Saare Jahan se Achcha…Hindustan Hamara
Happy Independence Day to all the people of Indian origin, wherever you are in this world, and of whatever faith, religion, color, caste or creed. Be One!! The country you hail from is one of its kind – a land of beautiful culture, strong values, spiritualism, linguistic and religious diversity.
It’s a day to value your freedom, to remember that it was attained after huge sacrifices, to not take it for granted and to constantly work towards maintaining this freedom so that our future generations can thank us, just as we thank our ancestors for the hard work they did to give us this day. A free country gives us all roots and belonging, it’s a prerogative but also an onus.
This poem by Rabindranath Tagore sums it up:
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where…
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Magnanimous Word 
Inspiring!
Ours is a unique country, no doubt. Here is something I poublished quite some time back, with due respects to Gurudev:
https://ashokbhatia.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/where-the-mind-is-with-fear
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Thank you! It is indeed unparallel in many different ways.
I really liked your poem, a satire on our society where mind is with fear and all the progress comes to naught. We all need to do something about it.
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Thank you. You are so very right. Besides paying our taxes, giving up our attitude of ‘chalta hai’ would help!
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Definitely so. Change in this attitude…that’s how it should be!
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