Today, we are a nation that stands tall- the
world’s largest democracy, to match our strides with the Americas and Englands of the world in every sphere. When the chorus of Cassandras rise, it helps us
reflect on where we were 69 years ago, and where we are today. What reason do
we have not to feel anything but proud of our brilliant accomplishments?
Looking back at our past, we can get a notion
of how hard we have struggled to reach this zenith of success. Our
freedom-fighters, with their relentless toil, have earned our country’s
independence.
Why is it that India never invaded other countries?
Surely not because we are weak. It is because we, the Indians have been blessed
with the gift of tolerance. Despite unfulfilled promises, grim prognoses and
failed messiahs, the Republic has endured everything thrown at its face. It is
surely a miracle-the way India has withstood and surmounted all the odds-the
chronic and extant tides of highs and lows that has besieged it, time and again.
India has vanquished all evils with her brandishing sword of tolerance.
Keeping in mind the philosophies and ideals of
the heroes of yester years, some of them fulfilled, some of them not, we, the
youngsters of tomorrow, must take up the responsibility to work hard to make
this a better India. Our aspirations for India should be more corrective than
progressive.
Heroism should be a quality to strive for and
patriotism should be an awareness, not a mere emotional display reserved for
the Independence Day alone. We should all aspire to purge the country’s wounds
and purify it to an extent where the world looks up to us and exclaims “Saare
jahan se achha!”, indeed.
We all look forward to a day when every
Indian’s dream is transformed to reality. And to achieve this, we need to shape
the impressionable young minds by urging them to pick up their pens. Be it the
young boy who toils by the candle-light or the little girl who walks miles to
go to school, every effort made towards
education will lead to a brighter future for the individuals, the society and
the country as a whole.
Colorss Foundation , an NGO based in Baroda, Gujarat and having
its presence in Pune, Maharashtra in India aims to do just that by helping
children become more independent and empowered through projects based in arts,
technology and science.
It decided to do its bit in contributing to the
spirit of Independence Day this year by organizing a drawing competition for
its students. The topic- Swachh Bharat & Independence Day. The cleanliness
campaign championed by our Honourable Prime Minister is perhaps one of utmost
importance because in order to ignite the youth of our nation to build a better
India, we need to provide them with a clean and healthy environment for their
holistic development. The youth can carry forward this mission as a
regular project and pass it on to the generations to come because we want this
initiative to last forever. By
inculcating this idea of a cleaner India, Colorss Foundation achieved something spectacular-it helped in
motivating the youngsters to come up with creative ideas to present to the
world a cleaner India.
Apart from that, this Independence Day, Colorss also released one more edition of its E-zine (project Colors Of Life)
which was highly praised and appreciated by the school authorities. Vision ignites minds. What we need today are
great minds-great visionaries who can inspire an entire generation! We should
take a solemn oath to keep the lamp of knowledge burning bright and give our
everything to help build a better and brighter India. Let our sweat and toil
create Agnis that can annihilate evil!
Friends, Indians, countrymen-come let us join
forces and work towards this goal of unleashing the power within. Let us go to
dust as proud citizens of this glorious nation, to rise again and revel in its
splendour.
Bharat Mata Ki Jai
For Love,
-Sagarica Brahma
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