15th August, 2010 – It was a Sunday.
“Iss baar toh ek chutti bekaar ho gayi”, that's what i heard people saying all around.
Is this what the relevance of Independence day in today's fast moving scenario?
I asked this question and people started pounding on me with their arguments. This is not a perfect country and there is no future in here.
I suddenly remembered the scene from the movie 'Rang De Basanti', where they all argue on a similar point and Madhavan says, 'no country is perfect, you have to work hard in making it so...........
Though I did'nt said anything at that point of time but I started to wonder about it.
I don't feel that I am too much of a patriot. I don't think I care much about what the government is doing. I am not a person who is willing to join the army or politics. But still what is the difference in my thinking that I got offended by all their comments.
Finally I got my answer. It was my mere love for my country. You might ask that what is so special about my country, for which I love it? Though there are many reasons to site the greatness of my motherland, but instead I would say :
Love has no reason. When asked "Why?" the answer is "I don't know. I just do." Because love does not come from the mind to know but from the heart to feel.
We could love someone beyond all their imperfections, at that time we never ask any reasons. We just accept them the way they are. That is what Love is all about. Isn't it??
Whenever we say 'Jai Hind' or 'Vande Mataram', a self esteemed smile brightens our face.
Isn't it??
One day I was getting late for my work. Just a couple of steps away from the punching machine, the kids in a nearby school started singing our National Anthem in their assembly. I stood still instantly, and to see that there were others too who did this gesture was really heart warming.
That made me realise that we all Love and Respect 'INDIA', but due to our fast paced life, we tend to forget it.
Do we really need incidents like India winning a match or A.R. Rehman receiving an oscar, to make us realise it??
