Happy Independence Day!!

Voice 1:”Getting early in the morning, take a bath just to go and watch the flag-hoisting twice a year. Its all bullshit”

Voice2:”Atleast ek din to yaad kar liya kar desh ko..aur ye kya aaj ke din english songs laga rakhe hain..kuchh patriotic song suno.”

Voice1:”i didn’t go for the flag hoisting that doesn’t mean i am not concerned for my country..and it doesn’t show that u are patriotic if you listen patriotic songs on the Independence Day”

Voice2:”haan ..tumlog to GRE de kar baahar jaaoge ..yahan to hum rehenge apne desh ke liye kaam karenge”

This was the conversation between two juniors living next to my room on the morning of 60th Independence Day, which was overheard by me.

Out of 1200 students in an institute, only about 100(i.e only about 8%) are present for the unfurling of the flag by the director.And when the director asks “how many are from the first year and how many are from fourth year”..You can see a wide difference in the number of students from the most junior and the most senior. Just 8-9 were from fourth year. What is the reason for this??

And when you pose the question to the not present-ones, they all have a common reply - “I care for my nation. I will work for my nation and that is patriotism and going to just attend the I-Day Ceremony is just a wastage of time and not patriotism”.But the real reason is that people are too lazy.If they can’t get up one day to give respect to their national flag and those who sacrificed their lives for getting freedom from the clutches of the foreigners, what is the surity that they will be present when the nation needs them.

I know most of the young generation people are of the view that attending the flag-hoisting to show your patriotic feelings for your motherland is a bullshit.But I think Independence Day is a special day when all the Indians worldwide should remember the sacrifices made by a few great men who fought for the freedom that we enjoy today. It is a day to give respect to your National Flag. All the citizens must at least dedicate this day to the nation as we are busy with our lives for all other 364 days of the year. We should not treat this day as just another holiday.