Sometimes, we do things which we never expect ourselves to do. Well, this time, it was time for celebrating Independence Day. Of course it's an important occasion for every Indian. But do we Indians have any sense of what this means? I have started my quest for it.
In my childhood school days, I never displayed any kind of fervor for an occasion like this. For me Independence Day was a day where some idiot kids will give mugged up speech which they themselves don't understand. A mindless principal will give an endless speech while he will start like “I will not take much of your time.". Some stupid girls will dance on stage. And we will get sweets at last. I used to get some money from my father to eat ‘Samosa’ and ‘jeelabi’ with my friends. I always tried to skip the speech of Prime Minister. Yeah, that day, my mother used to cook some delicious food like "mutter paneer" or "kathal ki sabji" or "rajma ki sabji". In every sense for me Independence Day meant delicious spicy food, sweets and the movies telecasted on DD1. It was the same kind of show every year for me.
In my engineering days, Independence day meant no class and no celebration. I used to sleep and watch movie. That means complete rest. It was just a national holiday for all of us. To flout a day like Independence Day was my foible. I was an engineer in making without even 1% of common sense.
Now-a-days, I feel myself more involved in the celebration of Independence Day. Particularly, this year the zeal is more. First of all, I am getting ample opportunities to show my creativity independently. I participated in almost all the events conducted in my company. There were no established rules and everything I did was for the first time in my life. And thus, it makes things more special like the day. I had a unforgettable last two days. Yesterday, it started with a kite making competition. I with two of my colleagues participated and made a big kite. It was a organizational level competition and results are still to come. Then, I took part in "pen your thoughts", a floor based competition. We were given a topic "what one thing you would like to change in our political system." I could not put my words or my thinking the way, I should. Perhaps, I was more exhausted due to my participation in kite making. But an event is an event and that moment my mind has no idea to click and drill in allotted time of 15 minutes. I am very upset with my performance in “pen my thoughts”. I could have performed better in that. I would like to pen my thoughts again. Next, I with three of my colleagues participated in "Antaakshri", another floor based event in which my team stood first.
Today, there was a floor decoration competition with ethic touch. I became a farmer as I have to represent the era of green revolution. I had an outfit of farmer with lots of greenery and fields around me. The whole floor was decorated and all the cubicles were decorated according to the floor theme "Past Prsent and Future of India". The most beautiful part was that we were the part of floor decoration too and we acted also as per our outfits and roles. The actor inside us was on its high. I enjoyed a lot.
In the course of celebration I came to know few things like "the speech of Jawaharlal Lal Nehru on the eve of Independence day was called "Tryst with destiny." I read the whole speech. I also came to know about Green revolution and White revolution. Now, I know how to make a kite? I acted like a farmer on bare feet. And above all, I became aware about the importance of Independence and its celebration with my team.
It's only when you involve yourself in such events, you would discover the true meaning of it. One should participate in such event actively because there are lots of things which you can improve later when you know in what present condition it is now. An aware mind is the right mind of thoughts. And believe me an idea can click any time ; and has the power to change your life.
yar kafi achha likh lete ho, really i am get impressed with your writing skills.
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