It’s Halloween: Trick-or-Treating in the United States: Some American colonists celebrated Guy Fawkes Day, and in the mid-19th century large numbers of new immigrants, especially those fleeing the Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s, helped popularize Halloween. In the early 20th century, Irish and Scottish communities revived the Old World traditions of souling and guising in the United States. By …
Read More »Oh No, Not Halloween Again: Children’s Poem
Oh No, Not Halloween Again: Many people around the world celebrate Halloween, which occurs annually on October 31. It is the day before All Saints’ Day, and is also sometimes called All Hallows’ Eve and Hallowmas Eve. Costume parties are held and many children go trick-or-treating around this time of the year. Oh No, Not Halloween Again: Anonymous It’s that …
Read More »Mahatma Gandhi: Poem on Father of The Nation
Father of The Nation Mahatma Gandhi (October 2, 1869 to January 30, 1948) was the leader of India’s non-violent independence movement against British rule and in South Africa who advocated for the civil rights of Indians. Born in Porbandar, India, Gandhi studied law and organized boycotts against British institutions in peaceful forms of civil disobedience. He was killed by a …
Read More »I Hear America Singing: Labour Day Poem
Walt Whitman hears America singing; do you? Classic poem published in 1860, where every man and woman has a voice that is unique, yet is part of the overall fabric of the America. I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong, The carpenter singing his …
Read More »They Earned The Right: Labour Day Poetry
Edgar Albert Guest was a prolific English-born American poet who was popular in the first half of the 20th century and became known as the People’s Poet. His poems often had an inspirational and optimistic view of everyday life. Labour Day Poem: They Earned The Right I knew Ket and Knudsen, Zeller, Zeder and Breer. I knew Henry Ford back …
Read More »My Role: Poem On Builders And Labour
Labour in India refers to employment in the economy of India. In 2012, there were around 487 million workers in India, the second largest after China. Of these over 94 percent work in unincorporated, unorganized enterprises ranging from pushcart vendors to home-based diamond and gem polishing operations. The organised sector includes workers employed by the government, state-owned enterprises and private …
Read More »Our Earth: Mother Earth Day Poem For Kids
Our Earth: Mother Earth is clearly urging a call to action. Nature is suffering. Oceans filling with plastic and turning more acidic. Extreme heat, wildfires and floods, as well as a record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season, have affected millions of people. Now we face COVID-19, a worldwide health pandemic link to the health of our ecosystem. Climate change, man-made changes to …
Read More »होली का रंग: रंग, उत्साह और उमंग का त्यौहार
होली का रंग: भारत विभिन्न संस्कृतियों और धर्मों को एक साथ लेकर चलने वाला देश है। यहां हर मौसम में विविध त्यौहार आते हैं जो मिलने-मिलाने का बेहतरीन अवसर प्रदान करते हैं। हर कुछ महीने बाद देश त्यौहारों के रंग में डूबा नजर आता है। वसंत ऋतु अपने साथ देश का सबसे रंगीन त्यौहार “होली” लेकर आता है। होली भारत …
Read More »आया फागुन: होली पर्व पर हिंदी बाल-कविता
आया फागुन: पुराणों के अनुसार, विष्णु भक्त प्रह्लाद से क्रोधित होकर प्रह्लाद के पिता हिरण्यकश्यप ने, पुत्र प्रह्लाद को ब्रह्मा द्वारा वरदान में प्राप्त वस्त्र धारण किए बहन होलिका के गोद में आग से जला देने की मनसा से बैठा दिया। किन्तु प्रभु की महिमा से वह वस्त्र प्रह्लाद को ढ़क लेता है और होलिका जल कर भस्म हो जाती …
Read More »इस होली में: होली पर हिंदी बाल-कविता
पुराने समय में होली के अवसर पर जहां मंदिरों में कृष्ण और राम के भजन गूंजते थे, वहीं नगरों में लोगों द्वारा ढोलक मंजिरों के ताल पर लोकगीत गाए जाते थे। पर बदलते समय के साथ इस त्योहार का स्वरूप भी बदलता नज़र आ रहा है। होली पर सभी संस्थान, संस्था व कार्यस्थल में छुट्टी दी जाती है पर छुट्टी …
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