To observe Rashtriya Balika Diwas (National Girl Child’s Day), Jawahar Bal Bhavan organised a dance workshop on Friday. Further, for the same, few fun-filled events will be organised on Saturday and Sunday for girls. Notably, the Rashtriya Balika Diwas is observed all over India to highlight the issues a girl child faces in the still conservative society of India.
While informing about the events, Assistant Director of Jawahar Bal Bhavan MS Panwar, said, “Rashtriya Balika Diwas is observed in India on January 24 every year and keeping this special occasion for girls in mind, we have organised the workshop and two-day fun filled events for the girls of the city.” He further said that it is a day when the objective is to ensure that from that day onwards the girl child gets equal care, concern, nutrition, and opportunity and above all love from her parents and guardians. By this, it means giving her the needed food for a healthy life, safe environment, good education, and other things which a boy child gets in India, but is often ignored when it comes to the girl child.
On Friday, a special dance workshop was organised for the girl students. Under the workshop, the girls learned the dance forms on patriotic songs enthusiastically. Further, under the two-day event, the girls will enjoy the old traditional games to observe the Balika Diwas. The children enjoy dancing and the music workshop as they are always keen to learn something new. The classical dance form to perform dance on patriotism something really exciting for them. The students enjoyed the dance workshop to the fullest and discovered the magnificence and passion towards the country in the workshop.