Independence is indispensable and absolute prerequisite to prosper. This year, 15 August celebrations have become rather repetitive and lost some sheen.
Have our sensibilities become so dull? Do we take independence for granted? Do we require Kargil war-like situation to realise our Indian identity? I think yes.
I know some of friends cursing the calendar system, as it was Sunday this year and a holiday is wasted. Still some others feigned ignorance.
Sir Winston Churchill had predicted that independence of India would wither away rapidly as there would be states breaking away from the Union. Fortunately that forecast is proved to be wrong time and again since last 63 years.
No doubt there are so many issues starting from troubled J & K and Northeast region to increasing divisive nature of chauvinist regionalism. People in general have lost faith in Government, and that is equally dangerous if not more.
Concerns such as corruption, unemployment, urban-rural divide, farmer suicides have still not seen any sort of concrete solution.
So to protest and do something meaningful we need independence. To succeed in our personal and professional spheres of life, we want independence.
We have 31 states, almost 1618 languages and dialects, six major religions and 29 national festivals and one sub-continent size democracy. That is called as 'Unity in Diversity'.
I believe glue of unique 'Indian identity' is stronger than anything else for us to remain one country forever. It will help us conquer all the evils.
I hang about it, audaciously optimistic as always.
