India is a country of celebrations. No other
country celebrate life the way Indians do and perhaps that is the reason
Indians are amongst the happiest people in the world.(http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/02/10/happiness-poll-idINDEE8190HR20120210).
To celebrate, we need holidays and perhaps for
the same reason we might also be having highest number of holidays. Each
holiday is marked by some or the other celebration in the country. The list of
such celebrations is endless.
But today as we all enjoy this holiday of Oct 2,
on the birthdates of Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri, we don't see any
celebration around. What for do we need this holiday? It's silence all around
as if some gloom has struck the nation. Yes, our newspaper and TV channels do
remind us that it is the birthday of our “Father of Nation” but so does our
currency notes. Do we really need a holiday for this? Especially,when Bapuji is
more or less out from our lives. We have given uniqueness to this day..only day
with no work and no play either..
Either we make it a working day..or we change the
way we live this day..is what I believe…
