Independence Day Celebrations‚ 15th August 2011 Freedom is often taken for granted‚ misunderstood and sometimes misused by some of us. If we go beyond the limited political meaning of the word and examine it further‚ freedom means the absence of fear and the right to make choices. Freedom is about ownership‚ responsibility and self-control. This is how we understand freedom at Indus and this spirit of freedom was celebrated at Indus on the 64th Indian Independence Day. In the words of Swami Yogananda
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certainly a day of joy for us‚ but on this celebration of independence we also feel pain in our hearts because our families and ancestors had to face devastation. Lebanon was once torn by attacks and invasions from countries and it was once crying from pain and war. We have witnessed bloodshed‚ a lot of people died and suffered‚ a lot of people were separated from their families‚ and lots of tears were shed. Despite this suffering‚ the Lebanese found solace in getting our independence. So we stand
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Independence Day Of India Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny‚ and now the time comes when we will redeem our pledge‚ not wholly or in full measure‚ but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour‚ when the world sleeps‚ India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes‚ which comes but rarely in history‚ when we step out from the old to the new‚ when an age ends and when the soul of a nation‚ long suppressed‚ finds utterance.... We end today a period of ill fortune‚ and India
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- Jawaharlal Nehru The Independence Day of India is celebrated on the fifteenth of August to commemorate its independence from British rule and its birth as a sovereign nation in 1947 Every year‚ we celebrate our Independence Day with great fervour as well as joy and justifiably so‚ as it commemorates that day‚ when after many years of subjugation‚ our country gained its freedom Indeed‚ in the annals of history‚ 15th of August 1947 will always be remembered as a day of an extraordinary accomplishment
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the cradle of the human race‚ the birthplace of human speech‚ the mother of history‚ the grandmother of legend‚ and the great grandmother of tradition. Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only.” Honourable Chief Guest‚ teachers and all my dear friends. This day 15th August of every year is a golden day engraved in the history of the world. We won our freedom on this date and it is a day of celebration. As we celebrate it hoisting the flag
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World War II started with the bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii‚ December 8‚ 1941 then the Philippines followed on the same day. The traditional simbang gabi or misa de gallo was suspended in year 1941. President Manuel Quezon and Gen. Douglas MacArthur said that they will return when they flee because of the war. The last province surrendered to the Japanese forces is Bataan that launched the heinous Death March that killed many Filipino supporters. The government then is controlled by the Japanese
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Children of the Ash-covered Loam‚ N.V.M Gonzalez (Filipino Literary Classics) © 1992 Bookmark‚ Inc. 147 pages. Reviewed by GRSays Children in the Ash-covered Loam is the third book and second volume of stories by N.V.M Gonzalez. It was set in Manila and Mindoro. The first three stories happened in the rural areas of Manila all in all there are seven stories in this book namely: “Children of the Ash-covered Loam”‚ “Lupo and the Riverbank”‚ The Blue Skull and the Dark Palms”‚ “The Morning Star”
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Independence Day of India Respected teachers and my friends‚ I wish you a happy Independence Day. India became independent on August 15‚ 1947... A moment comes‚ which comes but rarely in history‚ when we step out from the old to the new…India discovers herself again." - J.L.Nehru On the eve of India’s independence‚ Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru famous speech “Tryst with Destiny” marked the beginning of a free India with words symbolizing hope and triumph. India got its independence from the
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posed by Frederick Douglass. The following are excerpts from a speech he gave in 1852 at an Independence Day commemoration sponsored by the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society in Rochester‚ NY. A longer excerpt and a link to the full text of the speech can be found at my blog. Fellow-citizens‚ pardon me‚ allow me to ask‚ why am I called upon to speak here to-day? What have I‚ or those I represent‚ to do with your national independence? …I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am
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LIST OF COUNTRIES AND CAPITALS S.No S.No 1 Afghanistan ----> Kabul 41 Cyprus ----> Nicosia 2 Albania ----> Tirana 42 Czech Republic ----> Prague 3 Algeria ----> Algiers 43 Denmark ----> Copenhagen 4 Andorra ----> Andorra la Vella 44 Djibouti ----> Djibouti 5 Angola ----> Luanda 45 Dominica ----> Roseau 6 Antigua and Barbuda ----> Saint John’s 46 Dominican Republic ----> Santo Domingo 7 Argentina ----> Buenos Aires 47 East Timor (Timor-Leste) ----> Dili 8 Armenia
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