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.

Nehru, Tryst with Destiny

Where does India begin? When does a dream? India is more than the material. Or the imaginal. India is a revery in the midst that spans languages, religions and polities. An anthology of the unvanquished. A negation masquerading as identity. The not self. The Other. Ancient and without antecedent. A gospel not yet unfurled. A billion score people waking each morning to a shared reality. To realize the Truth in the intervening. That we are more than the discreet. Emerging from struggle for life and freedom.

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