facts

1. How many districts the Tamil Nadu state , in southern India is divided into

Ans:- The state of Tamil Nadu, in southeastern India is divided into 32 districts.

2. All of us know that Olympics 2008 is being conducted in Beiging, the capital city of China on 18,Aug. How many of us know when and where was the first Olympics conducted?
The first Olympics was conducted in Olympia of Greece in the year ....
The Olympic torch is lighted from here and is taken all over the world.

3. Word Earth Day? Why one such is needed?

Earth Day is observed on two days, held annually during spring in the northern hemisphere, and autumn in the southern hemisphere. These are intended to inspire awareness of and appreciation for the Earth's environment. The United Nations celebrates an Earth Day each year on the March equinox, a tradition which was founded by peace activist John McConnell in 1969. A second Earth Day, which was founded by U.S. politician Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in in the late 1970s, is celebrated in many countries each year on April 22.

About Tamil Thatha

தமிழ் தாத்தா பற்றிய தகவல் சேகரிக்க வேண்டும் உனக்கு ஏதாவது தெரியுமா என்று நண்பன் ஒருவனிடம் கேட்டேன். இந்தியன் தாத்தா பற்றிக் கேளு பூட்டு பூட்டு வைக்கிறேன். அது யாருடா தமிழ் தாத்தா என்றான். அடப்பாவி என்று வலை உலக தகவல் மையமான விக்கிப்பிடியா வில் சேகரித்த தகவல் இதோ,


உத்தமதானபுரம் வேங்கடசுப்பையர் சாமிநாதையர் சுருக்கமாக உ.வே.சா சிறப்பாக தமிழ் தாத்தா) ஒரு தமிழறிஞர். பலராலும் மறக்கப்பட்டு அழிந்துபோகும் நிலையிலிருந்த பண்டைத் தமிழ் இலக்கியங்கள் பலவற்றைத் தேடி அவற்றை அச்சிட்டு பதிப்பித்தவர். இருபதாம் நூற்றாண்டின் தொடக்கத்தில் தமிழுக்குச் சேவை புரிந்தவர்களுள் உ. வே. சாமிநாதையர் குறிப்பிடத்தக்கவராவார். இவரது அச்சுப்பதிப்பிற்கும் பணியினால் தமிழ் இலக்கியத்தின் தொன்மையும், செழுமையும் எல்லோராலும் அறியும்படி வெளிக்கொணரப்பட்டது. உ.வே.சா அவர்கள் 90 ற்கும் அதிகமான புத்தகங்களை அச்சுப்பதிப்பதித்தது மாத்திரமன்றி 3000 ற்கும் அதிகமான ஏட்டுச்சுவடிகள், கையெழுத்துப்பிரதிகள் ஆகியவற்றை சேகரித்தும் இருந்தார்.

About blogs

Blog - This is a very common term now among internet users. NDTV survey says there are over 40,000 regular bloggers in our country. Many of our celebrities have their own blogs. Our Big B has his blog. Our Railway Minister Laloo has strted one recently. So, what is blog?

A blog (an abridgment of the term web log) is a website, usually maintained by an individual, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. "

Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic.The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (artlog), photographs (photoblog), sketchblog, videos (vlog), music (MP3 blog), audio (podcasting) are part of a wider network of social media. Micro-blogging is another type of blogging which consists of blogs with very short posts.

I have my own blog too www.from-mybackpack.blogspot.com/.
The soft copy of this magazine is also available as a blog http://kidzmagzine.blogspot.com/

Jokes

What is the chemical formula for water?

Little Johnny's teacher asks, "What is the chemical formula for water?"

Little Johnny replies, "HIJKLMNO"!!

The teacher, puzzled, asks, "What on Earth are you talking about?"

Little Johnny replies, "Yesterday you said it was H to O!"

democratic

Is India a democratic country?

My civic book says India is a democratic country and one of the Rights of the citizen it mentions is Right to follow any religion. But students are denied admission in some schools if the religion they follow is different from the one the school follows. If schools descriminate students based on relegion how the future generations are expected to live in harmony.

Know your English

Vowels of a language contributes to the pronounciation of the words in the language.

Let us see some interesting things about vowels in English. All of us know that a, e, i, o, u are the vowels.

Try putting consonants together and attempt to read the word.
For ex, pt. Does it mak any sense reading it?
Now try inserting vowel.
pat
pet
pit
pot
put

Hope you'll admit that the words makes sense to read, each word taking different pronounciation and different meaning.

Many of us may not have noticed that these vowels have two sounds.
A takes sounds a as in apple and ae as in ape.
E takes sounds e as in english and eh as in egg
I takes sounds e ( a very short e) as in ink and i as in kite
O takes sounds o as in poll and oh as in on
u takes sounds u as in use and uh as in us

Is there any word in english that has no vowels in it?
Yes,If we refer to words that lack "true" vowels (a, e, i, o, and u), the answer is that a number of them do; among them are: hymn, rhythm, myth, sylph, and syzygy (the alignment of three celestial objects). These words contain the so-called semivowel y and none of the true vowels.Words without vowels:(more wanted)
(i) rhythm
(ii) crypt
(iii) fly
(iv) pry
(v) cry
(vi) try
(vii) dry
(viii) fry

Wouldn't be interesting to have a word with all vowels in it?
The only word with all the vowels in reverse order is subcontinental.

Impact of TV and Computer games on Kids

Impact of TV and Computer games on Kids

What parents say about it?

Joseph, father of two boys of age 8 and 4 says,

Kids are hooked to TV and hence they lack physical activities, have less interaction with others and lack helping tendencies. Also they do not concentrate on their food. Continuous watching of TV and playing with computers affect their eye sight as well. Above all none of these are informative.


Shanthi, Sivaraman's Mom says,
The after school hours of the kids are almost occupied by either TV or computer games. My biggest concern is that this has impacted their reading habit and also these less informative companion of them influence their behaviour as well. Kids are addicted to these programs and games and react in a crazy manner when they are denied access or interrupted.

Padmavathi, mother of Naveen says,
Watching TV affects their studies and playing out. Kids do not show interest to know about day to day life. Playing in computer sitting closely to it affects the eye sight. The programs and games on wrestling make them to fight at home and with school and hence they find it difficult to maintain friendship.

Srimathi, Swami's mom says,
The kids getting back from school immediately start watching TV programs and they get involved with the characters they watch. There are so many informative stuffs to learn from computers but he kids use computers only to play games.

Intro

An introduction on who is behind this magazine, why did we started this, what we would write about, How are we get this done, the frequency of release, the intended audience and the language.

Who - We are kids. We are friends. We are students just completed our 7th standard. We, here refers to Sivaraman, Swaminathan, Naveen.

Why - Me, Sivaraman wrote few topics and sent to 'The Hindu' expecting it to get published and was deeply disapponted when my writings did not appear in the daily. My Mom consoled me and said that the contributors to 'The Hindu' huge and hence the chances of getting your stuff published is less. And she asked me why should you wait for some one to print yours? You can run your own magazine. The agreed to that because I thought I would be great to have my own magazine and i beleived it won't be hard to do so because I am already writing in my blog. I took this idea to my friends Swami and Naveen and they agreed to join hands with me in this.

What - We are kids. So obviously what we would be writing things useful to kids. As there are not much magazines around for kids, we would see that we are providing interesting as well as informative stuffs for kids.

Frequency of release - once in a month.

Intended audience - Kids of course and age group 6 to 18. Parents and teachers can learn what kids can do, what they expect from adults and also can learm some secrets about kids.

Language - Bilingual(English/Tamil)