[Goanet] independent india-THEN AND NOW

2010-08-15 Thread John Gomes
There is a vast difference between material and spiritual progress. I see today on TV an adivasi family whose son is forced to steal food grains because his old parents and family who are illiterate just cannot get jobs and are starving!.They never heard of right to 100 days labour and the old m

[Goanet] INDEPENDENT INDIA: THEN AND NOW

2010-08-14 Thread Michael fernandes
INDIA: THEN AND NOW.It’s 00.00.00.Indian Standard Time. Its midnight . All is calm. A second has just elapsed. Now it is 00.00.01. It’s the start of a new day. Its 15th of August 1947. It’s the independence day of my country. Of India my motherland. The people savor the first fresh air of freedom.