Independence day - not so special

It's independence day.So the mediated world is full of the regular chit chat ... Diamonds on Fever 104 Fm for celebrating 60th year of independence...Times of India launched Lead and Hindustan Times talked on 2067.

But what I enjoyed watching was the bit that Discovery channel did. It was part of the Independence day special features on India. I saw the one hosted by Sanjeev Bhaskar and what hooked me to it was the Yacht ride. It was the one on which we went for the Mid Day party almost more than a year and a half back. There was Sanjeev interviewing Singhania on the same yacht.



The story moved from the rich to the waste collectors of Mumbai. It then featured some participants of Gladrags Mrs India and Maureen Wadia. There was Q&A and one question related to marital rape. It then moved to Infosys campus in Banagalore and then to Cochin as a tourist destination. It was an eclectic mix representative of where we belong but more so it was about the outsider's perspective on something we see each day.

The feature on India made me wonder why we don't value all around us and if the outsider's perspective was what we needed to see inside. It made me wonder if the Independence day special was after all not so special.