Kid’s gallery.

Iban batuta pehen ke juta,
Nikal pade toofan me,
Thodi hawa naak me ghus gayi,
Thodi ghus gayi kaan me,
Kabhi naak ko,
Kabhi kaan ko,
Malte Iban Batuta,
Itne me hi nikal pada,
Unke pairon ka juta,
Udte-udte juta unka,
Ja pohuncha japan me,
Iban Batuta khade reh gaye,
Mochi ki dukaan me.

A poem that I enjoyed when I got it some five years back to use as a teaching aid, and a poem that I have used for the past three years now in various schools, with different set ups and the response is always the same.

Children love it, in the primary classes. They want to write it and read it at least once for over two weeks or so, they don’t get bored till the time they know each and every word.

I still enjoy the poem and well it has become a tool to discipline them, I need not shout to quietn them, all I need is to start Iban batuta or similar such poem and everything is in order. Wish the whole syllabus was this enjoyable… – Deepti

 

“ silent squeal of joy. i dont how i wud have reacted if i’ve been at any other place…

was going to my new office, we were talking on phone and she taking a little break from her teaching recited this to me. i asked her if the class could repeat it. and the joy, the pure spontaneous joy i heard on phone, in those children’s voices… as if a world of happiness descended upon my senses… truly unforgettable. this is how i heard ‘iban batuta’ first.

and wanted it to be here on akshar, for all of u to share. ” – Adi