Tricolour on the Moon

Tisha Bhatia, FY BAMC

This is my India — a great country, a land of peace, prosperity, and truthfulness where no one is afraid of speaking the truth and where there is no corruption. It will be a country where women are respected, people from all religions co-exist, and where every citizen is proud to be an Indian. India, the land of snake charmers and of rope tricks, is interlaced with a diversity of rich cultures shaped by her long glorious past, her remarkable and unique geographic landscape running from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, and the assimilation of traditions and ideas from her pre-historic heritage, which grew over the past five millennia from the ethos of the Vedic Age down to the Indus Valley Civilisation, the rise and decline of Buddhism, the Golden Age, the conquest and the triumphal rule of the Mughals and the colonization of the subcontinent. The dynamic diversification of cultural practices, languages, customs, and traditions of this landmass illustrates a proper perspective of a unique combination. Her hard-won freedom from British rule is now more than seven decades old, but woefully she is still surrounded by problems. So, it is obvious that I dream of how my country should be. The India of my dreams will make a magnanimous tryst with destiny when the tricolour is hoisted not only on the moon but also on Mars, and we set up colonies there. Then truly, it will be a place where a small step of any novel idea or a good action becomes a giant leap for mankind.

The success of the Indian Space Research Organisation peaks and reaches the skies, whereby scientists and engineers from NASA come here to learn more. The scientists here have already made a breakthrough in harvesting clean energy from nuclear power. Better jobs and lifestyles attract foreigners to come here and work. Most important of all, the economy is ever flourishing. Mahatma Gandhi and Mother Teresa have shown us to love mankind. In the India of my dreams, there will be no dearth of people like them. There, people will be always ready to help one another. Poverty, corruption, communalism, casteism, bribery, and nepotism will not have any place. Laws will be simple and transparent. Justice will neither be delayed nor denied. Science and technology will be the best in the world. There will be food for all. There will be a uniform civil code that can accommodate every Indian to his or her satisfaction. Last but not least, morality will be at its zenith, and people around the world will deem it a pride to imitate us and call the India of my dreams Sare Jahan Se Achchha.