It is an eerie thing to notice.. the number of 'I's in my life has been increasing lately. It is "I' who is currently whiling away his time at a place that starts with a 'I', in a city with an 'I' and then all the social institutions here have an 'I'. You have to be at this place to know what 'I' am talking about. It is August 15th, and here comes another 'I'. May be 'I' will land up with a girlfriend whose name starts with an 'I'. :) You never know.
At the 64th independence day, even 'I' would like to give some gyan to the whole world. The idea comes from a tweetsation 'I' was having with a celebrity on Twitter. The preamble says 'I' aspires to be a sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic republic. It has been quite some time and is the 'I' we know today - sovereign, socialist, secular (WTF), democratic (WTFFFFF)? The idea of 'I' is dying today. The very strength of being a pluralistic society has been eating at our identity. 'I' is more conscious of what divides it: religion, region, caste, language, ethnicity. All these identities have been used for political maneuvering and what's the result? Today it is more important for 'I' to be a Hindu, a Marathi, a Gujjar, a Yadav and all other fancy names you can find. What about 'I' being an Indian. Have we ever thought about it.
It is sad, that though India was created 63 years go, 'Indians' have not been created till date.
4 comments:
Well said
Good Stuff. 'I' am impressed :P
Thanks.. Kayem and Piyush. The DR Story was to be taken in a light mood, itsn't as dark you have thought it out to be.
hmmm.. broody
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