(Abstract
from a broadcast by Sarojini Naidu on August 15, 1947)
“The battle of freedom is over. The struggle for peace begins. And my country, my India, that had never excluded friend of foe from her hospitality, my India that has taken knowledge form all over the world, that has offered knowledge and wisdom to the world, once more will she stand in the forefront of the world civilization, once more will she bring the message of peace, once more will she carry her lamp into the darkness of strife and struggle and hatred; and the nations of the world who are free and the nations of the world who are not free, we pledge you our comradeship, our fellowship, our understanding, our love. Let us move together towards the great world fellowship of which we dream. Let us work together for the peace that will never be ended. Let us work for justice, for equity, for human rights but not privileges, for human duties but not prerogatives, let us all be fellow-citizens of a great, free world of which our ancestors dreamed and for which we have striven.”
Source: Sarojini Naidu Papers, MSS, NMML
“The battle of freedom is over. The struggle for peace begins. And my country, my India, that had never excluded friend of foe from her hospitality, my India that has taken knowledge form all over the world, that has offered knowledge and wisdom to the world, once more will she stand in the forefront of the world civilization, once more will she bring the message of peace, once more will she carry her lamp into the darkness of strife and struggle and hatred; and the nations of the world who are free and the nations of the world who are not free, we pledge you our comradeship, our fellowship, our understanding, our love. Let us move together towards the great world fellowship of which we dream. Let us work together for the peace that will never be ended. Let us work for justice, for equity, for human rights but not privileges, for human duties but not prerogatives, let us all be fellow-citizens of a great, free world of which our ancestors dreamed and for which we have striven.”
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