Republic Day Parade
I happened to watch the Republic Day Parade after a really long time. For most part of it, the entire Rajpath was covered with dense fog with visibility of barely few meters. However, it was a memorable event to see the exhibits from all the wings of Indian military forces displayed.
Unfortunately I missed the distribution of Gallantry awards, but heard about it from Meghana and was filled with extreme pride. Because of such people, we all can have a sleep at night and can enjoy our time with family. But as Pranav said in one of his FB updates, even I wish to see an RD parade WITHOUT any Gallantry awards. Not sure when would that day arrive, but I surely hope it happens at least in my lifetime.
In the later part of the Parade, it had the "Rath" representing various states in the country. This was the point where I got really disappointed. I felt, most of them were doing it just because someone in the government asked them to do. For example, Tripura showcasing the contributions of S.D. Burman and an artist trying to match his lip movements with the SD's song. I completely failed to understand what is being showcased here. Something similar with UP and Bihar Raths. Bihar Rath was representing the cloth industry and UP was talking about some temples. Come on, we are celebrating 61st Republic Day and can't we show case what progress we have made in these last 60 years? Maharashtra Rath was at least okay - featuring the "Mumbai Dabbewala" theme. But I feel it failed to point out the real beauty of these dabbewalas - 6 sigma compliant delivery model - which they themselves have developed w/o any MBAs getting involved. And the irony was the song being played was in Hindi and not in Marathi whereas most other states had regional language songs in the background.
Ideally these demostrations, showcases should be displaying what progress we have made YOY in whatever area they may choose. But displaying something that most of us already know or most of us wouldn't care to know is just waste of national resources.
Unfortunately I missed the distribution of Gallantry awards, but heard about it from Meghana and was filled with extreme pride. Because of such people, we all can have a sleep at night and can enjoy our time with family. But as Pranav said in one of his FB updates, even I wish to see an RD parade WITHOUT any Gallantry awards. Not sure when would that day arrive, but I surely hope it happens at least in my lifetime.
In the later part of the Parade, it had the "Rath" representing various states in the country. This was the point where I got really disappointed. I felt, most of them were doing it just because someone in the government asked them to do. For example, Tripura showcasing the contributions of S.D. Burman and an artist trying to match his lip movements with the SD's song. I completely failed to understand what is being showcased here. Something similar with UP and Bihar Raths. Bihar Rath was representing the cloth industry and UP was talking about some temples. Come on, we are celebrating 61st Republic Day and can't we show case what progress we have made in these last 60 years? Maharashtra Rath was at least okay - featuring the "Mumbai Dabbewala" theme. But I feel it failed to point out the real beauty of these dabbewalas - 6 sigma compliant delivery model - which they themselves have developed w/o any MBAs getting involved. And the irony was the song being played was in Hindi and not in Marathi whereas most other states had regional language songs in the background.
Ideally these demostrations, showcases should be displaying what progress we have made YOY in whatever area they may choose. But displaying something that most of us already know or most of us wouldn't care to know is just waste of national resources.
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