Indian Independence Day

                                       VANDE MATRAM - JAI HIND     

     Today i.e. 15th August is a truly auspicious day as it is Indian Independence Day. On this day, India was declared Independent of the colonial rule of Britain. It was a day when India had a tryst with destiny. When the world was asleep, India awoke to a new era, a new dawn. The country was reborn. It was free to pursue its own path and draw its own destiny after almost 200 years of intense slavery.
     Indian civilisation dates back to thousands of years. Indus Valley Civilisation has been pioneer and one of the oldest and greatest civilisations, Earth has ever had and whose proof of existence is available. This civilisation belongs to India. In various religious texts, the civilisations further go back to as old as the eras of Sat-yug, Treta-yug and Dvapar-yug. Known as 'Jagatguru' i.e. 'Teacher of the world' in ancient time, India never believed in violence. It always preached for peace and the tradition continues till date, but as destiny would have it, its peace was ruined and it was not ready for a battle. The situation's advantage was taken by then British and the country got colonised. This marked an end of the greatness as the money was drained out to the tune of about 80 crore (i.e. 800 million) pounds per annum. You can imagine the value of this money in 1800s era when still in 2016 this money is too much, even for a lifetime in any country. Thus, the country was left poor and disillusioned.
     The first Independence Day as declared by Indian freedom fighters was 26th Jan, 1930. It was a historic day when the leaders decided that India won't have anything less than complete freedom. Till then the demand was of dominion status and from this day the fight for complete independence started with a vigour and energy unmatched. The stuggle finally bore fruit on 15th August, 1947 when we got Independence from foreign rule.
     This happiness could not be expressed in words but it was just that there were no foreign rulers now. Independence from evils like poverty, malnutrition, communal thinking, colonial hangover etc., was still not achieved. The nationalists saw the huge work that was to be accomplished and the time was too less. The foundation of this was laid by the enactment of Indian Constitution which was to be the framework of Indian governance and thus began a new journey and a new struggle of freedom from these evils, but this struggle was different. All nations were working together to be free as these evils were (and still are) prevalent in almost all nations. People had learnt their lessons from the two world wars and had realised the ill effects of wars. They were now united and had become peace-loving.
     Slowly, this great nation, in its journey of 69 years and on this 70th Independence day proudly boasts of what it has truly achieved at an unparalleled pace. Today, the nation is proud, the nationalists are proud and the citizens are proud. Indians don't keep an eye on other nations, but are not such bad children that they can't protect their motherland now. No Indian will think before happily laying down his/her life for the country.

TODAY's ERA and TODAY's INDIA:

     As the era advances, new problems emerge. No country today, is independent of these termites of corruption and other political and social evils and India is no different, but as Indian PM says, "India has 1.25 billion minds to solve its problems" and I truly believe that the countrymen are capable enough to solve them. It's just a matter of time and a need to wake up the country. People can make a difference but an internal unity is an utmost requirement.

My message to Indian people: 

    WAKE UP INDIA. Wake up to these evils and end their roots. Utilise your capabilities and think in a collective way. A nation can become great only when its citizens are great. Don't just think individually. People are bigger than money which is nothing but a dead wood. It is true that some vicious trends are going on in our country and some bigwigs are involved. It is true that political-bureaucratic-industrial nexus is taking a toll on common man but as a great freedom fighter JP Narayan said in the era 1970s," If you do not like an order because you feel it does more harm than good to the country, you must not follow it."
     Now, a single man can't follow this great ideal but if we have unity and think collectively for nation's good, this will be very easy to do. The powerhouses are so because common man listens to them. Stop listening and their power is gone. Even on our 70th Independence day we Indians are struggling with our petty problems, thinking only about ourselves and keeping nation at the backstage.

The situation of Indian society today.

     It's high time that this country wakes up to the various social and politico-economic evils like derogatory position of women, corruption, communal tensions and thinking, reckless attitude. The alongside picture illustrates what some anti-India elements are doing to our mother when we as its children are sleeping. Become responsible children instead of being irresponsible and letting our motherland in the situation depicted in this picture.

What India was and should be.

     Our country has always been great and shall remain so. The alongside pictures show a happy mother. Can we Indians see our biological mother cry? No we can't. So, how can we see our motherland cry and allow anti-Indian elements to succeed in their motives?
     It is time that we wake up to these evils. We can't allow these evils to proliferate in our country. We can't allow them in our society. We have to come out of colonial hangover and status-quoism of king-subject mentality. This will not do any good, instead will harm our nationalism.

What India was and should be.

     Women needs to be given a revered position. Remember Lord Rama and how he revered his mothers and his wife. Why can't we do it? We strive to have 'Ram Rajya' but we want it free of cost. We do not want leadership by example, but we want good leadership by destiny.

