Dear Children,

You are loved by one and all. You win over every body’s heart with your angelic eyes and innocent smiles. Childhood is the formative period of a person’s life. The characteristics of a personality can be noticed right from his early childhood. The habits developed at this time cast a shadow throughout the life.

Children’s Day is to celebrate “childhood”. In India this day is celebrated on 14th November, the date that marks the birth anniversary of independent India’s first Prime Minister- Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, who was very fond of children. Quite naturally, he was the ‘beloved’ of all the children who gave him the endearing name of ‘Chacha Nehru’. As a tribute to this great man and his genuine love for children, his birthday is celebrated all over India as ‘Children’s Day’. It is not only a national holiday, but is celebrated with singing, dancing and merrymaking in schools and colleges as well as on radio and television. Special functions are held to honour children all over the country.  This day reminds us, to renew our commitment to the welfare of children and teach them to live by their Chacha Nehru’s quality and dream. Pt. Nehru’s dream was that children should be carefully and lovingly nurtured, as they are the future of the nation and the citizens of tomorrow. He felt that children are the real strength of a country and the very foundation of society.

Children’s Day is thus, a day for children to engage in fun and frolic. But the fact remains that only one section of the country’s children actually have an opportunity to celebrate their existence. Schools organize events and activities that their students thoroughly enjoy, but there is an entire populace of young ones that are left ignored on this special day – the downtrodden and street children. Hence, instead of celebrating it with pomposity in schools and organizations, why not bring a difference into the lives of children who are unprivileged. Therefore, while celebrating it, you, the fortunate ones should think that there are others who are deprived of  food, clothes and education. You can make a difference to a child’s life by doing something special. You can do something for the less fortunate children by donating your food, clothes, toys, stationery, books and your pocket-money. Another way of celebrating this day differently is by organizing a party for some underprivileged children. In fact, if this is done in every neighborhood, imagine how many smiles there will be across the nation.