Yet another Independence Day has come.
Independence Day is a birthday for our nation. Independence Day is a celebration time. This is one of the few occasions we pause to ponder.
60 plus is old for a man but young for nation. As a young nation, when we retrospect there is a lot to be proud of. We have come a long way in science, technology, agriculture, economy, etc. When we grow, and leaving our brethren far behind, is it a growth that we desire? For what good is growth, when my neighbor is starving? Is it morally right? Is it socially sustainable growth?
Tactics are made from short term perspective, strategies are made from long term perspective. Values are hallmark of character, whether it is an individual or a nation. Values help us in decision making; be strategic or tactical. Values need to be evaluated from assessed with logical reasoning, internalized and consolidated. As the world looks up to Gandhi, is it not time now to return to our fundamental values that our father of nation advocated; not just for independence day, republic day and Gandhi Jayanti;
Or do we need to wait till the west teaches how to?
Democracy must in essence, therefore, mean the art and science of mobilising the entire physical, economic and spiritual resources of all the various sections of the people in the service of the common good of all.
-- Mahatma Gandhi
