Independence Day Celebration
‘I am a patriot, not because I
love my country, But because my country loves me.’
August 15, 1947 is the day engraved in gold in the history of
India. It is the day when India attained its freedom from the clutches of a
long slavery of over 200 years of the British Rule. It was a long and hard
struggle in which many freedom fighters and great men laid their lives for our
beloved motherland. To celebrate the existence of free
India, Witty International School, Pawan Baug celebrated the Independence Daywith
zeal and fervor.
Early
morning on the 15th of August 2018,Lieutenant Colonel, Mithun Nambiar,
Indian Army unfurled the tricolor flag and all expressed
the joy of freedom.While the Tricolor unfurled
soaring high in the sky showering flowers on everyone gathered on the occasion,
one could not stop imagining how extremely grateful they feel of all those
great men who sacrificed their lives to win this freedom for our nation from
enemy hands.
It was a befitting tribute to the defence forces. Principal Bijo Kurian firmly
believes that this day is one of the most appropriate times to honour and
acknowledge the sacrifices of our brave men.
The
chief guest rightly said, “Our country which was under the foreign powers for
centuries is now free and has a vision of becoming a super power because of the
sacrifices of the martyrs and the army.” He also called the youth as the wealth
and the hope of the nation who will lead the country and make it a great nation
of the world.
After
the national flag hoisting ceremony, the students proceeded towards the Sparkle
auditorium where they were enthusiastically waiting to display their patriotic
spirit and fervor. The programme commenced with a Welcome Speech by the School
President, MstManan Shahdepicting the journey of India. Herightly stressed in
his speech,“Independence
of our nation is not what we feel, but what we make of it and most importantly,
independence is not about rights, but our duties towards the nation.” It’s our rich culture and tradition which
emanates the effervescence of our love for our guests and that is what we
Indians are known for. To welcome the guests and the audience, we had
anIndo-classical fusion dance.
Though
it has been 72 long years to our freedom, yet we are not entirely free. The
Britishers may have left our country but the people of our nation are now
captured in the vicious clutches of technology, mainly Social Media. The
English skit, ‘Social Media – a boon or a bane’ highlighted the evils of social
media and ways by which we can release ourselves from its shackles.
As
we grew up we were regularly inspired by the glorious tales of our freedom
fighters laying down their lives for the nation with great valor and courage.
These freedom fighters taught us the true spirit of patriotism. Our school was
once again reminded of a similar story of courage of a young hockey player who
in spite of his disability was determined and focused to win a gold medal for
India at the Olympics. This inspirational hero’s story brought back memories of
our valiant heroes who braved all odds to emerge victorious through the dance,
‘India at Olympics’.Our youth through their colourful rhythmic medley of
patriotic songs, ‘Mile Sur MeraTumhara’ with a live orchestra gave the audience the feeling
that this Nation belongs to them and they have a major role in building up a
united India where peace and justice becomes every Indian Citizen’s birth
right.
Our heroic struggles to clean
India from the restraints of the Britishers finally resulted in India being
free. But are we really clean as a nation. Have we really maintained the beauty
of our nation that our martyrs sacrificed their lives for? The consumption of
this virtually indestructible plastic has become the bane of developing countries
like ours. Thus the ‘NukkadNatak’ brought out the evils of Plastic consumption
and its effective ban from the country.
Finally
after such a patriotic devotional program, the audience braced themselves to
witness the patriotic passion illuminating the auditorium with the zeal of love
for the country, a feeling of never say never, a commitment to keep the spirit
of freedom alive in the form ‘Service before Self, a dance displaying the
strength of our soldiers in India which was followed by a vote of thanks by the
School President, MsAashna Punjabi.
The Principal addressed the
students in his speech, “The tricolour
was raised by the leaders of a nation who were bursting with eagerness to lead
a life of complete freedom from their colonial masters. One of the main
aspirations after Independence was the need to carve out the Indian identity
within the people of the country. I want an India which stands up to all those
ideals that our forefathers had set it out to be. I want an India which has
pride in its identity, its multiple cultures and treasures the numerous
languages that it has been ordained with. To enable this ‘Young India’ should
take responsibility to take India to new glorious heights.”
The
program truly was a commendable tribute to our Indian soldiers by the students
of Witty International School. Once
again, the Wittians were deeply moved and touched remembering the great deeds
and sacrifices made by our freedom fighters, national leaders and
revolutionaries.
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