6th Gandhi Festival
“ बापू की गोद में तीन दिन”
(Three days in Bapu’s lap)
Date : 30 Sept., 1 & 2 October 2011
Supported by
Sarvodaya International Trust, Bangalore
Pan – Parvati shangar Charitable Trust, Jaipur
National Gandhi Museum, New Delhi
“If we are to reach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with children.....“
- Mahatma Gandhi
Present situation of our society and increasing violence in the world force us to think that why Mahatma Gandhi (Father of our Nation) insistad on “Satya & Ahimsa“ (Truth & Nonviolance) ?
Aims & Objectives
- To know Mahatma Gandhi – How a simple boy Mohan Became Mahatma.
- To know the importance of Truth & Non-violence.
- To know – how “Sarvodaya“ is important for “sustainable development.“
- To know – how to “Be a change“.
- To know – our Bapu through creative games, music, drama, exhibition, poems, stories and paintings.
Participants
- Bright Lands Girls School, Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur.
- Aryan’s Public School, Jhotwara, Jaipur.
- Tagore Public School, Shastri Nagar Jaipur
- Tagore Public School, Vaishali Nagar Jaipur.
- B.V.B. Vidyashram, Pratap Nagar Sanganer, Jaipur.
- Warren Academy Day Bording School, Jaipur
- M.G.D. Girls School, Jaipur
- Sanskaar Schoo, Jaipur
- Disha School, Jaipur.
- Suman Bright Academy, R.K. Puram, Jaipur.
- Puspa Public School, Hanuman Nagar Ext., Jaipur.
- Pratham Rajasthan, Tonk Road, Jaipur.
- Saras Bal Kendra, Amar Nagar Jaipur.
- Godawan Bal Kendra, Nehru Nagar.
- Individual members of Bal Bhavan Jaipur
Activities of Gandhi Festival
30 September 2011
1st session of the day
- Discussion session with – Justics Mr. N.K. Jain (Former Chairperson: Raj. State Human Right Commission, Jaipur & Former Chief Justice : Madras & Karnataka Hight Court)
- Exhibiton – “Bapu & Children“ from National Gandhi Museum New Delhi
2nd session of the day
Discussion session with –
- Writer Dr. Durga Prasad Agarwal & Dr. Sudesh Batra told small stories from Bapu’s life and answered children’s Questions.
- Writing Session – Children expressed themseleves through poems and stories.
- Painting Session :- Children expressed their fealings about “Bapu“ through
paintings.
1st October 2011
1st session of the day
- Discussion session – Socialist, Retd. IAS & Padam Bhushan Mr. D.R. Mehta & Mr. Sudhindra Gemawat (Retd. IAS).
2nd session of the day
- Skits & Group Songs presentation by school children:-“Champaran ka Kisan Aandolan“ skit by B.V.B.V, Pratap Nagar School, “Sadev Saty Bolo“ skit presented by Disha School, A school for special children & “Bapu se Shikayat “ presented by slum kids from Saaras Bal Kendra, were apprecitiated by the audience.
- Prize Distribution.
2nd October,2011
1st session of the day
Sarv Dharam Prathna.
2nd session of the day
Creative Games
- Mahatma Gandhi Kabbdi Pratiyogita : eight teams participeted.
- Children were first devided into eight groups, names as – Saty, Ahimsa, Kasturba, Putli Bai, Mohandas, Satyagrahi, Devdas, Mahtama, Rashtrapita.
- Creative sports based on Gandhian values. It was fun & easy learning about co-operation & non-violance.
- Team Games –
† Aprigrah (Renunciation)
† Puzzle on Non-Violence.
- Prize distribution to winning teams.
Result –
