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After the Sanjay Dutt-starrer Munna Bhai MBBS made Gandhiji a hip youth icon,a Delhi-based foundation Youth4Gandhi is hoping to carry forward the spirit. They have come up with a concept of linking Gandhis philosophies and principles of peace and brotherhood with sports,through a citywide contest for children,in which they will present their impression of the Mahatma in the form of songs,short films,animations,cartoons,sketches.
The competition,Gandhi and Sport Gen 2010,which is open to children from the age group of 6-17 years from government and private schools was launched on Thursday by Jahnavi Prasad,founder Youth4Gandhi Foundation,along with Congress MP Priya Dutt. I recently read the book My Experiments with Truth and discovered that Gandhi was like most of us. He too had flaws,but managed to grow despite them. But todays youth hardly connects with him. I wanted to attempt to rediscover Gandhi for the contemporary society where attention spans are very low, says Prasad,who set-up the foundation a year-and-a-half ago to promote Gandhis ideals among the youth. To enter the contest one has to log onto youth4gandhi.org. So far a total of 40 schools have signed up for the contest We are hoping that at least 1000 children participate in the contest, she continues.
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