Bharat is my Home

 

BSEB Class 12 English Chapter 2 Bharat is my Home Summary, Explanation along with Difficult Word Meanings from Rainbow Book 

 

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Class 12 BSEB English Rainbow book Chapter 2 – Bharat is my Home

By Zakir Husain

 

Dr. Zakir Husain

‘Bharat is My Home’ is an excerpt from the speech of Dr. Zakir Husain that he gave in 1967 after taking oath as the President of our nation. In this speech, he pledges himself to the country despite the barriers of language and religion, and work towards strengthening its power in the benefit of people irrespective of their caste, color or religion.

Bharat is my Home Summary

In his presidential speech, Dr Zakir Husain confesses how he is flooded with emotions after seeing the confidence his people have placed in him. He praises Dr Radhakrishnan for his contributions during his time as the President. Dr Radhakrishnan brought his intelligence, knowledge and unmatchable experience with him to the office. Zakir further promises the audience that he is accepting his duties with complete modesty and intends on staying committed to it. He swore his loyalty to the Constitution of India. The Constitution is a new hope for our ancestors who have earned it after many struggles and have obtained true, unique value over the period of time. He mentions that the past realizations being derived from the values are not gone or stable but are still relevant and changing. He mentions how the process of bringing new changes to the system brings about growth in both national culture and character. According to him, it is education that brings continuous change in the mindset of a population. He feels that his contribution towards educating the population got him to the highest office of the land. He pledges to stay loyal towards working for the whole of our nation’s ideas, customs and norms and stay true-hearted to the country despite the linguistic and religious barriers. He calls India his home and the citizens, his family that is continuously growing at an uncontrollable speed. He tells each one of us to contribute towards creating a new life in our own manner because in order to proceed towards development, none of us can manage to sit back and observe. He could not emphasize more on the fact that we need to work hard consistently, silently and wholeheartedly in order to rebuild the entire physical, social, and cultural life of our country. The hard work that Zakir is asking the citizens to do comprises two types – one that involves working on oneself and the other, on its surroundings and environment. This dual attempt will change the circumstances of our nation for the better and add a “special flavour”. He mentions how use of power for the right reasons is considered a part of our national behavior which has also been passed down from one of the great leaders of our history, Mahatma Gandhi. Thus, he asks us to commit ourselves in working towards strengthening the nation and maintaining peace within it. 

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Bharat is my Home Summary in Hindi

 

अपने अध्यक्षीय भाषण में, डॉ. ज़ाकिर हुसैन ने स्वीकार किया कि कैसे अपने लोगों द्वारा उन पर दिखाए गए विश्वास को देखकर वह भावनाओं से भर गए हैं। वह राष्ट्रपति के रूप में अपने कार्यकाल के दौरान डॉ. राधाकृष्णन के योगदान की प्रशंसा करते हैं। डॉ. राधाकृष्णन कार्यालय में अपनी बुद्धिमत्ता, ज्ञान और अतुलनीय अनुभव अपने साथ लाए। जाकिर ने दर्शकों से वादा किया कि वह अपने कर्तव्यों को पूरी विनम्रता के साथ स्वीकार कर रहे हैं और इसके प्रति प्रतिबद्ध रहने का इरादा रखते हैं। उन्होंने भारत के संविधान के प्रति अपनी निष्ठा की शपथ ली। संविधान हमारे पूर्वजों के लिए एक नई आशा है जिन्होंने इसे कई संघर्षों के बाद अर्जित किया है और समय के साथ सच्चा, अद्वितीय मूल्य प्राप्त किया है। उन्होंने उल्लेख किया है कि मूल्यों से प्राप्त अतीत की अनुभूतियाँ ख़त्म या स्थिर नहीं हुई हैं, बल्कि अभी भी प्रासंगिक हैं और बदल रही हैं। उन्होंने उल्लेख किया है कि व्यवस्था में नए परिवर्तन लाने की प्रक्रिया किस प्रकार राष्ट्रीय संस्कृति और चरित्र दोनों में विकास लाती है। उनके अनुसार, यह शिक्षा ही है जो आबादी की मानसिकता में निरंतर परिवर्तन लाती है। उनका मानना ​​है कि आबादी को शिक्षित करने में उनके योगदान ने उन्हें देश के सर्वोच्च पद तक पहुंचाया। वह हमारे देश के संपूर्ण विचारों, रीतिरिवाजों और मानदंडों के लिए काम करने के प्रति वफादार रहने और भाषाई और धार्मिक बाधाओं के बावजूद देश के प्रति सच्चे दिल से बने रहने की प्रतिज्ञा करते हैं।

