2. HOLDING SACRED THAT WHICH IS NOT SACRED

2. Holding Sacred that which is not Sacred ~ 80 ~ when the revolution of monotheism changed human thinking and brought nature down from its pedestal of holiness. AN EXAMPLE Polytheism, a world-wide phenomenon in ancient times, is now mainly confined to the Indian subcontinent, where, with it emphasis on vegetarianism, it is still extant in a powerful, living form. However, it has come to be viewed as an obstacle to the application of the results of modern, academic research. Just how large an obstacle became clear when in 1967, the eminent scientist, Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, the then Director of the Indian Agricultural Institute, New Delhi, made his views on nutrition known in an interview with an English daily. Speaking to a representative of UNI, Dr. Swaminathan said, “India may have to face the danger of large scale intellectual dwarfing in two decades if the problem of malnutrition and ‘protein hunger’ is not tackled soon.” He explained that while the concept of balanced nutrition was not