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Story: A safe and happy Holi!

It was a beautiful sunny morning. As the first sun rays hit the red brick house on the edge of the lake, Radhika burst in the door to wake up her younger brother Raj. “Wake up, come on, be quick you sleepy head, it’s Holi!” she said. Raj and Radhika shared the room and Radhika had to fuss with Raj every day in the morning because he was such a late riser.

But how could Raj be late today, it was Holi! He woke up after a while. Both of them raced downstairs, ate their breakfast quickly, and drank up their milk with a gulp! Their mother was so surprised at that. They sprang up, took their buckets and water pistols and ran out. “Bye Ma, we are off to play Holi!” Radhika shouted as they ran off to the ground. All their friends– Meena, Pranav, Sunita, Sahil and Anu were there. They exchanged mischievous smiles and jumped on each other with water pistols and colours. It was fun. Then they gathered in a circle to discuss the next move. They decided to go to the colony nearby.

Equipped with shiny new equipment, the team marched to the colony. They coloured everyone on the way, even if the person was not willing.  So naughty were those kids! Reaching the colony, they threw colours on the kids there. The team made quite a scene. Meena gave the colours to Pranav who mixed the colours into the water to make different shades. Then Sahil and Sunita filled the water into their water pistols and attacked other kids. Anu and everyone else made the water balloons and threw them around. Radhika loved bossing everyone around and Raj kept running to and fro, bringing more colours from home.

It was going well, but a boy from the other colony was too mischievous. He came from behind and threw balloons even on younger kids. When he broke Sunita’s water gun, the children got angry. “That’s the limit!” said Radhika. They huddled up and made a plan. Raj quickly went up the stairs onto the terrace of a building with a bucket of water. Other children kept balloons in their hands. Pranav went up to the boy and said, “Hey, I know where those kids from other colony have kept their water balloons hidden. I will show you the hiding place if you come with me.” He took the naughty boy to a place near the terrace building and pretended to sneeze. That was the cue! He ran away, and the boy was attacked with water balloons from all sides. A chilling spray of gushing water fell on top of him.  He ran away home crying and shivering. “Hooray!” A cheer of triumph was let out by the team and they too headed back to their homes.

After having a warm bath, Radhika and Raj ate the special Holi lunch. Then they discussed all the activities of the day. After some time the chatty maid came to wash the dishes. She told their mom about a boy Monu who was hurt badly when some kids threw water balloons on his head. He was taken to the hospital because of his injury. When Radhika and Raj heard it they gasped, it was the same boy they had attacked with water balloons! They told their mother it was because of them that Monu was hurt.

Mom immediately took them to the hospital where Monu was admitted. Their other friends were there too. They all went to Monu’s bed to wish him well. “We are sorry Monu, we shouldn’t have done that”, said Radhika. “It’s okay friends, I also shouldn’t have been so naughty”, said Monu.

Doctor uncle said, “Playing Holi is fun but you should play it safely. Always use natural colours to play Holi as chemical colours can do harm to our skin. You should not play Holi with those who don’t want to play.” And then he said, “Never play Holi with water balloons, Monu is not alone, many other kids are hurt as well.”

“We are very sorry”, said Raj. “We will always play a safe and happy Holi.”
“That’s like it kids”, said the mother, “Now how about a box of sweets?”
All kids shouted, “Yes! Holi Hai!”

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A Happy Holi!

Happy Holi to you, all my friends!

After a long wait, the festival of colours is finally here! I love Holi because of all friends and families coming together, the colours, joy, happiness and snacks of course! Altogether it is a festival to have fun!

But there is one thing I do not like about Holi. The wastage of water. The problem of water shortage is very high in our country, crops of farmers are withering and drying, and the children are crying with thirst. We all are aware of it but are still wasting water just for fun. Why don’t we all join our hands together and do whatever we can to save water and the earth, and play a waterless Holi! After all, little drops of water make the sea!

Also, this time instead of buying chemical colours from the market, I made my own Holi colours at home. They are non-toxic, and not only they rub off quite easily, they are very safe for, us and the environment.

I made two colours, pink and orange. I made the pink by adding Araroat powder with kumkum, and the orange one by mixing a bit of kumkum and turmeric powder with Araroat. The colours are not so vibrant as the colours available in the market but they are worth a safe and happy Holi.

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friends poem: Yellow

This a poem written by a little friend Urvax, who won my book “My little world” in a contest. He got inspired by my poem “Go Green” and wrote this poem,
Great Urvax, keep it up. I am publishing your poem on my blog “My Little World”.
Yellow.

Where are you, YELLOW?
YELLOW says, What do you mean;
I am in the lemons, mangoes, pumpkins and papayas and
sometimes I am in Octopuses too!
What do you Do YELLOW?
I give Mother Earth it’s Sunlight and I fight the Dark.
I make your Mouth sweet and sour and isn’t that great?
I also help octopuses to hide and it saves their life.
O YELLOW, you are the best colour for me I love you very much

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Happy Vivekanand Jayanti!

