Independence day speech Honourable Chief Guest of the day, distinguished guests for

the occasion,teachers, parents and all my dear friends,This day 15th August of
every year is a golden day engraved in the history of theworld . We got freedom on
this date and it is a day worth a celebration. When wecelebrate it hoisting the
flag, playing our National Anthem with fervour, distributingsweets, we need to sail
back into the past to remember and pay homage to thebuilders of our nation.My dear
friends,We were the privileged lot to have been born in free India. We were able to
breathethe fresh free air since our birth. If at all we want to know the pangs of
agony of being slaves under a foreign rule, we must ask our elders born before
1947. It wasindeed a Himalayan task for every Indian those days to fight against
those powerfulgiants – the British rulers. We must not allow those hard times and
struggles fadeaway from our memories.Hence it is befitting for us to celebrate such
National festivals and recall thoseheroic deeds of our National heroes. We reme
mber them today. Right from Mahatma Gandhi to the local patriotic leaders we owe
our gratitude. When weregard those martyrs who laid their precious lives for our
sake, we must not ignorethe common people who sacrificed their lot for the good
cause. There were farmers, land lords, businessmen, teachers, writers, poets and
students who helpedthe land achieve the long cherished freedom.T o d a y w e have
come a long way in the path of free India. W e have p r o v e d ourselves worthy of
freedom. We are considered as the largest democracy in theworld. How proud we were
when Abhinav Bindra made our National Flag flutter and‘Jana Gana Mana’ played at
the background in Beijing? We are proud of it and feelvery happy about all these
positive aspects. But are we blind to the black cloudssurrounding us? Are we very
successful in using our freedom in the right manner? If so, why should there be so
many bomb blasts, killings, attacks on governmentoffices, cases against so many
politicians and so many unstable governments?Well my dear friends, what can a
student do at this juncture? Should we go andcatch the terrorists? Should we fight
against the corrupted politicians? Or should wetake over the country into our hands
by waging another war for freedom? No, weare not expected to do all these things.
We must keep observing things around us.We will have our own day. Before that, let
us do our duty of preparing ourselves tobe well-educated citizens of tomorrow. Let
us do our duty sincerely and study hardto achieve a goal. Today we require
youngsters with lot of knowledge and energy.Illiteracy is the first enemy for a
democratic nation. Let us get rid of illiteracy andtake India to a bright future.
Jai Hind