Everyday a nightmare

September 02, 2014 01:18

Sanjay Dutt's wife introspects how her husband's incarceration has made her aware of the true meaning of freedom.

Freedom is too abstract an idea to be defined accurately. The interesting thing about freedom is that it means different things to different people. But more importantly, different things to the same people depending on where they are in life.

If it meant freedom from the British before Independence, it now may mean freedom to live life the way we want. For the poor, it may mean freedom from misery and poverty, while for the First World it may be freedom from the life they are living right now.

On Independence Day, we rejoice in our freedom from foreign rule, or living in a free democratic society.

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