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Volume 1 Issue 1 15th April, 2011

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Sopanam - April 20118

Education

A young boy pestering his father to buy the latest giz-mos in the market. A father holding his head as his teen-age son stands rebelliously arguing about his association with the wrong crowd. A mother weeping as her daugh-ter’s academic grades reflect her growing lack of concen-tration……this situation appears to be mushrooming in many households at an alarming rate today. Has some-thing gone wrong somewhere?

The fast moving world of today has introduced a lot of changing values and principles. While our virtual world is expanding, our families are growing smaller. Space is reducing which is in turn reflected in the way we think. The effect of all this is becoming visible in the way our children behave. Many times parents are unable to iden-tify where things have gone wrong. This series of articles on value education looks at the ways things are turning out today. It also tries to look at how this situation could be remedied.

When a child is born, he does not know anything. As he grows, he sees things around him and modifies his behavior accordingly. He gets molded by his surround-ings. Adults behave in the way they have been brought up. They reflect their experiences. This is visible in their interaction with their families, friends, workplace and outside world. The child sees all this in action and learns to deal with the world in the same way.

What the child is taught in the school and by his par-ents at home is not reflected in the outside world. The lessons in moral science remain mere lessons and do not get translated into real life. He sees life as it is visible and transforms himself accordingly. He learns to be self-centred and feels that everything is for his delight and enjoyment. It is not the child’s fault that it happens this way. Everything around him is geared up to encourage consumerism. The remote in his hand helps him to jump from one channel to channel if he is bored. So when he comes to school, he is unable to keep attention on any-thing for long.

Is there a way out of this situation? Yes of course.Where is it? At Home.

Parents want the best for their children and will com-promise on their comforts to see that their children get what they want. They want them to have whatever they did not enjoy in their own childhood. Our children need to recognize and appreciate this. Unless we make them participants of our thoughts and decisions, they will not be able to cultivate the value of putting family before the self. Ultimately they are going to take care of their families in future. If they are not taught correctly at home from a young age, they will not be good role models for their children. Today’s world lacks role models because people are busy chasing money and dreams at the cost of relationships.

In the olden days, families inculcated their children with the spirit of “Mathrudevo Bhava, Pithru devo Bhava” – Parents are equal to God. Today’s situation demands that we bring back that spirit into our children. The present generation should not look at its relation-ships as a ladder on which it can step on to achieve suc-cess. Rather it should learn to appreciate the strength of a unified family system where each becomes the giver and the recipient of support. The father and mother are the first role models for the child and everything they do is mirrored in who he becomes.

The second role models are the teachers, “Acharya devo Bhava” – Teachers are equal to God. They set the child’s his feet on his journey of knowledge. At every step, they guide him into realizing who he can be. By giving curricular and co curricular opportunities to the student, they help him identify his talents and spread his wings. Through this education, the child grows up to be a strong and assertive adult. As Swami Vivekananda said “Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man”.

The need of the hour is to provide a value based edu-cation that will educate him to give back to society what he has taken from it. Providing such an education will have a ripple effect - well rounded individuals will be sent into society who will be good role models for their peer group and contribute to the betterment of society. Academic systems alone cannot provide this effect. Ser-vice orientation also has to be given from a young age. Our youngsters have to be trained to carry out sustained service-oriented activities.

The world has come this far because there have been people who gave their best to society. They created their own paths, unfazed by hurdles, taking the best from the old and creating something new. Every action made a statement about their way of thinking. The present gen-eration needs guidelines on such values and principles which will help them to stand on their own feet and be an example to society. Such guidelines can be given only through sustained value education.

And Value Education begins at home. That is

the bottom line.

“We want the education by which character is formed, strength of mind is

increased, the intellect is expanded and by which one can stand on one’s own feet”

- Swami vivekananda

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BHARAT, is the divine motherland of all bharateey-ans. It is the motherland of a civilization that has grown over centuries with the blessings of our great rishis and under the guidance of our great saints and leaders.

From times immemorial our country has moved for-ward with our brothers and sisters living a life based on the moral values and disciplines imbibed in us through our great ‘samskaras’. Our Samskaras are not affected by our religion or caste or even language and geography. Our culture has given us a unique place in the eyes of the world. The world looks upon our relationships and com-munity bondage with envy.

We stood together in the times of calamities and emer-gencies and have shown our resolve to live through some of the worst periods of recorded history. Right from the attacks of the invaders across the borders until today, the people of Bharat have shown its ability to join hands and take a stand against the ills perpetuated against our coun-try and its people.

