AmarSharma-Sensible Nonsense

I, a Bonsai?  O’ dear sweet li’l kid Am told you’re the one god lives in Or is it godliness?  Whatever,  Everyone says you are god’s gift  The believers & followers of god  should then be respecting you for what you are For the joys you bring For the liberty you symbolize  And for the purity that you embody With no biases No preconceptions No prejudices  And no ill wills  Born in a free society So you are told How then did i become a conformist You wonder when as you grow old The truth, my child Is that your...

There goes one more independence day marking India’s 67 years of `freedom’! Freedom from what? Being ruled by the British – certainly a Big Yes. Freedom from everything else a society or nation ought to be free of – A big question mark!! Like every year, Indians celebrated their nation’s independence in the usual way – putting on their traditional attires taking special care to wear colors resembling the national flag; hoisting national flag in their respective localities; standing as the national anthem was played; going shopping to nearby malls to avail `freedom discounts’; eating out as the domestic help chose to take an off on this important day; some took off to distant destinations to enjoy their long weekend while a few flew tricolor kites. And yes, we didn’t forget to wish our Facebook/Twitter friends a happy Independence Day. That’s about it! Celebrating Independence Day in our country (& perhaps everywhere else) has been turned into a wonderful ritual full...