tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5920286601961956079.post4734611080806998161..comments2022-11-13T15:18:13.788+05:30Comments on Write Angle: Are we 67 years old? Wait. No.Neeraj Pandeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295441255265970987noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5920286601961956079.post-82939472681683710972013-08-15T12:44:46.292+05:302013-08-15T12:44:46.292+05:30Well, yes you do have a point. In the sense that t...Well, yes you do have a point. In the sense that the British left us on 15th August 1947, the same way the Mughal left us in 1857. I have always tried to enforce the point that WE did not throw the Britishers out any more than the circumstances did. Circumstances in the entire world, the changing times, the end of interest of British in India, the fact that more than 100 countries achieved freedom during the period from 1940-60. So we are not very wise 'celebrating' freedom, given we are not really 'free'. The British went away, but our mentality is the same. The day or year we come out of the narrow minded cocoons, THEN are we free. As you said.Akashruphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12886565564085243091noreply@blogger.com