Have the lay Indian citizens,
ever wondered why of all the 365 choices available, only August 15th
became our Independence day ? Do they know who fixed this
particular date ? School kids learn by rote the tired old tale of
us having "driven " out the British by non-violence; in
ignorance do they assemble in the campuses to commemorate this
Gandhian "victory". Alas ! If only, they knew the
truth…..
Gandhi never drove the British away- it was World War Two which
eventually forced the disintegration of the British empire
.Britain's economy was wrecked, and maintaining her colonies thus
very difficult ; hence the Labour Party's decision to create a
free but balkanised India . Mountbatten was sent in January 1947
to begin this process .It was he who drew up the plan for our
nation's fate; it was he who talked his "secular"
friends into preserving Western influence in an independent
subcontinent . And, as an icing on the cake, it was he again who
decided the date for the formal transfer of power : August 15th
- the day on which Japan had surrendered in 1942 !
One curious implication emerges : Netaji Subhashchandra Bose
was helped by the Japanese in organising the Indian National Army
(INA) . It was with Japan's defeat that his dream of a strong and
undivided Hindustan got shattered .Thus, by celebrating 15th
August, aren’t we also celebrating the tragedy which Netaji and
our nation suffered ? It is well-known that Gandhi hounded him out
of the Congress Party to preserve Nehru's primacy. Is it any
wonder then that Nehru perceived no national insult in adopting
this date for country-wide merry-making ? The argument that the
Congress opposed Netaji for fear of Japanese imperialism is
baseless . Gandhi had been working against him since before the
War started ; secondly, Britain battled the INA not out of love
for us but to defend Allied interests . Had Netaji won, the
Japanese couldn't have become our masters by any means - so
resurgent and surcharged would our political climate have become
…..
The so-called Independence day is above all our Partition day
which devoured the lives and honour of countless Hindu lasses and
ladies : a day of sorrow and shame for us ; a day on which our
vast Hindu fraternity lay prostrate before British trickery and
the murderous muslim minority ! And we dare to celebrate such a
day ?! There remains however a final twist : India on 15th
August 1947 lay under Capricorn : a zodiac sign in perpetual
violent opposition to all centrifugal forces - hence to Partition
!
Is our Hindu subcontinent destined then, for a final blood-bath
before an eventual re-unification ?
