"Indian soil and culture nurture liberalisation and globalisation...Nationalism and globalisation are not contrary to each other, but are same," Chouhan said at a three-day colloquium on "Nation First, Thinkers and Practitioners" here.
The event was jointly organised by the Department of Culture and other organisations.
He said India came up with the concept of "the world is one family" thousands of years ago and has always promoted freedom of thoughts.