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Editorial

Editorial BoardKrishna Kumar PaliathVibheesh TikkodiAnandharaj KonniReshmy Krishna Kumar

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When the editorial team decided to have an Independence Day special this month, our thoughts went to our previous years issues and the articles that were written then. It is definitely an occasion for us to celebrate our hard earned freedom. A few fiery speeches applauding a selected few contributors and flag hoisting across the nation. A few hours hence, the flag and the freedom fighters are soon forgotten for another one year.

Even when there is news of happenings that raise our National pride, we often find remarks and political discussion that kill our spirit. The recent quick action of our Central government in coordination with the Kerala state government for the release of the 56 nurses trapped in the civil war in Iraq is highly appreciated. It brings to focus the results of working together. The expatriate community has gained a new confidence of a strong government that is ready to back them at times of need. But it was unfortunate, that a prominent leader in the state had to rubbish the same, claiming it to be an act of compassion by the dreaded separatist fighters of the ISIS. You need to have character and courage to call a spade, a spade.

The educational system of our nation is stuck in the age when this was initially adopted with a selfish motive to keep the society misinformed and ignorant of the great contributions given to our civilization by our great sages and peers. The dream of our freedom fighters who gave their life for the nation, of developing a society that was self-sufficient and highly educated, still remains a dream. Education alone

does not progress a nation, but it forms an important part in the development process in creating a strong nation. We have repeatedly failed in instilling any national pride through our educational system and this reflects in the younger generation attitude of despair in anything and everything related to their future in our Nation. This must change. It is welcome change to see the diplomatic change that is happening on Indias relationship to its neighboring countries. Realizing the importance of developing a South Asian unity of economically and military strong nations, in maintaining world peace, the government has taken the right steps in boosting our military and defense mechanisms. The commissioning of INS Vikramaditya, the purchase of French Rahael military jets, the approval to build roads in all our border towns are a major boost to the service men who stand watch of Nation. This also automatically creates a feeling of internal security among the citizens, who have been victims to act of international and domestic terrorism.

The government has brought forward a very progressive budget that will lay the foundations of our economic revival coupled with a nationalistic approach in developing our nation. The railway budget is an eye opener to the futuristic policies this government is to take in the future. The budget paves way for a pan India development rather than personal interests. It gives importance to developing and building the existing infrastructure to match international standards rather than make hollow promises. The budget fpr the current financial year is one with adequate reforms to bring in investment and allocation for infrastructure development. The government has taken care to maximize the effort of developing the eastern states that have been left wanting all these years. Special emphasis has been laid with a nationalistic approach to uplift the weaker sections of the society. The budget promises to set in motion an attempt to better develop the nation with the existing facilities to ensure that a spirit of confidence is created in the nation before embarking on radical changes that will boost the economy.

Over thousands of years ago when King Purushothaman ( Porus ) withstood the attacks of the Greeks, Indians have been struggling to save our nation from the sea of attacks that have come in the form of Arabs, Persans, Portugese,French, British and so on. We have withstood all this with a nationalist pride and feeling of oneness across the Nation. Sixty Nine years after Independence, we stand proud in the memories of our martyrs who gave their life for the well-being and security of our Nation. At the same time, we, as Ambassadors of our Nation who will take this country forward must evolve our self from the various hindrances like caste differences, language superiority, race, religious fanatic, regionalism, which is increasingly interfering in the day to day life our citizens. Here is the importance of an alternate political thought of Integral Humanism, that emphasis on the need of the nationalist citizens to think and work together for the Nation taking to advantage the common factors that unite the Nation like language, cultural heritage and symbols of our National identity,

We need to grow from being the largest democracy in the world to the strongest nation in the world. Only from a strong platform can we ensure world peace and the coexistence of various civilizations and cultures. We must be able to show the world the most perfect model of integral development that will help achieve this universal thought...


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1. Who made the famous speech Tryst with Destiny on the eve of Indias Independence toward the

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2. Which National Park in Tamil Nadu is also known as Topslip?

3. Who is the first Indian Cricketer to take hat-trick in International Test Cricket?

4. Mark Twains novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn gives a colorful description of people

and places along which river?

5. Name Indias first Arctic research station?

6. Which famous freedom fighter made Ganapati Festival as a large, public event in 1893 which is

very popular in Maharashtra?

