Six people suggest what Narendra Modi should talk in his Independence Day speech

Last year PM Narendra Modi had invited people to share their suggestions through a video on Twitter with the seemingly promising assurance that he would read all of them He has done it again this time asking citizens for ideas and suggestions for his speech on Independence Day at the Red Fort in Delhi ahead of the 2019 general electionsOn Tuesday he tweeted What are your thoughts and ideas for my 15th August speech Share them with me on a specially created forum on the Narendra Modi App While Twitter is abuzz with suggestions for the PM we decided to do our bit and asked six people from various fields to share their two centsLeave art aloneRaghav MeattleSingersongwriterI would want PM Modi to talk about censorship which frighteningly is the new normal Its happening due to the systemic crackdown on artistes who want to voice their opinion Where is the protest poetry I see it as a bullying tactic to make people conform to norms I see myself as a writer and a musician and if I cant pursue my craft freely whats the point of being an artisteFulfill your promisesQais JaunpuriStoryteller and founder of Aao Kahein Dil Ki BaatAll the tall promises that PM Modi made during the election have fallen flat At the start of their tenure the government said they would take strict measures to check price rise stop black marketing provide basic necessities like electricity drinking water etc and create agricultural reforms But nothing has changed on the ground In fact our session in Aao Kahein Dil Ki Baat this week is about democracy and elections and the peoples role in it The aam admi is tired because no government is here to serve the public Will the PM acknowledge his failureWhat colour currency is nextKajol Srinivasan Standup comicIn his August 15 speech Id like Mr Narendra Modi to address key financial issues for instance what colour currency he is planning to introduce next I need advance notice so that I can buy purses to match No one realises how important fashion is for women They think we spend all day worrying about boring things like safety and oppressionThe other day I asked a man to hand me a lavender note and the sheer panic on his face was priceless Ive never felt more empowered than I did looking at his pathetic guess and saying No thats magenta silly Didnt your mother teach you anything It would really make my day if the government collaborated with Gucci to launch a new line of currencyinspired bags But before the Rs 15 lakh black money bonanza hits my bank pleaseProtect the countrys doctorsDr Kersi Chawda PsychiatristIts high time the assault on doctors is stopped Last year almost every other day there were reports of doctors being thrashed by the patients relatives sometimes with metal rods Today no person wants their son or daughter to become a doctor just because of this savagery Its like nobody is allowed to die I think this can stop if PM Modi makes a statement and orders the law and order machinery to protect doctors who are simply doing their jobTake care of the liberals interestsHamid DabholkarActivist I would like PM Modi to protect the interests of free thinkers and speed up the probe conducted by state and central agencies in nabbing the killers of my father Dr Narendra Dabholkar and other rationalists like Dr Govind Pansare MM Kalburgi and Gauri Lankesh There has been little or rather no progress on this front Weve written a dozen letters to the PM as well as CM Devendra Fadnavis highlighting the delay in investigation Itll be five years since my father an antisuperstition crusader was shot dead on August 20 2013 in Pune while on a morning walk The killers are roaming scotfreePlease address the LGBT communitySushant DivgikarModel actor and LGBT activistFirst of all I dont think he has ever spoken about the LGBT community and by doing so he is missing out on a huge bank of votes Here the issue is not just about LGBT but human rights He needs to reiterate and emphasise the need to live and let live and love and let love I want to him touch upon the subject of communities whom we have chosen to marginalise Passively I believe he is supporting us because have you seen the new notes They are available in every rainbow colour but he just needs to be vocal about it So Modiji humare achche din kab aayein gayCatch up on all the latest Mumbai news crime news current affairs and also a complete guide on Mumbai from food to things to do and events across the city here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates