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Tanya,
age 14, New Delhi, India
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Tanya wrote
this when she was 12 years old. She lives in New Delhi, India.
She sent Amazing Kids! a poem, an essay
and some *letters about
what her life is like as a 12 year old girl living in India.
She wrote
a beautiful poem about her country, India. She
loves her country and cares deeply about the environment. Tanya dreams
of finding a way to solve India's pollution problems.
Tanya writes
many poems, but mostly in her native language, Hindi. She speaks
two languages, so she can translate her poems from Hindi into
English. Pretty amazing, huh?
Read Tanya's
essay
she wrote to polluters, as part of an essay contest. She won first
place with her essay! Way to go, Tanya!
Did you ever
wonder what it is like to live in India? Read Tanya's letter
about
life in New Delhi, and about a special holiday they celebrate called Diwali.
As you'll see, her life is probably very similar to your life in many ways...and
although the holidays she celebrates might be different from the ones you
celebrate, the way she and her family celebrate them is probably
very similar in many ways to your family's celebrations.
Note:
As you read Tanya's amazing writing, you might notice that some
words are spelled differently than people in the United States spell them.
For instance, Americans spell "organization" and "realize"
with a "z;" however, in India and in England, they spell it with an "s."
Amazing Kids! from Far, Far Away...Class
or Home Project Ideas
Reading Tanya's
letters about life in India might make you want to research more about
India for a class project, or at home with your parents. You may
want to read more poems by other poets from India. Did you know that
the Mahabarata is a very, very long epic poem? Do you know how long
it is?
Do you
live in another country outside of the United States? If so, write
us a letter here at Amazing Kids!, and we'll add it to our Amazing
Writers Library, with your and your parents' or teacher's permission.
Do you want to
know more about life in India? Send us your questions, and
we'll ask the expert, (Tanya, of course!) for you. Then we'll post her
answers here for you to read! (All you Amazing Kids out there,
please take note: You must have your parent's or teacher's permission first
to send email to Amazing Kids!)
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Letter from Tanya
Age 12
New Delhi, India
Dear Ms. Rome,
I think your organisation is
a great one and I hope I will be able to convey my thoughts to my friends
all over the world.
Besides writing poetry I love
to write essays and have won some prizes in it also. One of them was an
on-the-spot competition and I won the #1 position. The topic was "I
HAVE SOME QUESTIONS TO ASK OF POLLUTERS OF THE ENVIRONMENT".
I have written some good poems
but they are in my national language (HINDI).
Some are based on our epics
like Mahabharata. I will try my level best to translate them into
English.
LIFE IN INDIA
...About life in
India, firstly I am an Indian and
love my nation immensely like others do.
India has a very rich and beautiful
culture which dates back thousands of
years. My nation posseses great treasures
of knowledge as well
as art. If
sometime you come to India, you will
come to know on your
own. Singing,
dancing, writting poems are some other
things India boasts of. But nowadays people
don't care of this beautiful heritage and
this has given rise to serious problems
like pollution, deforestation etc. I wish
someday people realise this and once again
make their nation as beautiful as it
was earlier. I hope this will give
you a good idea about how my
nation is.
About me, I
am 12 years old and study in
one of the most prestigious schools of
Delhi, MODERN SCHOOL. I am a proud
MODERNITE.
I have a
sweet and intelligent 9 year old brother.
I live in the southern
part of NEW
DELHI with my parents and grandparents. Creative
writing
is my hobby.
Besides this I love to read, play musical
instruments, hear
songs, and work
on the computer.
Once again thanks
for including me into your family of AMAZING
KIDS.
Thanks &
Best Regards
Tanya Dhawan
THANKSGIVING IN INDIA?
We don't celebrate Thanksgiving in
India, but yes we have a festival known as DIWALI.
It is celebrated in the last days of October or the beginning of November
(THE HINDU CALENDAR GOES BY THE MOVEMENT OF CERTAIN STARS)
It is celebrated because it is believed
that on this day LORD RAMA (AN INCARNATION OF GOD) came back to his kingdom
after a 14 years old exile after killing the demon king Ravana.On this
day we burn crackers and lite our houses with "DIYAS" (IT IS A TRADITION)
as it is an "Amavasya." We distribute gifts and get
together for a prayer. We also eat
sweets and buy new things. Some people
make bib investments on this day.
We do many other interesting things.
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INDIA
OF MY DREAMS
by Tanya Dhawan, age 12
I want India to be
the best nation of the world.
It should never
rest,
but keep on
having progress.
The people should
not fight,
and be sorry
with all their might.
It should be
clean,
as well as
green.
People should
find a solution,
that will through
away all the pollution
So this is how
I like India to be,
progressive,
clean, green and pollution free.
Tanya Dhawan
12 years old
New Delhi
India
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ESSAY
by Tanya Dhawan
Age 12
New Delhi, India
I Have Some Questions to Ask of Polluters
of the Environment
I am a girl
from a planet far-far away from EARTH and I have specially come to visit
this place. A few years ago my grandfather had visited the Earth
and was full of praise for this beautiful planet.
He
said, “ THE EARTH IS FULL OF TREES. THERE IS FRESH
AIR AND THERE ARE BEAUTIFUL RIVERS. THERE IS PEACE EVERYWHERE.”
But know
as I am gazing at the Earth, I find that everything is just the opposite.
EVERYWHERE THERE ARE VEHICLES HOOYING HORNS, BEAUTIFUL
RIVERS HAVE NOW BECOME POLLUTED,
PLANTS ARE DYING AND PEOPLE ARE FALLING ILL DUE TO THE POLLUTION CREATED
BY VEHICLES AND FACTORIES.
I wish I
could get in contact with people of the Earth, and ask them why they are
spoiling the enviroment? What are they up to? Is this what they are gifting
to the younger generation? Don’t they want to preserve Mother Earth?
Cars are
there need, but people should at least have a regular pollution check.
Can’t they make a separate factory
dump? Cant they plant more trees? Can’t they bring peace back to the Earth
and make it as it was earlier?
If this continues,
life could even vanish from the planet which is the shelter for billions
of people who have now become careless. I wish they could understand
this and try to preserve their MOTHER EARTH.
Tanya
Dhawan
(NEW
DELHI)
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