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| Republic Day- A Silent Celebration | | | Satwant Singh Rissam (BSC, LLB, LLM, PGDHRM) | 1/24/2016 11:52:39 PM |
| 26th January, 1950 is a day from where India started its journey among the countries that had their own Constitution. It is the most important document as it became the basis for the growth of country on defined patterns. For the growth & direction Indian Constitution provided to the country it is now also known as supreme law of country.
Since 1950 onwards, this day is celebrated all over India with enthusiasm. Various programs are held across the country and flag-hoisting ceremonies in educational & political circles are the prominent one.
But it is becoming a trend nowadays in India that people just sit at home and watch the live telecast of Prime Minister's speech from the Red Fort in Delhi. Since there are only few who go out to celebrate & attend the cultural programs hence it reflects lack of spirit in the present generation. This feeling of celebration is limited only till the time they watch TV after that it is just routine day for all.
Interestingly, celebration of Republic Day in India is becoming more like a silent celebration. One of the reasons for it is also that ahead of the Republic Day celebrations, various nationwide security alerts are issued. It has become a yearly affair as we see at many places police personnel in large numbers being deployed like country is in an emergency situation. Such environment on this particular day, gives a feeling of curtailment of rights. It appears so contrary to the day when rights itself were guaranteed by coming into being of Indian Constitution. With so much vigil, strictness etc people all over India don't prefer to come out of their houses to take part in the celebrations.
Spirit of Republic Day celebrations are very low among the people in J&K also because markets carry deserted look on such an important day. In addition to it, a tense atmosphere prevails in J&K that make people preferring to sit back at home as they feel endangered in going out.
This existing mindset in J&K people is somewhere killing the celebration charm of this day in J&K also. People in J&K with every passing year are forgetting the real pride we should have on this day. Tight security arrangements all over state make movement of people very regulated and people feeling troubled to go out, resulting they preferring to be at home. The day should be celebrated with open shops & bazaars giving a feel of festival but sadly the day causes restrictions on a person to move freely and independently. On the other hand in valley, separatists give boycott call & ask people to remain indoors leading to closure of shops and markets. The entire population of Kashmir in a way is also held hostage by these calls of separatists.
Such way in which celebrations are done purely depict that we are made to celebrate this day in a silent way. The young generation especially youth of the state as well as country talk about such restrictions with surprise. However, they are made to understand about this situation with many reas-oning's which convince the few.
What does this situation imply? There may be many answers, but surely it is becoming just like any other regular day of the year. It is pertinent to mention here that this lack of interest in the Republic Day celebrations among the common citizens is somewhere a reflection that the citizens of India are truly not participating. Moreover, it won't appear wrong to say that celebrations are just at official levels for last six decades but haven't reached every heart which beats in this country for the country. |
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