The Film Festival aims to create a cinematic experience for children while addressing the need for environment consciousness in addition to exposing them to a plethora of international cultures through the powerful medium of Cinema.

When I was a kid, my mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night in particular when she had made breakfast after a long, hard day at work.

In a certain town, there lived a merchant''s son by the name of Jayavardhana.
Because he had lost his money, he made up his mind to leave that part of the country and go somewhere else. Now in his house, the merchant''s son had a very heavy iron balance that he had inherited from his forefathers. He deposited this with another merchant and then left for a different part of the country.

Beyond the horizon, stands Mother Nature waiting for the final verdict - her destruction. She is serving a life-term of millions of years and she is sentenced by her own children. Yes, us Humans.

Shashi and her husband were the proud parents of two young boys. They lived in Mumbai. In the normal course of growing up and pursuing their higher education, both the boys went abroad.

Do you ever scrap your daily TO DO List and just spend time dreaming about your future? Maybe you’re dreaming about becoming a scientist or a famous author. Or perhaps you just want to earn the most improved player award for your soccer team. Dreaming about what you want is important. Writing down your dreams is the first step in making them come true.

Long, long ago, there lived three friends in a jungle. They were-a deer, a crow and a mouse. They used to share their meals together.
One day, a turtle came to them and said, "I also want to join your company and become your friend. I'm all alone."

Seeing the god of death
Come to take her child's breath
The mother fell with a yell
On his feet and begged

Long, long ago, there lived two fish and a frog in a pond. These three were very good friends and always helping each other in difficulties.

Once upon a time, there lived a poor Brahmin in a village. His name was Swabhavakripna. He was all alone in this world. He had no relatives or friends. He used to beg for his living. Whatever food he got as alms, he kept in an earthen pot and hung it beside his bed. Whenever he felt hungry he took out some food from the pot and ate it.

A drawing competition was organized for the children of Vimala Centre at Versova, Andheri (West) in north Mumbai on 12/11/09. The theme for competition was environment, health, safety and security. 60 children from the centre enthusiastically participated in the competition and filled colours to their drawings. The leprosy inmates of the centre also joined to express their talents and creativity.

When we say November, the first thing that comes to our mind is children’s day. This month is especially dedicated to children. How did children’s day come into existence?

Life is made meaningful by the little things you do for others. Diwali this year was indeed a festival of light for us as we mingled with the children of Twin House. It was like seeing an ocean of smiles. It was a memorable moment for us. What made it special was that it was our first big ROC (Reach Out Club) event as a group and most importantly the kids at Twin House have always been very special to us.

If you have nothing to do at all, think what you would like to do, watch TV, drink water, go to see a movie, sleep, read or nothing of this sort.

If you still have nothing to do read this. Even then if you don''t like it, think what you like.

If you don''t want to do anything at all, go for a holiday outside your city. Even if you go out and are bored there, too, comeback and again read this essay.

Butterflies are beautiful, flying insects with large scaly wings. Like all insects, they have six jointed legs, 3 body parts, a pair of antennae, compound eyes, and an exoskeleton. The three body parts are the head, thorax (the chest), and abdomen (the tail end).

Have you ever looked in the sky or on the ground after the rain and seen a beautiful rainbow? Sure you have. But I bet you don''t know how it got there. But guess what? I do. It''s an old story about how to appreciate something without changing yourself. Would you like to hear it? Well, this is how the rainbow came about.

1. Which is the shallowest sea in the world?
a. Caspian Sea b. Baltic Sea c. Superior Lake

2. Which is the largest island in the world?
a. Srilanka b. Australia c. Greenland

Gandhi is a family name. The Gandhi’s had been merchants for many years. They lived in a town called Pore Bandar, Gujarat. Karamchand Gandhi was the divan of Pore Bandar state and then of Raikot state. His wife was Putalibai. The parents were practical honest and religious people this impact has been seen in Gandhi in his later years.

Vitamin Overview
All natural vitamins are organic food substances found only in living things, that is plants and animals. With a few exceptions, the body cannot manufacture or synthesize vitamins. They must be supplied by the diet or in dietary supplements. Vitamins are essential to the normal functioning of our bodies. They are necessary for growth, vitality health, general will being, and for the prevention and cure of many-many health problems and diseases.