Today is Swami Vivekanand Jayanti, it’s his birthday! This day is also known as national youth day. Swami Vivekanand was a great man who went into countries and gave speeches about India and Rajyoga. He spread the name of Rajyoga and India to all the world and explained what God meant to the Hindu mind.

Here is his story:

He was born in the nineteenth century, to Vishwanath Datta and Bhuvaneshwari, in Calcutta. He was named Narendranath. He always liked to sit in a quiet corner and meditate. One day he went to Dakshineshwar , to a guru named Shri Ramakrishna. A question always occupied his young mind. He asked that question to Shri Ramakrishna. “Have you seen God?” To his surprise, the answer he gave was, “Yes, I have seen god”.

From that day, Narendranath became his disciple. After Shri Ramakrishna died, Narendranath decided to set out on a pilgrimage. He wore a monk’s garb and set out. He went and traveled all around India from east to west, north to south. Then he saw a vision. In that vision he saw his guru, Shri Ramakrishna, urging him to go to the parliament of religion. He made up his mind to go. From that day on, he was known as swami Vivekanand. He went to the west and gave speeches in different places. He became famous. When he returned back to India, he helped the poor and needy and the sick. He took the work of his guru, forwarded and devoted himself to the needy and fed the poor. He helped revive the spirit of India, he inspired the countrymen to be proud of their heritage, he urged them to be fearless.

He was a real hero.

Here are some quotes of Swami Vivekanand:

You cannot believe in God,  until you believe in yourself.

“Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached.”

“You are the creator of your own destiny.”

“They alone live who live with others.”

“Be a hero, always say I have no fear.”

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A Happy Thanksgiving!

A happy thanksgiving!

Thank the people

With whom you are living.

Swing and sing

Make them happy.

Give them a gift,

Right now,

Be swift!

Take them somewhere

Take them on a tour.

Reach a friend’s heart

Go in through the door

Make them feel happy,

When they are feeling sore.

Give it a start,

Do it with all your heart.

A happy thanksgiving,

Thank the people with whom you are living!

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My experience of Santagaatha.

Yesterday, I went to a show of dance-drama Santagaatha in which the students of Nalanda Nritya Kala academy were performing Indian classical dance on tales of great writer-sages. I loved the show, the dances were nicely choreographed, the costumes were colorful, and the dancers were great.

I love dance and so I enjoyed the show greatly. I know how much efforts these dancers take, but the way they smiled and danced, it seemed as if they were enjoying the dance.

As the stories and work of the great sages, I learned about them, although I had read about some like Tulsidas, Meerabai, and Kabir, I learned about Purandara das, Rahim, and among the others. As for the dancers, I felt how it would be like if I was on stage instead of them. If I would have been given a chance, I would have chosen to perform in Kabir, because I liked it the best, the costumes were vivid and, it also delivered a message to the audience. In short, I would like to say that I enjoyed watching the show, and it was a one of a kind experience.capture

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Happy Birthday Google!!!

Today, on 27 September, 2016, Google has turned 18. Yes, you heard it right, today is Google’s birthdayyyy! Before we start singing the happy birthday song, here are some interesting facts about Google!

  •    The company actually wanted to name it googol, but because of a spelling mistake, it spelled Google.
  •     The number one continued by hundred zeros is called googol.
  •     Google calls its new employees nooglers.

The answer to all things is Google. We can search anything that we like. i don’t know how it would be without Google.

Thank you Google and a happy birthday once again!!!

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Oi! Rio Olympics 2016!

index2016 Olympics which is also known as Rio 2016 is here, and this time in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil!

Let me tell you something about Rio 2016.

207 countries from all around the world are participating in Rio 2016

In 42 different Olympic sports with 306 events in 19 days.

There are 136 medals for women and 161 for men.

121 athletes from India, both men and women, are participating in 15 sports in 66 events.

The mascot for Olympic is Vinicius and for Paralympics – Tom .

Vinicius looks like a monkey-cat with wings and Tom is a mixture of plants that grow in Brazil.

Isn’t all this amazing! All these numbers make my mind go round and round!

Well, I’m looking forward to the events, aren’t you?

I wish that I would be able to participate in the Olympics! It would be exciting!But for now, I must stop chattering but start practicing.

A MUST WATCH FOR EVERY ONE. DO WATCH!

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Go Green!

imagesfO green where have u been?

Green said- What do you mean?
I am here…haven’t you seen

I am in green peas,
I am on French beans

I am in the green trees

In little and big leaves.

You can see me even in the seas

 

Grasshoppers & caterpillars, have you ever seen?
Aren’t they green?

I am on bushes & water that gushes.

Mother nature loves me,

I am her favourite colour

And as I give her pleasure
she uses me like her treasure.

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Oh, green u are evergreen.

We will all Go green!

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SWIMMING IN THE POOL

Swimming in the pool

Is so cool

&

I like the misty blue tiles

In it painted in styles.

& I like sliding down from the slides in the the water that is what just I do

& you can slide in the water too.

Swooshhhh!

Comes the sound when I swim in water

I have so much fun in the pool…

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