Cost of Freedom

Let's compare rape figures and attack figures per capita against the other countries even today. I don't think this has anything to do with independence. Having depraved souls around us is not a function of being an independent country or a colony of a white country.

Agreed. Nevertheless it could give us a view of where we stand as a humanity.

• also not language, region, caste, or whatever else first. The sooner people understand this, the faster we can improve all of our lives.

Agreed

Facepalm post of the decade. I suppose you are deeply concerned and would help everyone around you as you would help your family.

Local, religious , tribal identities are all self preservation mechanisms humans have developed for survival. One region not helping another does not mean I want to serve a white man as a coolie and pay taxes which are used for that country's economic development than mine. Don't even start about our taxes going waste or our high tax rates and all. That's an incorrect comparison.

For everyone in this thread, being cynical about independence, imagine having your next door neighbour taking control of your household, running it, telling you what to do.

It does not matter we are very many different groups of people under one banner on India, that does not mean that some colonial power exploits the locals and the local resources.

I am amazed at how people even interpret independence. Being independent does not mean we become benevolent towards your countryman all of a sudden and adopt communistic way of life, sharing your wealth and opportunities with them. It's against human nature and nothing to do with patriotism or feeling something for your country.

The definition of patriotism is loyalty and commitment towards one's country. That literally comes above individualistic tendencies. Thinking about your people before yourself.

The state of our country today is such that we cannot even express ourselves freely, hence we are communicating on an anonymous platform. Freedom of expression has been hammered down over time unquestionably. It is literally someone else telling us what we should and shouldn't do. Many states of India are being unequally exploited and some people more than others.

But you are right, being independent does not make us automatically patriotic. It is against human nature. It will be a long while before we even come close to that word and its true definition. Until then we can only watch in silence while Manipur, Kashmir, West Bengal and other states suffer.

It’s not an exact figure, they have estimated this with approximations but the source is Utsa Patnaik.

An economic historian.

I know these problems also exist in most of the countries, so there is nothing that makes it great or worth it's people's love , I live here I pay tax I use it's stuff and that's it , at this point it's just a trade of mutual interest.

Today’s India is not a reflection of the cost paid for independence. We can and should be outraged at what’s happening today but let’s not downplay the cost of freedom.

Slow claps, which small country is this ? May be there was nothing to colonise.

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