My message for Independence Day, 2007:
Integration: Let us see each other as fellow Indians and not through the glasses of religion, caste, or region hood. Government's attempts of integration have failed; only citizens can make it a success.
Responsibility of media: Soon after judgments in Bombay Blasts cases are finished, media has started demanding implementation of Srikrishna commission report. And very insensitively they are publishing pictures of riots, charred bodies, and burning houses on the front pages. Demanding justice is fair, but to make people recall all the pains and trauma from the forgotten past is insensitive; inflammable if I inflate. The tendency to use some newsmakers, like Budhia form Orissa has done more harm than benefits.
Equality: Any attempt to force caste or religion based reservations in private sector is condemnable. This is classic example of "divide and rule" policy.
Integrity: It pains me that our political system doesn't protect the few men with integrity. We lost APJ Abdul Kalam as our next president and got some well-groomed, perfect-fits, gentlemen on the top posts.
Bottom line: Let us remember our golden past and work responsibly in the present to create a safe, secure and prosperous future.
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