The Ministry of Women and Child Development is celebrating the Vatsalya Mela from
14-19 November 2012 at the Dilli Haat in New Delhi. Smt. Krishna
Tirath, Minister of State for Women and Child Development will
inaugurate the Mela on 14th November at 3.00 pm. The theme for this
year’s Mela is ‘Safety and Protection of Women’ and ‘Child Rights’. The
inauguration of the Mela coincides with the ‘Children’s Day’, celebrated
in memory of the birth anniversary of the first Prime of India, Pandit
Jawahar Lal Nehru whose love and affection for children is well known.
The post-inauguration functions of the first day of
the celebrations will include a street play cum dance titled on the
Transformation of Girl child to an Empowered Woman, ‘Tare Zameen Par’
which will explore the infinite potential of the Indian child, ‘Khamosh
Aawazein’, a street play on child trafficking, labour and abuse, and
‘Main bhi ek baccha hun’ a play on the life of children on Railway
Children Child Marriage.
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