For many, 15th August, 1947 was the summit in the fight to achieve Independence!
In reality, it was the base camp!
As we celebrate our 75th years of Independence, the question always comes up “Are we really Independent?”
And I feel that it’s relative!
#IndependenceDay
In reality, it was the base camp!
As we celebrate our 75th years of Independence, the question always comes up “Are we really Independent?”
And I feel that it’s relative!
#IndependenceDay
You have to look at it like vectors!
Relative change of position in a specific direction!
And in this case, that arrow has to point upwards, forwards and onwards!
So a visit to the post office the other day reminded me how much Independence we have truly achieved!
Relative change of position in a specific direction!
And in this case, that arrow has to point upwards, forwards and onwards!
So a visit to the post office the other day reminded me how much Independence we have truly achieved!
Starting with that very same establishment!
No longer does a parent with a child abroad have to wait weeks to hear from them in the form of a letter! They can receive multiple, May be too many, WhatsApp messages from them on a daily basis on their smartphones virtually free!
No longer does a parent with a child abroad have to wait weeks to hear from them in the form of a letter! They can receive multiple, May be too many, WhatsApp messages from them on a daily basis on their smartphones virtually free!
From not having phones to having to book a trunk call to visiting the STD/ISD booth to talk to their loved ones from 100 rupees a minute for a mandatory 3 rupee phone call to now video calling grandkids daily for virtually free!
From having to wait for 7 years and having to pay a 100% “ON” for mediocre cars and scooters to virtually walking into a showroom and being able to buy a world class car on the spot!
From having to wait for years to get a gas cylinder at home and even having the hassle of
From having to wait for years to get a gas cylinder at home and even having the hassle of
getting it replaced to having it comes home via a pipeline there by virtually reducing the wait time for those who still use cylinders to couple of hours!
From not being able to watch Sunny Gavaskar make a sensational debut in 1971 to watching Kapil lift the cup on B and W DD
From not being able to watch Sunny Gavaskar make a sensational debut in 1971 to watching Kapil lift the cup on B and W DD
to watching Sachin score a dream century at Perth on Prime Sports on colour TV in 1992 to watching the IPL on remote villages on their smartphones!
From not planning trips abroad because it meant the horror of getting a passport and it’s month long processed including weeks
From not planning trips abroad because it meant the horror of getting a passport and it’s month long processed including weeks
for police verification to making an appointment online, having the documents processed same day for police verification and getting an expired passport renewed in 3 days!
From having people get stuck on a single lane Pune Mumbai NH4 to being able to make single day trips due
From having people get stuck on a single lane Pune Mumbai NH4 to being able to make single day trips due
to the Expressway, though we have now moved into the even that is not sufficient stage now!
From having friends whose fathers were in the Merchant Navy and hence were the only ones with Nike shoes and a “686” desktop to having every single brand here and each new gadget being
From having friends whose fathers were in the Merchant Navy and hence were the only ones with Nike shoes and a “686” desktop to having every single brand here and each new gadget being
launched in India virtually the same day!
From not knowing what internet was to paying more than a litre of petrol for an hour of terrible dial up connections to having the cheapest phone data plans in the world!
From knowing that every Thursday meant no power to virtually
From not knowing what internet was to paying more than a litre of petrol for an hour of terrible dial up connections to having the cheapest phone data plans in the world!
From knowing that every Thursday meant no power to virtually
uninterrupted power in many parts of the country!
From having to depend on friends and family to bring in a dental instrument to being able to deliver the same crown in Pune as I did in New Jersey!
From having to listen to how “India is a land of elephants and snake charmers”
From having to depend on friends and family to bring in a dental instrument to being able to deliver the same crown in Pune as I did in New Jersey!
From having to listen to how “India is a land of elephants and snake charmers”
to exporting Billions of dollars worth of IT services!
From Australian and English cricketers hating on India as a hot country with bad Prawns curry to everyone past, present and future cricket players, umpire and coach dying to get an IPL contract!
These are a few examples
From Australian and English cricketers hating on India as a hot country with bad Prawns curry to everyone past, present and future cricket players, umpire and coach dying to get an IPL contract!
These are a few examples
examples that came to mind!
Last but not the least, from not knowing credit cards to having the world’s best digital payment system which has traversed all strata of society to a point where credit cards, check books and banks might be extinct in the future!
Jai Hind!
Last but not the least, from not knowing credit cards to having the world’s best digital payment system which has traversed all strata of society to a point where credit cards, check books and banks might be extinct in the future!
Jai Hind!
Sure we have a LONG way to go on a lot of fronts!
But for now let’s celebrate these victories!
If you have a positive story to add, please do it right now!
If you have a negative one, may be do it tomorrow?
#IndiaAt75 #India #IndependenceDay #Freedom
But for now let’s celebrate these victories!
If you have a positive story to add, please do it right now!
If you have a negative one, may be do it tomorrow?
#IndiaAt75 #India #IndependenceDay #Freedom
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