November 2012 - National Book Trust India

Readers’ Club Bulletin
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Vol. 17, No. 3, November 2012 o"kZ 17] vad 3] uoEcj 2012
Editor / laiknd
Manas Ranjan Mahapatra
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Assistant Editor / lgk;d laiknd
Dwijendra Kumar
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Production / mRiknu
Narender Kumar
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Illustration / fp=kadu
Children from Gujarat
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Printed and published by Mr. Satish Kumar, Joint
Director (Production), National Book Trust, India,
Nehru Bhawan 5, Institutional Area, Phase-II,
Vasant Kunj, New Delhi-110070
Typeset at Deft Creations H-44, Second Floor,
South Extension Part- 1 , New Delhi-110049
Printed at Pushpak Press Pvt, Ltd. 203-204,
DSIDC Shed, Ph-I, Okhla Ind. Area, New Delhi.
Contents/lwph
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'ksj dk U;k; iwohZ duqHkkbZ VaMsy 7
Oh, No! Karan K Katira 8
fpfM+;k izÑfr fd'kksjHkkbZ VaMsy 10
dk;Z'kkyk esa------fp= 13
nks dfork,a t;dqekj jkts'kHkkbZ VaMsy 14
Sun and Moon Uzma Khalid Parmar 15
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Gopi Abhishek A Lad 17
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Baby Santa Manjari Lay Keyurbhai Nayak 19
Golden Feather Vidya Patel 20
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Tgksuh vkSj fcYyh ;qxkarj ijs'kHkkbZ lksuh 22
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Editorial Address/laikndh; irk
National Centre for Children’s Literature, National Book Trust, India, Nehru Bhawan 5, Institutional Area,
Phase - II, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi-110070
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Please send your subscription in favour of National Book Trust, India.
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This Bulletin is meant for free distribution to Readers’ Clubs associated with National Centre for Children’s
Literature.
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Readers’ Club Orientation at Vansda
An orientation on How to run a Readers'
Club was held at Vansda, a tribal
dominated region in South Gujarat on 21
July 2012. Over 50 teachers and
facilitators of 'joyful learning among
children' from the region took part in it.
The programme was inaugurated by
Shri Dig Virendra Singh Solanki, former
Maharaja, Vansda State. A wildlife
conservation and reading habit promotion
activist himself, Shri Solanki lauded
NBT’s publishing for children and
emphasized on nurturing the creative
talents of tribal and underprivileged
children through Readers’ Club
Movement.
Prof. Aswin Desai, author, activist
and former HOD, Comparative
Literature, Veer Narmad South Gujarat
University, Surat acted as resource
person on the occasion and interacted
with the participants on various ways and
means for promotion of pleasure
reading among children. Shri Manas
Ranjan Mahapatra, Editor briefed on the
creative activities related with books and
reading for the Readers’ Clubs.
Organised by National Centre for
Children’s Literature (NCCL), a wing of
NBT, the programme was coordinated by
Shri Bhagyendra B. Patel, Editor of
Gujarati language of the Trust.
Readers’ Club Bulletin November 2012/1

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Readers’ Club Bulletin November 2012/5

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rks mu ;kuksa dh 'kfDr dk peRdkj gS A**
fpaxpks crkus yxk &^^ge vkidks crk
ldrs gSa fd bl le; i`Foh ij D;k gks
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Readers’ Club Bulletin November 2012/7

Oh, No!
Karan K. Katira
Akshat Virender Malviya
Subhash was living with his family in
Kolhapur village. They were happy on all
accounts. They possessed seven acres of
land with a farm full of mango trees.
Subhash’s father was owner of that land
but due to old age and accompanying
diseases he had died last month. Before
his death, he had given his son the
responsibility of taking care of the farm
and the mango trees which were planted
on his son’s birthday by him. But Subhash
was careless and greedy.
Once a villager came to him and said,
“I will give you the money you want, just
give me two rows of your mango trees
as I am in dire need of mango woods."
The greedy Subhash thought these trees
were of no use as they didn’t bear fruits.
But he did not care about the fact that
they were too young to bear fruits. He
agreed to sell two rows of trees.
In this way, one by one all trees were
cut and only the land used to grow
seasonal vegetables was left. One day an
executive of a chemical industry met
him and asked him to sell them the
whole seven acres of remaining land as
they wanted to set up a new plant there.
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That land being not so profitable for him,
he once thought to sell it but seven
acres was a huge chunk of land. So after
thinking a lot, he decided not to sell the
land but give it on rent to the company.
The industry started its work but
pollution emanating from the factory
adversely affected the villagers. The
waste produced were dumped into water
and poisonous gases released into the
air. But Subhash was very happy as he
kept on earning money through those
land. He did not care a bit about the
environment. He was so greedy that he
did not bother to keep his father’s advice
and words about taking care of mango
trees and the farm.
One day Subhash had a horrible
dream. He dreamt that the chemical
industry which was established on
Subhash’s land had emanated so much
pollution that all the persons of village
got infected and suffered from severe
diseases and many people died. Police
came to arrest the head of industry.
However he told them that the land
didn’t belong to them but to a villager
named Subhash.
The police then arrested Subhash and
seized everything from him as he was
responsible for many deaths. All
villagers laughed at him for his deed.
While he was taken to the jail, all of a
sudden the dream broke and Subhash was
awake shouting, “oh, no!”
Akshat Virender Malviya
Readers’ Club Bulletin November 2012/9

