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Happy Independence Day

Let me begin this write-up with a brief reminder that we are independent people of an independent country, Happy Independence Day! Some decades ago, with the sacrifice of millions of our great countrymen and some patriotic leaders, we achieved ‘independence’.  Independence! Independence! We achieved independence from some foreign people who were running our country. Now our own countrymen run our country.68 years it is! 68 years it is that we are independent. 68. Those foreigners when they were running our country, we Indians were not getting to enjoy even some of the basic fundamental rights. Right to equality, Right to freedom, Right against exploitation, Right to education, Right to life… What are we without the assurance of these basic rights? Now we do get it. But deep in my heart, a question do pops-up most of the time when I am thoughtful, are we truly independent? Are we all Indians equal in the face of the constitution? These foreign peoples used to stole the money and...

Angry clouds?!

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Finally, the clouds got tired. Finally, the clouds stopped roaring. Finally… They rained heavily today. What was the fuss all about? I thought, “It is the end”. They poured as if they got annoyed with my countrymen. As if they were angry. As if they were hurt & Heart broken. They are still there in the sky. Now silently they are hanging. Yes. They look dramatically beautiful. Colorful. Charming. I could not predict their mood right now. Are they still angry? Oh nature! Oh my mother nature. Bless us. Bless us. Bless us. For, we are new into this world. You are immensely old. It is night now. Street lights are on. The yellowish light coming out of it seems to be divided in countless rays. Rays seems so innocent. They seem afraid, as my little heart too. How bad. The rays moving towards the earth looks sparkled after getting reflected from the wetness. The rays moving towards the sky are lost there. The life is becoming normal once...