Independence day celebrations.....

15th aug 2009, we celebrated our 62nd Independence day...its a day which is remembered by every Indian..And its a day to salute our national heros who laid their lives for our freedom..Its a day which is to be celebrated as our national festival..In each and every corner of our motherland this festival is celebrated with immense joy and pride.Its on this day that we unfurl our tricolour as a sign that we the people of India are the rulers of our country and that the soveriegnty of our State is intact with us..this day is our national holiday...so on and so forth....this is the standardised speech which we hear every Independence Day the only difference is the no of yr which v r celebrating it....
It is very "disheartning" to see the current celebrations of our national festival..On this Independence Day i just came to experience the grave reality as to how v Indians salute our nation on this day.this yr i had been at my aunt's place to celebrate the independence day.my aunt's place is a residential complex wherein there are about 200 flats and about 500 people residing there.On the eve of this day housing committe called the residents of the locality to take part in the I'day celebrations.And to my surprise only 50 people turned up for the celebration which means only 10% of ppl came to honour their nation.In his famous I'day speech by our 1st PM of independent India said" At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance.... We end today a period of ill fortune, and India discovers herself again.....Truly v did discover a new era on that very epic day........
The time has now come to rediscover ourselves...when 62yrs back on the same day India rose from the deep sleep now we are just sleeping when v are to pay a tribute to our nation...The very practical reason for this negligence is that 15th aug is a national holiday so everyone is at home also if this day comes near to a weekend then its a treat to many as they get a long vacation where they can enjoy a long outing with their families unnoticing the fact that these responsible parents must stay back n nuture the feeling of national pride in the hearts of their children also they must make them aware of the fact that the nation which they are residing is free because of the sacrifices made by our national heros..A feeling of patriotism must be developed in them as they are the "torch bearers" of our country in the near future.Every Indian must celebrate this day with pride and pay a tribute to their nation and to make this possible i guess that this day v should not be given "national holiday" Instead offices,schools,colleges,and various must be open this day just to celebrate this very wonderful day atleast half day should be made "mandatory"..because if a particular thing is not made mandatory we tend to take it for "Granted" and i just feel that this Day should not be taken for granted..So we as Indians must rise for this occasion and try and make this National Festival to live upto its name and not just be enjoyed as any other "holiday"...its just essential to be aware of this fact that we hav fought for our freedom and this fight should not wither away from the minds of the new generation and as "responsible citizens " of free India we as a nation should stand for this cause......JAI HIND!!!