Declaration of Purna Swaraj

I was surprised to find that nobody in my circle knew the importance of 26th January, the reason why this date was chosen for the country to become a Republic.
It was on this very day in 1930 that the Declaration for Complete Independence (Poorna Swaraaj) was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on the banks of Ravi in Lahore. 
The question of Why is the day significant today has its precursors in the question of Why is history significant anyways? History has an uncanny way of repeating itself. It sounds cliché but the fact remains the same; manifestations vary though from time to time.
The declaration of Poorna Swaraj in 1930 by Congress, an inherently non-radical political body and perhaps representing the majority of Indian population seeking freedom from foreign subjugation, marked the fact that the unrest in the masses had reached its culmination.
The lesson for today is that it is the masses that ultimately decide their destiny, the biggest of all stakeholders. No third entity can take decisions on their behalf. We often tend to forget this fact while passing sample judgments in every situation be it Kashmir or Maoists or the Naga insurgency so on and so forth

Folks songs: An Ode to sweetness

Folk songs are like small sugar candies children pop in their mouths every now and then and enjoy. I wonder why every child enjoys sugar candies and every child has a sweet tooth. As we grow up the sweet tooth disappears. However, it stays forever for some...and so does the love for folk music.

Classical music, on the other hand, is like an exquisite delicacy, chef's favourite. One requires an exquisite taste as well to do justice to it. Chef's favourite as well as Classical music asks for a certain degree of precision which comes after years of hard work and refinement and of course a deep love for the work.