My Beloved India — Celebrating 75th Independence Day
On the eve of 75th year Independence Day of our beloved country India, may each & everyone of us who belongs to India irrespective of our religion, caste, ethnicity, tradition, culture, age, occupation, qualification, know and understand the meaning of the tricolours and the Ashok Chakra which are depicted in our national flag. We all have to strive individually to represent what they stand for. In the Indian national flag the top band consists of Saffron colour, representing the strength and courage of the country. It stands for our courageous history and sacrifice of our freedom fighters. The middle band which consists of white colour represents peace, honesty, truth and purity. It not only highlights the importance of maintaining peace in the country. The last band is of green colour denotes prosperity, fertility, life growth & development. It also signifies auspiciousness of the land, it’s growth & vibrancy.
The Ashoka Chakra or Dharma Chakra depicts the “wheel of the law” in the Sarnath Lion Capital made by the 3rd-century BC Mauryan Emperor Ashoka. Ashoka Chakra symoolizes the union of all religions in India. India is a country of different faiths and cultures. Each one is unique in it’s own way. The Wheel which is navy blue in colour representing the colour of sky and ocean, stands for ‘motion’, that is, continued and uninterrupted progress should be our aim. The wheel has 24 spikes and has been placed in the centre of the white band of the tricolour. There are 24 spikes in the Ashoka Chakra. These 24 spokes represent Unity & integrity of our Nation, Love for all, Courage, Patience, Peacefulness, Equality, Magnanimity, Prosperity & Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, Selflessness, Self-Control, Truthfulness, Righteousness, Justice, Mercy, Gracefulness, Humility, Empathy, Sympathy, Knowledge, Moral Values, Wisdom, Respect, Non-abuse of our rights, Growth in Infrastructure & Industrial Progress, Good Education System, Friendship & Fraternity to develop a sense of brotherhood among the citizens in the Country.
The first national flag was hoisted on August 7, 1906, in the Parsee Bagan Square (Green Park) in Calcutta now Kolkata. The Indian National flag was adopted on 22nd July 1947. The National Flag of the Republic India was designed by Pingali Venkayya.
There is so much of thought process that our great leaders had in mind and so every thing in the national flag depicts what our Country should be like. On the historical event of our glorious 75th year of India’s independence let us not just take a pledge to safeguard our country’s core essence, it’s principles. But act in our own small ways, each & everyone of us to protect the peace and unity of our great nation, so that we can lead our motherland India to much greater heights of success in every aspect, safety for women & children, safety for everyone irrespective of their religion, quality education for all, trade, commerce, employment for all, lift up the downtrodden and provide them financial strength, lead immense prosperity for every citizen of India.
Thousands of men laid their lives and thousands of mothers sacrificed their sons to bring freedom to India….let us understand the essence of freedom, the sacrifices they made, value and celebrate our country with oneness, unity and pride. We should understand glory of free India in it’s truest meaning of what our freedom fighters had the vision of free independent India and uphold the pride and honour of being an Indian worldwide.
Rabindranath Tagore, the highly acclaimed, remarkable, prolific, most talented writer of India. The Author and composer of the National Anthem of the National Anthem of India in his vision of what India should be as a country. From Gitanjali, collection of Tagore’s poems, he quotes, “Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free; Where the World has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls”. In these lines, Rabindranath Tagore, had envisaged for India her future as a country, the widening of the personal, educational, social, cultural and political spaces.
Jai Hind, Vande Mataram!!
