in this battle of brother against brother is this: take your guns, your knives, and your pangas, and throw them into the sea! Close down the death factories. End this war now!

By common endeavor we can raise the country to a new greatness, while a lack of unity will expose us to fresh calamities.

In a domestic Government unity and co-operation are essential requisites.

Manpower without unity is not a strength. Unless it is harmonized and properly united, it becomes a spiritual power.

Only humility will lead us to unity, and unity will lead to peace.