Dear All,
The concern of running country was not only of Bhagat Singh but many more freedome fighters and I would say even common person. When you are ruled for centuries by foreign powers, and suddenly you find that you may have to rule yourself the generation of such concern are natural.
When the ethnic roits broke out immidiately after independence, both Mr. Patel and Mr. Nehru were found wanting to control the situation. It is not that they were incompetent, but it was a unique situation for them to face.
The experience of running nation does not come over night. We have made mistakes and some times the big ones, but at the same time we have made progress too. The democracy has its own pitfalls. While we are practising the democracy not every one who is responsible of electing the government/representatives knows the true meaning of democracy and the power of his vote. Even the people who know it, get carried away by personal reasons and do vote some times for the wrong candidate, on the basis of caste, religion and the residency of the candidates. Some time a drink party decides the vote.
I have witnessed a Bar Association Election in 1998. 90% of the Attornys were lying in gutter after consuming free liquor. If that is the state of educated one, whose job is to interpret the law and get justice to common man, then why blame the uneducated and less fortunate one.
It is easy to blame the rulers for what has not been done, or what has been done wrong, but at the same time we must also acknowledge what has been done and what has been done right.
The core issue here is to educate people morally. Difficult but not impossible. Will not be over night, will take time. We only have to make a beginning and I am sure we can prove all those who worried about aftermath of independence, wrong. May be that would be a true tribute to their sacrifices.