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Just, One More Independence Day?

Since independence, so many independence days have come and gone, but when we compare, this independence day with the previous years, can we proudly say that our country has prospered than the previous year’s independence day, our citizens have become, better in the social responsibilities, our politicians have become more concerned about the progress of the people and the nation. As long as we have the attitude, of August 15th, as one more holiday in the list of holidays, or as other festive seasons one more reason for business men to offer discounts and to increase the sales, one really wonders, as to where, as a nation, we are heading to. We don’t just become a great nation, when yearly once, on the Independence Day we remember, the freedom fighters, gandhian principles, watch flag hoisting on television, or participate in flag hoisting as a formality at our offices or work places, and claim ourselves to be great nation lovers. A country becomes great, when its people b...