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{{short description|Speech delivered by | {{short description|Speech delivered by Jawahalal Nehru}} | ||
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[[File:Nehru tryst with destiny speech.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Jawaharlal Nehru's speech "Tryst with Destiny"]] | [[File:Nehru tryst with destiny speech.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Jawaharlal Nehru's speech "Tryst with Destiny"]] | ||
{{Wikisource|A Tryst With Destiny}} | {{Wikisource|A Tryst With Destiny}} | ||
"'''Tryst with Destiny'''" was an English-language speech delivered by [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], the first [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] of [[India]], to the [[Constituent Assembly of India|Indian Constituent Assembly]] in the [[Parliament of India|Parliament]], on the eve of [[Independence Day (India)|India's Independence]], towards midnight on 14 August 1947. The speech spoke on the aspects that transcended [[History of India|Indian history]]. It is considered to be one of the greatest speeches of the 20th century<ref name="Great_Speeches">{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/series/greatspeeches |title = Great speeches of the 20th century| work=The Guardian | date=8 February 2008}}</ref> and to be a landmark oration that captures the essence of the triumphant culmination of the [[Indian independence movement]] against [[British Raj|British colonial rule in India]]. | "'''Tryst with Destiny'''" was an [[English language|English-language]] speech delivered by [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], the first [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] of [[India]], to the [[Constituent Assembly of India|Indian Constituent Assembly]] in the [[Parliament of India|Parliament]], on the eve of [[Independence Day (India)|India's Independence]], towards midnight on 14 August 1947. The speech spoke on the aspects that transcended [[History of India|Indian history]]. It is considered to be one of the greatest speeches of the 20th century<ref name="Great_Speeches">{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/series/greatspeeches |title = Great speeches of the 20th century| work=The Guardian | date=8 February 2008}}</ref> and to be a landmark oration that captures the essence of the triumphant culmination of the [[Indian independence movement]] against [[British Raj|British colonial rule in India]]. | ||
==Popular | ==Popular culture == | ||
* The speech is referenced in the 1998 [[Bollywood|Hindi film]] ''[[Earth (1998 film)|Earth]]'' directed by [[Deepa Mehta]]. The film portrays the main characters listening to the speech over the radio, against the backdrop of the [[Hindu]]-[[Muslim]] riots following the [[Partition of India]]. This provides an interesting juxtaposition between the realities of Partition and the optimism that followed Independence.<ref name="GokulsingDissanayake2009">{{cite book|author1=K. Moti Gokulsing|author2=Wimal Dissanayake|title=Popular Culture in a Globalised India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mXx9AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA28|date=13 January 2009|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-02307-3|pages=28–}}</ref> | * The speech is referenced in the 1998 [[Bollywood|Hindi film]] ''[[Earth (1998 film)|Earth]]'' directed by [[Deepa Mehta]]. The film portrays the main characters listening to the speech over the radio, against the backdrop of the [[Hindu]]-[[Muslim]] riots following the [[Partition of India]]. This provides an interesting juxtaposition between the realities of Partition and the optimism that followed Independence.<ref name="GokulsingDissanayake2009">{{cite book|author1=K. Moti Gokulsing|author2=Wimal Dissanayake|title=Popular Culture in a Globalised India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mXx9AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA28|date=13 January 2009|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-02307-3|pages=28–}}</ref> | ||
* ''[[Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi]]'', a Hindi film by [[Sudhir Mishra]] that portrayed the political and social turbulence of the late 1960s and the '70s in India contains a clip of the speech and the narrative voice speaks of the souring of Nehru's dream within two decades of Independence.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Agrawal|first1=Parul|title=Citizen Journalism: In pursuit of Accountability India|url=https://reutersdev.nsms.ox.ac.uk/fileadmin/documents/Publications/fellows__papers/2011-2012/Citizen_Journalism_-__In_pursuit_of_Accountability_in_India.pdf|publisher=Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford|access-date=12 November 2014|page=9}}</ref> | * ''[[Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi]]'', a Hindi film by [[Sudhir Mishra]] that portrayed the political and social turbulence of the late 1960s and the '70s in India contains a clip of the speech and the narrative voice speaks of the souring of Nehru's dream within two decades of Independence.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Agrawal|first1=Parul|title=Citizen Journalism: In pursuit of Accountability India|url=https://reutersdev.nsms.ox.ac.uk/fileadmin/documents/Publications/fellows__papers/2011-2012/Citizen_Journalism_-__In_pursuit_of_Accountability_in_India.pdf|publisher=Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford|access-date=12 November 2014|page=9}}</ref> | ||
