TheNew York Times wrote: “The world must pay India in whatever India wants, for without Indian products, there would be greater difficulty in winning the war." Despite this, did India get what millions wanted: freedom?
On the contrary, the British increased their cycle of repression. Why? Probably because even in moments of pride, we Indians get stuck in apprehension.
Since then, a whole century has passed, but this suicidal habit has only become stronger. Last week, India successfully vaccinated its people with 1 billion doses of the covid jab.
We got this safety armour, but is there any sense of achievement? Why did we forget how difficult this journey was? Until eight months ago, the government machinery itself was sceptical about how