Looking back to the era of darkness

<blockquote> “At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance…” </blockquote> This is the speech given by Jawaharlal Nehru, a man who spent almost 9 years of his life in jail for a free India. He later became the first Prime Minister of India. <img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:460/1*aHWsiXFmo2B1wn61iwvNEQ.jpeg" style="height:276px; width:460px" /> Jawaharlal Nehru, India's 1st Prime minister This speech captures the moment when, on August 15th, 1947, Indians felt free again. It was the moment when we became the writers of our own destiny. The dark old ages had ended, and a new beginning was awaiting India. The departing British had left 70% of Indians below the poverty line and 84% completely illiterate. Although erasing these injustices has been difficult, India has managed to lift hundreds of millions out of poverty and has a literacy rate of 77%. <img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/1*eikZKte01z5yKsGvXXsRng.jpeg" style="height:502px; width:700px" /> An Indian village during British Raj While it is important to discuss modern India, I’m going to focus on what India went through for nearly 2 centuries, with the help of some historical records and the book “An era of darkness” by Shashi Tharoor. <a href="https://divya--singh.medium.com/looking-back-to-the-era-of-darkness-31beb7e17e87">Read More</a>