Article 1 of Indian Constitution states “India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States.” But many of us citizens, the right-wing political leaders of both in power and opposition, even the Muslim leaders and the whole of Bollywood calls our country as “Hindustan”. This one word tells us how backward we are and how much do we respect our independent country and our constitution. The concept of Hindustan again & again reminds me of our slavery when we were under the rule of various foreign rulers. But those who call it as Hindustan, knowingly or unknowingly depicts how unaffectionate, uncompassionate and ignorant they are towards other communities living in India. Whenever someone shows their patriotism, especially from right-wing, they are more patriot to the pre-independent Hindustan than the post-independent India (Bharat). Fanatic Domination: Using the references from our history, the British rulers propagated the hatred between Hindus and Muslims and after the i
Just ask yourselves how many times have you wished your friends & family on the occasion of our country’s constitution day? We do celebrate the Independence day and Republic day, but we knowingly ignore the greatness & importance of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. Why Dr. BR Ambedkar is important for all of us? Just imagine our country before independence. We, all of us, were slaves of someone. There was a hierarchy of caste system. Each caste was inferior to some other caste. This system existed on the basis of Manusmriti. Even on top of this, there were the rulers of that time; be it French, Portuguese, Adilshahi, Nizamshahi, Britishers, etc. The situation of our country was pathetic before independence. It was only because of the Indian constitution which gave us equality, fraternity, justice, brotherhood, sisterhood, freedom of speech, freedom of choice, freedom of worship and various fundamental rights and duties too. This basic structure of democracy was given to us by Dr