Dimdima
Online Children's Magazine from India
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CHILDREN'S CONTRIBUTIONS
"The world itself is the greatest fairy tale and story of adventure that has been written," wrote Jawaharlal Nehru in one of his letters to the children of India. "Only we must have eyes to see and ears to hear and a mind that opens out the life and beauty of the world."
"Chacha Nehru" as the children affectionately called Panditji loved chilren deeply. He liked to talk with them, throw his garlands to them and play with them. With his gentle, friendly manner he was able to make even the shyest child feel at ease. Inspite of being the busy Prime Minister of India he found time to attend childrens' functions and share their ambitions and thoughts. He saw in children the future citizens and knew that the future of the country depended on them. His fondness for the children increased with the years and soon all children came to consider charming chacha Nehru as their special friend. Many children who met him or received prizes from him remember him with love and reverence. Chacha Nehru loved children. He loved red roses. He believed that children are like flowers - sweet, carefree and innocent. On his birthday, 14th November he met thousands of children at a rally. This great is no longer here to talk with the children he loved so much, but his message is still carried to them so that they can open their minds to life and beauty. Even after so many years following his death his memory continues to live with us - each year on 14th November his birthday is celebrated by observing it as Children's Day.
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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.
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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.