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How free are we?

Our country celebrated it's 67th year of independence. While there was more noise about the economy struggling to keep pace, bureaucracy setting in at every level, I asked myself a fundamental question. Are we really free? Can we do what we want after overthrowing foreigners from our land? While I'm not a huge supporter of the British rule, one must look beyond such naive questions before trying to understand what I'm really trying to explain. Most of my thoughts which I want to deliberate upon occur when I'm on the move. Don't ask me why, it just is. I guess I should make it a priority to write more on the move since I believe I'm on a creative high then. Anyway, I saw a double yellow line on the road, which means no crossing the line for overtaking and it must be treated as an effective median. I'm a sucker for traffic rules and obediently slowed down to let some other moron take advantage of the empty space on the other side of the road. As he sped pas...