INDEPENDENCE DAY & BIRTHDAY OF MY MOTHER

TODAY AUGUST 15, IS THE INDEPENDENCE DAY OF INDIA, AND IT IS ALSO THE BIRTHDAY OF MY MOTHER WHO HAS LONG SINCE LEFT THE WORLD IN PHYSICAL FORM.

INDEPENDENCE REMINDS US OF FREEDOM, - FREEDOM OF THE NATIONS, FREEDOM FROM WARS, HATRED AND VIOLENCE, FREEDOM FROM BIGOTRY AND FUNDAMENTALISM, RACISM AND TERRORISM, FREEDOM FROM MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN, FREEDOM FROM SORROW AND MISERY, FREEDOM OF THE BODY, MIND AND SOUL.