Daybreak on 15th August 1947, marked a new chapter in Indian History. It was on this day that we finally deposed the British Rule and took charge of our own destiny. Today, 62 years since the infant India took its first steps under the leadership of our first Prime Minister; Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, we now stand on the threshold of entering the league of developed nations. And in order to commemorate this epic journey the student’s of Don Bosco celebrated the 63rd Independence Day on 13th August 2009.
The event was celebrated with great gusto and enthusiasm. We gathered for the morning assembly as usual and proceeded to Junior Assembly hall. The event began by invoking god’s blessing through the means of a prayer presented by Pronit of 10 A, Adnan of 8B and Ashish of 10C.

After the prayer, our principal Reverend Father Binny Issac addressed the zealous gathering with his thought-provoking words.He used the childhood story of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi as the example of struggle for freedom. The Principal’s address was followed by an enchanting and mellifluous patriotic song presented to us by the student’s of class 7, 8 and 9. Subsequent to the song was a speech delivered by two students of class 11-Mizan Siddiqui and Ujjwal Sen . It highlighted how trivial and trifling actions like turning of lights or tap when not in use are attributes of patriotism and how we can bring about a change in society just by mending our perspective and attitude. The hilt of discipline - the march past, was the star event, as the students of Classes 8 and 9 presented the March of Valor. The students marched to the beats of a patriotic bollywood song, ‘Kandhon se milte hai Kandhe’ carrying placards painted in the three hues of freedom- saffron, white and green. After performing a series of maneuvers the contingent of Bosconians sprang into formation to form the letters INDIA. With this the program came to an end and we all rose to attention for the national anthem. And now that I am about to breach the assigned word limit, I conclude on the note – VANDE MATRAM.