Dimdima
Online Children's Magazine from India
Prickly pears are usually left alone by grazing animals because of their thorns.
However, giant tortoises in the Galapages Islands did not mind a prick here and there as long as they could get to the juicy stem-pads.
But the prickly pear has had the last laugh. It has developed trunks complete with bark leaving the giant tortoise gaping at it.
Last updated on :12/30/2005
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Dimdima is the Sanskrit word for ‘drumbeat’. In olden days, victory in battle was heralded by the beat of drums or any important news to be conveyed to the people used to be accompanied with drumbeats.
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Dimdima.com, the Children's Website of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan launched in 2000 and came out with a Printed version of Dimdima Magazine in 2004. At present the Printed Version have more than 35,000 subscribers from India and Abroad.