Monday 22 April 2024
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Sunday 21 April 2024
World Book and Copyright Day 23 April 2024: History & Significance
History of World Book and Copyright Day
- World Book and Copyright Day was officially observed in 1955.
- However, the roots of this day were laid back in 1922 by Vicente Clavel Andres to honour a profound Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes.
- UNESCO chose April 23 to pay tribute to the authors worldwide and encourage everyone to access books.
- It is believed that the day serves as a link between the past and the future bridging the connection between generations and cultures.
- UNESCO along with many international organizations come together to represent three major sectors of the book industry including Publishers, Booksellers, and Libraries to select the World Book Capital for the coming years to maintain the initiative and the impetus of the celebration.
History of Books
Books did not always have glossy covers and smooth pages like they do today. Clay tablets were used when writing systems were developed in prehistoric civilizations thousands of years ago. Papyrus was later used by humanity. The first people to create something that resembled modern books in that it was made of numerous thick, bamboo pages stitched together were the Chinese in the third century.
Then, in the middle of the 15th century, Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press, ushering in an era when books were easily accessible to anyone who wanted to read them. We are all able to enjoy Shakespeare, Tolstoy, and many other authors’ works in the comfort of our own homes today because of that brilliant invention. However, the association between that day and books was first made in Spain in 1923 because it marks the passing of both William Shakespeare and renowned Spanish chronicler Inca Garcilaso de la Vega.
Why do we Celebrate World Book and Copyright Day on April 23?
Did you know that April 23 was specifically chosen to hold the celebrations of the World Book and Copyright Day? This is because it is the date on which numerous prominent authors of literature, such as William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes passed away.
Additionally, UNESCO also decided on April 23 due to its General Conference held in Paris in 1995. It paid tribute to and commemorated authors and their exemplary books.
Benefits of Reading Books
The following are the benefits of reading books:
- It improves your linguistic skills including, grammar, sentence structure, usage of words and vocabulary
- Some studies have shown that reading books can make you feel empathetic as we tend to develop a connection with a character
- Another great benefit of reading is it reduces your stress and anxiety levels and helps you get distracted from worries to focus more on the words written in it
- In this fast-paced world, everyone has compromised on their sleep schedule, reading a book at night before going to bed can inflict a positive effect on your mind as well as help you sleep faster
Ways to Support World Book Day
Here are a few ways to support this day:
- Shop at independent bookstores around the world. Some of our favourites in the United States are Blue Bicycle Books in Charleston, Birchbark Books & Native Arts in Minneapolis, and Little City Books in Hoboken, all of which pay special attention to children’s books.
- Donate used books to the public library in your area.
- Give to book charities like Books for Africa, Libraries Without Borders, and Book Aid International, which all provide books to the underprivileged and libraries in refugee camps, hospitals, and schools. For U.S. K–5th-grade students and their classrooms, a different nonprofit organisation called Our Kids Read donates books with inspiring characters from various cultures, including Native American, Black, Hispanic, and Southeast Asian.
- Invite your friends for a reading challenge, and contest with your friends as to who can read more books in a fixed duration of time. You can have book relay with yourself as well by picking up a book of a new genre every time.
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Saturday 20 April 2024
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Thursday 11 April 2024
Health and Well-Being
NCERT in partnership with UNESCO New Delhi has developed 11 animated videos focusing on the 11 themes of the School Health programme under Ayushman Bharat. These animated videos as well as the training and resource materials developed by NCERT and UNESCO will help in raising awareness among millions of children and teachers across the country.
Wednesday 10 April 2024
GLIMPSE OF PUSTAKOPHAR 2024
“Think of giving not as a duty, but as a privilege.” The main aim for organizing Pusthakopahaar in KV's is to inculcate the value of sharing and caring our environment and sensitize student about reuse of books for better environment. This initiative also gives strength to the minds who are not able to afford the cost of the new books/ study material to enhance their skills/knowledge or pursue their courses of studies. The students ,Parents and teachers of Kendriya Vidyalaya BSF Camp chhawla donated the previous years books with great zeal and enthusiasm. These books are further given to the needy students so that their learning process does not get affected due to the absence of text books and study materials. Altogether more than 200 students and teacher have donated the books and 132 students got benefited of this pustakophar scheme this year.
Besides, books donation drives various literary activities such as Poster making ,Write up, Speech, charts etc on the theme of Book Donation and Recycle of Paper have been organized to foster the positive impact of reuse of book and study material in the minds of students.
No of book donated : 634
No of books received : 417
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National Youth Day 2024
National Youth Day: History
In 1984, the Indian Government first declared to celebrate the birthday of Swami Vivekananda i.e. 12 January as National Youth Day. Since then the day has been celebrated as National Youth Day all over the country. The government's main aim is to make a better future for the country by motivating the youths through the way of their life and ideas of the Swami Vivekananda. It is a great way to wake up the eternal energy of the youth as well as to make the country develop.
About Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda's Pre-monastic name was Narendra Nath Dutta. He was born on 12 January 1863 in Kolkata (previously Calcutta) and died on 4 July 1902. His father's name was Vishwanath Dutta and his mother's name was Bhuvaneshwari Devi. He belonged to a well-off family. His father died suddenly at a young age and this broke the financial backbone of his family and pushed him into poverty. Despite being a good student, he failed to get a job for a very long time. He used to ask for a job from door to door but he didn’t get a job and so he became an atheist. One of his English professors introduced him with the name 'Shri Ramkrishna Paramhamsa' and in 1881, he met with Shri Ramakrishna Paramhamsa at Dakshineshwar's Kali temple and became a disciple of Saint Ramakrishna Paramhamsa. He introduced the Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western World. He was extremely patriotic toward India and is considered a hero for his contributions to the philosophies of his country. He also drew attention to the widespread poverty in India and for the development of the country, the poverty issues should be taken seriously. He is best known for his speech at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago in 1893 when he began his speech by saying "Sisters and brothers of America....." and he introduced India's culture, its importance, Hinduism, etc.
Therefore, Swami Vivekananda is a man of wisdom, and faith, a true philosopher whose teachings not only motivated youth but also paved the way for the development of the country. So, that is why 12 January is celebrated as a National Youth Day every year in India with joy and enthusiasm.
courtesy:https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/national-youth-day-1547193681-1
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Wednesday 10 January 2024
Download Practice Question Papers for Class IX (Provided by Education Dept.Delhi)
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