Adding the TER in Independence…

On the day of independence sitting over a plateau looking back at the vast city in front of me and wondering.....well wondering about the meaning of independence and how that implies to our daily life's. It though sometimes forced to wonder that we have modified the meaning of independence for our own convenience.

So what is independence.....we'll Wikipedia explains Independence is a condition of a nation, country, or state in which its residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory.....I am sure that it means much more than those words who fought for independence.

The Independence Day of India is celebrated on the fifteenth of August to commemorate its independence from British rule and its birth as a sovereign nation in 1947. All over the country, flag-hoisting ceremonies are conducted by the local administration in attendance. The main event takes place in Delhi, the capital city of India, where the Prime Minister hoists the national flag at the Red Fort and delivers a nationally televised speech from its ramparts.

But does the word "Independence" only meant importance for generation that fought for it or does it holds same value of the generations that enjoys it?

When I talk to people, for them independence or convenience independence is no restriction, no rules, no answers or no questions. But mind it, its has a flip side too - A true sense of individual independence is an island with all the facility but staying alone.....and I am sure most of us doesn’t need “that” kind of independence.

Then can it be from independence to a state of interdependence where we are mutually dependent or responsible to people, loved one, government, civic society, etc. India, with 31 states, 1618 languages, 650 castes, 6 major religions, 6 major ethnic groups, 29, major festivals but dependent on ONE country.

So with so many diversity and possible combinations of people, its imperative for people to be Interdependence on each other for love, religion, education, prosperity, states, etc with an Independent Country known as India.

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE or INTERDEPENDENCE DAY