In·de·pend·ence

With an attempt to find the real meaning of it, as a usual e-Indian does on holidays, I typed this illusionary word into that magical search box. As usual I got those irrelevant results again which said it all. Independence is not restricted to search engines. Happy Independence Day friends!!  Aligning with dictionary meaning with slight subjectivity where I believe “in” means inner or self and “dependence” means relying upon, this makes more sense to me now. Where hoisting the flag is a symbol of liberation, the point of independence is moving further away from us. I feel that because of our assured ability to subside we are still chained with norms and assumptions, norms that are created by innovation-phobic people of society time to time and  assumption which is known to be more brain germinated. Truth is that norms are the function of our assumptions. We don’t believe on our thoughts every time so we have standardized our thinking process by creating a set of norms of “how to”. This “how to” is like “touch me not” which is enough to kill your individuality and make you far more mechanised upon touch or else it will make your life smooth as you will be always in the mainstream process of  eliminating assumptions and revising norms. So I leave this thread open as a food for thought for all young Indians who are equally capable of being the change agents of society and  worrying about Independence day being a dry day. 

~Jai Hind

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        (Pawan)