Hi everyone, and a Very Happy Republic Day to you.
Or let me put it another way – A Very Happy one of two days in the year when we remember that our flag is the Tricolour.
Because all other days, I see all kinds of flags – of various hues, shapes, sizes, designs – I see everything but the tricolour!
Every day, when I stop at the Suman Nagar signal, I see three tall poles – one with a saffron flag, one with a blue flag, and one with a blue, saffron, green and white flag.
Walk down Govandi, and you will see flags with a star between the crescent moon.
Certain areas in the city are dotted with green flags, certain others with green and saffron ones.
Flags with lotuses, flags with elephants, flags with palms, flags with moon and star.
And God forbid if anyone even dares to touch or desecrate any of those flags – there would be a riot!
People would be killed, houses would be burnt, children would be orphaned, all for those flags!
As for the tricolour, watch out for the municipal sweepers cleaning the streets on Jan 27 and Aug 16!
Happy Republic Day!
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
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You've touched the right threads. All we do is remember our country twice in a year and get back to our daily lives.
ReplyDeleteBhaijaan, a suggestion, lets have the "Like" option here. Similar to facebook. :)
ReplyDeleteNot sure if that can be done though.
Alas, it is not allowed to use the tricolour on any other day. Or I would say I have neither chosen nor asked it to be "allowed" to use it on any other day. In international exhibitions, most international business men have their country's flag on their visiting card. Is it possible to change the Law? What will it take???
ReplyDeleteSalim, to the best of my knowledge, there has been a revision in the National Flag code after the famous Naveen Jindal case of 2002.
ReplyDeleteWe can hoist our tricolour at our offices, provided we do it within the limits set out in the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950 and the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 and any other law enacted on the subject.
I shall e-mail you a pdf file of the Flag Code of India in the next couple of minutes.
Email me a copy of the PDF too...
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