Date:13/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/13/stories/2008101357840200.htm

Tamil Nadu - Chennai

Get set for Young World painting contest

Staff Reporter

The preliminary round entries should reach by November 3

CHENNAI: Start brushing up your painting skills, for come November it will be time for The Hindu Young World Painting Competition.

There is no entry fee or form for participating. Both juniors – from Class IV to Class VII and seniors – from Class VIII to Class X who want to participate can send their drawings (for the preliminary round) to the centres that are nearest to their place of residence or the centre where they would like to come for the finals.

The topics for preliminary round for junior category are: Sports Day, In the Zoo, Flying Kites and Birthday Party.

For the seniors, the topics are: Watching a stage play, On a hill station, Bandh/Strike day and Environment day.

The preliminary round entries should reach all centres by November 3. All those selected for the finals will be sent individual letters containing details about the competition including the venue and the timings.

On November 29 the competition will be conducted at 14 centres in Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Kozhikode and on November 30 it will be conducted in Hyderabad, Vishakapatnam, Vijayawada, New Delhi, Bangalore, Mangalore, Mysore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai and Tiruchi.