August 15 is a day for all of us to recollect the national struggle for freedom. The revolution that also gave us our moral values and strengthens our collective value system.

It is only if we think back to the days of the freedom struggle that we will appreciate this day and our freedom all the more. If we know what our freedom fighters went through to achieve Independence only then will this day become special. We should understand what slavery is to fully know the magic of freedom.

I am training to be an IAS officer. We are not expected to dream. I am not a politician nor a film star, we are bureaucrats who carry out government orders and policies. I will do my job.

I am part of the most diverse country in the world. Every day I can appreciate a new phase of this diversity. This makes me proud to be an Indian.

S Nagarajan spoke to A Ganesh Nadar