Today, our nation is going through a rough period with continued terrorism related activities against our na-tion, from across our borders, striking at our heartlands. Instead of taking a strong resolve against these activi-ties, we are spinning ourselves imaginary stories and let-ting our imaginations run wild. Our nation needs to look within itself for the answer.

Our urge to come to power and remain there at all costs has opened up the country to corruption. The dis-ease has spread to the roots of our civilized society. Re-cent news reports tell us that we are even been exposing these weakness to foreign powers which would in no way benefit our nation. Rather it would show the country to be unstable and make our position in the world forum weak.

Today we stand face to face with some of our biggest challenges, terrorism and corruption. The world under-

stands only one message, the language of immeasurable strength. Strength comes not only from being a military power but from the unity of citizens bonded towards one goal, the prosperity of the Nation. Our aim must be to ensure a process for continued man making that will en-sure the citizens of our nation remained focused and the only resolve they have would be a better home leading to a better community and a better nation. The strength of carry forward this process will come from the path put forward by our ancestors and will be carried on the foun-dations of the world’s oldest evolved civilization.

A society filled with men of vices will endanger the whole nation. So it becomes more and more evident that instead of attacking the vices, we need to mould our society to reject these vices. Often we hear the quote, the end justifies the means. And because of this, we are witnessing a steady degeneration of the character of our society and the nation. We see men in power throwing to wind any consideration of human values. Bharat is a community that has always looked up to men of impec-cable character like Shivaji Maharaj. In the long run, the negative character of no individual will be good for the nation, however good he may be in public life.

Our society needs to be alert at every moment and at every step it takes into the future. A false sense of the per-fect citizen is being projected today. An individual who lives in own world and does not bother other people or does not interfere in the happenings of the society around him is being hailed as the perfect individual today. This individual will simply fall into a vicious trap of being un- responsive in the event of a national emergency. Is this the type of citizen our nation needs?

So it is essential that the individuals of our nation de-velop a pure character and become more energetic, ac-tive and dynamic for the national cause. He should be able to express himself with full dedication to the nation. Such is real national character. Let us develop it in our lives by constant endeavour. With our hearts overflowing with pure love for the whole of society, with no trace of selfishness or expectation for our self, let us serve the na-tion. And may the lotus of our character blossom in the bright rays of pure sacred national devotion.

A Moral Way Forward

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Vichar Bharathi - Vivekanandha Jayanthi Celebration 2011

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Vichar Bharathi, an affiliate of Seva Darshan, has been formed as an intellectual platform that can take up the challenges faced by us in today’s changing sce-nario, through effective debates, and propagation of ideas amongst the elite as well as common people of our society.

On the occasion of Swami Vivekanandha Jayanthi,

Vichar Bharathi conducted Speech and Drawing Com-petitions on Swami Vivekanandha in Indian Commu-nity School Kuwait - Amman Street Branch. There was enthusiastic participation from a large number of students who spoke stirringly on Swamiji’s life, his thoughts and values. Nimble fingers drew his face and his famous pose.

Essay Competition Results

In an attempt to encourage people to look at role models par excellence, “Swami Vivekanandha - Youth Icon” - was the topic given for Essay Writing Competition for adults over 18 years. Many entries were received which were evaluated by experts. The winning entries will be published in our forthcoming issues. The winners of the essay writing competition are:1st Prize - Dr. SINDHU SUDHISH2nd Prize - ABHINAV RAMAKRISHNAN3rd Prize - K.V. CHANDRAN

Vichar Bharathi congratulates the winners of all competitions and hopes to bring more value based and thought provoking topics for discussion.

essay Competition Prizes Sponsored ByVilla Moda International Co. W.L.L.

Kuwait Free Trade Zone - Shuwaikh, P.O. Box :- 12112, Shamiya 71652. Kuwait, http://www.villa-moda.com

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Through “Bharat Darshan”, we attempt to give our discerned readers an insight into our rich culture and glorious past of which every Indian is so proud of. India is the cradle of human race; when many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, we established Harappa culture in Sindhu Valley i.e. Indus Valley civilization. There are evidences that all branches of knowledge and many elements of today’s global civi-lization owe their origin to ancient India. Our country used to be the richest and most developed on Earth since ancient times. Attracted by our wealth, many foreign in-vaders namely-Aryans, Greeks, Europeans arrived here for trade but later began fighting among themselves to gain control over our country itself. The British ulti-mately became the rulers of our land. But, our civiliza-tion stands apart from that of Egypt, Mesopotamia and Greece because it has survived the onslaught of these various invaders and still thrives to the present day. Our nation has sheltered the persecuted and the refugees of all religions and nations of the world and we never in-vaded any country.

