India Celebrates 63rd Independance Day

[sandeepgoodbole]

15th of August 1947, 5000+ Years old Great Indian Civilisation splitted as India and Pakistan (Including East Pak now called Bangladesh). The Pak and Bangladesh were carved as Pure Islamic States, where as India remained Secular. All though Islamics are not a Majority within India, they mark up the Largest population amongst all Major Islamic Nations counted together! Our President Mrs. Pratibha Patil belongs to my City, Amravati, Maharashtra. She is a Hindu. The Prime Minister Mr.Manmohan Singh is a Sikh. While, President of Ruling Party, Mrs.Sonia Gandhi is an Italian Christian. Truth,Non Violance and Equality are our guiding principles.

[Jacqui]

Happy Birthday India !!!

[imtiaz]

Roman Transliteration

sāre jahān se acchā hindostān hamārā
ham bulbulain hai is ki, yeh gulsitān hamārā
ghurbat men hon agar ham, rahta hai dil vatan men
samjho vahīn hamen bhī, dil hain jahān hamārā
parbat voh sab se ūnchā, hamsāya āsmān ka
voh santari hamārā, voh pāsbān hamārā
godi men kheltī hain is ki hazāron nadiyā
gulshan hai jin ke dam se, rashk-e-janān hamārā
aye āb, raud, ganga, voh din hen yād tujhko
utarā tere kināre, jab kārvān hamārā
maz'hab nahīn sikhātā āpas men bayr rakhnā
hindi hai ham, vatan hai hindostān hamārā
yūnān-o-misr-o-romā, sab miṭ gaye jahān se
ab tak magar hai bāqi, nām-o-nishān hamārā
kuch bāt hai keh hastī, miṭati nahīn hamārī
sadiyon rahā hai dushman, daur-e-zamān hamārā
iqbal ko'ī meharam, apnā nahīn jahān men
m'alūm kya kisī ko, dard-e-nihān hamārā

Translation

Better than the entire world, is our Hindustan;
we are its nightingales of mirth, and it is our garden abode
Though in foreign lands we may reside, with our homeland our hearts abide,
Regard us also to be there, where exist our hearts
That mountain most high, neighbor to the skies;
it is our sentinel; it is our protector
In the lap of whose, play thousands of rivers;
gardens they sustain; the envy-of-the-heavens of ours
O waters of the Ganga mighty, do you recall the day
when on your banks, did land the caravan of ours
Religion does not teach us to harbour grudges between us
Indians we all are; India, our motherland
While Greece, Egypt , Rome have all been wiped out
till now yet remains, this civilization of ours {it has stood the test of time}
Something there is that keeps us,our entity from being eroded
For ages has been our enemy, the way of the world
Iqbal! Is there no soul that could
understand the pain in thy heart?

Jai Hind
Imtiaz :)

15th of August 1947, 5000+ Years old Great Indian Civilisation splitted as India and Pakistan (Including East Pak now called Bangladesh). The Pak and Bangladesh were carved as Pure Islamic States, where as India remained Secular. All though Islamics are not a Majority within India, they mark up the Largest population amongst all Major Islamic Nations counted together! Our President Mrs. Pratibha Patil belongs to my City, Amravati, Maharashtra. She is a Hindu. The Prime Minister Mr.Manmohan Singh is a Sikh. While, President of Ruling Party, Mrs.Sonia Gandhi is an Italian Christian. Truth,Non Violance and Equality are our guiding principles.