jana gana mana
It was a primarily female audience, mothers,
daughters, friends, who had decided to catch the morning show of English
Vinglish. There were teenaged, giggling girls, elderly women with walking
sticks, young mothers, and chiffon clad grandmothers. The excited girls in the
row ahead of mine were practicing whistling ----- Sridevi's come back deserved
to be thus welcomed, they said.
Having settled down with a coffee to enjoy the
movie, I was a little taken aback when I heard the request to all movie patrons
to stand up for the National Anthem. Plonking my coffee on the floor, I rose to
my feet, as did my mother and many others, some with alacrity, some a little
slowly as they struggled to their feet. There were some in the audience,
however, who remained seated -----the young girls who had been rather loud
and vociferous before the announcement was made.
I am still trying to comprehend why this
happened. Is it because schools and colleges have almost completely stopped
playing the national anthem during the daily/periodical assembles so that the
sheer force of habit no longer works in the case of our school/college going
youth? Is it because there is a marked decline in the sense of pride in being an
Indian? Is it because there is a growing tendency among youth to disobey/ignore
directions, no matter what the nature of the direction?
Whatever the reason, it saddened me to be a
witness to such indifference to the national anthem. There are experiences which
never fail to stir the heart ----a rendition of the national anthem is one of
them if one learns love and regard for it in early childhood.Even as we spend
huge amounts of money, time and effort educating our children, let us also make
an effort to inculcate in them respect for the national anthem, an inalienable
part of our identity.
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