But coming back to Independence & state of our beloved country. So much of stuff happening all across India that you wonder if this is what those heroes of freedom-fight had in mind when they were laying down their lives for Independence. Corruption, mis-management & chaos is the highlight of current day. Switch on any news channel & you are forced to switch to some other channel or switch off TV because all you get to hear is corruption, scams, violence, & lawlessness all around. Kind of news we get to hear & see makes daily soaps look all soothing to eyes, ears & heart despite all melodrama in them. Thank God I am getting to watch only cartoons these days because of my little one.
We Indians talk of being super-power & getting equal status in world matters with countries like US, China, UK, Germany & others. But do we even put 1/10th of effort these countries put in to have success they enjoy. See how US arm twisted BP to shell (pun intended) out big bucks for the oil spill. But India simply allowed the Bhopal tragedy kill its citizens without doing much. All they did was to allow Anderson flee country with red carpet rolled out to him. China organized one of the best (if not the best) Olympic games in history. India on other hand is still thinking if we can start CWG on time. All we see & hear is that OC (organizing committee) is busy in ensuring that they get all wealth possible not worrying at all about Games or common stuff. No national pride in mind at all. Just busy & occupied in milking the money cow.
We have such a good habit of asking others to fix our house for any & every thing. For any issue, we look towards US to say a few soothing words to make us happy.
Although India attained its Independence long back, there still are areas in India which dont get basic necessities of life like electricity, fresh water etc. Still every year we depend on Monsoon to cater to our agriculture needs. Some rivers are drying & some have floods every year but nothing happening on connecting the rivers linkage project. We have such a huge divide of urban & rural sector that guys in big cities dont even know what kind of life people live in rural areas.
Simple mantra is that if its not affecting me, I dont bother what happens in Kashmir, UP or North-east. But if you get affected then we say, why Govt does not do anything.
Common sense is so uncommon. Education & Literacy is something that is becoming more & more disjoint these days. so called literate folks behave like uneducated. Everyone is in a hurry to not even bother how their actions affect others. But will crib if you are on the receiving end.
As they say it takes a tiny step to start on a long journey. Hope some of us take this difficult part of taking tiny step towards the right direction.
I still get goose bumps on hearing the national anthem. And hope I can manage the courage to not fall into trap which makes me part of this herd which does not value freedom we have.
