The
India’s 70th Independence Day was celebrated on August 15, 2016
evening with the presence of chief guest (ADC) from the police department,
Palampur and local Indian brothers and sisters. Prior to the start of patriotic
Hindi song competition from students of VI through VIII, students sang the
national anthem of both the nation. The M.C for the program was done by Mr. Ram
Chand who is our Hindi teacher in the school. Mrs. Payal the science teacher
presented a speech in which she mentioned how hard the Indians had fought for
the achievement of freedom and independence of the country. After having made
supreme sacrifices by many Indian individuals through national movements, India
managed to get back its freedom from the colonial power. She further said that
we Tibetans too need to learn a lot of lessons from Indians to get our country
freed from the Chinese rule.
The
inter-class patriotic song competition got started thereafter. The eminent
judges for the competition had been Mrs Payal Dhar, Mrs. Sarita Patyal and Mrs.
Tashi Dolma. The first position was taken by class VIII B students, second in
position was class VI D and the third position was bagged by VI B students. The
chief guest honored the winning classes with prizes. The Indian guests were
served with dinner party in the school staff mess. Somehow, it was a wonderful
evening for all.
