Spectator

I wish Freedom! An urchin watching a ragpicker. Maybe freedom in his mind.   Photo : Harish Benjwal Happy Independence Day to all! Yes! we turned 66th last midnight only. Great. If one starts going into memory lane he/she will learn that indeed a very long phase has just passed. The clarity of events on the fateful day of 15th August 1947 has gone into the feeble snapshots of black and white photographs, films and audio. It seems that the time was old and the days used to be dry, colourless. None of us, of present generation can relate with that era. It's difficult for us. I remember my school days and the Independence Day as an eventful day-half day . That time we used to assemble in school premises, and after flag hoisting, cultural programmes and concluding national anthem, we used to get sweets ( laddoos). The two  laddoos used to be a very great thing, as they were the prized possession, of one of the day of the week, of a year that was beyond the regular schedule