The tricolour shielded us: Indian students

Evacuated Indian students said that their country’s flag protected them on their way out of Ukraine

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00:00You have to go through such ordeals in the army.

00:06Even that is far away in such a young age.

00:09If the Russian army sees you, they won't even touch you.

00:21For the first time, we saw the power of the Indian flag.

00:24Even the children of other countries, Nigerian, Moroccan,

00:27they were crossing the border using our flag.

00:47We had a conversation with the army about our Indian flag.

00:53If you are an Indian, you don't have to be afraid.

00:55Because India and Russia are all good.

01:01I arranged the flag. I ran to the market.

01:03I got the color spray.

01:05Then I bought six color sprays.

01:07Then I went to another shop.

01:08I cut a curtain and made a hand-to-hand spray.

01:15We put two big Indian flags in front of the bus.

01:19So that we get free clearance.

01:21Actually, it worked.

01:23Because people saw the Indian flag.

01:25They saw that these are all Indian medical students.

01:27So they got the allowance.

01:28When we were leaving the house, we put the flag on the bus.

01:31We sang the national anthem.

01:32Then we left.