Why did India become a slave?

Amid celebration of independence, it is imperative to consider this question so that no one casts an evil eye on us again

- DR VIJAY DARDA

Introduction 

Former Prime Minister and eminent leader of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee would always tell an anecdote. When he went to Afghanistan as a foreign minister, he told his Afghan counterpart that he wished to visit Ghazni. Why travel to Ghazni, asked the Afghan foreign minister. It’s a little town with no tourist attractions. There wasn’t even a decent hotel! Atalji did not explain why he wished to visit Ghazni but he wanted to see the land of Ghazni from where a robber named Mohammad Ghazni attacked India 17 times and looted immeasurable wealth and carried it to Ghazni! After narrating the

story of his Ghazni visit, Atalji used to say something very serious and bitter that this country could not take on the robbers right from Ghazni to Taimur Lang, Nadir Shah to others because we were divided. The society was so divided that only the Kshatriyas were responsible for fighting in the war. Consider this: If every child in India stood up, would any Ghazni, Taimur or Nadir be able to leave the golden bird bleeding? Would they just go like that after murdering thousands? Or would the East India Company have captured us and made us British slaves? Atalji is not with us anymore. His death anniversary falls on August 16, the day after Independence Day, which is August 15. When I think of Ukraine now, I think of Atalji. Ukraine is a small country in comparison to Russia. Its resources are not as vast as Russia’s. In theory, its ability to wage a war is minimal compared to Russia, but that country has demonstrated what solidarity is. Women who look after the house have also picked up arms. You must be aware of the Vietnam war. Because of its unity, the small country brought even the mightiest America to its knees. America had no choice except to flee.