Boost Your Learning Abilities Ome Students Learn More Quickly Sand Easily Than Others

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ISSN 2347-162X Ahmedabad, ThursDAY,October 10, 2019 Vol.18, Issue-12 www.theopenpage.co.in facebook.com/theopenpage Total Page -16 Invitation Price: `30/- The Open Page, 23, Suryakunj Society, Nr. Nutan School, Prabhat Chowk, Ghatlodia Ahmedabad - 380061 | Ph : 9586022210 i nside The Skills of Good Speaking Boost your learning abilities ome students learn more quickly Sand easily than others. Just by studying for two or three hours a day they can score even more than the others who spend half a day for cramming the syllabus. Actually this big gap in study time can only be filled by following some tricky ways of learning the Speaking well can have a dramatic effect on things. The method of sitting for long your professional and private life. You may not hours and reciting and cramming the realize how important the sound of your voice things, are all outdated. Its the time for is, or how much you yourself judge other you to improve your learning methods. people by the way they sound. p3 There are much more fun and reward- ing study techniques that can improve Praise the Effort, Not the Child your exam results. Underline the Key Points The act of underlining something means you are engaging with certain key aspects of the text. Highlight one key sentence per paragraph and a few important phrases here and there. Highlighting the most significant parts of what you’re reading helps you to The terms commonly used like “good boy” brief up the whole chapter so that the and “good girl” are since the mid-1800’s. But next time when you are going to revise the idea of using praise to motivate children the chapter or a topic, you don’t need really took off after the publication of to scroll down the whole page but you feeling you get when you walk into an Taking regular short breaks not only “The Psychology of Self-Esteem” in 1969. p7 will recall every concept just by having exam knowing that you’re not at all help improve your focus, they can a look of the underlined sentences. prepared. boost your productivity too. This gives Celebrating Wildlife Week the brain the best chance to restore the Prepare Your Own Study Collaborate with Study whole of your learning’s. Notes Partners Taking Notes is one of the most wide- To break the monotony of sitting alone Recall Your Learning spread study skills. Preparing the notes with your nose in the books all day, Never forget to recall whatever you help to summarize the lectures or arti- select a couple of study partners who have learned. The time when you go cles in your own words, including all you know you work well with and are for a break after studying for the time the key info, so that you can easily re- motivated to achieve good grades. you found was best, do something else member the ideas. Note making is not Group studying helps you to engage not connected with your work. But When we talk about wildlife, the first thing an act of merely coping out great and process the information more don’t stop thinking about what you that comes to mind is big animals like Lions, chunks of information from books but deeply. If you are not clear with some were reading. This is quite important Tigers and Elephants. Though, wildlife is not for you to sort out the whole informa- just big animals, it also refers to all animal and a piece of writing that acts as a trigger topic or concept, you can discuss it plant species that live or grow in the wild to help you remember what you have with your friends. Actively engaging tion fed into it. This is the time when without being introduced by humans. p15 read. Remember, key words are more the information with someone else you can realize that what topics are in easily remembered than long sentenc- not only helps you to learn, but makes your mind and what others have swept es. Try to keep your notes short, to the studying more enjoyable. You can off the mind. Thus, at the end of the Augment Moral & Cultural point, well-organized and easily also select a particular topic and teach rest period, the information you were Values In Society.... readable. your friend the way you like to. Some- reading will be much clearer than it times the best way to learn something was to begin with. Make a Study Plan and Stay is to teach it, even if you haven’t mas- Organized tered it yet. Give a Try to New A well-organized study plan helps you Technologies to be clear with what you need and Take Regular Study Breaks Today there are many more options when you need. Create a study timeta- Your brain is like a muscle which can for personalizing study than jotting ble and stick to it to achieve your goal. also get tired if you overwork it. Once things down with a pen on a scrap of The ancient Indian spiritual wisdom and A study timetable helps you to remind it gets tired you really can’t concen- paper. Though the old handwritten values which regards six themes like: Conserve what to learn and when. It not only trate on your work. So it’s important to method still has its place ofcourse, but Forest and Protect wild life, Preserve Ecology, helps you get organized but makes the realize the length of your concentra- you can try the new and online learn- Sustain Environment, Inculcate Human and most of your time. It’ll also put your tion span and help yourself to give ing methods that help you to clear Family Values, Foster Women’s mind at ease and eliminate that nasty some rest from the work you’ve put in. your doubts. Honour&Instill Patriotism. p16 www.theopenpage.co.in school speaks Ahmedabad, ThursDAY,October 10, 2019 2

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Khyati World School “Say No to Plastic” Plastic a curse for the environment as it is a nonrenewable resources. Plastic are carcinogenic and damaging our landfills and water bodies. It is a wakeup call for each one of us to reduce plastics. The students of Khyati World School presented a mesmerizing Nukkad Natak on the above theme. They acted beautifully infront of the whole school. They made every one realize that see how our motherland is weeping and if we want to save it, together we should join hands and remove this evil from our lives. The use of carring a cloth bag to the market was explained to each one of us. Plastic is causing environmental pollution so they made each one of us from KWS took a pledge that at least we will make our campus Plastic free and same thing we all will be doing at home. This is how we make our children sensitive towards the environment issues.

Teachers Day Celebration Drawing Competition Held by SJIS To nurture the creativity of at Madhav School the learners, a Drawing & Coloring competition was conducted for the Satyamevian Preprimary kids. Little tots have always fantasize about colors. Thus the competition for this session 2019-20 for the preprimary grade, where in students brought in their colorful imaginations into the vicinity. They enjoyed the coloring sessions.

Ahmedabad No Plastic Movement 2019-20

Students of SKUM English School made News Paper Bags with good weight carrying capacity on large scale with the help of Art Teacher and distributed in Local Market. SKUM English School Teachers Day Celebration TRIPADA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL SRV Bopal Celebrated at CCIS SG CAMPUS Gandhi Jayanti

Students of grade 7 & 8 attended awareness programme of Fire Safety. Mr.Shirishbhai Bhavsar (SSR Enterprise) explained to students about fire safety with demo of three types of equipments. Students also themselves experienced the working process of equipments.

