Come Independence Day eve or Republic Day eve and mailboxes get flooded with forwards on how people are proud to be Indians, about being proud of our country. Lyrics of Patriotic Songs are forwarded to all and sundry, flags are distributed and songs are sung.
People are so eager to demostrate their love for their country that they go out of their way to dress up in the colours of the Indian flag, gush about how fortunate they are to be a part of the next superpower and even make desserts in the tricolours of the Indian flag! Great! On August 14th - 15th and January 25th - 26th, the patriotic fever is at its highest.
But what on days before or after these days? Why don't we ever receive mails on how proud people are of their motherland on the other days? Why do the same people who are proud of the nation on 2 days of the year criticize the country, the infrastructure and the people the other days?
Been wondering about this for the past 3 days now...
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6 comments:
One day mataram only!!
Rightly said! Bad for 363 and the best for just 2!
We are such sadists - we love to portray that we are alive in hell for 363 and enjoy heaven for 2.
@J - Lovely coinage 'One Day Mataram'! Succintly put!
@Ajit - Sadly its all about pseudo patriotism! I read somewhere that some people working in BPOs celebrate the American holidays rather than the Indian ones, including independence day because its those companies that pay them, not Indian ones!
I feel there is no one to be blammed. We are the cause, we are the solution.
After reading this post I was thinking, what I do for rest 363 days for the Nation? We?
Proudly, we have started PayBack to give back to society.
Cheerz
Shri
@Shri - That's a noble deed! How do I join PayBack?
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