Page 7 - Mann Ki Baat - English, February,2023
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सपने काट लाएगी, Just like songs and lullabies,
सो जाओ, सो जाओ, the Rangoli Competition also
जोजो...जो..जो.. turned out to be quite popular.
जोजो...जो..जो..” The participants made many
beautiful Rangolis, one better
Dinesh Gowala, a resident
than the other. In this, the
of Kamrup district in Assam,
winning entry proved to be that
has won the second prize in
of Kamal Kumar from Punjab.
this competition. The lullaby he
He made very beautiful Rangoli
has written bears a reflection of
of Netaji Subhas Chandra
the popular craft of the artisans
Bose and Amar Shaheed
who make clay and pot vessels
Veer Bhagat Singh. Sachin
locally.
Narendra Avsari ji of Sangli,
Maharashtra, in his Rangoli,
has depicted Jallianwala Bagh,
the massacre and the bravery
of Shaheed Udham Singh.
Gurudutt Vantekar, a resident
of Goa, made a Rangoli on
Gandhiji, while Malathiselvam ji
(Scan to listen) of Puducherry also focused on
कुमहार दादा झोला लेकर आए हैं, many great freedom fighters.
The winner of the patriotic song
झोले में भला कया है? competition, T. Vijay Durga ji is
खोलकर देखा कुमहार के from Andhra Pradesh. She had
झोले को तो, sent her entry in Telugu. She
झोले में थी पयारी-सी कटोरी! has been greatly inspired by
हमारी गदिया ने कुमहार से पूछा, Narasimha Reddy Garu ji, the
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famous freedom fighter of her
कैसी है ये छोटी-सी कटोरी! region. Do listen to this part of
Vijay Durga ji’s entry.
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