Hindi story : एक था मेरा शहर का स्कूल
Something for Hindi
हिंदी पर गर्व करना ,ये वाक्य मेरे लिए उतना ही अद्भुत है जितना संसार में पेड़ो का हरे होना या आकाश का नीला होना।
मैं तो सदैव हिंदी की ही रही हूँ और हिंदी कभी भी मेरे लिए भाषा तो रही नहीं। मेरी अभिव्यक्ति ,भाव ,तनाव,हास्य और रूचि तो हिंदी ही रही और रहेगी भी।
जब मेरी सोच का माध्यम हिंदी ही है तब गर्व किस बात के लिए और क्यों? खैर , इस प्रश्न का उत्तर भी मुझे हिंदी ने ही आपने तरीके से दिया।
कोई दो दशक पूर्व अंग्रेज़ी सीखना मेरी अनिवार्यता बन गयी थी। अंग्रेज़ी का एक टेस्ट होता था , IELTS अब उन दिनों बिडम्बना ये थी की विदेशी मेडिकल एग्जाम से पूर्व IELTS में एक निर्धारित स्कोर लाना पड़ता था। उन दिनों मेरी इंटर्नशिप चल रही थी और नया नया शौक लगा IELTS देने का। अब उस वक़्त इंटरनेट आज की तरह बहु प्रचिलित नहीं हुआ करता था। इसलिए लोगो से पूछ पाछ कर काम चलना पड़ता था। किसी ने बताया की कॉलेज के एक सीनियर ने हाल ही में IELTS क्लियर किया हुआ है तो उनसे पूछ लो। ख़ैर IELTS की जानकारी और किताबे तो उपलब्ध हुई परन्तु अंग्रेज़ी भाषा के ज्ञान के अर्जन हेतु मैं ने इन श्रीमान की श्रीमती होने के प्रस्ताव को स्वीकार कर लिया। इसी बीच IELTS का स्कोर आया ,अपनी उपलब्धि पर किसी ओलिंपिक पदक विजेता जैसा गर्व महसूस हो रहा था। लगा चलो अंग्रेज़ी तो सीखी अब आगे तो अंग्रेज़ी ही रास्ता दिखाएगी। पर ये क्या IELTS का स्कोर तो केवल दो साल तक ही मान्य रहता है। मतलब जो करना है वो दो साल के अन्दर करो वरना दुबारा टेस्ट दो. अब हमे लगा ये दोबारा ऐसा कपटी एग्जाम दे ने की हिम्मत तो है नहीं तो सोचा चलो एक बार विदेश यात्रा कर ही आये। इसी व्यस्तता में हिंदी को मैं आपने से दूर कर रही थी। हिंदी में न कोई लेख पड़ती थी और न किसी से हिंदी चर्चा का प्रयोजन महसूस होता था। समय बीतता गया और हिंदी चुपचाप मेरा इन्तज़ार करने लगी। कभी हिंदी मुझ से मिलने आती बच्चो की लोरियों में तो कभी बच्चो छोटी छोटी कहनियो में। धीरे धीरे बच्चो को अहसास हो गया था की उनकी माँ की मातृ भाषा हिंदी ही है और अंग्रज़ी सिर्फ कार्य क्षेत्र की भाषा भर है। बच्चो में एक गर्वबोध था माँ से अच्छी हिंदी किसी की नहीं है। बस दोनों ने जिद पकड़ ली की अब उन्हें हिंदी में कोई चैंपियन बना सकता है तो उनकी माँ. अपनी टूटी फूटी हिंदी ले कर शब्दों को लगे जोड़ने। उनका आग्रह देख हिंदी थोड़ा हसीं ,फिर हाथ थाम कर बोली -चलो फिर से शुरू करे अ से अनार।
History in making : A child’s perspective on 2020
Not very long ago I finished learning my alphabet
Soon reading books becomes my greatest asset
Strangely, I become inquisitive and start exploring the mystery
Of the past through the lessons of history
For me, chapters in a history book are some vehicle
That secretly travels between different time zones and experience is magical
Sometimes reading about the era of the king-queen kingdom
Sometime collecting knowledge on struggle of freedom
So many stories and so many wonders
Some treaties proved blessing , and some regarded as blunders
World war to World Trade Tower disasters
Lucky me ️born many years after
I thought no more such catastrophe going to come on earth any soon
However, the year 2020 unfortunately not looking like a boon
It seems the merciless Corona not letting anyone immune
No school for me so all day watching cartoon
I can feel I am being part of history in making
But the whole experience is terrible, and I am shaking
Thinking how would my family going to cope
But still, I am not losing hope
Things will be back to normal again someday
Until then, we need to stay calm anyway.
