Dimdima
Online Children's Magazine from India
In olden days there were no schools and colleges for imparting education to students. Students got their education under the guidance of a sage. The place was called gurukula. In one such gurukula there were two students named Harikrishna and Radheshyam.
After they completed their education the guru wanted to test them. He gave them two live pigeons and told them to kill them at a place where no one could see. Harikrishna and Radheshyam entered a deep forest to find a lonely place where they could kill the pigeon.
After two days Harikrishna returned to the ashram with a dead pigeon in his hand and told the guru that he killed the pigeon in a cave after covering the entrance with a big stone. He said that inside the cave there were not even insects to see the killing of the pigeon. The guru waited for Radheshyam. After two weeks Radheshyam returned to the ashram with a live pigeon in his hand and told the guru that he could not find a lonely place where he could kill it. Because in the course of teaching the guru had said that the almighty god is everywhere in the world.
The guru was pleased at Radheshyam and said he had passed the test and was free to leave the ashram. However Harikrishna had to stay longer in the ashram to complete his education, he said.
Moral: God is everywhere and watches every work we do.
Nandakishore Panda
Class V 'B'
Bhavan's Gandhi Vidyashram
Kodaikanal
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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