Friday, February 5, 2010

Republic Day Celebrations

Celebration of any thing and every thing in our special school is like a festival time. There is always lot of enthusiasm. Every one is bursting with energy.So Republic Day i.e. 26Th Jan is not an exception in this regard. You will find all our mentally challenged students in white dress and white shoos. Whether they can walk or not, whether they can talk or not, whether they can perform or not, it does not
make any difference. All have same degree of enthusiasm. They laugh when all laugh, they clap when others clap, they will run when they see others running. The campus of Sandnya Srushti is so charged up that it can not be explained in words. A boy in front of mike, tries to give a speech where in fact he can not speak. But he makes different sounds in varied pitch as per her/his teachers prompting. The joy on his face must be seen to believe. A CP child, who is mentally challenged and sitting on a chair, when tries to perform the drill exercise along with the peer, where in fact he is unable to move his arms, but the type of attempt he makes, I always feel, that, for so called normal people like me it is a lesson to be followed. We normal people give up our attempts with slight failure and do not have much courage to face the reality. Whenever I am in Sandnya Srushti campus, the sight of these mentally challenged makes me forget the rest of the world.It is like in meditation. It is a feeling which I can not put in words nor can I explain it. Their movements, their attempts, their gestures, laughter and every thing they try makes me forget the whole of the world.
The other side of these celebrations is the parent. When parents in the audience see their son/daughter perform a certain act, the satisfaction can be felt through their glowing faces. You can make out from their faces and expressions, that they could not believe that their child can perform a certain act. Apart from this, you must see the respective teachers face, which says, well done my boy/girl. The teacher is so eager and happy to show the world around them that, though he is different but still can perform. With out speaking, they try to tell the world, that let us give them opportunity and than see the difference.

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