“Kotak Worldkids International Film Festival” in Mumbai from November 30,

Adlabs, at Wadala will screen and host Mumbai's first-of-its kind children's film festival targeted at 8-18 year olds. World Kids Foundation will be promoting the festival while P9-Cinema Activation will be marketing the event.

Some of the multi-award winning films which will be showcased during the festival are Red like the Sky( Italy) Hayat-(Iran,) Heda Hoda- (India,) Magnifico –( Phillipines,) An Inconvenient Truth – (USA,) Charkh- (Iran,) Summer with the Ghosts- (Canada) Pinky & Million Pug – (Germany,) Halo – (India,) Malli – (India,) Bonkers –( Holland) and Benji – (USA )

Explaining the reason behind initiating such a move, Festival Director Manju Singh said, "Our endeavor is to engage the children of India with positive media images and inspire them into thinking and learning while having a good time entertainment with a Purpose is the Foundations mantra."

'The Kotak WKIFF aims to introduce the present generation to different cultures and languages to establish the universality of human values and experiences.'
The organizers also aim to provide a platform to young and talented directors to reach a wider audience at the festival, said Vijay Kalantri, chairman of the WKIFF advisory board.

The festival director also said at the function that WKIFF will become an annual event and would travel across the country with establishing itself as an international film festival of repute.

'Worldkids will also create the 'Worldkids Clubs' with children members, who can avail exciting offers to watch films produced, distributed by Worldkids or showcased at WKIFF,' Singh added.

The weeklong 'Kotak Worldkids International Film Festival' (WKIFF) will be held in association with private sector lender Kotak Mahindra Bank, Godrej Interio, BPL Mobile, AIAI, Ryan International School, Adlabs, P9 Integrated and with the support of Maharashtra government's department of culture, Children's Film Society of India (CFSI) and Times Foundation.

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Kindness is rewarding (a story)

Raju loved to play tricks on people. He would sometimes ring the door bell and hide behind the stairs to see the irritation on the person’s face. His friend Vinod was a kind boy and he always guided Raju to be a good boy and not trouble anybody.

One day, Raju and Vinod were passing by a river. They saw a man swimming in the water. the man’s shoes and clothes were placed by the shore.

There was mischievous smile on Raju’s face as he looked at Vinod.

“Why are you smiling?” asked Vinod

“Let us have some fun” said Raju, “let us hide his shoes, stand behind this tree and see his expression.”

“Oh Raju” said Vinod “We should never amuse ourselves at the expense of the poor. I have a better idea, let us put a coin in each shoe, and then we will hide ourselves and watch how this affects him."

Raju loved his friend very much and he always listened to him. They put coins in each shoe and they stood behind the tree to watch the man and see his expressions.

The poor man soon finished his work, and came across the field to the path where he had left his coat and shoes . . .

While putting on his coat he slipped his foot into one of his shoes, but feeling something hard, he stooped down to feel what it was, and found the coin. There was astonishment and wonder in his expressions.

He gazed upon the coin, turned it around and looked at it again and again.

He then looked around him on all sides, but no person was to be seen. He now put the money into his pocket, and proceeded to put on the other shoe; but his surprise was doubled on finding the other coin.

He was so happy that he fell upon his knees, looked up to heaven and started praying to God, thanking Him for the money that would help him buy bread and milk for his family.

Raju and Vinod stood there deeply affected, and their eyes filled with tears.

"Now," said Vinod as he wiped off his tears, “Are you not much better pleased than if you had played your intended trick?"

Raju replied, "You have taught me a lesson which I will never forget. I feel now the truth of these words, which I never understood before: "It's more blessed to give than to receive."

”If you want happiness for a lifetime – We must help someone . . .”

And Raju never again played tricks on people but always helped the poor.

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The Mouse and the Mouse-trap (a story)

One clear sunny day, Mouse was whistling away as he happily jogged down the stony, cobbled way. He wiped off his mouth with his tiny, tiny hands and brushed his ragged whiskers as he entered the farmer’s house. He could hear the sounds of laughter coming from the inner room. He stood outside the room and peeped through the crack in the wall. He could see the farmer and his wife open a brown package.

