Independence day/ President’s speech/ India/ In dependent.html/ 15.08.2009

INDEPENDENCE OR IN DEPENDENT DAY

One of the two days (26th Jan & 15th August), where in patriotism pops up within us in a truly hypocritical manner… deshbhakti geet is played on loudspeakers, the Tri-colour is unfurled, the khadi-clad politicians will talk all big lies and as the sun will set… one will see plastics flags thrown allover, crushed under feet and well… we all know how commercialized even our Independence Day has become today…

I always wonder how independent are we in our independent India… are we independent or else in dependence on everything and every which way one can think of… of society, law and order, system and what not… so are we really free in true sense??? Naaaahhhhh… freedom is a myth not a reality… of course, debatable like every other topic…

On the eve of Independence Day our President always addresses the nation talking and claiming all big things and what not… I was very surprised to see our President saying – ‘Citizen of India should cooperate with the government….’ Whosoever wrote that speech, surely made his place permanent but I wonder, instead of government helping the citizen… it is just the reverse what the President uttered… imagine, why the citizen of free India elect their representatives every five years???

I would like to ask the President of India, should the common man cooperate with the government so that the food prices, fuel prices, vegetables’ prices, taxi fare and all the other commodities prices are raised on and on… with no real respite to be seen in near future??? Should the citizen of India cooperate so that government can give loads of subsidies to rich industrialists??? Should the citizen cooperate with government so that flats are sold in crore and crore of rupees by the builders??? Should the citizen cooperate with government corrupt officials to suffer in silence??? Should the citizen cooperate with the government so that terrorists can walk-in freely and kill us with no remorse??? Well, the list is endless my dear friends…

Truly independent policy of our President’s vision for a better future to live in free India, JUST COOPERATE WITH GOVERNMENT!!! It is really sad that such a statement is issued by our President on the eve of Independence Day… Imagine the situation… how dangerous our independent India has become today… instead of our government taking care of the citizen, the government wants us to take care of them… so in dependent are we today…