Happy Independence Day!

India 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 ultimately won.

Independence Day is the day on which people who were unfair and kept on being abusive without having any inner conscious, finally gave up. They gave up almost after 400 years, but they did.

We as a set of crores of people have a long way to go, but these institutions assure us that we are not in as bad a situation as a few countries around or near us. We are doing better and until it becomes satisfying, we will keep on doing that.

So, for now, happy independence day to everyone who could become financially, and emotionally independent, or who has taken small steps towards that freedom, or anyone who is able to think beyond their constraints and who is able to give up on a bad habit or stand for themselves!

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