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.
This might be the umpteenth time we are encountering the historic and hair-raising speech by Pundit Nehru on the eve of India's Independence Day.The day when the union jack was lowered and the Indian tricolour flourished in full mast heralding the rise of new nation In-di-a.It was a momentous occasion despite the fact that it was a costly deal.The division of India and Pakistan still haunts us ,still bleeds millions of hearts who were rendered homeless by just one flick of pen.But that is past , we have come a long way.We have seen it all from the mobocracy and chaos of the infant India to the Indo-China war in its youth,Emergency during its matured years,Babri-masjid demolition and the consequent Mumbai blasts in its forties.India is now in the advanced years of its senility.This year we are all set to celebrate its 60th birthday.But there is still a nagging question that has been bothering us for long.Have we grown enough??
India is in the verge of being a super-power and it wont be long it will soon be flexing its muscle to escalate into the big league.However the growth has all been in the economic realm.As a nation we haven't progressed much.Communal ism,castesm , nepotism,social inequality,separatism is still at large.To add to our woes the threat of terrorism also looms large.Our "Unity in Diversity" paradigm lies in tatters.Corruption and adultery has severed our social fabric.All these repelling force is jeopardizing our Great Indian Dream.All we have manage to do in these years is to make the rich richer and the poor to languish.India might pride himself of having largest no. of millioners but it does not allay the malice of poverty.
The time is ripe when we truly redeem ourselves and as Panditji has aptly put in words not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially.Its time to stand up and be counted.Its time to say 'All hands on the deck'.Freedom and power bring responsibility.Our forefathers have earned the freedom with tears,pain,blood and sacrifice.We have a daunting task in our hands i.e to wipe every tear from every eye.To quote from 'Tryst with Destiny'
We have hard work ahead. There is no resting for any one of us till we redeem our pledge in full, till we make all the people of India what destiny intended them to be. We are citizens of a great country on the verge of bold advance, and we have to live up to that high standard.
Indeed.Its turn to wake up from the slumber revitalized,full of zeal and with the bold intent to work.The future beckons us.Our endeavour and toil shall decide what we want of our motherland.Its time to refrain Chak De India for its time when we have a tryst with destiny ...again.
kuch kariye
nuss nuss meri khaule…
hoye kuch kariye
kuch kariye
kuch kariye
buss buss bada bole…
ab kuch kariye
ho…
koi to chal zidd fariye
doobe, kariye ya mariye
haye..
koi to chal zadd fariye
doobe, kariye ya mariye
chak de…
ho chak de India
chak de…
ho chak de India
