‘ABHAY’  THE  FEARLESS

A Martyr never dies due to the enemy fire, he dies when his nation forgets him –AN UNKNOWN PATRIOT

         Leading the way and illuminating the path, paying homage to our martyrs and respects to the Veterans every year,  are the Rotaract students of KC College. Like last year Rotaract President Shivam Agrawal and his council of students under the able guidance of their Principal Hon. Rtr. Dr  Hemlata Bagla organised a program to felicitate the Veterans from the Armed Forces during the evening of  the 26 Nov, a day that is a Remembrance Day for Mumbai, when she lost 166 of her children in a horrific terrorist strike. KC college invited Mr MS Bitta, the Chairman of the AIATF (All India Anti-Terrorist Front) as the Chief Guest along with Mr SP Ahuja, President of AIATF Mumbai. Mr Bitta is an Icon who has lead the way in Anti-terrorism and has survived 14 lethal attacks on him. KC College also invited Cdr Vijay Vadhera, President of Mumbai Chapter of the Navy Foundation as their Guest of Honour.

           Despite their holidays, the college left no stone unturned to put their best foot forward to put up an exceptional  show that was appreciated by all invited  veterans of the three services. After the arrival of the Guests, Mr MS Bitta, Mr SP Ahuja and Cdr Vijay Vadhera were escorted onto the Stage. Traditional Lighting of the Lamp was performed by the honoured and distinguished guests. The Principal in the opening addressed, in her warm sonorous perfect diction, welcomed the Guests on this august occasion and explained the essence behind the ‘Abhay’ theme. Mr MS Bitta in his address, narrated in his forceful style his love for his motherland and how he survived 14 terrorist attacks on him during the pre-1984 Punjab unrest. He praised the Armed Forces for the sacrifices rendered for our motherland. Departing from last year’s format of a Panel discussion, the students this year resorted to a more meaningful interactive session with the Veterans. The Master of Ceremony Rtr Sajani and Paree exhorted students to write down questions for the Veterans.  The informative session lasted for about an hour wherein the Veterans narrated their service experiences and action encounters during the 1971 war. (Videos attached Below)

     The Veterans were individually felicitated by Cdr Vijay Vadhera and the VP Rotaract Students Rtr Shivam, Sajani, and Paree after which a scintillating colourful Group Dance was performed by the young energetic students of BMC High pointSchool ‘Chikitsak’ and another couple of  awesome dance performances by the KC students.

      The mesmerising Cultural program  was followed by a delectable supper for the veterans and dignitaries, well looked after by the smart students of KC. The Principal’s presence added to the grace as she interacted with the veterans. She was delightd to meet KC College Alumnus Mrs Meena Dutta who graduated and Post graduated from KC College 30 yrs ago. Her other 2 sisters Kunj Bali and Nishi Kumar were also KC alumni.

       A very well organised event for the Veterans of the Army, Navy and Air-Force by KC College, the memories of which  shall be cherished in the footprints of time to come by all those who graced the occasion. The Veterans specially thanked the Principal Dr. Hemlata Bagla, Rtrs Shivam Agrawal, Jay Sotta,  Akshita Shah, Sajani Aras, Vineet Wagh, Dhir Jain,  and Suryam Jain and other appointees who toiled hard to make the programme a grand success.

Dosto,

Shahidon ki chittaon par har baras lageinge mele,

Sarhad par mitne walon ka yehi akhri nishan hoga.

         Kudos to KC College for remembering and felicitating the Veterans and paying homage to the Martyrs in successive years.

Jai Hind  !

VIDEO OF LIGHTING THE LAMP AND SPEECH BY

PRINCIPAL DR HEMLATA BAGLA AND 

CDR VIJAY VADHERA PRESIDENT NFMC ⇊

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-kKVt4x_EE 

VIDEO OF CAPT AGRAWALA, CMDE BK AHLUWALIA & BRIG PK GULATI ⇊
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY-hiq52t7U&feature=youtu.be 


VIDEO OF CMDE M BHADA, CDR RAJ DUTTA & CDR ABHISHEK KANKAN ⇊
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUjEBxIxQv4

CULTURAL  PERFORMANCES OF STUDENTS OF CHIKITSAK SCHOOL & KC COLLEGE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdo4CeSw1LU&feature=youtu.be

About the Author

Commander Rajinder Dutta (Retd) has been a Naval Pilot and a Qualified Flying Instructor with about 3000 hrs of flying on various fixed wing Aircraft of Indian Navy, viz HT-2, HPT-32, Kirans, Islander, Super Connie, Fokker F-27 and IL-38.

 He is the Hon Secy of NFMC, a Master of Ceremonies and an avid blogger. 

http://rajdutta26.blogspot.com/