* In the 2000 film ''[[Hey Ram]]'' directed by [[Kamal Haasan]], parts of the speech are heard in the background providing the audience a timeline of the happenings in the movie.<ref name="Sarkar2009">{{cite book|author=Bhaskar Sarkar|title=Mourning the Nation: Indian Cinema in the Wake of Partition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wghFNlpM3PIC&pg=PA340|date=29 April 2009|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=0-8223-9221-6|pages=340–}}</ref> | * In the 2000 film ''[[Hey Ram]]'' directed by [[Kamal Haasan]], parts of the speech are heard in the background providing the audience a timeline of the happenings in the movie.<ref name="Sarkar2009">{{cite book|author=Bhaskar Sarkar|title=Mourning the Nation: Indian Cinema in the Wake of Partition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wghFNlpM3PIC&pg=PA340|date=29 April 2009|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=0-8223-9221-6|pages=340–}}</ref> | ||
* The book ''[[Midnight's Children]]'' by [[Salman Rushdie]] has a reference to this speech<ref name="Rushdie2010">{{cite book|author=Salman Rushdie|title=Midnight's Children|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I4ITufjFf0oC&pg=PA155|date=7 September 2010|publisher=Random House|isbn=978-1-4090-2848-2|pages=155–}}</ref> as does the novel ''[[Train to Pakistan]]'' by [[Khushwant Singh]].<ref name="Singh2013">{{cite book|author=Khushwant Singh|title=Train to Pakistan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2XElKNNAgyQC&pg=PA185|date=February 2013|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-341796-5|pages=185–}}</ref> | * The book ''[[Midnight's Children]]'' by [[Salman Rushdie]] has a reference to this speech<ref name="Rushdie2010">{{cite book|author=Salman Rushdie|title=Midnight's Children|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I4ITufjFf0oC&pg=PA155|date=7 September 2010|publisher=Random House|isbn=978-1-4090-2848-2|pages=155–}}</ref> as does the novel ''[[Train to Pakistan]]'' by [[Khushwant Singh]].<ref name="Singh2013">{{cite book|author=Khushwant Singh|title=Train to Pakistan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2XElKNNAgyQC&pg=PA185|date=February 2013|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-341796-5|pages=185–}}</ref> | ||
* The speech is sampled by trance artist [[John 00 Fleming]] in the album | * The speech is sampled by trance artist [[John 00 Fleming]] in the album ''One Hundred Ten WKO'' during the fifth track, "The Stroke of the Midnight Hour".<ref>{{cite web|title=Album Review: John O’Fleming – One.Hundred.Ten W.K.O|url=http://globaldigitaldjs.com/album-review-john-ofleming-one-hundred-ten-w-k-o/|access-date=12 November 2014}}</ref> | ||
* The musical group ''[[Kobo Town]]'' uses sound clips from this speech in their song Sing Out, Shout Out from their album Independence.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sing Out, Shout Out by Kobo Town - Lyrics|url=http://www.lyrster.com/lyrics/sing-out-shout-out-lyrics-kobo-town.html|access-date=12 November 2014}}</ref> | * The musical group ''[[Kobo Town]]'' uses sound clips from this speech in their song "Sing Out, Shout Out" from their album ''Independence''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sing Out, Shout Out by Kobo Town - Lyrics|url=http://www.lyrster.com/lyrics/sing-out-shout-out-lyrics-kobo-town.html|access-date=12 November 2014}}</ref> | ||
*The [[Salman Khan]] film [[Bharat (film)|Bharat]] also used clips from the speech in their trailer . | *The [[Salman Khan]] film ''[[Bharat (film)|Bharat]]'' also used clips from the speech in their trailer. | ||
*The film [[Student of the Year]] mentioned the name of the speech as a clue in the treasure hunt game. | *The film ''[[Student of the Year]]'' mentioned the name of the speech as a clue in the treasure hunt game. | ||
*The ''Let's Crack It'' song owned by | *The ''Let's Crack It'' song owned by Unacademy made its intro using the actual speech voice clips. | ||
*2012 Hindi film ''[[Gangs of Wasseypur]]'' used clips from this speech in one of the shots featuring the character Shahid Khan. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||