{"id":2833,"date":"2021-08-14T17:21:15","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T17:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sterloc.com\/blog\/?p=2833"},"modified":"2023-02-24T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T06:00:00","slug":"independence-day-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sterloc.com\/blog\/independence-day-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Independence Day Special"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Independence Day is special!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">India celebrates its Independence Day every year on 15<sup>th<\/sup> August. The day marks our independence from the British on 15<sup>th<\/sup> August 1947.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Let\u2019s have a look at India before independence<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">European traders had us by the 17<sup>th<\/sup> century. The East India Company had established itself by the 18<sup>th<\/sup> century. The British assumed direct control of India following the 1857 revolt.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Years passed by, struggles surmounted, gallant men and women came forward to fight for the freedom of their beloved country. More than anyone else, they faced maximum opposition from their fellow Indians. Yet, nothing held them back from moving on. They were physically wounded, emotionally tortured, mentally harassed, and all this only made their mission stronger. They endured a painstaking life for us to thrive in a shackle-free nation. Some of them did not even survive to see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sterloc.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Free<\/em> India<\/a> they endeavored for.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Every time a slogan was raised or a movement established, the eyes shone a little brighter, but the hopes were shattered with brutal incidents leading to sad endings. Gathering themselves again, the fighters rose and resumed their fight. Ways were different, ideologies wide apart, but the intention was the same.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Declaring a \u2018<em>Purna Swaraj<\/em>\u2019 in 1929, the Congress observed 26<sup>th<\/sup> January as the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Independence_Day_(India)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Independence Day<\/a> each year from 1930 to 1946, till finally achieving independence in 1947.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The journey to freedom was hard; what followed was even harder. The partition between India and Pakistan along the religious lines shook the very roots of the countries and citizens. Religious violence led to mass casualties and fierce riots. Nearly 15 million people were displaced. Their loud cries were muted by the louder aggression and brutality of the time. People lost their loved ones, their body parts, and their souls to this lamentable partition.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>India after Independence<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Blessed are we to be born in Free India!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, we are blessed, but are we grateful or deserving of this change? Something to ponder about..<\/p>\n\n\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Do you or people you know prefer their son\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/1188495\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">education over their daughter\u2019s<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Are you a girl and feel unsafe going out alone?<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Do you hear news of people fighting over their caste or religion?<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Do you feel scared of voicing your genuine concerns or opinions?<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Can you not afford a good college despite being a brilliant student or a hospital bed despite paying the usual fee because you do not have enough money for a bribe?<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Do you see a group of people throwing rubbish outside your home but dare not say a word for fear of getting abused?<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Do you see an ambulance charging way more than the defined rates seeing the emergency of the situation you are trapped in?<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Do you see the custom of dowry still in practice?<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Does asking your friends or family to follow some rules make you sound stupid?<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Do you prefer \u2018out of court\u2019 settlements as court cases will take years to resolve?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If the answer to any of the above questions is Yes, then I have my doubts about <em><a href=\"https:\/\/freedomhouse.org\/country\/india\/freedom-world\/2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Free India<\/a><\/em>. Yes we are free from British rule, but there are millions of barriers to be broken, hundreds of challenges to be overcome, and uncountable pain areas to be accepted and worked upon. However, I believe Together We Can! We\u2019ll not let the battles of our freedom fighters go to waste and restore the freedom we desired in the first place.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Wishing you a meaningful Independence Day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Avani Raj Arora<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independence Day is special!&nbsp; India celebrates its Independence Day every year on 15th August. The day marks our independence from the British on 15th August 1947.&nbsp; Let\u2019s have a look at India before independence European traders had us by the 17th century. The East India Company had established itself by the 18th century. 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