Opinions expressed in the articles are of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the editor or publisher. While the editor/ publisher do their utmost to verify information published, they do not accept responsibility for its absolute accuracy. www.theopenpage.co.in educators speak Ahmedabad, ThursDAY,October 10, 2019 3 The Skills of Good Speaking Hygiene Dr. Twinkal Patel Meghal Shah Mend your speech a Founder Motherhood Educator SVS School little, lest you may Foundation mar your fortunes. peaking well can have a dramatic ef- -Shakespeare Sfect on your professional and private Components of life. You may not realize how important the sound of your voice is, or how much personal hygiene: you yourself judge other people by the Handwash way they sound. Yet the experts men- The cleanliness of our hands is very tion that the impression you make on important in all our daily activities. In our others often owes much more to how normal activities our hands frequently you speak – the pitch and expressive- get dirty. There are many situations in ness and clarity of your voice. From the which microorganisms are likely to quality of your voice and your manner attach to our hands along with the dirt. There are many communicable diseases of saying things, people will deduce a that follow the route of faeco-oral great deal about your personality in transmission. Hand hygiene plays a general and your feelings at the mo- critically important role in preventing ment of speaking – whether you are this transmission. feeling confident,frightenend,excited,n Critical situations in everyday activity ervous, whether you are charming, ag- where handwashing is must: gressive or friendly. n After using the toilet (or disposing of Such judgments are surprisingly ac- human or animal faeces) curate – though not invariably so. Some- or loudness and clarity. Posture and baby, a baby can yell for hours on end n After changing a baby’s diaper times the impression you create by the power of the voice and control on your without any apparent damage, while (nappy) and disposing of the faeces. way you speak may be unfair or mis- breathing along with pace, pause and an adult attempting to shout or scream n Immediately after touching raw food rhythm, pitch and intonation, emphasis would soon end up with a sore throat when preparing meals (e.g. chicken or leading. It is not that in learning to other meat). and resonance play an important part and croaky voice. The difference lies in speak better, you should ever speak in n before eating food or feeding children. too. the posture; the baby’s bad postural an unnatural way. Your voice is unique n After contact with contaminated to you as your fingerprints. Mod- Tone: The tone is produced by the reso- habits have not yet developed that in- surfaces (e.g. rubbish bins, cleaning ernspeech training no longer aims some nating cavities of the body the way one hibit the full natural use of its body. It is cloths, food-contaminated surfaces). standardized ideal. It focuses instead on uses it. as if the baby’s entire body is the voice n After handling pets and domestic the unique qualities of every individual Pitch: The pitch of your voice is deter- producing instrument; the adult by animals. voice. mined by the length and thickness of contrast, has compartmentalized his n After wiping or blowing the nose or The first step in acquiring good speech your vocal cords. As these are stretched, body and reduced the sources of voice sneezing into the hands (respiratory hygiene). habits is understanding why you sound they vibrate with a higher frequency production. A good posture is the natu- as you do, and learning how to increase and your voice sounds shriller. ral alignment of the body, while sitting the power, versatility and control of Volume or loudness: Pitch depends one should draw a straight line from your voice and speech. Voice and speech on the frequency at which your vocal the ear to the shoulder to the hip bone, are not the same thing. Voice is the raw cords vibrate; volume depends on the and if one is standing, from the hip sound produced when the breathe vi- strength of that vibration. down to the knee. The relationship be- brates the vocal cords in the throat. Clarity: The clarity of your speech is de- tween head and neck is most impor- Speech is the more specific process of termined by the speech organs in your tant for a balanced posture. shaping into words the sound of voice mouth. These organs need to form a Breathing: Breathe is the energy source and the energy of the breathe, by means number of different sounds very rapidly of voice and speech. To speak well one of the speech organs in the head. for clear speech. need economical and well controlled Handwashing technique There are some distinct qualities that Posture and the power of the voice: It breathing. n First wet your hands with clean water make the way you speak unique to you. may just sound little amazing as pos- Pace, Pause and Rhythm: The way you and lather with a bar of soap. These qualities are: Tone, pitch, volume ture affects our power of voice, but it breathe affects the rhythm and pace of n Next rub your hands together does. If you habitu- your speech. The rapid speaker needs to vigorously and scrub all surfaces up to ally crane your concentrate on correct breathing and your wrists. neck and thrust pausing. Pausing allows the speaker n Continue for 15–30 seconds or about the length of a little tune (for example, your chin forward, time to recharge and it gives the listener the ‘Happy Birthday’ song). It is the you will create ten- a chance to absorb what has been said. soap combined with the scrubbing sion in your throat The Rhythm of your speech is also close- action that helps dislodge and remove and restrict the ly related to your breathing habits. germs. space in which Pitch and Intonation: Pitch and into- n Rinse your hands well with clean your voice can res- nation are determined by the length running water. onate. If your and thickness of your vocal cords. n Wood ash will also rub off any dirt and smells. The slight irritation you feel shoulders slump Emphasis and Resonance: Emphasis when you wash your hands with ash forward, you will is the amount of stress put on a syllable- shows the cleansing power of ash. constrict your often accompanying changes in pitch. n Local seeds such as indod which are ribcage and loose The voice vibrates in different parts of known to be good cleaning agents, can considerable con- the body, producing its characteristics also be used for regular handwashing. trol over you resonance. n Clean sand with water can be used for breathing. If we It is now time to analyze your own handwashing to help to rub off dirt. compare the voice voice and speech, and the distinctive production of an qualities that make the way you speak Send your health related query to [email protected] adult with that of a unique to you.

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Rally Dengue Awareness by CCIS Green Campus

A rally to sensitize the students about the measures to check the spread of Dengue was organised by the students of class-5 in the school campus with placards and hoardings. The students shared with their school mates the causes and the preventive measures that should be taken to check the spread of the vector borne disease, Dengue. Inter School Dance Competition at LML

Inter preschool dance competition was conducted at Lalji Mehrotra Lions School.The theme was 'Bachpan'.16 Pre Schools along with Lalji Mehrotra Lions School participated in the event. Around 280 students took part in the event representing different shades of Bachpan. The event was a huge success with the active participation of schools, that unveiled the talent of their tiny tots at the competition.The competition SKUM English was adorned by the presence of Ms. Kavita Chajjed as the Chief Guest, Chairman Anil Agarwal, Secretary Mukesh Shah and other Lion School Grammar members witnessed the program. The event commenced with lamp lightining ,after which the judges were honoured.This was followed by the exhilarating series of performances of the preschoolers ,who put forward their best efforts and flaunted their dancing Exhibition skills.No dance form was sported these tiny toys who performed every dance right from Indian mythology to Bollywood dance.The programme ended with the result declaration and thanks 2019-20 giving. DAV School stood at First Position.LML School secured the Second Position and Little Wings won the Third Position. A grand English Grammar Exhibition was organized by SKUM School (English Medium) under the guidance of Principal and Vice-Principal in which all the students from Pre-primary to Higher Secondary section had enthusiastically taken part. Students displayed around 170 models based on different grammar topics. They had even arranged games on the topics like suffix – prefix, proverbs, figures of speech etc. All the parts of speech like nouns, adjectives, verbs, sentences etc. were very nicely explained by the students. Parents and Trustees also appreciated this task undertaken by students and teachers. There was also a quiz contest arranged by the teachers in which trustees also had taken part actively along with the students. www.theopenpage.co.in YOUNG REporters club (Y.R.C.) Ahmedabad, ThursDAY,October 10, 2019 5

SJIS student Mahi Tripathi Std- Dawn to Dusk The Open Page Event Of The The night sheepishly paves way for the dawn, VI wins1st Prize of Interschool and the dawn breaks out ringing jingle bells ; Fortnight the sun bursts out with a victorious smile, Dance Competition Sprinkling colours on the horizons with majestic elegance.

The flora and fauna is full of fun and life, birds welcome the sun singing sweet songs ; greeting the dawn gratefully the trees swing in joy, zest and zeal, light and delight is spread everywhere.

The sun proudly rises at the peak in the noon, the pleasant and warm morning yields way; hesitantly but dutifully to the scorching noon the sun directs and dictates the proceedings.

