As India
celebrates its 67th Independence Day, we asked a few youngsters on their
thoughts of freedom. Here is what they had to say:
“Freedom becomes an experience and reality when
every single person in the country can live without fear and enjoy equity and
justice- substantive equity. As long as religion, caste, gender and ethnicity
divides and oppresses, freedom has no meaning.” - Aleyamma
Vijayan, Secretary, Sakhi Resource Centre for Women, Trivandrum
“Freedom to me in the absence of restriction to do
what I feel like irrespective of my caste creed religion or status in the
society. Being a law abiding citizen I think India gives enough freedom to
citizens. But it's frustrating that the ability of citizens to enjoy freedom is
restricted by these factors.” – Jugul
Thachery, Founder and COO, Ruby Seven Studios Inc.
“Freedom to me is the right to live your true self without fearing your
neighbours, the right to express what you feel is right & also the choice
to walk away from what you feel is wrong. Freedom would mean responsibility
towards others’ lives as well.” – Harish
Janardhanan, Kerala Head-Customer Service, Docomo
“The sleepless nights of our brave soldiers put us
to peaceful sleep. Let's dedicate this Independence Day to our soldiers, who
gave us the freedom to live peacefully. Proud to be an Indian. Happy
Independence Day. Jai Hind” - Shamim Rafeek, CEO
& Founder, Winner In You Training & Coaching Services, Kochi
“Freedom - As a person born in Free India, I dont
think I can appreciate the emotion as much as my forefathers felt on August 15,
1947. Freedom of expressing your thoughts and carrying out your deeds without
fear is a simplistic way of explaining the concept yet it does not capture its
true feeling or depth. If you really want to feel free, you have to look within
to understand what it means to you and celebrate our Independence Day for it.
Freedom is not about the flag, our culture, its not about the geographical
landmass, it is about YOU!!” – Adarsh Kavungal, CEO,
Titan Educate
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