August 15 is always special. Each and every year. This year, it is unique though. Why? Is that your question? Our blog tries to give you a few answers.
Well, it comes after that entire Trump threat fiasco. Countless cartoons and thousands of memes prove that the ordinary Indian has not taken it much seriously. Yet it is a quandary, absolutely arduous at that. The government, however, seems to be handling it with finesse, a policy much needed in a multi-polar, post-globalisation and post-liberalisation world where rules the "each country for its own" diktat. Which other day but the Independence Day to celebrate the management of the tight rope walk?
Equally important is the fact that it falls in the post-Sindoor success era. Yes, arguments that appeared endless raged about the Sindoor Operation. Yet the most unfortunate Pahalgam incident was undeniably a proof that terrorism does have a religion! The Indian response was indeed fitting, beginning with Colonel Sofiya Qureshi reporting the military moves because her appointment for this office effectively proved that WE do not differentiate on the basis of either religion or gender.
In other words, our 'tryst with destiny', initiated exactly seventy-eight years ago, seems to be working out, despite all sorts of hiccups. Hence the need to celebrate in style the beginning of its entry in to the seventy-ninth year.
When we thus peer in to the future, a peek back in to history matters, too. This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of an event that was a blight on our very functional democracy despite all sorts of attempts to sabotage it, and despite the very many snide comments about its certain failure. Yes, I am referring to the Emergency which has turned fifty this year. It did teach us how to guard against the glaring loopholes that can threaten a nascent nationhood. It showed, moreover, how resilience bounces back, and becomes much better and stronger in the process.
Yet another reason why this day is special for a film buff like me is that 'Sholay', a film that changed the very terrain of Bollywood films, turns fifty today. About 'Sholay', in great detail some other time!
Today is unique, in brief. Let us celebrate it with panache!
Pratima@ Yet another reason why today is special is because it is the Krishna Janmashtami today. About Krishna, more in the blog tomorrow.
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