With an aim to inculcate the habit of reading stories in children from an early age, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday launched a new reading portal, Tadaa, as part of their 300 Million Citizens’ challenge. 

“Stories help children develop a mindset from an early age, and enhance their reading ability. This is why we have used stories to improve the level of reading in children in Delhi’s Government schools through schemes like ‘Chunauti’, and ‘Mission Buniyaad’. The Katha Institute that developed the portal has contributed immensely in these efforts,” he added.

“This new e-portal will not just be accessible in India but in all over the world. The children will have access to fun and meaningful stories, especially during the ongoing Covid19 crisis,” said Sisodia.

The Deputy Chief Minister said “Our mindset is made up of stories read and heard in childhood. If we speak in computer language, then coding through childhood stories has a big role in our mindset programming. Whenever we read lines, those lines are coded in our minds. Therefore, it is quite an ambitious project to increase children’s capacity through stories. We are helping these children become readers, and learners for life.”

“Stories and storytelling have taken a new form during Covid19. It is given an opportunity to children to engage even more with their families or find beautiful stories within their families. I know of children who have been hearing stories from their parents’ generation and even stories from their grandparents’ generation. Despite the pandemic, this has been a blessing in disguise,” he said.