Where the mind is without fear

and head is held high:

CRPF open fires in Srinagar 21 injured
India in the elite club of PSLV owners
India a trillion dollar economy

Where knowledge is free;
The data released by the ministry to the press information bureau is a bit outdated as it relates to figures from 2002 to 2005. Nonetheless, the trends are an eyeopener:
Compared to the national average of 60.92 per cent, Bihar dropouts from classes I to X were over 83 per cent in 2004-2005 followed by Meghalaya and West Bengal. Is even a drop put rate of 60.92 something to be happy about?
IISC, IITs, IIMs, XLRIs provide India with the young leaders of tomorrow. The institutes are world class! Indian diaspora is shining in silicon valley, the financial hubs and the centres of power. This is something to be proud of :-)

Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow
domestic walls:
Cauvery water dispute, Telanagan agitation, Separatist movements are the walls dividing the nation into fragments.
SKS Microfinance, Amul, Aravind eye care on the other hand are few initiatives trying to span across the domestic walls and make an impact.

Where words come out from the depth of truth;
Bribe money allegations Rock Lok Sabha!
Medha Patekar goes on a 20 day fast to protest against the Narmada Dam!
Dr. Binayak Sen spends a year in Jail.

Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;
Bangalore has a flyover with a traffic light on it - perhaps the worlds first flyover??
ISRO announces Chabrayan, India's frist mission to moon - wow we have come a long way.

Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the
dreary desert sand of dead habit:
India gave "Zero" to the world - perhaps the single most important gift to mankind.
Witches are still burnt alive in the remote villages!

Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought
and action--
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake

This poem from Rabrindranath Tagore is a prayer that we have partially answered. We have all the means to achieve it. We are perfectly poised to take the next big leap - only thing we need is to be awake!!