Freedom Struggle - Phase 2

62nd Independence Day is over. Throughout the country people were celebrating the occasion on grand scale. But my confused mind was telling that we are not yet got real independence. We had got free from the clutches of the British people due to the hard work and dedication of great patriots. But while the Britishers left for The Great Britan , our great patriots left the mother earth thinking that their duty is over. Yeah in fact their duty was over and next generation should have worked with the same dedication that our patriots had laid their lives for the betterment of the country. I am not saying there were no patriots after Independence but the number was too less that their significance was not yet felt.

So I hope by this time you are expecting something new from this confused mind. In last two years while this mind was busy in leading NSS IIT Roorkee with the help of great IIT Minds I discovered one new thing that has started in India. That is FREEDOM STRUGGLE – PHASE 2. I can’t say when it was started. It might be the same SEED that great patriots put in this Mother India centuries back or a fresh one laid down by any great good frustrated mind after seeing unbalanced development that is happening in the Modern India.

Confused with the title “FREEDOM STRUGGLE – PHASE 2”???

The new generation with the help of (or with the motivation from) some great personalities of previous generations started fighting for Freedom in India. Freedom from Corruption, Poverty, Red Tape-ism, Illiteracy, insensitivity, Inhumanity etc,. Thousands of NGOs started working with the aim to clean up India from Social evils. While some were successful in their endeavors many were not strong enough to go against the social evils that were/are present in the country.

So what’s now?
Luckily the new generation is not after many. It is trying to do as much as possible for the Nation or the mother Earth. Examples are aplenty. An IIM student or IIT student leaves the MNCs and go to a small unnoticed village to bring some changes in the living of people. Lot of student groups emerged in the country spreading their network faster than NGOs and are bringing significant changes in the areas they are working. Examples can be NSS IIT Roorkee, Nirmaan Bits Pilani, iVil IIT Madras list goes endless.

Forty years back a visionary program NSS – National Service Scheme started in the country while commemorating the centenary birth year of Mahatma Gandhi. Govt. started this program in lot of colleges and universities and it is running till now. Its main aim is to instill the spirit of community service in the Young while striving for the betterment of the Society. Does this program succeeded in its endeavors? It’s a leading question with single answer that it was lacking a visionary to run the program in desired direction. But this new generation will not leave the things to the Govt. It is ready to do its part. In this way I feel Freedom Struggle – 2 has been started and is going on a desired pace.

There is one more section of the country working for the betterment of the Nation along with all the above discussed sections and also some corporate companies under the name CSR – corporate social responsibility. That other section is modern SWAMIjis. There is a lot of criticism on them, in the same way as NGOs do have. Many were even convicted for their guilty. But there are some big Swamijis who are contributing a lot for the betterment of the Nation. Here also examples are aplenty.
One of them is Baba Ramdev, who had started the old movement with a new traditional flavor “BHARAT SWABHIMAN”. It aims at inducing character in the citizens through spreading the old tradition YOGA. This movement is started on a big scale and is going to rock the country soon.

The other is Swami Chidananda Saraswathi, who is head of Parmarth Niketan and also IHRF – Indian Heritage Research Foundation. His community services are also spreading across the nation, about which you can find from their websites. Ramakarishna Math, Chinmaya Mission etc., etc., this list also goes endless.

Whatever be the present situation India is going to get freedom again soon. For that every citizen of the country should be aware that India had great culture. Don’t argue with me on this topic, when the whole world is dreaming about visiting this holly land at least for once in their life time why do we always keep criticizing our Nation. We don’t accept anything that our ancestors give directly. It should go abroad and get additional flavor and a stamp saying ‘you foolish Indians! Your product was nothing, have this one, we made it, buy from us, it makes you healthy, smart etc. Yoga is just one simple example that came back to us as YOG in this pattern.

Jai Hind! Jai Bharath!