Are we Independent ~ Kya azad hain hum...?

Hey….I don’t know how to start... Where to start…  Its  kind offf little hutkeee from my first three posts…..  Which I wrote during stone age…….;)   So coming right to the point…

As today, I am feeling little cynical as always on the eve of Independence Day… when people are feeling overly pompous about the day. It reminds me of the days in school where Independence Day was all about games, sports and competition with other classes... (Stop wondering… during those days... i used to participate in every game they conducted- Sack race to Memory test: you are  always welcome to check my runner-up trophies and I used to fit in a Sack too...).

The funny part is people who are still wearing same school uniform under their clothes continue to conduct same competitions(How well you decorate your class room) in the office cubical’s and bay’s with one thing missing "the lasting  passion" towards the day, as now emphasis is more on employee engagement. Today when I see around in my friends and colleagues. I miss that sense of patriotic feeling which resonated during school assemblies  and motivation to do something for the country which used  to written all over  our faces on aug15th.

As cynical part of my mind tells me and as it opens a poetic side of it too

Today  “ Independence day”  is just an holiday or a long vacation if it falls on Friday or Monday and you can order a pizza with tricolour toppings on it and celebrate independence which does not exist in its complete form as it was back then and put me a question right on my face.

Are we independent? =  Kya azad hain hum... ?

Kya azad hain hum... Kyaaa azad hain hum...!!

Aarakshan ke jhol se,  Jathi vaad ke jaal se, Garibi ki dhul se… Kya azad hain hum...
Thirange ke rango ko, Rang me bathne waloo...  Kya azad hain hum...

Sawal pe Sawal puchne ne walo,  Jawab dhundh ne ke daar se... kya azad hain hum....

Netha`voke Rajnithi pe rone walo.. Khud ki  Gair jimmedari se... kya azad hain hum....

Hazare ki peche…  Hazaron me nikle ne waloo, Gali ke kone me Bhukhe ki chikh se.. kya azad hain hum....

Desh ko badal ne jo nikle hoo..  . Kya khudh ki khudhgarzii se azad hain hum...

Ashawad ke naam pe, Santhusht rahne waloo...  varthman ke sach se kya..azad hain hum...

Azadi ke din chutti manane waloo...    Azadi ke din....  kya azad hain hum....

Kya azad hain hum...  kyaaa azad hain hum...!!

I said: “our country is in better position than many other countries in the world, as we are not oppressed as them…”

My cynical side:If you are feeling hungry and I tell you the next guy is starving does that satisfy you hunger.

I said: “we are economically independent“.

My cynical side: why you get scared, when dollar value falls.

I said: “Current generation is more secular”.

My cynical side: Haven’t you seen the growing Communal groups in Facebook.  

I said:”we are better informed and best media today”.

My cynical side: Buddy… Are you sure… did you forget the line ”Breaking news _ you saw it first on ***TV***”

As of now I don’t have “Answer” to answer the questions of my cynical side as it continue to prove my logic wrong.

 I Hope we find a answer soon and I save my independence day wishes till then….