वह भारत को अपना घर और नागरिकों को अपना परिवार कहते हैं जो लगातार अनियंत्रित गति से बढ़ रहा है। वह हममें से प्रत्येक को अपने तरीके से एक नया जीवन बनाने में योगदान देने के लिए कहते हैं क्योंकि विकास की दिशा में आगे बढ़ने के लिए, हममें से कोई भी आराम से बैठ कर निरीक्षण करने का प्रबंधन नहीं कर सकता है। वह इस तथ्य पर अधिक जोर नहीं दे सके कि हमें अपने देश के संपूर्ण भौतिक, सामाजिक और सांस्कृतिक जीवन के पुनर्निर्माण के लिए लगातार, चुपचाप और पूरे दिल से कड़ी मेहनत करने की आवश्यकता है। जाकिर नागरिकों से जो कड़ी मेहनत करने के लिए कह रहे हैं, उसमें दो प्रकार की मेहनत शामिल हैएक जिसमें खुद पर काम करना और दूसरे, अपने आसपास और पर्यावरण पर काम करना शामिल है। यह दोहरा प्रयास हमारे देश की परिस्थितियों को बेहतरी की ओर बदल देगा और एकविशेष स्वादजोड़ देगा। उन्होंने उल्लेख किया है कि कैसे सही कारणों के लिए शक्ति का उपयोग हमारे राष्ट्रीय व्यवहार का एक हिस्सा माना जाता है जो हमारे इतिहास के महान नेताओं में से एक, महात्मा गांधी से भी प्राप्त हुआ है। इस प्रकार, वह हमसे राष्ट्र को मजबूत करने और इसके भीतर शांति बनाए रखने की दिशा में काम करने के लिए प्रतिबद्ध होने के लिए कहते हैं।

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Bharat Is My Home Lesson Explanation

 

Passage – I must confess that I am overwhelmed by the trust my people have placed in me by electing me to the highest office in the land….. 

Word Meaning:
Confess
– to own or admit as true
Overwhelmed – to cause to be overcome with emotion as a result of an amount of something that’s too much to handle
Electing – choose (someone) to hold public office or some other position by voting

Explanation of the Above Passage – In his speech, Zakir admits that he is filled with a lot of emotions after seeing the confidence that people have in him as they have chosen him to be the President of the country, which is considered to be the position of highest importance in India.

 

Passage – Dr Radhakrishnan brought to the Presidency a mental equipment, a degree of erudition and wealth of experience rarely to be found anywhere. During a lifetime devoted to the pursuit of knowledge and truth, he has done more than probably any other man to bring out and explain Indian philosophical thought and the oneness of all true spiritual values. He has never lost his faith in the essential humanity of man and he himself has never ceased to champion the right of all men to live in dignity and with justice.

 

Word Meaning:
Mental
equipment – the personal qualities that you need in order to be able to do something
Erudition – great knowledge or learning
Devoted – to give or direct (Time, money, or effort, etc) to a cause, enterprise or activity
Pursuit – process of trying to achieve something
Ceased – stopped
Champion – stand up for, support
Dignity – the state or quality of being worthy of honor or respect

Explanation of the Above Passage –He praises Dr Radhakrishnan for all he did during his time as the President. Dr Radhakrishnan brought his intelligence, great knowledge and unmatchable experience with him. He committed his entire life to gaining knowledge and being truthful. He has worked harder than anyone to explain Indian philosophical thought and the harmony among all spiritual values. He always believed in the importance of humanity which is why nothing could stop him from standing up for man’s right to live with honor, respect and fairness.

 

Passage – I can only assure you that I enter this office in a spirit of prayerful humility and total dedication. I have just taken the oath of loyalty to the Constitution of India. It is the Constitution of a comparatively new State which its free citizens have, for the first time in history, given to themselves. It is the young State of an ancient people who, through the long millennia and through cooperation of diverse ethnic elements, have striven to realise timeless, absolute values in their own peculiar way. I pledge myself to the service of those values. For, though some concrete realisation of a value may become inadequate with the change of circumstance, the value remains eternally valid and presses for newer and fresher realisation. The past is not dead and static, it is alive and dynamic and is involved in determining the quality of our present and the prospects of our future.

