Monday, August 10, 2009
The ‘other' Independence Day and the ‘other' generation
A t 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 discovers herself again."
A These famous words were uttered in a monumental speech by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India, as it approached midnight on Aug. 14, 1947.
This year on Aug. 15, when the Indian flag is hoisted above the Red Fort in New Delhi, what will be going on in the hearts and minds of young Indian Americans born in the United States? What does India's Independence Day mean to them?
To read the full article, click here..
To read th ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
A These famous words were uttered in a monumental speech by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India, as it approached midnight on Aug. 14, 1947.
This year on Aug. 15, when the Indian flag is hoisted above the Red Fort in New Delhi, what will be going on in the hearts and minds of young Indian Americans born in the United States? What does India's Independence Day mean to them?
To read the full article, click here..
To read th ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
Labels: Independence Day, india, indian flag, indian independence day 2009, indians, jawaharalal nehru, monumental speech, new generation, young indian american
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