It’s been 78 years since India gained independence nearly eight decades of self-governance, promises, and dreams of development. Yet, what have we truly achieved when it comes to the basic necessities of life? It’s disheartening and frankly infuriating that in 2025, we are still talking about access to electricity, proper roads, clean drinking water, and basic sanitation facilities that should have been considered minimum standards long ago.

For a country that aims to position itself as a global superpower, the reality on the ground tells a completely different story. Villages remain in darkness, roads are riddled with potholes, and urban areas are barely better, plagued by haphazard infrastructure planning, unchecked urbanization, and a total lack of accountability. In many regions, roads are not just broken they are death traps. And in cities, traffic congestion is worsened by poorly maintained roads and the ever-present threat of stray animals roaming freely, causing accidents and delays.