15th August, 1947- India gained Independence. 15th August, 2015- 69th Indian Independence Day. Whose independence are we celebrating? Does singing patriotic songs, playing them loudly in public places, and posting the Tricolor laden pictures on social networking sites mean celebration? How do we qualify to celebrate this freedom? So many questions! Let's try attempting to answer them. We are celebrating the day our nation got free from the shackles of a foreign establishment. We are celebrating the political freedom that we received on this day in 1947. All of us study the Indian National Freedom struggle in school history textbooks for at least two years. Yet political freedom is all that we cherish. What about the social freedom? Do we enjoy these rights? I think not. For majority of the population still living on the brink of poverty and hunger, this freedom doesn't hold meaning. Sure they've got rights and protection accorded in the constitution, are they being re...
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