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Promoting Creativity among Tribal Children
Creative writing and illustration
workshop for students was organised by
National Book Trust, India, New Delhi
at Shree Sayaji Vaibhav Library, Navsari
on 22 nd and 23 rd of July, 2012 in
Gujarat.
This was the first ever workshop of its
kind to be organised in this part of
Gujarat. Over 50 students from 24
schools of three districts of Gujarat viz.
Navsari, Valsad and Dang participating
in this workshop. Two blind students of
Andhjan School for Tribal Blinds,
Shivarimal, Dang also participated in the
workshop.
The workshop was coordinated by
Mr. Manas Ranjan Mahapatra, Editor,
National Centre for Children’s
Literature, NBT and Shri Bhagyendra
Patel, Assistant Editor (Gujarati),
National Book Trust, New Delhi.
Shri V Ramanuj, eminent illustrator of
children’s books and Smt Lata Hirani,
prominent author, provided the resource
support and closely worked with the
children in the workshop. The writings
and illustrations developed in the
workshop have been published in this
issue of the magazine.
The workshop was inaugurated by social
activist, writer and the great
granddaughter of Gandhiji Smt.
Nilamben Yogendra Parikh. On this
occasion, Shri Mahadev Desai, Shri
Jayprakash Mehta, General Secretary
and Shri J.U. Mehta of Shree Sayaji
Vaibhav Library and Shri Haribhai Tandel
and Siddharth Ramanuj, local artists were
also present.
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dk;Z'kkyk esa cPpksa ds }kjk cuk;s x, dqN fp=
Readers’ Club Bulletin November 2012/13

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t;dqekj jkts'kHkkbZ VaMsy
taxy esa 'ksj
,d cM+s ls taxy esa
,d cM+k 'ksj Fkk jgrk
mlds tksj ds lkeus
fdlh dk ugha dqN Fkk pyrk
,d fnu ,d canj us
'ksj dks nh pqukSrh
[ksysaxs ge idM+k&idM+h
gkjthr tks gksrh
lcls igys canj
idM+us yxk 'ksj dks
nkSM+rs&nkSM+rs canj us
idM+ fy;k mldks
fQj ckjh vkbZ 'ksj dh
canj dks idM+us dh
'ksj idM+us vk;k rks
og pjuk cu ikrk
dydy&dydy cgrk tkrk
igkM+ksa ds Åij p

Sun and Moon
Uzma Khalid Parmar
Once there took a fierce fight between
the sun and the moon. The point in
question was which among the two was
more famous.
A coin was tossed. Unluckily
for both of them, it was neither
tail nor head. The coin stood in
the middle. Now they thought as
to what to do next. After several
rounds of discussions, it was
decided that both would shine for
half part of each day only,
consisting of 12 hours. The sun
which happened to be lazy said
that it would shine when it is morning
time. The Moon agreed to shine in night.
They became friends thereafter.
Readers’ Club Bulletin November 2012/15

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/kjeiqj xkao ds lkjs yksx i'kq ikyrs FksA
bl xkao esa ,d ifjokj ds ikl vusd i'kq
FksA ftlesa xk;] HkSal] cdjh vkSj dqN HksMsa+
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i'kqvksa dks pjkus ys tkrk FkkA ml cqtqxZ
dk ewy uke rks dqN vkSj gh gksxk ysfdu
xkao ds lc yksx mls HkkHkks uke ls tkurs
FksA cPps Hkh mUgsa HkkHkks cqykrs FksA
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tc oks i'kq dks pjkus ds fy, tkrk Fkk rks
ykSVrs gq, cPpksa ds fy, Qy vo'; ykrk
Fkk] vkSj cPpksa esa ckaV nsrk FkkA
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lkjs csj yk;kA f'kyk] fjadw] ehBq] phdw
uhQh] jehyk&lHkh dks csj fn;k ysfdu
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vkSj mls csM+ ugha feyk
blfy, og jksus yxkA
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gqvk csVk\ ';kew us dksbZ
tokc ugha fn;kA rHkh
HkkHkks vkSj ';kew ds
lkFkh ';kew dks

