A new world record established, breaking China’s record
Pune. More than three thousand parents came together in Pune on Thursday to set up a world record breaking the one held by China previously.
On behalf of the National Book Trust, the Pune Book Festival is being held on the ground of Fergusson College from 16th to 24th December in Pune.
Coinciding this event, the Pune Municipal Corporation organized an activity ‘Parents tell their children stories’ on Thursday morning on the S. P. College Ground in which 3066 parents participated and narrated stories to their children for four minutes continuously. As soon as the story session was over, the parents broke the Chinese record for telling stories to their children and set a new world record. This was followed by a jubilant celebration to the sound of drums and patriotic songs.
Municipal Commissioner Vikram Kumar, Additional Commissioner Vikas Dhakne, Savitribai Phule Pune University Vice Chancellor Dr. Suresh Gosavi, Adv. S. K. Jain, Actress Prajakta Mali, organizer Rajesh Pandey, former mayor Muralidhar Mohol and other dignitaries were present on the occasion.
Around 10 am, more than 3,000 parents and their children participated in this event. These participating parents read to their children a lesson from the book “Nishgaru Nash Karu Naka” written by Kshipra Shahane for three minutes consecutively. On this occasion, the officials of Guinness Book of Records announced that the new world record of ‘Parents telling their children’ has been established in the name of Bharat and after that there was a jubilation on the field.
After this world record, parents and children celebrated with slogans like Vande Mataram, Bharat Mata Ki Jai. The whole program was planned by the officers and employees of PMC. On this occasion Chaitanya Kulkarni organized a musical program of Marathi songs.
The world record for parents telling their children was previously held by China. In China, about eight years ago, 2,479 parents told stories to their children at the same time. Today, 3066 parents gathered on the SP College ground, read out the lesson to their children, “Don’t destroy nature” and beat the world record.
