Independence Day Speech
Speech Writing.
Respected principal, Teachers and My Dear Friends, Mahatma Gandhi once said, “A man who is made for freedom has got to take tremendous risks and stake everything.” It was this inspiration that brought about our freedom. Yes, it was because our freedom fighters took tremendous risks and staked everything, that we breathe the free air of independence today. But, my friends, the task is not over. We have to take tremendous risks and stake everything in order to safeguard our freedom. And freedom from what? From corruption, communalism, illiteracy and poverty. The struggle for freedom is still going on. The fight continues unabated. Shall we prove to be citizens of substance or citizens of straw? This is the question we have to ask ourselves today. Shall we let this wonderful country of ours be ruined by the social, economic and political ills that have beset it? Shall we not make our country a truly liberated nation? Shall we not re-establish the glorious traditions and high moral aims which inspired our forefathers? It is for us, today, to look into ourselves, reflect and act.
Difficult Words Explained
- Tremendous
- Very great in amount, scale, or intensity.
- Stake
- To risk something important on the result of a situation.
- Safeguard
- To protect something from harm or damage.
- Corruption
- Dishonest or illegal behavior by people in positions of power.
- Communalism
- A strong loyalty to one's own ethnic or religious group rather than to the wider society.
- Illiteracy
- The inability to read or write.
- Poverty
- The condition of being extremely poor.
- Unabated
- Continuing without any reduction in force or intensity.
- Substance
- Real importance, value, or seriousness.
- Beset
- To trouble or threaten someone or something persistently.
- Liberated
- Freed from traditional social attitudes or conventions.
- Glorious
- Having or deserving admiration, fame, and honor.
- Forefathers
- Ancestors, especially male ancestors.
- Reflect
- To think deeply or carefully about something.