“At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance.” WorldLongSoulEndsMomentsAgeNationsHoursSleepPowerfulStepsIndiaAwakeStrokesMidnightUtteranceIndia Independence DayIndian Independence Day Book:Sept. 1964-May 1949 Source: Sept. 1964-May 1949
“For ever and anon the soul becomes weary of the conventions that are not of it, and with a single stroke shatters the civilized lies with which it is unable to cope, and the strong arm reaches out and takes by force what it cannot win by cunning.” SoulLyingWinningStrongForceArmsCivilizationCivilizedConventionsReach OutWearyStrokesCunningStrong ArmsAnon Book:The Troll Garden: Short Stories Source: The Troll Garden: Short Stories