INDIAN CHILDREN OBSERVE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE. (TAPE NO: )
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Indian children observe International Day of Peace.
Hundreds of children take out a march to mark the International Day of peace in India’s national capital New Delhi.
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NEW DELHI, INDIA (SEPTEMBER 22, 2009) (ANI-ACCESS ALL)
1. CHILDREN WEARING WHITE UNIFORMS AND WALKING WHILE HOLDING BANNERS
2. SCHOOL CHILDREN WALKING IN THE MARCH
3. SOME UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN WALKING BAREFOOT IN THE MARCH
4 SCHOOL CHILDREN WALKING WHILE HOLDING PLACARDS
5. MORE SCHOOL STUDENTS WALKING WHILE RAISING SLOGANS - ‘WE WANT PEACE’
6. SCHOOL GIRLS RAISING SLOGANS
7. SCHOOL CHILDREN WALKING IN THE MARCH
8. STUDENT HOLDING PLACARDS AND RAISING SLOGANS
9. CHILDREN WALKING ON ROAD
10. (SOUNDBITE) (English) KARAN KAIRI, A SCHOOL STUDENT, SAYING: "Basically this march is to convey a message to everyone that we want peace and no war. We want all the countries to be friends now. And we have to end war completely. So we are just trying to pass on this message to as many people as we can."
11. (SOUNDBITE) (English) DURBA BHOSE, A SCHOOL GIRL, SAYING: "Peace is something which is relevant at any point of time. And its something not worth fighting but working towards."
12. BOLLYWOOD SINGER SHIBANI KASHYAP GIVING A PERFORMANCE ON STAGE
13. SCHOOL GIRLS SITTING IN AUDIENCE
14. SEVERAL STUDENTS SITTING IN AUDIENCE
15. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SHIBANI KASHYAP, BOLLYWOOD SINGER, SAYING: "For me that 26/11 really changed a lot in my life because we sort of viewed that kind of tragedy from very close quarters. And it was a close shave for everybody. It could have been anyone of us. So that shakes you … and that’s why it so much more important to be actually be a part of this cause."
16. SMALL GIRL DRESSED IN WHITE GIVING A DANCE PERFORMANCE WITH THE MESSAGE OF PEACE
STORY: Hundreds of children clad in white uniforms, symbolising peace, took out a march in India’s national capital New Delhi on Tuesday (September 22) to mark the International Day of peace.
The peace march was part of the 12-day campaign organised by the United Nation Information Centre for India and Bhutan starting from International Day of Peace (September 21) till International Day of Non-Violence (October 02).
Students from various school of New Delhi and some underprivileged children participated in the march holding placards, banners and raised slogans shouting ‘we want peace’.
"Basically this march is to convey a message to everyone that we want peace and no war. We want all the countries to be friends now. And we have to end war completely. So we are just trying to pass on this message to as many people as we can," said Karan Kairi, a school student.
"Peace is something which is relevant at any point of time. And its something not worth fighting but working towards," said Durba Bhose, a school girl.
Former cricketer Ajay Jadeja and Bollywood singer Shibani Kashyap accompanied children in peace march. Kashyap sang a peace song on the occasion and said that it was very important to participate in this cause especially after last year’s Mumbai terror attack.
"For me that 26/11 really changed a lot in my life because we sort of viewed that kind of tragedy from very close quarters. And it was a close shave for everybody. It could have been anyone of us. So that shakes you … and that’s why it so much more important to be actually be a part of this cause," said Kashyap.
India has been on high alert and people even now shiver if they recall last year’s attack when ten-armed militants launched three-day carnage in financial hub Mumbai and 166 people were killed.
Small girls dressed in white clothes gave mesmerising dance performance in an attempt to spread the message of peace in the entire world.
The 12-day campaign in India will bring together a vast network of NGO, think-tanks, academia and youth who will be holding seminars, discussions, film shows and creative competition on the themes of peace, disarmament, nuclear non-proliferation, conflict prevention and resolution, tolerance and reconciliation.