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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
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
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
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).
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.
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.
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.