What’s the name
Around five years back, my growing up started getting curious about his surroundings. While scrolling down through the local park, he constantly chirps in “Mom what the name of this big plant is? “ “Momy look at this amazing red flower, what’s the name? All I could mutter for ten questions- “Sorry! I don’t know 🤷♀️. After a few minutes, his patience silently stood a few meters apart from him, and he asks – “Moma what do you know? “ “Not much “- I confessed. “ My knowledge about Australian native flora is almost nothing. But yes, I am at least good with Indian plants. So why don’t you teach me little about Australian kinds of stuff and I exchange my knowledge of Indian nature .”- I proposed the plan in front of him. He quickly reached to the conclusion- “why not mommy “. Since then, he never asked me what’s the name of the plant or flower; instead, he explains to me about tress and plant, while we go together for a walk.
Unfolding the creative canvas
Meet the artist
Hi, I am Sarva from India . I am a 10 year old boy and my hobby is passing time with colours. I learnt my skills from YouTube videos and specially want to thank Deepak Art and Craft for creating such useful videos for kids. If I can create colourful artwork then you can also channelize your spare time into a creative canvas.
If you also want to be the part of unfolding the creative canvas ,send me an email with your artwork along with the permission of your parents.
Don’t need pill, every time you get ill
Child 1 ( role Raman ) – “Mom I am having severe tummy pain . Can’t go to school today .
Child 2 ( Role mom ) – oh god ! What happened to you again , it’s just last week only you managed to recover and now again you are sick . Let me call doctor.
Child 3 ( role doctor ) – Good morning Raman’s mum , what’s the matter ?
Child 2 ( Raman Mom ) – Again Raman is having tummy pain and vomiting. Could you prescribe some medication doctor .
Scene – doctor examine Raman
Child 1 ( Raman ) – Yes doctor uncle give me some sweet medicine.
Child 3 ( doctor ) – Raman every time one gets ill doesn’t need pill .
Child 1 (Raman ) – what ? ( look at the doctor with question mark face )
Child 3 : ( doctor ) – well , some disease need prevention. And prevention need behaviour modification. Such as adopting good habits , for example: washing hands before touching food .
Child 1 ( Raman ) yes doctor I forget to wash hand 😕
Child 3 ( doctor ) – Raman do you understand where is the problem?
So , remember, you don’t need pill , every time you get ill because prevention is the skill
Vibrant feathers in a gold crown
Once upon a time, in a spectacular paradise land, there was a stunning gold crown, who was proud of his shine and texture. He never wanted anything else to touch him, so he preferred to stay in a gold box. Every morning the crown looks up in the mirror and proudly appreciate his radiant glow and chanted -“I am glad that I am pure gold and I can never get old.”
One day few soft and colourful feathers blew in the room and floating across one corner to the other. The dancing pattern of quills was so elegant that the crown itself was mesmerised for hours. Crown had never felt so relaxed before and suddenly he doesn’t want to go back in the box too. Rather, he wanted to do groovy movements with the vibrant feathers. In his joyful voice, the crown announced-“I am glad that I am pure gold but without singing-dancing, I feel really bored. Hence, requesting talented feathers to be with me to uphold: the charm of blending colourful feathers in a gold crown.”
Similar to the gold crown 🤴 adolescents often embedded themselves into the world 🌍 of books 📚 and forget rest of their dimensions to explore . However, adding some feathers of extracurricular activities such as sports 🥎, drawing ✍️ and dancing 💃 can help a student 👩🎓 to relax and socialise. Go ahead achieve goals however don’t forget to collect hobbies in journey of life to achieve the milestone of happiness in a positive life.
Oh no! I forgot to write for young children
Recently, after reading my article, one of my close friends thought to let her daughter read that write-up. However, these writing pieces were full of medical terminologies and serious topics. Therefore, I decided to write something for kids around nine years old. Oh no! I can’t think of a suitable topic for them!
These creative kids are no longer babies who can laugh from the likes of the beautiful story of the starving caterpillar by Eric Carle. Oops! Sorry for the wrong title! It was not very famished or starving; it was the very hungry caterpillar.
They are also not looking for stories which scare them in their childhood. Remember how the interesting Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson can help kids’ imagination to float on paper? Then I thought – will children be happy with the story of the famous Robin Hood? Oh, no! the children declined my proposal because Robin Hood’s attire is not impressive anymore. Wearing such an outfit these days is hard. So, I decided to look for a story from my library. I think this time I am lucky and grab the famous Harry Potter book by J.K.Rowling. I was sure children couldn’t say no to this book, but I was wrong again; the children had read this book several times before. Oh no! how come kids are so smart? I read it when I was in college. That’s another story I never liked reading so much, and I was often scolded by my parents for not reading books. How could I ever reveal the reason for getting scolded to my children?
Lastly, I tried to look for some real-life inspiring character. However, children seemed not ready to absorb so many facts as they are still kids. These kids are so confusing; sometimes they act so smart, and sometimes they behave just like their baby brothers/sisters.
Therefore, I gave up and started writing again for mums and dads.
Kidsvarta 