Gopi
Abhishek A. Lad
There was a boy named Gopi who lived
in Rampur. He was orphan. He used to
work at a general store for one rupee a
day.
Once he saved one rupee by not eating
any thing. The next day he was hungry so
he walked into the market where he met
his friend Ranji who had a beautiful flute.
Gopi liked
the flute so
he asked
Ranji if he
c o u l d
exchange the
flute with
that coin.
Ranji
saw the coin
and figured out that it was an old queen
Victorian silver coin. He took it to the
jeweler. The jeweler told him that he could
give only ten rupees for it. Ranji became
happy, took the money and went away.
On the other hand, Gopi went to the
river which flowed nearby. There
his friends were fishing. Gopi
couldn’t catch the fish so he stood up
and tried to go away. But his leg slipped
and he fell into the river. He was soaking
wet so all his friends began to laugh at
him. He started walking towards the
market.
Along the road, as Gopi walked he
also played the flute beautifully. Gopi
passed walking
the jeweler’s
shop. The
jeweler’s
daughter was
sick. Nothing
entertained
her. She heard
Gopi playing
the flute and
got up as if the melodious sound had
given her a new lease of life. The jeweler
called Gopi and told him to give his
flute. The jeweler was ready to pay any
amount for the flute.
Gopi only asked for one silver coin.
The jeweler had a daughter, but no son.
He became so impressed by his honesty
that he adopted him as son.
Readers’ Club Bulletin November 2012/17

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dh iwaN ugha FkhA blfy, efD[k;ka vkSj
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x,A mUgksaus muls fourh dh fd og mUgsa
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rqe lc viuh&viuh iwaN ysdj vkukA**
,d fnu nsork us lHkh izkf.k;ksa dks
iwaN ysus ds fy, cqyk;kA lHkh izkf.k;ksa esa
Hkkyw cgqr vkylh FkkA og Hkh bu lc
izkf.k;ksa ds lkFk tkus okyk FkkA lHkh
izkf.k;ksa ds lkFk og Hkh fudykA jkLrk
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cgqr yack FkkA lHkh cgqr Fkd x, Fks
ysfdu py jgs FksA Hkkyw Hkh pyrs&pyrs
Fkd x;kA mlus lkspk fd D;ksa u FkksM+h
nsj vkjke dj ywaA og ,d isM+ ds uhps
x;k vkSj lks x;kA
lHkh izkf.k;ksa us nsork ls iwaN ys yhA
iwaNksa ds caVokjs ds ckn ,d Hkh iwaN ckdh
u jgkA tc lc izk.kh iwaN ysdj vk jgs
Fks rc og Hkkyw mBkA mls ;kn vk;k fd
mls rks nsork ds ikl iwaN ysus tkuk FkkA
og rqjar nkSM+rk&nkSM+rk nsork ds ikl
igqapkA ijarq ogka mls ,d Hkh iwaN ugha
feykA blfy, og Hkkyw ges'kk fcuk iwaN
ds gh ?kwerk jgkA
ikBd eap cqysfVu

Baby Santa Manjari
Lay Keyurbhai Nayak
There was a pond near a village. One day
some children were playing near the
pond. At once, a small child fell into it.
He cried at the top of his voice.
Hearing his cries, a girl jumped into
the pond to save him. She did not know
how to swim. Still she tried to save him.
She even managed to catch
hold of a portion of his
shirt. But since she was
not good at swimming, the
collar slipped out of his
hands.
The child on the other
hand was throwing his legs
and hands to save himself
from getting drowned.
He, in the process,
managed to grapple her
legs. The girl brought
the child to the shore and
thus was able to save her
life.
As she had laboured hard, the girl
fainted. When the villagers came to
know about the two, they took them to
the hospital.
The girl got the bravery award on 26
January 1970 from late prime minister
Indira Gandhi. Her name was Baby Santa
Manjari.
Readers’ Club Bulletin November 2012/19

Golden Feather
Vidya Patel
There was a village. A poor farmer Ramu
uncle lived in it. He was a kind hearted
person. One day Ramu uncle was going
to plough his field. At
once he heard
someone crying. He
tried to find out the
person who was
weeping and in search
of him he moved into
the forest. There he
found a golden
peacock. His name
was Chandan. He had
a thorn stuck in his
feet. Ramu took the
thorn out from his feet.
A happy Chandan gave him one of his
golden feathers and said, “ I am giving
you a feather. You can multiply any thing
using this. You just need to keep it with
the thing you want to multiply.”
Thanking Chandan, Ramu uncle took
the feathers and rushed to the king. Ramu
uncle told everything to the king and gave
him the feather. The king was also a kind
person. He asked Ramu to return to his
village.
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After Ramu departed, the king kept
the feather in his godown. The next day
he found that the foodgrains had
multiplied in quantity. The king
summoned Ramu and requested him to
bring the peacock to the palace. Ramu
uncle once again went to the peacock.
The peacock became very happy.
The king got a beautiful orchid made
in his palace for the peacock. The orchid
was named Chandan.
Since his entry into the palace, the
atmosphere in the kingdom changed for
the better. The king also rewarded Ramu
uncle with a lot of gold coins.
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ckfj'k esa ugkrs gSa vkSj ikuh esa [ksyrs gSaA
os dkxt dh uko cuk dj ikuh esa rSjkrs
gSaA rc cPpksa dh
[kq”kh dk fBdkuk
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Johny Johny yes Papa
Eating sugar no Papa
Telling lies no Papa
Open your mouth
Ha ! Ha ! Ha!
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fd;k x;k gSA
Krishna
The Prankster
Jagruti Ramanuj
Illustrations : Dhaivat and Siddarth Ramanuj
Akshara Prakashan
Rs. 40/-