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Vol. 2 Issue 1 8March 2018 KOLKATA

Stress – throw it away in the playground

Students, when this article will reach your hands, you may have completed your exams and will be enjoying the days, relaxed and free of your tensions. Some of you may be aiming at shaping your future and some of you may be busy with your favourite hobbies. Being a teacher, I understand better and can feel how difficult a life the present day children are living. We have more than what we expect, we have all sorts of modern facilities and luxuries but what we do not have is proper mental peace. Let me share some of my thoughts and ideas of how present day students can keep themselves happy and mentally fit in every aspect.

Our busy lifestyle leads us to be mechanically satisfied – we are addicted to electronic media like tablets or television. But every child needs to play outdoors for his or her physical, social and emotional well-being. The world is changing fast. When we were young, our parents found it tough to get us into the house from the playground; and today we find it difficult to make our children go out of the house and play. Kids today are as attached to electronic tablets, computers, mobile phones, video games and television shows as they were once to the umbilical cords in their mothers’ wombs! With 40 to 60 hours a week spent with the hypnotic entertainment of media and the rest of their time spent in school activities, outdoor games have become a non-entity in their lives.

The lifestyle of today’s children is the main cause behind the alarmingly high level of stress – something they are experiencing in their daily life which in turn also affects their studies and mental development. It is often mentioned that today’s children lack proper space or playgrounds, which is grossly erroneous as on the contrary we see that most our playgrounds remain empty while the children are busy with their modern gadgets at home. Most importantly, we need to explain the importance and benefits of outdoor sports to our children and make them understand that if they are not physically fit, they cannot be mentally fit either. If children are not mentally fit, how can they fight against the continuous stress of expectations? In fact, a study has found out that letting children get dirty outside is much better for their health as compared to letting them spend time with their clean hi-tech gadgets which. Staying idle indoors for too long is making them more vulnerable to ADHD, vitamin D deficiency, depression and chronic weight-related diseases. I would implore all children to keep away their electronic gadgets away as these gadgets are the foremost causes of some dangerous health disorders like obesity, nervous system disorder, nervous breakdown syndrome among today’s young generation.

Therefore I suggest and expect all children will come out of the four walls into in the fields either with a cricket bat or a football. Let’s prove again that ‘All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy’.

Suman ChattopadhyayPrincipalTIGPS & TIGA, Durgapur

BASANTOTSAV Holi by the name of Basant Utsav is celebrated with fervour in the state of West Bengal. The tradition of Basantotsav, meaning Spring Festival was started by the great poet and Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore at Viswa Bharati in Shantiniketan. What is appreciated is the graceful and dignified manner in which Basant Utsav is celebrated in West Bengal as compared to boisterous Holi witnessed in most parts of India. Boys and girls joyfully welcome spring – the season of hope not just with colours but with songs, dance, chanting of hymns in the serene ambiance of Shantiniketan. Anybody who has ever got a chance to witness this elegant way of celebrating Holi in Bengal remembers it with fondness for the rest of his life.Basanta Utsav is celebrated in India with colour. In Shantiniketan, Viswa Bharati University organizes Basanta Utsav with the students and the teachers. The tourists of both national and international level gather here to see this colourful festival. In Shantiniketan, Basanta Utsav is celebrated with immense fervour and zeal. The males and females, boys and girls dressed in yellow (basanti) colour, welcome spring - the season of hope, love and fun in a very elegant manner. The students, teachers and the visitors greet spring not only with colours, but also with songs, music and the timeless verses of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore. The cultural fest organized here on this day offers some spectacular performances of arts and crafts by the students of Viswa Bharati University and the locales nearby. They sing beautiful songs and also dance to the tune of pleasurable music in groups. Later in the day, on Basanta Utsav, the students as well as the teachers apply coloured powders on each other without discrimination of sex, clan and creed.It is a colourful festival for all Indians and known as Holi. It takes place at the end of winter when spring comes with its beauty. Falgun and Chaitra according to the Bengali calendar are the months of spring. During this season, nature shows its own beauty with colourful flowers of Palash and Shimul. Rabindranath Tagore started Dol Utsav in his institution with colourful cultural programmes. It coincides with Indian festival-Holi. The students of Viswa-Bharati celebrate Basanta Utsav in very special way. They make the festival more colourful and attractive to all who came from outside the district and also from abroad by their magnificent live performance. Pan Asia, Afro-Asian and European tourist used to gather during this colourful festival.

Soumava GoswamiManager OperationsTechno India Group

Techno India Group Public School, Durgapur

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