Sruthi Hariharan Instagram – August 15, 2018. This video makes my blood boil – and I don’t want to be celebratory just cos I have to be. I don’t feel it . I don’t see it . Independance- what does it truly mean in Indian society today? This video…… We need independance from people like this . Independance from regressive, un just, inequal, perspectives like this . Independance from that helplessness we feel, cos we aren’t able to do anything about ideologies such as this / we just dont have the time to worry about people like this . And of course, gender discrimination, such as this, is just one of the myriad issues. Religious intolerance, hazardous civic management issues, weak, out-of-date, insufficient laws and legislations; our country is reeking with so many issues- the list could go on. . . So I wonder…. Are we truly independant and free ? Are we today, as a society moving towards being better than what we were yesterday? Are we being responsible, and leaving a better tomorrow for our children of today ? . Its 72 years since 1947. And I cant help but wonder, where do we stand today ?