We all enjoy the colors of autumn leaves. Did you ever wonder how and why a fall leaf changes color? Why a maple leaf turns bright red? Where do the yellows and oranges come from? To answer those questions, we first have to understand what leaves are and what they do.

I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks. - William Shakespeare
What’s Teachers Day? What is there in celebrating teacher’s day? It’s a very boring day. Why should we celebrate it? What is so great about a teacher?
It’s quiet common that we are having these thoughts.
But it’s wrong!

Merula Joy Pinto a 9 year old kid is a bundle of talent, which is budding with the right encouragement and opportunity. She is the second daughter of Joel Pinto and Matilda Pinto has scaled great heights with her talent.

Studying in Lourdes Central School, Bijai Merula has her interests in singing, dancing, music, swimming, drawing, chess and comparing.

Michael Jackson was born as Michael Joseph Jackson on August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana, US. M J is the seventh among the Jackson Children. Before he had turned 6, he had joined his brothers in the Jackson fine. By the age of 8, he and brother Jermains were the lead singers, but Michael certainly was a better dancer and singer and a rare quality star power.

A hat seller who was passing by a forest decided to take a nap under one of the trees, so he left his whole basket of hats by the side. A few hours later, he wake up and realized that all his hats were disappeared. He looked around and up and to his surprise tree was full of monkeys and they had taken all his hats.

The above sentence though a Malayalam proverb, has a lot to gain. Whenever we go to lake or river or a big pond we are informed that there are crocodiles in the water. But sometimes the water will be calm and we go into the water and the rest will be our fate.

Similarly to this, we student should not skip our homework or given assignments because a substitute teacher is scheduled for tomorrow or whether our teacher is absent. Instead we should do it immediately and finish our work so that the next day we may not suffer a punishment. So keep this thought in mind and lead a better life.

“At least once, every child must have envied adult life without school, home work, text books. The flip sides are the difficulties and tension an adult faces. These are the wondering through a kid’s eyes”

At 4 Years
My daddy is great.

At 6Years
My daddy knows everybody.

At 10Years
My daddy is good but short tempered

At 12 Years
My daddy was very nice when I was young.

Girl guiding opened new scope for the young females. The vision of life where women would face the world on equal terms with men, where they were trained and equipped to cope with whatever emergences would arise. Women had no freedom, no training for life, little education compared to boys. They began to dream of freedom and equality with men. And guiding for girls turned that dream into reality. In an effort to emulate the scouts they marched around with water bottles and their bags stuffed with bandages hoping to find an injured person whom they could practice their skills on.

The above sentence may sound a bit weird, but it really takes guts to take a stand. This means that many among us are of shy-natured, some are daring and some are down to earth. This article is for those who are shy or scared or nervous whenever they are told to come forward for something. For a instance, you are told to volunteer for a group activity or to take part in the activity, but you hesitate, thinking your classmates will make fun of you. But I say go forward, you will gain confidence, everyone will appreciate you. I have the experience so this is my advice. If you stay back, you will stay back forever you will never be able to come up in your life. So, come forward & fulfill your dream. Trust me you will be a success because it really takes guts to stand.

Hello Ashel, How are you? I heard and learnt from many sources that you are an excellent dancer. So can you tell something about you?

Hi I am Ashel Sequeira. My fathers name is Alwyn Sequeira and my mothers name is Gracy Sequeira. I am having an elder sister Abhigail. I am eight years old and I study in St Agnes English Higher Primary School, Bendore. I take part in activities like dancing singing and drawing.

In children it’s mostly seen that if reading is a must they just move away and do not consider it a fun exercise. Thus, convincing children to fall in love with reading can be a tricky task. However, if reading becomes a task they want to undertake then definitely children would want to read more. Imminent trend in the City in this direction is formation of reading clubs.

A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it everyday. He climbed to the treetop, ate the apples, took a nap under the shadow. He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him. Time went by.The little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree every day.

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: ''I am blind, please help.'' There were only a few coins in the hat.

Bidding goodbye to summer holidays, children across the town with great joy resumed their acedemic activities for the curret year. It's once again time to put their heads down and get back to their studies.

As the families are mostly nuclear in nature today, it is a rising trend, especially with children, to bring in pets as their family members.

Water sports seems to have caught on in a big way with the city kids this summer. A brush with the cool water relaxes and rejuvenates both mind and body. While some opt for swimming in the city pools or traditional ponds, the majority are frequent visitors to nearby water sport centres.