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“When the world sleeps India will awake to life and freedom” quoted by Jawaharlal Nehru in his famous address to the nation from Red fort on the eve of India’s first Independence day celebration. Thus started India’s tryst with destiny. A journey never heard of in human his- tory. With its diversity varying from religion to physical geogra- phy each with its own potential to shatter the nation to pieces. Every Independence Day we Indian’s prove that our nation is beyond such differences. Inde- pendence Day is also the time to remind one and all the strug- gle, importance and the need to protect its freedom. At Achala Vidyanikethan we try our best every year to remind the younger generation the significance of our freedom. “Colours of India” a metaphor for the diversity of India was the chosen theme for the years celebration. Through this theme we highlighted the essence, importance and the need to Appreciate and celebrate the diversity of India. The cultural events of the day amply highlighted the theme, be it in language or costume, India’s diversity was the showpiece. The chief guest for the day was distinguished Seri-culture sci- entist Dr. R. Raghuraman. The other chief invitee was Dr. Gururaj, Patron for the school, Shri Ramesh member of the school trust and friends and parents of our students. Colours of India SEVENTH YEAR CELEBRATION Independence Day at AVN Parade March Salute Cultural events Address Theme Others Guest of honor Colours of India Independence Day Celebration at Achala Vidyanikethan Seated from left to right. Dr. Gururaj-school patron and Dr. R. Raghuraman, our Chief Guest. Independence Day celebration at Achala Vidyanikethan

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Page 1: Independence Day - WordPress.com · Independence Day celebration at Achala Vidyanikethan When one traces the path traversed by India, songs in glory of the land are galore. During

“When the world sleeps India

will awake to life and freedom”

quoted by Jawaharlal Nehru in

his famous address to the nation

from Red fort on the eve of

India’s first Independence day

celebration. Thus started India’s

tryst with destiny. A journey

never heard of in human his-

tory. With its diversity varying

from religion to physical geogra-

phy each with its own potential

to shatter the nation to pieces.

Every Independence Day we

Indian’s prove that our nation is

beyond such differences. Inde-

pendence Day is also the time

to remind one and all the strug-

gle, importance and the need to

protect its freedom.

At Achala Vidyanikethan we try

our best every year to remind

the younger generation the

significance of our freedom.

“Colours of India” a metaphor

for the diversity of India was the

chosen theme for the years

celebration. Through this theme

we highlighted the essence,

importance and the need to

Appreciate and celebrate the diversity of India.

The cultural events of the day amply highlighted the theme, be it in

language or costume, India’s diversity was the showpiece.

The chief guest for the day was

distinguished Seri-culture sci-

entist Dr. R. Raghuraman.

The other chief invitee was Dr.

Gururaj, Patron for the school,

Shri Ramesh member of the

school trust and friends and

parents of our students.

Colours of India

S E V E N T H Y E A R

C E L E B R A T I O N

Independence Day at

AVN

Parade March

Salute

Cultural events

Address

Theme

Others

Guest of honor Colours of India

M I C R O S O F T Independence Day

Celebration at

Achala Vidyanikethan

Seated from left to right.

Dr. Gururaj-school patron

and Dr. R. Raghuraman, our

Chief Guest.

Independence Day celebration at Achala Vidyanikethan

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Salute to the national flag Colours of India

Cultural Events Colours of India

The day starts early at Achala Vidyanikethan. Students had gathered at the premises by 6:30 AM. It’s a routine for our school to invite the

neighborhood to witness the days events, what better way than a Parade march in the neighborhood of the school.

The parade was flag off by school Headmistress Mrs. Parvathy Gururaj and Dr. Gururaj. Students accompanied by school band and teachers

marched with pride to wake up the neighborhood and remind them of the events at the school.

Here a special thanks to our physical instructor for training the band and for the various tunes played by them which ensured that the

neighborhood woke from its holiday slumber and for loud enough to raise alarms from parked cars and the occasional barks from chained

dogs.

Students waving the national flag and raised slogans to complement it.

The turn out for the cultural event is a testimony to the attention grabbed by the parade march.

events which were deployed

to showcase our theme.

Prayer song

Fashion show by kinder

garden children

Song on Indian diversity by

teachers

Speeches in Kannada and

English

A colourful hoops perform-

ance

Dance performance by

To showcase colours

of India is not an easy

task, can it sang or

danced or a speech or

a fashion show of the

countries costumes a

daunting task indeed.

At AVN we tried our

best to incorporate or

more precisely we

deployed all means

available to show case

India’s diversity.

Here are the list of

lower primary

Dance performance

by higher classes

In additional to the

above our students

also showcased their

physical prowess

A new feature to the

years celebration was

the Karate display by a

select few students.

Independence Day is a day

to remember the numer-

ous sacrifices made to

unfurl the tri-colour flag.

We were honored to have

had Dr. R. Raghuram hoist

the tri-colour flag.

The ceremonial flag hoist

was followed by national

anthem and general pledge.

Then it was turn of our

students to pay their re-

spect to the fluttering flag

and a general salute to the

chief guest.

Parade March Colours of India

Independence Day celebration at Achala Vidyanikethan

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The cultural events began with the invocation of the almighty.

To the best and the easily recognizable diversity of India is its costumes. Our costumes vary from cotton to woolen suitable for the local

climate and the ease of availability, A south Indian dhoti represents his geography and the ease in availability of cotton.

Our toddlers from the kinder garden classes paraded in their colourful best showcasing India’s diversity through costumes. It would be

naïve to call it a fashion show as our teachers and their parents struggled hard to align then in a line, against all odds our toddlers put up a

great show.