 

Word Meaning:
Humility
– the quality of having a modest or low view of one’s importance; humbleness, modesty
Dedication – the quality of being dedicated or committed to a task or purpose
Oath – a solemn promise, often invoking a divine witness, regarding one’s future action or behaviour
Millennia – an anniversary of a thousand years
Diverse – showing a great deal of variety; very different
Ethnic – racial, cultural
Striven – past participle of strive (make great efforts to achieve or obtain something)
Timeless – not affected by the passage of time or changes in fashion
Absolute values – actual magnitude
Peculiar – different to what is normal or expected; strange
Pledge – swear, an oath
Inadequate – insufficient for a purpose
Eternally – in a way that continues or lasts forever; permanently
Static – lacking in movement, action, or change, especially in an undesirable or uninteresting way
Dynamic – (of a process or system) characterized by constant change, activity or progress
Prospects – the possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring 

Explanation of the Above Passage –Zakir promises the audience that he is accepting his duties with complete modesty and intends on staying committed to it. He swears his faithfulness to the Constitution of India. He explains how this Constitution is a gift to citizens of Independent India given by themselves. The Constitution is a new hope for our ancestors who have earned it after many racial, cultural movements and have obtained true, unique value over the period of time. Zakir swore himself to work in line with these values. He explains that the outcome of a value may become insufficient over time but the values stay valid forever and lead to new perceptions. He mentions that the past realizations being derived from the values are not gone or stable but are still relevant and changing. They determine the quality of life we are living in now and the scope of improvement we have in the future.

 

Passage – The process of its constant renewal is, indeed, the process of growth of national culture and national character. It is the business of education, as I see it, to minister this constant renewal; and I may be forgiven the presumption that my choice to this high office has mainly, if not entirely, been made on account of my long association with the education of my people. I maintain that education is a prime instrument of national purpose and that quality of education is inescapably involved in the quality of the nation.

 

Word Meaning:
Renewal
– an instance of resuming something after an interruption
Forgiven – stop feeling angry or resentful towards (Someone) for an offense, flaw, or mistake
Presumption – an idea that is taken to be true on the basis of probability
Inescapably – in a way that cannot be avoided or ignored; undeniably 

Explanation of the Above Passage –Zakir mentions that the process of bringing new changes to the system brings about growth in both national culture and character. According to him, it is education that brings about continuous change in the mindset of people. He feels that if he is not wrong in estimating the main reason behind his election as the President, it is because of his contribution towards educating the population. He firmly believes that education plays the most important role in fulfilling the motives of a nation as it only determines the quality of mindset of the people living in it.

 

Passage – I, therefore, pledge myself to the loyalty of our past culture from wheresoever it may have come and by whomsoever it may have been contributed. I pledge myself to the service of the totality to my country’s culture. I pledge my loyalty to my country, irrespective of religion or language; I pledge myself to work for its strength and progress and for the welfare of its people without distinctions of caste, colour or creed. The whole of Bharat is my home and its people are my family. The people have chosen to make me the head of this family for a certain time. It shall be my earnest endeavour to seek to make this home strong and beautiful, a worthy home for a great people engaged in the fascinating task of building up a just and prosperous and graceful life.

 

Word Meaning:
Distinctions – a distinction or contrast between similar things or people
Creed – a system of religious belief; a  faith
Endeavour – earnest attempt
Earnest – resulting from or showing sincere and intense conviction
Fascinating – extremely interesting
Prosperous – successful in material terms; flourishing financially
Graceful – having or showing grace or elegance

Explanation of the Above Passage – Zakir promises to stay faithful to the legacy of our culture that has been continuing for so many years, despite where it has come from and who contributed in the making of it. He promises towards working for the whole of our nation’s ideas, customs and norms. He takes an oath to stay true-hearted to the country despite the barriers of language and religion, and work towards strengthening its power in the benefit of people irrespective of their caste, color or religion. He calls India his home and the citizens, his family. He is happy that his people have appointed him to lead this family for some time and he thinks that it is his honor to be able to work towards making his home powerful and heavenly – a place that is capable of keeping people entirely busy with constructing a lifestyle that is flourishing and elegant.

 

Passage – The family is big and is constantly growing at a rather inconveniently fast pace. We shall, each one of us, have to participate unsparingly in building its new life, each in his own way. For sheer size the tasks ahead of us are so demanding that no one can afford to sit back and just watch or let frustration become endemic in our country. The situation demands of us work, work and more work, silent and sincere work, solid and steady reconstruction of the whole material and cultural life of our people.

