(On the occasion of Republic Day, The Quint relaunches its campaign ‘Letter to India – Ek Naya Start’ and invites readers to send in suggestions to rebuild India after a tough 2020.
Asma Khan from Mumbai shares how India can start afresh. The views expressed are her own. The Quint neither endorses, nor is responsible for them.)
Dear India,
I am a nineteen-year-old girl from Mumbai who had only read about violence, riots, detention camps, and discrimination. The only image I had for all of these was imaginary, or what I had created in my mind after reading about it in my History class.
The fact that it never affected me made me realise that history is important and we must take its lessons seriously before it's too late.