"We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that they are
already someone today."
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How to say Hello in any language in Dr Dodiddily and the Dee Dot's
UP IN THE ROOF
There's a queer little house all wrinkled and old,
And people live up in the roof, I am told;
Up in the roof with the wind and the rain,
And a bit of the sky through the glimmering pane.
Round and about is a twist of a stair,
And children go pittering-pattering there;
With snatches of laughter and snippets of song
They twitter like swallows a summer day long.
Their little round heads peeping out of the door,
Their quick little feet running over the floor,
Sweet as a swallow and soft as a mouse,
I'd miss them away from the roof of the house!
Dr. Dodiddily and the Dee Dot's
COOKERY BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Bengali Home Cooking from Dadazi
Baked Macaroni with Mushrooms & Cheese (Panir)
Ingredients
Shell Macaroni
250 gms
Cottage Cheese or Panir
500 gms
Button Mushrooms
250 gms
Capsicum/Bell Pepper
200 gms
Onion
2
Tomato
2
Green Peas
100 gms
Salt
To taste
Whole Black Pepper
10 gms
Cooking Medium (Oil)
50 mls
FOR THE WHITE SAUCE
Milk
100 ml
Flour
10 gms
Butter
50 gms
Cheese Cubes
2
Preparation: 20 minutes
Boil the Macaroni, Wash in cold water & keep aside
Grate Cottage Cheese/Paneer
Chop the Mushrooms, Capsicum, Onion & Tomato
Cut Cheese cubes into thin strips
Prepare the White Topping
Warm up Milk over Medium Heat.
Add Butter and Cheese strips.
Sift & blend flour.
Keep
stirring to avoid formation of lumps till thickens.
Remove from heat
& keep aside
Cooking: (15 + 30) minutes
Heat Oil in a Wok/pan and Saute the chopped Mushroom, Capsicum, Tomato,
Peas & Onion till onions are translucent.
Add the grated Cottage
Cheese/Paneer and stir fry for 1/2 minute.
Add the boiled Macaroni
& ground black pepper. Stir for 2 minutes.
Remove the Wok/pan and pour
mix into a pre-greased oven proof casserole - spread evenly.
Pour White Sauce over the mix. Pre-heat oven to 200 C, bake for 30 minutes. Serve Hot.
The Jungles of Tripura
There was a wild sow in the jungles of Tripura. She lived happily
with her children. One day, while she was searching for food for her
children in the jungle, she noticed a weeping tiger cub near a bush.
Finding no trace of the cub’s mother, she thought that the tigress might
have been killed by the hunters. The mother pig took pity on the cub
and thought, ‘How can I leave this orphan cub in such a condition? After
all, I am a mother. I shall take the cub with me and rear him up.’
The mother pig began to look after the cub along with her children as
best as possible. Thus the tiger cub became a member of the pig family.
He and the piglets used to play together, roam together and sleep
together. The days passed on.
One day, the mother pig died. The cub was, by then, a full-grown
tiger and the piglets were not little at all but big, fat pigs. By
nature, a tiger lives on flesh. A deep desire for eating flesh gradually
developed in the tiger. He was tempted to devour the flesh of the pigs.
Direct attack could earn a bad name as they had grown up together.
Therefore, he chalked out a plan.
One day, he said to one of the pigs, “Brother, last night I had a
dream. In my dream, I saw I was eating you up. It is a sin to dishonour a
dream. Therefore, I have decided to kill you and eat your flesh. I am
ready to fulfil your last desire, if there be any, before killing you.”
The pig tried his best to make the tiger understand that a dream had
nothing to do with reality. But the tiger was adamant. By then, the pig
realized that it would be too difficult to escape from the clutches of
the tiger. At last, the pig said, “If you kill me, other pigs will
defame you. I think, it would be better if three animals accept your
argument before you kill me.”
The tiger agreed to the proposal.
Both of them first went to a monkey and narrated the entire story.
The monkey supported the proposal. Then, both of them met a hen who also
supported the tiger. The tiger was very delighted but the pig was very
upset.
At last, they appeared before a bat. After hearing the claim of the tiger, he immediately realized the intention of the tiger.
However, he disclosed nothing and only said, “It is a very
complicated matter. I would request you to go to the king for proper
judgement.” He also informed them that he would appear in the king’s
court at the time of the hearing of the case.
Both the tiger and the pig appeared before the king in his.court and
narrated the whole episode. The pig also informed the king that a
witness would appear very soon. The king asked them to wait for a while
and took up other royal business.
