A few days ago one of my
friends sent me a quote of Sir Winston Churchill, the war time Prime Minister
of Britain expressing his concern on giving independence to India. He wrote those
words seven decades ago and it seems that his words had a ringing prophetic
tone on the future of independent India. He said: “Power will go to the hands
of rascals, rogues, free booters; all Indian leaders will be of low caliber and
men of straw. They will have sweet tongues and silly hearts. They will fight amongst
themselves for power and India will be lost in political squabbles. A day would
come when even air and water would be taxed in India.” See how prophetic his
words were! We, Indians could prove his
words right in a span of 65 years.
Churchill’s words give a
true picture of present India. I wonder
whether it is for creating such an India thousands of Indians laid down their
lives in the Independence struggle. Is it for this India millions of Indians
fought the British and suffered? Is it for the creation of such an India Bhagat
Singh, Sukhdev, Rajguru, Chandrasekhar Azad and other martyrs sacrificed their
lives on the altar of freedom struggle?
Our dream was creation
of a genuine government of the people, by the people and for the people, but instead
we got a government of the corporates, by the corporates and for the corporates.
It is for us to think now. It is for us to
drastically change the situation. It is for us to kick out these rogues,
rascals and free booters. It is for us to save India from utter collapse and
disaster. It is time for a peaceful total revolution to take power in the hands
of the people, the supreme masters of this nation. Let us strive to realize the
India of our dreams. Awake, arise and
stop not till we reach our goal.
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