7. Which Malayalam writers pseudo name is Nandanar?

8. Name the mantra Sage Agatsya given to Rama to infuse confidence in Rama during his fight with Ravana?

9. Which country hosted and won the first FIFA world cup football in 1930?

10. When the office of both the President and the Vice President of India are vacant, who will discharge their duties?


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In our country, Bharat, every bit of land is having great history. Great people have borned and did great things in every part of our country. The great warriors fight with our national enemies (mlecha) for the protection of our country and culture. Sanyasis, for them it is life-time mission, were preaching and guiding the people and kings in the dharmic way. Every sand became holy by the touch of their feet. God Himself came in the form of Avatar to protect the good people by destroying evils and re-establish the Dharma . All these happened in every part of our country.

One such place is called Sinhagad.

Sinhagad is a fort on the Sahyadri mountain, about 25 km south of Pune in Maharashtra. Sahyadri mountains are of a peculiar formation. They are long mountains having both sides are vertical without slope. It is very difficult to climb up the mountain, but if reached, we can see a vast flat area like a city on the top. Sahyadri mountains are in ranges one after another, so that it is very very difficult to cross from one side to another.

The bus left us at the feet of Sahyadri mountains. Then by hired jeep or own vehicle only we could climb up to reach the main gate of the Sinhagad fort. On the way, both sides the tall mountain of Sahyadri was welcoming us with his majestic sound of wind.

I opened my eyes wide ! .... My ears were sharp !...

In the midst of the wind I could hear the sound of running horse feet.....

Har..har...Mahadev ! ..the hitting metallic sound of swords....

Ha..ah... who is that on the white horse? ... In his hand is a glittering sword !.. .. on the head is the conical turban !!...that small and sharp beard !!.....

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1. Who made the famous speech Tryst with Destiny on the eve of Indias Independence toward the

midnight on 14th August 1947?

2. Which National Park in Tamil Nadu is also known as Topslip?

3. Who is the first Indian Cricketer to take hat-trick in International Test Cricket?

4. Mark Twains novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn gives a colorful description of people

and places along which river?

5. Name Indias first Arctic research station?

6. Which famous freedom fighter made Ganapati Festival as a large, public event in 1893 which is

very popular in Maharashtra?

7. Which Malayalam writers pseudo name is Nandanar?

8. Name the mantra Sage Agatsya given to Rama to infuse confidence in Rama during his fight with Ravana?

9. Which country hosted and won the first FIFA world cup football in 1930?

10. When the office of both the President and the Vice President of India are vacant, who will discharge their duties?


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Yes...yes...He is the Chatrapati !.... yes...Chatrapati Shivaji !!

Shivaji 's sword is moving at tremendous speed making the enemy's heads rolling down on the slopes !!...

Now everything is over. His horse is walking on to the fort...

My jeep stopped.

We reached the Pune darwaza-1, the first gate of the fort. A big parking area was there. From the first gate steps are lead to the top. There was also another gate called Kalyan darwaza to approach from other side of the mount. Kalyan darwaza was the main gate during the period of Shivaji.

There were some repairing works going on in the midway. We saw donkeys were struggling to carry the heavy stones to the work spot. After the Pune darwaza-2, right side a small building like a rest-house was seen. Then we came to know that building was the ammunition storage during Shivaji period and it was the only building of historical fort in tact till now. All other buildings were demolished during the British rule.

The fort wall was very strong and well designed as nobody could approach the fort wall form outside. The fort itself was of strategically important that from this fort one can view other four forts. We walked along the fort wall. In many places big stones were about to fall from the wall. Fort maintenance was poor.

What is that on the corner? Temple? Oh...this is the smarak mandir of Tanaji..! Tanaji Malusare..! A childhood friend and great subedar of Chatrapati.... His bravery and valor is incomparable!

One day, Mata Jijabai told Shivaji to capture the prestigious Kondana fort. On the fort is a temple of Kondaneshwar, so the fort was called Kondana fort. The brave subedar Tanaji was given the task.

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Tanaji was preparing for his son's wedding. Once he heard the message, without second thought he immediately left for capturing the Kondana fort.

Disguising the local tribe, he secretly studied the fort for the weak point to enter. He found the security is vigilant on the fort, but one place was unguarded as that cliff is very steep assuming that nobody from outside can climb up in that area.

