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OMJASVIN M D ByExpress News ServiceCHENNAI: Among all of India’s victories and defeats over the past century, Indian Independence is the one thing that makes V Rathinavelu proud. ‘‘People, irrespective of religion, caste and creed, came together to fight for Independence,’’ says the 96-year-old veteran of the Indian National Army. To him, Independence means ‘unity’ and ‘diversity’. As an INA freedom fighter in then Burma in the 1940s, Rathinavelu has lived through poverty, war, isolation, and discrimination. Every Indian after Independence, says Rathinavelu, got a feeling that they themselves were part of the freedom struggle..