Father of Nation?
We use them everyday and in every sphere of life. But why d
oes our currency notes have only picture of one person on them? From 10 to 1000, its all picture of one person. Did we attained freedom by only sole efforts of one man? Or is it that like every other politician, our bureaucrats have also forgotten the contribution of other men & women in freedom struggle.
Look at the various denominations of the dollar – It has full range of its forefathers and important persons portrayed on them.
When the whole nation is literally euphoric on re-discovering the Father of Nation, why this discrimination against the sons and the daughters of India? I am unable to understand the reason for this apathy. Where are the portraits of likes of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Subash Chandra Bose, Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev, Shaheed Udham Singh, Mangal Pandey, Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Lala Lajpat Rai, Chandrashekhar Azad, Sardar Patel, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and the list goes on…….
Bah! When Indian Govt. will start paying attention to such matters?
