CHILDREN’S FILM SOCIETY stamp released on 14 11 2005
Denomination :500,p
Stamps Printed :0.8 Million
Date of Issue :14-11-2005
Theme: Childrens Days
Children’s film society
The concept of an exclusive cinema for India’s children was mooted by our First Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, whose affection for children is well known. Children’s Film Society, India, was established and registered as a society on 30th April, 1955 under the Societies Registration Act of 1860. The avowed objective of the society was to undertake and organize production, distribution and exhibition of feature films for children, provide them healthy and wholesome entertainment, enhance their knowledge, develop their character, and broaden their perspective.
The first governing body of Children’s Film Society consisted of 13 members, headed by Shri H.N. Kunzru, who was designated as President of the Society. This society is an autonomous body, under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India.
The Chairperson, who is an eminent personality in the field of Cinema, heads the society. The Chairperson is also the head of the Executive Council and the General Body, member of which are nominated by Government of India.
Children’s Film Society produces full-length feature films, featurettes, TV serials, short documentaries and also animation and puppet films for children. Procuring the exhibition rights of outstanding foreign films and serials is also done by Children’s Film Society, India. It dubs its films in all major Indian languages. In the last 50 years, Children’s Film Society has made more than 100 feature films, 30 short animations, 9 puppet films, as well as 52 short documentaries and news magazines which are presently available in both the film and video formats.
The exhibition of films is held at several levels -from screenings to telecasts. State and District level Children’s Film Festivals are organized in remote areas in close collaboration with State/District authorities and NGOs. The films are shown on Doordarshan network and private satellite channels. At present, more than 8000 shows were organized benefiting more than 361akhs children.
Films made by the Children’s Film Society such as Yeh Hai Chakkad Bakkad Bumbe Bo, Heda Hoda, Malli, etc. have entered various International Competitive Film Festivals and have won several awards during the past years. The Children’s Film Society also bagged various National awards for films such as TORA (Assamese), JEO AUR JEENE DO (Hindi) etc.
The Children’s Film Society conducts a wide variety of workshops so as to encourage a whole new brand of writers and filmmakers to create the children’s cinema of tomorrow. It conducts 15 such workshops in a year.
The Department of Posts is happy to issue a commemorative postage stamp on the Children’s Film Society on its GOLDEN JUBILEE.
CHILDREN’S DAY stamp released on 14 11 2004
Denomination :500p
Stamps Printed :3 Million
Date of Issue :14-11-2004
Theme: Children’s day
Stamps depict facets of the world around us, in myriad hues. Obviously it becomes more interesting if designed by a child for children come up with very interesting ideas and new insights about the world around them.
Each year the Department of Posts brings out a stamp on Children’s Day, which is designed by a child. We all know the importance of Children’s Day, which falls on 14 t” November, the birthday of Chacha Nehru. To select the stamp design, the Department organizes an All India Stamp Design Competition. This year’s stamp is based on a painting made by S. Vindhya who won the first prize in the competition. The painting depicts ‘My Village’, but also conveys a message regarding education of the girl child, a very thoughtful idea.
The second prize has gone to Sudha Singh who depicted an ideal village with all facilities, like a school, an adult education center. a bio-gas center, a hospital and a post office etc. This painting has been adopted for the First Day Cover.
The Department of Posts is proud to release a postage stamp, designed by a child, on Children’s Day.
CHILDREN’S DAY stamp release on 14 11 2007
| Denomination :500,500p Stamps Printed : 0.8 Million each Date of Issue :14-11-2007 Theme : Children’s Day |
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Children are God’s greatest gifts to mankind. Their pure innocence, pristine thoughts and bubbling enthusiasm lend a unique flavour to life. The wondrous eyes of a child perceive with crystal clear honesty the myriad hues of nature and its bounties. To a child, the world is pure magic. Each day to a child unfolds a new secret, a newjoy which the child rushes to embrace with outstretched arms.
Children’s Day is celebrated every year on the 14`h of November. This day also coincides with the birthday of India’s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru fondly called ‘Chacha Nehru’ by children.
The Department of Posts commemorates Children’s Day every year by bringing out stamps designed by the children themselves. The stamp designs are selected by holding an All India Stamp Design Competition. The theme for the Stamp Design Competition this years was “The Magic of the Night”. The competition elicited great response and the entries revealed beautifully the flight of a child’s fantasy.
