This day comes and goes today , just the same way we enjoy another holiday , no work no rush in going to the office where one is time bound to spend another day whiling away time. Shaheed Bhagat Singh 's birthday is today , it gets resurrected feebly again and again to further political fortunes. His birthday is used as a convenient excuse to further political ambitions. The yellow color of his turban is known more than the saraon ( mustard flower ) of Punjab , worn with pride by the youth for a day to flag the morals, bold stance of Bhagat Singh for a day but as the sun sets which is inevitable the ideology is swept away again for the next year.
He is remembered not for his stand , his fight his courage but for the paper inches he can give the political party and the eulogy given to him is weak and empty . Words are large , heavy and they whip up emotions which die a death before the day ends and the flash bulbs flash.
Todays youth is searching for an icon who will guide them , show them the path but sadly is misled by the politicians whose coffers grow and who lives not for the common man but for himself and percentage votes garnered. The virtual world which pays tribute to him is lost in clever, gimmicky statuses and profile pictures which pay tribute him for a day and is gone when the likes do not substantiate it.In the same line we wish Bhagat singh and in the same breath wish Ranbir Kapoor a long life .
It is the need of the day that the nation keeps its tryst with history for the next generation and for it self to face not the world but to meet its own eye in the mirror.
Ravneet Sangha
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