THINKING DAY

What happen when a mighty army of 5000+ strength surrounds another army of 1000 + strength  in a Small area of 15 sq km. One can easily predict the victory of the might. But history has different stories to tell. A group of 350 trained boys made the difference. The smaller army under a colonel triumphed.

It was7th may 1900. British citizens are celebrating a hero in the colonel of the army. who on a later stage reveals the secret of his success in a book named ‘Scouting for boys”. The book remained proof for what boys can do if trained appropriately.

The colonel formed a team of 350 boys between the age of 11 to 18 who helped the soldiers in locating troops of the enemy by  passing messages, giving signals and more importantly arranging the gadgets. This team has relieved the soldiers of the common duties and enabled them to concentrate completely on fighting.

The person whom we are talking so far is lord baden powell. After witnessing the the vast quantum of energy and skills of the boys lord baden powell conducted a trail camp between 1^st and 20^th of august 1907 with some childen of his friends. The results of the camp was compiled into a book and released in a fort night. This was later published in 1908 . The popularity of the book among boys has motivated b-p to launch scouting officially in the year of 1908 which grew in leaps and bounds in the decades that followed.

Today we are celebrating his155th  birth day as  86^th  thinking day and 13^th world thinking day.

It was in 1926 that the world scout conference has decided to dedicate a day for guides to think about their sisters across the world. The conference felt the b-day of b-p will be an apt occasion for that and christened the day as thinking day. It was in 1999 it was renamed as world thinking day to give global emphasis. Starting 2005 a theme has been selected every year. This year thinking day’s theme is “"Environment": UN Millennium Development Goal 7: Girls worldwide say “We can save our planet”.

 So come let us pay tribute to the lord baden powell by taking pledge to save the planet by avoiding the plastics , by using renewable sources of energy and reducing the use of fossil fuels.

Come let us join hand in protecting the planet.

Come let us celebrate the THINKING DAY.