INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS 2013 AT HOPE HOME CALCUTTA

WE CELEBRATED INDIA'S 67TH INDEPENDENCE DAY AT THE HOPE HOME TODAY. DEV UNFURLED THE INDIAN NATIONAL FLAG AT 8:30 A.M. THIS MORNING IN OUR SCHOOL GROUNDS. IT WAS BRIGHT, SUNNY AND  HOT :-) 

ALL THE STUDENTS AND STAFF AND HOPE HOME CALCUTTA CHILDREN WERE PRESENT FOR THIS IMPORTANT NATIONAL EVENT!

 OUR PRIDE-OUR NATIONAL FLAG

 

 THE STAFF AND TEACHERS SANG A PATRIOTIC SONG IN BENGALI FOR THE STUDENTS

 THE STUDENTS QUEUED UP AFTER THE BRIEF PROGRAM TO RECEIVE A FOOD PACKET WHICH WE DISTRIBUTED TO ALL THE STUDENTS AND STAFF

ARUN AND PAYEL HELP IN DISTRIBUTING THE FOOD PACKETS TO THE STUDENTS AND STAFF

 AFTER THE CELEBRATIONS AT THE HOPE HOME CALCUTTA, WE WENT OVER TO ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL FOR AN INTER-CHURCH FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT! IN THE FOREGROUND IN JOHN (SARKAR)!

 THE INDIAN NATIONAL FLAG FLUTTERING IN THE GENTLE AFTERNOON BREEZE

JUST AFTER 5 P.M., WE RECEIVED ONE OF THE HEAVIEST 90 MINUTE RAINS FOR THIS MONSOON...IT WAS DARK, WINDY AND TONS OF GALLONS OF WATER POURING DOWN FROM THE SKY!

 TO ALL OUR BELOVED FRIENDS VISITING OUR BLOGS (NOW FROM OVER 35 COUNTRIES), A HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!

THANK YOU ALL FOR STANDING WITH US IN PRAYERS, ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT IN THIS TRANSFORMATIONAL MOVEMENT! GOD BLESS YOU ALL!