Saturday, August 18, 2018

17. 72nd Independence Day


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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