Happy 70th Independence Day to India!

I cannot describe India in just 5 lines here on my blog! Today she celebrates 70th Independence Day and has come a long way! 31 States, 1618 Languages, 6400 Castes, 6 Religions, 6 Ethnic Groups, 29 Major festivals and one Country! 

India sits on layers upon layers of history, with each layer contributing to the present in some strange way, adding to our rich culture and spirit of tolerance. This is a land where many of the great religions of the world were born. It is the land where foreign influences of the past, Persian, Greek, Chinese, etc were welcomed and assimilated. In theory, India is “secular,” but in many ways, she is a Hindu land, with her 30 crores deities:) But it is the land where, for the better part Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Parsis, Buddhists, and Jains can live in absolute freedom. All religions are free by law to preach and propagate their beliefs. 

It is a land of every possible form of contrast—a clash of colour and a cacophony of sound. She is wealthy. She is poor. She is highly educated. She is illiterate. She is cultured. She is wretched. She is finicky about cleanliness and rules. She is utterly filthy. India is extremely corrupt and bogged down by bureaucracy, chaotic and crowded. Cricket is a religion and Bollywood stars are worshipped.

The way this great giant of a country rouses herself every morning and functions amidst all this chaos belies explanation. When so much of money is siphoned off due to corruption, from government projects, why do the bridges stay strong and why do the buildings not collapse? Why, with the chaotic roads, the accident rate is not higher than in other countries. I think God Himself must love India very much.

Salute to her and may she be blessed with greenery, no-smoke, peace inside out!!

Recipe:

Shown in this post are the colors of Indian Flag: 3 bottles of glasses with orange roundels, lime roundels and mint, and ginger with blueberries! Washes down the acidity and helps you keep your body cool in hot summer days aiding in digestion and losing weight!

njoY!! happY independencE!! :)

excerpts from courage to tremble.