Remembering The 'Tricolour'

 

Feeling of patriotism often comes out on 2 days, 15 Aug & 26 Jan and of course when cricket match is going on , on these 2 days we are highly enthusiastic ,patriotic songs seems to be more melodious than the regular one. I was in the dilemma for choosing the subject for my ‘Blog’ , but 15th Aug was on its  way so I had chosen the same because "Watan ke aage kuch nahi".

Post World war II , world was divided in 2 groups Communism & Capitalist ( mainly USA & Soviet Union ). Even the so called ‘Powerful’ countries  had to choose the either side. It was difficult to stand alone in this race . Many western countries had interfered in the internal issues of independent India for their benefits .Within 25 years we had fought 4 Wars , 3 against Pak &  one against China .1971 war gave birth to Bangladesh , where India entered in to save the humanity .Pak surrendered to India which is our  the greatest military success. In 70’s India faced many internal challenges  as Internal politics was on its peak. Emergency was ‘The Darkest hour’ in the Democracy, Operation ‘Blue Star’ in 1984 and subsequent events pushed us to more  instability

90’s brought the new light in  the dark Indian economy with many reforms .In those days we successfully conducted nuclear test and India was now  also a Nuclear Power . despite of many restrictions imposed by USA India invented 'PARAM 8000' – The first ever Indian Supercomputer . Trees of economic reforms planted in 90’s was fruitful in the new millennium where many Multinationals entered in the Indian market , Economy was moving in full swing  . India’s external relations grew as India’s reputation  in the world is better than that of who ruled us.

Today you choose any field say Science & Technology , sports , business , education , art & music etc. you will see India & Indians  are ruling their  respective fields. ‘ISRO’ has earned more respect than any other space research organizations. Indian military forces are always ready to fight for every inches . Technicians are ruling in the  US IT companies. ‘Ayurveda’ is being taught as the basics of Medical science . Many Indian MNC’s are capturing the foreign markets.

Many people compare India with japan , Germany  . for the infrastructural development but just look at their size & population . Still after being exploited for 150+ years, today we are the 6th largest Economy and expecting to be on the 3rd rank in the next decade. Our judiciary system and election process is considered as the most transparent and ideal.  World see India as the fountain of wisdom , and origin of many principles like 'Ahimsa' , 'Satyam shivam Sundaram ', 'Athiti devo bhava' . Our constitution lay principles of socialism , secularism and Sovereignty . I think no country in the world has such freedom of speech , religion , business , resident that’s why we criticize the others and label it as freedom by the constitution , but we must also keep in mind of certain duties such as  voting, environment protection etc. which doesn’t show the tangible effects but help in the nation building.

 It is not not the mountains , seas , oceans , states make the country but people like U and me make the pillars of the  country more strong , for country of having such History, 74 is just a small number. We have miles to go & to achieve Dr.Abdul kalam’s  ,’Dream India’.

concluding with  Shayari ( poet unknown) –

बस ये बात हवाओं को बताये रखना,
रौशनी होगी चिरागों को जलाये रखना,
लहू देकर जिसकी हिफाज़त की शहीदों ने,
उस तिरंगे को सदा दिल में बसाये रखना II


Prathamesh 
15 Aug 2020

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