Lata Mangeshkar was an Indian playback singer. She is widely considered to have been one of the greatest and most influential singers in India. She was born on 28th of September 1929, Indore. Her parents were Deenanath Mangeshkar and Shevanti Mangeshkar. The first filmy song recorded was for Marathi movie “Kiti Hasaal”. Song's title was “Nachu Ya Gade”. The song was unfortunately dropped from the film's release. Her first Hindi song happened the next year in 1943, with ‘Mata Ek Sapoot Ki Duniya Badal De Tu’ in the movie Gajaabhaau. Lata was mentored by music director Ghulam Haider. Under his guidance, Lataji achieved her first recognition in the song ‘Dil Mera Toda, Mujhe Kahin Ka Na Chhoda’ in the 1948 movie Majboor. From the 1940s to the 1970s, Mangeshkar sang duets with Asha Bhosle, Suraiya, Shamshad Begum, Usha Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar, Mohammed Rafi, Mukesh, Talat Mahmood, Manna Dey, Hemant Kumar, G. M. Durrani, Mahendra Kapoor.
Mangeshkar won several awards and honours, including the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, Padma Bhushan (1969),[Padma Vibhushan (1999), Zee Cine Award for Lifetime Achievements (1999),Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1989), Maharashtra Bhushan Award (1997), NTR National Award (1999), Bharat Ratna (2001), Legion of Honour (2007), ANR National Award (2009), three National Film Awards and 15 Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards. She also won four Filmfare Best Female Playback Awards. In 1969, she made the unusual gesture of giving up the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award in order to promote fresh talent. She was later awarded the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993 and Filmfare Special Awards in 1994 and 2004.
In 2009, she was awarded the title of Officer of the French Legion of Honour, France's highest order.
In 2012, she was ranked number 10 in Outlook India's poll of the Greatest Indian. In 1974, The Guinness Book of Records listed Lata Mangeshkar as the most recorded artist in history, stating that she had reportedly recorded "more than 25,000 solo, duet and chorus backed songs in 20 Indian languages" between 1948 and 1974.
Lata Mangeshkar will forever be remembered in the history of music of India. Her voice carried so much emotion. Many people grew up listening to her harmonizing voice. The nightingale and the queen of melody will forever be remembered.
- Yashaswi Patil, IX
భారత కోయిల మూగబోయింది .ఆనందంలో ,మనసు అలసినవేళలలో మనసుకు కష్టం కలిగినప్పుడు ,మనసును తేలిక పరచేవి పాటలు.అ పాటల మాటలు మనసులోతుల్లోకి వెళ్లి ,హాయినిచ్చే మధుర గళాలు ఎన్నో ఉన్నాయి.అయితే ఈ కరోనా కష్టకాలంలో ఎందరినో గాయకులను పోగొట్టుకున్నాము .వారిలో మొన్న మన తెలుగు గాన గంధర్వుడు బాలసుబ్రహ్మణ్యం మరణిస్తే ఇప్పటికీ ఆయన పాటలు వింటూ ఆయన్ను అమరగాయకునిగా చేస్తున్నాము.
ఇంతలో మరో పిడుగులాంటి వార్త. అదే తన సుస్వరంతో భారతావనిని పులకింపచేసిన ,మన భారతమాత ముద్దుబిడ్డ , భారతరత్న లతామంగేష్కర్ మరణవార్త యావత్ సంగీత ప్రేమికులను కోలుకోలేని విధంగా మనల్ని విడచి భువి నుండి దివికి పయనమై వెళ్ళిన మన లతామంగేష్కర్ 1929 లో పుట్టి , 1942 లో తన కళా ప్రయాణం ప్రారంభించి ...తన గాన మాధుర్యంతో అందర్నీ ఓలలాడించి ,అనేక అవార్డులు ,రివార్డులు అందుకుని 92 సంవత్సరాలు సంపూర్ణ జీవితాన్ని అనుభవించిన ధన్యజీవి మన పాటలమ్మ ఫిబ్రవరి 6 , 2022 న మనల్ని విడచి వెళ్లి పోయింది .