India is the land where sages dedicated their entire

lives in the service of all living beings and later attained enlightenment through severe penance. God Himself blessed us with many incarnations to re-establish dhar-ma whenever evil forces tried to become stronger.Gaya-tri mantra, the origin of Vedas is the foundation of our divine culture. Vedas contain the eternal truths which our sages are said to have heard during their divine medi-tations and were compiled by sage Krishna Dwepayan Vyas for the benefit of future generations. Modern sci-ence has discovered that whatever is written therein is true. We gave the world an eternal faith, a way of life called ‘Santana Dharma’ which preaches that all living beings are children of the same God and which assimi-lates all religions and faiths into itself. Sanskrit is the mother of all European languages.

India has immensely contributed to the world in the

areas of arts,literature,architecture,spirituality,philosop

hy,astronomy,mathematics,medicine,music,dance,yoga etc. The world’s first university was established in Tak-shila in 700B.C where more than 10,500 students from all over the world used to come to study more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in 4th century B.C was one of the greatest achievements of ancient In-dia in the field of education. Our ancient mathematicians and inventors made many important discoveries and inventions much before anybody else.For example-the Concept of zero by Aryabhata; algebra, trigonometry and calculus; value of ‘pi’ (by Budhayana in 6th century); place value system, decimal system (in 100B.C); inven-tion of chess; consolidation of ‘Ayurveda’ which is the oldest school of medicine known to mankind about 2500 years ago by Charaka etc.

In spite of our linguistic, cultural and ethnic diver-sity we are one nation. During Independence struggle it was this feeling that united us and helped us achieve dear freedom. India is an excellent example of how unity can be achieved in diversity. Which other country can boast of people of different religions, castes living together in peace and harmony? India is as great now as it was in the past. We should feel proud that our ancestors have given us great values like love, truth, non-violence, reverence to all living forms, renunciation, to work without hope of reward, universal acceptance, tolerance etc which the whole world should emulate. Its time we recognize our great legacy and endeavor for the progress of our moth-erland; and try to make it as described in Rabrindranath Tagore’s patriotic poem ‘Geetanjali’ (of whose few vers-es are quoted below):

“where the mind is without fear

and the head is held high;where knowledge is free;

where the mind is lead forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action-into that heaven of freedom, my Father,

let my country awake.”

In the coming issues of this magazine, we will present certain aspects of our culture in more detail. We eagerly await your valuable suggestions and comments regard-ing our effort.

- rani B. Bhaskar

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Seva Darshan Kuwait was formed in the year 2005 as closed knit social organization of families with the sole purpose of initialing a need for Seva (selfless service to God through serving mankind) within the In-dian community in Kuwait.

The idea of selfless service is an important concept in most Dharmic religions. Because God is perceived as having a relationship with others, as well as oneself, serving other people is considered an essential devotion-al practice of indirectly serving God.

Seva Darshan works to explore the various ways in which expatriates in Kuwait can dedicate and volunteer to do ‘seva’ for the down trodden brothers and sisters of the community back in India. With this in mind the organization has initiated many innovative programmes. Major projects like Blind Homes, schools, one teacher schools are regularly supported by our members with the help of the expatriate community in Kuwait. Our "Mangalya Nidhi" programme regularly supports the marriages of women who have no family to support them.

In the year 2005 we were able to provide assistance to people struck by the Tsunami disaster in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

In the year 2006 our efforts bore fruit when we were able to send about 200 kilos of discarded clothes from the community to the tribal areas of Guwahati, Assam. In the same year many people in the community were initiated in a programme to witness the working of the One Teacher concept Ekal Vidyalayas and we have got people to sponsor such programmes regularly in India.

In the year 2007, Seva Darshan members came for-ward to support the ‘Krishnajyothi’ project in Kuwait. We have been extremely successful owing to the tremen-dous support we got from our members, their families and all likeminded organization in Kuwait to build a resi-dential cum training centre in the district of Palaghat in Kerala. The Krishnajyothi Swasraya Kendra today is a home to twenty men who have no sight. But this has in no way made them weak. Exhibiting a unique talent to sing they have formed their own bhajan troupe and per-form all over Kerala. They have started a small scale in-dustry making agarbathis and other products. Bharathot-sav 2008 was our first public function and a tribute to all

is designed in a way that our members and people of the society can come together on the auspicious festival day of Vishu to provide assistance to the Seva Kendra’s sup-ported by Seva Darshan in the form of giving ‘vishukay-ineetam’. The programme has been well accepted and contributions were distributed to over 60 seva sadan’s in Kerala.

