Revolution Day Celebrated

Vidya Vikas Academy celebrated Goa Revolution Day on 18th June 2011 to commemorate the day when State's Liberation Struggle against the Portuguese regime had got the boost as freedom fighters under the leadership of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia had given a clarion call to the people of Goa to act against the colonial power.
A student of class 7, Lisa Marie Mascarenhas narrated the Revolution Day story of 18th June 1946. Students of class 8, Shweta Mopkar, Nikita Raposo, Saiesh Karwarkar, Sairaj Phaldesai, Kenneth Da Silva and Jaikeshi Kadam presented an action song depicting the revolutionary change brought in the Goans by Dr. Lohia.
Mast. Graham Alphonsus read a poem written originally in Konkani by Dr. Manoharai Sardesai and translated into English by Jaime De Mello and Sameer Kelekar.
Students of class 6 to 9 attended the programme along with the teachers. Mrs. Reshma Raikar co-ordinated the programme.