Sunday was independence day. And the usual question presented itself. "Will we have flag hoisting in our society this time"? Every 15th August and 26th January this question troubles everybody. May be not everybody, otherwise it wouldn't exist. It troubles some of the more socially conscious people in our society. It was past 10 a.m. and there was no sign of anybody. A notice informing everybody about flag hoisting had failed to arrive the previous day. The watchman too did not come up to remind us of our duty. Every year people's interest is dwindling. Or so they say. For as usual the flag hoisting and singing of our National Anthem did take place. More then a dozen people and about two dozen kids attended it. I was, of course, one of them.