Honorable Director, Respected Chief Guest, Principal, Teachers, and Dear Friends:It gives me great honor to speak on the occasion of the 66th Independence Day Celebration of India.As we know, our country went through various phases of foreign domination, finally falling subject to the British Crown, before we saw the Sun of Freedom rise over our nation. But we were never slaves to anyone. In our minds we were always a free spirit. Mahatma Gandhi said, "The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. Freedom and...
I don't believe the war is simply the work of politicians and capitalists... - Anne Frank (Quotes)
Anne Frank (12 June 1929 – early March 1945)From The Diary of Anne FrankWEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1944......I don't believe the war is simply the work of politicians and capitalists. Oh no,the common man is every bit as guilty; otherwise, people and nations would have re- belled long ago! There's a destructive urge in people, the urge to rage, murder and kill. And until all of humanity, without exception, undergoes a metamorphosis, wars will continue to...
The Remorse of Ashoka - Poem
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THE YOUNG WARRIOR stood motionlessOn the bloodied ground where battleHad raged yesterday with vehemenceOf heat and sound; of flashing metalClashing, slicing, piercing, battering,Flying, falling, striking, slaughteringMen and women in the battle of pride,Filling the air with blood curdling criesAs bodies fell one after the other with sighs –All now calmed; the violence, stilled; the battle, won.“But, what did I win here?” the Prince thought,As his...
To Love and To Be Loved - Poem
"But what was it that delighted me save to love and to be loved?" - St. Augustine, Confessions.From the depths of infinite eternity,One would expect some dark, deep, ditch of emptiness;But, that depth is filled with DivinityOf the Triune God, in eternal mutuality, LOVE Himself!From the spring of this MutualityWas patterned the Human Community,In the image and likeness of God,In the very figure of LOVE Himself.The essence of Mutuality:One soul in two bodies,Mutual procession, each from the other,Selfless spirit, two individualities;Two for sure,...
Believe in Yourself - Quotes
The kind of "believe in yourself" that is dangerous is the one that:Is out of connection with reality, fact, or truth.Is wishful and presumptuous.Tends towards absolute autonomy, as if one has no need of anybody else (oblivious of the fact that man is a very contingent and dependent being).Believes that knowledge of self alone defines fulfillment in life.Is disconnected from God: from His Truth, His Love, and His Power."The church's concept of faith has been corrupted by our American culture. People in this country have been feeding on a demonic...
Judge Nothing Before the Time - Story
A Story by Domenic Marbaniang © 2012“Judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes… Then each one’s praise will come from God.” (1 Corinthians 4:5)The Stadium was filled with cheers, applauses, and feverish excitement. The runners all took positions and geared up waiting for the signal shot. Gerald sensed the sublimity too. The seconds of time between the start and finish line of the 100 meter track was all the reality that meant everything to him. All of space-time was crammed therein for him now. He felt highly elated. After seven years...
Love Leaves No Knots - A Story about Forgiveness
“Love…keeps no record of wrongs.” (1 Corinthians 13:5)(Written for a Youth Magazine forthcoming)The scenic valley of the Satpura range in Central India bustled with fresh streams, chirping birds, grazing cattle, and woodcutters chopping wood in the forest. A few women were gathering the yellow flowers that fell from the Mahua (Madhuca Longifolia)trees that were all over the forest. The nearby fields were all ready for harvest and one could see little boys and girls, with school bags on their back, singing and hooting and hurrying along the hedges...
C. S. Lewis on Theories of Atonement
From Mere Christianity, Book 2, Chapter 4: Perfect PenitentNow before I became a Christian I was under the impression that the first thing Christians had to believe was one particular theory as to what the point of this dying was. According to that theory God wanted to punish men for having deserted and joined the Great Rebel, but Christ volunteered to be punished instead, and so God let us off. Now I admit that even this theory does not seem to me quite so immoral and so silly as it used to; but that is not the point I want to make. What I came...
One has not even begun to walk until...
One has not even begun to walk until one has first taken his cross- his own cr...
