Today India is celebrating the 58th anniversary of its independence. But do we truly enjoy our independence? What does independence really mean to us? A dictionary defines independence like this: in·de·pend·ence [ìndə péndənss] n freedom from control: freedom from dependence on or control by another person, organization, or state beginning of political freedom: the date or point in time when a state achieves its political independence the first elections since independence Microsoft® Encarta® Reference Library 2004. © 1993-2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. A front page of one of yesterday's newpapers showed a photo of a girl's body drenched in blood lying in the middle of the Gateway of India, Mumbai [ Read ]. Today I saw on TV, that a bomb blast occured during Independence Day celebrations [ Read ]. More murder new, more political fight, more terrorist acts fill the pages of your favourite newspaper everyday. How often do we remember our Father of the Nation? W