National Flag

This post in basically to discuss the recent controversy on wearing National Flag... whether right or wrong?

Asked personally I would say it is wrong choosing the color and pattern of a nation's respectful flag to wear. This was the same view I put forward when I was discussing with some of my colleagues at the cafeteria late last week. Not surprisingly I was asked... why not to wear? In spite of not having a reason, I promptly threw mine at them... why to wear?

Though none around the globe could figure out how many colors do exist exactly, at least to my knowledge I heard of the count that goes beyond trillions. With trillion colors, together with innovative thinking, theoretically an infinite number of designs can be made which also includes the nation's flag designs. There are 193* countries around the globe. Leave aside 193 designs from infinite patterns... still have infinite patterns(?). Again my question stands upright... why those 193 when you have much more whose count you couldn't even imagine??

For the "why not?" question posed on me, I would reply in this way. Did we ever ask "why not?" or try to act against the following rules?

When we visit a temple...
a) we don't enter with our shoes on, never had God asked us to do so though.
b) we are not allowed to enter "Karpagraha" in temples, supposedly where God dwells.

We don't ask them "why not?" for the reason that we fear for God and the justification we make for ourselves is that we follow the ethics. If ethics and cleanliness are an issue in temples, they are very needed in National Emblems too. Every nation's flag has its own history and meaning...needless to mention dimensions too. I couldn't imagine anyone wearing something of dimension ratio 3:2 without making alterations... if at all desperate enough to wear.

National flags are emblems representing countries... neither just a cloth containing patterns nor mere a fashion garment. These are the symbols that honor a soldier even after the life by covering his corpse symbolizing his service to the nation.

Its yours whether to follow the ethics or not...

A bit about Indian National Flag...

India adopted the familiar horizontal tricolor of saffron, white, and green with a blue Ashoka Chakra at the center with the colors representing Hinduism (saffron), Islam (green), and hoped-for unity & peace (white). The spoked Ashoka Chakra is the "wheel of the law" (belongs to the 3rd-century BC Mauryan Emperor Ashoka).