We are on the eve of the 78th year of our Independence on August 15, 1947 from the British. The colonial rulers have all gone but we still continue to remind ourselves of the shackles of bondage that we bore. In a rational perspective if you analyse there is no need to celebrate August 15 since we are only making the British feel good about it. For the people who called us 'natives', refused us permission to wear our national dress for public events and entry into some establishments and put up notices at the entrances of reputed clubs that - 'Dogs & Indians Not Allowed', we are giving them an opportunity to slyly smile and say - 'Look, the 'natives', continue to remember us!' For the founding fathers of the nation and our freedom fighters and to preserve their memories people now hardly know and remember them. And if their names are taken now it is only to insult them and question their actions mostly by our politicians and the present political dispensation who may not even be aware of the contributions of our founding fathers and our freedom fighters.
