The Penguin Book of Modern Indian Speeches: 1877 to the Present
Book of modern Indian speeches Modern Indian speeches
- New Delhi: Penguin Books, 2007.
- xxxvi, 916 p 22 cm.
1. CONCEIVING A NATION Surcnciranatli Bancrjca Sycd Aiiniad Khan Surendranath Bancrjca Mahadcv Govind Ranade Bal Gangadhar Tilak Rammohtin Roy: The Father of Modern India 5 Hindu and Mitssahnan 12 Indian Unity I4 The Evolution of a New India 22 Empires: Old and New 30 2. CRITIQUE OF COLONIALISM 33 Dadabhai Naoroji Dadabhai Naoroji Romesh Chandra Dutt Dinshaw Eduljee Wacha Pherozeshah Merwanji Mehta Pherozeshah Merwanji Mehta Surendranath Banerjea Badruddin Tyabji Gopal Krishna Gokhale Maiden Speech in the House of Commons 35 Poverty of India 38 The Economic Condition of India 43 Congress Resolution on Military Expenditure 55 The Budget Speech, 1895-96 63 The Ilbert Bill Controversy 66 The Vernacular Press Act 75 Presidential Address, 1887 78 Excessive Surpluses ADouble Wrong: The First Budget Speech in the Imperial Legisbitive Council 82 3. THE IDEA OF SOCIAL REFORM 96 Kashinath Trimbak Telang N.C. Chandavarkar Mahadev Govind Ranade Har Bilas Sarda Must Social Reform Precede Political Reform in Indial 98 An Address on Social Reform 112 Refotm or Revivalism? 119 Introducing the Child Marriage Restraint Bill 126 4. NATIONALISM ON THE MARCH 132 Swami Vivekananda Ananda Mohan Bose Bal Gangadhar Tilak Lala Lajpat Rai Bipin Chandra Pal Annie Besant Muhammad All Jinnah 5. THE DREAMERS Prafuila Chandra Ray Jagadish Chandra Bose Bidhan Chandra Ray Meghnad Saha C.V. Raman 6. TOWARDS FRF.EDOM Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Mohammad Ali Chittaranjan Das Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Kazi Nazrul Islam Manabendra Nath Roy S. Satyamurti Bhagat Singh Jawaharlal Nehru Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Jawaharlal Nehru Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Subhas Chandra Bose J.B. Kripalani Assertion of Universality 135 A National Awakening 138 Tenets of the New Party 140 Swadeshi 145 The New Movement 149 The Home Rule Resolution 170 Protest against Internment 172 175 Dawn ofScience in Modern India 176 The Unity of Life 189 The Future of the Medical Profession in India 197 The Present World—One Economic and Cultural Unit 201 The Raman Effect 206 216 The Banaras Hindu University Speech 223 Justice to Islam and Turkey 226 The Resolution on Non-cooperation 232 Address to Congress Workers, Bardoli 234 Statement at Trial Court, 1922 234 Deposition ofa Political Prisoner 236 Leftism in Congress 241 Adjournment Motion re the Seizure of Subrahmanya Bharathi's Songs 250 Statement before the Lahore High Court Bench 258 'Puma Swaraj', Presidential Address, Lahore Session, 1929 262 On the Eve of the Dandi March 267 Karachi Resolution, 1930 270 I Give You a Mantra 271 Message to Gandhi 274 Partition of the Country 277 7. DEMANDS OF REPRESENTATION 281 O. Tanikachala Chettiyar and Others Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar Proportion ofNon-Brahmins in the Public Services 283 The Depressed Classes 292 Vinayak Damodar Savarkar Muhammad Ali Jiiinah 8. THK [MRTH Oh" A NATION Jawaharlal Nehru Sarojini Naidu J.B. Kripalani Maulana Abu! Kalam Azad B. I. Ranadivc Lakshmi N. Menon IWsidcntitil AdAresi, Akhil Bhartuiya Hindu Mithiisahlui, I9A7 300 Presidauitd