The price of freedom

An Independence won after paying a bloody price, a price that pinches very few today. Bloody battles continue on the city streets, in the corridors of power (of course here the colour of blood is yellow..and one only sees it if one is empowered with the right filters), in impoverished villages and premium condominiums.
Someone is fighting for his freedom to live, in his forest;
someone is fighting for freedom to kiss in public;
someone fighting for his right to have the best weapon to engage the enemy (some of course also have the liberty of choosing their enemy without state declaration)
someone for his/her right to 'pass faeces' with dignity.
Is sixty three years enough to discover a common good amongst so many different kinds of people -
different religions, hey we are supposed to be secular right...
different castes, now to be sanctified by a census, wonder if Nilakeni saab will include it in the UID as well...
different economic brackets, the altamount road/aurangzeb road crorepati(patni) to the altamount road/aurangzeb roadside homeless beggar

So even as the disparate parliament house debates day in and day out (mostly out) to find amiable common grounds between parties, people and pockets...somehow i get the feeling that national interest is lost in the din or as i would like to call it 'dezibell'. But pse do not rush to blame these parliamentarians...believe you me most of us in this jungle will probably behave the same because the seeds are sown very early.
How many of us really live and teach our children to live by a code that places country first. Probably Maslow was right it is difficult to preach national values to a people who are struggling to make their daily bread. But what about all the others Our attitude shows in the most basic deeds the way we maintain our places of heritage and historical value, our garbage discipline (i have seen enough instances of manicured hands releasing lays packets from smartly rolled down power windows...remember I didn't do it ....Raaajoooo.

It gets even more absurd when we want to compare ourselves with other wild creatures like dragon et al.
Here we are struggling to contain starvation, unable to feed our people and we are talking of 4G, of course some would proffer the argument that 4G will power our way to better times. Question is who is getting better.
here we are unable to provide the dignity of clean sanitation to our people and we are talking of hosting the commonwealth. Hallo this is our country we are not under somebody elses rule anymore. so do we really need to have such double standards. Or are we now under a different kind of rule one led by the rich to get richer!!

Here is something I wrote ...on Independence day a day when we make speeches and statements independent of reality!!!

Year on year hollow words rebound
from high walls of symbology
as rehearsed applause responds to predesigned cues
the falsehood of the fervour crumbles
as the fort gives in to the stench from sorrounding squalor

In this state sponsored drama see
sagging promises with botox fixes
tall claims from ramparts
drowning in the dry moat below
failing to lift spirits despite radio amplifiers and broadcasts.

Bloated pockets screen nubile bloated tummies
selfish ears muted by  I pods
Fleety feet ditched in caving hopes
as the capitals make over's spoilt by spilled beans
Words that once moved stand weighted
no new ground here no hope
as the assembly silently screams...
Gimme something to see clearly
something sweet to smell
Yes we have a tryst with destiny
...tell me it is one i can change