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Tanaji was having a pet lizard named yashwanti..! This monitor lizard was 1.8 metre in length and obedient to its master. Tanaji used this yashwanti to scale the steep cliff. Using the the power of gripping with its strong claws, Tanaji tied a rope and climbed up with 342 Maratha soldiers.

At the same time his brother Suryaji was attacking the Moghul warriors at the Kalyan darwaza. Udayabanu, a Rajput and the Moghul army chief tried to stop Tanaji. There was a fierce fight took place between Tanaji and Udaybhanu.

Udaybhanu managed to rid Tanaji of his shield, but Tanaji fought on by tying a cloth over his left hand and using it to ward off Udayabhanu's sword attacks. When blocking the sword attack, his left hand was cut and fell down. Still he was fiercely fighting with one hand. Finally both gave a fatal blow to each other. Udayabanu was killed and Tanaji also fell down. Suryaji organized the soldiers and continue fighting till the fort was captured in the morning.

This was in line with the ideology of Shivaji, wherein the Marathas were not fighting for a king or a master, but for the freedom of their motherland. A loss of the leader should not deter the morale of the force but instead a new leader should take his place without any delay.

Shivaji when heard the demise of Tanaji , he became sad and told," Gad aala pan sinha gela" - "We gained the fort, but lost the lion".

The name Sinhagad, though, pre-dates this event, and can be seen in written evidences, this fort in memory of the successful attack and balidaan of Tanaji. It remains to this day a grand symbol of a great Maratha victory.

We did pranam to the gambeer pratima of Tanaji at the smruti mandir built on the spot where he sacrificed himself for the motherland. Also there was a small memorial mandir where his left hand was cut and fell down. There our eyes became wet and body shivered. Because of the sacrifice of grat people like Tanaji, now we are living without fear!


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We walked on pathways inside the fort. Walking on the stone pathway was awe inspiring as I was walking on the pathway that once Chatrapati Shivaji walked on!

A big tiled house.... Tilak bungalow...This house was purchased by Lokamanya Balagangadhar Tilak. He used to stay here. Netaji, Gandhiji and many other freedom fighters have visited this house. Tilakji wrote the famous book Gita Rahasyam when he was arrested and kept in this bungalow. Another famous research book The Arctic Home in the Vedas was also written by him here.

Chatrapati Shivaji's second son Chatrapati Rajaram died in this fort in 1700. His tomb is also built here.

When we were coming down I saw a book shop. I found booklets of many other forts, but Sinhagad! I buy several books on other forts. I know each and every fort in Sahyadri mountain will tell inspiring stories!

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Dr. Mookerjee's mother Jogmaya Debi exclaimed, on hearing of her son's death.

"Proudly do I feel that the loss of my son is a loss to Mother India !"

Born on 6th July 1901 in a famous family. His father Sir Asutosh was widely known in Bengal. Graduated from Calcutta University he became a fellow of the Senate in 1923. He enrolled as an advocate in Calcutta High Court in 1924 after his father's death. Subsequently he left for England in 1926 to study in Lincoln's Inn and became a barrister in 1927. At the age of 33, he became the world's youngest Vice-Chancellor of the Calcutta University and held the office till 1938. During his tenure, he introduced a number of constructive reforms and was active in Asiatic Society of Calcutta as well as was a member of the Court and the Council of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and Chairman of the Inter-University of Board.

He was elected as member of the Legislative Council of Bengal as a Congress candidate representing Calcutta University but resigned next year when Congress decided to boycott the legislature. Subsequently, he contested the election as an independent and got elected.

He became the opposition leader when Krishak Praja Party - Muslim League coalition was in power 1937-41 and joined the Progressive Coalition Ministry headed by Fazlul Haq as a Finance Minister and within less than an year resigned. He emerged as a spokesman for Hindus and shortly joined Hindu Mahasabha and in 1944, he became the President.

After the assassination of Gandhiji, he wanted the Hindu Mahasabha not to be restricted to Hindus alone or work as apolitical body for the service of masses and broke away from it on this issue on November 23, 1948.

Pandit Nehru inducted him in the Interim Central Government as a Minister for Industry and supply. On issue of Delhi pact with Likayat Ali Khan,

Mookerjee resigned from the Cabinet on 6th April 1950. After consultation with Shri Golwalkar Guruji of RSS Shri Mookerjee founded Bharatiya Jana Sangh on 21st Oct. 1951 at Delhi and he became the first President of it. In 1952 elections, Bharatiya Jana Sangh won 3 seats in Parliament one of them being that of Shri Mookerjee. He had formed National Democratic Party within the Parliament which consisted 32 members of MPs and 10 of Members of Rajya Sabha which however was not recognised by the speaker as an opposition party.