Suddenly, the bat fell from the ceiling of the royal court on the
ground and began to dance with joy. The king warned the bat not to
misbehave in the court.
The bat prayed to the king to forgive him for his behaviour. “My Lord! I fell asleep while waiting on the ceiling of the court.
At that time, I had a dream but I am afraid to narrate it,” the bat said, rather scared.
The king told him, “Don’t worry, you can narrate the dream without any fear.”
The bat then narrated, “In my dream, I saw that I was marrying the
princess.” He prayed to the king to fulfil his dream by arranging his
marriage to princess.
The king, naturally, became very angry and cautioned him not to press
for such an absurd demand. Then he said, “It is not proper to put
forward a proposal on the basis of a dream. A dream is a dream and has
no connection with reality.”
The bat seized the opportunity and asked, “If that is true, then how
can the tiger demand to kill the pig and eat his flesh on the strength
of his dream?”
The king accepted the bat’s arguments and rejected outright the
proposal of the tiger. He also ordered the tiger and the pig to live
separately in the jungle.
Fun for all the children of the world with Dr. Dodiddily and the Dee Dot's
A little bit about myself and my Sisters
Kath, (far left) Sylvia, blonde (middle) Dorothy (me far right) Amy (Toni, in front)
Dr. Dodiddily is one of four sisters. First there is my sister Sylvia, she is the eldest and the smallest. Then there is my sister Toni(Amy)
she is two years younger than Sylvia, Toni lives in Kent. The next
one born in 1944 was Dorothy, yes my lovelies this is my real name. I am
three years younger than Toni. One more to come and that is my sister
Kathleen, she is the baby of the family and she is four years younger
then myself.
We couldn never hand our cloths down to each other, we were all very
different sizes, and anyone coming after me wouldn't have been able to
wear anything I was such a tom-boy and thing were worn out long
before Kath could have them.
This is a very old picture of the four of us taken in Coed Poeth in North
Wales, way back in 1952/3. Gosh I am an Ancient Dragon, aren't I ! xxx.
This
is myself and my sisters in 1979 just 26 years later, we are with our
mother who like myself was called Dorothy. We are from left to right
Sylvia, Toni, My Mum, Dorothy (me) Kathleen.
Jayden, Noah Rhys, Brodie Leigh with Diddily in the background you can just see my grey hair.
Summer 2014 in the back garden at my home in Pontybodkin another 35 years later.
Story's collected on the Dee Dot's Travels.
Mahisha - The Fierce Buffalo Demon from India
Mahisha, the fierce
buffalo demon, was on a terrible mission: to conquer the world and rout
the gods. He gored and slashed his way through battle after battle. The
gods retired; the monster ruled — until a stupendous sound shook
the earth.Durga spoke!The great goddess
had sprung forth full-grown, created by the energy of the gods, who knew
Mahisha could only be killed by a woman. Durga roared her challenge to
Mahisha; the buffalo demon was enraged!
The red-robed goddess
charged into battle on her magnificent lion. Her 18 arms whirled furiously
overhead, each one brandishing some weapon of the gods: a thunderbolt,
a trident, a bow and arrow, a rope of snakes. The buffalo demon quickly
changed shapes. He became a lion, a warrior, an elephant; Durga slew each
of his demon forms. Mahisha was no match for the mighty goddess. She was
beautiful, invincible, fearless. Mahisha was forced to assume his monstrous
buffalo shape again. He hurled mountains at the goddess. Durga dodged
his attack — and then leaped up and cut off the buffalo demon's head!
Most
of India's myths, like the story of Durga, are part of Hinduism, one of
the world's oldest religions. Hindu beliefs and myths are driven by two
very powerful forces: creation and destruction. Everything in the cosmos,
even gods and goddesses, spirals through an everlasting cycle of birth,
death or dissolution, and reincarnation.In Hinduism, Durga (Sanskrit: "the
inaccessible", Bengali: ) is a form of Devi, the supreme goddess. She
is sometimes referred[attribution needed] to as the mother of
Kartikeya, and Ganesha only.
Durga is depicted as a warrior woman riding a lion or a tiger with
multiple hands carrying weapons and assuming mudras, or symbolic hand
gestures. This form of the Goddess is the embodiment of feminine and
creative energy (Shakti). From
Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe Worship of Durga
The 4 day Durga Puja is the biggest annual festival in Bengal and
other parts of Eastern India, but it is celebrated in various forms
throughout the Hindu universe.
