Honorable Principal Madam‚ Respected Teachers and all my dear friends... I take it as a honour to stand before you and say a few words on Indian Independence Day. It was today on 15th August that India woke up with Freedom way back in 1947 which is one of the biggest achievement for us. Who can forget that midnight of 15th August 1947 when Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru hoisted the Tri-coloured Indian Flag on Red Fort. Since that day we have got a great reason to celebrate this occasion every year with
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A COMPARISON OF JAINISM AND BUDDHISM 3 A Comparison of Jainism and Buddhism and an Explanation of their Spiritual Beliefs and Spiritual Practices During my research of these two very interesting religions that derived from Hinduism‚ I examined the Encyclopedia Britannica whose contributors were many. For Jainism‚ Dundas (2013)‚Shah (2013)‚ and Strohl (2013). Their information was very helpful when I write about its origination
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Independence of India ¤ Sailing of San Gabriel To India When the San Gabriel sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to finally dock at Calicut‚ a prosperous port and an independent principality on the Malabar Coast in May‚ 1498‚ half a century of the Portuguese tentative to find a sea route to India was finally crowned with success. The man behind the quest was Vasco da Gama (1460-1524) – a devout Roman Catholic whose nightlong vigil in a Lisbon chapel before commending himself to the unsure
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for the cause of non-violence. The man who according to Nehru‚ strived throughout to wipe a tear from every human eye‚ now remains confined to pages of history textbooks. But for Gandhi Jayanti and Martyr’s Day‚ Mahatma Gandhi would have almost been a distant past‚ for many‚ considering that his ideals of ahimsa have long been buried as outmoded philosophies that have no relevance whatsoever to present-day India. If not‚ would there have been so much hatred and bloodbaths? Religious intolerance
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was under the British rule for 3-4 centuries. It was in 1857 India started it’s independence struggle forcefully through a revolt named "The Great Revolt" against the British. Mahatma Gandhi was the spine and brain behind the Indian independence struggle and finally her Independence. "Non-violence" or "Ahimsa" against the cannons and rifles of the so called "MIGHTY" British. His words of wisdom were followed by almost every Indian of that age to follow non-violence and struggle with perseverance
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associate the name Gandhi with the principles of peaceful protest that fought for the independence of India From Britain and promoted religious freedom. Although this is true‚ Gandhi was more than a protestor and achieved change through a deep understanding of justice and religion; he used this knowledge to great effect and achieved change in a unique way. Born in 1869 in India where he was raised‚ he found his way to England to study law. After briefly returning to India‚ Gandhi traveled to South
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that guards would force feed the person but in this case Gandhi had published enough papers‚ and hit the headlines of so many newspapers and news agencies around the world that had the British government done anything to Gandhi‚ the world would outrage and Britain would lose much more political cloud and standing in the world as literally the British would have to release him before he died due to starvation or any kind of diseases and Gandhi has won this time and again as he showed his willingness
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international power. Civil disobedience is commonly‚ though not always‚[1][2] defined as being nonviolent resistance. It is one form of civil resistance. In one view (in India‚ known as ahimsa or satyagraha) it could be said that it iscompassion in the form of respectful disagreement. The Civil Disobedience Movement led by M K Gandhi‚ in the year 1930 was an important milestone in the history of Indian Nationalism. There are three distinct phases that mark the development of Indian Nationalism. In the first
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Sriram is reunited with Bharati‚ and the story ends with their engagement amidst the tragedy of India’s partition in 1947. Waiting for the Mahatma is written in Narayan’s gentle comic style. An unusual feature of this novel is the participation of Gandhi as a character. His revolutionary ideas and practices are contrasted with the views of traditionalists such as the town’s notables and Sriram’s grandmother. The political struggle serves as a background to Sriram and Bharati’s unconventional romance
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midget prophits. Satya or truth is not valid in today’s capitalist world.A business man cant speak all the time.Even our advertisement hide the reality and sell the fakeness.But mental satisfaction and guilt free life one need to stay with truth. Ahimsa or non violence is good till a point.But if you only bear the pain others giving you then its not justified. Principles of ghandhi ji are universal. Its just present human society more focusing on the showoff and money.But these priniples holds good
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