Happy Independence Day!

Today, on the occasion of India's 62nd Independence Day, I would just like to say that let's hope that India continues to work towards a brighter future. Where everyone, no matter how young or old, rich or poor, hip-clubber or farm-tilling villager, North Indian or South Indian, vegetarian or a cannibal, follower of any religion, member of any caste, belonging to any race, continues to find their place and contribute meaningfully to this amazing nation.

I know that many of us, including me, have very often criticised India for all the bad things - poor government, corruption, pollution and what not. Well, today, let's focus on the good, the healthy, the pure. Let us not think of the riots, but of the harmony that has existed amongst one of the most diverse populations of the world, not of the cultural degradation and the Shiv Sena, but of the rich culture, the myriad of dance forms, cuisines, languages, clothes, mindsets. Let us for this one day, applaud our country for what it really is, a motherland, which we shall cherish all our lives no matter how far away we go from it!

Jai Hind!