Independence Day celebration at the Adhunik Steels Plant

On the occasion of the 63rd Independence Day, 13 of us had been to the Adhunik Steels Plant to celebrate the day. We were invited to the place to perform a skit on drug addiction and awareness. We left our hostels at about 8:45 am and took around 45 minutes to reach our destination plant which is located in the outskirts of Rourkela.

We were warmly greeted by the members of the plant. After a short interval of time, the chief guest arrived and he hoisted the tricolour. And after his speech, we had our 20 minutes play on Drug Addiction and Awareness. The crowd showed a very positive response to the play and appreciated the topic of the play. A short while after our performance were a few dance performances which we enjoyed a lot. And our presence was then acknowledged by gifts.

After this two hour long programme, we had an interactive session with the top brass at Adhunik who are also Rotarians. They told us all the basic things about how the steel bars are made and what all shapes are casted later on. Thereafter, we had a small tour of the place, they showed us the furnace in which the iron was melted, and we even got the chance to see liquid iron. The plant was very big, so we visited only few sections of it. The trip to the place was really good as it was something like fun-cum-study tour. And with all these nice experiences we left the place at about 1:00 pm.

It was really a one of a kind experience. None of us had thought that we would celebrate our Independence Day by visiting a plant and seeing the liquid iron.

Spread the Cheese

There are 2 kinds of happiness we can achieve. Theres happiness to be got from the internal statisfaction from seeing the smile on people's faces when you help them and blah blah.. which we are incessantly showered with at Rotaract, and there's another happiness, the happiness you feel when someone sees your work and appreciates what youre doing, especially when that someone is an important person and ready to fund your work ;), catch my drift (Im not really sure if thats the correct winking smilie).
So when you go back home this vacation, spread the word, tell your friends about what Rotaract is doing to change the community, interact with local Rotaract clubs and see if you can imbibe any new ideas or forge collaborations.
How are we going to do this? We already have the mediums set up for the dissemination of information. The Rotaract website is up and running (thats http://rotaractnitrkl.org for those of you who dont know already), theres the Rotaract Google group and the rotaract blog, which I hope will remain active in the vacations. Don't hesitate to fill it up if you find something that you found interesting and RELEVANT. Hopefully, by the end of this semster we'll have our T-shirts ready to take along with us.
The call is to all years, present and past members, to raise awareness about our work.