To voice his opposition he turned outside Parliament and on Kashmir he termed the arrangement under Article 370 as Balkanisation of India and three nation theory of Shaikh Abdullah. Bharatiya Jana Sangh along with Hindu Mahasabha and Ram Rajya Parishad launched a massive Satyagraha to get removed the pernicious provisions. Mookerjee went to visit Kashmir in 1953 and was arrested on 11th May while crossing border. He died as detenu on June 23, 1953.

A veteran politician, he was respected by his friends and foes alike for his knowledge and forthrightness. He outshined all other Ministers in the cabinet except perhaps Pandit Nehru by his erudition and culture. India lost a great son at a very early stage of Independence.

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History is written by the victors. Our Nation celebrates this great day, 15th of August, with so much fanfare: with customary falg hoisting and speeches across the nation. We speak volumes about our Independence fighters, distribute sweets and at the end of it we fold our flags and wait for another year.

What we need to think about is have we gained as much as the great struggle our Nation has seen and has the lives we gave up for this struggle gone in vain? As the country moved forward in development and size, have we actually proved ourselves worth of this Independence from British rule? Perhaps very little statistics is to blame for the patriotic spirit of our people, who have always held high the very names that have over crowded our academic literature. We seem to know a lot about our lead players, a few politicians, and a few leading intellectuals who seem to be threatening the intelligentsia from the thought process of our nation.

A few months back a prominent politician was accused of not standing in attention during the National anthem. But how many of our generation know the meaning our National anthem and who it came to be adopted. The reason so much inaction, corruption and anti national activities take place in our nation is because the spirit of the nation has not been instilled in our citizens. With such activities not taking place in educational institution, schools and where a large percentage of the population is illiterate, we cannot expect people to be proud of their Nation and its heritage. Most of our citizens celebrate Independence Day and Republic Day by simply hoisting the National flag and hear a speech and spend the rest of the day as a holiday.

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which reassure them their government is true to the promises given at the time of Independence of Nation that will stand tall in the world. Actions that will ensure basic needs and necessities are fulfilled. They do not want to hear of what great leaders did in yester years, but what elected leaders will do today. And this feeling has come about due to the irresponsible way our elected leaders have performed in the last many years after Independence. Rampant corruption, under development of rural areas and villages, inflation and a poor economy still suffering to match international standards in many aspects. These ways of running a government have led the entire Nation to depend on freebies and subsidies for everything in their life. The true value of the economy is not projected as everything is subsidized. Due to fear of losing power, political establishments have been feeding the population dreams with these subsidies creating huge deficits in our budgets.

Our Nation then and now, never lacked committed leaders. Unfortunately, the failed aspirations of the poor people have led them to splinter violent groups like the Maoists and Naxals in their quest to have a nation free from corruption, aristocracy, dynasties and double-standards. To simply condemn these groups and their ideology is akin to covering up our

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inactions and low capabilities in leading the Nation forward.

The only ray of hope is the youth of the Nation. They are politically and socially active. But turning them in the right direction must be the top agenda of our society if we are to survive as a Nation and move forward competing in this world. They must perform not for their own benefit alone but with a sense of pride that their contribution is towards the betterment of the Nation and the world as a whole. Aspirations for a politically correct, economically successful, socially vibrant Nation must not end up being a dream. A hope for achieving this in our lifetime alone will keep the Nation moving forward. Or else there will only be desperation which can ruin the foundations of our country.

Whilst our history books speaks volumes of a few notable freedom fighters like Nehru and Gandhi (and the dynasty that has followed), we have forgotten the names of many of our fighters who laid down their lives for our Nation much before the British even ruled us.

Names like Shivaji, Rani Laxmi Bai, and Rana Pratap have become small paragraphs in many of our text books today. Twenty years before Gandhiji even came into the Independence stuggle Pandit Shyamji Krishnavarma initiated the movement for Independence in London. He was the first to advocate Non-Cooperation. A strong advocate of non-violence, he never ruled out the use of force to free his motherland. An exponent in the Vedas and a radical reformer, he took his Guru Dayanand Saraswatis message across the nation. He strongly supported Lokmanya Tilak in his struggle against the British government. He succeeded in his vision and he produced the greatest revolutionaries such as Madam Bhikhaiji Cama, Sardarsinh Rana, Krantivir Vinayak Savarkar, Virendra Chattopadhyay, and Hardayalji etc.

