This is the feeling that the day of August 15th started. I got on Facebook and updated my status, it was echoed by many others. Surge of patriotism had rushed through many others like me.... I even gifted the beloved Flag to lots of people through Facebook......We went out for lunch and all through the drive to the restaurant we listened to nice nice patriotic songs.....Its not that we saw the freedom struggle or anything.... It's this pride in being an Indian... It's this pride in belonging to India....
Well there were many who acted cynic and said what is this Independence day.... whats there to be happy about????? have you seen what the country has become and where it's going.. there is so much corruption..... there is so much of this.... there is so much of that.... and the cynicism went on and on.....Well I ignored it and was like whatever....
Fast Forward to October.... Newspapers started flooding with articles on Do's and Don'ts in respect of the Common Wealth Games 2010.... These Do's and Don'ts are to be followed for a year till 2010 games....There will be new road regulations... New fines....The people will be taught how to be courteous and polite.... It was one week before Diwali and the government asked people not to move out of homes till absolutely necessary because a dry run/drill was being done for the Games....It was quite irritating....
So in the evening that day I sat with a couple of my "cynic" friends and started speaking about how stupid the whole affair of dry runs is... "what stupidity is this one week before diwali and they expect us to sit at home, how is one to get their work done??? what is this need to be courteous or to be taught to be courteous, what crap is all this???" Funny as it may seem, but the same friends who were ranting about the stupidity of Independence Day started screaming at me, telling me how idiotic I am to be thinking like this. " Nami its the commonwealth games, don't you realize how prestigious it is..... You are going to be a Host to so many nations....The country has to be at it's best...You, I all of us will be acting like ambassdors of the country, when we do something out of the line people will scorn us for being bad Hosts.... Have you forgotten what our culture teaches us Atithi devo Bhavah- guests are to be treated like God" ..... I couldn't help but laugh at the Irony of the situation.... These people who couldn't take pride in being an Indian few months back suddenly were acting all nationalistic and patriotic.... It was funny..But then I thought....Hey even if its the Commonwealth Games which is getting this feeling in people.... Feeling of Pride for one's Nation... It's working....the work is getting done
In the end Whatever works... and gets the work done....And gets people to echo this feeling below
Bhagwa Safed Hara… Jeevan Chakra Mera…..Karm Satya Dharti Maa Inhi Mein Main Pala… Bhartiya Main Jana Bhartiya hi jala… Bhartiy Main Jeeyu Sada Bharitya Rahun… Bhagwa Safed Hara… Jeevan Chakra Mera
well said mam .... i am a regular follower of your writings ... i wish you to write some books
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