Indepedance day!

We celebrated Indian Independance day today at UIC. Professor Venkat hoisted a flag for us and we sang the national anthem. I hope I got all the words exactly right, after all I had been singing it through out my schools days; Prof Venkat asked everyone to contibute to the society around them; its a good reminder. His mother was visiting the campus, so we asked her to speak a few words as well; she head been a teacher in India for around 37 years and she felt very happy speaking to grad students :) well, she asked everyone not to forget their homeland; must see for myself how many will remember her words.