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Mahatma Gandhi, the name that stands out is of Subhas Chandra Bose or Netaji. Netaji is really one of the most influential and charismatic personalities of India. Netaji sacrificed everything for the sake of our beloved India. Finally, he even gave his life for the sake of the Nation. Mahatma Gandhi and Netaji both had highest regards for each other although their path was diametrically opposite. Ultimately, we did achieve Independence through non-violence led by Mahatma Gandhi. But this does not mean that we should ignore the sacrifices made by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, his Indian National Army during World War II and many other Freedom Fighters.

Many great names like Veer Savarkar, Dr. Hedgewar, Bharatiyar have been conveniently taken out of our academic test books and have always highlighted the names of Gandhiji and Nehru alone. Great warriors like Durgavati, Ahalya Bai Holkar, Rudramaambaa have no mention at all. We also cannot forget the contributions of great leaders like Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Gopa Bhandhu Das, Madan Mohan Malviya, Subrahmaniya Bharati, Thakkar Bappa, Birsa Munda, Pazhshi Raja, ,Vasudev balbanth fadkke, Veuthambi dallava,Madan Lal Dimgra,Udham Singah,Thamthiyathoppya, Azad and ever reformers like Narayana Guru These are a few of the names that have shaped the future of our nation. Their lives are a message by itself for us on how we must lead this country forward and become the leaders of the World tomorrow.

They have truly done their part in achieving our independence through non-violence and dialogues. But in the process the lives of so many people have been sacrificed. Our Nation itself had to face the consequence of partition. And today we face a greater danger of a society and Nation being brought up without acknowledging these true leaders and their struggle. We must do much more to make our generation and the younger minds the ideals of their sacrifice for the nation and what we have gained, and yet to gain, from it.


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Dr.Jagadish Bhagavati, who is a world renowned economist was invited to deliver a speech in parliament in the presence of Prime Minister, Opposition leader etc. The subject was Growth and poverty. His speech as well as reactions to his speech has been brought out in the form of a book with the same title. He found it hard to explain that Growth and poverty exist in our country simultaneously. This is a paradoxical situation. We face an unbalanced growth taking place in the country.

Labour sector is moving through an explosive situation both in organised and unorganised sectors. Both the sectors are grossly neglected. The total size of labour sector now comes to about 47 crores which is nearly 40% of the total population. Organized sector is now faced with mainly loss of employment and increase of contract labour; whereas the unorganized sector is without proper wages, service conditions and social security protections. Workers in villages work in very bad working conditions with inadequate wages. Many of them live like cattle.

Almost all the systems have failed to liberate them socially and economically. All systems like Government Departments, Political parties, Social organisations, Judiciary, Media etc. including Trade Unions have failed to improve their conditions. So divisive tendencies like Naxalism, terrorism etc. are taking roots among them. There is so called red corridor starting from Nepal border up to Andhra Pradesh, which is also the countrys poverty belt. People in the villages want socio-economic liberation. Trade unions are the group most proximate with the working poor in this country. Hence trade unions can act as a catalyst to bring radical changes in the development trajectory. The miserable conditions in many parts of our country tell us to go for radical change. Especially in the

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unorganized sector it is a battle for total change.

Now what is the driving force of social progression? Why we need an agenda for change? Karl Marx believed in a process of constant class struggle based on dialecticism that will bring change. Capitalism also believes in struggle for existence and competition. But we believe in co operation and co existence of all. So we reject violent revolution, and opt for navothan. i.e. not kranti but samkranti. We do not believe in class interests and class conflicts, but we stress on human brotherhood.

