India was just a thought in 1857,yet it stands today as largest independent democratic country in the world not to forget,with a population of 1.2 billion.Census says we touch 1.4 billion by 2025 and will cross China by 2045.When born,All that it was ,was the ideas of the leaders of the country and it has taken them years to make it what it has become today.
Struggle,ambition,vision,war,riots,grief and land are some of the key words that can be used to describe the rise of this nation.The Post Gandhi Period was one of the most important periods,also the most crucial in determining the fate of this country.
There has been one common pattern in the making of this nation,and that is the sacrifice of individuals and living on of their ideologies.Someone paved their life for passing the most important law of the constitution the Hindu Act and so did someone for forcing the government of Mr Jawaharlal Nehru to divide States on the basis of Languages.These persons are swallowed up by our history books,and never heard of in purview of the stand that they took against the Ruling party of the country because they forced the government to bend to abide by their stand.
Nothing changes as we go further,people rule this country and time and again we are shown that by our history books.The time has stood witness to patronage the sacrifices of the great and not so great Indians,time and again.Be it the 5 year plans of the government,where Industrialization sought the most importance or the plan where Education , Science & Technology and Employment were stressed the most on.Maybe it was the man who got us the Green Revolution, or the one who got us through the 1991 crises.
All these were people.People least politically driven,but driven to change something.
Some of these change makers are the ones we have always read about .Some, we can only feel now .Some, who are still fighting and maybe someday will be remembered for their thought.
And as I read through this book called "INDIA AFTER GANDHI",I realize that Time will always test the people.Standing up for your opinion is what the people need to do for change,irrespective of what the outcome is.The people always have a choice either to live how they are asked to, or to realize their demand and take responsibility of their actions.
The lokpal battle was another platform where resistance was shown against the government.Not saying if it's correct or wrong,but it is the right to project/publicize and propagate their view.Winning or acceptance is not the fruit of this fight.The Attitude of questioning the stance of the answerable was an achievement in its own.Driving a movement ,just driven by cause is in itself was an achievement of choice that we as Indian's have to make today.
We as people of the Republic of India have and will always come through,There will always be a time in the history when we need to raise our voices to balance out the powerful and the potential.That we will always do...That we will always try to do because
"The real is strength is not in winning a battle,but fighting a lost one".
And we have always had that strength.
