Mumbai, Dec 7: Stating that Indians have always lived in harmony, top industry leader Ratan Tata has said that education and job satisfaction will help weed out the growing instances of intolerance.
“Education, job satisfaction are issues that will help reduce or eliminate intolerance because it will be replaced by knowledge,” he said after announcing a tie-up with US-based online education non-profit Khan Academy.
Tata, who now heads the Tata Trusts, however refused to formally join the debate which has already seen the likes of President Pranab Mukherjee, Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan, Infosys founder N Narayana Murthy and Biocon’s Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, among others voicing their reservations.
It also led to protests by filmmakers, writers and intelligentsia, who returned their state honours.
Khan Academy’s chief executive Salman Khan, who has his roots in the country, also said that education will be the key in ensuring that intolerance does not grow.