All are awfully silenced, stunned and disciplined, the piercing light of the sun dazzles all; The Open Page organized Health workshop in none dares to look at the severe sun, association with Dr. Twinkal Patel of Midas and the sun needs none to look at. Foundation for the students of Standard 1st at Mother’s Pet Child Care Centre SVS School. Slowly and stealthily takes over the dusk, the sun gets tired and torn, feeble and humble; gone is the heat now and gone is the light, alone and aloof feels the sun, none greets. SJIS student Mahi Tripathi Std-VI wins1st The journey from the ascent to descent, Prize of Interschool starts with the dawn, ends with the dusk; Dance competition: Nache Gujarat when everyone else looks at the sun expectantly, Nache-2019. Grace and only the sunflower does so with sheer reverence. blessings! (A tribute to Late Shri R. K. Pathak, IAS)

Contd. From Page 16 Augment Moral & Cultural Values In Society – A Talk With Shri. S. Gurumurthy He gave example of American society where the social security is taken care by Government as there is no family. The higher education of Children in America is not funded by parents as they believe that once child starts walking he can take care of himself like animals & birds. But contrast to this higher education in India is funded by the parents as it is the duty of parents & that is the right of child. So duty of parents is right of child & duty of Child is right of parents. So in our country So- cial security is not responsibility of government but it is duty of children governed by Sanskaras. IMCTF empha- sizes that when the body and mind Father, Teacher, Girls, Women and even combines and bents to touch feet of Strangers (Atithi) as Divine. This great parents than it reflects once thought of tradition is the intellectual and moral respecting the elders. source of IMCTF programs. His talk on He said IMCTF is an innovative mod- IMCTF was so much relevant in current ule devised to impart, implant and in- context that all the audience where grain moral and cultural values in spellbound. young Indians. IMCTF is founded on the ShriPraharAnjari of AOPS offered the premise that the values constitute the ing these timeless values in contempo- grams draw inspiration heavily from thank you to all the dignitaries, invited eternal values (Sanatana Dharma) that rary times and this is greatly endanger- Sanatana Dharma (the ancient Indian guest and organizing team for making sustain families, societies, economies, ing families, women, nature, and spiritual wisdom and values) which re- this program a success. IMCTF pledge nations and humanity. IMCTF trusts societies. IMCTF is convinced that this gards six themes like :Conserve Forest was taken by everyone present in the that these virtues and values build the trend has to be arrested and reversed and Protect wild life, Preserve Ecology, hall. The talk show had lot of eye opening individual, society and nation and by recalling and practicing the ancient Sustain Environment, Inculcate Human content for many school management therefore building these virtues and values that have sustained the society and Family Values, Foster Women’s and stake holders in Education system. values constitute nation building. for thousands of years and which alone Honour&Instill Patriotism. In nutshell We believe that it is still not late for us to IMCTF believes that unbridled indi- can, in future, help to sustain the na- it encompasses - nature – rivers, moun- move towards Value based learning sys- vidualism imported from the West in tion, world, environment, ecology, tains, trees, forests, animalsetc– as Di- tem as we firmly believe that the name of ‘modernity’ is undermin- economy and society. The IMCTF pro- vine manifestation and treats Mother, “VALUE BUILDING IS NATION BUILDING” www.theopenpage.co.in diy(DO IT Yourself) Ahmedabad, ThursDAY,October 10, 2019 6 Vanilla Sugar Cookies Chickpea Salad Ingredients Method: n 3 cups all-purpose flour , sifted or Ingredients aerated – see my notes below n 1 cup boiled chickpeas 1) In a mixing bowl, mix all the in n 1/4 teaspoon salt ingredients and toss well. n ½ cucumbers n 8 oz unsalted butter (226 grams), 2) Serve with hot soup. n 1 tomato room temperature (let the butter from refrigerator sit on the counter n ½ capsicums for about an hour or so), not melted but softened n ¼ cup cabbage n 1 cup sugar n ¼ cup pomegranate seeds n 1 egg n 1 tblsp lime juice n 2 teaspoons vanilla extract pure n Salt to taste Instructions n black pepper to taste 1. In a medium bowl, combine together flour and salt and mix. 2. In a separate bowl, using electric mixer, beat softened butter and granulated sugar until light in color and fluffy. Add an egg and vanilla – continue beating for a couple minutes. Turn off the electric mixer, add flour-salt mixture and then continue beating on low speed until well-combined but without over mixing. 3. Roll dough into 1-inch balls. Roll these cookie balls in sprinkles. Arrange on parchment-lined baking

A delicious recipe BY sheets, spacing 2 inches apart. ESTHER SAMUEL Freeze until firm, for about 30 Esther Samuel, A complete foodie who likes to minutes. experiment with food and Is determined to 4. bake at 350 degrees F in the make cooking a very Interesting chore of one’s preheated oven for 14 minutes. Do life. not over-bake. Remove from the oven, and transfer to wire rack to cool completely. Quiz Baking Soda Powered Boat 1. The company which produces the iPod. Materials Method 2. A coloured handkerchief worn around the head or neck. n Empty water bottle – small n Pierce a hole in the non lid end of the water bottle and poke the 3. Tiny blood vessels. straw through, I trimmed mine so only used about one third of the n baking Soda length. Tape around the gap to prevent air escaping and keep the 4. A German breed of dog with a long body and short legs. n Kitchen roll or tissue straw in place. n Scissors n Carefully pour some vinegar into the bottle and replace the lid. 5. Background performers in a movie. n Straw n Pour some baking soda onto a small piece of kitchen roll and roll it up. 6. Extremely hungry. n Vinegar n Stand over your water, stuff the tissue wrapped baking soda into the 7. Slang name for a live musical performance. n Tape bottle and quickly add the lid. 8. Admiral Nelson’s christian name. n bath or large container n Place in the water and watch it go. n Water 9. A floating mass of ice. 10. An island country in the Caribbean. 11. 1000 bytes. 12. A colourful plant organism that grows on tree trunks. 13. The closest planet to the sun. 14. The square root of 81 (√81) 15. A colourless, tasteless, odourless gas.

Winner for Last Quiz Khanak Pandya Grade 5B, Airport School Send your answer to [email protected]. Names of the Winners would be annouced in the next issue www.theopenpage.co.in experience speaks Ahmedabad, ThursDAY,October 10, 2019 7 Praise the Effort, Not the Child good efforts so praise the efforts.

