By Aishwarya Sharma
(XII),CJM
This is another Independence Day. The same tricolour, the same speeches, dances, and patriotic songs and that usual Vande Mataram chanting. But have we truly realized the spirit of Independence Day???
It’s such an anomaly that we as people of India see such tragic incidents on the onset of this day that simply puts our faith groping in the dark.
Another man rapes a girl working in his house and that man is actually an influential film actor whose spouse then says that it was the girl who raped him, and not him who raped her!
A mother commits suicide just because her son didn’t score the marks she expected in his board examinations.
The guarders of judiciary in a fake encounter kill an innocent young boy who comes to a city in lieu for his job posting.
Is this independence?? Are we living in a society where we can lead a life of freedom and peaceful coexistence??
The principles of a sound democracy include a secular system of governance. In this secular, sovereign, democratic republic, a film actor was denied a house in a society just because he belonged to a particular sect of religion.
Every year, lakhs of students leave their own country to study in an elite institution abroad just to suffer bouts of racism and violence in a foreign land.
If this is the kind of tormenting reality of the nation we live in, its better that we stop commemorating this day when we don’t realize its significance.
And if we truly want to celebrate this day in its true spirit, let’s not just pledge for a better India, but do something with consistent determination to realize our visions.
Every small thing we do, whether it’s being sensible enough to throw a wrapper in a dustbin, or the fact that we help each other without caring about each other’s religions.
Lets learn to respect each woman in our life, because its women who sustain our country, and we have a long line of women pioneers who’ve made our country proud. And it’s a cliché for me to repeat the examples again and again. And most importantly, every woman plays a crucial role in a society, especially one like ours where a woman plays multiple roles and does a bit for the nation without receiving any accolades for doing that.
Don’t just love your India! Just help in empowering it and prove it that you truly love it!! Utter the Vande Mataram not just with hollow zeal, but also with a persistent sense of conviction. Make a change, right here, right now!!
(XII),CJM
This is another Independence Day. The same tricolour, the same speeches, dances, and patriotic songs and that usual Vande Mataram chanting. But have we truly realized the spirit of Independence Day???
It’s such an anomaly that we as people of India see such tragic incidents on the onset of this day that simply puts our faith groping in the dark.
Another man rapes a girl working in his house and that man is actually an influential film actor whose spouse then says that it was the girl who raped him, and not him who raped her!
A mother commits suicide just because her son didn’t score the marks she expected in his board examinations.
The guarders of judiciary in a fake encounter kill an innocent young boy who comes to a city in lieu for his job posting.
Is this independence?? Are we living in a society where we can lead a life of freedom and peaceful coexistence??
The principles of a sound democracy include a secular system of governance. In this secular, sovereign, democratic republic, a film actor was denied a house in a society just because he belonged to a particular sect of religion.
Every year, lakhs of students leave their own country to study in an elite institution abroad just to suffer bouts of racism and violence in a foreign land.
If this is the kind of tormenting reality of the nation we live in, its better that we stop commemorating this day when we don’t realize its significance.
And if we truly want to celebrate this day in its true spirit, let’s not just pledge for a better India, but do something with consistent determination to realize our visions.
Every small thing we do, whether it’s being sensible enough to throw a wrapper in a dustbin, or the fact that we help each other without caring about each other’s religions.
Lets learn to respect each woman in our life, because its women who sustain our country, and we have a long line of women pioneers who’ve made our country proud. And it’s a cliché for me to repeat the examples again and again. And most importantly, every woman plays a crucial role in a society, especially one like ours where a woman plays multiple roles and does a bit for the nation without receiving any accolades for doing that.
Don’t just love your India! Just help in empowering it and prove it that you truly love it!! Utter the Vande Mataram not just with hollow zeal, but also with a persistent sense of conviction. Make a change, right here, right now!!
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