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What’s the week’s biggest news according to you as a child? Orissa POST sought to elicit views of children from schools across Orissa. Here’s what they think in their own words.
Abhilipsa Mohanty from Bargarh, thinks Padmini Rout winning the national title in chess was the biggest news of the week. “I am interested in sports. And chess is my favourite indoor sport. I am a fan of Padmini. She won the national title at the 44th National Women’s Premier Chess Championship at Surat Tennis Club, Wednesday. She won the title for the fourth time in a row. Padmini began playing chess in 2003 and won the Indian Women’s championship in 2014. She has retained the championship till today.”
For Anurag Nanda, a class IX student of Puri, the test firing of surface-to-air missile Akash was the biggest news of the week. “I don’t read newspapers. But I tryto read news about scientific developments and research on the Internet. I am fond of space science. The missile was launched from Chandipur in Odisha, Tuesday. This missile was a short-range surface-to-air missile.”
Jayshree Jyotikrishna Das, class IX student of St. Joseph Convent School, Sambalpur, does not read hard news and pays attention mostly to entertainment news. “For me, the biggest news of the week was a report which said reality shows are fake and scripted. I am a big fan of reality shows like ‘Bigg Boss, ’‘Roadies’ and ‘Splitsvilla.’ And to learn that they are fake screen shows really disappointed me. Now I willhave a different perspective while watching reality shows. To think that the participants are pretending to be friends or that the elimination of a participant is planned really spoils the mood of watching the shows. But I can’t help it after I have read all these negative things about reality shows.”
The Padmavati film controversy was the news of the week for Pritish Palai, class X student of Happy Home Convent School. “The protests against the movie ‘Padmavati,’ I think, created a lot of confusion in the country. The movie’s trailer and songs had broken records. Sadly, the film couldn’t release in December. I had planned to see the movie with my family, so I am disappointed.”
For many, hard news is not their cup of tea. Eight-year-old Mehr Chahal, an Odissi dancer, and a student of Loyola School at Bhubaneswar, said: “I generally prefer reading Roald Dahl or Enid Blyton and not newspapers. I don’t enjoy reading news. I love adventurous characters and imagine their situations. I read the short story column in the Kids’ page of the newspaper.Last time, I read an article in a newspaper was when my interview was published.”
Jay Shree, a class III student, said: “I don’t read newspapers. I don’t see interesting pictures in them. So, it doesn’t interest me. I like reading mystery stories. I go through magazines and newspapers to see the pictures of my favourite actors and actresses. I love to cut out the photos of my favourite actress Jacqueline Fernandez and paste them in my dairy. I have collected many in just a few months.”
Inputs: Himanshu Guru, Rashmi Rekha Das and Megha Aryan