Toddlers from Kinder garden in costumes from Kashmir (extreme left) to Nagaland (extreme right)

The physical prowess and their elegance was

best put forth by class one students and their

seniors from the lower and upper primary

classes. Students from class one with their nim-

ble feet and tiny hands and students from lower

primary with dumbbells showcased their physi-

cal strength to rhythmic beats. The display by

class one students was well appreciated by the

crowd.

A colourful Hoops performance by students

from upper primary was as colour as one could

think off. “Sound check, mic check, students rapt attention, now it is time for

your teachers to showcase their talents.” Our teachers trained by our

music teacher put up their best for a song which showcased our

theme “Colours of India”.

Independence Day celebration at Achala Vidyanikethan

Class one students in addition to regular physical exercises

clapped, swung from left to right, stretched , postures of

rocket launch and land and what not, a few more interesting

facts are they exercised to the drum beats of their class

teacher, two of their upper primary seniors guided them

(though an embracement for the seniors).

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India is home to hundreds of languages our constitution recognizes 22 languages, but we hardly

get to know about these languages. To emphasize the diversity of Indian languages one of our

student presented a wonderful speech in Kannada with selective extracts from selective lan-

guages. To illustrate, the beauty of India's physical geography from the first stanza of our national

song “Vande Mataram”, the extent of India as mentioned in Sanskrit's “Vishupuram”, the concept

of world citizen from Tamil’s “Purananuru” and so on. The idea behind the concept was to high-

light how our languages appreciate diversity.

Sahana R, who presented the

speech in Kannada

In the South-Asian

region, it hard to find

a nation which had/has

issues with its diver-

sity, recent protest by

those in the south of

Nepal demanding

greater rights in their

newly framed consti-

tution is a recent ex-

ample. India being an

exception here. An-

other of our student

highlighted the same

in her English speech.

Her speech was laced

with ways and means

in which one can un-

derstand, appreciate

and celebrate India’s

diversity.

The fiery speech by Shreemya in English

When one explores India’s diversity, art forms always has a special

place, being it in architecture or performing arts. To showcase colours

of India students from lower primary and higher above put up a brilliant

dance performance.

The performance by lower primary to the tunes of selected patriotic

songs, while the one by the higher classes was a mix of languages, and

varied performing art set to a patriotic fervor.

Colours of India

Independence Day celebration at Achala Vidyanikethan

When one traces the path traversed by India, songs in glory of

the land are galore. During the Independence struggle it reached

its zenith. Songs, drama, music, etc were some common tools

used then to spread the message of Independence.

After Independence the same tools were used to strengthen our

nation. During crises they placed a constructive role in galvaniz-

ing the people of the nation.

A select few songs formed the base on which the students from

the lower primary classes exhibited their patriotic fervor. They

were clad in white with a tinge of saffron and green that are part

of tri-colour flag,

The clinging of their bangles their unison movement, nimble foot

movement added a aura to the performance.

A special thank you to the lower primary teachers who trained

them for them for the wonderful performance..

Dance performance by students

from the lower primary classes.

Our spectator also comprised of

those older than Independent India.

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The theme chosen for the

year’s Independence day cele-

bration was “Colours of India”,

every one of our event or

display tried to resonate the

same. If one event that cap-

tured the entire gamut then it

has to the dance performance

by students from the higher

classes. The costumes, the

songs from vivid languages and

the diversity in the performing

art amply showcased our

theme for the day.

Classical song to the latest patriotic song, Rajasthani Lehenga to south Indian Pavadai, our students tried to

showcase their strength, elegance, team work and off course their dancing skills.

The pinnacle of the performance has to the

song rendition “Ondai Ondai navvu ellaru

ondai” popular Kannada song which speaks of

Indian’s to be one in spite our numerous

diversity. Students, teachers and the parents

present sang in unison which gives us a sense

of satisfaction that our theme and its true

essence has reached the intended.

A thank you for our dance choreographer for

the thought provoking performance.

Address

Colours of India

The welcome address was presented by

school Headmistress Mrs. Parvathy Gururaj.

The host for the day in Kannada was Ms.

Shobha and in English by Shruthi.

The vote of thanks by Mrs. Baghyalakshmi.

He is 16 with 52 years of experience, currently experimenting with Yoga and Spirituality, a

former scientist an avid traveler a keen observer and a constructive critic, Sir a hearty

thank you for being our chief guest.

A thank you not just from the management, faculty and students but by one-and-all present

there. A special thank you from the students and our alumni for obliging for a photo-op

and for the message conveyed by you.

Our chief guest Dr. Raghuram address to the gathering covering topics from garbage to the

importance of childhood and his message to students to join in the nation exercise echoed

well with our theme for the day.

Independence Day celebration at Achala Vidyanikethan

Dr. Raghuram’s humble thank you

for our students.

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The photo appeared in the school

edition of “The Hindu” newspaper.

Theme Colours of India

The theme for the years celebra-

tion “Colours of India”, reverber-

ated by the events throughout

the day, not to be left behind

our school walls and pin-up

board too tried to do their bit.

pictures with a brief description

depicting the diversity of India

under eight different heads were

displayed.

Pictures ranging from Jarwa tribe

to the root bridges of Meghalaya

were displayed.

A special thanks for the students

who pitched in with the required

help be it in collection of pic-

tures, description and the paint-

ings.

Others

Colours of India Independence day celebration at AVN also

coincides with its Alumni meet. A special

thanks to them for extending their support for

the success of the event.

The day also had its own share of

moments which will be cherished

by us forever.

Our roof-top videographer

Response from a chained dog to

our band music.

Independence Day celebration at Achala Vidyanikethan

A menacing look by showing off his

mustache.