Happy Independence Day!
I ndia is celebrating its 75 years of independence from British rule. This time, could not go to India Gate/ Rashtrapati Bhavan but to Karnataka Vidhan Soudha. Seeing these constitutional bodies before one day of the independence day anniversary gives a different level of feeling. But we have not got freedom from domestic violence, corruption, human trafficking, or corporates treating their employees in an unfair way; we see kids begging; we see animals looking for food, or dying of hunger. Then why celebrate independence day or why to even feel proud of it? If we say that it is India's Independence Day, it feels like a patriotic statement, but is it actually limited to a geographical area? Is it not about those crores of people who got their human rights (to an extent) back? Is it not about having a choice or about having fair treatment? There are gaps and there will always be faults, but what is important is to remind ourselves of the battles that we chose, stood for, and ultima...