"At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance..... We end today a period of ill fortune, and India discovers herself again" - This is what Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had said on India's most significant day.
Okk..here I go preaching again...bare with me as I need to get it out of my system...
They gave their lives without any indecision...
They raised their voices with righteous indignation...
Their sole purpose in life was to attain 'freedom'...
And they brought us our India in a palanquin- They were our freedom fighters. They had many aspirations for this country, for their country.
It's been 61 years and we have come a long way...or have we? Look beyond the glitzy malls, and the slums are bigger than ever. Look beyond the private schools for the elite, and we have underprivileged children working arduously just to make ends meet everyday. Look beyond the fake countenances of politicians and you will see charlatans in disguise. Look beyond the jazzy eateries and you will see impoverished, famished and emaciated individuals without a ration card, look beyond the female leaders, professionals and the glamorous babes of Bollywood and you'll see female foeticide.
We are in a funny, and contradictory position. Seems like we have achieved a lot and yet nothing. We took one step forward and two steps into the past. We would gain independence in true sense when we clear away our societal flaws. That is the 'freedom' we need to obtain as the upcoming generation; play our role as the offspring of those freedom fighters and give something back to our society. We are at it.... just need to keep on trying...harder.
8 comments:
very true.. India is in a strange situation rite now..
on one hand, we boast of a gr8 history, culture, heritage, mutual harmony, etc. etc. whereas on the other hand we r in a political n economical trauma.... dere r innumerable issues to b talked upon...
i watched "swades" the other day and if u've watched it too u must remember this particular scene when the villagers are boasting about indian culture and srk gives this whole speech abt how he dsnt think india is the greatest country. our culture, our heritage is our scapegoat
yup, i hav watched dat movie n yeah, i can recall dat scene well..
Th majority of Indians are villagers or rural people n they r so rigid in their beliefs ( most of them being rather stupid ), that they are not ready to alter, even for the sake of goodness.
dis is where i get frustrated.
many INDIANS might ponder me over this opinion of mine, but i say, ok fine.. i agree we hav a gr8 culture n heritage but we need to amend at a few issues where it is really important.
oye kaun si bhasha mein likha hai..
chand sitare baane aa rahe hain
"At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom." - this statement always confuses me..!!
When our leaders are confused.. you can imagine where people are being lead.. :)
Well, I am under the impact of "Why I am an atheist", so my ideas differ.
Well I agree, India is not as simple as it appears, its is a huge challenge for any leader. I m a yet another silent spectator, so it will not be right for me to comment without being actively part of the system.I will try to read discivery of India.
And looks like we have had some good talk in past 16 hours, but in comments :).
Do mailto dynamic.ashwin@gmail.com , if you got some thought to talk.
you really got that email.!!
wow.! it never worked wen I was 4..! :)..
did you really get tht email, i thought you were kidding..
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