Jan 15, Sankranti, but the festivities were of different kind. The young boys and girls chose to spend some quality time with the army personnel and ex-servicemen, listening to the brave hearts. Since Jan 15th is commemorated as the Army Day, the youth brigade and the NCC of Chintamani First Grade College had organised an event to honor the army men hailing from Chintamani.
Courageous men from Chintamani have joined the army and they have fought battles for India. On this Army Day function we had ex-servicemen who have taken enemy bullets in a zeal to hold the Indian flag high. The six invited army personnel have had assignments in testing conditions such as Kargil, Wagah, Baramulla etc, and at the Siachen too. The special guests shared their adventurous experiences while on duty, protecting the interests of our country. They said they were never scared losing life because the pride of upholding India's integrity weighed more than the fear of losing life. They called upon the youth who were present at the venue to join the Indian army, to attain that sense of satisfaction in life. The audience were all awestruck hearing to the bravado of some of the guests. They were truly inspiring. The crowd overwhelmingly proclaimed "This is the best Sankranti I've ever had". Defenitely, there wouldn't be festivals if there wasn't these valiant soldiers guarding us all the way putting their heart and soul upfront.
Arvind, a student of the college took initiative to organise this wonderful program. Prashant Reddy welcomed the guests. It was apt that the program began with the inspirational words of Shri. Ramesh, DySP Chickaballapura in his invocation speech. Ms Lakshmi rendered the invocation prayer. Shashank introduced the guests. Gurunath did the compering.