 

Word Meaning:
Inconveniently
– in a way that causes trouble or problems, or that makes something more difficult
Unsparingly – without having mercy
Sheer – nothing other than; unmitigated (used for emphasis)
Frustration – the feeling of being upset or annoyed as a result of being unable to change or achieve something
Endemic – (of a disease or condition) regularly found among particular people or in a certain area
Reconstruction – the process of building or creating something again that has been damaged or destroyed

Explanation of the Above Passage –Zakir calls the country his “family” that is continuously growing at an uncontrollable rate. He tells each one of us to contribute towards creating a new life in our own manner because in order to proceed towards development, none of us can manage to relax and observe and let the feeling of being upset or annoyed as a result of being unable to achieve something become a condition which is regularly found in our people. He could not emphasize more on the fact that we need to work hard consistently, silently and wholeheartedly in rebuilding the entire physical, social, and cultural life of our country.

 

Passage – This work, as I see it, has two aspects: work on one’s self and work for the society around. They are mutually fruitful aspects of work. The work on one’s self is to follow the urge towards moral development as a free person and under self-imposed discipline, which alone can render that development possible. Its end-product is a free moral personality. We can neglect the end- product only at our peril. This end-product cannot sustain itself without seeking and exercising itself to bring about the approximation of the society to which it is privileged to serve to a better, a juster and a more graceful way of life. The individual cannot grow in full perfection without a corresponding advance of the collective social existence. Let us resolve to get whole-heartedly engaged in these two aspects of work — individual and social.

 

Word Meaning:
Mutually
– in a way that shows that two or more people or groups feel the same emotion, do the same thing with or for each other
Fruitful – producing good or helpful results; productive
Urge – a strong desire or impulse
Self-imposed – (of a task or circumstance) imposed on oneself, not by an external force
Neglect – fail to care for properly
Peril – serious and immediate danger
Sustain – strengthen or support physically or mentally
Approximation – coming near but not exactly
Juster – comparative degree of ‘just’ (more just)
Corresponding – analogous or equivalent in character, form, or function; comparable
Collective – done by people acting as a group
Social existence – living or preferring to live in a community rather than alone
Resolve – settle or find a solution to (a problem or contentious matter)
Whole-heartedly – with complete sincerity and commitment

Explanation of the Above Passage –The hard work that Zakir is asking the citizens to do comprises two types – one that involves working on oneself and the other, on its surroundings and environment. The work that one has to do on one’s own self includes walking towards the path concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior which is only possible with a lot of self-control. This would result in a “free moral personality” which can only be ignored at our own risk. He says that the results can only survive if they are put to use in creating a society that has an advantage to give its people a lifestyle which is fair, elegant and decent. Similarly, in order to transform into excellence, a person needs the same level of development from its society. Thus, he asks the audience to involve themselves entirely in making it possible by working both on themselves and the society.

 

Passage – This dual effort will give to the life of our State a special flavour. For the State to us will not be just an organisation of power but a moral organisation. It is a part of national temperament and inheritance from the great leader of our liberation movement, Mahatma Gandhi, that power should be used only for moral purposes. The peace of the strong is what we shall dedicate ourselves to work for.

Word Meaning:
Dual
– consisting of two parts, elements or aspects
Temperament – a person’s or animal’s nature, especially as it permanently affects their behavior
Inheritance – something passed down from your parents to you
Liberation – the action of setting someone free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression; release
Dedicate – devote (time or effort) to a particular task or purpose

Explanation of the Above Passage –This two-folded attempt will change the circumstances of our nation for the better and has been referred to as the “special flavour”. It is important as the State is not only concerned with distributing authority and exercise of power but also morals, ethics and values. Use of power for righteous reasons is considered a part of our national behavior which has also been passed down from one of the great leaders of our history, Mahatma Gandhi. Thus, he asks us to commit ourselves in working towards strengthening the nation and maintaining peace within it.

 

Passage – I have full faith in my people that they will bring forth the energy requisite for the satisfactory performance of this dual task. It shall be my privilege to contribute my share to this enchanting enterprise. 

Word Meaning:
Forth
– out and away from a starting point
Requisite – required, necessary
Privilege – a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group
Enchanting – delightfully charming or attractive

Explanation of the Above Passage – Zakir expresses his trust in the people of his country in bringing the necessary spirit to achieve great results in both self and societal development. He feels honored to be able to play his part in this delightful journey. 

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