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India Matters to Me and I Would like to Matter to India

  “India is not a nation, nor a country. It is a subcontinent of nationalities.”― Muhammad Ali Jinnah It’s seventy-five years since India’s independence. During this time, India has witnessed splendour, poverty, pandemics, epidemics, droughts, floods, wars, peace, joy, grief, and many more. A 139-crore Indians will raise the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav flag for three days this year to mark 75 years of independence. Every street, every road, every shop, every vehicle, every house, and every heart will unfurl the Indian flag and sing the national anthem with great pride for their motherland. It reminds me of the days when the recent pandemic brought us closer, we had lit lamps to show our fraternity and rang the bells at home in sovereignty, as loud as we could and prayed that COVID 19 would end. There is nothing that happens quickly. COVID 19 stayed with us for two whole years when it mutated and propagated. Patriotism has been a strong value for Indians. It symbolises equality, loyalty and