Dimdima
Online Children's Magazine from India
Baroda, Gujarat
CHILDREN'S CONTRIBUTIONS
• The nearest star to us other than the sun is proxima centauri. It is 4.3 light years from the earth. ( 1 light year = 9460 billion km)
• Black holes are the heavenly bodies in which, the gravitational force is so strong that, it does not allow anything to escape. That is why it cannot be seen even with most powerful telescopes.
• There were 5 solar eclipses and 2 lunar eclipses in 1935. These were the highest ever recorded.
• A Nebula (cloud of dust and gas) shaped boomerang is the only object found so far that has a temperature lower than the background radiation.
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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.
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
K. M Munshi Marg,
Chowpatty, Mumbai - 400 007
email : editor@dimdima.com
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
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Tardeo, Mumbai - 400 034
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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.