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The inscriptions on the stone pillars of Ashoka make their inscriptions speak to him. In Saranath, near Banaras, he could almost hear the Buddha’s first sermon. He sees the beautiful buildings of Agra and Delhi where each stone tells its story of India’s past. He visits the ancient monuments of Ajanta, Ellora and the Elephanta Caves. India expands with its waterfalls, streams and seas, with its richness of life and renunciation, of growth and decay, of birth and death. He wanders the Himalayas and sees the mighty rivers – the Brahmaputra, the Yamuna and the Ganges – which flow from this great mountain barrier in the plains of India, from their source to the sea. While traveling by train, the landscape and monuments pass before his eyes. Bharat Mata was basically these millions of people, and victory for her meant victory for these people! The mountains, rivers, forests, and vast fields that gave them food, but what ultimately mattered were people like them who spread out over that vast land. What land was it? Their particular village plot, or all the plots in the district or province, or all of India? Nehru would then attempt to explain that India was all they had thought of, and more.
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Finally, a vigorous Jat, married to the ground for generations from time immemorial, said that it was the Dharti (the good soil) of India that he meant. Every now and then, as Nehru arrived at a rally, a loud roar of welcome greeted him – “Bharat Mata – ki Jai”! He asked the crowd unexpectedly what they meant by that cry, – Who was this “Bharat Mata”, whose victory they wanted? His question would surprise them, then, not knowing what to answer, they looked at each other. The scene opens with a panoramic visual of India and its colorful landscape. Watch Episode 1: Bharat Mata Ki Jai (भारत माता की जय).