Dr. Kalams stories to reach more children across India
Posted on: 15/Oct/2015 10:59:57 AM
A Puducherry based social enterprise will take former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam`s stories to children across the country. The stories will be published in all 22 official languages of India. The announcement came on Dr. Kalam`s birth anniversary today. The stories were launched by Dr. Kalam in 2011 and goes under the banner of Book Box. Now available in English, Hindi, Tamil and Gujarati, the videos of the stories have almost 2.4 million hits on YouTube.
Says a Book Box official, `Dr. Kalam is a rare figure who helped transcended and bridge religious, linguistic, geographical and hierarchical divides.
What makes him an inspiration to so many children and adults alike? The answer lies in the ordinary stories from his life and the extraordinary lessons he drew from them. The series impact many at various levels, but the most important being drawing an inspiration from legends like Kalam. The animated stories, however, goes further through design elements that strengthen reading and language skills. These stories can easily be adapted into any language and distributed on any screen. In essence, Book Box is a model for delivering a reading experience, to every child, in her or his language. Ideally, we`d like to feature inspirational personalities and have stories from their lives produced and packaged as animated stories, children`s books, and TV programming.`
