It is 15Th of August and India celebrates the 63Rd anniversary of its independence. After long years of British rule, India finally broke the shackles of slavery and rose like a free bird to soar into the enjoyment of its newly found freedom.
On the eve of 15Th August 1947, the first prime minister of India, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, spoke these words which have not only been etched in the pages of history, but also engraved in the heart of every Indian;
"...at the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A time comes which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, when the soul of a nation long suppressed, finds utterance..."
Today, as the curtains ring down on the 63Rd year of our independence,and we stand on the threshold of its 64Th anniversary,all institutions across the nation celebrate this day of independence in some level or the other.The PM hoists the Tricolour at the Red Fort in New Delhi, the capital of India; government institutions have their heads doing the same and the national flag holds its head high on top of the buildings, it has the feeling of triumph and it is no longer under the iron fist of foreign rule.
At the school levels, the flag hoisting is followed by a march past, some sport competitions, prize distributions, and a wonderful cultural program and oh! Yes, lots and lots of speeches!After talking of the Indian anniversary,the time comes that I tell you of what makes this date so important for ME...
I just told you of the celebrations at the school levels and that's where I come in.
I changed 3 schools in the same city and it was only in the last school that I gained recognition for my talent in oration and acting.The first English teacher of the 3Rd school gave me the first chance at comparing. ...and it was Independence day!
Since that day it was never looking back. I anchored all the functions at school and even some of the programs that were not by school but the only relation was that they were private events of the people who owned the school . I am thankful to all those people who kept faith in me even when I initially fumbled.
Today, I am celebrating the 5Th anniversary of comparing and acting. It was real celebration and I just returned home hoping that I finish writing this before mid-night.
This might not be the best blog post ever, but that is all I can write after returning from a movie, dinner and real late night shoe-shopping( seriously only my mother can go to shops just about to close and buy shoes only half an hour before midnight!).
