People refused to buy bus fares, assuming they should now be free. A humble beggar walked into an enclosure reserved for foreign diplomats. A policeman asked him for his invitation.
'Invitation?'. he answered, 'Why do I need an invitation? I have my independence. That's enough.'
It was the feeling of a common man 69 years ago. It went far deeper that a mere desire to enter a previously reserved establishment.
Today, as we pay homage to those who laid down their lives for our independence, and look up to the tricolour that symbolises the ultimate sign of sacrifice, the heart echoes the millions of voices that cried 'Oh lovely dawn of freedom that breaks in gold and purple over ancient capital.'
'If there is any land on this earth that can lay claim to be the blessed Punya Bhumi...'
Independence Day wishes.
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