Harsha Ramaiya The Flip Side of Praise Founder & Director Some scholars started to argue that Small Wonders, Bhavnagar praise can undermine children's motivation, create pressure to continue per- forming well, discourage risk taking, he terms commonly used like "good and reduce independence Alfie Kohn, an Tboy" and "good girl" are since the author and lecturer on this topic, ex- mid-1800's. But the idea of using praise plains why praise may be harmful for to motivate children really took off after young children claiming that praise: the publication of "The Psychology of n Manipulates children – praise is a Self-Esteem" in 1969, which suggested way of getting children to comply that many of the problems in the society with adults' wishes. This works in resulted from lack of self-esteem. As a the short term because young chil- result, praise became a way to boost dren want adults' approval. But Kohn children's self-esteem, and over a thou- argues that we should not take ad- sand scholarly articles have since pro- vantage of children's dependence. moted the use of praise to improve chil- n Creates praise "junkies" – the more dren's motivation and school easily. The undigested praise leads to an has come out very nice, you have good praise children receive, the more performance. unbalanced emotional status. Let’s see curves, etc. Now when you see both the they rely on adult evaluations in- n "Learned helplessness" – which can how. If the child is praised regularly for praises the 1st one is directly praising stead of forming their own develop when a child has repeated every action, he becomes habituated to the child which makes him feel flattered judgments. negative experiences in a situation, get praises, now the child will always and over confident & in the 2nd one the n Steals a child's pleasure – children and comes to believe that he has no rely on others for accreditations & when praise is directed to the efforts so the fo- deserve to delight in their accom- control over the outcome. In this he is not praised he will start feeling low cus of the child will also be on the ef- plishments instead of being judged. case, praise may motivate and en- and will soon become a victim of inferi- forts he made & without boosting him- Most people don't think a statement courage a child to learn. ority complex, because his mind is pro- self he will put more efforts to get better like "Good job!" is a judgment, but n Challenging behaviours – when an grammed that things he does are only and better every time. Actually, we all Kohn argues that it's as much an appropriate behaviour is "positively good, if they are praised by others. The need our children to be self-evaluators evaluation as "Bad job". reinforced" (e.g. praised), it is likely child will wait for others comments for & our action of praising the efforts will n Decreases interest – research has to occur again, while an ignored be- his work to get his work approved and make them self-evaluators, which will shown that people tend to lose inter- havior is likely to decrease. gradually he will stop believing in him- build their confidence. We should be est in activities for which they have Children are the Gift of God. Children self. Waiting for others to praise makes specific in our praises. Our praise should been praised. Instead of motivating a are very innocent and whatever they do us incompetent and in confident to de- always relate to the effort the child child to engage in an activity, praise makes us feel happy. Most of the times cide. We praise the children to make makes. By doing this the child will focus motivates a child to get more praise. we are so much overwhelmed that we them confident but the reverse happens on the efforts he makes, his attention n Reduces achievement – children shower them with praises , but here I because the praise is not proportionate, will be on the efforts and not on himself. who are praised for creative tasks would like the parents to know that I would like to give you an example, if a If we praise a child it will flatter him. So tend to stumble at the next task. This praise is a two sided sharpened sword, if child makes a beautiful painting we say always make a point to praise the effort. may be because of the pressure cre- not used correctly can create disasters. I “Wow” you are great artist, or you are Also, not all of the child’s actions need to ated to continue to keep up the good always stress to Praise the effort and not very talented, you are a born artist, etc. be accredited. Praise can be expressed work, and because the child has lost the child. Praise is a positive term of ex- This is directly praising the child here through beautiful gesture of love like a interest. In addition, children who pression, but the result of it’s over use is we have not praised his effort (painting) hug, a kiss, a smile. We don’t always are praised are less likely to take negative. Praising gives children confi- at all. We have totally focused on prais- need to use bundles of words of praise. risks, as they may fear they won't re- dence and makes them better every ing the child. So, now the child learns to Some gestures of feelings, expression ceive positive feedback. It's also been time, but here I am talking about pro- focus only on himself and not on his ef- and touch also can be a language of our found that students who receive portionate praise. Why I am using the fort (painting). In fact we should rear- praise and by this the child will learn to positive reinforcement do not per- term proportionate is because praise is range our words & say what a beautiful understand the language of emotions as sist in the face of difficulties (Maclel- the food of mind and should be digested choice of colours you have; the picture well. We want the children to make lan, 2005) www.theopenpage.co.in 8 activities Ahmedabad, ThursDAY,October 10, 2019 9

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with effigies of Ravana (a mythical king of ancient Sri Lanka). The effigies are burnt on bonfires in the evening. Dussehra is the culmination of the Navaratri festival. Vijayadashami n There are many local celebrations ijayadashami also known as Da- quoting the natural example of vic- in some areas in India that can sahara, Dusshera, Dasara, tory of good (Dharma) over evil (Ad- V last for up to 10 days. Local events Dussehra or Dashain is a major Hindu harma). Alternatively it marks a rev- include: festival celebrated at the end of erence for one of the aspects of Navratri every year. It is observed on goddess Devi such as Durga or n Performances of the Ramlila (a the tenth day in the Hindu calendar Saraswati. short version of the epic Ramaya- month of Ashvin or Kartik, the sixth Vijayadashami celebrations in- na) in Northern India. and seventh month of the Hindu Lu- clude processions to a river or ocean ni-Solar Calendar respectively , front that carry clay statues of Durga, n A large festival and procession in- which typically falls in the Gregorian Lakshmi, Saraswati, Ganesha and cluding the goddess Cha- months of September and October. Kartikeya, accompanied by music mundeshwari on a throne mount- Vijayadashami is observed for dif- and chants, after which the images ed on elephants in the town of ferent reasons and celebrated differ- are immersed into the water for dis- Mysore in the state of Karnataka. ently in various parts of South Asia In solution and a goodbye. Elsewhere, the southern, eastern and northeast- on Dasara, the towering effigies of n The blessing of household and ern states of India, Vijayadashami Ravan symbolizing the evil are burnt work-related tools, such as books, marks the end of Durga Puja, remem- with fireworks marking evil's de- computers, cooking pans and ve- bering goddess Durga's victory over struction. The festival also starts the hicles in the state of Karnataka. the buffalo demon Mahishasura to preparation for one of the most im- restore and protect dharma. In the portant and widely celebrated Diwa- n The preparation of special foods, northern and western states, the fes- li, the festival of lights, which is cele- including luchi (deep fried flat tival is synonymously called Dusseh- brated twenty days after the bread) and alur dom (deep fried ra (also spelled Dasara, Dashahara). Vijayadashami. spiced potato snacks), in Bengal. In these regions, it marks the end of Many Hindus also believe that it is "Ramlila" and remembers God Ra- What Do People Do? lucky to start a new venture, project ma's victory over the Ravan. On the Many people of the Hindu faith ob- or journey on Dussehra. They may very same occasion; Arjuna alone serve Dussehra through special also exchange gifts of leaves from the decimated 1 lakh+ soldiers & defeat- prayer meetings and food offerings to Shami tree (Prosopis spicigera) as a ed all Kuru warriors including Bhish- the gods at home or in temples symbol of the story of the Pandavas ma, Drona, Ashwatthama, Karna, throughout India. They also hold out- brothers' exile in the Mahabharata Kripa etc.- there by significantly door fairs (melas) and large parades stories.

harad Purnima is one of the most fa- Rice-Kheer a famous Indian sweet dish Smous Purnima in Hindu Calendar. It is made of cow milk, rice and sugar, is pre- believed that Sharad Purnima is the only pared and left in moonlight for the whole day in the year when the moon comes night. In the morning, Rice-Kheer which out with all sixteen Kala(s). In Hinduism, is believed to be invigorated and fortified each human quality is associated with with the moonlight is consumed and dis- certain Kala and it is believed that the tributed as Prasad in family members. combination of sixteen different Kala(s) In Brij region, Sharad Purnima is also creates a perfect human personality. It known as Raas Purnima It is believed was Lord Krishna who was born that on the day of Sharad Purni- with all sixteen Kala(s) and ma Lord Krishna performed He was the complete in- Maha-Raas, the dance carnation of Lord Vish- of divine love. On the nu. Lord Rama was night of Sharad born with only Purnima, upon twelve Kala(s). hearing the divine Hence, worship- Sharad music of Krishna's ping God Chandra flute, Gopis of on the day of Sharad Vrindavan sneaked Purnima is considered Purnima away from their very significant. Newly homes and families to wed women, who take the forest to dance with pledge to do Purnimasi fasting Krishna throughout the night. for the year, begin the fast from the day It was the day when Lord Krishna cre- of Sharad Purnima. In Gujarat Sharad ated several of Krishna(s) to accompany Purnima is more popularly known as each Gopi. It is believed that Lord Krish- Sharad Poonam. na supernaturally stretched the night to On this day not only Moon shines with the length of one night of Lord Brahma all sixteen Kala(s) but also its rays have which was equivalent of billions of hu- certain healing properties which nourish man years. the body and the soul. It is also believed In many regions Sharad Purnima is that the moon rays on the day of Sharad known as Kojagara Purnima when Ko- Purnima drip nectar. Hence to take ad- jagara Vrat is observed for the whole day. vantage of this divine phenomenon, tra- Kojagara Vrat is also known as Kaumudi ditionally on the day of Sharad Purnima, Vrat. www.theopenpage.co.in Back to the roots Ahmedabad, ThursDAY,October 10, 2019 11

