At each stop in the metropolitan cities of India, a number of people can be found selling some items which sometimes we don't even gaze at and at other times we just buy even without giving much head to it. Most of these hawkers and roadside salespeople are the 'Children of India'. They sell very well and try to earn the bread for their families, but I guess that this is not the way it should be!!
There was a time around 65 years back when our motherland was bounded by some foreign powers, then in order to free our land a number of people were even ready to give up their lives for the country...rather a number of great Children of India like Bhagat Singh, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Jhansi ki raani, and many many more of them have given up their lives to save the dignity of India. Today our studies somewhere lack the abilities of filling our hearts with that sense of patriotism. Have we become too materialistic and lost in the liquor of our financial development? Today we don't even think before dirtying the public places. Even hi-tech people and managers of the countries can be seen littering around at public places in even the metropolitan cities.
It is not just about the littering of the public places or about the small children who are selling things or begging at the red-light stops on the roads of the metropolitan cities, it is about a number of such facts that show that as countrymen we are not at all proud of our country. A number of incidents of killing of couples who love each other and want to marry could be read in the newspapers these days. The reason cited by the communities is that they were killed because they have put down the dignity of the community. I guess same punishment should be given to the killers who have put down the dignity of our country by killing a young couple that was just trying to experience that they are living in an Independent India.
Today we need to remember the words of great monks of our country like Swami Vivekanand, "Arise Awake and stop not, till the goal is reached!" We must remember the words of Krishna that the Birth of Human is not just for nurturing his own body or his own family, but it is for the Jankalyan. It is for country and for the upliftment of the weak sections of society. We must understand that reformation of our country is not in the hands of the Government, neither in the hands of any industrialist. None of the leaders can even bring this reform. Only the awakening of our inner consciousnesses can bring out the true Indians from within us. Today when India has almost all the necessities the students, workers, farmers, soldiers,cops, scientists, teachers, engineers, doctors and all professionals have to show that how well can they perform. We must not forget the words of our Father of Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, and Then you win!!". We must understand that when we start performing, at first may be our achievements are not appreciated or ignored if we keep working consistently, a time comes when people understand our presence.
So, lets take a pledge and understand that we will never let down the dignity of our motherland by supporting or practicing the Evils like child labour and others. We must also learn to take out some time from our busy schedule and try to do something for the country. This not only prevails a sense of wakefulness and positiveness in India, but also gives some peace to our selfish minds.
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