Essay on Patriotism
These memorable lines by Sir Walter Scott express the feeling of patriotism powerfully by calling the man without patriotism a man with a dead soul. Patriotism is the feeling of love for and loyalty to one's country because one is born and brought up in the country. It is one of the noblest feelings of mankind.
Love and loyalty to the country should be expressed by doing one's best for the country and being ready to bear the hardships and make sacrifices for its security, peace and progress. How can we, as Indians, show our patriotism? Before independence, patriotism meant joining the fight against the
British rule as the British were our enemy. But today there is no such oppressive force to fight against. However, there are many social enemies of the country like illiteracy, ignorance, dowry system, superstitions, poverty, casteism, communalism, religious intolerance, etc.
So we should express our patriotism by joining the fight against these invisible enemies. Being Indians we should be proud of our rich cultural heritage.
India is the land of unity in the midst of diversity-diversity of all kinds : geographical, social, cultural and religious. So we can show our patriotism by recognising the fact that these diversities enrich our cultural heritage and by doing everything we can to strengthen our national unity.
But we should remember that patriotism should not amount to narrow nationalism and it does not mean thinking that our country is always right. We should remember that the country is not the same as its rulers and criticising or condemning the rulers does not mean criticising or condemning the country.
We should also remember that mistaking the rulers for the country and the feeling of narrow nationalism led to the rise of dictators like Hitler and Mussolini. Lastly, love for one's country should not mean hatred for other countries.
True patriotism implies that no sacrifice is too great in the service of our country, for mother and motherland are greater than even heaven.
patriotism-स्वदेशाभिमान. dead soul-मृतजीव. loyalty-निष्ठा, विश्वासूपणा. visible-उघड्या डोळ्यांनी दिसणारे. invisible-अदृष्य. ignorance-अज्ञान. casteismजातीयवाद. communalism-जातीयवाद. intolerance-असहिष्णुता. diversity-विविधता, fal. enrich-Hugu aeot. condemning-retail