Freedom. Such a powerful word. Take a moment to savour it. Take in a small sip and let it roll around your mouth. Close your eyes and silently mouth the word (or scream it out à la Mel Gibson in Braveheart if you aren’t sitting in a public area). Either way there’s no escaping the fact that the word can elicit emotion in the hardest of hearts. Throughout history the soon-to-be-victorious General has used it many times in his rousing call to arms. Possibly even the soon-to-be-dead General had used a few ‘freedom’ laden speeches too (but it’s hard to tell for sure because history as we know it has always been written by the victors). Every one of us has got to remember that this most basic of human rights should be viewed more as a gift. A gift for which somebody, somewhere, sometime in the past gave his/her life for. So next time you stroll by that innocuous statue at the park remember what it represents and take a second to pray for your fallen heroes. Peace.
2 comments:
Hey Anish (or is it Anishchachan, I'm still a bit confused with all the rules!!), Great blog!! Reading your description of the drive to Vancouver was like being there myself - I'm sure there's a novel there somewhere waiting to come out. And this was a timely reminder of something we often forget. Loved the cartoon on flying too! Great writing and look forward to more stuff. By the way, when you get some time, fly your plane over here to Shillong and we'll show you some pretty amazing mountains that are still undiscovered by the rest of the world, but (according to me) match at least the Alps in their beauty! Donno bout the Rockies - will tell you once I've been!! Love, Arpit
Thanks a ton Arpit.. and definitely not Anishachachan!! Your wife has never called me achachan and thank God for that.. haha.. Big fan of your blog too! I cant wait for an opportunity to come that side!! Sooner than later I hope.. :)
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