India Ahead | What's beyond Political Freedom & Democracy
When Nehru standing on dais of then Constituent Assembly , shouted out loud "Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom...." Our Pre-Independence India, which is on the verge of losing it's soul altogether and actively seeking for the basics of being a nation completely ignored the aspects of National Identity, Decoloniality. The wrath of continuous colonization by Mughals followed by British and other European Nations had deep impact in the minds of the then leaders, who couldn't imagine anything beyond freedom and democracy. This dented the image of a generation, and watered down pride of its citizens to just being peace spreaders, the erstwhile Governments have legitimately tried to control the narrative of India being a peace nation for 10,000 years (Just an ...