Independence day again!

Independence day is here, again, as it has been here so many times before. Do we really care for an Independence day? Yes we do. Most of us Indians are eagerly waiting for the I.D. (Independence day) that we get public holiday, so we can take a break and have fun, of course, "Have fun" is half the motto that every man has in our country. So what do we do on this particular day? We celebrate I.D. by watching T.V., by going to restaurants to have sumptuous meals, by going for a picnic or some outing, by sleeping all through the day, by sitting in front of the computer until our eyes grow tired, etc.

But there are people who actually celebrate I.D. around the street corners, in public parks and play grounds, and even at their homes wearing the flag on their shirts and hoisting the flag on the rooftop. But again most of them do it just for fun. Leave the common man, all the politicians and high officials celebrate giving elaborate speeches, wishing all, eventually getting their names in the media headlines.

But there are still some people who 'genuinely' celebrate I.D. with true and heart-felt patriotism. But even these people do they really care about our nation except for the I.D. celebration, maybe or maybe not.

Among all these people we are yet to find the true Indian, who can really care about the nation, who can watch his actions when he steps out on the streets, who can not spit but swallow his saliva, who can pee in a toilet and not in the shady corner, who can walk in the platform and not in the middle of the street, who can drive his real massive, branded car in a highway and not in a narrow street jamming all the traffic, who can hold the fumes from his cigarette as well as his vehicle and not give cancer or asthma to person near him, who can drive using his steering wheel and not his horn, who can obey all the traffic rules and not jump signals, who can say "thanks" or "sorry" and not yell, who can drop a coin or two in the beggar's open palm and not turn to the other side, who can stand in queue and not take shortcuts to the counter, who can stop a minute to answer politely to the door-to-door salesmen and not slam the door shut, who can talk and help every other man and not be oblivious about even the people next door, who can provide something to a poor family and not buy an LED TV replacing his LCD, etc. This list will go on and on, might need pages or even books to complete.

This day, and every day, all of us must think and evaluate this endless list. We must try to become a good citizen and above that a good human. When that happens, all of us can really celebrate and enjoy true "Independence"!

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