Wishing You all a very Happy Indpendence Day.
Wow!!! India is now (we are) celebrating our 63rd Independence anniversary :).
And this year its going to be all the more special as India is going to host the common wealth games. Lets not talk or think about corruptions or any other -ves today.
It gives such a immense sense of belonging just by looking into our flag. Especially for those who stay away from the home country. We used to celebrate Independence day for the choclates thats given in school...The small paper flag that we used to pin in our uniform, the Independence day speeches, Dances and cultural programmes. Generally it used to be like this for me. I used to learn some song from my grand mother about freedom struggle or the country related songs mostly Bharathyar poems and then write a speech to talk on independence day and then participate in any of the cultural event. The best thing I used to like is to pin the flag.
There was not much seriousness till atleast I came to tenth standard.
After tenth, there was realization and a huge pariotic feeling about India is my country. Even when we recite the Pledge we friends used to actually mean each and every word of it. We went to library to learn about our freedom struggle. ACtually the interest came because we first thought that we will no longer be studying social studies from plus 1 and that in turn became into a patriotic feeling.
India :) With sixty three years of freedom, what we have achieved. We have come to a stage where we are still the number 1 when it comes to democracy. Only when we dont have something we understand the importance of achieveing it.Since our generations have already tasted the sense of freedom we still dont realize or probably appreciate it.
Apart from democary and population,India has been noticed for all the scientific achievements.Actually its easy to complain. Most of us including me still do complain on the infrastructure on the corruption about politics about unemployment about slums...but whoever complains have we done anything about it other than complaining..Where Inida was noticed because of slum dog oscar, will we be noticed for hosting a big event like common wealth?
Oops am deviating..I want to talk only about the good things...Independence day, to thank every single one from Father of nation to all those freedom fighters who visualized and struggled to get independence for us. The beauty and the serenity of the song..Vande matharam which used to be the wake up song in most of our houses...
to our National Anthem, which by default makes us to stand and feel proud of being a Indian. Feel proud to be a Indian which has the beauty of Unity in Diversity.
India which has the beauty of varied cultures and languages.
Well Let me share some facts about India to be proud about.
36% of NASA employees are Indians.
34% of MICROSOFT employees are Indians.
28% of IBM employees are Indians.
17% of INTEL employees are Indians.
13% of XEROX employees are Indians.
(Do I have to mention about citibank too :))
You may know some of these facts. These
facts were recently published in a German
Magazine, which deals with
WORLD HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA.
India never invaded any country in her last
100000 years of history.
India invented the Number System.
Aryabhatta invented zero.
The World's first university was established in
Takshila in 700BC.More than 10,500 students from
all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The
University of Nalanda built in the 4th century BC
was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India
in the field of education.
Sanskrit is the mother of all the European
languages. Sanskrit is the most suitable language
for computer software reported in Forbes magazine,
July 1987.
Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine
known to humans. Charaka, the father of medicine
consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago. Today
Ayurveda is fast regaining its rightful place
in our civilization.
Although modern images of India often show
poverty and lack of development, India was the
richest country on earth until the time of
British invasion in the early 17th Century.
The art of Navigation was born in the river
Sindh 6000 years ago.
The very word Navigation is derived from
the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.
The Word navy is also derived from Sanskrit 'Nou'.
Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the
earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before the
astronomer Smart.; Time taken by earth to orbit
the sun: (5th century) 365.258756484 days.
Budhayana first calculated the value of pi, and
he explained the concept of what is known as the
Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the
6th century long before the European mathematicians
Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from
India; Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the
11th century ; The largest numbers the
Greeks and the Romans
used were 10 6(10 to the power of 6) whereas
Hindus Used numbers as big as 1053 (10 to the
power of 53) with specific names as Early as 5000 BCE
during the Vedic period. Even today, the largest
used number is Tera 1012(10 to the power of 12).
According to the Gemological Institute of
America, up until 1896,India was the only source for
diamonds to the world.
USA based IEEE has proved what has been a
century-old suspicion in the world scientifi
community that the pioneer of Wireless
communication was Prof. Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.
The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was
built in Saurashtra. According to Saka King
rudradaman I of 150 CE a beautiful lake
called 'Sudarshana'
was constructed on the hills of Raivataka during
Chandragupta Maurya's time.
Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.
Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600
years ago he and health scientists of his time
conducted complicated surgeries like cesareans,
cataract, artificial limbs, fractures, urinary
stones and even plastic surgery and brain surgery. Usage
of anesthesia was well known in ancient India.
Over 125 surgical equipment were used. Deep
knowledge of anatomy, etiology, embryology, digestion,
metabolism, genetics and immunity is also found
in many texts.
When many cultures were only nomadic forest
dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians
established Harappan culture in Sindhu
Valley (Indus Valley Civilization)
The place value system, the decimal system
was developed in India in 100 BC.
QUOTES ABOUT INDIA:
Albert Einstein said: We owe a lot to the
Indians, who taught us how to count, without
which no worthwhile scientific discovery could
have been made.
Mark Twain said: India is the cradle of the
human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother
of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great
grand mother of tradition. Our most valuable and most
structive materials in the history of man are treasured
up in India only.
French scholar Romain Rolland said: If there is
one place on the face of earth where all
the dreams of living men have found a home from
the very earliest days when man began the dream
of existence, it is India.
Hu Shih, former Ambassador of China to USA said:
India conquered And dominated China culturally
for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single
soldier across her border.
Jai Hind.
