Let's celebrate independence day..no!!!
why because we are now proud owners
of hunger and pverty
of unemployement and terrorism.
of threat and blasts
of inflation and corruption
Have things really changed after 60 yrs of independence? do we have a educated India? Do we have india where women are now safe and secure? Do we have India where a girl child is not thrown in a trash? Do we have india where we have democracy? above all Do we have India where each individual is actually interested to bring a change(including me)?
NO !!
We have little to be proud of and very little to celebrate of any independence. This must not be forgotten while celebrating the Sixtieth Independence Day.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
15th august - The Independence day
Three contemplations on India’s Independence Day — changing the way we look at women, fixing the education system and actively participating in its democracy.
Everytime I think of independent India, there is this picture of a little girl with Indian flag that comes to my mind. This little girl is one of those street kids we see everyday on road, near the worship places, work places or everywhere. Does she even know what freedom mean? Does her family know what Indianness is about (if there is something like that)? Makes me think what patriotism means to different sectors in the society.
I don’t see any point in ‘celebrating‘ Independence Day. This is a time to remind ourselves about our duties and responsibilities as citizens of this country, not to celebrate. Because we have a long way to go even after 60 years of independence.
India is going through the most crucial time in its history. On one side there is terrorism from outside and on the other, there are religious fundamentalist terrorists inside. Both of them are trying their best to divide the country. They spread hatred whenever it is possible. The Unity in Diversity is also facing a huge threat. The north-south division in India is quite visible. The north-east India already feels that they are being treated differently from the rest of India. A riot between Kannadigas and Tamilians is possible over an issue. Long time ago India’s diversity and pluralism was shown as its biggest power and now the very same thing is the biggest threat. We are on the verge of a civil war, that might happen tomorrow or in the next decade or in the next century.
Remember, even on August 15th, Mahatma Gandhi wasn’t celebrating the Independence Day, but he was walking fast towards the villages of Navkhali where the religious riots were taking place. That should remind us that Independence Day is a day to remind ourselves of our duties as the fellow citizens of this country and also to remember those known and unknown heroes of the freedom struggle who sacrificed their lives for their homeland. Herewith I am dedicating my version of Vande Mataram to those great souls in whose memory I bow my head in respect…
Everytime I think of independent India, there is this picture of a little girl with Indian flag that comes to my mind. This little girl is one of those street kids we see everyday on road, near the worship places, work places or everywhere. Does she even know what freedom mean? Does her family know what Indianness is about (if there is something like that)? Makes me think what patriotism means to different sectors in the society.
I don’t see any point in ‘celebrating‘ Independence Day. This is a time to remind ourselves about our duties and responsibilities as citizens of this country, not to celebrate. Because we have a long way to go even after 60 years of independence.
India is going through the most crucial time in its history. On one side there is terrorism from outside and on the other, there are religious fundamentalist terrorists inside. Both of them are trying their best to divide the country. They spread hatred whenever it is possible. The Unity in Diversity is also facing a huge threat. The north-south division in India is quite visible. The north-east India already feels that they are being treated differently from the rest of India. A riot between Kannadigas and Tamilians is possible over an issue. Long time ago India’s diversity and pluralism was shown as its biggest power and now the very same thing is the biggest threat. We are on the verge of a civil war, that might happen tomorrow or in the next decade or in the next century.
Remember, even on August 15th, Mahatma Gandhi wasn’t celebrating the Independence Day, but he was walking fast towards the villages of Navkhali where the religious riots were taking place. That should remind us that Independence Day is a day to remind ourselves of our duties as the fellow citizens of this country and also to remember those known and unknown heroes of the freedom struggle who sacrificed their lives for their homeland. Herewith I am dedicating my version of Vande Mataram to those great souls in whose memory I bow my head in respect…
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Going back Home !!!
There's nothing half so pleasant as going home .Home, the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest. Go far away of you home and your own country and then you would know the good things one possesses at home.
I am too excited to be there as early as possible. :-)
I am too excited to be there as early as possible. :-)
Friday, August 1, 2008
Happy days are here again !!
It just so happen sometimes that you feel good about things about people around you. Things have started turning out the way I wanted them too. My work..my family my relations ..all of it. Last couple of months were not that great.
Now everything is going fine infact wonderful or is it that I see the world with a new perspective now?
Well, whatever it may be I am now happy finally !!
The route to a happier life is through happy thoughts. Not just because they make you feel better immediately... but because happier thoughts give you a stronger and more stable foundation to your life. You are in control rather than being bounced around by life.
Little things are responsible for our happiness. We call them little things because they happen to us every day and we tend to let them pass unnoticed. But there´s where the happy thoughts responsible for our happiness are coming from. When we smile or when someone smiles to us fills our hearts with happiness. It´s so easy to smile... and because of that we think it´s not so important.
We came to think that only the things we strugle for are important. That´s soooo wrong. We are happy holding the loved one in our arms, we are happy when we feel the smell of rain or just a walk, first rain makes me happy, books, dinnner with family... Here´s where the happiness is.
A new house takes time to become a home, a new house is new only untill it becomes a home... And the real happiness is not in the new house but in the home it becomes.
Going home makes me happy, entering a new house no that much. The happiness is in the meaning of the things, not in the things themselves.
Now everything is going fine infact wonderful or is it that I see the world with a new perspective now?
Well, whatever it may be I am now happy finally !!
The route to a happier life is through happy thoughts. Not just because they make you feel better immediately... but because happier thoughts give you a stronger and more stable foundation to your life. You are in control rather than being bounced around by life.
Little things are responsible for our happiness. We call them little things because they happen to us every day and we tend to let them pass unnoticed. But there´s where the happy thoughts responsible for our happiness are coming from. When we smile or when someone smiles to us fills our hearts with happiness. It´s so easy to smile... and because of that we think it´s not so important.
We came to think that only the things we strugle for are important. That´s soooo wrong. We are happy holding the loved one in our arms, we are happy when we feel the smell of rain or just a walk, first rain makes me happy, books, dinnner with family... Here´s where the happiness is.
A new house takes time to become a home, a new house is new only untill it becomes a home... And the real happiness is not in the new house but in the home it becomes.
Going home makes me happy, entering a new house no that much. The happiness is in the meaning of the things, not in the things themselves.
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