For about two hundred years the British ruled over India. The Indian National Congress struggled hard against British Government to make India free. Many young men sacrificed their lives to gain the freedom of their motherland.
At last on 15th August 1947, our country became independent from slavery of British. India's development journey over the last 75 years has been marked by significant milestones and reforms that enabled it to achieve substantial progress in many areas including economic levels, literacy, life expectancy etc. Along with these many dreams and schemes has been raised for the further development of India like Digital India, Aatmanirbhar bharat or Self reliant India, etc.
In the last few years, India has moved towards making this country a Self Reliant Nation, with the aim of eliminating its dependence on foreign countries in almost every field. Self-Reliant India Campaign is the vision of new India envisaged by the Hon'ble Prime minister Shri Narendra Modi. The aim is to make country and its citizens independent and self reliant in all senses. We can say that “self-reliance is the only road to true freedom and being one's own person is its ultimate reward.”
Even after so many years of freedom, many parts of our country still lag behind, following old practices related to gender discrimination and caste divisions. These hold us back from attaining development and our goals.
We need to change our mind-set and focus on our duties and responsibilities individually for being Self-Reliant with Integrity. The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles is what Integrity stands for.
If the government and people do their duties honestly and make use of our resources with integrity, our country will soon be prosperous and become one of the powerful countries in world. There is need to promote the culture of honesty and integrity for the bright and Self Reliant Nation we are dreaming for India.
- PRACHI BERA
