INDIA THEN: A PRAYER
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls
Where words come out from the depth of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit
Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake
(Guru Rabindranath Tagore)
INDIA NOW: A REQUIEM
Where the mind is full of fear and the head is bowed low before the mighty
Where knowledge is for sale to the highest bidder
Where the world has been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls
Where words are more likely to be fake news than the truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms to point out the imperfections of others
Where the clear stream of reason has lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit and irrationality
Where the mind is led backward in thy name into ever-narrowing thought and obscurantism
From this nightmare of servitude my Father, let my country awake
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