Monday, January 26, 2009

When is it we are learning to give respect to the national flag?

The national flag deserves much more loyaly, respect and dignity than this - was my reaction after learning about the abashing faux pas at Port Blair and Bangalore.

60 years and still......
In Port Blair, the Indian tricolor was unfurled upside down (:eeek:) and the irony is that the Lt. Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bhopinder Singh, formerly served the Indian Army as Lt. General. Obviously, the Lt. Governor looked so disappointed yesterday after it was pointed out from someone in the crowd.

When asked for explantion buck passing continues, but as an Indian who savor the freedom and owe it to all those great leaders, I would like to see the officials involved in the faux pas suspended from their service for this national offence. It is such a pain to know this.

And again , in namma Bengaluru, our beloved CM BSY missed flag hoisting, for arriving 20 minutes late to the function. Yeddy also breached the protocol of arriving earlier than the Governor, and so had to miss hoisting of the flag. Honorable Governor Rameshwar Thakur hoisted the Indian tricolor in the absence of CM. When it comes to flag hoisting, we need to give attention to even minute details. But when is it the maha nethas going to learn?

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