Lucknow: The second day of Sahitya Akademi Delhi’s two-day event was a celebration of children’s literature, resonating with insights, experiences, and cultural retrospectives. Held at the Nirala Auditorium of the Hindi Institute, the sessions brought together award-winning writers, scholars, and enthusiasts. The event underscored the evolving landscape of children’s literature in India, tracing its roots and exploring its future. The Origins of Children’s Literature: A Mother’s Lullaby Odia scholar Dash Benhur, in his presidential address during the seminar titled Children’s Writing: Past, Present, and Future, highlighted that children’s literature predates…
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Thriving Business and Cultural Extravaganza at Uttarakhand Mahotsav
Lucknow: The ongoing Uttarakhand Mahotsav at Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant Mountain Cultural Upvan, Birbal Sahni Marg, Lucknow, has become a vibrant hub of cultural celebration and economic activity. Shopkeepers are jubilant with the surge in visitors, as their stalls showcasing items like Bal Mithai, mountain pulses, vegetables, woolen clothes, and other local specialties witness record-breaking sales. The immense popularity has led many vendors to restock repeatedly, underscoring the festival’s massive appeal. A Holiday Crowd Adds Festive Spirit The seventh day of the festival coincided with the Kartik Purnima and Guru…
Read MoreStudents should definitely learn English, but also stay connected to their farming and culture” – Dinesh Pratap Singh
Lucknow – Just like in the old days when people used to raise cattle and livestock at home, in modern times we can produce mushrooms at home. This method of farming, which requires little space and low cost, can not only provide protein-rich food for the family, but just as people used to sell excess milk, curd, etc., in the market for economic profit, similarly, mushroom cultivation can also increase household income. With growing urban migration, people are now living in cities, but mushroom farming can be done in a…
Read MoreSahitya Akademi Delhi awards children writers from across the country
Lucknow: To create children’s literature, writers should imbibe child psychology and linguistics. Today, there is a need to make children’s literature readable, audible and visual through workshops and other efforts. These views were expressed by the chief guest Prof. Suryaprasad Dixit at this year’s Bal Sahitya Puraskar Arpan Samaroh organised at Sahitya Akademi Delhi’s Bhaagidari Bhawan Gomti Nagar. On the first day of the two-day event, the chief guest Prof. Dixit discussed children’s literature from Vishnu Sharma’s Panchtantra to Dwivedi Sahitya Yug, Munshi Naval Kishore’s children’s literature efforts in Lucknow…
Read MoreUttarakhand Mahotsav 2024: A Celebration of Culture and Tradition
Lucknow: The Uttarakhand Mahotsav 2024, a vibrant showcase of Uttarakhand’s rich culture, traditions, and folk heritage, was inaugurated with grandeur in Lucknow. The festival’s opening ceremony was marked by a spectacular Jhora dance performed by 24 Jhora teams, featuring 500 female artists from diverse areas of Lucknow, who donned traditional attire. The festival commenced with the lighting of the ceremonial lamp by the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, in the presence of Harish Chandra Pant, President of the Uttarakhand Maha Parishad, and Bharat Singh Bisht, General Secretary. Honoring…
Read MoreMany shades of creative expression mark opening of Gomti Book Festival
Lucknow: The first day of the Gomti Book Festival was filled with diverse activities from morning to evening. In the morning, a Children’s Film Festival showcased popular children’s films, while the Shabd Samsara or Children’s corner section engaged school students in various workshops and activities. LekhakGanj witnessed literary sessions in the afternoon discussed topics including culture, journalism, rivers, and literature. The day concluded with a mesmerizing musical performance by ChinmayTripathi. In the first session at LekhakGanj, DainikJagran’s editor, AshutoshShukla, discussed the evolution from ink to digital. He highlighted the importance…
Read MoreSMS Lucknow discusses power of technology in workspace
Lucknow: A leadership talk on “Recent Development in Technology and Talent Need of the Industry” was organized at School of Management Sciences, Lucknow. Shashi Bhargava, Executive Vice President and Head – Intelligent Automation Products, Datamatics Global Services Ltd., Mumbai participated in this talk as a keynote speaker. While sharing his experiences, Bhargava told the students, teachers and staff present in the program that the continuous development of technology in the last 10 years has completely changed the world. India is continuously striving towards moving from developing to developed Nation. In…
Read MoreUP CM motivates kids to read good literature
Lucknow: The Gomti Book festival is being organised with the joint efforts of the National Book Trust and the Lucknow Development Authority, which will run from 9 to 17 November. On this occasion, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath appealed to the children to read creative and informative books along with the curriculum. The Chief Minister said that one should not be limited to curriculum books only, but read good books and learn good things from them. He requested all the children to buy one book each at the fair, so that…
Read MoreStudents design jail where prisoners do not feel scared
– Various competitions were organized on the second day of the three-day NASA conference on architecture going on at AKTU, students redesigned the jail on software in Design Topia – The Faculty of Architecture and Planning of the University has got the opportunity to host the 67th Zonal Conference of the National Association of Students of Architecture (NASA) Lucknow: Various competitions were organized on the second day of the three-day 67th Zonal Conference of the National Association of Students of Architecture (NASA) organized by the Faculty of Architecture and Planning…
Read MoreHard work will bring success – Prof. JP Pandey
Class IX and X students who came to AKTU on an educational tour saw various labs Lucknow: Anything can be achieved by hard work and commitment towards the goal. There is no dearth of talent in rural children, they just need an opportunity. The whole country is looking at you. The responsibility of developing India will be on your shoulders. So study with full hard work. Children, you may become a doctor, engineer, scientist or whatever in the future, but it is more important to become a good human being.…
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