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India's Department of Post is holding a letter writing competition for the Indian diaspora. The International Level 'Dhai Akhar Letter Writing Campaign' will begin on 1st July 2018 and the last day for posting a letter under this campaign is 30th September 2018. Only handwritten letters sent by post will be accepted. A scanned copy of the letter can be submitted on the MyGov portal latest by 30th September 2018 (23:59 IST), however, it is compulsory that a hard copy of the letter bearing dispatch postmark of not later than 30-09-2018 be sent by post.
The theme of the Dhai Akhar Letter Writing Campaign is “Letter to my motherland / मेरे देश के नाम खत”. This campaign is inspired by Rabindranath Tagore’s song “Amar Desher Mati”. This letter can be written in English, Hindi or any official Indian Language mentioned under the 8th schedule of the constitution of India. The languages under this schedule are, Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telgu, and Urdu.
The campaign will have two categories, one for participants who are upto 18 years of age and the other with participants above 18 years of age.
The letter is to be handwritten on a plain A-4 size paper with a word limit not exceeding 1000 words. The entries are to be sent to Assistant Director General (Philately), Department of Posts, Room No. 108, Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi-110001.
The letter should also contain the participant's full contact details including an e-mail ID. All non-resident Indians (NRIs) and persons of Indian origin(PIOs) living outside India can participate in the 'International Level Dhai Akhar Letter Writing Campaign.'
The participants have to give a certificate of their age on the letter such as 'I certify that I am below/above the age of 18 as on 01/01/2018' along with one copy of proof of date of birth so that the age of the writers of the winning entries can be verified with the proof of their date of birth.
All the letters received from the Indian diaspora residing in other countries will be evaluated by constituting Committees at the Postal Directorate level. The top three letters in each category will be awarded the following prizes, First prize Rs 50,000 (approx $988 AUD), Second Prize Rs 25,000 (approx $494 AUD) and Third prize Rs 10,000 (approx $198 AUD)
Head of Consular and Community Welfare Wing at the Indian Consulate, Consul S.K. Verma tells SBS Hindi,
"The idea is to encourage people, including the younger generations, to connect with their roots, connect with their land and also encourage people to write handwritten letters."
"This is the first time that such a competition is being held. I would request the Indian diaspora here that they should encourage their children to take part in this letter writing competition so that their thoughts can also reach the Government and other people."
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Dear Motherland,
I feel glad and blessed while writing this beautiful letter to you which consists of all my feelings towards you.
"Bharatbarsha" is the name of my country which is popularly known as "India" in its English term. Is it sad? No. It is not. It shows that how great Mother India is to love all languages on earth.
The blessing that shower upon me and all my brothers and sisters from India is like the nectar of the Heaven. By drinking this sweet nectar, we prosper and we grow in life. We enjoy the beauty of the rising sun and the energy, the light to push away the darkness, we get from it are all the blessings of yours. The river that flows; the wind that blows are all yours. The sweet fruits in the trees to feed us is the kindness of yours, O'Mother! The herbs in the jungles to cure the diseased are all yours, Dear Motherland. The sweet breeze of the Summer that blows to cool the weather is all yours. The birds that sing the beautiful rhythms of Paradise are all yours.
The country which was shattered by the attacks of the millions from ages to ages is standing still and developing to become one of the greatest countries in the world. The minerals, the iron, the steel, the water in the rivers and all because of these, we are waking up in the morning to start a new day.
O' Motherland, you have taught me the meaning of integrity among men of a country where blood flows and beats the heart in a single chorus of "Jana Gana Mana Adhinayak Jaya Hai".
You have taught me universal acceptance and you have given me the strength of toleration. You have showed me the path to choose wisely which benifits the mankind. You have made me kind and good to all.
In the field of science and Mathematics, you have blessed us with Aryabhatta, Brahmagupta, Satyendranath Bose, Jagadish Chandra Basu, C. R. Rao, P. C. Mahalanobis, Srinivasa Ramanujan, C. V. Raman, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Vikram Sarabhai, and many more. You have blesses with the greatest humans walking on earth, like Sri Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekanada, Netaji Subhas Bose, Gandhiji, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and many more. You have blessed us with Khana, Amrita Devi and many more mothers. We are proud that Rabi Thakur was a nobel laureate among us. There is no end of achievements for this country. O' Mother, all they are your children.
Today, in this moment, I do a promise that I will never let anyone down the glory of this beautiful country. I will try my best to do something for my dear Motherland. I will glorify this beautiful Heaven. Thank you, Mother for being the Mother of all living beings.
From, A true Indian.