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October/2023
INDEPENDENCE DAY
Independence Day marks the end of British rule
on August 15th, 1947. We celebrate Independence
Day every year by watching and participating in
fireworks, parades and sporting events.
At VIS, we started our Independence Day
celebration by hoisting the Indian flag, which was
followed by a brief introduction of an Indian
freedom fighter, Matangini Hazra. We moved on
to a patriotic song in both Tamil and Hindi. Then
our Principal, Mr. K. Prabhakaran, offered a
memento to our chief guest Sri Palam
Kalyanasundaram who shared his life story with
the audience and gave us all some very useful
advice about living rightly.
After the sweet distribution, we proceeded to
lunch. All the students and staff of VIS wore
traditional outfits and had their lunch off banana
leaves, which is a tradition in India. The staff and
students of VIS all contributed to the decoration
of the assembly area by painting, drawing and
organizing the chairs.
We celebrate this historic event every year with
all the staff and students of VIS. It is a day filled
with respect to honor the freedom fighters who
fought for India’s freedom from the British Raj.
Abhinav (9A) & Saadhana (9C)