1st October - International Cof- 4th October - World Animal the scale of suicide around the world and 15 th October - World White Cane the role that each of us can play to help in fee Day Welfare Day preventing it. This day is organised by the Day World Federation for Mental Health. It is also supported by WHO, the International Association for Suicide Prevention and United for Global Mental Health. 11th October - International Girl Child Day World Animal Welfare Day is celebrated on 4 October to raise awareness among people about taking actions worldwide for the rights of animal as well as welfare. It is necessary to improve the welfare standards International Coffee Day is celebrated on 1 worldwide. October every year to recognise millions of people across the world from farmers, 5th October - World Teachers’ Day International Girl Child Day is observed on 11 October to raise voices for girls and stand up roasters, baristas, and coffee shop owners World Teachers’ Day is celebrated on 5 for their rights. International Day of Girl etc. who do hard work to create and serve October every year in the whole world to 2019 theme is “GirlForce: Unscripted and the beverage in the consumable form. commemorate the anniversary of the unstoppable”. st adoption of the ILO/UNESCO 1 October - World Vegetarian Recommendation concerning the Status of th Day Teachers in 1966. No doubt this 14 October - World Standards World Vegetarian Day is Recommendation sets benchmarks Day observed on 1 October regarding the rights and responsibilities of annually. It was founded teachers, education, recruitment, employment etc. World White Cane Day is celebrated on 15 in 1977 by the North October by the National Federation of the American Vegetarian th Blind. White cane for the blind people is an Society (NAVS) and in 1978 was endorsed 6 October - German-American essential tool that gives them the ability to by the International Vegetarian Union. Day achieve a full and independent life. With the nd German-American Day is observed on 6 help of white cane, they can move freely and 2 October - Gandhi Jayanti October every year. This day is celebrated as safely from one place to another. the German-American heritage. th World Standards Day is observed on 14 15 October - World Students’ 8 October - Indian Air Force Day October every year to raise awareness Day among the regulators, industry and consumers to show the importance of standardization to the global economy. 15th October - Pregnancy and Gandhi Jayanti is celebrated on 2nd October Infant Loss Remembrance Day every year to mark the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. He was born on 2 October, Indian Air Force Day is celebrated on 8 1869 in Porbandar, Gujarat. He is an October all over India. On 8 October, 1932 inspiration into the lives of the famous Indian Air Force Day was established. world leaders and our lives also. World Students’ Day is observed on 15 October annually to mark the birth 9th October - World Postal Day 2nd October - International Day anniversary of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. 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On 15 October - Global 15 June, 2007, General Assembly adopted a Handwashing Day resolution of establishing International Day of Non-Violence to spread the message of World Postal Day or World Post Office Day is non-violence including education and public celebrated on 9 October every year to raise awareness. awareness among people about the role of rd the postal sector for people and businesses 3 October - German Unity Day every day. In 1874, the Universal Postal German Unity Day is Union was established in Bern, Switzerland celebrated on 3 and its anniversary is declared as the World October every year to Postal Day by the Universal Postal union Global Handwashing Day is observed on 15 mark the anniversary Congress in Tokyo, Japan in 1969. October every year and it was founded by of the nation’s the Global Handwashing Partnership. This World Food Day is celebrated every year on unification. 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One back and South Africa have a wicketless day would have expected some sort of cut Philan- Maybe, even the rain gods are on double jump, some expletives be- der for a Rohit Sharma’s side. They too want- ing uttered in anger or maybe a roar boundary. ed to give him the chance and space aimed at the doubters. You know to re-launch his Test career as an But Sharma kept it rather mute. Sharma is get- opener. On Day One of the first Test An almost casual raise of the bat ting comforta- they were supposed to make their and taking off the helmet to just the ble when he is presence felt sometime at noon. But acknowledge the applause of his pulling, and he like the Indian cricket establish- teammates and the crowd. As if brought out that ment, they too were patient with scoring Test tons as an opener is his shot against Sharma. second nature. And it is but in Rabada. Spin was Rain arrived three overs after Ro- white-ball cricket — his limited suc- introduced in the hit Sharma cut Senuran Muth- cess as a Test player has remained a form of left-arm usamy for a single to get to his cause of disappointment for his Keshav Maharaj fourth Test hundred. More signifi- lovers. — Sharma wel- cantly the ton had come at a time comed him with when a lot of focus was him after The start a six over mid-on his elevation to the opener’s slot, a It’s a no-brainer that the new ball bringing the 50 of move that is being seen as career- moves a bit, whatever be the pitch the partnership resurrecting one. The ton had taken and conditions. And so was the case with Agarwal. 154 balls and included ten bounda- yesterday. Although Kagiso Rabada By this time, the crowd ries and four sixes. could be blamed for being a tad was getting behind Shar- When rain stopped play on the short on a slow pitch, his new-ball ma, chanting Rohit, Ro- first ball of the 60th over with tea partner Vernon Philander was able hit. He obliged by first approaching, Sharma was unbeaten to generate some seam movement cutting Maharaj for a on 115, having added 202 for the by pitching it up. boundary and then depositing opening wicket with Mayank Agar- Sharma started with a punched off-spinner Dane Piedt into the wal who is unbeaten on boundary off Rabada through point. top tier. Danced down the track 84. One would have expected To counter Philander’s movement, and bang. His fifty came with a that Sharma would break into some he first started standing a bit out- swept boundary off Muthusamy sort of crazy celebrations after side the crease and then even took a and included five boundaries and reaching the three-figure mark, for few steps forward to counter it. As a six. Lunch was taken with India he was under intense scrutiny over the keeper came up to stop him, at 91 without loss.

rsenal reject Gnabry tears Totten- goals in high-score wins after a hattrick Aham apart in London while Zidane’s on his Germany debut three years ago in second Madrid coming gets ‘Real’ an 8-0 romp at minnows San Marino in After his four-goal haul, Serge Gnabry Bayern Serge Ahead a 2018 World Cup qualifier. says Bayern Munich’s 7-2 gala romp at Tottenham Hotspur sent a “big mes- New-look Bayern sage” to their Champions League rivals. “Serge’s attacking skills are sensation- Gnabry dazzled at Tottenham Hot- al,” said Bayern coach Niko Kovac. spur Stadium on Tuesday as Bayern “With his speed, with his ball control handed their hosts the highest-ever -- and he has a fantastic shot off either home defeat suffered by an English foot. team in European competition. “What I ask of him is his defensive The former Arsenal winger netted his work and he made a huge jump with four goals in a devastating second-half that here.” spell while Poland striker Robert Le- Gnabry is part of a new-look Bayern wandowski scored twice as Spurs’ de- boasting plenty of Gallic flair with fence capitulated. France’s Kingsley Coman on the other “I think (the other teams) know we wing. are not stopping,” Gnabry said after his Centre-backs Lucas Hernandez and first Champions League goals on his12th Benjamin Pavard, both World Cup win- appearance in the competition. ners with France, shut down Spurs at- “After going 3-1 or 4-2 up we could tack. Fellow Russia 2018 winner Coren- have stopped but we wanted more. tin Tolisso was prefered to Thiago “I think it’s a big message for everyone Alcantara alongside Philippe Coutinho else.” in midfield in London. Germany legend and Sky pundit Lo- petition as far as the Champions League candidates, but this result will give However, the night belonged to Gna- thar Matthaeus agreed that Bayern “set title is concerned. them self-confidence,” he added. bry and the 24-year-old’s impressive an example to their international com- “I don’t want to say that they are title Gnabry is no stranger to claiming finishing.

