It is India's 67th Independence Day. For many Indians with freedom came partition - in the part of Punjab I grew up in, two words are spoken in the same breath: azadi-vand. Batwara/Partition is a concomitant legacy of the end of British rule. As we celebrate today, it behoves us to remember the price we paid for that freedom, and the responsibilities that we have yet to fulfill ...
Swatantra Divas mubarak ho!
Happy Independence Day!
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