Every living soul is born with a purpose, possesses a distinctive passion with a unique talent by the almighty. Once your passion is identified get the best possible knowledge and skills and invest it back into the development of the country, said Fr Maria Stephen, the PRO of the Archdiocese in an address to the students.
Queen Mary School, Ayodhya Nagar, bypass road, celebrated the 70th Independence Day with zeal and enthusiasm with variety of cultural programs. Fr Maria Stephen, the PRO hosted the national flag. In his address he expressed his desire that youth to think different and innovative without being scared of failure. He asked the students to take oath to resist all forms of violence. They must invest their energies into becoming a productive approach and restrict the violence, he added. India wants its youth to be respectful to all — children, adults, senior citizens. Independent means inter-dependency where we all need each other.
Women should be treated equally as men and encouraged to get into a productive work force instead of being constrained to a supportive work force.
The youth of India are the lifelines of the country, he added.
Different houses of the school took march past followed by a drill by middle class students. There were inspiring skit, dances and patriotic songs performed by different class students followed by distribution of the prizes. The entire program was managed by the students of Queen Mary School besides their motivating speeches.