BEING AN INDIAN!!!!

Come Independence Day, one can see the Indian flag that stays proudly on the people’s chest but the next day one can see the same flags lying on the ground as small pieces of paper which no more command respect. This is a very sad situation but very true. I had been noticing this plight for the past few years. Some 61 years ago this was a great moment for the people as the mother India was relieved from the clutches of the Britishers (Foreigners). But today only a few still celebrate the day with the same feelings. For some it’s mere a holiday. For some it’s not even a holiday as they slog in the companies that work for the foreign countries. It has become a normal day for most of us. Do we spare a thought for the one’s who lost their lives to provide us this freedom we are enjoying????

In the early years the foreigners ruled our country stripping our mother India of all the wealth she possessed. Now a days we are being ruled by the democratic leaders who strive to fill their own bank balances doing something or sometimes nothing for the country. Their lies no much difference between the then beaurocrats and the now democratic leaders. But I think we are not to blame the leaders as they are the ones we have elected. So the fault lies with us –with the one who excise their franchise to select a leader for the country…..

61 years of Independence!!! Are we really free??? We are still caught in many of the social evils. Terrorism, Child labour, social evil practices. How can we say that we are a free country???? The country will only be free when we are able to eradicate all these evils from the society.

Terrorism has always been on a high. We try to forget a previous attack that we are reminded of them again. The killing of the innocent people in these attacks. What do they get by doing this?? But not once are the politicians attacked. It’s always the innocent people who suffer… why?? This is just one of the questions that we need to think upon to achieve freedom in its real sense.

There are many more problems that need to be addressed. But lets just think for a moment what are we doing for the country. We proudly say we are Indians. But are we fulfilling our duties towards our mother country??? If we had done our duties righteously our country would not have been a third world but it would have been a first world……

Why is that we take pride in bringing out the patriotic feelings only a few days before the Independence Day or the Republic Day?? Being an Indian we need to have secular thoughts because India is a very secular and biggest democratic country.. We boast of Unity In Diversity but is this true?? A small incident is enough to stir religious fights among the people.. Why???

It’s not the one individual who is to be blamed. We all are to be blamed. Let’s just think first “What we have done for the nation rather than thinking of what the nation has given us”

SNEHA NAIK

TIME TO LEARN FROM THE ANIMALS????????


I would want everyone to ask this question for themselves. May be you’ll get the answer. I may be very wrong in posing this question but the present scenario depicts the same. The animals are getting the ethics and morals-the qualities of human beings and the humans turning animals…… I just want everyone to think atleast once about it. An incident from the diary of my college memories made me think about this and ask this question.


The day was very beautiful more beautiful was the pleasant weather. The birds chirping and the trees swaying to the tunes of the breeze altogether a very lovely sight. But the day demanded something else had no opportunity of enjoying the beauty of nature but to follow the norms of the busy daily life. As I was already getting late I hurried to the college. As I entered the college a very socking incident took my heart. A cat was sitting very close to a dog without the fear of being attacked. That took my heart beat for a second but as I was already late to the class I hurried for it. My mind kept thinking about it. The thoughts never left me for a long time. After the class we all friends gathered had a small talk and sat enjoying the beauty of the nature. Nature had such an impact on us that we forgot everything. No other thoughts came to my mind. I sat there enjoying the nature. I never shared the incident with my friends with the feeling that they would just laugh at me. It was a small incident but had a great impact on my mind. After the long day at college as I was returning home the same thoughts resurfaced. As I was traveling back home I kept thinking about it. We the humans have no humanity left in us but the animals have learnt it all from us. A dog and a cat the arch rivals sitting together is a great incident in itself. The two are a from different communities but we the humans belong to the same community, still fight amongst each other for some issue or the other. These animals which cannot speak, cannot think are setting an example of humanity, caring for each other the qualities once humans were known for, but now the scenario is changing. The jealousy, selfishness has taken over humans totally. The feeling of oneness no more exists amongst us. Finally the day will come when we humans would become animals in the form of humans only, but the animals will become human beings may not be in form but in nature, by acquiring the qualities we possess. The day will come when the creator himself may repent for having created human beings-his best creation in the universe.


I would be the happiest to know that many do not agree with me because this proves that the people still have the good qualities we are known to possess and have not lost them as I have thought…………


I finally make a plea to everyone… do ponder about it atleast once…….

SNEHA NAIK