Sixty years have passed since the day we became a republic and I as a citizen don’t even understand what India as a republic stands for ! Stories of cultural and regional conflicts are so commonplace that all the great things that I studied about my country viz integrity, unity in diversity all seems a passing fad.
Every now and then a Raj Thakrey sticks his head out of his shell and tries to terrorize this integrity and unity which the architects of Indian constitution would have took pride in. I am sure gandhiji would have gone on a fast to protest the mute acceptance of this terrorism on part of the state and the central government. But another thing that I am further sure of is that even then our respected leaders wouldn’t have yielded. And why should they care ? After all even gandhiji would have casted just one vote in the election, on the other hand they have the whole marathi bastion to please by letting all the Raj Thakreys do their deeds.
Could anybody explain me how does it matter if I call Maharashtra’s capital Bombay or Mumbai, why do we see protests on such meagre issues ! Sometimes I really wonder if it’s all real. It’s difficult for me to digest that I am hurting the local people’s sentiments by calling Mumbai Bombay, more so when the latter is more famous name among the masses.
Every passing day a republic should have strengthened its basics, but it seems we Indians have switched to reverse gear where all the great work done by our revered leaders is being undone by goons like the one I mentioned.
Here as I am looking at he map of India in front of me, I am trying to imagine how the map would look like if we don’t stop these terrorists and believe me I am even scared of imagining it.
I have no idea how this article should have been finished because I don’t even know what we as a citizen need to do ? I feel it’s not just my perception that matters here. So here I prop this question up to you to see how you want it to be written off.
happy republic day
jai hind.
