To convey the true significance of the word is one of the critical motives behind this article. Starting from the smallest decisions that we take every day when we get out of the bed, or have breakfast, to the larger decisions of choosing a career, or getting married, to the even larger – and where our opinions might not even mean much – decision of India signing the agreement for nuclear cooperation, or the IPL saga of business of cricket, we contemplate a lot.

What does Independence mean to most of us today? Is it merely a holiday that provides a break from our hectic work -filled schedules? Is it merely an inconvenient day when all liquor shops are closed? Is it the one day of the year when we don our patriotic hats and switch on the TV early to catch the PM’s speech? Is it a day for the Prime Minister to make another set of promises to the nation, that won’t fructify in the end? Is it another way to waste money and additional burden to the exchequer? Is it something