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President of Kids Republic

For the children, it was the voice of their President on Monday. Reaching out to a large number of his fans, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam continued his new tradition on this International Children's Broadcasting Day.

At a special programme that was in a way representative of a mini-India, there were about 50 children interacting with the President.

Asking questions that they wanted answers to, the programme that was broadcast on All India Radio on December 11 aimed at giving children in remote parts of India a chance to be heard.

The President first addressed the children and then answered their question.

From Bihar to the North-East, the idea of the programme was to give children from all parts of the country a chance to pose a question to their most favourite person in the Government.

An attempt to give the young a bit of space in the media, this is not the first time that the President was using this medium to address children.

He made his first real speech to children in the country on the radio on International Children's Broadcasting Day last year.

While the programme was recorded earlier, it was broadcast on the day the children's controlled the airways.

Recorded live in some parts, some of the questions that came from far away areas were recorded earlier and played to Dr. Kalam during the interaction. Apart from trying to give children in parts of the country representation on the show, the programme also tried to bridge the divide of class as well as the gap between government and public schools.-- Mandira Nayar

-- Mandira Nayar

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