Destiny Destination NASA

At 8 - We grew up in a neighborhood where most elders weren't too fond of children. Cliched isn't it. But behold, we children weren't all that nice as well - Brats were what we were call then.
We hit tennis ball on-the-fly and into the soup (or should I say sambar) and then even before someone yelled or came out, we were off.
Then there were occasions where threw wet tissues from the terrace ensuring that it had a safe landing on one's head.
Yes, besides being pranksters, most children also have ambitions of reaching for the sky and making it big.

At 16 - Here came the celebrations, a long and hard cricket match finally won. With the tennis ball as a match souvenir we strolled around the park splashing Cola & water on each other (couldn't get sambar this time around).
This was after all the Blue-Star tournament finals, one of the biggest tennis ball tournaments in Chennai. The winners here take it all and no tissue boxes could savage the sweat and tears that downed during the matches.
We felt we had truly reached for the stars.

At 24 - The News includes:
BCCI bowls out Cricket Australia (not much of champagne or sambar)
Ponting and team Australia shed no tears (no need of tissues as well)
But what's contest is our desire to reach for the sky or stars. Now I realize that children have an opportunity to experience the sky, stars, etc. at the best possible site - NASA
Parents and teachers this time under the supervision of Children also get to visit NASA and experience the hub of Rocket Science. The challenge is organized by an e-learning portal 24x7guru.com, and was launch by Bollywood actor Aamir Khan.

More information on the challenge can be found here.

A special thanks to Aamir khan for promoting child education.

The long wait of Aamir Khans debut as a director-cum-actor is finally over. He is back with a new film ‘Taare Zameen Par’, in which Aamir himself plays the role of a teacher helps a student who hates studying. Also produced by Aamir Khan, The film is a very sensitive story about childcare and Aamir says that the film is dedicated to all children.

Taare Zameen Par is Aamir Khan’s gift to every child with a powerful message for parents and teachers on their attitude towards the mentally disable children with time, patience and care.

‘’Almost every member of the cast and crew of this film has been a part of ‘Taare Zameen Par’, due to the emotion of having been moved by the script and wanting to be a part of the telling of this very important story. All of us together have made a film that has enhanced our sensitivity towards children and we hope the same for everyone who sees it. ‘’ Says Aamir.

It has been never easy for a children oriented movie to get a big hit in the box office and not all producers will be interested in such script. I wish with all my heart that Taare Zameen Par becomes a big hit in the box office. If it becomes a big hit then many directors will become eager to make more movies on children.

Inspired by the Aamir’s initiative of promoting children education in his film, 24x7guru.com – a leading provider of self assessment test to Class3 to Class10 students in association with Radio Mirchi has announced the launch of ‘Destination NASA Knowledge Challenge’ contest (http://www.24x7guru.com/frmDestinationNASA.aspx).

The contest will hunt for 10 smart kids, who will win a chance to visit NASA, America along with their parent / teacher. The Knowledge Challenge program will be conducted in schools across the nation and will be spread over a period of 2 months starting November 27, 2007 and culminating on February 8, 2008.

Good Luck!

Aamir khan at Destination NASA Challenge 2008 launch

Aamir Khan launches Destination NASA challenge

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