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Sari, (All) Saree, Sorry………

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  Sari, (All) Saree, Sorry………   “ We only allow smart casuals and saree does not come under smart casuals”. Brown girl in the posh restaurant in New Delhi prohibits the entrance of a Brown lady, yeah you got it right we are not referring to this particular incident of British era but to our own state capital of India which has attained freedom at midnight on 15 th  August, 1947. Unknowingly, my mind wondered and started flipping the pages of “India’s Struggle For Independence” by Bipin Chandra. As far as I remember it was “Swadeshi and Non-Cooperation” Movement launched as a potent tool to drive away the colonial yoke from India. When this phrase turned out to be “Non-Swadeshi (attire) Non-Entrence.” But I apologize that I forgot the Philosophy that “Time is the best Healer” How long can we remember and cling to the old rhetoric that some crazy guys sacrificed their lives for the country. We must “Forget and Forgive” and “Let Go”. Yes, I do remember Punjabi song – “Brown Munde” so sinc