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INDEPENDENCE DAY – Just Another Holiday?

Aug 15, 2015
As India celebrates its 69th independence day, there are a bunch of people who are upset about the fact that it landed up on a Saturday. Did you not get disappointed to see the 2015 calendar for the first time, “Yaar, is baar ek chutti kum ho gayi!”

That raises a question in our mind, Is the independence day restricted to a mere holiday, where you buy a flag from a poor child who comes running when you stop at the signal.” Oh! I am wrong here as well, the data says that the sale of our national flag too have gone down this year.

Source: http://www.microfinancemonitor.com
Isn’t it ironical that on our independence day, we are not even given the freedom to buy booze! Why are we forced to keep the offices shut?



From the #SaluteSelfie to #WorldWishes India, we show our respect to the national anthem by liking and sharing pics on various social media channels.



Source: https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/



Is that it? Can’t we change the way we celebrate our independence day. Can’t we do something meaningful on this day – Help a kid? Plant trees? Clean our neighbourhood?

 


What do you think? How should we celebrate our independence day?

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