Free-Doom?

The question every Indian should ask today. After 63 years of unfulfilled promises and dreams, are we really free? Can a woman walk the streets freely in the capital of the country without being molested and raped? Can a couple get married irrespective of their caste or religion in Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana or Bihar without falling prey to (Dis)honour killing? Can a man/woman come out of the closet and not be targeted by the society? Can we have one big event in India without money-laundering scams arising? Can a school in the north-east have an Independence Day parade without the fear of a terrorist attack? Can we have a Prime Minister who with his Independence Day speech could rouse a nation and not put it to sleep?

Just some of the problems from the top off my head, there are other serious problems like the Maoist problem and the Kashmir issue but even the most optimistic person in the world will say that these are pretty much unsolvable. How long can we say, “My country is filled with corruption and crime but i believe in the goodness of our people”? 63 years of a country filled with just good-hearted people hasn’t got us anywhere and i don’t see the next 100 any different.

Solutions are welcome because i have no practical ones! I shall always love my country irrespective of everything. I am an ordinary cheesy Indian too. Jai Hind!

Who Am I? Pick your favourite Rony...

Am i the quiet kid, who when the phone rings and ‘Dad/Mom’ shows up on the screen doesn’t know what to say, fills the following minute with one-word answers?

Or am i the funny guy who livens the proceeding with his wit?

Is it me when i woo somebody with my charm and then cut myself off from her, knowing how it will end?

Or am i the guy who still wonders if people in Korea are as wonderful as in their movies?

Am i the guy who when speaking to an old friend feels so disconnected that he stopped taking calls?

Or am i the fool who on a rainy day reminisces about the past?

Is it me when i politely nod and smile to everything a stranger or a elderly/relative says?

Or am i the monster who gets this urges to do unspeakable acts and has to be calmed with alcohol? ha ha ha