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KV Navya and Vaishali Vijaykumar ByExpress News ServiceCHENNAI: It was around 12.30 am on August 15 in 1947 when my father woke me up to say we got independence. I ran to my window to see men in groups laughing loudly and women peeping through their windows, looking happy. Breaking shacklesThe following day, men gathered all the foreign-made goods and burned them in a bonfire. Everyone danced around the bonfire singing poems and songs on Independence, remembers Lalitha breaking into the song Aaduvome Pallu Paduvome from Naam Iruvar, which was a hit in 1947. New breaths of libertyThe following day, men gathered all the foreign-made goods and clothes, and burned them in a bonfire..