శారీరకంగా మనలో లేకపోయినా ,ఆమె తన పాటలతో సూర్యచంద్రాదులు ఉన్నంత కాలం వీరి పాటలు వింటూనే ఉంటాము.వారికీ మరణం లేదని నిరూపిస్తూ ఉంటాము.
- V.Sushmitha, X
A child’s first ability to understand something of the world around him/her is the mother language. The learning of concepts, skills and perception of existence starts with the mother language which is first taught to a child. Mother language plays an important role in framing our thinking, emotions and spiritual world because the most important stage of our life (childhood) is spent in its imprints.
’’Mother language’’ is the language that a person learns from his infancy. A child expresses his feelings, happiness, sadness, fears and first words through his/her Mother Language. Our personality, character, shyness and all the other hidden characteristics are truly revealed through the Mother Language. Mother Language provides a basis for understanding and learning other languages. Mother language gives us trust and confidence which makes us achieve many goals in future.
International Mother Language day is celebrated on 21st February. Since 2000, UNESCO has been celebrating international mother language day on February 21st every year. It is celebrated to remind us of the importance of Mother Language as a cultural asset. According to UNESCO, a language is lost every two weeks and this date was chosen randomly though.
My mother language is Telugu. Here are a few Telugu words which are similar to other Indian Languages.
The pronunciation of these words in both languages is the same.
Spending some time to read and understand the depth of our mother tongue would astonish us with its richness of the literature and vocabulary. As the word itself says, “mother tongue'', this should be close to our heart and never ignored. In the buzz of catching up with the international standards, we tend to put aside the mother tongue and try to pick up English and gain fluency in it. As learning another language is an appreciated skill, what needs to be taken care of in parallel is that our mother tongue is the very essence that runs in our blood and makes our self. It deserves to be appreciated and respected, no individual should be ashamed to speak their language amidst a crowd.
- G Krupali, IX
On Tuesday, 8 February 2022 we celebrated the 19th edition of Safer Internet Day (SID) all over the world. It encourages everyone to use the technology of internet in a responsible, respectful and creative way. Millions of people raise consciousness among people and promotes them to take part in events and activities.
This brilliant idea was initialised by European Union’s Safe Borders project in 2004 and was carry forward by Insafe network in 2005, according to its website.
This day officially began to be celebrated from 2012, when the US Department of Homeland Security and the European Commission successfully considered it as the best to spread awareness about using internet in a positive way.
The theme for this year’s SID was “Together for a better internet”. It aims to call upon all the participants to join together and make internet a safer platform for all, mainly for children and young people.
Hackers and Marketers are always ready to get all your information especially from what you browse and from your social media usage. But don’t worry, you can stop this from happening just by turning on the privacy settings in the mobile settings and as well as in the app settings. Major social networking apps such as Facebook provides you with privacy-enhancing option available in settings.
Cybercriminals use bright content and temps people browse on it. They show doubtful contents, advertisements etc. that temps us to click on it. But one click is enough to expose all your personal data or filling up your system with malware. By fighting your desire, don’t let this happen.
Before using your bank account details on an online platform, make sure that you are connected to a secure internet connection, if not your details might go in wrong hands. For more protection use a secure VPN connection. VPN makes an advance layer of protection between your device and the Internet server.
Cybercriminals tricks you by downloading unwanted programs that contain malware or such programs may steal your personal information. PCWorld suggests to download programs/apps from secure or trusted platform and to avoid unwanted programs/apps that look doubtful.
Most of the websites and apps have password in them. Cybercriminals try to crack the password and get all your information. In this growing world people have to remember a lots of passwords and to remember them all they use easy once such as “password” and “123456”, which can be easily cracked by cyber thieves. Make sure you use strong and complex password that must at least be 15 characters long, mixing letters, numbers and special characters.
Antivirus is a program which detects and remove malware from your device so it is essential to keep your antivirus up to date. For more safety of your device also make sure your operating system is also up to date. Keep updating these things as they provide a vital layer of security.
Here are some points to keep in mind when giving a mobile phone to children or a young member of the family:
- Kartik Lahoti, 9
