Today we are celebrating 61st Independence Day. Independence after 200 years of British rule…after lots of ‘balidaan’…but that’s yesterday!! Today though we claim to be a free country, but are we actually??...We are the largest democracy... We have the brains which other would envy, but still what have we achieved in this 61 years??...not that we are the same from then. Yes, we did develop…We are the emerging super power. But at the same time the negatives have also gone high...There is still poverty ,there is still unemployment and the basic needs are totally out of the reach of common man.
And the biggest thing ‘Terrorism’...Today we are celebrating Independence Day but in a covered blanket of fear! We do not know, when there would be a bomb blast. We fear to go out when there is an occasion...We fear when there is a crowd. Parents want us to stay back home on this day cos of ‘safety’. What is the use of celebrating when we are not secured about our living!
A couple of days back, I had a discussion with one of my friends about the ways of showing patriotism…One of our lecturers asked us to show patriotism by coming to college on Aug 15. We were wondering if that the only way of showing our patriotism. Our point of patriotism is different… I would do my duties as a citizen properly and sincerely and that would be my way of showing patriotism…What’s the use when I sing the National anthem and take bribe the very day? Would I be called a patriot?
Ever since I was kid I have always heard this “India is a ‘developing’ country”. How long would it take!!...when will that tag ‘developing’ leave and ‘developed’ come in??? We should stop blaming others and start asking ourselves if we have done of duty properly first?? It should start from each one of us. And yeah, each one CAN make the difference!!
And prolly we should be celebrating our true independence day only when we are sure that no innocent would die in a blast and only when all the hindrances are removed. Freedom from British rule was a dream before but it was made into a reality. Freedom from terrorism might seem a dream today but it will definitely be a reality tomorrow!!
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In India if yo want to show your patriotism support Your country when India wins a World cup by blocking the roads or just like that block the roads create chaos... and You will be declared a patriotic soul.....
India will remain a developing country forever... We can nver get of this tag
hey....nice 1...makes u think as an individual as to where are we really headed to....and about d tag of developing country...well we prolly wil have it for sumtym now...but itz surely not forever..whether d tag remainz or moves on to become "developed" is totally in our handz...we use it or we screw it....so letz wait [and work on it] and see!!!
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