Put an end to 26th January’s Republic Day parade!

Republic day 26^th January is the day our Constitution came into effect in 1950. Our Constitution is aspiration of Indian people; it inspires us to achieve our goals which are nothing but overall development of India and its people.

Constitution was bought into effect to set our goals and inspire us to achieve those goals. The 26^th January 1950 was obviously a great day and was to be celebrated. Why do we celebrate it with parades now? Have we achieved our goals? Are we at least in right direction at right velocity, have we covered the proportional distance? If no, what reason we are left with to show pomp and take out costly parades?

Constitution nowhere states celebration of 26^th January through costly parade as fundamental duty! We should appeal to Honourable Supreme Court to interpret the constitution and justify whether costly and pomp parade are in confirmation with ethos of our Constitution considering our current needs?

Vast amount of money is spent and gigantic amount of security is imposed which too adds to the cost for a two/ three hour parade, which people these day don’t even watch on DD Channel, is not appropriate specifically when we compare our national parameters with other countries’ and find ours nowhere in comparison with theirs, ie: GDP, GNP, HDI, Gini etc.

Celebration for sake of just a convention is not worthy when we have a tiresome journey ahead and we have been laggards all these years since 1950. Other countries do the pomp show and they too have serious problems but do we compare our proportion of expense and our basic needs and problems with theirs?

I dream of a government which will bring an end to pomp parades and wastage of money on security and arrangement of an event which doesn’t raise our national average index of people’s quality of life. Since, 1950 up to now what we should have been and what we are, no reasons are left with us for such pomp.

I dream of a government which comes to the conclusion that we seriously need infrastructures and not parades as gifts of our consecutive Republic days. I dream of a government which comes to conclusion that the vast amount of money which is spent on organization of pomp parades and security could be used for much better cause towards achievement of our goals as set in Constitution.

I dream of a government which gifts us with world class best of the time Hospitals in isolated areas of country (ie: North-East India) as Republic day gifts year by year. I dream of a government which establishes best of their time Medical, Engineering, IT, agricultural, Law colleges and universities as Republic day’s gift to nation on yearly basis.

I dream of a government which establishes power stations, airports, sea ports, manufacturing zones, corporate parks, I dream of a government which erects new highways, railways, stations as gift for Republic days. A hungry man doesn’t need balloons and fireworks as gifts on his birthday he simply needs some breads, there could be no better gift than bread for a hungry man on his birthday.

I dream of a government which recognizes that putting more infrastructures in metropolises would intensify density of population in metropolises and that developing infrastructures in isolated and neglected regions would be pivotal for overall development of India.

To say is awesome, but where would the money come from? The same money which is spent on costly parades and tremendous security should be diverted to develop infrastructures. One may say that developing infrastructure would be very expensive than arranging parades, but a proportional amount of infrastructure with the money used for parades could be developed very well. For sure on just 10^th consecutive Republic day once we undertake this practice; India would be a changed country.

To flutter our own flag in our own country doesn’t cause money to be spent. A simple ceremony by President and Governors would be best course of action considering what our present constrains are towards our development.

I dream of a government which would surely consider the above stuffs. 

Hindi me: 26 January ki parade ko khatam kiya jaaye!