India of the ages is not dead nor has she spoken her last creative word; she lives and has still something to do for herself and the human peoples.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
India saw from the beginning, and, even in her ages of reason and her age of increasing ignorance, she never lost hold of the insight, that life cannot be rightly seen in the sole light, cannot be perfectly lived in the sole power of its externalities.
India has indeed a great and free future before her, in which she can make her special contribution to the well-being of mankind. The first and indispensable part of that contribution is to work with the United Nations for the defeat of fascism and of brutal aggression.
India is a curious place that still preserves the past, religions, and its history. No matter how modern India becomes, it is still very much an old country.
India is now changing and regaining its lustre, and it is coming of age.
Under the veneer of Westernization, the cultures of the Indian world - which have existed for 30,000 years! - continue to live. Sometimes in a magical way, sometimes in the shadows.
India somehow constantly rivets and inspires me, and I feel very relieved to have come from this country which has a very 'lifeist' approach to living fully, no matter what one has or doesn't have.
We don't leave home without my daughter's doll La-La. She looks like a bit of a rag, but India is obsessed with her.
India should walk on her own shadow - we must have our own development model.
My own life in India, since I came to it in 1893 to make it my home, has been devoted to one purpose, to give back to India her ancient freedom.
'What will people say?' is a feeling every Indian girl grows up with.
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