Address. AH India Muslim Lea^se. Ijdwre Session. March 1990 311 325 Tryst ivith Destiny 327 The Battle for Treedom Is Over 329 The End of Centuries-old Slaveiy 331 To the Muslims in Delhi 333 Opening Report on the Draft Political Thesis 338 Repuhlic Day Broadcast to the People ofGoa 340 9. THE ASSASSINATION OF MAHATMA CJANDHI 343 Vallabhbhai Patel Jawaharlal Nehru Sripad Amrit Dange Swami Ranganathananda Do Not Lose Heart 344 The Light Has Gone Out 346 Mahatma Gandhi's Death 348 The Legacy ofMahatma Gandhi 352 10. THE CONSTITUTION; EMBODIMENT OF THE NATIONAL SPIRIT 357 Vallabhbhai Patel Jawaharlal Nehru J.J.M. Nichols Roy Jawaharlal Nehru Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Vallabhbhai Patel N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar Syama Prasad Mookerjee Jaipal Singh V.I. Muniswamy Pillay Bhimrao Ramji Aanbedkar Rajendra Prasad Speech at the First Meeting ofthe Advisory Coimnittee on Fundamental Rights 364 The Objectives Resolution 365 On the Objectives Resolution 374 Objectives of the Constitution 378 The Flag of Dharma 386 Cultural and Fducational Rights 388 The Official Language 389 On the National Language 393 In Defence of the Adivasi Language 397 The New Constitution 400 On the Draft Constitution 404 Let Posterity Judge 415 11. THE SPIRIT OF FREEDOM: QUEST FOR A JUST AND MORAL SOCIETY 433 N.G. Chandavarkar Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi M. Singaravelu The Children of Light 436 Swaraj 444 Fearlessly Expose the Sham ofCasteism and Oppression 446 Rabindranath Tagorc Mohand;is Karamchand Gandhi Jaipal Singh R.R. Diwakar Renuka Ray Tajamul Hosain Bhimrao Ramji Ambcdkar Hansa Mehta Jaipal Singh N.C. Chatterjee N. Rachiah Jawaharlal Nehru Prithviraj Kapoor Pandurang Vaman Kane Ram Manohar Lohia Indira Gandhi Jayaprakash Narayan Indira Gandhi Baba Amie Crisis in Civilisation 453 The Last Fast 460 Damodar Valley Corporation and Tribal Dispbicenient 463 Caste Should Go 467 Rescue and Rehabilitation of Women 468 Nizamat Should Co 472 The Hindu Code Bill 475 Suggestions for the Hindu Code Bill 481 On the Report of the Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes 485 The Special Marriage Bill 489 The UntouchabiUty (Offences) Bill 495 A Socialistic Pattern of Society 499 Capital Punishment Should Go 504 Time Has Not Come 506 Daily Earnings of an Indian 508 To Martin Luther King 515 Revolution on the Agenda 517 For a Just and Moral International Order 520 My Colleagues in Conscience 528 12. ECONOMY AND DEVELOPMENT 531 G. Subramanian Iyer Purusotcamdas Thakurdas Nalini Ranjan Sarkar Subhas Chandra Bose Prasanta Chandra Mahaianobis Jawaharlal Nehru Jawaharlal Nehru Homi Jehangir Bhabha Indira Gandhi Manmohan Singh Nani Palkhivala Somnath Chatterjee Amartya Sen Industrialization of the Country 534 Presidential Address, FICCI, 1928 547 Indian Economy 552 National Planning 573 Studies Related to Planning for National Development 575 The Second Five Year Plan 582 Temples of the New Age 587 Development of Atomic Etiergy in India 590 Nationalization of Private Commercial Banks 595 General Budget Speech, 1992-93 598 On the General Budget of 1992-93 599 Surrendering Self-reliance 603 Development as Freedom 611 13. THE CHINESE AGGRESSION 622 Jawaharlal Nehru Hari Vishnu Kamath Massive Aggression on Our Frontiers 625 The 1962 War: A Critical