 "first Republic Day parade")
I like Republic Day more than Independence Day. We would have received independence from the United Kingdom in any case around that period. They were a nation badly affected by World War II (Indians may not be aware of how terrible a time the 1950s was for the British middle class). And the British were under pressure from America to decolonise. Independence would have come any way. It is the building of a republic that is important. And here we did brilliantly, while all around us in South Asia nations succumbed to parochialism and majoritarianism.
What do I mean
What do I mean
