India at 66: The Cons and The Pros
(The call comes a day after the Independence Day just to make sure that people are out of the patriotic trance and back to their normal thinking selves.) It was 6 in the morning and as customary, my mother woke me up with a Happy Independence Day.Then there was my mama calling for the same because the kids were eager to wish us all before they left for their event. Half asleep as I was then, smiled and wished the same. Then the day started on just like any other but for that I was having a holiday. And as the idle mind always has some realisations, I had this one. Yesterday, the alleged Independence day of Pakistan; we had the ninth ambush in SIX days.Soldiers not dead though, had been badly wounded and we were still talking about peace. A girl had been raped somewhere and the Sensex had fallen; Onions just got even expensive and as the joke went, necessity, comfort and luxury were valued equally. (Those on FB and that is equal to almost everyone knows what I am talking about.) Ad...