Choti, THANK YOU, for giving us this story, for taking the time to express to us of this generation what it may have felt like to be there on August 15th 1947.
I never thought a speech could move me, but this did, but the following left shivers down my back and goosebumps until I finshed reading it:
We cannot encourage communalism or narrow-mindedness, for no nation can be great whose people are narrow in thought or in action.
if only we could go back and listen to these words... back to 1984. Since my childhood ive always wondered why India didnt remain united, maybe if she had, the world would have been a better place now. That quote should be above every school hall, in every language, and spoken every time there is a "Jai Hind" shouted out. The British took from India and left us separated and dysfunctional, which just manifested in all thst it is today.
But this story is much more than the fight of freedom, it is of love, understanding, commitment and respect for each other. The maturity it is written in astounds me, the knowledge that it created is now embedded that I want to go and find out more, learn more, and believe me at 49 that takes a lot. I loved Khushi and Arnavs relationship, but the true stars of this story are Ashok and Shakshi, a couple who took in an orphan, brought her up, but taught her about respect in a marriage is mutual, when one side fails the otherside ceases to hold the same respect. Arnav, showed her the physical side of that respect in how he treated her to how she should follow those dreams, even if they were contrary to his own
Bravo my sweet...👏 👏 👏
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