India, Oct. 12 -- Dear fellow Indians, friends of India, and all well-wishers: Not often does one get to witness history being written. Before our eyes, we see history happen in the very NOW. We read in history books about persons, places, facts, and events. Some of those known to us-fearless girls and risk-taking boys; The students and their mentors march forward to write history, Dreaming of a better today, a brighter tomorrow, full of promises.

Some of us who wish to be with them may not be able to join. Maybe you are far away, or you are afraid to come out, speak out. You can still be part of them, sharing and owning their dreams. Being humbly aware that their struggles will make us bolder, And will make us, all Indians better, our d...