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Dependence day

K.M. writes-

After “independence”, India’s government was led by men of the second kind – British educated socialists who resented the white man’s burden because they wanted to make it their own. They were men with a “noble” purpose; to teach the uneducated masses how to live – by taking control over their lives. These men had “noble” dreams, but their dreams were not dreams of what they would do with their lives; they were dreams of what they would do with other people’s lives. That meant that no one else would be allowed to dream. This was supposed to be independence. Inevitably, this “independence” has produced the worst kind of dependence imaginable.

Enforced freedom

Over the extended weekend, a result of Independence Day on 15th August, I commented on more than one blog about the Indian tendency to force “independence day” and its rituals down people’s throats. The attack by “activists” from Raj Thakrey’s MNS on a Pune school (an international school with most students being foreign nationals) for not summoning children for the flag hoisting ceremony proves that. It is strange that an outfit that prides itself in thrashing North Indians to within an inch of their lives and making them flee Maharashtra is so concerned about India’s independence day. Its even more strange that those who damaged property have been let off and the school is going to face action for not “celebrating Independence Day”. But the education minister had issued a warning to some schools about it in April. Maybe the state should pass a law on the subject – celebrate independence day and sing the national anthem or go to jail.

Our freedom fighters fought for the right to be free from tyranny. What are we supposed to do now?

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