Sisters and Brothers of India
Today, I’m writing this letter for each Indian to congratulate him or her for being born on this noble land where giants like Ashoka The Great, Swami Vivekananda, Shaheed Bhagat Singh, and Dr. Kalam walked. I want to congratulate you on being a part of the largest democracy present on Planet Earth, where people from different sects, castes, and religious believes live together. I Congratulate you for being born in the nation which always respects the freedom of others and has never tried to invade some other nation and overpower it, provided India itself was overpowered by different rulers and countries Starting from Alexander, Greeks, Turks, Moguls, Britishers and so on. Heartiest congratulations for being born in the nation whose History is so colorful and vibrant. Be Proud, My dear Countrymen!
Freedom – Whenever we think about this word, The black and white pictures of India’s Struggle against Britishers flashes in our mind. Various Freedom Fighters and their courage to make this nation free from the clutches of the British Raj. It was a struggle filled with Courage, Leadership, Confidence, and Unity in the nation. But if we think for a moment that even after almost 73 years of attaining freedom from The Britishers, can we say ourselves free? Are our Heart and Mind is still not Invaded? Are we not being controlled by something? My dear Brethren. We are being Controlled by Media channels and various social media websites. These two things are spreading in the blood of the nation slowly. Switch on any news channel and what you will see are probably Negativity and Pessimism. What you will see is various news of Rapes, Murders, Calamities, Poverty, cheap Politics, and Silly Gossips. What you will see is the stupid news of Film Star’s personal life. Ahh, it is like piercing a sharp sword in the heart of the nation. I’m saying this because What hides behind this stupid news is the achievements of our nation. Read this very carefully, My dear ones. I’m about to tell you what the news channels never show.
No news channel will show you that our nation stands proudly in the first position if we talk about Milk Production. No one will tell you that what are our achievements in Rocket Science and launching SLVs. We know that Sonam Kapoor got married to someone called Mr. Ahuja, but we don’t know that our nation is the second-largest producer of wheat and rice. Our Children know Honey Singh’s raps by heart but they don’t know that India is the nation who reached on Mars on its very first attempt. No channel will show you this news after a week after the achievements. They are busy glorifying our cricket team when they won a match and start cursing them when they lose one. Believe it or not, they love to play with your subconscious mind. They find happiness by burying the seed of negativity in your mind, which will probably one day, become saplings of frustration, anger, Negativity, and national disturbance. All riots and disturbances are the cruel results of the Indian Media.
Kalam* Sahib once said, “Youth is the biggest asset of the Nation – On the Earth, Under the Earth, and Above the Earth.” And that’s true. India is a young nation. The majority of its population is between the age of 15 and 35. We have the muscles of steel and heart of gold filled with indomitable energy. But, it breaks my heart whenever I see youngsters restricting their gift called life, by the filthy walls of various Social media platforms. If you look at this minutely, you will observe that today’s youth is busy balancing Two different lives – One, which is portrayed on the social media platforms; which is glamorous, colorful, Vibrant, Fancy but Artificial. And the Other is their real life, Which is Lonely, Restless, and extremely depressed. Believe it or not, we have created a barrier between our two different lives. We know how a Facebook friend doing in London, but we don’t see what is happening in our family. We know about the tweets of Bollywood celebrities, but we have no idea about where our nation is going. We celebrate Mother’s day on Facebook by posting our Mom’s picture, but we have no time to sit with her every day. We know the whole world, But we don’t know ourselves.
Social media is weakening the Nation. It is diminishing its glory. It is like a poison that is getting dissolved in the Nation’s blood. Sacrifice is the solution, guys. It is a very high time to stop this nonsense and start building our real life. One facebook picture won’t make you a star, but your actions will. Investing time in self-development by reading good books, meeting Optimistic people, sitting in solitude, and having faith in the Almighty will make your real-life amazing. All of us know how much social media is killing our time. We know that how much it is disturbing our personal life. But it has become an addiction now. We are unable to control our fingers. We subconsciously tap that Facebook Icon on our smartphone. Think once again, Are we guys free? Do we guys call ourselves Independent, when we are controlled by this silly habit? If we want to see our nation developed, we have to make this sacrifice. We have to diverge our time as well as energies in thinking and working towards our personal, societal, and National goals. We have to work with Righteousness in our hearts. Because Kalam* sahib said:-
“When There is Righteousness in The heart,
There is Beauty in Character.
When there is Beauty in the heart,
There is Harmony in the Family.
When there is harmony in The Family,
There is Order in The Nation.
When there is an order in the Nation,
There is Peace in the World.”
So my dear ones, everything begins with righteousness in the heart. G.D.P, PCI., Balance of trade, and all those statistical figures are secondary in developing a nation. Righteousness in your heart and actions are primary. And I’m not saying that social media is bad. It is beautiful and has the power to bring a revolution in the nation. But we don’t know how to tap its power. We are busy abusing it instead of using it. So let’s restrict our time which we spend on social media and start working on our real goals. Let’s make our Life as well as the life of our countrymen beautiful. Let’s sacrifice our today so that the next generation can see a happy, Glorious, and Developed India. Amen!
Love, Laughter, and Peace
Himanshu R Nagpal
*Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
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