LETTER WRITING COMPETITION

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Significance of Letter Writing:

The habit of writing letters was widely prevalent in the earlier generations and some of the letters have become priceless documents of the nation. The letters exchanged between Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and his daughter, Smt. Indira Gandhi, had become a book in itself. The letters written by Mahatma Gandhi were about to be auctioned recently and Government of India intervened to preserve it as a national document. Such is the importance attached to letters.

Many individuals preserve the letters received from their parents or from their children, which enable them to emotionally relive the moments many decades later. However, the advent of email and SMS has largely denied the habit of writing letters. These two technological advancements definitely help in instant communication. However the element of personal/emotional touch can be best given only through personal communications.

To inculcate the habit of letter writing among school children, India Post has decided to conduct a Letter Writing Competition.


The topics for Letter Writing are:
 JUNIORS (classes 6 to 8):
1 Write a letter to your grand parents expressing the fun you had when you stayed a week with them at the village.
2 Write a letter to your favourite teacher on how much care he had taken of you that made you study/perform well.
3 Write a letter to your friend congratulating him for coming first either in academics/sports/cultural competition.
4 Your sister/brother is eating too much of fast food. You are concerned about her/his health. Write a letter to your sister/brother.
5 You have got a new pet in your house. Share your joy through a letter to your best friend.

SENIORS (classes 9 to 12):
1 Write a letter to a Pen Friend for the first time
2 You are studying in a boarding school. Write your experience of the first week after joining the boarding school to your parents.
3 Write a letter to your friend expressing your concern over the “global warming” issue.
4 You are the Secretary of Nehru Club for Philately, of your School. You just celebrated completion of one year by having a very eminent person as your Chief Guest. Write a letter to your friend, detailing the activities of the club and the function.
5 Write a letter to your friend on the experiences you had in the one week in the Scout Camp.

Terms & Conditions:
The participants are required to write the letter in Inland Letter Card (ILC) by purchasing the same from any of the Post offices.
The students should write letters in their own handwriting at their convenience either at home or at school.
The letters can be written either in English or Tamil.
The students can write on any number of topics, in which case they have to write each topic in a separate ILC.
The student should write their name, class, section, school's name & address in the 'Sender's name & address' of the ILC.
The letters should be sent by post to reach The Director (Mail Business), First Floor, Greams Road PO, Chennai 600006, so as to reach before 06.10.2007.
Attractive prizes (cycles, electronic musical keyboards) will be announced to the best letter writers, which will be selected by a committee. Hundreds of early bird and consolation prizes would also be offered.
The prizes will be awarded during Postal Week (second week of October 2007).