MAD pages Volume 1 | Issue 1 | August 2013 | Page 22

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5 August 1947, everyone knows its Independence Day. It ' s time to 1celebrate, is it? The great men led the revolution and they marched out against the British Raj, bloods shed in this war, many sacrifices and the great stories tagged with it. But what ' s now? Let ' s speak of the harsh side of this Independence. The Englishmen left the country but before leaving they have planted the seed of enemy which is born out from the ' divide and rule ' policy of the Englishmen. And that seed is grown into roots of partition and India is divided into India and Pakistan. Who is responsible for that Mr. Nehru or Mohammad Jinnah or Englishmen? I ' m not like our judiciary system which believes in blaming game. I don ' t want to talk about it because they are now dead and they are not coming back to undo anything. No intention to insult anybody but it ' s the truth.

We are here celebrating the 68th anniversary of our independence, but I ' ve another approach to this we have successfully completed 66 years of enemity with Pakistan. Somewhere in past we are brothers and sisters but now the things get worsened to situation that we cannot even share the same date to celebrate our independence. If you

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