A few days back, India celebrated its 64th Independence Day. Our venerated Prime minister was part of another I-day speech along with hoisting of the tricolour. The rhetoric followed that was supposed to cajole the yearning issues of 1.2 billion people. However, the opinions of numerous young, vibrant and energetic Indians did not change. As I can see it, “young” India has a different take on the “freedom” that we are enjoying right now. I am also a part of the bandwagon.
A free country should not only have a government comprising of its own people, for its own people and by its own people. It should also be able to manage its internal strives in a democratic way, and possess the ability to deal with mighty external nations on the economic and political front. It should have an unbiased attitude towards its women and caste minority groups, striving towards their empowerment in every way possible. A free society is symbolized by how independent its women are, and not by how archaic its thinking is, when it comes to honor killings, khap panchayats and discrimination towards dalits and muslims. The right to equality should be experienced by everyone, without facing subjugation.
In some cases, we misuse our freedom also. People indulge in vandalism; there is hardly any civic sense, but there exists widespread corruption. The people with power do whatever they feel like at the expense of innocent civilians, unless of course, bribery is resorted to. Most of our leaders have sweet tongues and sly hearts. Our country keeps getting lost in political squabbles because of this.
I do not think that the visionaries who gave us freedom in 1947 would have envisaged this kind of a future for their beloved motherland. I would have loved to see how fighters like Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Lala Lajput Rai and Sardar Vallabbhai Patel would have healed the wounds of India as we have it today. They would have definitely thought that real freedom is still a long way to go.
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