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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