Independence Day : It's a Responsibility, Not a Day

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So it's the independence day. I guess there is a beautiful motive to its existence; To appreciate the fact that our history has been a tennis ball, in a match between the opressors and the opressed and there were people who rose up against the opressors thus making our country free. What we forget is that they did not win this war overnight. It took around one and a half century before they won. Also when I say 'they', I am not even close to aware of how many people this word is referring to here. When the blood of these people mixed into the soil of our country, only then it became free. We think that by celebrating this day, we are honouring those people. But I don't believe that if any of those martyrs, if given a chance to see the present country, would worry about how the independence day is celebrated. All they would care about is what we have done to the country that they won for us at the cost of their lives. And as much as I would like to say that we have progressed a lot, I think we are not even close to what these people thought were worth their lives. If we really want to celebrate independence day, there is no better way than working for the betterment of our nation. And guess what, the day we actually want to honour the martyrs is a holiday. That is sadistically hilarious. Yet I have faith in the people. We tend to get distracted, but at the end of the day we are all hyperaware about our country. Every one of us wants to do something for the welfare of our country. And as soon as we find a way, I am sure none of us ever backs off. So let's make this independence day, an actual tribute to those who even when did not make it to the dusk, made sure that the nation survives to see the beautiful sun shining upon its citizens.

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