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A Salute!!


Love U India!!!

Happy Independence Day India! :-)

All over our country, people celebrate this day in different ways. Some hoist the Tricolour. Some watch Desh bhakti movies (Yeh, the same old Border and Lagaan and LOC Kargil and whatnot!). Some crib about it being a Dry Day (Yeh, seriously!). Then there are also people who are like, "Independence day? Yeh sure. As if anyone really cares about our country, as if we have a good govt., etc etc etc." And some who simply take 15 August as a holiday to enjoy or rest.
I don't know to which group i belong. There are years when i actually wear a dress which has orange, green and white in it (i knw, lame). There are years me and my family actually listen to patriotic speeches and songs. But this year, I would simply like to sit back and marvel over our country and its citizens. And especially, salute the true leaders and fighters of our country.
India is one country with a plethora of religions and languages. We say we believe in "Unity in Diversity". But do we really implement that in our lives? Half of the people i meet have a grudge against one religion or the other. Half of them are so patriotic about their state that they believe that all other states are simply rubbish. All other languages, all other states are simply nonsense. But note that i say HALF of them. 'Coz still there are people who embrace every religion with love. My grandfather and my mom would simply be the best examples. They can go on and on about how mych they adore Sikhs and Muslims. They are the most eager too celebrate each festival, to visit every single Gurudwara and Mosque, despite being Hindus. And they have inculcated these values in me too. So i would like to salute all those people who truly believe that we all are children of the same God. To all those who see every religion, every culture as their own. To all those who know how to share, who know how to love.
Then i would like to salute the true leaders and the true fighters of our country, the Indian Armed Forces. They are the first ones to reach whenever help is needed. You would never hear a Army officer saying, "Thats not my state! Thats not my region. To hell with the people stranded over there! Let XYZ help them, after all he's their man!" They think first about their country, then about themselves or about their respective states and religions. While the political leaders were busy blaming each other during the Uttrakhand Disaster, it was the Armed Forces who truly helped the people. So i salute all those in the Indian Armed Forces, for being there when we needed you. For never giving up.
But then there are also people i would definitely NOT like to salute. And they are, yeh you guessed right, the good-for-nothing political leaders of our country. All those useless netas who think it is a good idea to let the country's reputation go in the drain just for their personal benefit.
And a non-salute to all those people who can go on for hours about how nonsense and useless this country is, and yet do nothing to change it. To all those who exploit our country's resources to study and then go abroad to look for a job.
An actor in Rang De Basanti said, "No country is perfect. WE have to make it perfect". And i couldn't agree more with him.
JAI HIND!!!! 

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