15th August, 2010

"HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY"

Hello ppl..N a very Very Happy Independence Day to you all :)

So i dint take tooo long this time..to come up fr my new post :)

Herez the secret..

Do you remember, i once said we might just have a Guest writing out a Blog post for PiXXX..

Well..Here she is..This is Roohi Kapoor..A good friend of mine..with somethin on India-Pak Partition

Oh..n lemme end up my note by sayin..Any n All Guest writers, who wish to write ANYTHIN r welcome to write for PiXXX :)

(Saves me a lot of work..N gives ppl somethin good to read fr a change ;)

So here it is..

Hello to all,

Well, first of all, let me wish you all a very happy independence day. Honestly I am a newbie to blogging. Probably, it is not my cup of tea, but I was just having a discussion with another friend of mine on “India-Pak partition 63 years back” and that was when I thought of speaking aloud my views and thoughts through blogging.

I am an Indian and I truly love my country and it is a matter of great pride for us to celebrate our 63rd independence day but at the same time I wonder how things would have been different if Hindustan would have never been divided. I personally feel that it was one of the most horrible decisions in the history of our country. I don’t like Pakistan any more than you do. But time and again, my mind wanders to how the situation would

have differed had we still been one country- Hindustan, not fragmented into India and Pakistan.

Britishers came into our country, ruled us for over 300 years, looted our country, practiced divide and rule and even while leaving our country made sure that the practice would prevail. Two religions living cordially with each other were separated; the seeds of hatred were planted so well that the hatred still prevails between the two countries.

They did their job well but what we have till date failed to realize is that it was politics which led to partition. Was it really Britishers who divided us or was it our very own leaders who did the job? Blindfolded by politicians, tension erupted between the two religions which finally led to the birth of Pakistan. “Learn from our past” is what we are

taught in life, but have we really learnt from our past? Time and again, we have been divided n instead of thinking upon it as one nation, we get fragmented into different religions and start fighting with each other. Would this hatred serve any purpose?

Not that I support Pakistan’s terror acts, NO, I would never ever do that in my entire life. But exactly that is what my point is. Why do we (Indians n Pakis) not realize that partition was just a product of the nasty game played upon us by politicians? Pakistanis blame Indians, Indians blame Pakis, Hindus blame Muslims, Muslims blame Hindus- the vicious cycle continues. The damage was done 63 years back and it has now grown upto

an irreparable extent.

But sadly, none of us have learnt from our previous mistakes. We continue to hate people belonging to other religions, they continue to hate us, and the same situation remains. How can we progress if we wouldn’t stand united? The need of the hour is to wake up and realize that we Indians are one- Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Jains and all other religions residing in India. We cannot afford to do the same mistakes again and

again, else we would have to face its repercussion- a divided India. If this continues to be the case, India would be clustered among several territories and territories don’t progress, a nation progresses- “United we stand, divided we fall”.

Rabindranath Tagore once said- “Patriotism cannot be our final spiritual shelter; my refuge is humanity. I will not buy glass for the price of diamonds, and I will never allow patriotism to triumph over humanity as long as I live.”

I believe that once patriotism and religion take a lead over humanity, it is called terrorism. We are one country and we shall continue to do so. We are the youth of the country, the foundation of the future and in order to serve the country, we must be aware of our previous mistakes, so that we don’t repeat them in the future. In the end, I

would just like to say that India has always been a land rich with cultures, traditions and different religions- we must stand as one and let it not perish.

Happy 63rd Independence Day !! Jai Hind !!

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