grears ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when
ten our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the
comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to
monight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.
an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds ut-
la and her people and to the still larger cause of humanity.
s hitting that at this solemn moment we take the pledge of dedication to the
te dawn of history India started on her unending quest, and trackless cen-
fed with her striving and the grandeur of her success and her failures. Through good and ill fortu
stand India discovers herself again. The achievement we celebrate today is but a step, an opening
e never lost sight of that quest or forgotten the ideals which gave her strength. We end today a peri
the greater triumphs and achievements that await us. Are we brave enough and wise enough
saportunity and accept the challenge of the future ?
sem and power bring responsibility. That responsibility rests upon this Assembly, a sovereign bo
ne sovereign people of India. Before the birth of freedom we have endured all the pains of labo
u are heavy with the memory of this sorrow. Some of those pains continue even now. Neverthles
terand it is the future that beckons to us now. That future is not one of ease or resting but of incessa
alwe may fulfil the pledges we have so often taken and the one we shall take today. The service
she service of the millions who suffer. It means the ending of poverty and ignorance and disease a
opportunity. The ambition of the greatest man of our generation has been to wipe every tear fra
at may be beyond us, but as long as there are tears and suffering, so long our work will not be ov-
friends do such things?
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-Jawaharlal Nel
QUESTIONS
Express in your own words : (a) we made a tryst with destiny ; (b) at the stroke of
midnight hour; (C) when the world sleeps; (d) when we step out from the
old to the new ; (e) we take the pledge of dedication ; () at the dawn of
History: (g) India discovers herself again; (h) with the memory of sorrow.
In what does the "service of India" consist, according to the author ?
What are the ideals which India has never forgotten ?
Mention some of the responsibilities of freedom and power.
This speech is concerned with the living as well as the dead. In what way does Ne
appeal to his listeners ? What motive urges Nehru to rouse the India of today to actio
Quote the line that has a direct reference to Mahatma Gandhi.
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