INQUILAB ZINDABAD….. Mera desh mahaan :-)
Into that heaven of freedom,
my Father,let my country awake.
A man of peace, Guru Rabindranath Tagore wrote the above lines. Many who shared this vision of freedom succumbed to the powerful and cruel clutches of the British. One being Bhagat Singh , who gave up his life at a mere age of 23 ,on this day several decades ago.
May be it was ignorance, however I always felt our methodology for winning freedom was unique especially under the principles of ahimsa and nonviolence. Coincidently these principles took birth in our nation too. Below is an excerpt from one of the men who did not believe in these during our freedom struggle . A man who changed the face of our struggle. What amused me is how this youth had such powerful ideas at 23 , when many of us in 'shining' India (With Sensex touching 11K it's okai i guess) dread the history we learned. The idea of revolution in his own words from one of Bhagat Singh’s letters…
The sense in which the word Revolution is used in that phrase, is the spirit, the longing for a change for the better. The people generally get accustomed to the established order of things and begin to tremble at the very idea of a change. It is this lethargical spirit that needs be replaced by the revolutionary spirit. Otherwise degeneration gains the upper hand and the whole humanity is led astray by the reactionary forces. Such a state of affairs leads to stagnation and paralysis in human progress. The spirit of Revolution should always permeate the soul of humanity, so that the reactionary forces may not accumulate (strength) to check its eternal onward march. Old order should change, always and ever, yielding place to new, so that one "good " order may not corrupt the world. It is in this sense that we raise the shout "Long Live Revolution."
Déjà vu …
But check out a clipping which I received today. Who said we are afraid to change..?
http://www.yourdailymedia.com/media/1142169137/Government_Brawl_in_India_
Oops ... excuse me i couldnt put the track here
so just watch the clipping from the site
Into that heaven of freedom,
my Father,let my country awake.
A man of peace, Guru Rabindranath Tagore wrote the above lines. Many who shared this vision of freedom succumbed to the powerful and cruel clutches of the British. One being Bhagat Singh , who gave up his life at a mere age of 23 ,on this day several decades ago.
May be it was ignorance, however I always felt our methodology for winning freedom was unique especially under the principles of ahimsa and nonviolence. Coincidently these principles took birth in our nation too. Below is an excerpt from one of the men who did not believe in these during our freedom struggle . A man who changed the face of our struggle. What amused me is how this youth had such powerful ideas at 23 , when many of us in 'shining' India (With Sensex touching 11K it's okai i guess) dread the history we learned. The idea of revolution in his own words from one of Bhagat Singh’s letters…
The sense in which the word Revolution is used in that phrase, is the spirit, the longing for a change for the better. The people generally get accustomed to the established order of things and begin to tremble at the very idea of a change. It is this lethargical spirit that needs be replaced by the revolutionary spirit. Otherwise degeneration gains the upper hand and the whole humanity is led astray by the reactionary forces. Such a state of affairs leads to stagnation and paralysis in human progress. The spirit of Revolution should always permeate the soul of humanity, so that the reactionary forces may not accumulate (strength) to check its eternal onward march. Old order should change, always and ever, yielding place to new, so that one "good " order may not corrupt the world. It is in this sense that we raise the shout "Long Live Revolution."
Déjà vu …
But check out a clipping which I received today. Who said we are afraid to change..?
http://www.yourdailymedia.com/media/1142169137/Government_Brawl_in_India_
Oops ... excuse me i couldnt put the track here
so just watch the clipping from the site
posted by malaika at 4:27 AM
