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Kolkata: Joining the growing debate over intolerance in the country, Renowned author Ruskin Bond today said the world has always been full of intolerance. “The world has always been a world full of intolerance.
So all I can say is that if you are tolerant towards others they will be tolerant towards you,” Bond said while interacting with readers at the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet here.
He said, “Just as intolerance breeds intolerance, tolerance also breeds tolerance.”
Bond was asked to comment by a reader on how books on children should have much needed values like tolerance.
“If its a work of fiction, it has to be imaginative. You can always weave into your stories the message you want to give to the world, but don’t make it too obvious,” the 81-year-old said.