tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135643188634165782.post7701184336440380089..comments2023-11-03T04:18:47.077-07:00Comments on Brick and rope: A tryst with destinyJShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04389094051972795199noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135643188634165782.post-69518791624910589242009-01-22T10:59:00.000-08:002009-01-22T10:59:00.000-08:00Another speech that is quite famous in India, part...Another speech that is quite famous in India, particularly for its first sentence, is Vivekananda's address to the World's Parliament of Religions, Chicago 11th September, 1893. It began with the words, "Sisters and Brothers of America,"<BR/><BR/>You can read the speech here: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Complete_Works_of_Swami_Vivekananda/Volume_1/Addresses_at_The_Parliament_of_Religions/Response_to_WelcomeDominohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08757358462904478980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135643188634165782.post-18073386910373607152009-01-22T10:54:00.000-08:002009-01-22T10:54:00.000-08:00To Ashley: He gave it in English. This, in part,...To Ashley: He gave it in English. <BR/><BR/>This, in part, was probably a political calculation as, like the US, India is a federation, where no one region is supposed to dominate. At the time of independence, the use of Hindi over say Tamil, Punjabi, Marathi, Bengali, etc. could have led to extreme chagrin suggesting that Nehru ws partial to a particular region,<BR/><BR/>Other reasons may have been that it was just as much a message to the rest of the world as to Indians, and besides, Nehru was more comfortable in English.Dominohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08757358462904478980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8135643188634165782.post-9992845667855703472009-01-21T19:17:00.000-08:002009-01-21T19:17:00.000-08:00I had never heard/read this entire speach though I...I had never heard/read this entire speach though I have heard parts of it earlier.<BR/><BR/>Also made me think- did Nehru give his speech in English on the night of independence? As opposed to Hindi.Smoke+Mirrorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16109716846091428406noreply@blogger.com