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”.
7 comments:
a mix of sarcasm and scathing criticism..the words hit hard onto the minds of readers and ring an everlasting echo taking us to tangential thoughts...making one feel even more helpless
Very well put in . . . At the same time, it made me feel helpless but laugh also. Portraying almost everything about our freedom in this country and that too in few hundred words is delightful, well done dude.
Wicked, derisive and on target . . . this is all I can say about this post.
Being a retired journalist which is a rare case, I know that freedom is a vague concept and will always remain. Everything comes with a price tag and so does any sort of freedom. The heavier the price, the more the struggle for it. Examples are Palestine, Kashmir and so on . . .
Complaint about the system after accepting it and this is the correct method. Observe what you have and what can be done rather than just criticize without even knowing about the system. One’s freedom means others curtailment, this is how it goes and politicians have not learnt to lose
This is everyone’s story, whosoever reads it will see an image of him/her into it. We all live the same life no matter who we are and today I got reminded of how free I am.
Among all your writings, I like this one the most. We by and large confuse ourselves about observing freedom and celebrating it. Although there is a thin line between the two, the difference is vast. Once you know what both these involve, there will be the understanding of our so called mirage of ‘free world’.
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