Dimdima
Online Children's Magazine from India
Long ago there lived a King who was very grumpy. He did not laugh at all. Never! And no one in his Kingdom was allowed to laugh either. The people were forced to obey this rule. But one small boy was so cheerful by nature that he could not live without laughing. His name was Sidhartha. "What can I do?" he thought. Suddenly he got an idea. He spent all day writing a funny story and changing it into a drama. He made funny masks then went to the King. He asked the King "May I dramatize the story for you?" The King let him. He started. At last he came to the funny part of the story. He did that very well because he wanted the King to laugh and his wish came true. The King started laughing and all the Soldiers were amazed. "I never knew it is fun to laugh" the King said. He broke the rule that all should not laugh and everyone lived happily ever after all because of Sidhartha.
Malavika S. Kumar
IV B
Our Own English High School
Al Ain
United Arab Emirates
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.
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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.