Wk #32: Happy Independence Day!!

August 15, 2022

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Dear Aspirants,

Wish you a Happy Independence Day!!

How did you celebrate this day? My celebrations were limited to spending some time reading the thoughts of the founding fathers of the nation. I kept wondering, how would they feel if they saw India @ 75 years. I think it would be a mixed feeling. There is so much potential energy waiting to be unleashed across every sector. But there are also internal barriers that we have created amongst ourselves.

Given the diversity in our country, I believe the single value that could be of relevance to most of us is Tolerance. It enables a harmonious exchange of ideas that will help our country to flourish across economic, cultural, technological and spiritual dimensions.

Why this letter on Monday?

A Warm Welcome to the new subscribers who have joined the Kaleidoscope Tribe!! 🥳🥳

Every Monday, I send out a letter sharing my thoughts about the UPSC preparation. I also share my previous week's scores of daily MCQs. Occasionally you will also get some special dishes in the form of Motivational quotes/visuals, Informative articles and anything that I find exciting to be shared with you.

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You can find the collection of my previous 31 weekly posts here.

In today’s post you will read about:

  1. President Rajendra Prasad’s words on the struggles undergone to achieve Independence

  2. Video link of PM Jawaharlal Nehru’s speech on Independence day in 1947.

  3. Visual by India in Pixel: Regional leaders who played a significant role in the Independence movement

  4. My Daily Quiz Scores - 50 MCQs per day

Remembering what it cost us to achieve Independence from the British

"In this solemn hour of our history, when after many years of struggle we are taking over the governance of this country, let us offer our humble thanks to the Almighty power that shapes the destinies of men and nations and let us recall in grateful remembrance the services and sacrifices of all those men and women, known and unknown, who with smiles in their faces walked to the gallows or faced bullets on their chests, who experienced living death in the Andamans or spent long years in the prisons of India, who preferred voluntary exile in foreign countries to a life of humiliation in their own, who not only lost wealth and property but cut themselves of their near and dear ones to devote themselves to the great objective of what we are witnessing today" - Dr. Rajendra Prasad in the Constituent Assembly on Aug 15th 1947

"Tryst with Destiny" was a speech delivered by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India, to the Indian Constituent Assembly in The Par...

My Daily Quiz Scores

This week I finally managed to add the quizzes from Forum IAS. It feels a bit difficult to do 50 MCQs per day. I guess it will get easier with time.

That is all for this week! All the very best for Week #32

See you again following Monday.

Best Regards,

Satya