India Awake: Unite and Build A New India of The Truly Strong and Free

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India's famous "tryst with destiny" may have happened seven decades ago; but India still needs to achieve her destiny as a great nation, a country that can be a world-leader with a world- message.

In taking on the clarion call of Swami Vivekananda and Sadhu Vaswani, Rev. Dada J. P. Vaswani recalls the words of his Master:

"Independence is not enough; unity is needed; unity is not enough; emancipation of the poor is needed. What we need is a transfiguration of India; the transfiguration of the Indian as an individual and also a transfiguration of the social, economic and cultural life of India."

The complete and successful transfiguration of India is Dada's dream in this slim, but powerful volume, wherein he exhorts the youth of the nation to come forward to build a new India - not as leaders, netas, masters and commanders, but as servants, soldiers and volunteers. Bharat Mata, the Mother, does not need to be just led, governed and administered; for these roles there are several contenders and competitors; the Mother needs children who will be her humble sevaks and sevikas.

Put India First! If this message does not stir your conscience, Mother India will be the loser!

This book that you now hold in your hands, takes me back to the days of my youth, to an era of idealism and hope, patriotism and public spirit, when the political and personal came together in the quest for freedom, for independence from the colonial yoke. They were tough times; they were difficult times which called for sacrifice and selfless action. But they were also days of incredible enthusiasm and positive energy. A slightly built, frail man in a loin cloth knitted the entire nation together in a saga of nationalism and undying courage that brought the most powerful empire in the world to its close. Here in undivided India, "the empire on which the sun never sets" finally saw its sunset!

I was privileged to be a witness to this "tryst with destiny"; if this was not privilege enough, I was thrice blessed to be in the sacred company of Gurudev Sadhu Vaswani, who played his own uniquely constructive and a political role in the great national drama that was unfolding around us, involving us in our day-to-day lives.

In the beautiful and glorious land of Sind where I was born, Gurudev Sadhu Vaswani was one of the leading lights of the Independence Movement His role in mobilising public opinion in favour of the freedom struggle was, indeed significant. As far as Sind was concerned, he was the foremost interpreter, and in India, one of the earliest advocates of Mahatma Gandhi's Non- Cooperation Movement. In that early period, Gurudev Sadhu Vaswani took on the task of promoting the new movement. At the Sind Political Conference of the Indian National Congress, he was chosen to move the resolution on the policy and programme of Non- Cooperation. In fact, it was thanks to his stature and influence that the resolution was carried and passed, in the teeth of united opposition from veteran Sindhi leaders! It was thanks to Gurudev Sadhu Vaswani's inspiring presence and whole- hearted support that Sind was pledged to Mahatma Gandhi's Movement.

**Contents and Sample Pages**