We often speak about param vaibhav of our Nation. When are we going to achieve it? Known leftist economist Prabhat Patnaik in his latest book Re-envisioning Socialism (2011) wrote, the socialism that we envisage will take at least 300 years to come. Frontline magazine commented, who want the socialism that will come after 300 years! So we have to be practical visionaries. Shri Doctor Hedgevar had said- What we wish is not to see society celebrating silver jubilee, golden jubilee etc. We wiish to see at the earliest, Society fulfilling its aim and society merging with The Nation. Vision is not dream, but an advance realisation. Shri Eknathji was entrusted with the work of constructing the great Vivekananda memorial at Kanyakumari. He went to the Kanyakumari sea shore with a co-worker from Calcutta, sat there and looking at the rock asked- What do you see there? Nothing was the reply from the co worker. Eknathji said, But I see in front of my eyes a big memorial on that rock! He had a vision and was sleepless till it was achieved. Determination makes impossible things possible. Even to bring about a small change, everyone has to become a nav Bhagiratha.

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movement in Bihar and made a call for Total Revolution. Late Shri Nanaji Deshmukh brought JP and his concept of total revolution to our movement. Thus our movement became a part of it. But all his dream of total revolution ended with the failure of the political experiment of Janata Government. Total revolution and sarvepi sukhina santu are similar in content. Let us bring a non-violent revolution in the village India. Our Antyodaya concept also says that fast changes should reach the last man in the country. Let us not be satisfied with anything short of total change; nothing short of total transformation is acceptable for the rural poor. Governments slow pace of progression is of no use to the Nation. An example is the recent Child labour elimination programme. Government planned elimination process in 250 districts, that also at the District centres. So how many decades it will take for total elimination of child labour: one century? So, social progression has to be revolutionised. Governance for the people is to be reinstated. This is important for trade unions, as 40% of the population is labourers.

Change has to be from work without quality to quality work or decent work as proposed by ILO. UN has come with a proposal to eradicate world poverty through its 2nd phase of MDG (Millennium Development Goal) starting from 2015 involving trade unions also. Organised sector and unorganised sector have different issues and the issues are very large. So trade unions may have to adopt new styles and methods while going to the vast area of Unorganised Sector. Minor programmes here and there will not be able to bring any change. Trade unions are well aware that the long used conventional trade union methodology will not suit to meet the emerging challenges in the world of work.

India lives in villages. BMS which is working closely with the lowest strata of the society, has taken up the challenge of transforming the situation. In the last National conference of BMS held at Jalgaon, Maharashtra, it had given a new direction to the trade union movement by raising two slogans: Organise the unorganised and March to Villages. This is giving thrust to the liberation of vulnerables in the

country. We also brought a younger leadership to the trade union movement.

Today the workers in the country have recognised BMS as a powerful instrument of change. BMS is the largest trade union in the country, and second largest in the world (next to Chinese trade union ACFTU). Trade unions have changed a lot in their attitude because of BMS leadership in the joint trade union movement. Bread and butter trade unionism has been changed to a movement of National development. Developmental issues are at the centre of trade union movement now. So trade unions in the country had to come together under the leadership of BMS and conduct National strike with the slogan Save workers, save the Nation. Out of 10 demands raised in the Joint Strike, five are general which relates to people in general and only 5 are directly related to workers. This is the new Trade Union activism which BMS has initiated in the country.

For bringing about Total Change, a large army of dedicated and efficient workers are required. Organization can survive test of time only when there is such an army of workers. That is the process of reaching the unreached. There is a book called Rise and fall of Communism written by Archie Brown. It tells the story of communism which has inspired the youths in its initial days. But Communism failed in passage of time due to various reasons, including the failure of its leaders. This applies to every organisation, unless its leadership is vigilant about it. Leadership should be persons of principles. The Nation still want a leadership which uphold values, to bring changes in the country. That is what we saw in the unprecedented and sudden expectation shown by the people towards the agitation of Shri Anna Hazare. Most of his supporters were youths. People want value based change. This is an indication to movements like ours, who believe in values. Only our movement can supply to the nation a dedicated leadership based on values.

Our pace of social progression has to be accelerated, because starving people cannot wait. March forward fast, till the goal is reached. This is the Bharat Mata pooja that we can do.

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Self-regulated learning combines cognitive skill and motivational will, so that students can select challenging tasks, apply effective learning strategies, measure their success against personal standards. Self regulated learning builds confidence in children and enables them to acquire effective problem solving skills that extend beyond the classrooms. Self learning promotes self confidence, creates initiative, promotes perseverance and eventual self satisfaction. The more opportunity people get at decision making, at reading their own minds, their feelings, wants and needs when they are young, the more likely they grow into mature, sensible, healthy, productive and compassionate adults.

