Before I start writing anything I would like to wish all of you a very HAPPY 61st Republic Day. Since school we are aware of the two days, 26th Jan and 15th Aug. Suddenly whole country gets patriotic, we see “Tri-Color”?fluttering on the terraces of various Schools, Colleges, residential buildings and more. Listening to ?Desh-Bhakti ?songs during these days in the melodious voices of the legendary singers like Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammad Rafi??fills our heart with an intense pride and love for our Motherland. But as 27th?Jan and 16th?August arrives all this love and fanaticism vanishes in thick air.
So do we feel proud as an INDIAN only during these 2 days or when some Indian wins an Oscar or ?TEAM INDIA? beats Pakistan in Cricket. Sad but true this is the scenario shaping up now a days. There may be so many kids who may know the name of the owner of the popular web-site ?Facebook? but may not have any knowledge as to why? Republic Day? is celebrated in India.
Just to brief you, as you all know India got freedom on 15th?August and so it is celebrated as ?Independence Day?. Even though India obtained freedom on 15th?August 1947 it did not have a permanent constitution. On 28th?of August 1947, a drafting committee was appointed in order to draft a permanent constitution. Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar was appointed as a chairman of the committee. After a long span of almost 3 years, the 308 members of the assembly signed the documents on 24th?of January 1950. Two days later the constitution of India became the law of all Indian lands. It was passed on 26th?Nov 1949 and came into effect completely on 26th?Jan 1950. So on 26thJan 1950 India had its own constitution and became a REPUBLIC country in a true sense. Rajendra Prasad was elected as the first president of Republic India.
Today we are celebrating our 62nd?Republic day. But sadly we are in a same position as we were just after Independence. Corruption has plagued our country for more than 6 decades and it is getting worse with every new day.??When we are trying for ?Aaman Ki Asha? with our beloved neighbors who reciprocate us with Terrorist activities like 26/11. Although we are a developing country , most of our politicians, businessman.etc hold a dubious record of having maximum money in their Swiss Bank A/C which is sadly the black money earn by exploiting people like you and me. Even hosting a National Flag on Republic Day in INDIA is considered as an act of Terror. There can?t be??more shameful incident for our country than policeman arresting people for hosting ?Tri-Color? in India which we just witnessed at ?Lal Chowk? in ?Kashmir?.
Ironically our PM proudly hoists the National Flag at ?Lal Quilla? in Delhi every year on 15th?August. Even though the word ?LAL? is common in both the cases but you can?t hoist flag at one place because it falls in Kashmir which has been turned into a hell by Pakistanis who are now claiming a right on it. By not allowing Indians to hoist our National flag there, our Indian government has supported their claim on Kashmir. Sad but true this are the conditions we are living in but no one cares about it as our main priority is our bread-butter and family. Still as a true Indian living in a world largest democracy I will like to wish all of you a very ?HAPPY REPUBLIC DAY?