I BELIEVE

The end of winters was nearing and a few tiny little buds had statrted to yawn. In that magnificent stone bungalow of the National Defense Academy a little baby girl was born to the most beautiful couple!! Probably that's where my fascination with the Army can be traced back to. For back then all i must have heard and watched must have been the drill commands  and cadets with weird hair cuts running with their bicycle on their shoulders!That is when it all began tat is wen this beautiful journey began!   As soon as i learnt to walk and started to grasp things, i was instructed to behave and sit quietly in the Mess. Mumma's "DON'T TOUCH" glare wen we got anywhere near the Mess trophy lol I still remember that! Those dining in and out speeches during which all the Unit kids used to be locked in the T.V Room and good lord! all the kids going wild inside specially the neverending fight of who will have the remote :D Finally when we used to be let loose we...

I BELIEVE: INDIA UNITED : The revolution, the wild frenzy that has engulfed the nation today is the closest i could get to experiencing the feel of the freedom strug...

The revolution, the wild frenzy that has engulfed the nation today is the closest i could get to experiencing the feel of the freedom struggle.....The air of the mass movement is different. I was forcibly dragged out of college and taken to the tihar jail protest as i have never been fascinated by overcrowded places. The roads had been closed so we had to walk all the way. There was this group of people walking towards Tihar with loud speakers and drum so we joined them and after that it was a different place... an experience of its own! There were people around with whom you would normally not wanna be with but there nothing else mattered apart from the slogans of "Vande Mataram' and 'Anna tum sangharsh karo hum tumhare saath hai'. The inhibitions vapourised in the heat and there i was shouting and screaming some brainless and some controversial slogans too! Banging those drums and sweating like crazy everybody would shout in one go 'INQUILAB ZINDABAD...