     O my dear fellow Indians, we have struggled a lot to get Independence because we wanted to be free of evils and not keep struggling with them. Introspect, do a SWOT analysis, remove your weaknesses, become strong, inculcate good values and become both patient and impatient. When I say be patient, it is to be sensitive to societal needs and having faith in your efforts which might take some time to give results and when I say be impatient, it is towards evils in our society. Don't kill the bad person but kill the badness in him. This was the message given by our revered Swami Vivekananda. Live up to his expectations. Our beloved President Late APJ Abdul Kalam, wanted to see India as a developed country by 2020. Can we Indians fulfill his dream? Yes, we can and we should. He had faith in our capability and so we must work tirelessly and change ourselves from head to toe and colour ourselves in goodness and become one who does work to the best of his ability. We are a young country and we should not waste our youth indulging in petty pleasures but utilise it in building India. Always remember what the great Bhagat Singh and other nationalists said,"Ab tera khoon na khaula to wo khoon nahin wo paani hai, jo desh ke kaam na aayi wo bekaar teri jawani hai."

     Let this country regain its lost glory. Let there be a transition from India to Great India to THE INDIA i.e. Greatest India. Vande Matram ! Jai Hind !
 

Life of those who were born in 1990s

    Today is the era of those who were born in 90s. They are young, energetic and ambitious people who represent the demographic dividend of countries like India, whose potential the countries want to tap. I do not see it happening.
    In the real sense this demographic dividend is becoming a demographic disaster. The following points elaborate this:



1. Job Satisfaction: We are not satisfied by our work because we do not enjoy it. When we were young, engineering profession took a boom and we surrendered to this boom.
Uska Beta/Iski beti took us in that pit along-with himself/herself. Emotional blackmailing took a toll on all of us and we kept our family above our dreams not realising the long term ill effects of it.

2. Job Location: We do not enjoy working in those big cities far from our hometown, but being a middle class person, our status quo mentality stops from leaving that city. Most of people in our cities/villages were/are shopkeepers/farmers and when we tell them of being engineers/managers/bankers in big corporates/banks, their reaction makes us feel elated and we become addicted to it, not wanting to return back to the old life. Their inferiority complex makes us feel elated but we forget the happiness they have in being with their family which makes us feel terribly jealous but we are middle class, still stuck in status symbols.

3. Salary: We get what we call peanuts. We don't want to have these. Instead we want to enjoy our lives but then the face of our parents starts revolving in front of us and the huge efforts they have put in educating us. Emotional messages and groups which keep on glorifying those efforts add to our emotions. We feel like crying and then we get determined to put in our efforts and then soon realise the cut throat competition with others who also think like us and are sailing in the same boat. Hence, we continue and life moves on.



4. Killed Aspirations: Today we don't know where to go and where not. We are just moving on a straight road aimlessly, not knowing where to go. Our lives have just been aroung buying food, taking care of family and getting old. The next gen kids are aimless. They are less ambitious and less excited because they don't get the necessary positive energy from their parents i.e. our generation people, because we never followed our dreams. Many aspired to have Audis but ended up in Marutis. People aspired to be singer but ended up being engineers. This is a loss to all stakeholders viz. individual, family, society, nation and world because nothing fruitful was done. The life was similar to the concept of Disguised unemployment where the work done by a person is not fruitful or does not make an impact.

5. Lost Happiness: We try to be happy but end up imagining to be happy. We end up showing off. Going to a place, what's the most important thing to do? It's a facebook check-in so that every friend in our friendlist ends up being jealous. This means 2 things:



(a) Either we aren't enjoying that we still are thinking of facebook, instagram, pininterest, whatsapp or,

(b) We don't realise the value of present due to our addiction to these.



Now, a message for the generation of 90s: Dear Friends, things have not gone out of our control. All is not over yet. We can still make a difference. We can still listen to our dreams, follow our goals, cherish our life. Staying in this clutter won't work. We will repent in our old age if we don't wake up now. The nation will wake up if the individual wakes up. Follow the path you have always dreamt of. Stop listening to the society. Stop showing off. Live in the means you have. Don't spend too much in showing off to those who are spending too much to show off to you. It's your life, live it the way you want. Take responsibility of whatever happens(good or bad). One thing is guaranteed, you will never repent even if you failed because no one can take away the pleasure from you of being able to try to follow your dreams. The destiny is one and no matter what, you'll reach there. So why not reach enjoying the life instead of crying and living it like a burden. Enjoy Life ! Be free ! It's now or never ! Today is the time to enjoy because you can, else time will move on and you will repent. Don't let this happen and make a difference to yourself, for yourself and by yourself.