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Mixed day for Daksh Surat Jr Girls Defend Title urat girls’ team retained their junior for the top honour. Sgirls' title with a 3-1 win over Va- In the semis, Ahmedabad edged out dodara in the team event of the State Bhavnagar in a thriller. and Inter-District Table Tennis Champi- With 2-match-a-piece, Ahmedabad’s onship that is being played in Abhilash Raval made amends for his It was a mixed day for Daksh Kukreti as he won Gandhidham. earlier loss to beat Nandish Halani of boys’ under-12 event while settling for second In the junior girls’ final, Aafrien Murad Bhavnagar 11-13, 11-7, 10-12, 12-10, place in the under-14 singles of the AITA rallied from two games down, saved a 11-6. Championship Series tournament. At the match point in the fifth game to record a Earlier in the day, Dhairya Parmar Ahmedabad City Tennis Foundation lawns, thrilling 9-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-4, 16-14 won both his matches – beating Nandish Daksh overcame his academymate Vyom Shah 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 to win the rain affected under-12 win over Purva Nimbalkar. (11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 11-9)andKaranpalJade- final. Seeded 12th in the event, Daksh started Sheli Patel then levelled the tie with a beat Purva Nimbalkar 11-5, 11-9, 11-8 ja(13-11,11-7, 11-9) – without breaking a his campaign with 6-0, 6-0 win over Heet shocking 7-11, 13-11,11-8, 11-9 win over win in less than 15 minutes to seal the sweat. Kandoriya before beating Ayan Patel 6-1, 6-3 in Filzahfatema Kadri. deal. However, Ahmedabad were guilty of the second round. Daksh’s biggest win came in Filzah make amends Surat also entered the final of wom- some unforced errors in doubles where the quarters, where he shocked top-seed Dhiraj en’s team event where they will be Reddy for a 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 win. Continuing his Later on, Filzah-Tanya registered a 13- Dhairya and Dev Patel lost to the pair of giant-killing spree, Daksh then shocked third 11, 11-7, 12-10 win over Charmi and Pra- meeting Bhavnagar. Karanpal-Harshil Kothari. seed Pratham Kotak 6-1, 6-2 in the semis. rthna to wrest the initiative for Surat. Ahmedabad face Surat Interestingly, Abhilash, who was cred- Meanwhile in the under-14 final, Daksh suffered Having gained the momentum, Filzah Meanwhile, in the junior boys’ sec- ited for Ahmedabad’s win had lost his a 2-4, 3-4(5) loss against fourth-seed came alive in the fourth game as she tion, Ahmedabad will clash with Surat first match to Karanpal. Anshuman Gairola. Daksh started the event by beating Dhiraj Reddy 6-4, 6-2 in the first round before he edged out Tanuj Chhajer 6-1, 6-0 in the second round. In the quarters, Daksh shocked third seed Ved Gajiwala 6-4, 6-1 before he created a big flutter with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 win over top seed Siddhant Krishna in the semis. Sriya records doubles delight Ram Tirth from BALKRISHNA VIDHYAPITH, RAJULA pocketed his first Chess crown by winning the Khel Mahakumbh Under 11, Taluka level which was held on 1/9/2019. Ram Tirth scored 1st position out of 28 competitors. Moving on to the next level, which was the It was doubles delight for Sriya Mehta as the District level tournament youngster won the girls’ doubles and mixed held on 7/9/2019, he scored doubles crowns in the open category of 2nd position out of 22 Ahmedabad District Khel Mahakhumbh SKUM Boys Volleyball District Champion – 2019-20 competitors and has Badminton Tournament. At Khokhra Sports SKUM English Medium school Under-17 Boys team become champion in the Khel qualified for the state level Complex, Sriya joined hands with Deeya Mishra Mahakumbh-2019 district level tournament and 12 boys are selected for State Level. tournament. to record a 15-8, 17-15 win over Tasmiya Pathan and Pinki Sharma in the final for the crown. After a bye in the opening round, Sriya and Deeya breezed past Riya Kushwaha and Anjali Parihar 15-3, 15-7 in the semis. Meanwhile, in mixed Prarthana settles doubles, Sriya teamed up with Sahil Pathan and Gujarat make it five out of five as runners up recorded a fighting 15-11, 12-15, 17-15 win over Dipen Thakkar and Priyanka in the final match. espite their impressive opening their account. Dshows in recording four Gujarat smelt blood as their consecutive wins in the Vijay bowlers hunted as a pack with- Women TT team suffer Surat Hazare Trophy, Gujarat’s coach out giving any leeway to rival hurdle, still in semis Sairaj Bahutule was not taking batsmen. Debutant Tejas Patel, Ahmedabad women’s table tennis team along anything for granted. Roosh Kalaria, Chintan Gaja and with Surat, Baroda and Bhavnagar stormed into the semis of the team event at late Shri “I am not taking anything for Axar Patel as they were at the Prarthana Solanki suffered final Mahendraray Dulerai Buch State and Inter- granted. We have been playing economical best and picked two heartbreak as she faltered in the District Table Tennis Championship that is being well so far, but we cannot afford wickets each as Gujarat bowled under-16 final of the AITA held in Kachchh. The city team booked their to get complacent and take our opponents out their rivals for 126 in 42.2 overs. National Championship Series semis spot beating Rajkot 3-1 and Kachchh 3-0 that concluded in Jalandhar. In lightly,” Bahutule told Mirror after their For Bihar, Sachin Kumar Singh waged a in their Group A matches. Kausha Bhairapure, the final, Prarthana suffered a Anoushka Chatterjee, Kavisha Shah and thumping seven-wicket win over hosts Ra- lone battle with an unbeaten 73-ball 44 but 0-6, 4-6 loss against Punjab’s Purvanshi Acharya proved their mettle, making jasthan on Tuesday. they paid the price for kept losing wicket at Hargunjit Kaur. After a bye in the the city proud. The last match played between “Bihar is an unknown entity for us. They regular intervals. first round, Prarthana edged out Ahmedabad and Surat seemed evenly poised, have some good players but I am not very “We carried on the momentum and our Harshita 6-4, 6-4 in the second at least on paper. Ahmedabad, captained by round. Later in the quarters, she much aware of them. They can be a surprise bowlers bowled very well. We created pres- Kausha, looked a formidable outfit and posed a saw the better of Punjab’s challenge. However, the Surtis continued their element for us,” he said while talking about sure on the rival batsmen and got rewards for Gurneet Kaur before beating juggernaut with an easy win. Frenaz Chipia beat their next opponents, Bihar. their efforts,” Sairaj told Mirror after register- Seerat Kaur 6-3, 6-3 in the Purvanshi before Filzahfatema Kadri shocked But on Thursday it was Gujarat who once ing their fifth win on the trot. penultimate round. Meanwhile in Kausha. In the third singles, Bhavya Jayswal was again came up with a clinical display to tame With the run rate in mind, skipper Parthiv the under-14 event, Prarthana too strong for Anoushka Chatterjee. was stopped short by Seerat in the unknown as the former champions edged Patel (19, 20b, 3x4) and Priyank Panchal (40, the semis with a 6-1, 5-7, 0-6 loss. Fire power out their rivals to record a seven-wicket win 28b, 6x4, 1x6) gave them a rollicking start be- Receiving a bye in the first round, Surat women’s team led by state champion at the Jaipuria Vidyalaya ground in Jaipur. fore Dhruv Raval chipped in with 19-ball 25. Prarthana eased past Frenaz showed no mercy as they thrashed their Save the toss, perhaps, nothing went right Promoted in the order, to add impetus to Karnataka’s Sanjana Singh 6-0, opponents 3-0 in every single match they for Bihar. Chintan Gaja gave Gujarat the first the innings, Axar (27*, 26b, 2x4, 1x6), along 6-2 in the second round. She then played. In the Group A encounter, Surat began recorded 6-2, 6-3 win over Angel the carnage against Rajkot before outplaying breakthrough sneaking an edge off Shasheem with Bhargav Merai (17*, 22b, 1x4), saw the Shah in the quarters. the home team, Kachchh by the same margin Rathour as Bihar lost the first wicket without team through in the 20th over. – 3-0. www.theopenpage.co.in current events Ahmedabad, ThursDAY,October 10, 2019 14

