we are independent...

"we are independent"..when the country was outraged by the movement against corruption brought up by shri anna hazare ji and finally government has to act in favor of jan lokpal bill i just got  these lines in my mind...but the column was left blank for a long time because although i had the title but i was totally blank about the content to be comprised under it...sometimes i thought of changing the title to are we independent?...as there were many things that could be mentioned under that particular point but again WE ARE INDEPENDENT was the thing my mind got in it...
so we are independent...our country has completed 65 years of independent as we all know....where we were and where we are today that also we all know...but i am going to tell you something that no body knows till now but me...it was a bright day...15th of august 2010,i got up early around 6:30 AM and left for morning walk by 7..school students were rushing towards there school as they have had to celebrate the occasion..flag hoisting national anthem and there after for half of the day auditorium was over to them...dressed in proper uniform with a beautiful smile on there face..
i was getting nostalgic for a while then suddenly i was disturbed by a government vehicle or a car in precise driven madly by the driver...then after a minute or two with same velocity another government owned vehicle..i was wondering that the way they were rushing it was emergency or something like that around...then i was reminded that the flag hoisting and national anthem ceremony timings were supposed to be around that hour and it was the reason of general haste among them...i had a silent laughter..as once i have to wait for hours at a government firm to get my work done because of the lack of punctuality..definitely there is improvement..!
after that i moved ahead and there sweets were being distributed by some upcoming politician to the general crowd nearby local garden...there were some in the crowd whose face described all about their starvation...pity said me to myself!
on the way back to my home there is a girls hostel..on the roof top anthem was being sung...i halted and was on attention for a few seconds but actually not everyone around me was so...the milkman came and threw the packets in those few seconds...girls were giggling because of something in those few seconds...finally it got over..i.e morning walk with slightest of the disgust in my mind..
rest of the day...it was a national holiday so multiplexes,malls and eventful places were packed and yes it was all in patriotic mood by the decorations,songs or the quizzes..plenty of texts and mails to wish each other the auspicious occasion...
yes we are independent...free to take the things the way we want...even to deal with our independence the way we want...we are loving our independence undoubtedly but probably we are not respecting it...the century of struggle by our ancestors is being denied by our such attitude i thought that day..but when the country was one against corruption my mind changed...unity in diversity still exists...govt by the,for the and of the people is valid...pessimism turned towards optimism half a way..JAI HIND!!