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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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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15th August 1947‚ the day of our independence! We were given complete freedom for this land and nation. A seat of equality and self respect was given to us. We were offered membership and voice among free nations of the world. People celebrate the day with a lot of enthusiasm. They decorate buildings‚ houses and streets. Tricolor flags are unfurled along the roads and on the buildings. School children take part in the celebration more vigorously. They prepare for to welcome the area leaders who
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Independence Day Good Morning! Respected chief guest our principal‚ teachers and my dear friends we have assembled here to celebrate the 65th anniversary of our Independence Day. As a citizen of India‚ I am so proud to talk to you about‚ my mother land. On the night of August 14‚ 1947‚ Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru rose to make a maiden speech in New Delhi‚ “When the world sleeps‚ India will wake to life and freedom.” And now‚ this day 15th August of every year is a golden day engraved in the
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India’s Independence Day "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...India discovers herself again." - Jawaharlal Nehru After more than two hundred years of British rule‚ India finally won back its freedom on 15th August‚ 1947. All the patriotic hearts rejoiced at seeing India becoming a sovereign nation and the triumph of hundreds and thousands
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India Independence Day In India‚ Independence Day is observed on the 15th August every year‚ because on the said day of 1947‚ India won her freedom from the British rule after about 200 years. It is a red-lettered day‚ on which the schools and government and private offices remain closed. Early in the morning‚ the young students sing in chorus the national anthem in accompaniment of flute and drum marching together in processions in the streets. National flags are hoisted in the houses‚ schools
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Cleansing Excess Pitta from the Body by Shannon Mooney According to Ayurveda‚ health is our natural‚ balanced state. Ayurveda defines the many substances and influences‚ both internal and external‚ that are beneficial and detrimental to our bodies. While avoiding every substance or situation that is unhealthy is nearly impossible in today’s world‚ the wisdom of Ayurveda can boost your understanding of health and support choices that lead to a balanced state of being. Ayurveda offers knowledge to
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announced its intention of transferring power no later than June 1948. As independence approached‚ the violence between Hindus and Muslims in the provinces of Punjab and Bengal continued unabated. With the British army unprepared for the potential for increased violence‚ the new viceroy‚ Louis Mountbatten‚ advanced the date for the transfer of power‚ allowing less than seven months for a mutually agreed plan for independence. In June 1947‚ the nationalist leaders‚ including Pandit Nehru‚ Abul Kalam
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The Day Before Independence June 25‚ 1986 was the last day of my childhood. I was 16 years old graduating from high school; the next morning I would be on a train going of to a college to a strange city‚ all by myself…This scenario might sound very appealing and fairly common to an American‚ but for a young girl born and raised in the Soviet Union this situation was scary and challenging. In Belarus (part of the former USSR) families stayed close together. Young people especially girls would go
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Independence Day. Malaysia was born in August 31‚ 1957. It has been 56 years since then. That day was a day that everyone should remember and never forget till they die. Because this day was the day that Malaysia was free from the British. It is to commemorate the independence of the Federation of Malaya from British colonial rule on 31 August 1957. In a wider context‚ it also celebrates the formation of Malaysia. On the 30th of August‚ Malaysia’s then Prime Minister‚ Tunku Abdul Rahman took to
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