Independence Day

15^th august 1947 – the dawn which aroused hope in the tired eyes of Indians and freedom in their restless hearts. Dear friends, it’s on this day that we Indians had swayed our tiranga with pride and honor on our motherland. Even today when 15^th august arrives, and I hear all those vintage songs of patriotism, I stand privileged to be an Indian. So my dear Indians before starting my article I would like to wish a very Happy Independence Day. Now we have the freedom to express our thoughts, views ideas and many more. We are now in 21^st century, and world is changing drastically. If we talk about before Independence and current status then there are so many changes. Before Independence, it was very tough reach out to our relatives who are living in different area, city, and state and now because of technologies we all are just one finger away from them. Before independence it was very tough to print paper or to take a photocopy and now it’s world of 3D technology and many more revolutionary changes took place after Independence.

But there is another side of the coin too. we all want freedom, freedom of thoughts, freedom from friends, freedom from wife, freedom from Husband, freedom from family members and the most important things freedom from Parents. Parents, who teach us how to live and now we want freedom from them. India is known for it’s culture and values. Other countries are adopting our culture and ethics and unfortunately we are unknowingly forgetting the same. We really enjoy freedom where we don’t have a time for our near and dear one and especially for our parents. Can we call our nation as a free country, just think? My today’s article is not about any freedom fighter story, it’s about the reality what is going on. So, if we can take one step then I think we can also contribute something.

My today’s article’s reference is taken from Jay Vasavda’s article, who is one the best speaker and a determined writer of gujarati literature who is truly dedicated to bring a good change in this world.

We all are very emotional. Still many of us, feel sad when we see any emotional film or drama.  There was a movie, “Baghban” and there was a brilliant acting done my Mr. Amitabh Bachchan. Even today when we hear some of his dialogues we are ought to get goosebumps. In that movie, Amitabh Bachchan rightly said that “Aulad sayad ye bhul jati he ki jo hamara aaj he, vo kal unka hoga.Jo saval aaj hm kr rhe he, vo kal vo bhi puchengee….agar hm un baccho ko palpos kr bada kar skte he – jo na chal skate he, na bol skte he, na samj skte he……to hm apne aap ko bhi pal skte he! Hme kisi se koi umeed ki zrurat nhi!

This dialogue was in the movie Baghban by the legend Mr. Amitabh Bachchan with his heart touching voice.

Really, Sometimes we take our parents for granted. We all are very much busy to earn money but because of that we forget our Parents. Just try to connect the dot with this example. When we receive a call from our boss or some of our client who is about to give us a big contract and if he invites us for lunch or dinner then definitely this will be our reaction, “Thank you so much sir…..”, So nice of you, sir….It’s my pleasure…we will definitely meet.

We don’t know apart from money, in which way our boss will help us.  We are absolutely clueless whether he will be supportive when we are suffering from a dreadful disease or any other problem of our life. Just see our approach for one invitation of Lunch. And on the contrary we have our mother; suppose we are busy in some meeting at office and during that period if we received a call from our mother then these are some of the rude replies we certainly give, why you are disturbing me again and again. I will come whenever I will complete my work. Please don’t wait and don’t disturb me.

We all are playing this role in our life. That doesn’t mean we don’t love our mothers. But unfortunately we all take our parents “for granted”. We all care for others, if we denied other proposal then what he will think. We never think for our parents because we all know they never take anything personally. We can say “Thank you” to an unknown waiter but fell ashamed to say Thanks to our very own parents.

If we remove Amitabh Bachchan from “Baghban”, it seems as a “Garden without a Gardener”. In last scene of the movie, when Amitabh Bachchan delivered a speech, it was full of conviction. After 60 also, he is creating competition and is able to run his movie by himself where other heroes of his age are enjoying their retirement life. How to live our life, we can learn from Amitabh Bachchan though we are 60 plus or youngster. At this age is he is still ready to learn new things, accepting versatile role like in “PAA” movie, He is still one of the busiest actor in film industry. Because he changes his thought process and learns new things. But still there are so many parents who are not ready to adopt new things.  They always want to put their thoughts to their children. And these types of parents turn to be headache for their children and for themselves too. But all parents are not having this type of attitude. And this type of parents suffering a life like Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini in Baghban movie. But in that movie, there was a happy life at the end for both Amitabh and Hema but in real life it is totally different.

There are many youngsters for whom parents are a sort of burden. Presence of parents makes them feel embarrassing. It’s a human being mentality that we don’t have a value of free gifts. Because we have received it without any cost. If you want to know the value of parents then ask any orphan. An orphan wants shelter from parents where we feel suffocation from them. Just observe any husband wife who has been blessed with baby boy or girl. They are not able to sleep properly because of those small kids, always ready to change diapers and not feeling any regret. This is the life of parents. Now just imagine what are going on in today’s life. Children feel very bad to clean latrine of parents. They quickly hire one nurse to take care of them. In their old-age the only one whom they can look up to is their very own children.

Parents give their full life to develop their children where children don’t have enough time for their parents. It’s very tough to understand, when parents are living at that time we are not able to spend time with them and after their death we are crying as if we missed them and we really care. In the presence of parents all children live with nuclear family where after their death they again get united. After death, children show their love by giving condolences in News Paper. Here main question is about LOVE. Is it not possible to love them in their presence instead of giving condolences in NEWS Papers?

Dear Indians, today world is not hungry for food but hungry for love. Today India is free from British rule but not free from chains of greed, lust and fame. We are now left with celebrating Independence Day only on 15^th august by watching television, listening to patriotic songs. But now it’s high time. Changing our thought process is the need of the hour. Even if one person stands up to take initiative, definitely this message will spread all over the world. When parents look after their parents they actually teach a lesson of “love” and “duty” to their children. Friends when any individual is committed to change his thoughts he is actually committed to change his world and ultimately he is going to change the world of those around him. So be a change and let others also be a part of it because it’s we who have to set a good example to be followed by our next generation. Let us celebrate this 70^th Independence Day with honor for our country and love for our people.