Thiruvananthapurm, May 22 -- Noted columnist and prominent nationalist thinker S. Gurumurthy has said intelligent nations rise above history whereas the less fortunate ones are hostages of history.

Gurumurthy said India has evolved the idea of nationhood which is based on mutual respect towards all religious communities, whereas the idea of nationhood of Pakistan is based singly on 'hatred towards India'.

He was delivering speech on 'Operation Sindoor: Paradigm Shift from Candle light to Brahmos' here in Rajbhavan on Wednesday evening.

"While Pakistan has a theology which has become a political ideology, India has developed a philosophy of nationhood,"he pointed out.

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