What is independence Day Thousands of Indians will go to bed without a single meal Those little street children and vagabonds will not understand the significance of the day. There are countless daily workers in the unorganized sectors,for whom it is another routine normal day of grind, and not a paid holiday. The domestic servants will not be given off or treated to a paid holiday as in the organised sector For these any many Indians there is no celebration ,parties and functions to attend There is no freedom of from ignorance being illiterate, pangs of hunger They do not have the luxury of, roof and shelter from vagaries of nature ,naked and ill clad, no access of . safe drinking water , denied basic health facilities and sanitation A large number of school going children are outside this facility, even though compulsory education of child below 14 yeras within 10 years was enshrined in our constitution. How will these Indians usher 64 th Independence day? The indices of progress must be measured in relation to so called AAM ADMI. As long as these majority of the Indian population is not raised above poverty line ,. there is no real independence to us to enjoy The projects, schemes devised for the elevation of the sufferings of these unfortunate ones get bogged down in controversies ,red tape and trickle down Corruption eats at the roots of development The electors at all level are not committed to their mission and in fact all the time busy cornering,diverting, misusing the allocations The illiterate people as they are are not able to get their legitimate dues The police and other law enforcing agencies are least sympathetic to them The legal redress is outside their purview The poor are always suspect and all illegal acts are attributed to them The progress and development unless it filters down to the masses, the glorified islands are a myth of display of development . India has the resources , but equitable distribution of Nations wealth is a challenge , determination and above all a commitment Every independence day is a show of display of pomp and grandeur that does not in any way touch of millions of deprived and depraved Indians It is a regular, pious occasion of addressing the Nations concerns of upliftment of invisible masses. The unfulfilled promise of the past years and resolve to move ahead is lost in the rhetoric to be forgotten till the next day of Indepence. Much ahas been done during the last 64 years , but much remains to be done to be satisfied and gloat over the improvements India being predominantly an agricultural economy the uneducated are unable to compute cost of inputs. The burden of loans and perishable nature of commodities leads to distress sales and profiting by the middle man and hence there is exploitation of the illiterate farmers The govt must extend the facilities like Industries and provide mechanism to the growers to get remunerative deals The greatness of India lies in rural/village growth and steps taken to ameliorate their grievances India can be proud on;y when the masses enjoy the freedom. Mere freedom of speech does not feed the hungry nor clothe the poor or shelter the homeless ROTI KAPDA MAKAN slogan needs to be revived and made to work Nelson lopes Chinchinim 9850926276..
