The Dependent India after Independence

14th August,2011.

Just a day before celebrating Independence day, and 64 years after the Indepence, 'How much did India really become Independent?' this question arose in my mind today while going through the newspapers and reading facebook posts as to how people will celebrate independence, what freedom means to them, what is special about tomorrow etc etc.

Everyone is set to celebrate independence day in their own style, from making tricolor food to exploring places on long weekend(2nd saturday is usually holiday, sunday a holiday, monday being 15th aug, holiday again) , planning for a trek.

Some blogs showed tricolor foods prepared for the occasion, facebook posts and text messages are flooded with patriotic messages and slogans, a weekly newpaper magazine (Brunch) shared the I-Day special 'Being Indian'.

I sat on my couch with a coffee mug watching the rain pour heavily outside and thinking - ''Has India really become Independent?''

The answer came out be negative.

We are independent from the British rule , but we are not really an independent country.

India is still under the rule of India which implies politics, corruption, illiteracy, unemployment.

Today, where the metro cities indulge in great pleasure of luxuries and technologies provided to them, half of India is still unemployed, the rural india is still illiterate, there is child abuse, child molestation taking place everywhere around the country.

Colleges keep 15% seats reserved for management quota, education has become expensive due to donation(bribe). If you need a passport you need to pay donation. If a traffic constable hauls you up and you dont want a 'pouti' i.e the receipt torn against the fine of Rs. 500-1200, all you need to do is put 300rs in his pocket which he ends up in using to buy alcohol at the end of the day (corruption again) .

The word 'DONATION' means 'to donate' (daan karna) , but educational institute and many other places have made it a main source of income.

From MP to MLA, from Corporator to Mayor all are seen only once, during the elections, promising good streets, better civilization which they tend to forget after the elections..... I wonder if they suffer from memory loss :P :)

Is this the Independent India? Did the freedom fighters fight their lives out to see this India?

Are we all eager and enthusiast to celebrate the corrupted India tomorrow?

Well, I am not!!

Everday we travel from home to work/college for ourselves or may be our family demands so, but did we ever take up any pain to do anything for India?

What did you do for India?

I am supporting Anna Hazare for the hunger strike. May be its not the time to celebrate now,

may be a few years of struggle will let us to live in a better India.

So my idea behind Independence day is not boasting about India, sending 'jai hind' or 'be proud to be an Indian' text messages, singing patriotic song etc , but to do something productive for the BETTER INDIA.

Many of you might think - its slow or ineffective or aggresive, but dear readers I believe in the saying 'Rome was not built in a day', forget about Rome, even India did not achieve freedom in a day. Thousands were killed, many sacrificed, many fought back to give us a better India to live in.

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