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Indian Independence Day - 15th August

Free India !!!  Is It ?

Hi Friends and Fellow Indians,
A very Happy Independence Day to all my dear Indians.
But to be honest I don't feel so much happiness today which is so called the Independence Day of India.
From Last few weeks I am trying to write something good about India, I am trying to feel something good to write about for this 15th August.But whenever I try to come up with some words, I get to see something which raises a question in my mind about our so called Freeness.

What freeness we are celebrating for !!!!!

Are we poverty free ?
Are we free from the Inflation ?
Are we free from Ineducation ?
Are we free from Terrorism ?
Are we free from Corruption ?

What are we celebrating ??

On 14th August, while being on a Traffic stop, I saw some street children and other beggars selling Indian flags and some other patriotic stuff. They were trying to make up few money to have their daily meals.
I felt that atleast today they will make some money but what will be they doing every other day now ?
I asked them the same question, and they said they don't know. They just care for daily bread, they do whatever occurs to them.
And no need to tell, no one from them knew the meaning of 15th August.

Just Around me only, I see number of children working in every next household and I don't understand whome to blame for it. Those Children have no choice except to work and earn their living. Education doesnt mean anything for them at all, they need their bread first. What's their future in this so called fast developing nation which is in the list of the countries which has most billionaires in the world.

India is dealing with such extremes now and we can see such a difference in the classes now. In even small cities, you can see the expensive cars,luxurious lifestyles, malls for branded stores, high class pubs etc and at the same time you will see hundreds and thousands of people sleeping on streets and slums thinking how will they live their next day.They don't even have luxury to have their own toilets.

Apart from the Poverty, Inflation, Ineducation, India is also facing corruption at its worse. Corruption is at its highest in last few years OR we cansay that due to advanced communication system today we get to know these things now-a-days easily.Anna Hazare is on his 'Anshan' from 16th Aug, 2011 against corruption.
We don't know what will happen in future. But If Anna still succeeds in his mission, I would like to ask, Do we need a 'Mahatma' every few decades to ask for real democracy. real development, real Life, real humanity. This time its Anna, who will come next now ? We may be lucky to have another 'Mahatma' for some other deficiencies of our Political and Economical System.
But what if we don't get another 'Mahatma' ?

Keep Thinking about this and please comment and Lets wish for a real Independence day to arrive for all of us soon.

I will leave some other interesting things for you to know about India.

Some Stats,
1) In just about 2.3% of the world's total land area, India houses 1/6th of the world's population.
2) According to a recent study, 36% of the world's poor are Indians.
3) 62 Million Internet consumers are Indians.
4) Ranks 4th in the list of world's biggest CO2 emitters.
5) Ranks 10th in the world's biggest economies.
6) 361 people per sq km and 106.8 men on 100 women.

Some Facts ,
1) India has the largest postal network in the world with over 1,50,000 post offices.
2) Indian Railways is the largest employer in the world, employing close to million people.
3) 28 states, 7 union territories and 22 main languages.
4) India has world's third largest road network, covering 1.9mn miles.
5) 25% of the world follows 4 religions that originated in India, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism.
6) India was the richest country in the world until the British invasion in 17th century.
7) India is the largest English speaking nation in the world.
8) India, in its 10,000 years of history hasnt invaded any other country.

In the end, I will request you to please ask your friends, relatives and others to join here and add more about our INDIA.

Jai Hind