The dream of India as a strong nation will not be realised without self-reliant, self-sufficient villages, this can be achieved only though social commitment & involvement of the common man."
- Anna Hazare
Yesterday,15th august,2011,Indians celebrated, India’s 65th Independence day. It was like a regular national holiday incidentally lined by Rakshabandhan, an important Hindu festival widely celebrated all throughout India. Quite a lot of people were hardly bothered and continued with their regular activities and took Independence Day as a mere extension of their weekend, another day to relax and spend time with their close ones. I don’t deny I was also among the majority of the crowd and did nothing special or anything worth even mentioning.
But the most important question here is, are we really Independent??Even after 65 years of freedom we are still not free. We are still bounded by the chains of so many evils and one of the very significant among them is corruption of all kinds be it social, political or financial. One man out of the 1.21 billion population of India, dared to stand and fight against this evil which is not only eating up our economy but also degrading our society. Most of us have this sheepish mentality, where we tend to follow and move as herds rather than being leaders. Out of the vast majority of such docile followers, rises one leader, one who acts as a driving force for a change.
In the first struggle of Independence, back in 1857, it was Mangal Pandey, followed by our own Father of nation, Mahatma Gandhi and now in the 21st century rose another great motivator to awake the Indians, especially the youth to battle against corruptions and the corrupt, to get our money back from the shady politicians who fooled us all through this while. This man, Anna Hazare, though lean but has the same spark in him which Mahatma Gandhi had. Its true, we can do wonders and make the country free from the clutches of corruption by joining Anna Hazare in his struggle only if we have hope and belief. And as they say its always better to do something rather than doing nothing to stimulate a wave of change, to usher new anticipation and to build a stronger and better India. Instead of cribbing about the political structure, the loose legal framework, the pathetic infrastructure its now the chance we as youngsters have got to prove that we can come up together, for a real cause, for a developed India. We are no longer the moral lacking, western influenced astray young Indians. We are responsible, both as individuals as well as citizens of a free democratic nation.
Now, I ask the same question again, but in a different sense. We know we are not free, and we cannot be free from such chains which are a hurdle to our country’s progress and growth. But question now is, do we want to free India???Ask this question to your heart even though you didn’t do anything worthwhile yesterday. Just remember the hard time you or maybe someone you might know must have while getting some government work done,or anything else you think you need to change, because we have already ignited the matchstick all we need to do is to spread the fire. So wake up before it’s too late to act because it’s the right time to strike my friends.
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