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…
Thirange ke rango ko, Rang me bathne waloo... Kya azad hain hum...
Kya azad hain hum... kyaaa azad hain hum...!!
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….
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 tooToday “ 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.
Well written. Poem, no doubt is the heart of this post. When I ponder about it, the optimistic side of me cuts the cynical side:
ReplyDeleteDil ki ye jo baat zaahir kar pa rahe ho, azad ho tum...
Aarakshan ke jhol se na sahi, apni mehnat se apni kismat ko rangne k liye azad ho tum...
Gali me bhookhe ki cheekhon se na sahi, par us bhukhe ko do waqt ki roti dene ke liye azad ho tum...
Hazare ho ya baba.. ya fir koi aur... jiski baat tumhe thik lage, uska sath dene ya na dene k liye azad ho tum...
Khud ki gair zimmedari se na sahi.. par zimmedari uthane ka sankalp lene k liye azad ho tum...
Kuch rukavte zarur hain par... Azad ho tum... Azad hain hum... Aur Azaad hai Bharat varsh aage badhne ke liye...
Happy Independence Day.. :)
@sowjanya:
ReplyDeleteI say:shayad azad hain hum
Mycynical side:
Shaam ke andhere ko.... Honewala ujaala samajh bhiate hotho kya azad ho tum.
Majboori ko azaadi samjh bhaite to kya azad hain hum
we had this soch ka freedom even before 1947.
we both know it is optimistic bull s***t.Being optimistic prevents us from acting..as it make us happy where we are :We will still continue to sit and wait for the dawn in the name of act...like our previous generation did and future genration will do... and start calling grey as white.
Get rid of that school uniform.
"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."
ReplyDeleteWhy do you miss that?? Because you have come out of the school uniform... and lost that innocent faith dear... Visit a school and u may find the same motivation in those innocent faces of students... ofcourse, provided the teachers have the same faith and can transmit the same....
Alas! as we grow up.. we start thinking toooo intellectually, that we forget that every action we do is an act of faith....
I am still remember one dialogue of RANG DE BASANTI koi desh mahan nahi hota par hum usko mahan bana sakte hai , But what We are doing for our country other than paying tax.
ReplyDeleteNOTHING!!!
This country gave me lot .. may be not directly but in the form of opportunities
"I said: “our country is in better position than many other countries in the world, as we are not oppressed as them…”
ReplyDeleteMy cynical side:If you are feeling hungry and I tell you the next guy is starving does that satisfy you hunger." -
This particular question touches all "..isams" we consider.
Well written....
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