In the first half of 20th century, juvenile delinquents were always ready to die for the voice of Gandhi & Nehru. Their voice gave their soul the inspiration to fight English rulers. No one could listen a word against them. But as our country has moved in 21st century, Gandhi & Nehru are replaced by Sportstar & Bollywoodstar.
Read the article: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Tricolour_Gandhi_Nehru__on_US_undergarments/articleshow/2644086.cms
So, our patriotism show its strength when someone humiliates the bollywood actors or sport-person. They burn effigies of government authorities and accused. They rally and protest, demand for arrest. But when it turns to our real heroes, everyone turns to their homes. The above mentioned article published in The Times of India on 23rd Dec reveals this fact. When Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan were portrayed in undergarments, our youth protested. But this has not happened again, when our freedom fighters are portrayed. Actually, our patriotism wake up when either we watch the movies like RDB & CHAK DE, it disappears as soon as a new movie of some other genre is released or Indian cricket team wins matches. The patriotism is at its peak at the time of World Cup.
So is the attitude of our citizens. Its not that our youth has no love for our Mother India, but it's due to the lack of inspiration, someone who can inspire them. There is also some fault of media. They denounce for a week if anything happens wrong to sports or bollywood personality and forget the same thing happens to our leader as if it was last night dream.
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