INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH 2015
“The
Great dreams of great dreamers always transcend” says late former president, Dr.
A.P.J Abdul Kalam a visionary, a dreamer and a teacher. I dedicate my speech to
him.
A pleasant morning dear esteemed members
of the staff and students. Today we
raise our minds and hearts to God, as we complete another glorious year of 69th
Independence day. It is said that, before you eat a fruit think about
the one who put the seed. Therefore, today it is fitting for us to remember the freedom fighters who laid their lives
shedding blood and sweat for a noble cause. It marks the end of an
unfortunate era and unveils the beginning of another era of hope and
freedom. And what we are all enjoying, the fruit of their labor.
Let
me remind you about what is India Today? Well 1. India
is the land that gave birth to the world prominent religions and cultures and
the light of Asia, the Lord Buddha. 2.
Indus civilization is the oldest civilization that speaks of human
civilization. 3. It is a nation with
one billion and more people, the greatest of all power possible in the world. 4. 1500 years age India taught the world how to count, Aryabhatta. 5. Sir C.V. Raman am Indian physicist discovered inelastic scattering of
photons in liquids. 6. 90 percent of the computers in the world
run on a chip made by an Indian by name Vinod Dham. 7. It is Jagadish Bose an
Indian who invented Wireless Communication.
A. India is the cradle of the
human race, human speech and human history. She is the grandmother of tradition
and legends. Says Mark Twain.
B. Seeing the mathematicians
of India Albert Einstein made a
remark, “The world owes to the Indians who taught us how to count.”
One
side of the coin is not the whole coin. So the other side of the coin is yet
know. Friends, having said that, I am reminded of one of my teachers words
that; there are answers available, but we have to ask the right questions and hard questions.
Right now the questions that tickle my mind are, With these group of
bueauracrates can India develop? Can Ambanis and Tatas develop a country? Did freedom
fighters dreamt about India as the 2nd largest in population having the
2nd biggest Slum in Asia? Did they dream about India in which the
Education and Health departments are most corrupt? Or where a party promises
corruption free Gov. and falters with doubled scams and scandals when in power?
T.V and News Channels busy 24 X 7 with
breaking news on politicians and corruption and you know what I mean.
So, all
that glitters in India is not gold. If so, what is the criteria to say that
India is developed. Let me ask you your perspectives regarding this. 1……2……..3……….
According
to Dr APJ Kalam, India is developed when each one of us learn through Education,
Culture and Religion to
transform oneself from receiving from the nation and learn to give/giving.
(when Kalam visited DB St Anthony College, 2013)
I am
convinced that developed India 2020 vision of Abdul Kalam our late former
president, is a national challenge
for which every citizen of India should ask in what way one can contribute to
this noble dream not to keep it as a dream come true but to strive to say a
dream came true. May we the educators of the young and committed for a cause transform
ourselves and our societies from Immorality, Indifference, Individualism,
Irresponsibility and Ignorance. Only the dead fish flow in the water. May we, not go like the dead
fish after the new trends like web world, celebrities and the culture of
temporary. Let us wipe away from our minds and heart Mediocrity that
paralyses the entire nation creating a culture of dishonesty and false
popularity. This is my wish for the current generation.
Dear
fathers and brothers I have nothing new to tell expect what our Elders who say before
we wake up the World, first let us wake up from our dogmatic and disgusted
slumber of superficiality and convenience and to commit ourselves to learn
to watch our footsteps.
The
dream Gandhiji had of an independent India? He had said, “I will work for an
India where the poorest of the poor feel that this is their country. An India
where all communities live in friendship and harmony.” That is the Swaraj that Mahatma dreamt about.
We
will be remembered only if we give to our younger generation a prosperous,
peaceful and safe India, working as one force the nation and
its leaders not to plan but organise.
So,
I put the ball in your court to think before you say mera bharat mahan...
Jai Hind.
Kuble...
naresh neelam,sdb
shtc,shillong...
15th August,2015
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