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t was a pleasant morning heart was full of happiness that
on 12th August and we the children in this institution
were all set to see our child are being brought up so well by
IRehan perform in a special instilling rich values. The show
skit for the Independence Day concluded with a loud applause
Celebration at RSJMS. As we for all the participants. With a big
entered the school, it was smile on our faces, we left the
heartening to see the Indian school happy and contented.
tricolour, ready for hoisting in Aman Katyal, F/O Rehan Katyal, P5 A
the front lawn, and a batch of
students standing alert for the
Chief Guest Lt. Gen. Aniruddha he morning of 12th
Chakravarty (AVSM, VSM) to August was filled with
do the honors. When the Indian fervour and excitement
flag was unfurled, everyone Tas it marked India’s
sang the National Anthem with Independence Day Celebration
great zeal. The Chief Guest at RSJMS. The school looked
was then escorted to the Doris fabulous with a beautiful floral
David Auditorium where an decoration at the entrance and
invigorating speech was given by the Headmistress a stupendous wall decoration
Independence Day Mrs. Manju Rajput. She welcomed everyone and said outside the Doris David Hall. I
that although India had achieved ‘swaraj’, there is long
was a part of the school choir.
Celebration road ahead to realize ‘su raj. In his address, Mr. Ashok We had been practising over the
Pratap Singh, President, Board of Trustees, Modern
past many days for the function.
Schools, underlined the importance of having freedom As the guests entered the Doris
in life to do anything and how our generation should David Hall, I became alert and
12 August 2016 feel lucky that we were born in a free country. An yes, somewhat nervous too! But
inspiring personality, Lt. Gen. Chakravarty, spoke like a true patriot and the inspiring speech delivered by
emphasized that India has a bright future and there is no other better our Headmistress, Mrs. Manju
place to live right now. We must treasure our independence as we are Rajput filled me with enthusiasm
lucky to be born as Indians. and indeed, brought a smile on
The skit, along with the every face. The Chief Guest
choir, was a signature RSJMS also gave an encouraging speech
performance. It was absolutely in Hindi. He talked about the
brilliant to see the confidence importance of outdoor sports,
of the children. The theme was cleanliness, environment and
‘Swaraj is my birthright’. The many other aspects related to our
show depicted a discussion day to day habits.
amongst a group of people The programme started with the screening of the song ‘Vande
whether we have achieved Mataram’ after which the choir sang three patriotic songs. All songs were
true independence, even after accompanied with some amazing clippings on the big screen on the stage.
70 years of being proclaimed Our song ‘Aaj Himalaya ki choti par apna dhwaj lehrayega’ was applauded
an independent country. The the most by the audience. My mother was also sitting in the audience
thought provoking programme and was extremely happy with my performance. The programme was
prodded one to ask self appreciated by everybody present in the hall. I thank my music teachers
analyzing questions if we are Vrinda ma’am and Suresh sir for bringing out the best of each member of
doing enough for the nation. the choir group. I thoroughly enjoyed being a part of this event and look
The script in itself was superb forward to performing well in future also.
and everyone was glued to
his seat. It was a very mature Aamanya Jindal, P4 F
performance by very young
children and once again my
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