It's been 56 years since we gained our independence from the British, 56 years since that joyous Saturday of October 1960 when our fathers and mothers must have thought, “Ah! Freedom finally!”, amidst their hearty celebrations. I'm still in bed and can't help but wonder. If our veterans who fought so hard and tenaciously for our freedom envisioned that the state of our nation today would be what it is, would they have laboured as hard as they did? Is this at all what they were willing to sacrifice their lives for?