Mother, I bow to thee! Rich with thy hurrying streams, Bright with orchard gleams, Cool with thy winds of delight, Green fields waving , Mother of might, Mother free. Glory of moonlight dreams, Over thy branches and lordly streams, Clad in thy blossoming trees, Mother, giver of ease, Laughing low and sweet! Mother I kiss thy feet, Speaker sweet and low! Mother, to thee I bow.
-Bankim Chandra Chaterjee
One individual may die for an idea; but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives. That is how the wheel of evolution moves on and the ideas and dreams of one nation are bequeathed to the next
-Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
Our nation is like a tree of which the original trunk is swarajya and the branches are swadeshi and boycott.
-Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Apparently, I've acted like a terrorist. But I'm not a terrorist.
-Bhagat Singh
The essential thing in religion is making the heart pure. The kingdom of heaven is within us but only pure heart can see the 'king' !'
-Swami Vivekanand
"Dushman ki goliyon ka hum samna karenge, Azad hee rahein hain, azad hee rahenge"- Chandrasekhar Azad
"Hanshi-Hanshi chorbo fanshi, dekhbe bharat bashi": "I will happily accept my death by hanging, my fellow countrymen" - Khudiram Bose
Khudiram Bose died at the age of 16, in 1908 after he was hanged for carrying a bomb attack on the British police fed up with their atrocities on his innocent fellow countrymen, thereby immortalizing himself as one of the youngest and most brave freedom fighters during the course of the painful struggle for our Independence. He was carrying a Bhagwad Gita in his hands and his last words were "Vande Mataram" when he was hanged from tree in front his entire village !
My salute to these great sons of the soil and many others like them who made the supreme sacrifice for their motherland !! Such great and selfless men and women only take birth maybe once in a millennia. Your countrymen may have forgotten you and your principles, but I keep your memories alive in my heart !
My wishes to all DFI members and my fellow countrymen on our 65th independence day !
JAI HIND.
