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Happy Independence Day India

And again, what better words than these from a man who ended up Pakistan’s national poet?

यूनान-ओ-मिस्रर-ओ-रोमा सब मिट गए जहां से

बाकी मगर है अब तक नाम-ओ-निशां हमारा

कुछ बात है जो हस्ती मिटती नहीं हमारी

सदियों रहा है दुश्मन दौर-ए-जहां हमारा

Yunaan-o-Misr-o-Roma, sab mit gaye jahaan se 

Baaki magar hai ab tak naam-o-nishaan hamaara 

Kuchh baat hai jo hasti miTti nahin hamaari 

Sadiyon raha hai dushman daur-e-jahaan hamaara 

Ancient Egypt, Greece and the Roman empire

Came and went, but we shall never retire

We must be made of sterner stuff

Tides’ve flowed against us long enough.

About hbhatnagar

I need to fill this up with much better content than I had populated it with earlier. Why I write a blog maybe? I started blogging in 2009 or thereabouts. I was a newly turned atheist and wanted to converse with others of the same persuasion. We're not exactly a big population group in India! It didn't go very well and I sort of lost interest, posting a few things now and then. I got a lot more regular over the last few months and have been posting almost daily since February '15. There were many reasons why I gradually became more regular in posting, but one way or the other, here I am! So this blog has taken shape, being at different points in time my showcase, my comedy club, my art gallery, my book club, my therapist, my close friend, my innermost self....but always my little corner of the world. You are all welcome to visit and I hope you stay awhile! A few points about me because I don't want to lead anyone on(and trust me this does become an issue more often than I'd care to admit). I'm Indian, the brown-skinned variety; if race, ethnicity or skin colour is an issue, you don't have to get to know me any more than what you see on my blog. I'm 40, so if age is an issue, please be informed accordingly. I was a doctor, an ophthalmic surgeon for 10 years before I quit practice.

Discussion

9 thoughts on “Happy Independence Day India

  1. Beautiful

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    Posted by Nisthur Anadi | 17/08/2016, 8:38 AM
  2. Fantastic……

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    Posted by WordsOfDepth | 16/08/2016, 8:17 AM
  3. Happy Independent Day! Glad you are back. 😄

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    Posted by Amy | 16/08/2016, 1:40 AM
  4. Happy Independence Day! So glad to read your posts!!

    Liked by 1 person

    Posted by lorigreer | 15/08/2016, 8:09 PM

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