In his book How Children Fail John Holt writes, School is a place where children learn to feel stupid. How demeaning it would be for a child if he/she will be exposed as not being intelligent or smart anytime he/she is unable to answer a question?? Such wounds are life sentences for the child. He may try to bury it under his post school success, but many times the struggle to prove oneself drains his energy.

Schools face severe restrictions imposed on them in terms of pre defined syllabus, fixed schedules, Board restrictions etc. In the midst of all these hurdles it is possible for school teachers to create personal space for children. Lets not forget, self learning is inert instinct and inborn skill of a child. Unfortunately it is snatched or checked when he starts schooling. The topics introduced at school can also be explored in greater depth and in a more meaningful way through a self learning approach.

A student becomes an independent thinker,

learns good work ethics, and gets trained to delve the source for information which reduces the possibility of erroneous material. Self learning is unlimited, but not unstructured. This does not mean children go berserk. Recording and documenting is recommended so that the student can look back the path of steady progress. Students retain more naturally when they do the work versus parents or teachers, spoon feeding the information to them. Children are good observers, they learn from actively investigating the world around them.

Children like open ended questions. The children will never enjoy schooling unless they are allowed their space. The challenge is more in the system, than in the teachers/administration. The education system is not supporting individual learning. The love for learning increases only if the learning is fun, engaging, encourage creativity, gives more space for self exploration. Kirsten Olsons book Wounded by School portrays the realities of modern schooling more vividly. In this book she mentions the Rights of Learners. Every learner has the right to multiple patterns to understand a concept, an idea, a set of

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facts or a series of constructs. Every learner is entitled to some privacy in his/her imagination and thoughts.

Then what does the school do? How can we give the child his rights within the system? Is it possible for schools to follow Board syllabus and evaluation system, but still find time to expose children to self learning? Very challenging, but not impossible. The curriculum lends itself better to self learning. Children can be self taught using any curriculum available. Curriculum can be adapted to the school culture and climate. Self taught children are self motivated because they have self realization and gain confidence and are motivated by the sense of a job well done.

Believe me, your children will be smarter than anyone if they are self learnt children. Think of something in your educational background that never made sense to you, you never performed

well academically, but still teachers pushed you to next level simply because your time was up and time to move on. What a stupid idea! I wonder who decided that 35% of the understanding of the material is enough to fix the passing grade when 65% is not learnt and understood!!!

Mastery over concepts is achieved only when children are encouraged to use self learning techniques. If self learning is encouraged in schools and also at home, we can change the face of education in India. More than anything else, it changes the life of students from boring classes to interactive classes, passive listening to active learning , from accepting everything blindly as they are taught to self experiencing and experimenting, from short term learning to lifelong learning. Self learning leads to Self Mastery. Let your children take a self propelled flight.

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What is the meaning of Independence?

Independence means not depending on anybody or anything - that means self- manageable.

India was never depending on any other country. At the same time many countries were depending on India. After the world war, Britain became almost bankrupt and so much in need of money . We were under their nefarious clutches. So, Britain was depending on India for their citizens daily bread !

On August 15th

At the same time Britain became Independent..! No more depending on India!!

So, August 15thIndian Freedom day and British Independence Day..!Right?Aug-15th is Indian Swatantra dinam.

What is the meaning of Swatantram?

Swa + tantram. Swa means our own. (Antonym is para, that means others) tantram means technique or method or way.

Before Aug-15, India was under the clutches of British, so their method was imposed on us. It was taught that our mother language was inferior to English, our culture and tradition were inferior to British, our dressing was uncultured and British way of dressing was superior, and like that., we got rid of the clutches and got Freedom. is is Indian Swatantra dinam.

After 15-Aug, 1947, British left and our own

leaders started ruling our country.

But, did the way of ruling and way of thinking change? There is no change.

During British period, Macaulay introduced in our schools a fabricated and distorted history of our country . Still our children are reading the same in the schools. Is this our own way ?

Sarve Bhavantu Sukhina: This is our way of thinking, This way is swa-tantram.

But in practice, public wealth is looted and kept in Swiss banks. This is not swa-tantram. This is para-tantram. This is British way.

So, are we really marching in swatantram? This is a thought provoking question that everyone should think on this.

