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3. BIRBAL RETURNS HOME

All the students of Class V of Bloom International School are informed that there will
be a Handicrafts Fair in the school ground. It will be held on 10 October, that is, after
a week from today.

You can put up stalls and display handicraft items made by you. They can be sold at a
discount. All the teachers and students of the school are invited to the event.

The fair will begin at 10 a.m. and will go on till 2 p.m. Students can keep bags, mats,
pots and decorative items in the stalls for sale. There will also be a stall set up for the
sale of refreshments by the school canteen.

All of you are invited to participate in the upcoming event.

4. REACHING FOR THE SKIES

It was a historic day for India when it saw the first-ever march by women army, navy
and air force personnel during the 66th Republic Day Parade on 26 January 2015. The

central theme of the parade was ‘women’s empowerment’. The women’s contingent
marched down Rajpath.
Haobam Bella Devi, who is 24-year-old and from Manipur, was chosen to unfurl the
Tricolour for the then President Pranab Mukherjee at the Republic Day function. The

then US President Barack Obama and First lady Michelle Obama witnessed the feat.
Devi, a second-generation army officer, was chosen to take a lead role because the
Republic Day Parade was themed around ‘women power’ in line with ‘Nari Shakti’.

The army’s women contingent was led by Captain Divya Ajith. She is the first woman
in the army’s history to have won the coveted Sword of Honour (which is awarded to
the best cadet) in 2010 at Officers Training Academy in Chennai.

The navy’s tableau was led by Lt. Commander Sweta Kapoor and Lt. Varthika Joshi. The
crowd cheered and clapped for all of them.

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