A Generation Awakens

The sound of patriotic slogans wafting through the windows pulled me away from the squawk box beaming live coverage of the throngs of of youth (numbering in many angry thousands), gathered at the protest/memorial rally at the Gateway of India...Through the straining camera lens, I spied the children of a hutment colony paying their own homage to the brave martyrs of last week's events. No tv cameras, no reporters, no poster placards, just a simple ceremony which spoke silently of the feelings of a generation rudely awakened...