Recently, Naveen Jindal, president, Flag Foundation of India, organized a kavi sammelan in the capital to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Supreme Court judgment which made it legal for civilians to display the national flag on days other than the national holidays. Ahead of the Republic Day, it made for an apt occasion to celebrate.
Hindi poets Surender Sharma, Ashish Anal, Jagdish Solanki and Pratap Fauzdar recited their work at the event. “Main samajhta hun ki aazadi ke baad se, humare mulk mein Bhartiyata kahin kho gayi hai. Pehle 30-35 hazar Bhartiya they, ab 30-35 crore ki bheed hai. Issliye, aaj meri kavita Bharat ke nahi, bhai ke baare mein hai. Taki individuality ki jagah nationality le le,” said Sharma.
Jindal, who came to the event right after hoisting the Tricolour on a 207ft high flag pole in Karnataka, said, “Pehle USA ka jhanda fehrah sakte the, par apne desh ka jhanda fehrahna mana tha. Aaj humein iski chhoot hai, par hume aadat hai doosre mein kami nikalne ki. Aur deshon mein koi jhande ki bikini bhi pehnta hai, uska irada bura nahi hota. Woh jhande aur apne shareer – dono se pyaar karti hai. Par kyunki hum ek conservative desh hain, hum waist ke upar apna jhanda shaan se pehen sakte hain. Isliye Shallu aur main pichle kuch saalon se koshish kar rahe hain ki desh bhar mein bade-bade jhande fehrahyen.”
