78 Years of Valour

Seventy-eight A number, a heartbeat, a nation's pulse Freedom's rhythm, syncopated with time Tricolour dreams billowing in the wind Saffron courage, white truth, green hope Ashoka's wheel-spinning tales of unity in diversity From Kashmir's peaks to Kanyakumari's shores Independence echoes In the clamour of cities In the quiet of villages In the laughter of children who know no chains 1947 to now A journey etched in sweat and stars Gandhi's footsteps to freedom! We've walked, we've run, we've soared Progress flows like the Ganges Carving new paths through ancient lands In laboratories of innovation In classrooms of aspiration In fields ripe with promise Yet mountains loom Challenges whisper in the dark But we are the children of revolutionaries Our blood sings with the courage of generations Tiranga A flutter, a flame, a beacon Seventy-eight years young Free, fierce, forward-moving In this moment Between yesterday's struggles and tomorrow's dreams We stand We remember We pledge India Not just a place, but a poem Not just a country, but a constellation Of hopes, of hearts, of histories intertwined Seventy-eight years And the story has only just begun Happy Independence Day!