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Question
Write in your notebook your own response and justify, where needed.
From what darkness of night should our nation awaken?
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Solution
Our nation should awaken from the darkness of prejudices, societal division, harmful traditional rituals and customs, the imparting of knowledge to select people, insincerity, untruthfulness, fear, and a lack of self-respect.
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