Republic Day

This republic day brought shame to the nation. What will this republic day be remembered for ? Firstly, an honest officer exposing corruption was burnt alive by the mafia. Secondly, the national flag is now no more a symbol of values and integrity it used to be -- hoisting it leads to hatred and violent outbursts in some communities and regions or atleast the liberal and secular intelligentsia believe so; perhaps, that is why they believe only in deploying more and more security forces to suppress rebellions and promising economic packages when stones are being pelted and situation goes out of control. :) The so called secular and saviours of the minorities cannot prevent them from getting alienated and influenced by separatists, then how can they allow the communal people to take the credit of national integration ? Samjha karo yaar! Thirdly, the nation which calls itself a rising superpower, that has leadership and governments that defy non-proliferation treaties, dares to be non-aligned, has independent foreign policy; is totally helpless in exposing the black money laundered in foreign banks ! (I heard someone say, now I don't care, I have Wikileaks )

Well, I might not be the only one, crores of Indians might have been disheartened by the dark picture. But we must remember that being disappointed by the events is only going to worsen this picture. What we really need is constructive action rather than laments. On this republic day, it looks like, we need a dose of Dr. J P Narayanan's optimism more than anything else. ( As usual, courtesy: YouTube )