Celebrating Freedom and How
Today marks the 68th anniversary of India's independance. Naturally, we are celebrating it with a fervour seen in our most important of festivals. Somebody has painted his face with the tricolor, someone has decided to wear ethnic for a change and someone else is playing Hai Preet Jahan Ki Reet Sada from the film, 'Poorab aur Paschim'. And it is all very heartening. In the morning, I saw people from the neighborhood assembled in the park for a flag hoisting cermony. Before the ceremony began, an old gentleman was singing praises of the greatness of our culture. He was describing how some traits make us unique as Indians. Our tradition of sacrifice, civility and peace loving nature were all glorified by him through different songs that he sung rather well (for his age). It is true that we are one of the most patriotic nations in the world. We love our country. We love our past. We love our leaders from the past. We love the fact that we have been the birthplace of so