Rajasthan
Aaju Goja
- 03 Mar 2025
- 2 min read
Why in News?
On 22-23 February 2025, the first Children's Festival 'Aaju Guja' was organized in Bikaner, Rajasthan.
Key Points
- About the Festival:
- The festival was organised by the district administration , in which more than 50 artists from across the country participated.
- During the festival children were introduced to dance, music, painting and many other art forms.
- Arts and Crafts Activities:
- The festival captivated children with a vibrant array of performances, including puppetry, storytelling, theatre, painting, mime, clown acts, magic shows, ventriloquism, Kavad, bioscope, and folk music and dance.
- An exhibition of children's literature books was also organised by various publishers , prominent among them being Pratham, National Book Trust, Eklavya, Amar Chitra Katha, Adidev, Raj Comics, and Callastic.
National Book Trust (NBT)
- NBT, India is an apex body established by the Government of India (Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development) in the year 1957.
- The objectives of the NBT are:
- to produce and encourage the production of good literature in English, Hindi and other Indian languages.
- to make such literature available at moderate prices to the public.
- to bring out book catalogues, arrange book fairs/exhibitions and seminars and take all necessary steps to make the people book minded.
