"Indian" Independence day celebrations in America.
- Independence day March - American Flags held in hand with Indian Tri-Color as Shoulder belts.
- The march band - Not sure what they played, but were all some american numbers. That much I could make out. (They confirmed that later on while thanking the school band!)
- Shouting - Jai Hind, Vande Mataram , Azaadi Amarrahe and God Bless America all at the same time!
- The stalls - All "supposedly" authentic Indian stuff. The prices were well.........! If I ever loose my job, I am going to join this "business".. ;-). Buy something in India for 100 odd rupees and sell it here as "desi stuff" for atleast $30!
- Newly weds - clung together like they have been "joined" by fevicol. I wonder what's with desi couples in videsi envi... too much physical love for display! I can understand if it was some romantic place or something remotely close to that... but come on.. it's Independence Day celebrations remember? It's a big ground with some stalls around. I wonder what's romantic in that?
- Rows and rows of food stalls :-). No surprises in that. Indians are fond of food like ants are fond of sugar :-). So there is Gujju, Punjabi, Mumbai, Gulti, Mallu, you-name-it kind of food. We are celebrating world food day.. in case you are asking :P
- National Anthem - Sung by a female in a "raaga" of her own. I always thought you are not supposed to add any "beautification" stuff to the national anthem! It's not to display your singing skills. There are other songs for that.
Anyway, even with all these.. it was a wonderful evening. Saturday evening (the pre-poned Independence Day celebrations!)
The best part was concert by some sa-re-ga-ma-pa singers. Though nothing fantastic, it was good.
The grand finale was fireworks. I will upload the video of it soon :)
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY FOLKS!
Update:
We the people shall celebrate the anniverseries of these momentous events, which occur in 2007. What the governments seem to be ignoring, we shall celebrate in our own way.
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Source: Jag's Blog
9 comments:
thanks, wish you the same!
btw about "Newly weds", they are enjoying their "independence", you see :D
[wb] sorry, I feel guilty for snatching your 'first place'.. cant blame the RSS feeds :)
@pavan: "Independence" to make a fool of themselves?
@wb: No da..The celebrations were pretty good. I just highlighted the "flaws" that's all..;-)
Atleast they are doing that much na.. it was nice..:)
Coming to those children... atleast they are not to be blamed! The circumstances have made them that way! Who cares who is Gandhi when I don;t even have 2 meals for the day!
What will you say for the educated clan who are no different? One of my second cousins said "Oh come on.. why should I learn about some Ghandi and all.. now we have independence.. and that's it! I would rather learn about the top rock stars.. that's more useful info!" - So there you go!
[shark] I was just teasing those obsessed with PDA :)
talking of I-day, I so wish that it be changed to a working day rather than a holiday.. unfurling the flag, singing anthem and all is fine, but doesnt make sense if no work gets done! Just my thoughts..
@pavan: You are very right! Atleast here I went for the "celebrations". But to be very frank it would just have been "another-holiday" in India :(
I used to be very excited about the Independence Day - Parade that they used to telecast in DD early in the morning... but these days even that's boring!
I think, the best tribute to the freedom-fighters and the martyrs would be to build the INDIA that they dreamed about....**sigh** **double sigh**
Well, belated happy Independence day!
hmmn, you missed the source :)
Thanks da.. Pavan. Corrected it!
Here also 15th Aug was an off (not for Indian Independence day though ;)). It was some Catholic festival and so an off.
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