Are we independent?

The date when India said to the world: “We’ll take it from here” 🥰

While we complain and whine about all things wrong with our country, which is well within our rights to do so, we also need to acknowledge the cost others paid to get us this freedom. 1. As per British Administration records, about 6000 British died in the Indian Mutiny. The casualty count for Indians is at 800,000. This includes figures for those who died during the mutiny and the subsequent uprising as well as in famines and epidemics that followed in its wake. 2. If we estimate excess mortality from 1891 to 1920, with the average death rate of the 1880s as normal mortality, we find some 50 million people lost their lives under the aegis of British capitalism," they write. "But this estimate must be considered conservative. India's 1880s death rate was already very high by international standards. If we measure excess mortality over England's 16th- and 17th-century average death rate, we find 165 million excess deaths in India between 1880 and 1920. This figure is larger than the combined number of deaths from both World Wars, including the Nazi holocaust. 3. The British colonial regime looted nearly $45 trillion from India from 1765 to 1938. The amount is 15 times the annual GDP of the UK today. Even if it wants, it still can't return India the money it looted to not only build itself as a major global power but also fund much of the development in the today's developed world. 4. The Indian peasantry and workers produced the second largest merchandise export surplus in the world for at least four decades from the 1890s," writes Patnaik. "But India was never permitted to show current account balance, leave alone current account surplus. These enormous exchange earnings, appropriated by the then world capitalist leader, Britain, allowed it to export capital to develop Europe and the regions of European settlement, despite its running large and rising current account deficits with these same regions. The rapid diffusion of capitalism was ensured thereby to what constitutes today's advanced countries. With this amount of human and economic costs paid to attain the freedom that we have, let’s not forget the contributions of those who came before us and let’s not get blinded by party loyalties or religious identities to undermine what we got!

OK hear me out. Our birthday is day we got introduced to this world, no work no effort on our end. Our mothers pushed us out after 9 months. Then why do we celebrate and take gifts when we didn't really do anything

I’ll start first, Within my lifetime, we sent a spacecraft to the moon. We also succeeded in our Mars mission on the first try. There are seldom moments like such that remind us that we are one country. We are a force to be reckoned with, continually working to move the needle of progress. We’ve achieved so much and there’s way more to achieve. But I’m hopeful. We’ve gotten this far and we will go further than ever before.

Notwithstanding a few things that are going well for the country… — High GDP growth rate for a developing country — Low median age a.k.a _potential_ demographic dividend — A stable government To me, it seems like we are on a fast path to devastation. Each of the points mentioned above have a counter point but other than that — Very high income inequality [1] — Absolutely shitty education system. [2] and health system [3] — Increasing oligarchy [Adani in every fucking industry] — Reducing Labour force participation + no jobs (both government and private) = unemployment — People fighting day in - day out on religion, caste, region. On who wears what. Who eats what. Who goes where. Whatever they can find to fight for. There is absolutely ZERO hope for a large part of this country. You either need generational wealth, insane amount of talent or political connections to be moderately successful. It feels just 10 more years of this shit would make this country a massive powder keg waiting to just light up! Does anyone see hope? Ref 1. https://www.outlookindia.com/national/survival-of-the-richest-oxfam-report-exposes-how-union-government-continues-taxing-poor-and-middle-class-more-than-the-rich-news-254105 2. https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/data-stories/data-focus/data-focus-almost-90-per-cent-of-indias-viii-graders-are-not-proficient-in-mathematics-unesco-report/article64940386.ece 3. https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/medical-bills-plunge-millions-into-poverty-says-shashi-tharoor/article65765745.ece/

Kolkata Doctor Rape-Murder Case: All You Need to Know Where it all began - A female postgraduate trainee doctor's semi-nude body was found in RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata on August 9, 2024. - The victim was a second-year student in the chest medicine department, on duty the night before. Reactions and fallout - PGT doctors at RG Kar Medical College stopped working in all departments except Emergency. - Student associations and opposition leaders demanded a quick, independent probe. - Ruling party called for a fair and transparent investigation. Initial autopsy findings - Indicated sexual assault and murder, ruling out suicide. - Revealed injuries to private parts, eyes, mouth, and other body parts. - Crime estimated to have occurred between 3 am and 6 am. Arrest and investigation - Sanjoy Roy, a 33-year-old civic volunteer, was arrested and charged with rape and murder. - Roy had unrestricted access to the hospital due to connections with senior police officers. - Evidence included a torn Bluetooth earphone and CCTV footage. - Roy's phone contained pornographic content, and he had a history of abusing his wives. CM Mamata Banerjee's response - Vowed to seek the death penalty for the accused. - Announced police camps set up at every hospital. - Promised to hand over the case to CBI if police couldn't solve it by Sunday. Nationwide protests and impact on patients - Junior doctors across the country protested, affecting patient care. - Federation of Resident Doctors' Association (FORDA) called off strike after meeting with Union Health Minister. Calcutta High Court's observations - Reprimanded the Bengal government for reappointing the hospital principal. - Criticized attempts to cover up the incident. - Ordered the case to be handed over to CBI. Political reactions - Rahul Gandhi criticized the handling of the case, raising questions about the attempt to save the accused.