| S1: | We speak today of self-determination in politics. | | P : | So long as one is conscious of a restraint, it is possible to resist it or to near it as a necessary evil and to keep free in spirit. | | Q : | Slavery begins when one ceases to feel that restraint and it depends on if the evil is accepted as good. | | R : | There is, however, a subtler domination exercised in the sphere of ideas by one culture to another. | | S : | Political subjection primarily means restraint on the outer life of people. | | S6: | Cultural subjection is ordinarily of an unconscious character and it implies slavery from the very start. |
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| S1: | And then Gandhi came. | | P : | Get off the backs of these peasants and workers, he told us, all you who live by their exploitation. | | Q : | He was like a powerful current of fresh air, like a beam of light, like a whirlwind that upset many things. | | R : | He spoke their language and constantly dre their attention to their appalling conditions. | | S : | He didn t descent from the top, he seemed to emerge from the masses of India. | | S6: | Political freedom took new shape and then acquired a new content. |
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| S1: | On vacation in Tangier, Morocco, my friend and I sat down at a street cafe. | | P : | At one point, he bent over with a big smile, showing me, a single gold tooth and a dingy fez. | | Q : | soon I felt the presence of someone standing alongside me. | | R : | But this one wouldn t budge. | | S : | We had been cautioned about beggars and were told to ignore them. | | S6: | Finally a man walked over to me and whispered, "Hey buddy this guy is your waiter and he wants your order" |
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| S1: | The Bhagavadgita recognises the nature of man and the needs of man. | | P : | All these three aspects constitute the nature of man. | | Q : | It shows how the human being is rational one, an ethical one and a spiritual one. | | R : | More than all, it must be a spiritual experience. | | S : | Nothing can give him fulfilment unless it satisfies his reason, his ethical conscience. | | S6: | A man whom does not harmonise them, is not truly human. |
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| S1: | Metals are today being replaced by polymers in many applications. | | P : | Above all, they are cheaper and easier to process making them a viable alternative to metals. | | Q : | Polymers are essentially a long chains of hydrocarbon molecules. | | R : | Today polymers as strong as metals have been developed. | | S : | These have replaced the traditional chromium-plated metallic bumpers in cars. | | S6: | Many Indian Institutes of science and Technology run special programmes on polymer science. |
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| S1: | In 1934, William Golding published a small volume of poems. | | P : | During the World War II(1939-45) he joined the Royal Navy and was present at the sinking of the Bismarck. | | Q : | He returned to teaching in 1945 and gave it up in 1962, and is now a full time writer. | | R : | In 1939, he married and started teaching at Vishop Wordsworth school in Salisbury. | | S : | At first his novels were not accepted. | | S6: | But the Lord of the files which came out in 1954 was welcomed as "a most absorbing and instructive tale". |
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| S1: | A man can be physically confined within stone walls. | | P : | But his mind and spirit will still be free. | | Q : | Thus his freedom of action may be restricted. | | R : | His hopes and aspiration still remain with him. | | S : | Hence, he will be free spiritually if not physically. | | S6: | No tyranny can intimidate a lover of liberty. |
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| S1: | The future beckons to us. | | P : | In fact we have hard work ahead. | | Q : | Where do we go and what shall be our endeavour? | | R : | We shall also have to fight and end poverty, ignorance and disease. | | S : | It will be to bring freedom and oppurtunity to the common man. | | S6: | There is no resting for any one of us till we redeem our pledge in full. |
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| S1: | Most of the universities in the country are now facing financial crisis. | | P : | Cost benefit yardstick thus should not be applied in the case of universities. | | Q : | The current state of affairs cannot be allowed to continue for long. | | R : | Universities cannot be equated with commercial enterprises. | | S : | Proper development of universities and colleges must be ensured. | | S6: | The Government should realise this before it is too late. |
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| S1: | Our ancestors thought that anything which moved itself was alive. | | P : | The philosopher Descartes thought that both men and animals were machines. | | Q : | But a machine such as a motorcar or a steamship moves itself, as soon as machines which moved themselves had been made, people asked "Is man a machine?" | | R : | And before the days of machinery that was a good definition. | | S : | He also thought that the human machine was partly controlled by the soul action on a certain part of the brain, while animals had no souls. | | S6: | Therefore some scientists think that life is just a very complicated mechanism. |
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