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Free India- Reality or Illusion?

Free India- Reality or Illusion?

The whole nation celebrated the 66th independence day with a lot of glee and gusto. Flags were hoisted and patriotic songs sung. But funnily for most of us its just another holiday, from our otherwise busy and hectic schedules. So we know its independence day today. Big deal. But do we really know what real [...]

Happy Independence Day

Is tomorrow a holiday?, asked Raj smiling wildly. After all, this is his first month at work and he would love to get away from the office schedule and spend a peaceful day at home. His plans for tomorrow are pretty simple. He will sleep till late noon, then get up have a lavish breakfast [...]

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To Gandhi, With Love

Dear Gandhi Ji, Its been more than 60 years since we’re missing you. I hope that you’re fine up there. Things I’m afraid of, are not so good down here. I apologize for beginning this letter in a cynical manner but that has been the perpetual state of affairs on the land you nurtured till [...]

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Patriotism Redefined

Though I knew what patriotism means yet I checked out my dictionary for it. Patriotic is someone who loves his country and who is ready to defend it against an enemy. And the usual stereotypical image that first turns to our mind is that of a soldier defending us on the borders, the National Flag [...]

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Paradise Dream

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Paradise Dream

I wrote this article to be published on the independence day and mailed to anwesha but due to some attachment problem it dint reach. When i came to know about this i was in my hometown (Moradabad) and could not mail as there were riots going on and i don’t have net connection at home [...]

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Looking  Beyond AMERICA!

‘S&P downgraded United States of America from its credit rating of AAA to AA+’, this was the headline running on about every news channel in the world last week. It all seems a bit humorous to me, I mean how can an organization’s analysis effect the status of a country and that also of USA-a [...]

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PATRIOTISM LOST IN DARK!!!!!!!!!!

A very Happy Independence Day to all people of my country. Day on which we pride, day to remember people who sacrifice their life for freedom of our country. I am very thankful to them who made my life easy, made me breath in independent country without worrying about their life. 15 August is not [...]

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IN-Dependence

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IN-Dependence

A day some 64 years ago stays etched in my mind when the brutal British rule came to a grind. India rose from the ashes, the time stood still entry into a new era people ushered in free air the moment captured in a virtual camera. As the clock ticked along India evolved, new leaders, [...]

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A Conversation About India

As I entered in Café Coffee Day with some friends, music boomed in my ears. It was the title track of movie Rang De Basanti. I see, the patriotic spirit is always awakened among citizens near Independence Day. As we sat down, my eyes darted to a poster on the windows of the café. Apparently [...]

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Are we really INDEPENDENT ?

I was thinking about myself as to who am I ? When I self-introspected a bit,  I realised that like every individual I am a person who loves independence. But when I actually looked outside, I found that this independence is a figment of our imagination. One question that came to my mind was that [...]

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