The day of Durga's victory is celebrated as Vijaya Dashami (East and
South India), Dashain (Nepal) or Dussehra (North India) - these words
literally mean "the tenth" (day), vijaya means "of-victory". In
Kashmir she is worshipped as shaarika (the main temple is in Hari
Parbat in Srinagar).
The actual period of the worship however may be on the preceding nine
days followed by the last day called Vijayadashami in North India or
five days in Bengal, (from the sixth to tenth day of the waxing-moon
fortnight). Nine aspects of Durga known as Navadurga are meditated
upon, one by one during the nine-day
festival by devout shakti
worshippers.
Mahabharata
Mahābhārāta
Map of India in the Age of the Mahabharata
Description
This undated 20th-century map, published in Pune (formerly Poona), India, shows place names in India associated with the Mahābhārāta, one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India (the other being the Ramayana). The title of the map is in Marathi; the place names are in Sanskrit. Mahābhārata can
be translated as "the great tale of the Bharata Dynasty.” Most likely
composed between 200 B.C. and 200 A.D., this enormously long epic
recounts the story of the dynastic struggle and civil war between the
Pandavas and the Kauravas in the Kingdom of Kurukshetra that took place
in about the ninth century B.C.
And now some amazing facts about one of the most beautiful love stories in history and it tells the tale of the Tah Mahal
The Emperor Shah Jahan and his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal
The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum - or tomb and monument - built in the mid-17th Century in Agra, India.
It was built for the ruler of the Mughal Empire in memory of his favourite wife.
This beautiful building is regarded as one of the Seven Wonders of the world.
The Taj Mahal is decorated with 28 different varieties of precious and semi-precious stones.
1,000 elephants and 22,000 workers were used in its construction, which took over 20 years!
The Taj Mahal was built entirely out of white marble, which was brought in from all over India and Asia.
It is said that the Emperor was so heartbroken when his wife died that he ordered his court to go into mourning for two years.
Thank you to Activity Village for their help with this small page. http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/
And now for the wonderous love story in You Tube Form.
With our respect for the two departed lovers The Emperor Shah Jahan and his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal and also for Leonard Nimoy who is narrating the story who also passed away a few days ago.
A solitary tear suspended on the cheek of time
THE ADVENTURES OF MAYA AND HER DOG, BANGLE
The Adventures of Maya and her Dog, Bangle; is an engrossing story in COMICS format of a
12-year-old girl and her dog, Bangle.
Maya is going home after buying
medicines for her grandfather when she and the dog get magically
transported to the Age of the Ramayana.
Maya comes face to face with Ravana’s brother, Kumbhakarna who is
on a rampage because a splitting headache is preventing him from falling
asleep. Maya gives him a couple of aspirins. He gets immediate relief
and promptly falls asleep.
Kumbhakarna’s personal physician, Dr Kala Miri is impressed by
Maya’s medical skills. He invites her to his house, hoping to persuade
her to reveal some of her medicinal formulas. But no sooner have they
reached his house than the Queen’s soldiers burst in and take custody of
the girl.
Queen Mandodari has a magic mirror in which she can see all that is
happening in her kingdom. She saw Maya bring Kumbhakarna under control
and wants to talk to her as her own husband, Ravana, is having bouts of
insomnia.
Dr Kala Miri helps Maya escape from the soldiers but then she is
captured by an evil sorceress, the White Witch. The White Witch has
witnessed the arrival of Maya in Lanka through her crystal ball. She
knows that Maya has come from the future and wants to find out from her
the outcome of the war that is looming over Lanka.
A chase develops in which Maya is pursued by Dr Kala Miri, the
Queen’s soldiers and the White Witch’s pet python, Warra-Warra. Dodging
all of them, Maya finally arrives in the capital, at the time that
Hanuman is setting fire to the city.
The comics are illustrated by Gajoo Tayde who is known for his
clean line and tidy, uncluttered artworks. The writer, Luis Fernandes is
author of ‘Guest who Came to Dinner’ published by Ratna Sagar and
several several Amar Chitra Katha titles and former editor of India’s
only comics magazine, Tinkle.
big, fat pigs. By
nature, a tiger lives on flesh. A deep desire for eating flesh gradually
developed in the tiger. He was tempted to devour the flesh of the pigs.
Direct attack could earn a bad name as they had grown up together.
Therefore, he chalked out a plan.
The tiger agreed to the proposal.
