Just-do-it-for-INDIA

When India achieved it's independence in 1947, it was the birth of of the largest democracy in the world. Today Indians belong to a free and independent country which is governed as per the choice of its citizens. It is indeed a brilliant example to the entire world at large - how a population of over 1.1 Billion citizens chooses to exercise its democratic rights and can decide who has the right to govern the nation.

In a way this is a dream come true for the freedom fighters who fought with their sweat and blood for the cause of freedom. Many of them happily sacrificed their lives to achieve this freedom for all of us. They were not going to partake in any of the fruits of their labour, but they yet insisted in planting the tree and nurturing it with their own blood. Can we ever repay their debt in any way? Can we ever understand the spirit of patriotism that coursed through their veins and emboldened them to sacrifice everything that they had towards a great cause? If these freedom fighters were within us today, would they have been proud of what they would see?

Has the dream of our national heroes been fully realised yet?

On closer inspection, we can identify certain issues in the way that India exists today - problems, which if left unattended, would escalate into big disasters. Every nation in the world has its fair share of issues and even India can get away with a few - what needs to be evaluated though is exactly what these problems are and what can be done about them.

Over the next few articles, we will try to understand the state of our country from various perspectives and identify the top few issues that need to be dealt with firmly and quickly. We will also attempt to calculate the impact that these issues are causing our country and how we as citizens can - rather must contribute to resolving these issues.

In doing so, the base question will remain the same - we are not trying to imitate most other Indians who insist on having an opinion about India and nothing more. We are striving to identify areas of improvement in a constructive and practical manner i.e. along with the problems we are also going to evaluate what you and I (as individuals) can do to help, in any way whatsoever.

As Mahatma Gandhi wisely reflected "What is true of the individual will be to-morrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope."

It is now upto each one of us to ponder and reflect on what, where, how, how much, when, who and why we need to contribute our bit towards the improvement of our great motherland!!