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Communication Skills-I

Notes the ancient, the eternal and the ever-new, we pay our reverent homage and we bind ourselves
afresh to her service. Jai Hind.”
(Source: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s message to the nation on the eve of India’s Independence Day)

Keywords

Communalism: The strong allegiance to one’s own ethnic group rather than to society as a
whole.

Grandeur: Splendor and impressiveness, esp. of appearance or style.
Incessant: Continuing without pause or interruption
Sovereign: The person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested;
especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor
Slumber: The state of being asleep
Utterance: Spoken word, statement, or vocal sound

Exercises

1. Answer the following questions based on the text.
(a) What did Pt. Nehru say about India’s past?

(b) How did he define India’s future?

(c) As per his views, how should India construct itself?
(d) Who should be we thank for our freedom?
(e) Why did he say that, “we have hard work ahead”?
2. What can you infer from the following?

(a) “A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old
to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, fi nds
utterance.”
(b) “The appointed day has come-the day appointed by destiny-and India stands forth
again, after long slumber and struggle, awake, vital, free and independent.”
3. Find a word in the text that means the same, or comes closest to the meaning of the following
words:
(a) Formal
(b) Conquest

(c) Relentless
(d) Critical
(e) Buy back

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