Indian Army to test new war Direct. But the officials will ask Facebook to hold EU sceptical of Boris Johnson’s North Korea says it successfully off in an open letter to Facebook CEO Mark tactics against China at 14,000 Zuckerberg. Brexit plan, wants it reworked tested new submarine- ft in Arunachal Pradesh launched ballistic missile Trump asks China to probe Bidens

British proposals on Brexit could yield an The Indian Army has begun an exercise, a first-of- agreement before an October 31 deadline, with its-kind to test its new war strategy against one saying Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan China, at 14,000 feet in Arunachal Pradesh -- 100 “can’t fly” as it stands. But the bloc was careful km from the forward areas along the Line of U.S. President Donald Trump called on China as not to dismiss the proposals too soon and both Actual Control (LAC). The war games to test the well as Ukraine to investigate his potential 2020 sides are treading carefully to avoid any blame capabilities of the newly conceived Integrated election rival Joe Biden, doubling down as should the tortuous divorce process end in a Battle Groups (IBGs) will be carried out in phases Democrats began an impeachment inquiry crash. More talks between both sides’ Brexit in the upper reaches of Arunachal Pradesh near against him. Facing possible removal from office negotiators are due on Friday but the bloc has Tawang over the next three weeks. The initial precisely for seeking foreign help against his North Korea said on Thursday it had successfully already made it clear that Mr. Johnson’s plans — induction for the exercise has already been done political challengers, Mr. Trump said he wanted test-fired a new submarine-launched ballistic which principally involve arrangements for the and it is underway in short phases and the final Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky and missile (SLBM) from the sea to contain external border between EU member Ireland and the phase will be concluded by October 25. With the Chinese leader Xi Jinping to go after Biden. threats and bolster self-defense, ahead of fresh British province of Northern Ireland — are limitation of the area where the exercise is being nuclear talks with the United States. The launch nowhere close to unlocking a deal. held, it can only be carried out in phases. The Bengal all set to replace Uttar on Wednesday was the most provocative by biggest challenge is to carry out these military North Korea since it resumed dialogue with the drills in a limited area since we cannot be going Pradesh as state with most BJP Iran welcomes dialogue with United States in 2018 and a reminder by very close to the LAC, a source said. members Pyongyang of the weapons capability it has been Saudi Arabia aggressively developing, including U.S. authorities press Facebook intercontinental ballistic missiles, analysts said. for access to WhatsApp, other After India bans onion exports, encrypted messaging Asia has eye-watering prices

Kolkata: The number of applicants for the BJP On Sunday, Crown Prince Mohammed reportedly membership drive is approaching one crore mark. said that he would prefer a political and peaceful Statistics available till late Wednesday indicated solution to a military one to resolve its disputes From Kathmandu to Colombo, it’s a kitchen that at least 98 lakh people have applied for the with Iran. On Monday, Ali Rabiee, spokesman for nightmare-- Onion prices have gone crazy. That’s U.S. Attorney General William Barr and other U.S., BJP membership. Party sources are optimistic Iranian government, confirmed that Saudi because India, the world’s biggest seller of the U.K. and Australian officials are pressing that the numbers would breach the crore mark leaders had sent messages to Iran’s President Asian diet staple, has banned exports after Facebook to give authorities a way to read soon. It may be recalled that BJP had flagged off Hassan Rouhani through the head of a third state extended monsoon downpours delayed harvests encrypted messages sent by ordinary users, re- its nationwide membership drive on the birth for holding negotiations on mutual issues. and supplies shrivelled. And dedicated buyers igniting tensions between tech companies and anniversary of Shyama Prasad Mukherjee on July Besides, Iran’s Foreign Ministry announced across the region, like Nepalese housewife Seema law enforcement. Facebook WhatsApp already 6. The central government had set a target of Monday that Iran is open for holding dialogue Pokharel, are flummoxed. “This is a terrible uses so-called end-to-end encryption, which around 60 lakh for West Bengal. However, state with Saudi Arabia to settle mutual issues and increase,” said Pokharel, out shopping for locks up messages so that even Facebook can’t BJP chief Dilip Ghosh had publicly stated that talking with regional states to set up a coalition vegetables in Kathmandu. “Onion prices have read their contents. Facebook plans to extend there will be one crore new members from for the security of the region. more than doubled in the last month alone,” that protection to Messenger and Instagram Bengal. Birthday wishes

Lal Bahadur Shastri Amitabh Bachchan 02nd octoBER 1904 11th octoBER 1942 Lal Bahadur Shastri 2 October 1904 – 11 January 1966) was the 2nd Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor, film producer, television Prime Minister of India and a senior leader of the Indian National host, occasional playback singer and former politician. He first gained Congress political party. He joined the Indian independence movement popularity in the early 1970s for films such as Zanjeer, Deewaar and in the 1920s. Deeply impressed and influenced by Mahatma Gandhi Sholay, and was dubbed India’s “angry young man” for his on-screen (with whom he shared his birthday), he became a loyal follower, first roles in Bollywood. Referred to as the Shahenshah of Bollywood, of Gandhi, and then of Jawaharlal Nehru. Following independence in Sadi ka Mahanayak (Hindi for, “Greatest actor of the century”), Star 1947, he joined the latter’s government and became one of Prime of the Millennium, or Big B, he has since appeared in over 190 Indian Minister Nehru’s principals, first as Railways Minister (1951–56). films in a career spanning almost five decades.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Virender Sehwag 15th octoBER 1931 20th october 1978 Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam 15 October 1931 – 27 Virender Sehwag born 20 October 1978 is a former Indian July 2015 was an aerospace scientist who served as the 11th cricketer. Widely regarded as one of the most destructive President of India from 2002 to 2007. He was born and batsmen of all time, Sehwag played as an aggressive right- raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu and studied physics and handed opening batsman and also bowled part-time aerospace engineering. He spent the next four decades as a right-arm off-spin. He played his first One Day scientist and science administrator, mainly at the Defence International in 1999 and joined the Indian test side in Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and 2001. In April 2009, Sehwag became the first Indian to be Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and was honoured as the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for intimately involved in India’s civilian space programme and his performance in 2008, subsequently becoming the first military missile development efforts. player of any nationality to retain the award for 2009. www.theopenpage.co.in holistic development Ahmedabad, ThursDAY,October 10, 2019 15

