The Republic
Jai Hind
This is how we start our day on our Republic Day.
This is the day our nascent nation formalized her existence. We defined our vision, our constitution, our meaning.
We celebrate every r-day with our show of strength in national capital and other such places. That feels mesmerizing as we view it. People from all sorts of armed forces marching. Displaying the latest, fastest and strongest of the military weapons. It fills the heart with pride to be part of such a great nation.
This only lasts a day. Pride does not solve problems. It does not feed the hungry. It does not correct the inefficiencies. It does not tackle terrorism. We’ve some big problems at hand. Along with our strengths, these weaknesses must be addressed on this day and until the time we come over them.
We are driven by emotion. Pride is one of them. We carry the pride of nuclear weapons, second fastest growing economy, rich culture. Forgetting the other numbers: half the population living in poverty, half illiterate as well, porous security all over the country. Emotions are temporary. These problems are not. Fortunately, some people are working on it. They need huge help: people, money, other resources on greater scale to solve these really big problems. We need to work.
When we say “Jai Hind”, that must mean commitment to the country on the whole till the time we regain our golden age.