softwareNerd Posted February 19, 2007 Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 Rabindranath Tagore was the person who wrote India's national anthem. He was an influential intellectual at the time of India's independence from Britain. Here's one of his poems. Note 1: I present this not so much as great poetry, but as being of historical interest. A lot of people think of India as a mystical land. A head-count would affirm that. However, a survey of people in power would reveal a significantly different picture. While this particular poem invokes God, that's really "in passing". Note 2: The word "free" in the second line is "free" as in "unshackled". Where the Mind is Without Fear 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 of the depths 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, by Father, let my country awake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobsponge Posted February 19, 2007 Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 I rather like his quote, "The winds of grace are always blowing, but it is you who must raise your sails." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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