Independence Day at GBPEC....

The celebrations could never have been so daunting and moreover where the cornerstone paves the way to Indian Independence. In my infancies, the day used to be illustrious by the morning procession, the slogans brought by our freedom battalions, followed by the National Anthem at 8AM and then the speech by the honourable Principle of school. The day used to go at the forefront with the colorful programs and the sweet dispersion. The jingoistic movies and songs based on Indian liberty played imperative role in bringing the fanaticism in millions of hearts.
Kedar Hostel was branded for lionizing any occupation with the highest scale of gratification. The night of 14th August 1947 is the most memorable and the most significant night in the Indian history for quite lot millenniums. But for me it has been so in the history of Kedar hostel in decades. The hostel belonged to both boys and girls, but to no luck it had two separate wings. A Block could be the top-security prison to keep boys, while they could steal a look at the cloud nine as B block accommodated angels.
Stillness doesn’t make sagacity when it comes to celebrate the Independence Day function. The mob of entire college was in its mood and “Bharat Mata ki Jai” could be heard at every place. Students had organized for sweets and dance and no where there was an obligation to be a part of dry day or a dry night. Masti was at its full gust, though the obsession was for 57th anniversary of our sovereignty from English.
All of a sudden the National slogans curved their configuration, and the angels’ names could be heard in place of the never-forgettable freedom fighters. The name “Bharat” got superseded by some girl name(X) and the slogan could be heard as “X Mata ki Jai!!!”. The stipulation was being paid with more severity when some basic necessities such as Roti, Kapda aur Makaan were appended with the names of some of the girls. The tempo was established and the air occupied more sound waves with high decibels counting the time to live in a free atmosphere. The entire night had been fanatical to such slogans and possibly the flag of upshot had been raised at the red fort of GBPEC…
The crack of dawn for the next day was not hypothetical to be an ordinary day and the Sun might have glown with more lustrous colors than it habitually does. The freedom was attained with no battles but the aftermath had to bolt hard on some minds, some acts and some near past. I am still dazed when I remind of the pecking order in the list of priorities in the college students mind space. Engineering colleges are for ever and a day well known for activities like that and so are their discipline comities. The voices had been recognized but not for all sure and the punishments could always be at hands when it comes to the judiciary system of India and the victims are girls.
The night has never faded its color in my mind and it always reminds me of the acts and facts that are feasible only in an Engineering college. The life goes on but some reminiscences never get languished by the time passes and the circumstances are never brought back with any theorem of Time-Machine……