Do you realize that every day you thought you wasn’t going to make it — every time you thought it was absolutely unbearable — your survival rate for every last one of those bad days is 100%? Your track record for surviving bad days is 100%. You batting a thousand
You face problems, but you are also the solution.
You carry your wounds, and you hold the remedy.
You are filled with questions, but you overflow with answers.
You are the sign you seek, the love you crave, and the architect of your destiny.
You, my dear, are the entire Universe.
I am glad that the Honourable Speaker strongly condemned the Emergency, highlighted the excesses committed during that time and also mentioned the manner in which democracy was strangled. It was also a wonderful gesture to stand in silence in honour of all those who suffered during those days.
The Emergency was imposed 50 years ago but it is important for today's youth to know about it because it remains a fitting example of what happens when the Constitution is trampled over, public opinion is stifled and institutions are destroyed. The happenings during the Emergency exemplified what a dictatorship looks like.