One of the world’s most creative toys that teach children constructive skills has now started including weapons to retain children’s attention in the digital age. The first Lego castle toy kit that was manufactured with a violent streak was in 1978 with swords, axes and lances. Today, 30% of lego sets manufactured, have some weapon as part of it. Online reports also state that almost 40% of the visual content that accompanies the toy sets, shows violence is some form.
Is the market need pushing makers like LEGO or is it the toy companies that impact the market, that is the question to debate!?
Yatra Archives
This library in Ahmedabad is 159 years old
Himanshu Nainani
May 25, 2016
Creative Yatra explores a little known library right in the middle of the hustle and bustle of Bhadra Plaza, called ‘Himabhai Institute’. Lal Darwaja, the biggest hub for hawkers and patrons, where people flock as if everything is been sold…
Fernandes Bridge – the most unique book market in Ahmedabad!
Himanshu Nainani
Jun 24, 2016
The street Fernandes Bridge connects readers with writers, students with publishers and curious beings with the age-old answers they’re looking for. The Chopda Bazaar of Fernandes Bridge is one of the oldest Book Markets in Ahmedabad that serves thousands of people…
Discover one of the oldest libraries of Ahmedabad
Jaimin Rathod
Apr 11, 2016
The oldest library of Ahmedabad, Hazrat Pir Mohammad Shah Library, is blessed with quietness of the mosque that surrounds it. Ahmedabad has internationally carved its identity on the globe through the numerous mosques dotted across the city. The air confined…
Collecting Art is a Passion of the Heart: Yamini Mehta on Sotheby’s Indian Foray
Niharika Sanyal
Nov 4, 2016
The Sotheby’s Institute of Art recently launched its inaugural programme in Mumbai through a three-day educational course this September. With October 18 marking the beginning of a vibrant week that will see the celebration of Indian art in London, Yamini…