State Board English Std VIII
English Demo Video
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Students, now we will start with our first news item. And it is regarding a girl, a brave girl who fought for her rights and then was also reserved for a National Bravery Award. Let’s look at the story. Asu Kanwar, was from Dechu village in Jodhpur Rajasthan, a very small village, right, in Rajasthan. The village elders and caste leaders were putting undue pressure on her father to marry her to a 35 year old man, who had some physical disability. Okay, this was his case, this was the case where the village elders and the caste leaders were putting undue, undue means unwanted, more than necessary pressure on the father. Why, because they wanted that girl to marry a 35 year old man, who had some physical disability. That was really cruel on the part of villagers. And As was just 14 years old at that time. So, there was almost a gap of 21 years. She took her mother into confidence. And luckily her mother also supported her. You know, she lodged a complaint and refused to give in. She lodged that means to file. She filed a complaint against them. Then the Women Welfare Department came to her rescue. Rescue is to help out of a dangerous situation. Yes, this Welfare Department for Women really helped her out. So, students when everybody was putting undue pressure on the father, here this is the story of a brave girl, Asu Kanwar who fought against the social evil of child marriage when she was just 14 years old. So, this was like one brave, courageous example on her part. Then what did she do? Asu Kanwar was just 14 years old, she took her mother’s support. She lodged a complaint against all of them. With the support of her mother, Asu lodged a complaint, as she refused to give up in front of the cruel villagers and that’s how she succeeded. Yes, students, this is one brave story. In acknowledgement of her bravery the government gave her National Bravery Award. Because she tried to fight against the social evil of child marriage, right.
Okay, now let’s look at the next story. It is about Hina Qureishi, who was another girl from Rajasthan. On 23rd June, 2008, on the outskirts of the village Lamba Hari Singh in Tonk district, the sisters Kirti, Preeti and their friend Gulsafa were playing near the river. Outskirts means area at the edge of a town or city. So, they were all playing near the river. They fell in the river and started drowning. Drowning means sinking in water. Okay, this mishap happened with them and Hina spotted them. This girl Hina maybe, probably nearby spotted that these people, the group of people started drowning. Hina was younger than them. What is she supposed to do here? Hina without any hesitation plunged into the river. Hesitation means to pause briefly, without stopping, without pausing Hina just plunged. Plunged means to dive, to jump into the river, right. Okay, so, then what happened. Let’s see, Hina managed to pull them out of river. And the district police and the Zilla Parishad felicitated her and suggested her name for the National Bravery Award. Felicitated to honour, to congratulate her. They suggested her name, yes, for the national bravery award. So, yes we understood the story. That when the Tonk family along with the friend Gulsafa were near the river, what happened, Hari Singh was playing near the river on the outskirt of the village and then Hina spotted them. Due to the mishap they fell in the river but there was this girl, who really spotted them and managed to pull them out. Though Hina was younger than them, without thinking about her own life, she showed bravery and went to save all of them and even succeeded in saving all their lives, right, yet another story of bravery of Hina Qureishi of the who did not think twice about herself and jumped in the river to save lives of others. This is the story of Hina Qureishi who was brave enough to get the National Bravery Award.
