RECENTLY WE HAVE CELEBRATED OUR 60TH INDEPENDENCE DAY,A THOUGHT CAME TO MY MIND,DO WE REALLY DESERVE THIS INDEPENDENCE?WE HAVE COME 60 YEARS SINCE 1947.THEN WHY ARE SOME PEOPLE THROWING FOOD AND SOME ARE STARVING TO DEATH?WHY  ARE SOME PEOPLE BEGGING?WHY IS THERE SO MUCH OF CORRUPTION FROM THE GRASS-ROOT LEVEL?WHY IS THERE NO JUSTICE FOR THE POOR? A GOOD ACADEMIC CARRIER FROM A POOR HOME, DOES NOT FETCH A DECENT JOB UNTILL THERE IS SOME 'UNCLE' BEHIND. SOME PEOPLE ARE BUYING ONE CAR AFTER ANOTHER AND THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE LIVING ON THE ROADS, IS THIS INDEPENDENCE? WE HAVE REACHED THE EVEREST BUT WE THROW AWAY  OUR FEMALE CHILD,WE NEED SOME T.V. OR FILM STAR TO TELL US TO EDUCATE  THEM AND TO TREAT THEM AS HUMANS IF NOT EQUAL TO THE BOY CHILD.WE ARE PROUD TO TALK ABOUT OUR GODESSES BUT NEVER FORGET TO THRASH  OUR WIVES AT HOME.A MAN HAS THE LIBERTY TO WEAR ANYTHING BUT A WOMAN HAS TO ANSWER TO SO MANY, EVEN FOR WEARING A DRESS.SMUGGLERS,BLACK MARKETEERS,DRUG DWELLERS, CORRUPT MINISTERS,RICH MURDERERS ETC GET AWAY EASILY,THOUGH WE BEAT UP A HUNGRY BOY WHO COMMITS THE GREATEST CRIME OF STEALING  A BREAD FROM THE SHOP.WE ARE READY TO HANG A YOUNG COUPLE BELONGING TO TWO DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES, WHOSE CRIME WAS THAT THEY FELL IN LOVE AND GOT MARRIED, BUT WE TALK ABOUT BROTHERHOOD.A WELL EDUCATED  GIRL PROUDLY SHOWS THE DOWRY THAT HAS COME FROM HER 'MAYKA'  HER PARENTS, INSTEAD OF KEEPING THE MONEY FOR THEIR OLD AGE TREATMENT HAS GIVEN VALUABLES TO HER,SHE IS NOT ASHAMED.SHE FEELS THAT IS HER RIGHT. DOES SHE EVER THINK ABOUT THE RIGHTS OF HER PARENTS?A FATHER SELLS HIS ALL TO EDUATE HIS SON ,THE SON BAGS THE DEGREE,  MARRIES HIS SWEETHEART AND TAKES THE NEXT FLIGHT TO THE STATES,HIS FATHER IS LEFT BEHIND PENNILESS.THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED IN ALL THESE 60 YEARS,SO FOLKS LET US ALL WISH EACH OTHER A HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY AND MANY MORE TO COME------------SURELY WHY NOT?