Well I am in India and the nation celebrated it's 60th Republic Day with the traditional fervor :
- India to deploy Trishul Missiles
- Read a book about the Nov 26 2008 terror attack in Mumbai
- Re-reading the books India After Gandhi and Shantaram
- Maha CM tried to make Marathi as a compulsory language for taxi drivers in Mumbai
- Govt has just announced the list of Padma Awards winner
- AP is burning because of the Telanagana issue
- Prices are going up and the govt is working very creatively to look on whom to blame.
- IPL people snubbed the Pak
- SK was forced to go Delhi on 26th in spite of it being a holiday
And with all these thoughts creating a muddle in my mind i logged into the internet and i saw the news on IBN live about Naya Mile Sura and how it had became a Film industry Integration Program rather than a national integration program .. I checked it to see Big B and Big B's Family telling us about how their sur met ... I logged on to orkut and saw each and every person Jai Hind'ing each other ..
And so I thot why not join the crowd and do something similar .. But then the familiar urge of doing something different than the rest of crowd raised it's head and I thot of putting in the Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo Song.
And while I was searching on You Tube for this Song , i thot why not listen to this Song once before pasting it over there.. Maybe I can come up with something more different than the rest.
And as i listened to the Song ,the first thought in my mind was Nehru had cried on listening to this Song and the cynic in me responded that he had to cry after what happened to his China policy ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyAhYbwUr2U&NR=1
And as the Song progressed , i started recalling the words of this great song ..
Koi Sikh Koi Jatt Maratha
Koi Gurka Koi Madrasi
Sarhad pe Marne Vaala
Har Veer Tha Bharatwasi..
Jo Khoon Girra Parvat pe
Voh Khoon thaa Hindustani
And as the words hit, i realized the futility of all the small things for which we are fighting amongst ourselves.If we take a look at the history of this piece of land, India as a one single country, as a nation never existed. But somehow the idea of a one single nation for the teeming humanity living in Indian Sub-continent was born and nurtured. And lot of sacrifices were made in order to ensure that this nation survives.
