There is no friend, no companion, no

wealth or no bliss as great as knowledge.

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‫ںیہن‬۹‫تمعن‬۹‫وکیئ‬۹‫یا‬۹‫دول‬۹‫وکیئ‬۹،‫اسیھت‬۹‫وکیئ‬۹،‫دوس‬۹‫وکیئ‬۹‫بڑا‬۹‫ےس‬۹‫ملع‬
 Contents
i. Message from the Director (i)

1. The Constitution of INDIA Preamble 1

2. Tryst with Destiny 2

3. Time Management: Good advice from Mahatma Gandhi 4

4. The Empty Jar 5

5. The Story of a Pencil 6

6. A Word of Wisdom by Sheikh Sadi 7

7. Face Difficulties Positively 8

8. Letter from a Father to his Son‘s Teacher 9-10

9. My Mom had one Eye only 11

10. Every Woman Every Child 12

11. Life is a Gift 13

12. Realize you are a very powerful Source of Energy 14

13. Ducks Quack, Eagle Soar 15-16

14. Die Slowly 17

15. A School Principal‘s Speech 18

16. An Agreement of Understanding and Cooperation – UNDHR 19

17. Where the Mind is Without Fear 20

18. We Need to Learn 21

19. Dreams: The 12 Steps 22-23

20. Earth Anthem 24

21. The Man Who Hindered my Progress died last night 25

22. Winning is not everything, it is the only thing! 26-27

23. Better Wait and See 28

24. United We Stand 29

25. Ancient Indian Words of Wisdom 30

26. Albert Camus‘s Beautiful Letter of Gratitude to His Childhood Teacher 31

After Winning the Nobel Prize
27. THE FOURTH SIGN OF THE ZODIAC (PART 3) by Mary Oliver 32

28. Do not go gentle into that good night 33

29. Inspire Me 34-35

30. Boxes need Engines 36

31. Song of Myself 37

32. Meaningful Life 38

33. Ethics for non-human species 39-40

34. Die Empty! 41

 UGC Human Resource
Ph.D. (Alig.), Ph.D. (Leicester, UK) Development Centre (HRDC)
Director Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh – 202002 UP (India)

29th October 2014

Message from the Director

Dear Course Participants,

Subject Refresher Course organized under the aegis of the UGC Human Resource
Development Centre are geared towards broadening the mental horizon of the course
participants. As a hub of co-curricular activities this programme helps you appreciate better
your own potentials, your role as an agent of academic excellence and social engineering and
equips you to perform your assignment both as a teacher and as a responsible, pro-active
member of the wider community. This programme facilitates your understanding of an array
of truths. The present compilation by my worthy colleague, Dr. Faiza Abbasi embodies some
truths conveyed adroitly by parables and other pieces in this collection.

I wish you draw fruitfully on this collection which will make your personalities round and
your outlook on life better informed.

Professor A.R. Kidwai

Director

Phone Numbers: 0091-571-2400991, 0-936 835 6117 E-mail: asc_amu@yahoo.com

Visit us at: www:ascamu.ac.in

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THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA

Preamble

WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a
[SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC] and to secure to all its
citizens:
JUSTICE, social, economic and political;
LIBERTY of thoughts, expression, belief, faith and worship;
EQUALITY of status and of opportunity;
and to promote among them all
FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the *[unity and integrity of the
Nation];
IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this twenty-sixth day of November, 1949, do
HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION.

42nd Amendment – Socialist, Secular and Integrity – these words were inserted by
Mrs. Indira Gandhi in the wake of the Emergency.