Friday, January 27, 2006

'Happy Republic Day'

Republic Day went past and this great land of ours started celebrating the way it does always......... by wishing each other a 'Happy Republic Day'

Is there anything as a Happy Republic Day?
I don't think we should say happy republic day, two reasons:

1) There are happy days and there are 'un'happy days and our republic day is the saddest of them all. Most of us don't even have an idea of what's the meaning of a republic. If you really want to make it happy, try knowing why is our country a republic. For a change, try reading the constituent assembly debates. Know how the nation was formed.

2) There was 'Happy Diwali' at first, a festival at which everyone was wished happiness. This was carried on to Happy Valentine's Day, Happy Friendship Day, Happy Poodle's Day, Happy Half-Baked Clay pot with broken tap day et al. Market-driven petty frivolity has grown in scale like nothing else. Spare the republic day this trivialising.