Just another day...

There's no value for 'Independence Day' anymore. just another holiday. A day for movies, shopping and relaxing. This year, unfortunately for many, Independence day fell on a Sunday!

Gasp! The horror of missing out on a free day.

I mean, what else can we really do? In school we were literally forced to attend the flag hoisting function, usually held in the early hours. The only good thing about the function, however,  would be the distribution of sweets/candies at the end of the program. Apart from that there was nothing special about this day. In fact, it was annoying that channels would play 'The Gandhi' over and over again on T.V. Now, of course they play other commercial movies. Because, as I already mentioned this is just another holiday.

What are we to do on Independence day? Are we to sit in deep contemplation about how India won it's freedom and the people who struggled in the fight? Or reflect on our duties as a citizen of free India? Or recite prayers and sing patriotic songs? Or narrate stories to little kids?

No.

Our mind is not conditioned to do all this. Our mind is already burdened with so many, many, things that we don't have the time for all this. In the true sense, today, Independence means nothing but a break from work, school, college, kitchen...and so on...

Yes. We justify it. "We've worked so hard all this week, we definitely deserve this break." Absolutely.

Independence day, as we see it today, holds no value. We're just happy that we're free.

But that's a lie we tell ourselves everyday.

We're not free.

When we hear our anthem, we continue walking, eating, laughing, playing and doing everything except stand still for those few seconds... because, we're not free from the fear that people will mock/laugh/stare at us.

When we want to get our work done fast, we will go to any extent, even pay bribe.

Everybody is aware of freedom of speech/expression, but no one raises their voice against any wrong.

We're not really free. That explains why this day doesn't hold any value in our lives. Anymore.

Yell - oww

Why do I find it exceptionally disturbing when people yell at their maids, drivers, assistants? I hear a young girl, barely 20, screaming at the top of her voice at one of her maids who didn't do a neat job of what was asked of her. The lady must have been 40+
My upbringing does not permit me to raise my voice at the domestic helps and people working for us. In fact, many times, my driver has yelled at me for overstaying at a place. I was angry. But I didn't yell.
Seriously, you can't justify that by yelling or screaming you are correcting them. You simply want to create fear in them. And if I'm right, none of us really that fearful of our fellow beings. Unless of course I know my head will be chopped off for breaking a glass bowl, I will only pretend to be scared then later bad mouth you. Like we do with our annoying bosses.
In my eyes, people who yell at people who work under them are insecure and foolish. You are not satisfied with the work they do, then hire someone else or you do it yourself. Save yourself from negativity around you.