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Suno Maa Ki Kahaani - a Story-Sharing Contest on Occasion of Mother’s Day

Suno Maa Ki Kahaani - a Story-Sharing Contest on Occasion of Mother’s Day
Start Date :
May 07, 2016
Last Date :
Jun 07, 2016
00:00 AM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)
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Ministry of Women & Child Development is organizing a story sharing contest on the occasion of Mother’s Day under the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme: ...

Ministry of Women & Child Development is organizing a story sharing contest on the occasion of Mother’s Day under the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme:

About the Contest

Name: Suno Maa Ki Kahaani
Hashtag: #SunoMaaKiKahaani; #BetiBachaoBetiPadhao; #WCDMin4Women
Last Date: 6th June 2016
Mode of Submission: Video (60 second duration) / Write-up (maximum 200 words)

Concept

Mother's Day is a celebration honouring the mother of the family, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. This day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May every year and is an occasion to show your affection, respect and care towards your mother.

In the spirit of celebrating Mother’s day, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India is organizing a Contest inviting stories about mothers. The Contest shall commence from 8th May, 2016 for a month long duration, ending on 6th June, 2016.

The concept of this campaign is to promote the idea of children sharing anecdotes/ stories about their mother who has defied gender stereotypes, raised her voice against gender discrimination and championed the cause of gender equality and empowerment. This story should have left a long lasting impact and consequently led to a change in the mindset of her family and/or the community at large. The premise is based on the fact that relationship with mother is one of the closest and may be a strong influencer in shaping behaviours and attitudes of her children. A mother is also a source of inspiration and a role model for her children. When an anecdote/story is narrated about a mother, it can be used as a catalyst to bring about a positive change in societal mindset. This may further lead to a more gender sensitive society which recognizes the contributions of a mother, in particular and women, in general.

The objective of the contest is to engage with larger audience through sharing of stories about mothers, thereby encouraging inter-generational dialogue, sensitizing men and boys, being a role model for an empowered daughter. This also creates an opportunity for open conversations against gender discrimination, inequality and dis-empowerment, which in turn leads to a positive mindset change in the society.

Some of the suggested themes are gender equality and empowerment, gender discrimination, sexual harassment, domestic violence, social evils like dowry and early marriage and so on.

To view some of the testimonial examples, please visit the links given below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-wnDiHJx6M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-tbRRiThWo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyzyeSO-CDE

Watch the story of Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Minster, WCD here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g92ykFOv-jw

Let’s Salute and Celebrate every Mother not just on this Mother’s Day but throughout the year.

Award

• The top 2 winning video based stories will be awarded Rs.2,500/- each.
• The top 5 text based stories will be awarded Rs. 1,000/- each.

Please click here for more information on Terms and conditions, Technical Parameters and Evaluation Criteria.

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Anichamalar Balasubramanian
Anichamalar Balasubramanian 10 years 4 months ago
Ilost my father when I was a little over five years. that is insignificant here. My mother a beautiful fair complexioned woman was widowed at the age of 30 in the suburb of Erode, Tamilnadu. With hardly any support from either side - in-laws or paarents - she gave up her very satisfying and dignified job as a teacher in a reputed school there and took up my father's job that was offered on compassionate ground. From then on all she has seen is struggle and victory one after another. Love you ma
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rati agarwal
rati agarwal 10 years 4 months ago
Ek alag hi khanak hai "MA" shabd mein jisko story ya shabdo mei bayan karna na mumkin hai.Ma tujse hi yeh sara sansaar hai aur ek vahi to hai jisko na koi gumaan hai. Well seriously no one can love you and knows you better than your mother.Here in my pdf albeit i can't definite the depth of this beautiful word but even then I am dedicating whatever i have written to all the mother's and thankful to God that He has given us this priceless gift in form of a MOTHER.
mygov_146452581235073544.pdf
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RAJESH SHUKLA
RAJESH SHUKLA 10 years 4 months ago
मेरी मा की कहानी सच्ची कहानी है. मेरी मा ने गौ पालन करके हमे उच्च शिक्षा प्रदान की. हमारे पिता को टी. बी. होने के बाद प्राइमरी से लेकर इंजिनियर तक की पढाइ बिना किसी सरकारी मदद के मेरी मा ने पूर्ण करवायी. मेरी माता मालती शुक्ला खुद कम पढी लिखी थी पर उन्होने शिक्षा पर अधिक जोर दिया. उनका कहना है "यदी आप शिक्षित हो तो आप आपके रास्ते खुद बना सकते हो. शिक्षा आपको बैसाखी से मुक्ति देती है. प्रधानमंत्री मोदिजी की माताजी की तरह हमारी मा ने भी हम 5 भाइ बहनो के लिये खुब मेहनत ली है. जय हिंद
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Manmohan Gupta Moni
Manmohan Gupta Moni 10 years 4 months ago
मां ने अपने दोनों बेटों को लोगों के घर में काम करके पाला था । दोनो बेटे आज इन्जीनियर थे । दोनों की बहुएँ अलग रहना चाहती थीं ।फैसला हुआ कि घर के दो हिस्से कर लिये जायें । घ्रर के बीच दीवार बनाने के लिये मिस्त्री काम में जुटे थे । वह पोते को लेकर मंदिर चली गयी । शाम को घर लौटी तो बाहर ठिठक गयी। दोनों आपस में बातें कर रहे थे कि मां पन्द्रह पन्द्रह दिन दोनो के यहां खाना खाया करेंगी । यह बात पोते ने सुन ली। वह पूछता है कि जिस महीने में 31 दिन होंगे उस एक दिन दादी खाना कहां खायेगी ।
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Shankar Chatterjee
Shankar Chatterjee 10 years 4 months ago
I am submitting a story of a illiterate mother who as member of self-help group as borrowed many many times from Corpus Fund of self-help group and helped her family to sustain. A mother has played a dynamic role for the welfare so Mother is mother.
mygov_146452162139239.pdf
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honey patnaik
honey patnaik 10 years 4 months ago
Writing about a mother is like an unending story of life and its experience. It is about so many things learnt and then realising when we become mothers that what Maa had told was so correct. It is about celebrating womanhood and the realisation that the umbilical cord has never been cut .
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Abhishek Bhardwaj_7
Abhishek Bhardwaj_7 10 years 4 months ago
My mother got married when she was studying in class tenth and just 14 years young. From the city of love "Agra" she got her second home in a small village Karnvas ( Bulandshahr - UP) after marriage. These surprises were enough to break down a girl which was only fourteen year young! But this small girl chose to struggle! She continued her study after marriage and competed M.A. She also gave birth to my eldest sister during this time! Currently she is vice principal in girls inter college!!
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Madhurima Paul
Madhurima Paul 10 years 4 months ago
No word is enough to describe a Mother's feeling towards her child. But for raising a girl child , she goes through a lot more than she can ever express. The fear, the concern and the worry for her safety are the biggest storms of her life.. This one is for all women who will/has someday fill(ed) a Mother's shoe.
mygov_14645171951181971.pdf
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