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Even before the wails and bloodshed of partition had subsided, India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru stood in front of a newborn nation with the memorable words, "Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom." He went on to say," 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, finds utterance." That was Aug 15, 1947, and today in 2013, as India celebrates its 67th year of independence, those words are still etched in our memories. It has been a long uneasy journey with its share of joy, chaos, integrity, problems and solutions. After all, we are one of a kind, multi-cultural, multi-lingual group of people that has always been considered by the outside world as a huge experiment. No other nation has had so many contradictions, surprises, pitfalls and yet a hope that still continues to inspire its people. Some of the great names include Rabindranath Tagore , Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, R. K. Narayan and Khushwant Singh to name a few. Rabindranath Tagore is the shining light of Indian literature. For his iconic work Gitanjali, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. Since Independence, many Indian authors have written novels that have made a great impact and shown the world how splendid our country truly is. Today it is time to pause and thank our country for all those fabulous authors it has given us so far. At BookChums, we believe that this great diversity and versatility is what makes Indian literature one of the most vibrant in the world today. So sit back and read your favorite Indian author today.
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