63 years after independence... how many more years to go for real independence...
Aug 15 tomorrow, it will be our 64th independence day... 63 years after the midnight speech from Pandit Nehru, do we really feel we are free... do we really feel safe... do we really trust our leaders, the law enforcement, the judiciary... NO... i dont think anyone is 100% happy in this country...
Switch on the TV news channels in the morning... they start with scams and end with murders... that's the state of the nation for us... Did the freedom fighters ever imagine all their hard work and sacrifice one day lead to this...
Well, the truth is this is not just our story.... there are many countries struggle to cope with violence and corruption, we can just say we are far better.... But the thing to be remembered is we claim to be the biggest democracy and indeed we are the largest populated in the world (almost)... so whatever happen here is large... we cant compare our state to a corrupt small nation and claim we are better... the world expect a lot from us... and how are we keeping that expectation...
For example... the common wealth games, it turned out to b corrupt wealth games; we got a chance to show our capabilities, but got messed up... Look at the naxal woes in many states; some people have reasons to kill others and some other people have reason to support those killings.... And more worries on the language issues... why cant we stand our neighbour just because he or she speaks a different language.... The diversity of the country, once we were so proud, now is a reason for border fights... even language cant keep folks together... Andhra Pradesh gives us best examples... I think after 10 years the number of states in India will cross 50, considering the demands and activisms going on in many parts of the country....
Well, i can go on and on... listing out my own frustration on the system... but can I really think it will all be fixed... it will take a huge revolution to make a change in this country... a whole new freedom struggle... a freedom from the corrupt politicians... freedom from the silence we are forced to keep against the atrocities... And how long its gonna take for us to attain that freedom... only god knows... may be it will take a whole generation or generations... whatever time it takes, the struggle should start... should start from each of us... from today... may be tomorrow will b day we breath freely in this country...
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Random thoughts.... apologies on the lack of order....
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