8.15 AM
sharp.
The
now-familiar voice rings out loud, ‘Saav Dhan!’
‘Iskvaaaad,
Veeshrum!!’.
And this
gets repeated many many times over the next 20 odd minutes. Interspersed with
multiple iterations of
‘Dahiney
Mud’, ‘Peechey Mud’ and ‘Dahiney se Tej
Chal’.
And finally
ending in a very subdued ‘Jana Gana Mana….’ recital. Then ‘Bharat Maata Ki
Jai’ repeated 3 times. And then the
skvaad disperses.
7.15 PM: Block 2 lobby rings out with a chorus
‘Vaishnava
Jana to ..’ and ‘Saarey Jahaan Se Achha’
These are
practice sessions for the Republic Day celebrations @ Sobha Palladian!!
26 Jan 2019
: There were 3 highlights on this day !
· Dr Nataraj received the Hind Rattan
Award in New Delhi.
· We celebrated Republic Day at Sobha
Palladian
· Sports finals were conducted post
lunch and winners were awarded in a evening followed by Barbecue dinner!!
And what I am not highlighting is that more than 30 ladies
form Sobha Palladian took part in the Pinkathalon the very next Day @ 5.30 AM
@Kanteerava Stadium!!. The
focus of the women’s run was to encourage an active lifestyle and overall
fitness among women, while creating a much-needed awareness about breast cancer
and bone health.
And they were equally energetic and peppy when they returned after
the 5KM/10Km runs around 9AM.
1.
The Bharat Rattan Award:
Congratulations to Dr Nataraj. He was awarded the Hind Rattan
Award by Dr. Bibek Debroy, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India.
You would recollect that Dr Nataraj had also received another
Prestigious Mahatma Gandhi Leadership Award 2018 in the British Parliament late
last Year.
Doc N. We are all very proud of you !
2.
Republic Day Celebrations:
Preparations start much before 8 AM. Chairs get arranged and the Indian Tricolor budded
with rose petals gets attached to the
flag pole cable. The security guards practice their parts and the housekeeping
staff turns up in their best attire.
The PA system gets tested and Kannada patriotic songs
announce the start of the day followed by Hindi ones followed by the famous AR
Rahman’s Vandey Maataram. The cultural committee is busy checking out last
minute arrangements and Whats App msgs are sent out to hurry people to come out
and assemble.
Gracing this occasion were our own esteemed residents from the
armed forces – Col Jaggi Narula, Group Captain D Sitpal, and Lt
Col.DP Mathur.
And its my
honor to introduce Lt Col Dinesh Prasad Mathur, who graduated from Allahabad
Univ and was commissioned in the
He fought
the Indo-Pak
war in 1965 in the Kargil sector. He served in 6 Assam
rifles, in Mizoram from 1966-69, when he was awarded the Kirti Chakra for
bravery shown during the counter-insurgency operations ( got a congratulatory
DO from Gen Sam Manekshaw! ). He was instructor in the IMA from 1970-73 and then panel shifted to 14 Guards, posted in Kanpur with the unit. He participated in
quashing the 1973 Provincial Armed Constabulary
( PAC
) rebellion.
We Salute
you !
The Indian
Flag is hoisted and we sang our National Anthem.
Ladies of
Palladian sang songs under the tricolor.
“Vaishnava
Jana To” is
a Hindu bhajan, written in the 15th century by the
poet Narsinh Mehta in
the Gujarati language. The poem speaks about the
life, ideals and mentality of a VaishnavaJana (a follower of Vishnu). This song
became popular during the life time of Mahatma Gandhi and was rendered as
bhajan in his Sabarmati Ashram. – Wiki.
And,
“Sare Jahan se Accha" (Urdu:سارے جہاں سے
اچھا; Sāre
Jahāṉ se Acchā), formally known as "Tarānah-e-Hindi"(Urdu:ترانۂ ہندی;
"Anthem of the People of Hindostan"), is an Urdu language patriotic song written for children by poet Muhammad Iqbal in the ghazal style of Urdu poetry. - Wiki
And a surprise solo performance
by Rian
who recited
Joy of Giving:
The young children of Palladian pooled
in all their earnings from the stalls they had put up during the last few
events and bought gifts for all the staff members serving our community.
Janhavi, spoke in chaste Kannada on behalf
of all of us , words of appreciation and thanked all the Housekeeping, Security
and other maintenance personnel for their hard work and dedication in keeping
our campus safe, secure neat and tidy.
The children enthusiastically gave
away the gifts
Kudos to our young generation!!
Thanks to Manoj who has brilliantly captured all these exciting moments : Palladian
Republic Day 2019
Going back in past, Republic day
in Dehra Dun was an exciting day that we kids looked forward to it . On that day,
the 26th Jan, all the houses, and roof tops and rickshaws and
tongas and cycles and lampposts flew the tricolor flag proudly. And all of us pinned a flag on
our shirt pockets. And we rushed home after school flag hoisting to listen to the live radio
commentary of Republic Day parade in Delhi .
In the later years we sat glued to
the B&W and later the color TV watching the MIG-21s fly past the Indian
gate, the smart march-past of the various forces, the tableau and the folk dancers
and the impressive missiles, the ISRO launch Vehicle PSLV, the Vijayanta tanks
and rocket launchers as the narrators covered the event eloquently in English and Hindi.
And I relived all those times once
again by watching the Youtube live recordings. Felt wonderful !!
3.
Sports Finals !!
Over the last week around 90 players ( yes! 90
resident men women and children ) have been sweating out competing with each
other in the badminton court, tennis court and the table tennis room. The semis and finals were keenly fought out
from 5 to 8 PM. Check out the action in SP
Sports day 2019
And there
were many happy moments and a few sad disappointments as well.
But that’s
for another day !
And Manoj,
where are the BBQ shots???
Krish..
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