The Young Chronicle: For 1st Graders January 31st, 2015 | Page 2

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The Unsung Heroes

So many deaths,
Shrieks and Cries,
The soldiers with patriotism still
alive,
Have left their homes and
died.
The dreams together they
had sown,
Never to be fulfilled,
Their graves have already
been
Forgotten and filled.
Today the widows,
Colonel M.N.Rai
And the orphans,
Reach out with despair,
All they have is memories and pride,
But we all know their pain is beyond repair.
Written as a tribute to Colonel M.N. Rai, who won the
Gallantry Award, this republic Day, and was killed in
gunfire, the very next day, in Kashmir; and all the other
martyrs till date.

What is Martyrs Day and Why is it
Celebrated on 30th January?
Rambo and Pranks were a bit flustered when their teacher asked
the entire class to observe a minute of silence. As the class got up,
they thought they were probably being punished for making noise.
After a minute, the teacher asked them all to sit, which confused
them and the other students further.
It was only when the teacher explained that they stood up and
observed silence to pay respect to the people who had sacrificed
their lives for the country, did the class understand.
But why 30th January, Rambo asked. Thatʼs because Mahatama
Gandhi was shot dead on this day, replied the teacher promptly.
Mahatama Gandhi was the father of the nation and he was shot
dead by Nathuram Godse, one of those people whose views
differed from Mahatama Gandhiʼs.
On Martyrʼs Day the president, the vice president, the prime
minister, the defence minister, and the three Service Chiefs gather
at the samadhi at Raj Ghat memorial and lay wreaths decorated
with multi-colour flowers.

RK Laxman, the Creator of the ‘Common
Man’ is No More.

Rambo and Pranks got really curious when they
saw the shocked expressions of their parents,
when they heard the news that RK Laxman was
no more. Who was RK Laxman, Rambo and
Pranks wondered? Why were their parents so
upset with his death?
Papa then took out a book of RK Laxman’s
cartoons, which he had bought years earlier. The
cartoon had a one of India’s most amazing
cartoonists and the newspaper would be nothing
without his ‘Common Man’ cartoons. Rambo and
Pranks sifted through the pages, and came across
a number of cartoons on corruption, politics,
government offices and more.
The Common Man was an onlooker, in most of the
cartoons. Though he just stood and watched, he
kept a watch on everything happening around. He
depicted the hopes, dreams, and troubles of the
average Indian, through a daily comic strip, "You
Said It" in The Times of India.