Cliparti:
Yes, our national festival ‘The Independence Day’ and ‘Raksha
Bandhan’.
Fluppy:
So we have two holidays.
Windy:
No. Both of them are on August 15. So we have just one holiday.
Fluppy:
Couldn’t they have Raksha Bandhan on August 16? That way we would have
had two holidays instead of one.
Cliparti:
No, Fluppy. Raksha Bandhan falls on the 15th day of "Shravan"
month in Hindu calendar, so this year it had to be on August 15 only.
Fluppy:
Oh! I didn’t know that.
Windy:
There is so much that you don’t know. For more information on Raksha
Bandhan, visit http://rajasthanweb.com/festival.
Fluppy:
That’s nice. I even have to write an essay on Raksha Bandhan and
Independence Day for my homework.
Windy:
Where do you think you’ll get enough information about our
Independence Day?
Fluppy:
I’ll ask my mother.
Cliparti:
Don’t bother her. Instead visit http://festivals.indya.com and get all
that you want to know.
Fluppy:
That will take care of my homework. Rest of the day, I’ll enjoy flying
kites with my sister.
Cliparti:
Oh! How I wish my elder brother would have been here for Raksha Bandhan.
He is away on office tour.
Windy:
Don’t be disheartened, Cliparti. You can send him a Rakhi card from
www.dialindia.com.
Cliparti:
I know I can e-mail a card, but what about Rakhi. Even if I wish to send
one, it won’t reach him on time.
Windy:
Why don’t you send him a virtual Rakhi and chocolates?
Cliparti:
How is that possible?
Windy:
www.net4u.com is one such site, which will help you here.
Cliparti:
Oh! That’s lovely. Thanks a lot.
Windy:
You are welcome.
Fluppy:
Now all our problems are solved. Since your brother is not here what do
you plan to do that day, Cliparti?
Cliparti:
Oh, first of all I’ll listen to Prime Minister’s address for the
nation on the Independence Day. Then I’ll listen music on the radio.
Fluppy:
But from most stations, you’ll be hearing only patriotic & Rakhi
songs.
Windy:
Yeah! Even those are good. But if you want to listen to Western music,
go to Netscape Navigator. Here click on to communicator and play
Netscape radio. But you will have to connect to the Internet first.
If you want more then go to
Start>Programs and then click on to Real player or the Real jukebox.
Real player can play songs with extension .ra .rm. mp3 .wav. All you
need to do is download your favourite songs from the Internet.
There are a lot of
sites like www.public-demand.com and www.india-station.com where you can
find the latest Hindi and Punjabi songs, both filmi as well as
pop. So, you can get a variety of music to listen.
Fluppy:
How will you spend your day, Windy?
Windy:
My exams are approaching. So, I’ll sit down with www.classontheweb.com
and study physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics. It has
interactive questions and answers on all subjects for Classes V to XII
for CBSE, ICSE and state boards.
Cliparti:
Even I know of a site that can help you learn more about these
subjects. This can be accessed at www.chem4kids.com. Here you can learn
more about the science subjects.
Fluppy :
Oh God, Windy, you have to study hard when you grow up?
Windy :
Only if you want to be wise and intelligent like me.
Fluppy :
What happens otherwise?
Windy :
Otherwise you fail, idiot.
Fluppy :
I am not an idiot.
Cliparti:
Everyone can be an idiot sometimes or the other. You can find loads of
them if you visit a site called http://www.iamanidiot.com. Here you can
even confess any idiotic thing that you’ve done.
Fluppy:
That sounds like a cool site. I’ll surely like to see it.
Windy:
So you agree, you are an idiot too.
Fluppy:
Of course, not! My father has bought me "Cyber Multimedia’s CD’s
for kids" It will improve my mathematics skills, reading abilities
and memory. It also has matching games and puzzles. So wait and see till
I get as intelligent as you.
Windy:
Sure, I’ll wait and see.Windy : So you agree, you are an idiot too.
