The sixty seventh independence day - as no one else is counting

Just got this off my fb page: This happens to be the 67^th Independence day of India. Disclaimer: this was an Economic Times update on my fb – so buyer beware.

Truly we are running out of numbers. Last I remembered, people were going crazy about the half century figure but India is batting faster than Sachin after he completes his fifty. Wait, what’s my age now? Never mind.

So I was thinking why so much fuss about Independence day and its celebration. It’s quite funny to see people upload flags to their profiles to convince themselves that they still are patriotic. I could point it out to them, but then I’ll have no one to laugh at. When I think that the concept of nation is about its geography and borders as I read in the inaccurate geography text books in my high school, the illogical social text books in my high school correct me to say that the concept of a nation is its people and culmination of all the cultures it has accumulated when it was in slavery of the kings or whites, or bureaucrats later (I made that up, the text book doesn’t have the wisdom to say it).

Well, if it’s only about borders and spaces, there is no point in feeling sentimental about it. If it is about people, culture and all the crap that it comes with, the bottom line is the same. It’s more hypocritical than foolish and either ways, no need to feel attached and sentimental about it. I, for one, am starting to get allergic to  people and their stupid notions specifically because they restrict MY independence for the sake of something they are not sure they believe in.

The only good thing is that it is a public holiday. But even that’s got an angle. It’s a dry day (again, this info is not from an accurate source and I am too uninterested to google)

You want us to celebrate by holding it dry? I repeat: hypocrites.

Celebrating Independence

Independence Day usually meant two things to me annually.

One, a guaranteed holiday.

Two, something to write about in the blog.

But this year, I am kind of facing a dilemma. That is because each year I used to have more working days than holidays, but this time, it had been a total turn around. Now, I have so many days off that I have to put up a schedule if I want to do some work on some day. Each year, I used to make the Independence Day special by

1. Sleeping till lunch.

2. Watching movies which inspire my patriotism.

3. Do nothing about it.

4. Sleep, wondering when the next holiday was up.

But now, as things changed I face the challenge to do something to make this August 15^th rememberable.

I can go to the flag hoisting program in my college but I decided not to because they sent a notice almost forcing us to attend it, which amounted to disregarding my fundamental right of freedom of whatever. Hence, I decided to avoid it by all means so that I do my bit to keep the constitution in force (who cares if it is outdated). Also, the chief guest is so old that the chances of him insulting the flag by dying in front of it, of a weird cough, are really significant.

So now I have to do something out of the routine on this Saturday just for the heck of it. And here is my revised time-table for that day. Beware; this can be too surprising for you to digest.

1. Wake up at 6.

2. Play cricket in the dust till lunch.

3. Do not watch movies which inspire my patriotism.

4. Do nothing about not being patriot-zed.

5. Sleep, wondering when the hell is the next working day.

A Shot At Patriotism

So why d hell are we talkin about this stuff?? especially in my blog??

oh come on..its d independance day on 15th of august every year (not that you don't know) though we got it only once.. And this, friends, is the best season to discuss what we are upto for our very own mother land ( such topics are grabbed like hot cakes these weeks, so i decided to go with the trend!!)

Now don't say "so what" - afterall we are Indians (u and i) and we are affected by such things if not bugged up!!

yeah, cute gal, i know.but she has some time to go before being called youth..
but what about us youth? what are we cooking for the future of the nation as well as ourselves?
we all know the - now age old - story of ABHINAV, his determination etc. And we already had enough of Sania Mirza's, Aishwarya's, Anil ambani's and Sunil mittal's

We dont have those talents and looks (Yes dumbo..we means you!!) nor do we have dad's gifts or extra-terrestrial determination. So what are we gonna do for India? We dont even have the world famous freedom movement now to participate (Blame the oldies)

Fine, i'll tell you what you can do for your nation, your people and most importantly yourself- Just be yourself..do what you decided to do at the time of ur 10th or 12th with best efforts and go atleast half the heights you imagined yourself to be in the next few years. You suceeding in your own life is more like winning a gold medal to your family & friends and the nation (directly or indirectly).



Ofcourse, doing something in the lines of rang de basanti would be cool, bt humko utna scene thodi hai yaar (hai tho dikhado - tumare baare me blog me zaroor likunga --->>promise)

All those Rang de basanti things happen in movies, its not a real life thing u see or else it wouldnt have been such a big hit. Anyways we are a bit too cool for that. what say??!!

Tell you what, doing things legal and paying your taxes when you are eligible to would be more than enough to boost of your patriotism. As a bonus, you are always welcome to clean it up when your dog pisses on the morning walk!!





Now don't think that i don't know the order of colours on the national flag..I have just arranged it in the way Indian politics is working nowadays!!