Thursday, August 21, 2008

A mere pyare vatan...




With my eyes closed and the hindi songs playing... i could feel i was there in the play ground (bada garden located in the center of our colony) running with the tricolour, dressed in white everyone else dressed in different shades of safforn, white or green... Everyone's eyes set on the folded flag waiting to spread its wings.... all kids anxious to see the CISF troop marching past the flag host. The school NCC cadets getting ready to follow and the last minute mic checks for the band. A long wait followed by occasional look at the sky and hope it doesn't rain, rain in August is not uncommon...there... the chief guest arrives ah...the flag gets hoisted and it catches breeze and spreads magistically followed by three gun shot's the in memory of those who fought for a better future of the country.... the amazing parade and the distribution of sweets.... kids running to collect them... yes i could feel it all.....

1 comment:

Swap said...

Hmm....subah subah woh parade...woh Deshbhakti ge gaane...
those were the days