63 years after it was first celebrated, Republic Day has lost a lot of its meaning. And this is because of all of us, for forgetting what it’s about, and our beloved leaders, for not reminding us, but taking the opportunity to seem falsely patriotic. Here are some funny responses you might hear from different Indians on January 26. After you laugh, take a minute to reflect on how sad it is that such an important milestone has been trivialized, and resolve to make a difference.

1. Typical Indian 1: Why is Republic Day on Saturday this year? And next year it’ll be on Sunday!*#%%&^@#!!$$!

2. Policeman: Republic Day is a day on which I get a lot of overtime pay, because terrorists are looking to attack

3. Typical Indian 2: Granddad will watch that Republic Day parade all day, and I can't watch Roadies auditions :(

4. Terrorist: It’s just another day to try to kill innocent people, only my commanders say it’s special. That’s weird, even the people I’m trying to kill don’t think it’s special

5. Typical Indian 3: I think Republic Day is something like Independence Day, but kind of different…you know, in a different way

6. Typical Indian 4: I know everything about it. This year, of course, is the 66th Republic Day. Simple math: 2013 - 1947 = 66. Right?

7. Typical Indian 5: It means I have to buy a small flag for 5 bucks from someone at a traffic signal

8. Negative IQ people: It is the day on which I’ll watch 'Race 2' for the second time

9. Rahul Gandhi: I’ll ask my mom what it means, one second

10. MMS: I’ll ask Rahul Gandhi’s mom what it means, Theek Hai?

11. Arnab Goswami's guest: Republic Day is....<Arnab interrupts>

In midst of all this misinformation, there is only one Man who knows:

12. Rajinikanth: Republic Day is the day on which the Constitution of India came into force. The first Republic Day was celebrated on Jan 26, 1950. It is one of the three national holidays of India. This year I made Google create a doodle for us...

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