agencies, educational institutions, private and civil society organisations Chandresh Lodhiya Managing Director, celebrate the week through means of Anala Outdoors various activities connected to Wild- life. The week-long observation focus- Celebrating es on creating awareness and sensitiz- hen we talk about wildlife, the ing people towards the need for Wfirst thing that comes to mind is conservation of wildlife and how hu- big animals like Lions, Tigers and Ele- man life is dependent on it. Apart from phants. Though, wildlife is not just big ecological value, wildlife also has eco- animals, it also refers to all animal and Wildlife Week nomic, aesthetic and recreational plant species that live or grow in the significance. wild without being introduced by hu- The ultimate objective is to sensitise mans. Wildlife can be found in various people, appreciate our Wildlife and ecosystems including forests, deserts, work towards its conservation. An grasslands, seas, lakes, rivers and also aware populace will drive conserva- developed cities and towns. tion efforts locally in their communi- Wildlife plays a significant role in ties, ensuring that the rich Wildlife of maintaining the ecological balance of the country is preserved for the gen- nature. The presence of wildlife is erations to come. also an effective way to assess the How To Celebrate Wildlife quality of the ecosystem. All living things in an ecosystem are interde- Week pendent. The actions that affect one n Take small steps to celebrate Wild- particular organism, affect the entire life through the year ecosystem in some way. For example, n Organise a tree plantation drive in if Lions, being at the top of the food your school/society chain get extinct, it would increase n Organise a documentary screening the population of herbivores like on wildlife Deers and Sambars. Without the lions and other carnivores, that control the n Invite an expert to speak on Wild- herbivore population, these animals life and conservation would ruin the vegetation of the jun- n Register yourself for a Nature camp gles, destroying the habitats of small- n Plan a visit to a National park or er animals and insects. These animals Sanctuary and insects will then move to farm- n Organise a silent rally to create lands in search of food, thus impact- awareness on Wildlife ing the food resources of the human population. So, it is like a web, if one n Put up a bird feeder in your thread of the web is disturbed, it will balcony affect the entire web. n Organise a street play or a flash mob, highlighting the importance Wildlife Week In India in the form of National parks and around1000 species on the Interna- Sanctuaries, wherein human occupa- tional Union for Conservation of Na- of conserving Wildlife India has a very rich and fascinating tion or at least the exploitation of re- ture and Natural Resources' (IUCN) n Organise a wildlife quiz heritage of Wildlife. In order to con- sources is minimum. In spite of con- 'Red List' of threatened species. The competition serve and protect this wildlife, Nature tinuous efforts, a lot still needs to be list includes animals like the Himala- Many Government and Non-Gov- and Natural resources, the govern- done to ensure the conservation of yan Brown Bear, Namdapha Flying ernment Organisations conduct a va- ment has declared several areas our Wildlife, with quite a few species Squirrel, Pygmy Hog, Kashmir Stag, riety of activities during this period across the country as protected areas on the brink of extinction. India has Malabar Civet and the Lion Tailed Ma- including conferences, awareness pro- caque to name a few. grammes, public meetings and much In order to raise public awareness more. Various schools and institutions achievement about Wildlife conservation, every make their students aware through year, the first week of October(2 to 8 Wildlife related activities like mov- October) is observed as Wildlife ie screening, essay writing, Week in India. This week-long painting competition, debate event focuses on the impor- competition and much more. tance of Wildlife preserva- The Kamla Nehru Zoologi- tion for a balanced and cal Garden (Ahmedabad healthy environment. Ini- Zoo) at Kankaria, tiated in 1952 by the Indi- Ahmedabad gives free entry an Board for Wildlife to the Zoo for Children up to 12 (now the National years during the Wildlife week Board for Wild- and also organises various aware- life), the week ness programmes in the Zoo by in- has gained emi- viting expert speakers on Wildlife for nence over the interacting with the Children. years as the state of So friends, participate in any of wildlife is fast declin- these activities that bring ing in India. about awareness on the Every year importance of Wild- Wildlife organi- life conservation sations, for- not only during est depart- Wildlife week but Shri. Vinod I Patel, founder & Managing Trustee of IDP group of schools received the distinguished ments, throughout your life. "Guru Dronacharya Award 2019" (given by Indian Councils of Social Welfare). He earned this title for government his decades long contribution in the field of education & social welfare

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talk show organized by IMCTF ( schools. He said that due to lack of AInitiative for Moral & Cultural Training presence of students & teachers of this Foundation), AOPS (Association of standard in school they could hardly Promotion of Prominent Schools) & The read, write & calculate. The reason for Open Page – A Children’s Newspaper on students not able to do basic learning at “AUGMENT MORAL & CULTURAL VALUES this standard was lack of presence in IN SOCIETY” with Shri S. Gurumurthy, CA school. To improve study ability by profession, writer on political, government introduced online economic issues & Editor of Thuglak, a attendance system. Initially this system weekly Tamil newsletter. Dr. Vinod Rao was not accepted by the staff but by (IAS) Secretary (Primary& Secondary persistent effort it now successfully Education) was the Guest of Honour. The implemented and is giving positive program was held on 30th September at J results. He also shared his experience on B Auditorium of Ahmedabad centralized evaluation system for Management Association. Other standard 3rd to 8th. He also said that the dignitaries on dais were Shri Gunvantsinh Students & Teachers who abide by rules Kothari – National Coordinator HSSF & are actually full of value based education. IMCTF, Smt R. Rajalakshmi – Founder & He also spoke on importance ‘DHARMA’ Managing Trustee IMCTF, Shri Narayan in one’s life. He also said that Dharma is Meghani–Secretary IMCTF, Gujarat & Shri not only about doing good but it is also Archit Bhatt – President AOPS. All the about not doing bad to others. He also dignitaries were warmly welcomed by mentioned that it is necessary to protect Team of IMCTF (Shri Pradip Modi, Shri Dharma, our Sanatandharma as it would Ajit Shah, Smt Manisha Joshi & Shri in turn protect us. He was very hopeful, Tulsiram Tekwani) AOPS (Shri Raja that collaborating with IMCTF would Pathak, Shri Vatsal Vaishnav, Shri Kamal definitely benefit the education system. Mangal & Shri Prahar Anjaria) & The Open Everyone in the auditorium was all ears Page (Smt Jyoti Bhatt, Smt for the talk by Shri S. Gurumurthy. He Pratiksha Parikh, Smt Nipa Shukla & Shri spoke about difference between Values & Rakesh Patel). Virtues. He said both are great and Opening of the Event was done by Shri inevitable. He also spoke about difference Archit Bhatt. Key note address about between Value education and Value IMCTF was done by Shri. Narayan enforcement; one is about Sanskara and Meghani. Dr. Vinod Rao spoke about other about rules. Sanskaras go a long changing systems in primary education way with the person while rules by of the state. He was very worried about human tendency are meant to be broken. the learning abilities of 6th, 7th & 8th – 6 Ecosystem of society improves by lac students of the government run following Sanskaras. More Details on p5

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