Independence Day celebration

Celebrating 75th Indian independence day

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Independence Day Celebration

Organized a few events on the occasion of the 75th independence Day celebration at our housing society. Intention was to strengthen the community.

Posters Presentation

I had received a random forward on whatsapp about how Ganesh/Ganapati idols created from plaster of Paris or Shadu sand/soil combined with chemical colors cause harm to the rivers and destroy the ecosystem based on it.

Contacted the NGO working for the cause and luckily they were from the same town. jeevitnadi’s website has some resources for more people to become involved for the cause. One of the lists was a bunch posters which could be displayed. Contacted the concern person and booked the posters for the independence day event at the society.

It was displayed from 14th August till 15th August in the society’s clubhouse.

Thanks to

Ajinkya (Ajya) for forwarding the video.
Niranjan Sir from Jivit-Nadi to making the posters available.

Drawing Activity

This year, in June, our society lost a child in an accident in front of society’s premises and it was a shock for our entire society. Seniors/Elders over time got over it but children had that fear still in mind. So we wanted an event where elders can communicate with the kids and give the safety first message.

To gather kids just for this was a challenge and most would not have come. Hence thought of organizing some events for kids.

Because many children had some activities lined up in their school on the 15th of August, a day before it (Sunday, 14th August) was selected for the activities.

15 people had registered online for the event but on the event day 31 children showed up from different age groups.

Here a few of their drawings.

Eatables were provided to each child post the activity.

Thanks to

Prabhakar for coining the idea of talk for children
Ingole kaka for arranging the hall.
Prabhakar, Kuldeep, Patil madam and Vibha madam for interacting with the kids.
Namrata and Yugandhara for arranging and distributing the snacks/khau.
Participants and their parents for joining the event.

Flag hoisting

Unlike the previous years, this year we decided to hoist our own flag.

BTW, the entire flag hoisting event was organized by the society committee. I personally helped only in getting the Khadi flag and hoisting it.

Getting the flag was a challenge and luck too. Visited four khadi gram Udyog outlets, a couple of wholesalers and a few post offices but couldn’t get it. Finally, I made up my mind to buy cloth and stitch it myself and went to a khadi outlet to get the cloth and there it was; a khadi tiranga waiting to be waved at our society.

My Feedback

Very few individuals took the initiative to organize this event so not much creativity was seen; being it the first time people might ignore it but for future events involvement of more individuals is must.
No involvement of youngsters; teenagers or even kids in twenties must associate early in organizing the events like this.
The event like this should be organized on the money contributed by the members as donations. This is a very essential step for long term sustainability of the event for years to come.

Expenses

750 Rs - Khadi Tiranga Flag ([x]Paid by the society)
100 Rs - 2 x Vitti (wooden block) ([x]Paid by the society)
612 Rs - 3 dozen Patties from Santosh Bakery
180 Rs - 3 dozen Bananas
100 Rs - fuel/commute round up.
100 Rs - Drawing Papers

Total Rs 1842

Contributions

900 Rs: Rajyog C Society
200 Rs: L M Deshmukh
200 Rs: Prabhakar Kulkarni
200 Rs: Namrata
342 Rs: Yogesh

Total: Rs 1842

Summary

A lot of thanks to all who directly or indirectly involved make this event. Hope we learn from our mistakes that happened this time and organize more such events, with more Josh, for stronger community.

Why community?

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

– Stendhal

Happy Independence Day

Jai Hind

Tags: India Independence community
Updated on: 2022-08-15