Thrissur
district had been experiencing torrential rain for the last two days …yet many students
turned up in the college to celebrate
the nation’s 72nd Independence Day on 15 August 2018 at 9.30
AM.
It was raining when
the flag was hoisted by the Principal-in-charge, Dr.C.Praveen. Everyone joined
in singing the popular Hindi lyric- Jhanda Uncha Rahe
Hamara and in rendering of the National Anthem.
The students had
lined up quite a few programmes in the college auditorium which commenced with
the Independence Day message by the
Principal. The following is a translation into English excerpts from the speech delivered in Malayalam:
All of us present here have never had any first hand experience of our
nation’s struggle for Independence
from British rule…Let us recall the
lines from Nehru’s ‘Tryst with destiny’:
…we step out of the old to the new…we end today a period of ill fortune and
India discovers herself again…
Never did the British expect India to become a nuclear power or become
a member of nations which launch rockets to space….In our success
let us recall the lives of our freedom
fighters who helped overthrow the yoke of British rule by laying down their own lives and paving the
way for the nation’s progress….
Freedom today has many dimensions…it could be economic freedom,
freedom of expression or even freedom to be alone. But while we enjoy the
fruits of freedom we need to become
conscious of the fact that freedom
necessarily entails responsibility…..one’s liberty should not
infringe on others….there are certain constraints on individual liberty…
Let us teach our children in schools the significance
of freedom…but let us also sensitize
them to the fact that some degree of social maturity is imperative prior to fully exercising ones liberty…
Group song and
Group dance rehearsed early in the
week were performed by the students.
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