Yet India shines again in another case when we as Indians are forced to think if we are really free. The most recent incident of two women getting arrested for posting their views on a social networking site has not only put us in shame but also reinforced the fact that we are yet to be free and that the sacrifice made by our freedom fighters can be slowly seen going down the drain.
What use is freedom if we cannot express ourselves? What use is freedom if we lack tolerance towards other people? What use is freedom if we cannot allow other people to express their views? Definitely, my condolences to Bal Thackeray's family for their loss but was the hooliganism against Shaheen Dhada's family worth it? First their intolerance against North-East Indians drove people out of their jobs and homes, destroyed their belongings, and separated them from their near and dear ones and now this vague expression of anger against a comment which had not even mentioned their leader's name. Where people had come out in lakhs to pay homage their leader, the supporters, needless to say, uncivilized and wild, were on a rampage destroying properties of some people they did not even know. While the government stood there watching those people making a joke out of our own political system, the police aggravated the situation by arresting two women for posting their views and liking it on a popular social networking site.
The comment was somewhat like this, “With all respect, every day, thousands of people die, but still the world moves on. Just due to one politician died a natural death, everyone just goes bonkers. They should know, we are resilient by force, not by choice. When was the last time, did anyone showed some respect or even a two-minute silence for Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Azad, Sukhdev or any of the people because of whom we are free-living Indians? Respect is earned, given, and definitely not forced. Today, Mumbai shuts down due to fear, not due to respect.”
Honestly speaking I see nothing wrong in this comment but the first and foremost question which comes to my mind is what wrong did they see in this comment. Did Indians ever show the same amount of respect to our freedom fighters except consider their birth anniversary as another holiday in the Government calendar?
My people, get up, gear up, and think that we should not consider ourselves Indians by default but because our culture has imbibed in us the basic quality of tolerance and the capacity to endure what is difficult or disagreeable without being violent and to recognize and respect the rights, beliefs, or practices of other people around us.
The man indicted by Srikrishna Commission for the 1992 communal riots in this city, was yesterday given a state funeral in his very city!
And more than 1.5 million morons attended the funeral!
No wonder India will always be the dumbest democracy ever!
Let the hooligans and ruffians around us know that we know our rights and the right way to express them.
RIP to all those people who fear to lead, so they follow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jai Hind !!!!!!!
What use is freedom if we cannot express ourselves? What use is freedom if we lack tolerance towards other people? What use is freedom if we cannot allow other people to express their views? Definitely, my condolences to Bal Thackeray's family for their loss but was the hooliganism against Shaheen Dhada's family worth it? First their intolerance against North-East Indians drove people out of their jobs and homes, destroyed their belongings, and separated them from their near and dear ones and now this vague expression of anger against a comment which had not even mentioned their leader's name. Where people had come out in lakhs to pay homage their leader, the supporters, needless to say, uncivilized and wild, were on a rampage destroying properties of some people they did not even know. While the government stood there watching those people making a joke out of our own political system, the police aggravated the situation by arresting two women for posting their views and liking it on a popular social networking site.
The comment was somewhat like this, “With all respect, every day, thousands of people die, but still the world moves on. Just due to one politician died a natural death, everyone just goes bonkers. They should know, we are resilient by force, not by choice. When was the last time, did anyone showed some respect or even a two-minute silence for Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Azad, Sukhdev or any of the people because of whom we are free-living Indians? Respect is earned, given, and definitely not forced. Today, Mumbai shuts down due to fear, not due to respect.”
Honestly speaking I see nothing wrong in this comment but the first and foremost question which comes to my mind is what wrong did they see in this comment. Did Indians ever show the same amount of respect to our freedom fighters except consider their birth anniversary as another holiday in the Government calendar?
My people, get up, gear up, and think that we should not consider ourselves Indians by default but because our culture has imbibed in us the basic quality of tolerance and the capacity to endure what is difficult or disagreeable without being violent and to recognize and respect the rights, beliefs, or practices of other people around us.
The man indicted by Srikrishna Commission for the 1992 communal riots in this city, was yesterday given a state funeral in his very city!
And more than 1.5 million morons attended the funeral!
No wonder India will always be the dumbest democracy ever!
Let the hooligans and ruffians around us know that we know our rights and the right way to express them.
As has been rightly said by Guruji, “ Where the mind is
without fear, and the head is held high.”
I would like to add, “ Let my country be free from the
clutches of fear and panic whose source is our very own ignorance of matters
and opinions.”
RIP Bal Thackeray whose ubiquitous influence was feared, more than admired by one and all !!!!!!!!!
RIP to the people who do not know how to use their freedom well !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RIP to the people who fear to know their rights and use their freedom for fear of unknown consequences !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RIP to the people who do not know how to use their freedom well !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RIP to the people who fear to know their rights and use their freedom for fear of unknown consequences !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RIP to all those people who fear to lead, so they follow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jai Hind !!!!!!!
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