Page 29 - Mann Ki Baat

A KAR
KAAMY
KAAMYA KARTHIKEYAN
AN
Y
THIKE
The classroom was filled with This class
the sound of excited chatter. sounds like a flock
It was the day before the of parrots. Can you
summer holidays began. all even hear each Sir, I am
other? going on a trek
with my cousins!
We are going to
the Western
Ghats.

Settle down. let me KaAmya was three when her father, an officer in the
tell you this inspiring Indian Navy, was posted in Lonavala*. On weekends,
story that our Prime they would go on long walks along nearby trails.
minister shared with us
on Mann ki Baat. It Appa, let’s
is about a young girl go that way My girl is
who has conquered next time. growing up with
many mountains. my love for
adventure!

As time passed, KaAmya’s father started going on long expeditions to the Himalayas.
Amma,
how long
until Appa is In
back again? a month,
Kaamya.

*near Mumbai, Maharashtra
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