Evr seen a caged bird??? Oh Lord!!!How it longs 2 b free!!!! It can’t fly, can’t talk 2 the clouds, can’t feel the clouds, can’t evn build its own nest….Wat lyf man!!!! This was exactly wat v wer like wen the British ruled us. We left no stone unturned to achieve our freedom. Though India was completely bankrupt when it got freedom still the ppl were more than happy to be free. But we had to pay a heavy price for our freedom in the form of many lives but still we thought that their martyrdom wont go waste and people will continue to tread the path that they had shown for times immemorial.
26th January ..the Indian Republic Day..Celebrated with much fervor & fanfare throughout the country…. Did I say celebrated????? Yup….celebrated by the Gen-X with real fun…. Parties, houseful multiplexes, overflowing and overcrowded shopping malls, bustling food joints & to add the Republic touch..every soul dressed in White. Man!!What a way of celebrating!!!!
I found myslf out on the streets that day…surprisingly!!! Coz I rarely go out on holidays..( My way of celebrating R-Day by sitting at home & relaxing..) On one of the busy traffic signals I saw a scene I had never seen b4….
A group of senior citizens were seated near the roadside eholding banners with eminent freedom fighter’s images. The day was hot and the sun scorching…but all this seldom affected this group……their faces showed no signs of tiredness….except the wrinkles that gave an insight into their ages..
Though waiting for the signal to turn green I couldn’t stop myself from gazing at them for a long time to understand what actually the matter was. As I stood their retrospecting I overheard some people standing next to me talking about this group of citizens. The group of some senior citizens who had taken part in spreading social awareness since the time we got our freedom … this group hold similar kind of silent protests and rallies every year on national holidays…and today they werw protesting against the 26/11 terror attacks.
Wat a way to live life!!! I thought. The youth (including me) are least interested to think of anything else except ourselves an d these senior citizens even in the last few year sof their life are determined to do something worthy…..
The signal turned green & I zoomed my way past them just with a look on my face dat said HATS OFF TO THE SPIRIT MAN!!!!!!
Can we be ever like them?????
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