True Freedom
TRUE FREEDOM Mario D’Couto Freedom is something that is basic to human living and without it, human life would not be possible. Today being 15 th August is the day when India celebrates its independence day, a day when we remember all those great men and women who fought for the freedom of India. But are we truly free? This question has a universal appeal because in as much as many other countries too would be celebrating their own independence day at different times of the year, the understanding of human freedom in its truest sense is paramount if we ever want to make sense of our lives irrespective of where we may be from. So what is freedom? Many would want to think that freedom is being able to do what one wants, whenever they want, however they want. To put it in one phrase, ‘without any restriction’ . But if such were the case, what difference woul...