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HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!!!!!!

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!
Think about this night sixty six years back! What excitement there must have been in at least Delhi! Maybe a lot of people didn't even know what independence meant and what the future would hold for them, but I am sure that excitement was all pervasive and I am also pretty darn certain that there must have been an air of expectancy!
People must have reposed all their faith in the leaders of that time and would have felt in their hearts that “Ah! Something great is happening and some good shall come of this!” And then as one of my friends is prone to saying- CUT 2!!!!!!!        Modern day India full of such negativity and such misery! We feel sad that the dollar is 60+ and that onions are 80+…. We are so embroiled in our misery that we forget how to be positive… But let’s try at least! Let us first start stopping at red signals and paying our taxes! Just coz we feel that we are being short-changed doesn’t mean that we reciprocate similarly! Let’s spend less time in gossiping at work and more time being constructive. No matter that we don’t get back what we put in! But don’t stop giving your best. Let’s spend some time in concentrating on our work and less time on what wrong is being done by our compatriots!
If this seems tough then spare a thought to those 18 sailor soldiers who have lost their lives today abroad INS Sindhurakshak. They climbed into the submarine for a routine day’s work and never came back! And the president of our country didn't even mention them in his speech tonight. Sad! Are you sure you still want to crib about the onions and the rupee?
Please take note that this happened during times of PEACE, and these men willingly climb into these machines during times of WAR too, knowing full well that this could well be their last mission. They don’t think that this is a corrupt government and we will not go down in that submarine…..
They also don’t think that my fellow countrymen don’t give a damn for me and won’t even think about me once I am gone; they willingly join the Navy and go to their watery graves.
So tomorrow when we are waking up late long after flag hoisting’s are over and  we are going shopping and planning barbeques and watching movies or just generally lazing around do remember who 66 yrs back ensured that we could now do so and also spare a thought to those that continue to guard our sorry butts ….
Mumble a prayer for their souls and their bereft families and at least salute one flag, and stand upright and sing “Jana Gana Mana” loud and clear….

Jai Hind!!!!!!

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