![]() ![]() Read the full speech here.įreedom is my birthright. So long as it is awake within me, i am not old. The ‘Tryst with Destiny’ speech was delivered by Nehru on the eve of India’s Independence, towards midnight on 14 August 1947 , and it spoke about the hundred-year struggle against the British Empire in India. ![]() Nehru had always been one of those leaders who influenced masses with his speeches. You can hear the entire speech in two parts below: But each must assimilate the spirit of the others and yet preserve his individuality and grow according to his own law of growth. The Christian is not to become a Hindu or a Buddhist, nor a Hindu or a Buddhist to become a Christian. It becomes a plant, it develops after the law of its own growth, assimilates the air, the earth, and the water, converts them into plant substance, and grows into a plant. Similar is the case with religion. Does the seed become the earth, or the air, or the water? No. The seed is put in the ground, and earth and air and water are placed around it. Do I wish that the Hindu or Buddhist would become Christian? God forbid. Vivekananda’s speech at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago, in which he introduced Hinduism to North America, became historical.ĭo I wish that the Christian would become Hindu? God forbid. Address at the World Parliament of Religions – Swami Vivekananda ![]()
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