Dimdima
Online Children's Magazine from India
One day a beggar knocked at the door of a house, and when a woman opened the door, asked her for alms.
"I've nothing to give you," said the woman. "Please go!"
The woman, who was newly married, lived with her mother-in-law. When her mother-in-law heard her refusing alms to the beggar she was furious.
"Who are you to refuse alms to this man!" she demanded. "I'm the mistress of the house!!"
Thus chastened, the daughter-in-law fled to her room.
"Thank you, kind lady," said the beggar, ingratiatingly.
"All I asked for was a coin to buy food. I did not know she was not the mistress of the house."
"She's not!" snapped the woman. "She had no right to refuse you alms. I'm in charge here, and let me tell you something: you're not getting a paisa from me!!"
And with that, she slammed the door in the beggar's face.
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.