“Frightened, ashamed and afraid of the blame
The questions are screaming, the answers are hiding
The sickness is growing; distracted condition
You can feel the disgust and smell the confusion.”Anathema, Pulled Under 2000 Metres A Second
Dear freedom fighters of yesteryear, your sacrifices have been in vain. You fought against oppression and gave up everything that you held dear just so the people of this realm would see a better day. A day where they chose their own leaders- civilized, educated, pragmatic visionaries who would guide this land of contrasts to prosperity and glory.
India today is nothing more than a forgotten concept. It is no longer a republic united, but a barbaric land where decadence rules. The parliament, once a symbol of pride of being the largest democracy on the planet is now filled with thieves, murderers, rapists and cheats. They debate not for the welfare of the country, but for themselves and the sect they came from.
You strove to uplift the poor and uneducated, those who were trodden down by the system and stamped as untouchables. You did not succeed. The poor are poorer, the rich are richer. The reservation system you created to battle inequality has been abused for personal gain. The truly backward are still where they were half a century ago. They are trodden over, abused, raped and their beaten bodies left for scavengers to pick on.
No girl, no woman in this country is free. Sure, they have access to better education, better jobs, but that is just on the surface. The society is is still perverted and patriarchal to the core. Women are seen as being inferior to men. There are those among society who still think a woman is a man’s property, tailor-made for a man to do what he wishes with her. Mothers, sisters, daughters, wives, girlfriends – no matter who the woman is, she is subject to eve-teasing, groping, the leering eyes of perverted filth and her dignity is taken on a whim, leaving her broken and scarred for life.
Religion is now a very lucrative franchise. It is no longer a service to God, but a way to earn riches and fame. In the name of God, countless lives have been lost, destroyed, looted and trampled over. The greats sought to enlighten the minds of the common folk, to drive them beyond blind faith and superstition, beyond pointless rituals and violence in the name of religion. The greats failed miserably. Children are raised up to be God-fearing, not God-loving. They are brought up in a world of blind faith, where barbaric sacrifices of livestock are still carried out on terrifying levels to appease their Gods. Temples are awash with blood; vast red streams of blood and gore trickling down the steps.
The people are not the only ones who suffer. Forests have been cleared for profit, with no regard shown to the ecosystem. Green belts are bought and huge factories built in their stead. Poachers roam unchecked, butchering as they please, their purses bulging. Our national animal, the tiger is now on the brink of extinction along with countless other species of innocent fauna and flora. A leopard whose home was cut down is beaten to death with sticks and stones and iron rods by a mob who laughs and hoots with an insane glee as the poor animal dies; forest officials watching helplessly from the sidelines. Every other day.
Dear freedom fighters of yesteryear, you delivered freedom to the hands of a society that does not deserve it. Freedom was gained and it was lost, and this time, there is no one enemy. There are too many evils to fight, and too few willing to fight them.
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Morbid Lustrum 
Sad, but true. As to why, go ask Morpheus.
Freedom is a spirit that moves from within each individual to others. It can be given not by “bill of rights” nor “constitution,” but only from one to another in compassion for one another.