Dimdima
Online Children's Magazine from India
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The Secretary bird is so called because its crest of black feathers resembles a quill-pen which European clerks in the last century used to stick in their wigs. The bird has to run to launch itself into the air but once air-borne it flies well. The Secretary bird, however, spends most of its time on the ground striding up and down in grassy areas looking for food which consists of insects, rodents and snakes which it tramples to death with its powerful feet. The Secretary bird is an inhabitant of Africa.
Learn to make a whistle from a broken earthern pot or would you like to make a bird feeder so that you can watch birds on your window sill everyday. Our Activity Section teaches you to make simple things from easily available materials.
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Dimdima is the Sanskrit word for ‘drumbeat’. In olden days, victory in battle was heralded by the beat of drums or any important news to be conveyed to the people used to be accompanied with drumbeats.
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
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Dimdima.com, the Children's Website of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan launched in 2000 and came out with a Printed version of Dimdima Magazine in 2004. At present the Printed Version have more than 35,000 subscribers from India and Abroad.