Let me start this small note by wishing each and every one of you a Happy Independence Day.
Nowadays, more than one actually meaning to say it, wishing Independence has become more of a formality. Many tend to overlook the fact that they are independent, and freedom has nothing to do with their day to day lives. The nation is engulfed by scams, corruption, governmental inefficiency, in such a way that people find time to discuss only about the nation, than having time to judge what they do.
Being independent means many things. It means that you are allowed to portray Dr. Manmohan Singh as Singham, it means that you are allowed to talk and joke anything about the treasures in Padmanabaswamy temple. It means that, you can criticize the Indian cricket team for a few losses, in spite of them being World Champions. It means that, in spite of Shri Anna Hazare burning the bills, you can continue supporting him. It means that, Dr. Subramanian Swamy can write articles against some religious sentiments, in a leading daily.
Many forget to understand that, it also means that you have the right to choose to vote for one you feel would be the best to govern your place, or for that matter, it means you have the right to vote! Many forget that, promoting videos of corruption in facebook is not the only way of spreading “Patriotism”, but there are other simple and easy ways of doing so. Criticism is good, but would be efficient only if it is constructive. I wonder if at least one of my friend who shared so many videos of corruption and inefficiency of the government, would actually take to the streets fighting for the cause.
As I said earlier, there are other simple and “possible” ways to uphold the values of patriotism. Many of us throw wastes, especially plastic wastes on to the road, spit on the roads. Many of us can’t control our “pissing” temptation once we are outside. It feels so bad to hear others describing our nation as one where people use roads as their toilets, when they describe our country as filthy, muddy and so on. Stopping this might not sound as easy as sharing a video on facebook, but is it not worth a try, at least? Aint this one simple way by which we can keep our country clean, thereby keeping our country’s image clean! Believe it or not, most of the foreigners don’t talk of our nation as one with governmental inefficiency or as a country deep-rooted in corruption, but rather talk of her cleanliness, about her people. Think of it, rather than getting outraged “only” at the moment you watch a corruption/anti-corruption video and stop thinking once you are done sharing that video. You know what, whenever I see my friends sharing such videos, I always think of the people who threw stones at Magdalene Mary.
P.S.: Food for action would have been a more apt title… J
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