This year’s stamps are based on painting made by Kum. Swarali V. Bhakare, Class IV, Annasaheb Raje Bhosale, Primary School, Satara, Maharashtra and B. Karthick, Class VIII, T.E.L.C., Middle School, Pudukottai, Tamil Nadu which won the first prizes in Group I and Group II respectively. Miniature sheet is based on the painting made by Master Pradhan Karnik, Class IX, Kendriya Vidyalaya, NAL Campus, Jeevan Bhimanagar, Bangalore, Karnataka which won the first prize in Group III.
The design of the First Day Cover is based on painting by Raj Ballav Hazarika, Class XII, K.V. Narangi School, Assam APS, which won the second prize in Group III of the competition. The three Maxim Cards are based on paintings by Master Sankar Dinesh Kamath, Class III, Bhavan’s Varuna Vidyalaya, Thirkakkara, Earnakulam, Kerala, second prize winner in group I and Jyotirmay Biswas, Class VIII, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, second prize winner in Group II and Riti Sodhi, Class XII, Delhi Public School, Ranipur, Sector-3, BHEL, Ranipur, Hardwar (UA), Uttarakhand, third prize winner in Group 111.
The painting reveal the inner working of a child’s mind and what magic it weaves in the phenomena of night, seeing it through its wide eyed innocence.
The Department of Posts is happy to celebrate this spirit of innocence by releasing this set of two postage stamps, miniature sheet, first day cover and three maxim cards designed by children on “Children’s Day”.
GREETINGS stamp released on 25 10 2004
Denomination: 400,400p
Stamps Printed: 0.8 Million each
Date of Issue: 25-10-2004
Theme: Greetings , Children’s Day
Greetings, a medium of expressing emotions and feelings, have been playing a vital role not only to celebrate and strengthen relationships but also in social interactions. The exchange of greetings has now become a very common phenomenon in celebrating important occasions. Over the centuries, greetings have assumed myriad forms and shapes from letters written on leaf and bark scrolls, to greetings on gold, silver and copper plaques and modem day greetings by post and electronic medium.
History has recorded the prevalence of greetings in ancient Egypt and Rome where the New Year was marked by the exchange of symbolic presents of scent, laurel or olive branches coated with gold leaf etc. This practice continued and further developed. A fresh impetus was given to this form of expression with the advent of the printing press, and with the coming of the penny post in 1840, greetings became a common feature and have ultimately become a part of the social matrix, gathering increasing connotation as they passed through the centuries. The modern day greeting cards crystallized in 1843 when the first Xmas card with Season’s greetings was designed in the United Kingdom. The commercial production of greeting cards became fully established by the 1860s.
India is a land of festivals. Almost all festivals like Diwali, Holi, Pongal, Durga Puja, Baishakhi, Christmas, Bihu, Id etc, are marked by sending of greetings cards through the post which is the most popular and predominant mode of transmission. They are now also used to express a gamut of emotions; love, friendship, sympathy, affection and for conveying congratulations and thanks. Greetings stamps introduced and issued from time to time by the Department of Posts since 1990 carry out the role of harbingers of glad tidings. It is a fact that the visual image leaves a more lasting imprint than the printed word.
In the festive season, a set of two stamps on the theme of kites and dolls is being brought out for greetings. In India, kites and dolls have been a part of our traditions and cultural beliefs. In a small but significant way, these postage stamps at the first glance convey the feelings that have gone into sending the missive.
Dolls are the beautiful medium through which the rich cultural heritage through the ages are vividly depicted, although the medium of expression has diffused from stone and canvas to cloth and celluloid. Dolls of various types have fascinated men, women and children all over the world. The history of India beginning from the ancient times to the modem is reflected in its variety of dolls. Dolls act as cultural ambassadors and have evolved through the 5,000 years of Indian civilization. Today, dolls not only provide a diversion but a colourful canvas for depicting Indian life in its plethora of regional and cultural diversities.
Kites have been objects of interest and fascination to people throughout the world. The exact origin of kiting is unknown, but it is believed that kites were flown in China 2,000 years ago. Every country has its own style and purpose of flying kite. In India, kiting is a part of a great social festival. The earliest evidence of Indian kite flying comes from miniature paintings from the Mughal period. In the 18th and 19th centuries, kites were used as tools for scientific research. Kite played a significant role in helping us understand some of the great aerodynamic principles and today we are able to fly high with the airplanes, parachutes, gliders etc. which uses the same aerodynamic principles. Nothing can beat the excitement of flying a kite with the friends and family. The festivity is splashed on the sky through the colours of the kites as much as the din associated with kite flying.
To join the festive spirit, the Department of Posts is happy to issue a set of two commemorative postage stamps on the theme of Greetings.