Happy Independence Day!

As our national flags are lowered at sunset at the border, this quote resounds in my mind. Hope we understand this basic fact and use our energy in productive activities.

~ ääRÐëë

“India was the mother of our race and Sanskrit the mother of Europe’s languages. She was the mother of our philosophy, mother through the Arabs, of much of our mathematics, mother through Buddha, of the ideals embodied in Christianity, mother through village communities of self-government and democracy. Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all.”
~ Will Durant

“India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border!”
~ Hu Shih, former Ambassador of China to USA

“She (India) has left indelible imprints on one fourth of the human race in the course of a long succession of centuries. She has the right to reclaim … her place amongst the great nations summarizing and symbolizing the spirit of humanity. From Persia to the Chinese sea, from the icy regions of Siberia to Islands of Java and Borneo, India has propagated her beliefs, her tales, and her civilization!”

~ Sylvia Levi