As part of our Seva work we also do our best to help the Indian community at times of need by providing monetary and other support.

In this column we will introduce to you the various kendras and projects that we regularly support in India. This would enable you to have a firsthand look into the enormous work that is being done and the mountains we need to cross together.

the hard work put in by our volunteers and their families. All the support we got from the programme was used to further empower the rehabilitation of blind people in Palaghat and surrounding areas.

Last year, Seva Darshan took upon its shoulders 'The Marayoor School Project' aimed at building a residen-tial school for the tribal children of Marayoor in Kerala. A major entertainment programme was conducted to cre-ate an awareness of this project and for fund raising. The work on the school building is gradually progressing.

In 2010, Seva Darshan Kuwait introduced the innova-tive 'Vishu Seva Dinam programme'. The programme

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23 Sri Sachidananda Balasadanam

Payambalam, Kannur, 670001

24 Sri Sadasiva Balasadanam Choolur PO, Kozhokkodu, 673601

25 Sreevalsam Balashramam Elamkavu Devi Temple, SN puram, Pampaadi, Kottayam, 686504

26 Sree Vilwadrinatha Sevashramam

Thiruvillwamala, Trissur, 680588

27 Santheepani Balabhavan Padinjare Nada, Guruvayur, 680101

28 Santhwanam Convent Line, Thotakatukara, Aluva

29 Santhwanam Sevasramam Ivarkala, Kollam30 Shabari Balasramam Aranmula, Pathana-

mthitta, 68953331 Velmuruka Sevakendram Mannam, N Paravoor,

Eklm, 68352032 Veluthampi Smaraka Seva

KendramChandanathoppu, Kollam, 697904

33 Vivekananda Bala Vikasa Kendram

Near Gvt. Hosp. Chalakkudy, 680307Trissur

Balikasadanams34 Agasthyakudeeram Balika

SadanamKoottur, Thir’Puram, 695574

35 Amruthashakthi Balika Sadanam

Puthupurakkal, Eloor, Udyogamandal

36 Amruthashakthi Vidyarthini Sadanam

EloorSouth , Udyogamandal, Eklm

37 Jyothirmayi Balikasadanam

Nethalloor, Karukachal, Kottayam, 686540

38 Lakshmi Smaraka Girijan Balika Sadanam

Echom, Wayanadu, 670721

39 Mathrusakthi Vidyarthini Sadanam

II Convent Road, Thottakkattukara, Aluva, 683108

40 Madhavam Balikasadanam Thuravoor, Cherthala, Alappuzha, 688532

41 Madhavam Balikasadanam Sreemoolanagaram, Aluva, 683580

42 Madhavam (Rehabilitation center for Blind Women)

Sreemoolanagaram, Aluva, 683580

43 Parashakthi Balikasadanam Budhanoor, Chenganoor, Alappuzha, 689510

44 Poornasree Balikasadanam Kaithamukku, Thirupuram- 695024

Sl.No Name of Institution Address

1 Ambadi Balasramam Podiyadi, Thiruvalla, 689110

2 Ananthashai Bala Sadanam Petta, Thiruvanan-thapuram, 695024

3 Balamurali Balasramam Koovanamvenga, Thiruvananthapuram, 689568

4 Ekalavya Vidyarthi Nikethan

Kottuly, Kozhikkodu, 673016

5 Girijan Vidyarthi Nikethan Kaniyampatta, Wayanadu, 673124

6 Giridhar Bala Sadanam Agali Po, Attappadi, 678581,

7 Gokulam Bala Sadanam Adivaram, Kunnap-pilli, Perinthalmanna, Malappuram, 679322

8 Gokulam Bala Sadanam Kolani, Thodupuzha, 685584

9 Gokulam Bala Sadanam Murani, Mallappally East, Pathanamthitta, 689544

10 Krishnapriya Balasramam Pandanadu, Chenganoor, 689506

11 Kumaradas Balasramam Koppam, Pattambi, Melmuri, Palkkadu, 679307

12 Madhavam Bala Sadanam Karikodu, Thodupuzha, 685585

13 Madhavamrutham Bala-vikasa Kendram

Vadama, Mala, Trissur, 680736

14 Mathruchaya Balabhavan Chovvara PO, Aluva, 683571, mathruchaya_b@yahoo.com

15 Nandanam Bala Sadanam Koovappadi, Kochi16 Nandanam Bala Sadanam Mattancheri, Koovap-

adam, Kochi, 68200217 Pazhassi Bala Mandiram Mananthawadi,

Wayanadu, 67064318 Punyam Balabhavanam Theerthapadapuram,

Vazhoor, Kottayam, 686505

19 Sadashiva Bala Sadanam Chulur (NIT), Kozhikkodu, 673604

20 Sandeepani Balabhavan Mallisseriparampu, West Nada, Guruvayoor, Trissur

21 Sevabharathi Bala Sadanam

Koduvayur, Palakkadu, 678501

22 Sri Sachidananda Bala Mandiram

Mattanoor, PO, Kannur, 670702

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Health

“Health is Wealth”

“health the greatest of all we count as blessings”-Ariphron(Greek Poet)

The stress of expatriate life, the professional and socio-economic pressures, extreme climatic conditions might lead to ill-health. The major health problems ex-perienced in Kuwait by expats, are respiratory problems (caused by the high concentrations of dust and sand in the air), health problems due to the extreme heat(sunstroke and sunburn),life style diseases. Generally, the context in which an individual lives is of great importance on his life quality and health status. Lifestyle diseases called diseases of longevity appear to increase in frequency among expats (eg; diabetes, heart disease, chronic renal failure, stroke, depression etc.).

