India, March 12 -- A strong plea for giving the literary writer the largest amount of freedom to think, meditate and create was made by Dr Radhakrishnan while addressing the Sahitya Akadami (National Academy of Letters) here this morning.

In the absence of Mr Nehru, the first Chairman of the Akadami, Dr Radhakrishnan inaugurated the function and spoke eloquently of the great creative work that is being done in the languages of India.

Dr Radhakrishnan said the purpose of the Akadami should be to recognize men of achievement in letters, to encourage men of arms in letters, to educate public taste and to improve standards of literature and literary criticism.

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Education Minister, in his speech, appealed to men of l...