{"id":132,"date":"2009-08-25T04:36:24","date_gmt":"2009-08-25T04:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naresh.blogsome.com\/2009\/08\/25\/a-prayer-for-my-country-this-independence-day\/"},"modified":"2009-08-25T04:36:24","modified_gmt":"2009-08-25T04:36:24","slug":"a-prayer-for-my-country-this-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/naresh\/a-prayer-for-my-country-this-independence-day\/","title":{"rendered":"A prayer for my country this Independence Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written on Saturday August 15, 2009<\/p>\n<p>This independence day, I wish that my country(wo)men:<\/p>\n<p>* Remember the greatness of India and its values while striving to do well materially<\/p>\n<p>* Contribute to the country (whether from India or outside it) and not just know four things: ka, kha, gha and ma (ka: kaam karna &#8211; work for a living; kha: khana &#8211; eat; gha: ghar banana &#8211; build a house; ma: marna &#8211; die)<\/p>\n<p>* Will not be quick to trade our passports for easy visa access or easy entry into elite universities<\/p>\n<p>* Stop blaming politicians and the &#8216;system&#8217; and take responsibility for bringing about change<\/p>\n<p>* Strive to root out all evil from our society &#8211; whether those linked to caste, regionalism, corruption, female infanticide, intolerance, etc.<\/p>\n<p>* Fight against all forms of dicrimination<\/p>\n<p>* Take their lives seriously and stop the &#8216;chalta hai&#8217; (its okay) attitude<\/p>\n<p>* Strive towards excellence in all spheres<\/p>\n<p>* Strive to uplift those weaker than us &#8211; whether physically or materially<\/p>\n<p>* Strive to live for others<\/p>\n<p>* Promise to bring about one positive change to the lives of others &#8211; however big or small<\/p>\n<p>* Learn to be happy always and spread this happiness around the world<\/p>\n<p>Jai Hind! <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/naresh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/india.jpg\" class=\"largeframe\" alt=\"India\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written on Saturday August 15, 2009 This independence day, I wish that my country(wo)men: * Remember the greatness of India and its values while striving to do well materially * Contribute to the country (whether from India or outside it) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/naresh\/a-prayer-for-my-country-this-independence-day\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-india-places"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/naresh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/naresh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/naresh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/naresh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/naresh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/naresh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/naresh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/naresh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/naresh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}