My Perspective

India will be celebrating 75 years of Independence on 15th August 2022. India's struggle for independence can be called more of an evolution than a revolution. The journey of this beautiful nation from 1947 till now has been a roller coaster of a ride with many successes, failures and ugly sides to it. The Good: 1.Vibrant constitutional democracy: The democratic system that India adopted at independence with a constitution drafted under the leadership of Dr.Ambedkar has stood the test of time.Many other countries which got newly independent in the beginning of 20th century have not been able to establish mature democracies.They have fallen back to military rules and autocracies.While the inherent democratic and tolerant nature of Indian public has nurtured the Indian democracy,even when it was threatened few times by autocratic governments. 2.Indian diaspora:  The educated elites and middle classes,who got settled in US,Canada,Gulf,UK and other European countries have formed...

Heart touching story of Maniben Patel (Daughter of Sardar Patel) as narrated by Varghese Kurien(Milkman of India) in his book:    "Maniben Patel was a woman of tremendous honesty and loyalty.She told me that when Sardar Patel passed way, she picked up a book and a bag that belonged to him and went to meet Jawaharlal Nehru in Delhi.She handed them to Nehru, telling him that her father had instructed her that when he died she should give these items to Nehru and no one else.The bag contained Rs 35 Lakh that belonged to the Congress Party and the book was the party’s book of accounts.Nehru took them and thanked her.Maniben waited expectantly, hoping he would say something more,but he did not, so she got up and left. I asked her what she had expected Nehru to say to her. ‘I thought he might ask me how I would manage now, or atleast ask if there was anything he could do to help me.But he never asked.’ she explained.She was extremely disheartened and in a way the incident reve...