Today is our Republic Day .. 59th .. 58 yrs have passed since India became a 'Republic' which in essence means we have established 'A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them'. As whole of India and clusters of Indians all over the world gear up to celebrate I wondered I should check what google has to turn up on this day for India. And I was not surprised when the first result said 'India on high alert for Republic Day celebrations'. Is'nt it a familiar head line ...every time we look forward to celebrate one of our National festival or any major festival for that matter. Instead of the festivities, instead of the lightning, instead of sweets .. the primary preparation is fa arming ourselves against the ubiquitous danger of being blown up by some known/unknown terrorist organisation. Most of the Indians prefer keeping away from regions of celebration .. just in case... smthin sinister hits them.. The security offcials surely take a sigh of relief if the day passes by with minor incidents..
I evn noticed an article in TOI calling it ...An Unnecessary Ritual .. that too by an officer of the Indian Navy..I wasnt surprised again...Its not the first time that such a thing has come up perhaps for a different reason...
But all these things add up giving a negative overtone to the day which should have been a day when each Indian feel secure enough and enthused to come out of their bunker and stand at Vijay Chowk to shout Vande Mataram along with thousands others....
The threats, the indifference or just plain logic against celebration of these National Festivals seems blasphemous but I feel that its just a matter of time when ppl ll forgt wht these symbols stand for .. whn they will start taking their rights and freedoms .. not duties off course.. for granted ..
And no I am not here to start a revolution which in todays terms is a chain spam mail .. blastin each and everyone ... and askin to fwd fa the sake of so n so .. I am part of the confused or concerned lot .. who does nt kno wht to do ..or may be knows but is too busy with their own lives.. But I will surely try to contribute towards the prosperity of the nation ...thru my little efforts...who has given me my identity..
Vande Mataram!!!
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