A question that bothered me on 15th August when I
attended a flag hoisting ceremony, what is it that we prove by being present at
such an occasion?
Who do we pay respect to? What do we celebrate?
The Land: every country has it, so what’s so special?
The political leaders or others: I doubt it! We cannot be celebrating power hungry Nehru,
or Indira who ran the country as a proprietor driven organization or Mute
Manmohan (I had a lot of hopes on him) or any other of their kind (no I am not
being anti-congress, misadventures of
other leaders don’t come to my mind now, anyways that is not the subject in concern
here)
The People: nope. Let’s face it we are all corrupt. And there
is hardly any respect for others. I prove this by pointing out to still pervading
cast & sect system in the country. Harmony is retained because we are just ‘Tolerant’
& not respectful
They Martyrs: may be. But we have been doing this for 67
years.
The titillating questing is why do we still gather in large
numbers every year?
India is not a great country!
The onus of making it great lies with us. We the people need
to do something.
No, I am not send you for a war nor do I urge you to join
politics.
A nation becomes great when we the people do simple things.
Simple acts or deeds by individual reforms the society &
society reforms the nation. And reformed nation is a great nation!
So lets pledge to
undertake something, like: I will not litter, I will save fresh water, I will
educate a girl child etc.
If you can undertake this task along with someone then even better.
Because while fulfilling what you pledge, you might find yourself losing some
steam, others would then encourage you.
On 15th August 2014, ask yourself again have you
been able to keep you to your promise?
Here my thoughts encourage me to write the famous words of
JF Kennedy “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for
your country”
But lets not go this far, lets take it simple and easy!
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