Independence Day

One of my friends wrote a post on Independence Day Celebrations and I commented on it.However since i was very brief in my comment I could not explain my stand. So here goes.....

I think Independence day is a historic event and is celebrated in memory of the struggle. It has no other significance since the problems faced in India are of an entirely different genre. However, in many of the speeches made on this day, people take time out to think whether they are proud to be Indians at all, and never cease to damn the government, society and even the junta. In other words, people evaluate India's situation on this day and wonder if it is worth being an Indian.

Well, I ask the question of whether I am 'proud' to be an Indian almost daily.
Whenever I read the newspapers and read about the country politics, regionalism, quota, Indian cricket, Sania's victory, Bollywood, even the Horoscope given under the title "Ganesha Says".

If people carried out the evaluation process daily instead of on Independence Day and Republic Day, I guess India will be better off. Only then will Indians question every action of theirs and the government and then we will actually have India "Shining".

PS: We celebrate many festivals without realising the purpose. Hence we end up doing unreasonable things like spending 10000 bucks on crackers or flooding a snake's hole with milk. There may be many stories behind a festival but it is the duty of every person to decide whether the reason or fable is worth the celebrations.

"Who will cry when u die?"

"Who will mourn for you?" Who, in your life, is so important to you that they will cry at your funeral? Who will miss you when you are gone? Have you ever thought about that? If you haven't, maybe it's time you did.
Those people who will miss you when you are gone should be the most important people in your life. There should be nothing more important, in your life, than the people who will cry at your funeral.


This is also the theme for one of Robin Sharma's books.
Makes me wonder: you are dead, so why the Universe will you be bothered whether anyone cried for you?.

Surprisingly, I never thought of my funeral. Why should anyone? Live as long as its possible, because after that you ll cease to exist, and then how does it matter even if the Earth gets eaten up by the Sun!