Who says we are not free? It is just the way you look at your freedom and nothing more. Let us start and you see how much freedom one enjoys:
- You have the choice to buy anything in this country no matter where you belong to what if the inflation is above 12.5%
- You are free to protest on the streets for anything you strongly feel about what if the police and army fires bullets on you
- You are free to marry a girl or boy of any religion what if the community slaughters you after that
- You are free to vote and choose your representative what if the hotchpotch collation government makes no sense of it when the party with lowest seats comes in power
- You are free to boycott elections what if still only 5% voters decide the fate of your entire state and politicians form a government with all the pride
- You are free to apply for any course in any university in the country what if the reservations make your chances negligible
- You are free to write or speak anything what if your remarks label you as an ‘anti-national’ element
- You are free to fight against any injustice in the court of law what if the verdict takes decades to come
- Girls have equal freedom and opportunity like boys what if rape, SATI, molestation and dowry are still a part of their life
- You are free to guard your land what if hundreds are killed to make the authorities realize this fact
- You are free to watch anything on TV what if the government puts a ban on certain channels and programs
- You are free to live in any part of the country what if you are sure to die if communal and regional riots arise
- You are free to have a style statement what if the extremists beat you up for copying western world and defying cultural boundaries labeling you as ‘firnagis’
- You are free to take any professional sport including hockey what if only cricket comes with a good future bringing you money and publicity
- You are free to apply for passports, rations cards, voter ID cards and licenses what if you cannot get them until you shell out the bribe
- You are free to take up any government job in the country what if there are none available at this moment of time
- You are free to die of hunger or poverty or any other illness what if you cannot commit suicide as it is a crime
You are created as a free creature by GOD what if the humans have put all the limitations and restrictions on you
According to Mamkol, “Freedom indicates the liberation on doomsday”.
