India in 1947: Eunice D’Sa
By kamla bhatt • Aug 15th, 2012Category: Diaspora, Featured, India, Life, Video
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India in 1947 what was it like? How did the young people react when India became independent on August 15, 1947? What was the transition like? How did they learn the new national anthem? What did the young students learn in their geography classes in the 1940s? What was the map of India like? For these questions and more we turned to Eunice D’Asa fondly referred to as Aunty Euna.
She vividly recollect 1947 for that was the year she got married. She paints a picture of what young people like her felt when India got its independence in 1947. Prior to 1947 it was the British anthem that was sung in schools and concerts and Aunty Euna explains how they learnt the new national anthem for India. She has been playing the Indian national anthem on the piano for over 60 years now. Here’s a video clip of her playing the Indian national anthem.
Aunty Euna moved to the US over 20 years ago, and lives in Silicon Valley.
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Kamla Bhatt is the host and producer of an Internet Radio show where listeners can find stories about the new and emerging India and the global Indian community. As a pioneer of 'internet radio' format in India Kamla started her first show News about India, followed by TalkNewsIndia in 2005. In 2006 she premiered her new show: The Kamla Bhatt Show: Life, People and Ideas. 