Every individual, soceity, community and nation con-siders health as the most important wealth. Disease or ill-health has a major impact on the individual’s physi-cal and mental well-being and there by on the soceity as a whole. WHO states:Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absense of disease or infirmity. The ancient text of ayurveda considered “ayu” (life) is comprised of four essential parts:the combination of mind, body, senses and the soul. We all acknowledge the fact that healthy mind can only be found in a healthy body. The different schools of medicines like ayurveda, homeopathy,allopathy,alternative medicine have contributed enormously to the health care system.The modern medicine extents from preventive medicine to gene therapy, from neona-tology to geriatrics,from first aid to nuclear medicine,the field is very vast and fast advancing,but the people who suffer from ill-health is also increasing.The knowledge of health is very important to every individaual, this maga-zine makes a humble attempt to develop public aware-ness through articles and develop informed choices.The famous arabic proverb:” He who has health has hope and he who has hope, has everything” reminds us of the at-most importance of health in our lives.

There is an excellent level of healthcare and medi-

cal treatment in Kuwait, and the country is considered to be on a par with the facilities which are provided in the United States and Western Europe.We as residents also have a resposibility in health care , its not just the res-posibility of the health experts, but the shared responsi-bility of individuals and community. The proverb “Pre-vention is better than cure” proves true in todays busy life style.This art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health can be achieved through organised efforts and informed choices. Many life style diseases which cannot be cured can be treated effectively through proper awareness and specialised treatments. Public health can be promoted through the organised efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals. In kuwait we have lot of health camps and awareness programmes conducted through the help of our dedicated indian doc-tors.When we seek medical aid we are cared by our skilled nurses,we utilise the service and expertise of al-lied health professionals.Sopanam requests these profes-sionals to extend their community services by contribut-ing to this noble cause of health education.This will be a platform to discuss health issues and share informations by readers,parents,teachers, students, fitness experts, in-dividuals interested in health and wellness.

Sopanam is dedicating some pages of this e-magazine to health and wellness .We want to include experts opin-ions, health tips, topics on healthy living and wellness in the coming editions.We believe that sharing your knowl-edge in health and wellness through this media will be of great help to the general public.This might help people to make informed chioces about their own health and the health of their loved ones. We humbly invite readers to contribute to this service to humanity through shar-ing ideas, knowledge and expertise. We hope that all of you who are interested in health, experts from different schools of medicine, allied fields will enrich this space dedicated to health and service by sending articles and suggetions. Let us all work together with great energy for this noble cause, Swami Vivekananda quotes: Strength is the sign of vigor, the sign of life, the sign of hope, the sign of health, and the sign of everything that is good. As long as the body lives, there must be strength in the body, strength in the mind, strength in the hand.

- r. rupesh Souparnika

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The Foolish Lion and the Clever Rabbit

Once upon a time, there lived a cruel lion by the name of Bhasuraka, in a dense forest. He was very powerful, ferocious and arrogant. He used to kill the animals of the forest to gratify his hunger. This action of the lion became the cause of worry for the animals of the for-est. They were worried that after sometime none of them would be left alive. They discussed this problem among themselves and came upon the decision to hold a meeting with the lion. They wanted to arrive on a friendly settle-ment with the lion and to put an end to the problem.

