At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom – Jawaharlal Nehru on 14 August 1947 Cut to 63 years after freedom and we wake up to an India that our martyrs never dreamed of. Today, India has become a land of more wrongs than rights as our nation is symbolised by abject poverty, corruption, a huge population and lack of transparent governance, to name a few ills. India is free; so are we, but have we really valued the freedom that has been granted to us by martyrs who fought valiantly so that we could be born free? Do we think it’s a part of our legacy that has been passed on to us through the years? Freedom is not about being free, it is a great responsibility. Freedom does not give us the right to misuse our rights, but it gives us the power to make better choices. This Independence Day, let us stay away from the usual festivities and pledge to free ourselves from the ills that exist in our society to build a better India. For this, we need to get rid of the six deadly sins. Read on..... http://in.yfittopostblog.com/2010/08/13/six-deadly-sins-that-plague-india/
