{"id":677,"date":"2010-01-26T14:39:07","date_gmt":"2010-01-26T14:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/newblog\/?p=677"},"modified":"2010-01-26T14:39:07","modified_gmt":"2010-01-26T14:39:07","slug":"happy-republic-day-for-india-the-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/happy-republic-day-for-india-the-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Republic Day for India the Idea."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sitting at Narita Airport in Tokyo. Thinking about my country and my people. The people of India. It&#8217;s Republic Day today in India.<br \/>\nThe people of India  ?<br \/>\nIs there another country on this planet with people as diverse as ours ?  And while we constantly speak and complain about differences and conflicts, today must be a day to celebrate that diversity. The fact that despite the diversity we have clung to one nation even though everything threatens to tear us apart everyday.<br \/>\nWhy ? Because India is more than a country. It is an Idea. An Idea that was born as a reaction to being colonized, to being enslaved by colonial power for centuries. As long as the Idea survives, India survives. They day we let go of that idea, we might as well let go of India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sitting at Narita Airport in Tokyo. Thinking about my country and my people. The people of India. It&#8217;s Republic Day today in India. The people of India ? Is there another country on this planet with people as diverse as ours ? 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