Indians For Guns

Wishing happy Independence Day to all IFG member. 65 years ago on 15th of August, 1947 we finally got our 'freedom' from British. So enjoy and stay safe. In my state almost all the people stays indoor this day due to fear of terrorists, for me it's just another "Assam Bandh" I'm wondering if the situation is same all over India or just in my state.



Think again this day, are we getting the freedom we were hoping for?

Happy Independence Day.
Priyan . Your post reminds me of Ravendranath Tagore poem which I read way back in school.

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.

-- August 15th, 2011, 12:09 pm --

জনগণমন-অধিনায়ক জয় হে. ভারতভাগ্য বিধাতা
পঞ্জাব সিন্ধু গুজরাট মরাঠা দ্রাবিড় উৎকল বঙ্গ
বিন্ধ্য হিমাচল যমুনা গঙ্গা উচ্ছল জলধি তরঙ্গ
তব শুভ নামে জাগে , তব শুভ আশিস মাগে
গাহে তব জয়গাথা
জনগণ মঙ্গলদায়ক জয় হে ভারতভাগ্য বিধাতা
জয় হে, জয় হে, জয় হে, জয় জয় জয়, জয় হে॥

{ the sricpt of Jana gana mana in bengali , written by Rabindranath Tegore }

जय़ हिन्द
वन्देमातरमः

Aye mere vatan ke logon.
zara aankh mein bhar lo pani.
jo shaheed huye hain unki
zara yaad karo qurbaani

jab ghayel huya himalay
khatre mein padi azzadi
jab tak thi saans lade vo
phir apni laash bicha di
sangeen pe dhar kar matha
so gaya amar balidaani.....


Happy independence day.....

.Nice photos

Happy Independance Day all!

Nice photos Raju, except that everyone has seen the Iwo Jima photo and knows what it is.
The Indian flag looks improper in that photo.

Here is a tune that always brings a lump to my throat
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xl_target wrote: Happy Independance Day all!

Nice photos Raju,

Thank you sir.
Its my pleasure.

xl_target wrote: except that everyone has seen the Iwo Jima photo and knows what it is.
The Indian flag looks improper in that photo.

You are right sir ,


I change that picture...

xl_target wrote:
Here is a tune that always brings a lump to my throat
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?vBh26zOjIh9I[/youtube]

Sir , I wrote this song in my post in benglai script...

Priyan wrote:
In my state almost all the people stays indoor this day due to fear of terrorists, for me it's just another "Assam Bandh"

In our West Bengal { after few days it's name change to " BANGA " } the chief minister Miss MAMATA BANERJEE announced that she can do anything to stop bandhs.. , even pass a law in state assembly..
AS The kerala highcourt & THE honourable suprime court ordered the state goverments in 1992 & 1996 to take proper steps to stop bandhs...


PRASANTSINGJI ,

first , I read the poem in bengali when i was in class one...
Really it is a great poem...


With regards
raju.

Raju,
Ami onek din dhore Bangla kota bolini. Amar mukh theke thik beroche na.

Gentlemen, pardon the Bengali but I have not spoken it for so long that I have a very hard time speaking it anymore. Even though my father is from Kolkata and I lived there for a couple of years and could speak it well, reading and writing Bengali was only taught to me in 8th Std as a third language. So Raju, I'm sorry but I did not pay attention to what you had written when I posted the video.

xl_target wrote:Raju,
Ami onek din dhore Bangla kota bolini. Amar mukh theke thik beroche na.

sir , ami avibhuto.. { i wonder }
I cann't belive my eyes...


Sir , If you don't mind,
May i know in which school you read in kolkata ...

xl_target wrote: So Raju, I'm sorry but I did not pay attention to what you had written when I posted the video.

please don't say sorry..
Please please...



With thanx & regards
raju.

rraju2805 wrote:In our West Bengal { after few days it's name change to " BANGA " } the chief minister Miss MAMATA BANERJEE announced that she can do anything to stop bandhs.. , even pass a law in state assembly..
AS The kerala highcourt & THE honourable suprime court ordered the state goverments in 1992 & 1996 to take proper steps to stop bandhs...

in India laws are neither respected nor enforced properly IMHO that's the main problem. There are enough laws to prevent corruptions and bandhs but they aren't enforced properly. That's why I'm not in the mood to support Lokpal bill.

Sir , If you don't mind,
May i know in which school you read in kolkata ...

Raju,
I did my 8th, 9th and 10th (ICSE) at Frank Anthony.
I was staying at my grandparents for part of the time on Upper Circular Road (now A.P.C Road) near Manicktala.
My last year or so there, my father had been transferred to Kolkata and we lived at a military housing complex called Jubilee Lines (near Ft. William).
From the roof of our building at Jubilee Lines, one could see the white marble dome of the Victoria Memorial glowing at night.

I know all those place....
Are you come kolkata frequently ?

xl
You must watch Jan Gan Man-Indian Army.flv (You Tube)
It has been shot in Siachen. The highest battlefield in the world.
Where more men die due to cold injuries than the enemy bullets.


P.S. Can some one put up the video here.

Prashant:

Per your request:

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Thanks Timmy.
That's one of my favourite videos.