{"id":579,"date":"2009-08-15T12:29:52","date_gmt":"2009-08-15T16:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/?p=579"},"modified":"2009-08-15T12:29:52","modified_gmt":"2009-08-15T16:29:52","slug":"happy-independence-india-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/15\/happy-independence-india-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Independence India!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/India\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"drop_cap\">I<\/span>ndia<\/a> \u2013 a country with lush history, boundless spirits, cultural richness, abundance of humility and a haven of food. The list is long, but allow me to summarize it \u2013 there is nothing like our INDIA <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Documents%20and%20Settings\/Kiran\/Desktop\/kirantarun_files\/icon_smile.gif\" alt=\":)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>August 15th, it reminds us of our struggles and the responsibilities as a citizen. Though we are independent from an occupier, the true independence lies when the weakest amongst us would be able to live his or her dreams, no matter how big or small it may be, or how varied we all are in terms of color, religion and caste.<\/p>\n<p>Independence is not merely a destination, but a journey which should be cherished by every Indian, in every breath and moment of our lives. Though we have come a long way, we need to strive for greater heights ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Jai Hind!<\/p>\n<p>Kiran &amp; Tarun<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India \u2013 a country with lush history, boundless spirits, cultural richness, abundance of humility and a haven of food. The list is long, but allow me to summarize it \u2013 there is nothing like our INDIA August 15th, it reminds us of our struggles and the responsibilities as a citizen. Though we are independent from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[21,777,141,200,240,266,268,269,298,449],"class_list":["post-579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-celebration","tag-15th-august","tag-celebration","tag-culture","tag-food","tag-happy","tag-independence","tag-india","tag-indian","tag-life","tag-society"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pBcTv-9l","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}