Know your fundamental duties

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Though I'm a self proclaimed World Citizen, there is no denying the fact that the reason  for being one, is because of the ideals the country I was born in taught me. Blah blah...I have so much to write about this topic but I do not want to write something negative, at least on I-Day. 

Here goes the Fundamental duties set by the Indian constitution to refresh the memory of myself and people like me. Let's make sure, we incorporate these duties in our daily routine, to make India the country we all truly believe is and can be. 

[Cut-Copied-Pasted from: http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend42.htm]

51A.   Fundamental  duties.-It shall be the duty of every  citizen  of
India---

(a)  to  abide  by  the   Constitution   and  respect  its  ideals  and
institutions, the National Flag and the National Anthem;

(b) to cherish and follow the noble ideals which inspired our national
struggle for freedom;

(c)  to  uphold  and protect the sovereignty, unity and  integrity  of
India;

(d) to defend the country and render national service when called upon
to do so;

(e) to promote harmony and the sprit of common brotherhood amongst all
the people of India transcending religious, linguistic and regional or
sectional  diversities;   to  renounce  practices   derogatory  to  the
dignity of women;

(f) to value and preserve the rich heritage of our composite culture;

(g) to protect and improve the natural environment including forests,
lakes,  rivers  and  wild  life, and to  have  compassion   for  living
creatures;

(h)  to  develop  the  scientific temper, humanism and  the  sprit  of
inquiry and reform;

(i) to safeguard public property and to abjure violence;

(j)  to  strive  towards excellence in all spheres of  individual  and
collective  activity  so  that the nation constantly rises  to   higher
levels of endeavour and achievement.".

12.   Amendment of article 55.-In article 55 of the Constitution,  for
the  Explanation,  the  following Explanation  shall  be   substituted,
namely:-

`Explanation.-In  this article, the expression "population" means the
population  as  ascertained at the last preceding census of which  the
relevant figures have been published:

Provided  that the reference in this Explanation to the last preceding
census  of which the relevant figures have been published shall, until
the  relevant  figures for the first census taken after the year  2000
have been published, be construed as a reference to the 1971 census.'.