Being Indian



We all have sung National Anthem. Most of us would have first started singing the anthem in our schools. Not even a day started without singing the national anthem during our school days. When I entered college I was shocked, no such activity was carried out there. The class started at eight in the morning and nothing else was so special. What I missed in my college were the morning prayers which ended up singing the national anthem which became a regular practice of my schooling.

In spite of our diversities, we all stand together to sing the anthem. It makes us feel the power of ‘we’. The National Anthem was first sung in the congress session of Calcutta during 1911. So why was the anthem written by Rabindranath Tagore? Is that all the countries have an anthem so India should also have one? No, the national anthem written by Rabindranath Tagore is another expression of the unity of India. Songs and symbols that emerged during the freedom struggle serve as a constant reminder of our country’s rich tradition of respect for diversity.

There are eight major religions in the world. Every single one of them is practised in India. Following a particular religion, their principle is not a crime, but in the name of caste and religion propagating hatred towards others is a crime. We don’t decide being born in a particular community. When we are born we don’t even know what caste is. As we grow knowingly or unknowingly get into the caste system.

I was shocked to read from a daily newspaper about school children in a district of Tamil Nadu wearing caste marks in hands in the form of tiny ribbons (threads). Each different colour indicated a different caste to which the child belongs to. A child in a school should be exposed to great values of life, the pride of being born in a diversified yet united nation. But what happens when a child is exposed to this blind caste system. For example, if we think English is the best language and other languages are not important, we are judging these other languages negatively. As a result, we may not respect people who speak languages other than English. This is what happens when a child is exposed to the caste system at a younger age. The child starts to prejudice others or a child can be prejudiced about many things such as religious beliefs, the colour of their skin, the region they come from, the clothes they wear etc.
It has been seventy years since our nation is free from British rule. When the British ruled India, women and men from different cultural, religious and regional backgrounds came together to oppose them. India’s freedom movement had thousands of people of different backgrounds in it. They worked together, and they found different ways to oppose the British. The people showed how they could be different and be united in their battle against the British.

Even after seventy years of our Independence, when we open our daily newspaper we figure out some crime that has taken place in the name of religion or caste. With this dangerous nature of our present society, where is our nation heading to? Why some people haven’t recognized the true spirit of being an Indian. Why such crime and agitations happen in the name of caste and religion? This is because people have very minimal knowledge of our past. We read less about our leaders. We rarely tend to know the real happenings of the past. Our thirst for knowing our history just ends when one gives his final examination during our school days. We see history just as a subject.

The hidden treasure history has is of immense use to the society. Mistakes committed earlier may be avoided if history is read and interpreted correctly. Only very few of us tend to do this. We should develop an extensive reading of our past. The complete essence of the true nationalism should imbibe in each and every Indian. If we fail to know our leaders, the message they convey to us, it is we who fail as a whole. One, who knows the past in a broader manner thinks, realizes and gets rid of the blind caste system.

Singing national anthem with our fellow brothers and sisters is the simplest way to feel the oneness. The power of oneness gives us pride. Feel proud in singing the national anthem. Feel proud of being an Indian.

Jai hind…!

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