“You give me your blood and I will give you Independence!” ~ Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right.~ Mahatma Gandhi
At the dawn of history India started on her unending quest, and trackless centuries are filled with her striving and the grandeur of her success and her failures. Through good and ill fortune alike she has never lost sight of that quest or forgotten the ideals which gave her strength.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Excerpt from the Indian Declaration of Independence, on eve of independence, August 15 1947.
"Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth." - George Washington
31 States,
1618 Languages,
6400 Castes,
6 Religion,
6 Ethnic Groups,
29 Major festivals
& 1 Country!
Be Proud to be an Indian!..
India has two million gods, and worships them all. In religion all other countries are paupers; India is the only millionaire.
Mark Twain
“Hail! Independence, hail! Heaven's next best gift, To that of life and an immortal soul!”
~ James Thomson
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by domestic walls;
Where words come out from the depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;
Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action--
Into that heaven of freedom, my father, let my country awake.
Rabindranath Tagore (from Gitanjali)
“One individual may die for an idea; but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives. That is how the wheel of evolution moves on and the ideas and dreams of one nation are bequeathed to the next’” ~ Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth. ~ Mohandas Gandhi
It is the prime responsibility of every citizen to feel that his country
...is free and to defend its freedom is his duty. ~ Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Nahi Sirf Jashn Manana,
Nahi Sirf Jhande Lehrana,
Yeh Kaafi Nahi Hai Watanparasti,
Yadon Ko Nahi Bhulana,
Jo Qurbaan Hue,
Unke Lafzon Ko Aage Badhana,
Khuda Ke Liye Nahi ..
Zindagi Watan K Liye Nibhana..
“Mother, I bow to thee! Rich with thy hurrying streams, Bright with orchard gleams, Cool with thy winds of delight, Green fields waving , Mother of might, Mother free. Glory of moonlight dreams, Over thy branches and lordly streams, Clad in thy blossoming trees, Mother, giver of ease, Laughing low and sweet! Mother I kiss thy feet, Speaker sweet and low! Mother, to thee I bow.”
-- Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
“Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.” ~ Indira Gandhi
There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means. -- Calvin Coolidge
Thousands laid down their lives so
that our country is breathing this day
Never forget their sacrifice…
Happy Independence Day
“Thy spirit, Independence, let me share! Lord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye, Thy steps I follow with my bosom bare, Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky.” ~ Tobas George Smollet
Manpower without Unity is not a strength unless it is harmonised and
...united properly, then it becomes a spiritual power ~ Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
If I were asked under what sky the human mind has most fully developed some of its choicest gifts, has most deeply pondered on the greatest problems of life, and has found solutions, I should point to India.
Max Mueller, German scholar
“We have believed - and we do believe now - that freedom is indivisible, that peace is indivisible, that economic prosperity is indivisible” ~ Indira Gandhi
“We end today a period of ill fortune and India discovers herself again. The achievement we celebrate today is but a step, an opening of opportunity, to the greater triumphs and achievements that await us. Are we brave enough and wise enough to grasp this opportunity and accept the challenge of the future?”
-- Jawaharlal Nehru
Kale gore ka bhed nahin
Har dil se hamaara naata hai
Kuchh aur na aata ho hamko
Hamen pyaar nibhana aata hai
Saluting the Spirit of real india…
You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. - Abraham Lincoln
We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made!
Albert Einstein
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right.~ Mahatma Gandhi
At the dawn of history India started on her unending quest, and trackless centuries are filled with her striving and the grandeur of her success and her failures. Through good and ill fortune alike she has never lost sight of that quest or forgotten the ideals which gave her strength.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Excerpt from the Indian Declaration of Independence, on eve of independence, August 15 1947.
"Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth." - George Washington
31 States,
1618 Languages,
6400 Castes,
6 Religion,
6 Ethnic Groups,
29 Major festivals
& 1 Country!
Be Proud to be an Indian!..
India has two million gods, and worships them all. In religion all other countries are paupers; India is the only millionaire.
Mark Twain
“Hail! Independence, hail! Heaven's next best gift, To that of life and an immortal soul!”
~ James Thomson
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by domestic walls;
Where words come out from the depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;
Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action--
Into that heaven of freedom, my father, let my country awake.
Rabindranath Tagore (from Gitanjali)
“One individual may die for an idea; but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives. That is how the wheel of evolution moves on and the ideas and dreams of one nation are bequeathed to the next’” ~ Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth. ~ Mohandas Gandhi
It is the prime responsibility of every citizen to feel that his country
...is free and to defend its freedom is his duty. ~ Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Nahi Sirf Jashn Manana,
Nahi Sirf Jhande Lehrana,
Yeh Kaafi Nahi Hai Watanparasti,
Yadon Ko Nahi Bhulana,
Jo Qurbaan Hue,
Unke Lafzon Ko Aage Badhana,
Khuda Ke Liye Nahi ..
Zindagi Watan K Liye Nibhana..
“Mother, I bow to thee! Rich with thy hurrying streams, Bright with orchard gleams, Cool with thy winds of delight, Green fields waving , Mother of might, Mother free. Glory of moonlight dreams, Over thy branches and lordly streams, Clad in thy blossoming trees, Mother, giver of ease, Laughing low and sweet! Mother I kiss thy feet, Speaker sweet and low! Mother, to thee I bow.”
-- Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
“Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.” ~ Indira Gandhi
There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means. -- Calvin Coolidge
Thousands laid down their lives so
that our country is breathing this day
Never forget their sacrifice…
Happy Independence Day
“Thy spirit, Independence, let me share! Lord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye, Thy steps I follow with my bosom bare, Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky.” ~ Tobas George Smollet
Manpower without Unity is not a strength unless it is harmonised and
...united properly, then it becomes a spiritual power ~ Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
If I were asked under what sky the human mind has most fully developed some of its choicest gifts, has most deeply pondered on the greatest problems of life, and has found solutions, I should point to India.
Max Mueller, German scholar
“We have believed - and we do believe now - that freedom is indivisible, that peace is indivisible, that economic prosperity is indivisible” ~ Indira Gandhi
“We end today a period of ill fortune and India discovers herself again. The achievement we celebrate today is but a step, an opening of opportunity, to the greater triumphs and achievements that await us. Are we brave enough and wise enough to grasp this opportunity and accept the challenge of the future?”
-- Jawaharlal Nehru
Kale gore ka bhed nahin
Har dil se hamaara naata hai
Kuchh aur na aata ho hamko
Hamen pyaar nibhana aata hai
Saluting the Spirit of real india…
You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. - Abraham Lincoln
We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made!
Albert Einstein
