In Dependence Day

Having commented on my friends status of Facebook, i got this idea of how my perspective of Independence changed.....
While in school, i was maha excited about Independence day, because we are given free chocolates that day, and as far as my memory goes, i was in 3rd class when i was the speaker for Andhra Pradesh, where we showcased Unity in Diversity,(the only thing that hasn't changed for me is the way of draping/wearing dhoti which i cant do even now)And every year after that (i.e before the world internet/www/google/wikipedia) was known to me) i remember doing something or the other during my schooldays like reading out a pre written speech by my source of Wikipedia/Google - My Dad, or reading out the Pledge in the class( I still kinda just lip sync the words - All Indians are my (%%%%%) friends and (&&$%^$) friends.. hmm i have a strong feeling that this line should be modified, hmm i dont wanna blog on this) or distributing flags to be pinned up on the shirt(for which i feel bad now as we all know the status of it the other day) and distributing chocolates( guess they should be called candies which costed less than a 50 np)

One bad thing about the speech or the event was my association/recollection of the words- "India is a developing country". For 64 years we still have the same issues, hunger, poverty, unemployment, social backwardness, lack of infrastructure,dowry deaths, farmers suicide, untouchability ...the list goes on and on ..these are the few things i have known coz of my limited knowledge, there might be much more...(to be continued)