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It's not our fault, these things can happen.” But the leader then compares you to the peoples of other nations only to say that “In India, we haven’t had the habit of working hard generally. Now imagine putting in all your efforts at work, doing every task above our duty to ensure that India progresses and then making your way to the Red Fort in 1959.

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Imagine, being filled with patriotism and hope for a free India and hearing the prime minister blame the people for food shortage. What could be more useless than someone among you or among us organizes a feast and wastes food at a time when some people are going hungry. He said, “Those who waste food by organising feasts just to show off, they are doing a crime against the country. Were our prime ministers always so in tune with the aspirations and dreams of the nation?įor India’s much-feted first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru – ambiguity and denial were oft-utilised tools to deflect important issues.įor example – in 1949, rather than give a concrete map of how the newly independent India will tackle the problem of food shortage, Nehru blamed the people! Yes, it is true.

Was such a clear roadmap always laid out from the Red Fort every Independence Day? Of course, true to his reputation, PM Modi also gave us all a vision of a future along with an unambiguous roadmap that every Indian - of every age, of every caste, creed, colour or gender - could use to help the nation achieve it.īut, on the subject of Independence Day speeches the more important questions are: In his recent address from the Red Fort, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared his vision with the people as India celebrated 75 years of her independence from the British – he mentioned that we, as a people and as a nation had prevailed despite the many challenges we faced. In fact, for every Prime Minister of India – the address on Independence Day from the Red Fort is by far, the most important. Over the years Independence Day speeches have become an unstated reflection of the nation’s leaders, their mindset and their vision for India.Ī practice that began on 16 August 1947, with erstwhile prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru addressing the nation from the Red Fort, has, 75 years later, become a tradition followed each year.

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