The Republic India was meant to be

"From 26th January 1950 India, this is, Bharat, shall be a Sovereign Democratic Republic". These were the words that echoed in  Darbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan (then known as Government House) as the outgoing last Governor General of India read out the declaration of Indian republic and Dr Rajendra Prasad was administered the oath of his office. 

64 years later as India prepares to honor the very essence of ideology that resulted into the Indian Constitution  we take a relook on the SDR ( Sovereign Democratic Republic) Ideology in the present day scenario.

India, famous and benchmarked worldwide for being the world's largest Democracy has experienced profound changes in the way our constitution  is being interpreted and practiced during the course of its 64 year long odyssey.

Our Preamble reads

" WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens:
JUSTICE : Social, Economic and Political;
LIBERTY : of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship
EQUALITY of status and of opportunity
and to promote among them all

FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the Nation.

Let me first ask the Lawmakers of this country what these values means to them.

Does Justice means the pending of cases for more than 10 years or does that mean that in an the attempt to save the big wigs : giving biased judgement's , granting bails, fake arrests  there by playing with the rights of mango people

Does  Liberty of thought , expression, belief, faith , worship, means the arrest of two girls within minutes for just expressing their genuine views on facebook on the Mumbai Shutdown  and at the same time becoming a mute spectator on provocative speeches of hate monger MLA in Hyderabad  for complete 20 days before pressurized by the media

Does Equality of status and opportunity means curbing opportunities  with a plethora of quotas based on caste, creed, class, religion. or does it mean giving a special status to certain persons/entities the truth of which is in front of entire nation whether its 2G Allocation scam or Coal Scam.

Does  Fraternity means disregard  for the dignity of the human life and  individual be it loss of lives  in terrorist attacks  that rocks the nation once in every while or sacrifice made by our jawans be it for saving the babus sitting there inside the temple of democracy or for ensuring the sovereignty of the nation  and giving loose ended and passive statements and acting like a soft state.

 If it does then its very unfortunate to say that  that India is no longer a republic it was meant to be. 

Having said that let us flip the coin and ask the building blocks of the  great nation " THE MANGO PEOPLE".

Does Justice means blaming women, their attire for the rapes or does that means  enforcing panchayat diktats like no mobiles, no jeans. 

Does Liberty means to spit wherever you want , to pee where ever you feel like, to drive in which ever way suits you.or does that means  killing your sister's, son's, daughters just because he/she has chosen to live  the life with his/her love. 

Does Equality of status and opportunity means to deny your unborn daughters an equal right to experience the beauty of life by mercilessly y killing them in the foetus. 

Does Fraternity means damaging the united spirit of this diverse nation by  rioting .arsons, spreading communal hatred in the name of religion, region, cast ,colour.

If it does then its very unfortunate to say that we as indians are no longer constitutional  the way we  were meant to be.

I know, to any patriotic law abiding citizen of this great nation this all may seems very  pessimistic.

Yes I agree we should look at the positive points also or the progress india has made since independence But just to get those goosebumps and goody goody feeling  about us and our nation  we cant ignore the poison that is eating very spirit of our constitution before it get's too late

It's time to stand up for a better india, It's time to get that undemocratic poison out of you, It's time to show the pavilion to the netas who are not ensuring that this ideology of indian constitution is upheld., It's time to act before injustice overtakes justice , before inequality becomes talk of the town , before fundamentalist ideologies start suppressing the liberal views and above all before the nation  looses respect for human dignity.

ऐ मेरे वतन् के लोगों
तुम् खूब् लगा लो नारा
ये शुभ् दिन् है हम् सब् का
लहरा लो तिरंगा प्यारा
पर् मत् भूलो सीमा पर्
वीरों ने है प्राण् गँवाये
कुछ् याद् उन्हें भी कर् लो 
जो लौट् के घर् न आये 

(Hindi Lines taken from song " Aie mere watan ke logon by Kavi Pradeep)

                                                 Jai Hind !!! Vandematram!!