Jana Gana Mana

A.R Rahman's genius can be seen yet again in this masterpiece that he's put together, alongwith maestros in Indian music.The whole composition was simply awesome. The video is close to 3 years old,but played on national TV only recently as part of the independance day promotional activity by Airtel.
Though I loved every bit of the music and the video, I was simply annoyed by the fact that our National Anthem was being played out across all TV channels every 10 minutes.Any other song other than the national anthem is OK for me, but definetely not the national anthem.Its simply uncool. But there was another video that simply inspired me.It was about a small kid who seemed to be wishing an aged person happy birthday and goes about to ask him his age.When he finds out the answer as 60, the kid replies, "Oh!So now you are a senior citizen" and then goes on to say that he doesn't have a gift for him now.Then promises that he shall take care of him when he grows up. I didn't find the clip on YouTube, but the day I do, I shall post it in this space...
Now this, was something superb and cool too.A nice subtle message for every one of us, reminding us of our responsibility for the country.
Just imagine a country which has the largest population of people in the age group of 25 to 35 years, in the world.If everyone contributes their bit, then we could definetely take care of our senior citizen.Just think like this.All these 60 years we were ruled by ageing people themselves.With their efforts, today we still can see ourselves catching up with the rest of the world.
I think now its time for us to play our part and not only put India ahead of the race, but also lap the others a few times over, so that catching up for others is not only difficult, but also impossible.And to do that, we should let our senior citizens take rest, while we start running the race ourselves.
JAI HIND!