INDIA VS INDIA
The paragraph which I am gratefully quoting below has been
taken from “India Through The Ages” a book jointly written by J. V.Furtado and
Dr. K. C. Khanna for the history students of schools and colleges in India.
This book was published in 1961, It means the paragraph in question belongs to
the 1950’s of India. My interest arose because the issues it
touched then are being touched today in almost identical language,
The said paragraph reads as follows:-
“History is the moving pageant of human endeavour. Since
independence India has made great efforts and achieved remarkable successes in
many sections of national life. The most marked traits of this accomplishment
have been self-reliance and the urge to play a worthy part in the great comity
of the world. Freed from the shackles of dependence the country has realized
its native genius and found self-expression so that it may shape its own future
in terms of its own needs and make contribution to the progress of mankind in
terms of its own traditions and cultural heritage.”
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G.R.Kanwal
10th September 2023
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