Happy Republic Day!

Here's to our republic, the latest addition to our old, very old palimpsest of a nation, founded in the most trying circumstances, written off by many at different points in the last 60 years, but even with all its flaws and failings, still enduring and flourishing. I feel privileged to inherit the legacy of a commitment to freedom and equality of opportunity. I remain amazed and ever grateful to our founding fathers for placing immense faith in the humblest of Indians, by boldly granting adult franchise to an impoverished, exploited and uneducated electorate. While this blog will often remain sceptical about big government, I sincerely hope that 60 years hence, Indians will look back to us and say, "these guys managed their trusteeship of our republic and our nation as well as the founders did."