It’s Independence Day, 15th august, a day frozen in our history, history of contemporary India; 61 years of Independence preceded by more than 150 years of struggle, struggle to live freely, to express freely and to pursue happiness, to pursue Freedom. Our independence was a dream, A dream shared by 40 Crore people, and we are now the flag bearer of this dream & shame be served upon us, for we have failed to even realize what was the dream all about, let alone of fulfilling it.
It’s true that every nation has to struggle before it reaches a threshold, or a platform which would help it to take a giant leap. However efforts must be put into building a solid platform, but here in India we are accustomed to knee-jerk reactions. A simple word “provocative” do not figure in dictionary of our erstwhile acclaimed politicians, bureaucrats, and administrators responsible and accountable for certain duties conferred on them and I do not want to cite even a single example in support of this contention, for the list would run so long that it would be daunting.
How do you respond if your own prime minister tells you that the land which has been taken by China is useless because it is uninhabited and fails to grow a single strand of grass?
This is what our then honorable Prime Minister Pt. JawaharLal Nehru told the entire nation in response to China occupying a large piece of Indian Territory after 1961 war.
How do you respond to increasing failure of our information and intelligent agencies failing to check terrorist groups operating in our country?
How do you respond to failure of agencies responsible to prevent the Godhra and other communal riots in parts of Gujarat?
Do these problems sound too big for a common man?
Leave all these international and national problems, why do we fail to ask questions, even when we suffer year after year, in monsoons, trying to make way through waterlogged non existent roads.
Isn’t it our right to ask all those responsible for such a mess, to provide genuine solutions? Aren’t we tired of fake promises elections after elections? Why do we keep paying taxes to provide funds for hefty paychecks of these non-functioning politicians & administrators?
I fail to see any point in implementing recommendations of sixth pay commission, in fact I fail to see any point whatsoever as to why even such a commission was set up, which doles out pay hikes without fixing any accountability. Ask these babus to work for a single day in a private company. Just a single day would be enough to knock these non performers to dirt.
Well for me Independence Day means, a day to relax, for it is a guaranteed holiday. I do not wish to repair this system, because you cannot overhaul a system which has its vital parts missing.
I am all open for a new system. Please give me an autocratic ruler with a vision to take India forward, an autocrat who has it in him to shoot at sight a corrupt officer. Even if such step requires me to surrender my 2 cents worth of freedom, I am all open for it.
For god’s sake rise, rise you dead sleeping Indian, or you will always be celebrating a non existing freedom, and so called Independence Day.
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