Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) completes 70 years today. Set up by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad in 1950 to foster cultural relations with other countries, the organisation has evolved over the decades and become a channel for soft diplomacy. ICCR President Dr Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, also a Rajya Sabha MP, says the essential message to the world is about values and moorings. In an interview to Bhavna Vij-Aurora, he talks about how the Indian society has evolved into perhaps a perfect model of balancing individuality and socialisation. Which is why, in these days of isolation and loneliness, our inter-personal emotional bondings will greatly help the global community rescue itself, he says.