“Hmmn! I wonder what food it contains.” Said Mr mousie as he saw them unpack the package. He was devastated to discover that it was a dreaded mouse trap.

He ran outside the house, frightened and upset. He was panting heavily as he reached the green farmyard.

“There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!” he proclaimed the warning as he turned toward the chicken.


The chicken clucked and scratched and raised her furry head, “I am sorry for you Mr Mousie, Which is a danger for you. It can not ever harm me, I don’t really care.”

Mouse was perspiring and ran towards the pig 'There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!”


The pig grunted softly as he turned to his side “Sorry Mr Mousie, There is nothing I can do, but fear not my friend, I shall pray for you.”

The mouse took out his kerchief and wiped off his tears, then turned towards the cow and told her his fears. 'There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!'


The cow moo-ed loudly then sneered at him “Oh Mr Mousie, is that really true? I am truly, truly sorry, I will forever miss you.”

Not a friend did he find in all the farmland, dejected, with his head down, he scurried up to his den. He had to face the farmer’s mousetrap, alone and scared; he knew he could never escape that wretched mousetrap.

That very dark night, a sound was heard, throughout the house, loud clack was heard. -- Like the sound of a mousetrap that was trapping its prey.

The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught, in a mousetrap. In the darkness, she did not see it was a venomous snake whose tail was trapped.

The snake was confused and too much in pain, he snapped up towards the light and bit the farmer’s wife.

The farmer rushed her to the hospital and she returned home with a fever

A fever he could treat with a hot, fresh chicken soup. So the framer took his hatchet and chopped off the chicken.

But his wife's sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came, round the clock they waited at her house to make her well. To feed his guest at lunch time, he prepared a lunch for all, he went to his farmland and butchered a pig.

The farmer's wife did not get well; and next day she died. At the funeral cow was slaughtered to feed the crowd.

The mouse looked upon it all from his crack in the wall; he was filled with great sadness and wept behind the wall.

So, the next time you hear someone is facing a problem and think it doesn't concern you,

Remember ----

When one of us is threatened, we are all at risk. We all are involved in this journey called life. We must keep an eye out for one another and make an extra effort, to bring a smile to a friend and to encourage one another.

Remember. . . . . .

One of the best things to hold on, in to in this wide world, it is best to hold on, a hand of a friend. ! ! !

Happy Children’s day to all the kids on this day, 14th November

This is the day of enjoyment for all children. Children's Day is a day for children to engage in fun and frolic. Schools celebrate this day by organizing cultural programs. Teachers of the school perform songs and dances for their students. Various competitions like quizzes, fancy dress competitions, and elocutions are organized on this day. Children are also treated to a movie and lunch. Television networks have in the recent years started to air special programs all day long for kids on November 14, making this day a special treat.

This date marks the birth anniversary of independent India’s first Prime Minister – Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. The reason why his birthday has been chosen for the celebration of children is because of his love and passion for children. Pandit Nehru is also regarded as the country’s special child to have been the first Prime Minister, after her long struggle for independence.

Children's day was first celebrated worldwide in October, 1953, under the sponsorship of International Union for Child Welfare, Geneva. The idea of Universal Children's Day was mooted by late Shri V.K. Krishna Menon and adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1954.

Doctors perform operation on Laxmi, who has eight limbs....

In a small village in Bihar’s Araria District in India lives a small girl who is two years old. Her name is Laxmi. She is a case of an Ischiopagus Tetrapus conjoined twin joined at the pelvis, thus having eight limbs.

When Laxmi was born with eight limbs, villagers thought that she was incarnation of Goddess Laxmi but they soon realized that she was not normal and that it would become a great problem for Laxmi when she grows up.

Doctors decided to operate on her to remove the extra limbs and headless conjoined parastic twin. Laxmi’s family could not afford the expensive operation that would cost more than 25 lakhs but Dr Sharan Patil, a doctor from Bangalore, agreed to operate on her free of cost.

The operation is expected to take a maximum of 48 hours and the doctors have prepared themselves for the ordeal.