Evaluation 629 J.B. Kripalani Bhupcsli Ciiipta P.N. Sapru Motion Regarding the White Paper on htdo-C.hinese ReLitions 631 Communist Support to the War F.jj'ort 639 Defence of India Bill, 1962 643 14. STATE OF FUE NATION—I 647 Vallablibliai Patcl N. Gopalaswamy A)yangar Shcikb Abdiillali Vallabhbb.ai Patcl Syama Prasad Mookcrjce Jawaliarlal Nehru O.V. Alagcsan Jawaharlal Nehru C.N. Annadurai Jayaprakash Narayan Kapur Singh Nath Pal Kanu Sanyal Indira Gandhi 15. EDUCATION Syed Ahmad Khan Pherozeshah Merwanji Mehta Gopal Krishna Gokhale Rabindranath Tagore Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Sripad Amrit Dange Meghnad Saha M.C. Chagla Bhupesh Gupta R.K. Narayan 16. LABOUR Joseph Baptista Lala Lajpat Rai Parvathi Krishnan Sripad Amrit Dange I he Matitle Will Noto hall on Young Shoulders 650 Situation in Ktuhmir 653 The Real Issue 655 Defence of India Rules, 1950 663 On Jammu and Kashmir 665 Resolution on Linguistic Provinces 675 On Linguistic States 687 The Naga Issue 691 Dravida Nadu 693 The Nagaland Peace Mission 695 Punjabi Suba 698 Governors of States 704 Declaration of the Formation of CPl(M-L) 708 Inauguration of New States 715 716 Foundation ofthe Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College 718 Speech at the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Bombay Graduates' Association 720 Free and Compulsory Primary Education 735 The Edtication Mission of Visva-Bharati 738 The Wardha Scheme 743 On the Poona University Bill 747 Reforms in Higher Education 753 Structure of Education 755 On the Jaivaharlal Nehru University Bill 760 Burden on Childhood 764 766 Address at the First All-India Trade Union Congress 767 Presidential Address, AITUC. 1920 769 Industrial Disputes (Amendment and Miscellatieous Provisions) Bill, 1956 773 Second Pay Commission, 1957 781 17. STATE OF THE NATION—II 786 Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Jayaprakash Narayan N.G. Goray Uma Shankar Joshi Indira Gandhi G.G. Swell P.V. Narasimha Rao Sonia Gandhi I Have Come to Serve You 790 Time for Struggle, Not for Studies 791 Opposing the Emergency 795 In Opposition to the Emergency 800 In Defence of Democracy 803 Communal Violence in Gujarat 813 Countering Communal Eorces 815 Folloiu My Oivn Inner Voice 817 18. INDIA AND THE WORLD 819 Jawaharlal Nehru Jawaharlal Nehru Jawaharlal Nehru Chakravarthy Rajagopalachari V.K. Krishna Menon V.K. Krishna Menon Homi Jehangir Bhabha V.K. Krishna Menon M.C. Chagia Brajesh Mishra Indira Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi P.V. Narasimha Rao Aral Bihari Vajpayee India's Foreign Policy 821 Membership ofthe Commonwealth 824 Asia Finds Herself Again 826 On the Korean Sittuition 832 India and the United Nations Agenda 842 On Kashmir 847 Presidential Address, First International Conferenee on the Peacefid Uses ofAtornie Energy 866 On South Afriea 870 India and West Asia 877 Statement on Pokaran, 1974 878 Support to the Palestinian Cause 880 On Disarmament 882 Challenge and Opportunity in the Post-Cold War Era: An Indian Perspective on the Emerging Structure ofInterstate Relations 885 The Nuclear Tests at Pokaran 889 SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY SOURCES AND COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INDEX 893 902 913
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