Disha Publication, one of India’s leading publishers has announced the launch of “Breathing in bodhi” a new approach to learning general awareness.
The world is evolving so are its problems and opportunities. Today we find Children lacking Life Skills, Eroding Values and a CHALTA HAI (casual) attitude. Our Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi recently talked about India becoming a Global “manpower supplier”. But the question arises - Does our workforce possess skills that can make them employable across globe?
India today offers us plethora of opportunities - emerging Indian companies, multinationals - making India their home, new job profiles, exciting entrepreneurial climate, vibrant avenues for people with talents like dance, music, acting, sports, etc. With the new government the image of 'India' as well as 'Make in India' is changing rapidly across the globe. This is going to usher an era of immense opportunities for our present and coming generations. But these emerging opportunities are creating complex work environments.
To succeed in such complex work environments, children need to have confidence, divergent & flexible thinking, good communication and analytical skills that will help them manage not only their professional challenges but their personal challenges as well. This calls for a demand of individual hard work as well as teamwork, onshore as well as offshore, planning as well as execution, commitment as well as outcome. They need to be active problem solvers rather than silent observers. But are our children ready to take up this challenge? Do they possess these skills? Is our academic system tuned enough to inculcate these skills among the children? Do our children have the relevant awareness to understand the nuances of real-life which will ultimately help them attain these skills? Do they know how to handle themselves along with their professional and personal challenges?
The answer is a big NO!
Hence, it becomes utmost important to train a child’s brain and channelize it in the direction that it becomes observant, thoughtful, canny and true to their souls. These traits serve as the compass to navigate them as safely as possible through life, avoiding the hidden barriers.
To help you initiate the process, Disha Publication presents “Breathing In Bodhi” - a series of 6 books based on enlightening children to this evolving world. 'Bodhi' as the word means enlightenment. The pioneer series brings in the innovative concept of building AWARENESS, teaching comprehension skills and amalgamating it with the quintessential Life Skills, ATTITUDE & VALUES. Focusing on these vital entities the series will develop in the readers an inclination to generate opinions about the issues surrounding them and also imbibe approbation towards the places, events, ideas, issues and personalities.
The books not only enhance the comprehension skills but also augment the general awareness of children. The books are an honest attempt to trigger the young minds to explore and relate to the world around them. It makes them THINK, COMPREHEND AND ANALYZE. The articles given for the comprehension purpose are actually in sync to the real-world - the social, political, economic, scientific, ecological changes happening across the globe. The book guarantees transforming children and young adults into skilled and employable folks encompassing all these credentials.
The paradigm shift in the field of education needs to focus on the development of life skills, attitude and values. This was the prime focus which made us divide this series into two themes: LIFE SKILLS and ATTITUDE & VALUES, which are nothing but the 21st Century Skills. Each theme strongly voices out in three levels- beginners, the avid readers and the experts making it a six book series.
Life Skills is synonymous with the Thinking, Social and Emotional Intelligence of a person. Attitude is how we respond to a specific situation or people. Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal. Values are about how we have learnt to think things ought to be or people ought to behave, especially in terms of qualities such as honesty, integrity and openness.
Each book contains 30 Fascinating Stories based upon the places, events, ideas, issues and personalities from around the world. These stories will inculcate Reading habit along with building global awareness. Each story has been elaborately discussed and is analysed by the following tools:
- Wordsmith - aims at augmenting the vocabulary and contextual usage of words thus helps in improving communication.
- Finding the Fact - aims at developing the comprehension and analytical skills.
- Extra Inning - gives an opportunity to the reader to explore the extra information related to the story thus developing a research orientation and improving general awareness.
- Reality Check - a platform to create opinions and solve problems about the various issues related to the story.
Only when the reader is in a position to generate thoughts/ arguments/ opinions about given situations/ issues then only he is in a position to provide a real solution model. This series is a must have for children (starting age 11) and young adults. The series has been designed and developed by the Elevate team, which is pioneer of providing CCE Implementation and scholastic/co-scholastic assessment to Schools. Presently, the Elevate program is being implemented in 600+ schools in 8 countries. Disha Publication is the sole publisher and distributor of these books. The books can be bought from
http://www.dishapublication.com/. The books are also available at leading
online bookstores like flipkart,
amazon, paytm and shopclues.
About
Disha Publication Disha Publication has benchmarked itself in the field of producing books for competitive exams and school children for more than 14 years. Founded under the guidance of renowned professor and author Dr. O P Agarwal, Disha Publication books are produced by a panel of ex-IITians and prominent authors.
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The master book of 'GENERAL AWARENESS,' Breathing in Bodhi is designed with Life Skills, Attitude & Values A unique blend of varied skills coupled with Global Awareness is the core of the Breathing in Bodhi series 
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