In Tamilnadu, it is called as Sutantram . Though in practice, the word swa was pronounced as su by Tamil people, su also has another meaning - good. So sutantram means good way, good method or good technique. This is the time we have to think the way of our national life is in su-tantram or dus-tantramAs a conclusion,

1) India was always independent from times unknown.

2) India repelled the short-period-British clutches and got Freedom on Aug-15, 1947.

3) The way and method we are following for the past 65 years is not swatantram or sutantram. ( It is paratantram or dustantram )

4) All that we need is the rethink and start marching in line our own way which time tested and will lead to world peace.

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Udham Singh, a revolutionary nationalist, was born Sher Singh on 26 December 1899, at Sunam, in the then princely state of Patiala. His father, Tahal Singh, was at that time working as a watch-man on a railway crossing in the neighbouring village of Upall. Sher Singh lost his parents before he was seven years and was admitted along with his brother Mukta Singh to the Central Khalsa Or-phanage at Amritsar on 24 October 1907. As both brothers were administered the Sikh initiatory rites at the Orphanage, they received new names, Sher Singh becoming Udham Singh and Mukta Singh Sadhu Singh. In 1917, Udham Singh's brother also died, leaving him alone in the world.

Udham Singh left the Orphanage after passing the matriculation examination in 1918. He was pres-ent in the Jallianvala Bag on the fateful Baisakhi day, 13 April 1919, when a peaceful assembly of people was fired upon by General Reginald Edward Harry Dyer, killing over one thousand people. The event which Udham Singh used to re-call with anger and sorrow, turned him to the path of revolution. Soon after, he left India and went to the United States of America. He felt thrilled to learn about the militant activities of the Babar Akalis in the early 1920's, and returned home. He had secretly brought with him some revolvers and was arrested by the police in Amritsar, and sen-tenced to four years imprisonment under the Arms Act. On release in 1931, he returned to his native Sunam, but harassed by the local police, he once again returned to Amritsar and opened a shop as a signboard painter, assuming the name of Ram Muhammad Singh Azad. This name, which he was to use later in England, was adopted to emphasize the unity of all the religious communities in India in their struggle for political freedom.

Udham Singh was deeply influenced by the activi-ties of Bhagat Singh and his revolutionary group. In 1935, when he was on a visit to Kashmlr, he was found carrying Bhagat Singh's portrait. He invariably referred to him as his guru. He loved to sing political songs, and was very fond of Ram Prasad Bismal, who was the leading poet of the

revolutionaries. After staying for some months in Kashmlr, Udham Singh left India. He wandered about the continent for some time, and reached England by the mid-thirties. He was on the look-out for an opportunity to avenge the Jalliavala Bagh tragedy. The long-waited moment at last came on 13 March 1940. On that day, at 4.30 p.m. in the Caxton Hall, London, where a meeting of the East India Association was being held in conjunction with the Royal Central Asian Soci-ety, Udham Singh fired five to six shots from his pistol at Sir Michael O'Dwyer, who was governor of the Punjab when the Amritsar massacre had taken place. O'Dwyer was hit twice and fell to the ground dead and Lord Zetland, the Secretary of State for India, who was presiding over the meet-ing was injured. Udham Singh was overpowered with a smoking revolver. He in fact made no at-tempt to escape and continued saying that he had done his duty by his country.On 1 April 1940, Udham Singh was formally charged with the murder of Sir Michael O'Dwyer. On 4 June 1940, he was committed to trial, at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, before Justice Atkinson, who sentenced him to death. An appeal was filed on his behalf which was dismissed on 15 July 1940. On 31 July 1940, Udham Singh was hanged in Pentonville Prison in London.Udham Singh was essentially a man of action and save his statement before the judge at his trial, there was no writing from his pen available to historians. Recently, letters written by him to Shiv Singh Jauhal during his days in prison after the shooting of Sir Michael O'Dwyer have been discovered and published. These letters show him as a man of great courage, with a sense of humour. He called himself a guest of His Majesty King George, and he looked upon death as a bride he was going to wed. By remaining cheerful to the last and going joyfully to the gallows, he fol-lowed the example of Bhagat Singh who had been his beau ideal. During the trial, Udham Singh had made a request that his ashes be sent back to his country, but this was not allowed. In 1975, howev-er, the Government of India, at the instance of the Punjab Government, finally succeeded in bringing his ashes home. Lakhs of people gathered on the occasion to pay homage to his memory.

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