Winner Announcement for Toy-Integrated Stories for Children
Toys play an important role in the overall development of children. They develop creativity, curiosity and motor skills in children and also help them learn easily and quickly. Toys have been used for storytelling, learning and cultural interface. The tradition of Toys in India is believed to be around 5000 years old. Fascinating toys like dolls, small toy carts, animal figurines, etc. have been found at the major sites of Indus valley civilization.
Over the years as the Indian civilization progressed, the diversity and plurality of our culture got reflected in the toy tradition as well. Each region or State of India has its own rich toy traditions which have been very painstakingly and meticulously preserved by various communities like Walnut wood carving on toys of Jammu and Kashmir, handmade toys of Punjab, cloth dolls of Rajasthan, miniature utensils of Varanasi, terracotta toys of Gujarat, dancing dolls of Tamil Nadu.
With the objective of preserving as well as introducing the rich and unique heritage of Indian toys to the present generation, Ministry of Education with National Book Trust in collaboration with MyGov organized an All-India competition for Creative Children’s Books focusing on the Toy traditions of India from 20th September 2023 to 30th November 2023
The contestants were asked to submit book proposals focusing on toy traditions of India in Hindi or English in about 3000 words. The competition received an overwhelming participation of 798 entries.
A two-level Evaluation process was put in place by National Book Trust, India. The National jury selected three manuscripts, one in Hindi and two in English under the competition. A consolidated scholarship of Rs. 50,000 will be offered to the winners.
The list of the winners is as follows:
| S.no | User ID | Name | Title of the manuscript | Language |
| 1. | 69138244 | Nadimpalli Alekya | Playful Heritage: Traditional Toys of India | English |
| 2. | 69142774 | Palak Sharma | Chunmun Can’t Learn | English
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| 3. | 69143064 | Upasana Chaubey | Khilono Ki Duniya Se Ek Din | Hindi |
The three recommended proposals will be developed into book form and will be published by National Book Trust, India after their editing and designing. National Book Trust, India and MyGov extend their heartiest congratulations to the winners of the competition and would like to thank all the participants for their overwhelming participation.
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