Walk for freedom
If you want to do something more proactive on Friday, August 15 than simply sleep in or watch the tricolour fluttering on different TV channels, try putting your sole (literally) into I-Day. There is a special walk slated for the day, called Footsteps to Freedom, which focuses on the role Mumbai (then Bombay) played in the freedom movement.

Through this walk, one can go back to the pre-Independence era and re-visit sites and stories of the struggle. One is taken through the events and narrative of the freedom movement in Mumbai. The places to be touched are August Kranti Maidan, Mani Bhavan, High Court, Gateway of India, Town Hall, Flora Fountain (Hutatma Chowk), Royal Indian Mutiny and Chowpatty Beach, conducted by a walking company called Raconteur Tours.