Dream: A series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind.
Although, by dictionary, this is the real meaning of the word 'dream', in our day to day lives, we have come about to interpret it purely as a beautiful fantasy related with the most merriest of things that brings absolute peace during the period of our sleep. A transition from this image is when we experience a rather tense vision in which one fervently wishes to wake up from, yet feels bound/tied down although the path to freedom lies just about an arm's stretch. It gets very troublesome as we experience pain, tears and every emotion attached to the 'dream'. Mother says that such dreams are in a way freedom from past sins.
I couldn't help but compare this state with the political scenario of our nation. When 'democratic rule' seemed 'dreamy', the transition from King's rule to the 'free India' which we claim to have today makes us all just as desperate for a way out as we do in our sleep.
When I experience such tormenting dreams, my mother with her wake up call seems to be the key to the shut door. When and how will India experience the sheer joy of the same feeling?
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