Let India be India

There are people who accept the superiority of American political system and recommend the same for India. A section of people proposes to adopt the western concept of education in India. Recent incident of Sania Mirza’s flag desecration case has initiated a debate on freedom of expression in India which is entitled by our constitution as a fundamental right.

Whenever we confronts any flaw in our system we waste no time to admire the American or western system. This time it was no difference.

A reputed English Daily published a four column story on the same issue. It described comprehensively why Sania won’t be hounded in the US for insulting national flag. It mentioned that in America to burn its national flag is not an offence. To protest against the state policies people are free to ruin the emblem. This was attributed to the absolute nature of freedom of expression in US. The story says Indian version of freedom of expression is not absolute. The story ends saying “Clearly, India has a long way to go before it can catch up with the US on this civilisation issue.”

Now the million dollar question is can India afford to catch the US on this issue? My answer is negative. We are culturally and linguistically diverse country. These national emblems imposed by the constitution are the strings responsible to hold us together. We can’t let these symbols of our integrity to be insulted.

This doesn’t mean that I support the case against Sania Mirza as it seemed that it has been framed deliberately. I strongly feel that Public Interest Litigations (PIL) needs to be scanned so that dignity of an individual is maintained.

We have our own system. It may not be the best in the world but it is not the worst either. Solution is here within. It requires the eyes to locate and hands to execute. So let India be India.