One day, as per the plan, all the animals of the forest gathered under a big tree. They invited the "King Lion" to attend the meeting. In the meeting, the representative of the animals said,” Your Majesty, it is our happiness, that we got you as our king. We are all the more hap-py that you are attending this meeting”. The King lion thanked them and replied, “What is the matter? Why we have gathered here?”

All the animals started looking at each other. They were recollecting enough courage to start the topic. One of the animals stood up and said,” Sir, its natural that have to kill us for your food. But, killing more than what is required is not a good approach. If you go on killing the animals without any purpose, very soon a day will come, when there will be no animal left in the forest.” The king lion roared, “So what do you want?”

One of the animals replied, “Your Majesty, we have already discussed the problem among ourselves and have come upon a solution. We have decided to send one ani-mal daily to your den. You can kill and eat it, the way you like. This will also save you from the trouble of hunting.” The lion replied, “Fine. I agree to this proposal, but make sure that the animal must reach to me in time, otherwise, I'll kill all the animals of the jungle." The animals agreed to this proposal.

From that day onwards, daily an animal was sent to the lion to become his food. The lion was very happy to have his food right before him without taking any pains of hunting. So, everyday it was the turn of one of the ani-mals. Once, it was the turn of a rabbit to go to the lion’s den. The rabbit was old and wise. He was unwilling to go, but the other animals forced him to go. The rabbit thought of a plan which would save his life and the lives of other animals of the forest. He took his own sweet time to go to the Lion and reached the lion’s den a little late than the usual time.

The Bhasuraka was getting impatient on not seeing any animal by the time. The Bhasuraka got extremely fu-rious when he saw a small rabbit for his meal. He swore to kill all the animals. The rabbit with folded hands hesi-tatingly explained, “Your Majesty. I am not to be blamed for that. Actually, six rabbits were sent to make your meal, but five of them were killed and devoured by an-other lion. He also claimed to be the king of the forest. I have somehow escaped to reach here safely."

The Bhasuraka howled in great anger and said, “Im-possible, there cannot be another king of this forest. Tell me. Who is he? I’ll kill him. Take me to the place, where you saw him.” The intelligent rabbit agreed and took the Lion towards a deep well, filled with water. When they reached near the well, the rabbit said,” This is the place where he lives. He might be hiding inside.”

The Bhasuraka looked into the well and saw his own reflection. He thought it was the other Lion. The Lion was furious and started growling. Naturally the image in the water, the other Lion, was also equally angry. In order to kill the other Lion, he jumped into the well. The Lion darted his head against the rocks and drowned in the deep well.

The wise rabbit, with a sigh of relief went back to other animals and narrated the whole story. All the ani-mals got happy and praised the rabbit for his wit. Thus, the jubilant rabbit saved all the animals from the proud Lion and they all lived cheerfully thereafter.

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Bala Lokam

Dear Young Friends,

Wish you all a very happy and prosperous vishu!! May the beauty of Vishu kanni and Kanni konna fill your hearts and enlighten your mind all throughout the year. Here is a Vishu Kaineetam to our little friends of Bala-darshan – ‘Balalokam’ - A space to showcase your tal-ents in the form of writings and paintings.

In this Vishu, we are happy to introduce the E-Mag-azine Sopanam. In this E-magazine, Balalokam is a page dedicated only for children. Here is a chance to speak out your mind and share your thoughts. The writ-ings can be in the form of poems, short stories, useful information and short essays. You can also write about great personalities, festivals, holiday trips etc. We also invite art and paintings from you.

Let the world know your hidden talents. This is an open platform to enhance your skills. So, dear brothers and sisters, please do make good use of this opportunity. You are the promise of tomorrow, the young hearts to make this world a better place. So express yourself freely in Balalokam.

Please note the articles should not exceed one page. As we have limited space allotted, we may not be able to publish some of your articles in the same month. In that case, your articles and paintings will be published in the following editions. So do not lose your heart, if you don’t see your contribution in the same month.

It’s a humble request to all the parents to encourage the budding talents. Let our children be independent to share their ideas and thoughts freely. Here is a chance to enhance the creativity and vision of the new generation.

May Goddess Saraswati bless you all to become the shining stars of tomorrow. Please do make the best use of this Vishu Kaineetam, and spread the joy of this season to your near and dear ones.

Mail id to send your articles: vbkuwait@gmail.com

- Sindhu Sanjith

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