ends‚ and when the soul of a nation‚ long suppressed‚ finds utterance… We end today a period of ill fortune‚ and India discovers herself again.” These are the impressive words of the speech titled‚ “Tryst with Destiny” given by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on August 15‚ 1947. The real struggle for independence of India had begun almost 90 years before in 1857‚ when a group of sepoys mutinied against the East India Company. Nevertheless it needed another 90 years for India to become an Independent State
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that we earned our freedom 67 year back‚ which was by an act passed by the British parliament and we were the first to get our independence through the act which is a mark of respect. At the midnight hour of August 14‚ 1947‚ Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru rose to addressed the nation made his maiden speech in New Delhi‚ “When the world sleep‚ India will wake to life and freedom. Now India is the largest democracy of the world. Last year our former School Captain Shivansh Khattari proudly called our
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Mama Veronica‚ a Kenyan business woman whose ex-husband is a member of Parliament‚ lives in the deluxe version of a crumbling stone house at the end of the circular drive. Just beyond the compound?s entrance sits my temporary abode‚ the non-deluxe version that she rents to the Peace Corps. Smack in the center of one of the hills overlooking the lake‚ Mama Veronica?s property abuts the Peace Corp training facility‚ a vast‚ austere track of land populated with one story maze like buildings. Much like
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Among India’s ‘people at the periphery’ are its tribes. Development planning in India (which took place roughly between 1940 and 1960) has attempted to foster their social and economic empowerment by focusing on various areas such as food security‚ health‚ education‚ employment and income generation. Tribal Development in India can be classified into the isolationist approach‚ the assimilation approach and the integration approach. Verrier Elwin‚ a citizen of Great Britain‚ came to India in 1927
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vulnerable‚ and pushed to their bodies absolute limit at six o’clock in the morning‚ “Mama Duck‚ good run.” The nickname stuck. At first it was a little odd‚ but it grew on me really quickly. Anyone that I had ever once encountered my presents understood the name. It was cute‚ so of course‚ I went with it. However‚ no one understood my nickname more than my little ducklings- my cross country teammates. They call me “Mama Duck”‚ because I am practically ready for almost any problem they throw my way
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all Kashmiri to change from ugliness to beauty. The cameos have layers of meanings. They abound in ambiguity‚ pun‚ and allusions to historical and political happenings‚ satire‚ irony‚ wit and black humour. The author hasn’t spared even Gandhi‚ Nehru‚ Sheikh Abdullah‚ Farooq Abdullah‚ Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. He is critical of Nehru’s policy on Kashmiri and Gandhi’s ‘ray of hope’ that he saw in Kashmiri in 1947. The author talks about Jinnah and Zia-ul-Haq. He exposes the leaders and politicians
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MY AIM IN LIFE “The mere act of aiming at something big makes you big.” (Jawaharlal Nehru) Bestowing man with life and sending him on earth to live is fully justified. This all has been done for a specific reason. Idealizing his purpose and endeavoring to objectify it into reality is the real pinnacle/ culmination of human being. A man without an aim is like a rudderless ship
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Indian politics: Why Savarkar was avoided by Indian governments (INC)? SAVARKAR was the first Indian political leader to call for Swadeshi‚ and the first Indian leader who publicly performed a bonfire of foreign clothes (1906). (MANY YEARS BEFORE GANDHIJI) He was the first Indian student who was rusticated from a hostel of an institution aided by British Govt (reason was the bonfire). He was the first Indian leader of India to daringly proclaim absolute political independence of India as her
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GEK1048 – Midterm Assignment Richard Attenborough’s Hollywood production of the life of Mohandas K. Gandhi has undoubtedly received mixed responses from various audiences; with criticisms ranging from aspects of its cinematography to the extent of which it adheres closely to the historical truth. This paper will focus on the latter. Attenborough‚ being an inspired fan of the Mahatma‚ I believe‚ had every intention of portraying him in the most exemplary manner possible; depicting his selfless
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the end‚ wise senses prevailed and English was kept initially for 15 years as an Associate Official Language for inter-state communications and communications between the states and the centre so as to give time to the learning of Hindi. Jawaharlal Nehru opined that “If you push out English‚ does Hindi fully take its place? I hope it will. But I wish to avoid the danger of one unifying factor being pushed out without another unifying factor fully taking its place. In that event there will be a gap
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