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Kidacity- Learn. Share. Grow
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Kidacity- Learn. Share. Grow
Ep 13- Sare Jahan Se Acha (Independence Day Special!)
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August 15th is a very special day for Indians all around the world. It is the day India got independence in 1947.I love a lot of things about India, especially its culture, festivals, food, music and the lovely places to visit. This week, I will share some interesting facts about India. You will also listen to a few children and adults share their likes and expectations from the country. There is also a surprise for you at the end of the show!
Resources:
1. Facts about India
2. Vikram Sarabhai
3. Rabindranath Tagore
4. Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore
5. Senator Kamala Harris
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Sare Jaha Se Acha
Hindosita Hamara Hamara
Sare Jaha Se Acha
(Music begins) Namaste! And welcome to Kidacity-where kids share, learn and have fun together. I am your host Samarth Chitta! This is Episode 13- Sare Jaha Se Acha! Which means the best nation in the world! (Music ends)
August 15th is a very special day for Indians all around the world. It is the day India got independence in 1947.I love a lot of things about India, especially its culture, festivals, food, music and the lovely places to visit. This week, I will share some interesting facts about India. You will also listen to a few children and adults share their likes and expectations from the country. There is also a surprise for you at the end of the show!
Let's get started with some good news!
The first news is about two cute Beluga whales from Iceland. Little Grey and Little White were entertaining audiences at an Ocean World in Shanghai for 7 years. In 2019, a British charity Sea Life Trust, got them freed and transported them 6000 miles around the world to reach the world’s first retirement home for oceanic animal performers. This week Little Grey and Little White were moved to the open-water section of the beluga sanctuary in Klettsvik Bay, Iceland. It is the first time in 11 years that the whales have swum in the ocean. Good luck to both of you!
The second news is from the USA. Ms. Kamala Harris became the first woman of Indian descent and the first African American woman to be nominated as a Vice Presidential candidate in the upcoming US elections. Ms. Harris was born in Oakland California and was a former attorney general of California and a former San Francisco district attorney. Her mother Shaidd mala Gopalan was from India and her father Donald Harris from British Jamaica. You inspire us with your leadership Ma’am. Good luck with the elections!
The last news is a little funny one. A woman, Ms. Jade Doss from Tennessee, USA, was surprised and amused when she received her license by mail. Inplace of her photo, there was a photo of an empty chair. The clerk who was taking the photo accepted that a mix up led to this funny situation. Eventually, the department replaced her license with her real picture but Jane did enjoy a few laughs while it lasted.
That is all for this week’s good news!
(Music-2 begins, Music file 2, 0.00 to 0.04) This is Wow History! (Music-2 ends)
This week in 1877 the Phonograph or record player was invented by Thomas Alva Edison. In 1961 East Germany began construction of the Berlin Wall, which served as a symbol of the cold war, separating East Berlin from West Berlin until 1989. On Aug 12th, the father of India’s space program, Mr. Vikram Sarabhai was born. On the same day in 2008, Abhinav Bindra became the first Indian to win a gold medal at the Olympics. And on Aug 13 1899 Sir Alfred Hitchcock, the father of horror movies was born in London and on Aug 14th, 1959, Magic Johnson, the famous American basketball player was born. This is also the day when our neighbor Pakistan celebrates its independence day.
(Music begins) You are still with me Samarth and now it's time for me to share some fun facts about India.(Music ends). The name India is derived from the greek word Indus which means people that live near the river Indus. India is the world’s largest democracy. It has the highest number of post offices in the world including a floating one in Dal Lake, Srinagar. Board games such as chess, snakes and ladders were invented here. So was the decimal system, algebra, calculus and the number 0. The world’s first university was established in Takshila in the 700 BC. Varanasi, also known as Benaras, is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today. The national symbols of India are lotus which is the national flower, tiger which is the national animal, banyan which is the national tree and peacock which is the national bird. We have The Tropic of Cancer passing right through 8 states which include Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. India also has 23 official languages, but hundreds of other dialects and local languages. Most citizens speak at least 2 languages. Each state in India is similar to a country in terms of its size and diversity of language, culture etc. The world’s largest film industry Bollywood is from India and finally the highest motorable road in the world is in Khar Dung La, Ladakh India. Amaziiiiiing isn’t it?
Days like Independence day are important as they give us an opportunity to appreciate and celebrate the country. I spoke to a few children and adults about their idea of India. Let’s listen in:
(Music begins) We are almost at the end of the show and I want to leave you with a poem written by a world famous poet, writer, music composer and Nobel Laureate from India, Sri Rabindranath Tagore. This is from his book Gitanjali.
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls;
Where words come out from the depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;
Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.b This poem is a part of a lot of prayer books and notice boards in schools including mine!
Until next week, stay safe and Jai Hind from Kidacity! (music ends)
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