This is the title of a famous and a blockbuster hollywood movie and also the title of this blog post.
After a brutal colonial rule of The British, India is all set to fly on Aug 15 1947. From that day India celebrates Aug 15 as INDEPENDENCE Day!! Let me take my time machine and go back to my childhood. We used to be dressed white from top to bottom and carried a flag on our hearts with pride, not to forget also carrying a dark colored kerchief so that the white knickers remain white. There used to be march past in school for which we used to do rehearsals at least from a week before. Speeches about the glory of the nation, the independence struggle and the nation then and now used to be said in all the three languages. Though we could not empathize the pain of our ancestors at least we understood that there was some pain which has been overcome with a lot of additional pain. We kids used to call it is a Nations birthday and it is considered as a festival for every Indian. Thus we grew with secular and universal brotherhood roots since childhood.
Time flies, now i am an adult...for some it has turned out to be a holiday in the mid of the week. The nation now is moving towards pessimism. In a democracy what supposed to be a positive criticism is now turning into to pessimism. Every one complains about everything and trolls everything. Now people start complaining that only the day when every girl is safe, only every minority is safe etc that day should be considered as Independence day. Definitely there are problems in the country, everyone acknowledges it and accepts it, that does not mean that you can trash out all the progress that happened. You talk about harassment on women, i talk about empowerment of women. Things have drastically changed from independence. Now a working women is just another human being, before independence she was an alien. Things take time to settle. Probably you don`t know the situation before independence so you are complaining so.
On the other hand, i see one trolling saying that "India was better under British Rule". That can also be true in some aspects, but what are you failing here is "you". It is you the India. Here you are the citizen and you are the ruler, if you had the conscience and chose better leaders and if you were a honest and accountable citizen, then things would be different. Just because you have fallen while taking the baby steps you cannot complain that it was better in my mother` womb. You have crossed that time-frame and it is your responsibility to learn how to walk. It is not what you are made for... to carry you in the womb for your entire lifetime. Even a bird which gets everything in the cage, prefers and expects freedom where there is no guarantee for food and shelter. Don`t you have that little bit of sense which animals have.
Having trolled the trolls, i suppose there is no harm in accepting the mistakes, being optimistic and patient and working towards a better nation. You cant expect to run like Usain Bolt on your birthday. Accept your independence, celebrate Independence day and make the best use of your Independence day.
On this occasion, i wish you a Happy Independence Day!!!! I know it is a late post, but had taken time to recover from how my fellow beings are celebrating Independence.
After a brutal colonial rule of The British, India is all set to fly on Aug 15 1947. From that day India celebrates Aug 15 as INDEPENDENCE Day!! Let me take my time machine and go back to my childhood. We used to be dressed white from top to bottom and carried a flag on our hearts with pride, not to forget also carrying a dark colored kerchief so that the white knickers remain white. There used to be march past in school for which we used to do rehearsals at least from a week before. Speeches about the glory of the nation, the independence struggle and the nation then and now used to be said in all the three languages. Though we could not empathize the pain of our ancestors at least we understood that there was some pain which has been overcome with a lot of additional pain. We kids used to call it is a Nations birthday and it is considered as a festival for every Indian. Thus we grew with secular and universal brotherhood roots since childhood.
Time flies, now i am an adult...for some it has turned out to be a holiday in the mid of the week. The nation now is moving towards pessimism. In a democracy what supposed to be a positive criticism is now turning into to pessimism. Every one complains about everything and trolls everything. Now people start complaining that only the day when every girl is safe, only every minority is safe etc that day should be considered as Independence day. Definitely there are problems in the country, everyone acknowledges it and accepts it, that does not mean that you can trash out all the progress that happened. You talk about harassment on women, i talk about empowerment of women. Things have drastically changed from independence. Now a working women is just another human being, before independence she was an alien. Things take time to settle. Probably you don`t know the situation before independence so you are complaining so.
On the other hand, i see one trolling saying that "India was better under British Rule". That can also be true in some aspects, but what are you failing here is "you". It is you the India. Here you are the citizen and you are the ruler, if you had the conscience and chose better leaders and if you were a honest and accountable citizen, then things would be different. Just because you have fallen while taking the baby steps you cannot complain that it was better in my mother` womb. You have crossed that time-frame and it is your responsibility to learn how to walk. It is not what you are made for... to carry you in the womb for your entire lifetime. Even a bird which gets everything in the cage, prefers and expects freedom where there is no guarantee for food and shelter. Don`t you have that little bit of sense which animals have.
Having trolled the trolls, i suppose there is no harm in accepting the mistakes, being optimistic and patient and working towards a better nation. You cant expect to run like Usain Bolt on your birthday. Accept your independence, celebrate Independence day and make the best use of your Independence day.
On this occasion, i wish you a Happy Independence Day!!!! I know it is a late post, but had taken time to recover from how my fellow beings are celebrating Independence.
