ravi says

15^th August.. What’s come to the mind first when we think of the Independence Day? this day is declared as national holiday and this is the first thing that comes to the mind when we think of the 15th august that there is going to be a holiday in the mid of the week, that gives the feeling of relaxation. I think that we have totally forgotten the meaning and the importance of the day. This Independence Day was also not that different except there was something different in the prime minister speech and on the news channel.

I was listening to our Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan singh after he hosted the flag on the red fort. He talked about the future of India, how we are going to achieve the higher growth rate and there were promises made, which has became like a ritual on the red fort. Promises made to the scientist on the nuclear issue, students for the more colleges and the common mans on the price and job security. This time there was something else also that got the lots of attention and the portion in the prime minister address to the nation "terrorism". He talked that how our neighboring country is not co-operating with us in this field to control the terrorism. He expressed his concerns about the growing activities all around the world and in India too. I think this was able to make a place in his speech due to the sudden rise in the activities of terrorist and the Mumbai attack.

Through out the day, the entire news channels were showing the security arrangement made in all over the country. The news reader seems to be very happy in saying that whole Delhi has been converted in to an army camp. I was thinking that why this arrangement only for the Independence Day. All the vehicles are getting checked and everyone getting screened for the possible bomb threat. Why don’t we have this kind of the security all the time? This will give the boost to the confidence of the people of the country in the police and the government. Do we not have the required resources to protect the country? If not then this is the time the government should work on this and provide the citizens the security from the daily threats. I think that we have got used to that when something happens or on these special days only we will have security

We don't want to celebrate the Independence Day as the most secured day in the country and feel pride on this issue. The country should be secured through out the year so that the whole country and citizen should feel that we are actually independent and is not in clutches of the terrorist who convert the days when the whole country should be celebrating into a most secured day of the country. This is a matter of shame that we feel that country is most unsecured on the Independence Day and people not going out of their houses.

# posted by Ravi Shekhar : 8:55 PM