India, Aug. 11 -- As India prepares to mark the 79th anniversary of her Independence on August 15, we pause to honour and revere the countless freedom fighters who made titanic sacrifices in the long and arduous struggle to break free from the yoke of colonial subjugation. Their courage, conviction, and endurance in the face of tyranny bequeathed to us the gift of political freedom-a gift that remains both priceless and fragile.

Yet, it would be both naive and historically short-sighted to believe that the struggle for freedom culminated in 1947 with the lowering of the Union Jack and the transfer of power. The quest for freedom is not a finite event; it is a perpetual endeavour. Freedom, much like Schrodinger's cat in its paradoxical bo...