Dimdima
Online Children's Magazine from India
The emperor Akbar was travelling to a distant place along with some of his courtiers. It was a hot day and the emperor was tiring of the journey.
"Can't anybody shorten this road for me?" he asked, querulously.
"I can," said Birbal.
The other courtiers looked at one another, perplexed. All of them knew there was no other path through the hilly terrain. The road they were travelling on was the only one that could take them to their destination.
"You can shorten the road?" said the emperor. "Well, do it."
"I will," said Birbal. "Listen first to this story I have to tell."
And riding beside the emperor's palanquin, he launched upon a long and intriguing tale that held Akbar and all those listening, spellbound. Before they knew it they had reached the end of their journey.
"We've reached?" exclaimed Akbar. "So soon!"
"Well," grinned Birbal, "you did say you wanted the road to be shortened."
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.