“gems” from each religious faith practised in India.

................Justice Nariman, in his turn, said only fraternity can bring unity in a multi-religious country. “How will there be unity among us unless we first learn to fraternise? Fraternity is a cardinal value of our Constitution. There will be fraternity only if we know something about the other person... Only fraternity will lead to unity,” he said. He said he had once approached the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) with a proposal for a children’s book on the “gems” from each religious faith practised in India so that at least the next generation would live in a world free of strife, appreciating one another’s faith. “As a lawyer, I found there were many misgivings felt by communities about each other. I wanted to write a book on the gems of each faith and get it to the children. Children ask questions at home, they are inquisitive... I felt at least they should learn about each other’s faith for a better tomorrow,” Justice Nariman, only the fifth judge in the history of the country to be directly made a Supreme Court judge from the Bar, said. “The unfortunate reply [from the NCERT] was we live in a secular country,” Justice Nariman said.