Dimdima
Online Children's Magazine from India
Dimdima
Online Children's Magazine from India
Botswana is an arid land with the Kalahari desert extending into the western part of the country. So rain, which is called pula, is very important to the people here. When they shout out a greeting it includes the word pula. Pula is also the unit of their currency. The blue in their flag represents the life-giving waters of pula. Most Batswana (that is what the people of the country are called) are farmers and herders of cattle. Botswana is Africa’s largest exporter of meat and meat products. It is also the world’s largest producer of diamonds. It also mines gold and soda ash. Its herds of wild game draw tourists from far and near.
So despite being arid and landlocked, Botswana has done quite well for itself economically and is one of the more prosperous and politically-stable countries of Africa.
Its capital Gaborone was established in 1965, a year before Botswana got its independence from Britain.
Last updated on :12/5/2001
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Area : 581,730 sq km
Capital : Gaborone
Population : 1,573,267
Language : English, Setswana
Currency : pula
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.