We are all Indians

We love our country

You may be familiar with this well-know saying, ``united we stand; divided we fall’’. Or, ``unity is strength’’.

We are social beings. We need the help of one another to make the life beautiful and worth0-livung. If we do not share, if we do not help each other, if we do not work together, we cannot achieve anything if life.

India got freedom from the British only because we all stood united under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru used to assert these words, ``unity in diversity’’. India is a land of many languages, many cultures, and much religious worship. Thus we are divided externally. But each one of us belongs to our mother land. India is our mother. We are the children of the same mother living in different areas. Yet we are one.

Observe this little story

*The hunter was so happy for he got eight pigeons at a time. Being tired, he kept the pigeons in the net and slept a while. The pigeons talked each other and planned to escape. They all untidily decided to fly together with the net. Then they worked with one mind and away together.

When the hunter got up he saw the pigeons flying off with net.

This sows we can achieve anything if we are united.

Another well-known story

*A king had three sons. But the sons were not united. They used to quarrel and never helped each other. The old king was unhappy. He understood that the enemies would kill them and take away his kingdom.

King plan

The he thought of a plan. The king called the princes together. He gave them a bundle of sticks tied together with a string.

``Can you break this?’’ he asked. Each one of them tried with his whole strength to break it but could not. The he said to them to un-tie the string and take each stick and try to break. Then they succeeded then the king said to them, ``the bundle was strong because it was tied together. Alone each stick is weak. In the same way as long you fight each other you will always be weak and then you will be attacked by your enemies. Stop being divided and quarrelling but be united and helpful to one another’’. Therefore they never quarreled.

As a team or group you can achieve much. When you do something by yourself, there is no support, or very little help you get. But as a team when you do something, you get better co-operative and help from others. Then you work becomes easier and free from burden.

Be friend always. Be helpful to you friends and do everything with a spirit of love and togetherness.

Family members

Father is family bus driver

You have a good mummy

You have brother and sisters

And you have aunts and uncles

All Family members are passengers

They belong to you

You belong to them

Happy in the family

In a happy family,

We help each other

We love each other

We pray together

We are considerate towards each other

Do not quarrel with your cousin

Do not disobey your parents

Make your family Happy

And your family will be proud of you

Your teacher

Who taught you to read? - Teacher

Who taught you write? – Teacher

What taught you all to pray together? – Teacher

Teacher tells you all about the world

Teacher tells you that good

Any body who teaches you something is your teacher

He may or may not be a teacher in your school

In India, the teacher is called Guru

Your mummy is your first Guru

Some old Gurus

Sant Kabir was a poet and saint

He did not go to school,

But he wrote poems

We call him Guru because we learn so much from his poems

All great persons had Gurus

Shivaji Guru was Ramdas

Swami Dayanand’s Guru was swami Virajanand

Swami Vievekanad’s Guru was Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

All of them loved and respected their Gurus

You must also love and respect your Guru

Respect for elders

You must respect your elders

If you respect others,

They will respect you

You can saw respect in many ways

Stand up,

When an elderly person enters the room

If that person does not have a chair to sit on,

Offer him your seat

When you talk them

Make it a habit to wish whomsoever you meet

They Equal to God

Mummy

Daddy

And Teacher are like God

You cannot see god

But you see them

Sometimes you do not like what mummy tells you to do

You not like what the teacher tells you to do

You get angry

You argue

You shout

But they only tell you what is

Good for you

If you obey them, you will happy

God will help you

Government allowed many felicities and accommodation for senior citizens. Seat reservation and rebate in bus fair, railway fair and in some others.

Human relationship

Good relationship with of all us.

``Courtesy’’ is being polite to and respecting the other men as much as we do to ourselves. The golden ruler for harmonious social relationship is ``Do unto others what we want them to do for us.’’ So it is not good to ill –treat or belittle others. One must always find time to help a fellow-human being and when we must at least avoid being rude to him. In fact, country develops humane emotions and teaches being considerate to others, when we learn blindly.

Senior citizens in Indian society

The senior citizens have a pivotal role to play in the progress of our nation. People beyond sixty years gain much knowledge and are rich in experience. They can actively participate in the administration. Though indirectly they can comment or criticize the government polices and suggested amendatory measures. Though weak in body, they have minds that can ably suggest amendments for government policies and measures. Having suffered the ins and outs of employment, they can readily under stand what are employee-favorable and what are atrocious among the decisions taken by the government and act as check against the mean and unwise decisions of the government. This role can be taken by those senior citizens who are dynamic and secular-minded.

The other kind senor citizens who are placed and spiritually bent can take up the work of making the youth understand our cultural values and help them live up to our tradition. These people can help the youth to improve in pity and compassion for the weak, the disabled and the orphaned and participate in welfare measures for them. Thus they can motivate them to be guardians of the neglected and the disowned and practice the essence of spirituality. So whatever might be the temperament of a senior citizen he can play his part well, provided has the inclination.

India is now a free country. She became free of 15, August, 1947. Gandhi fought bravely like a soldier for India’s freedom for many years. At last he made his country free in 1947. He is, therefore, called ``The father of the nation’’.

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was the first prime minister of India. He was flower of Mahatma Gandhi.

Truth, nonviolence and peace were his swords.

Gandhi loved truth and Ahimsa all his life. He never told lie. At school, he always tried to speak the truth. He always tried to be at school on time. He always tried to do his lessons well.

Gandhi tried to help Harijans all his life. He always fought for their rights. Harijans have now the same rights as others. All people are now equal in the eyes of the government. Gandhi was a great friend of the poor and the down-trodden. He loved them as much as he his won flesh and blood. He always tried to help them the most. He wanted to root out all evils in the country. He wanted to set Ram Rajya in the country. His chief mission was to `Wipe every tear from every eye’.

He was born in Porbandar. He was a very simple man. His dress was short dhoti and upper one khandva. He was lived in Sabaramati Ashram.

Gandhi knew that India was a poor country. He tried to make her a great country in the world. He tried to make her rich and strong. He lived, worked and died for mother India.

`` Gandhi was the greatest and noblest son of mother India. He was one of the world’s greatest men. Yet this noblest son of India was shot dead by one of his own countrymen, Nathuram Godse. Gandhi was going to the prayer meeting when the suddenly fired at him. Gandhi fell down, murmuring the words ~He Ram’, and the next movement he was dead. His death was great loss to the nation. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru said, ``The light has gone out our lives and there is darkness everywhere. The sun of our lives has set for ever’’. Gandhi is not dead; he still lives in the hearts of millions. Let us be worthy of him.