Friday, August 15, 2008

Tryst with destiny... 61 years ago

Just reliving the moment... that stroke of midnight when we got independence 61 years ago... In an atempt to look back on the things that went wonderfully right and those that went terribly wrong. An excerpt to remind us of the golden words - Tryst with destiny" speech



"Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall 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. It is fitting that at this solemn moment we take the pledge of dedication to the service of India and her people and to the still larger cause of humanity.

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. 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?"

Read the full speech here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tryst_with_destiny

Watch the video of the speech delivery http://www.harappa.com/wall/nehru.html

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Food for thought time...

Just something I wrote last year

Working in office is like a Tennis match: until the score is love all.. all love you.... When its not, they try and throw the ball in your court. :)

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Short Cut :)... finally

For all the people after my life to get my hair cut short....