Dear Fellow Indians, I join the billions in wishing a very happy independence day to the greatest Democratic Nation in the globe - INDIA. Vande Mataram.For the past 6yrs i am staying away from the motherland and i do miss the celebrations. A celebration honouring the freedom fighters, rejoicing the sanity of democracy and praying for a peaceful and prosperous future.
Today morning i was browsing "The Times of India" online and was not surprised to read an article on a survey conducted to test the patriotism of every indian. It goes like this..."Given a choice, the majority of Indians wish to be reborn in their motherland, even though the booming economy is yet to be translated into a better quality of life". It has clearly reflected everyone's inner feeling even though most of us were not a part of the survey.
I would like to share something that i read from "Anju's Blog" today morning....
"Well success has different interpretations. For me India breaking out of the shackles and becoming a free economy is success, that we are the fastest growing economies in the World is success, that we have become an important factor in the IT revolution is success, that some of the richest people are Indians is success, that we have had the most beautiful women in the Miss World and Universe competitions is success, that we are moving towards an unmanned mission to the moon is success. I could keep going on and on and yet there would still be many more things we need to do.
For instance the economic success of a few has created a wide disparity between the middle class and lower class. There is a growing need for clean water, afforestation, newer medicines and vaccines, breakthroughs in Science, good education, upliftment of the poor, and cutting the red tape and bureaucracy which is still prevalent in India. I think these issues almost always take a back seat and we need to keep them in mind."
But for today let us first bask in the glory of the nation that we love dearly-India. India, the cradle of civilization and culture.
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