Just think for a moment

More English soldiers had by then reached the place, and, without warning, started firing into the crowd in which there were women and children. When those in front fell, those behind came forward to expose themselves to the firing. Soon there were heaps of dead and wounded. The firing continued from eleven in the morning till five in the evening, but not one broke ranks or fled. When the bodies were collected, it was found that not a single demonstrator had bullets in the back ...."

This is the true incident of the Civil Disobedience Movement, 1930. Thousands of such brave sacrifices were made to free our country. And how we have honored the great sacrifices of our martyrs : the present India is one of the most corrupt nations of the world, housing 1/3rd of the poor of the world; the educated class remains mostly neutral to the plight of their country, unable to extend their love and service beyond their spouses and children; and the whole society is groping in the darkness of corruption, poverty, casteism and illiteracy. The great sacrifices of our freedom fighters like Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad, Mahatma Gandhi, Subhash Chandra Bose and other revolutionaries are betrayed shamelessly in present-day India. Who will light the lamp of nationalism in this darkness of sheer selfishness of the intelligentsia and the wretched poverty of the masses? Who will redeem the Indian Nation?