Aliens in the Park Kavya Shukla 11 years, VI B, Deep Memorial Public School Ram Prastha, Ghaziabad Once upon a time in the park, there were many children playing with friends. Then, surprisingly a UFO landed, and the children and their parents were scared, what is happening here! A light blinked on the UFO and…
UFOs are All I See Tweesha Nagpal 12 years, VII D, Bal Bharati Public School, Brij Vihar, Ghaziabad Lisa, a thirteen year old orphan, was living in Florida, with her Aunt Karina and Uncle Jack. Everyday, Lisa and her friends, Leah and Oliver, would go to the park and play tennis. Oliver and Lisa would…
समझदार एलियन प्रीती यादव १० साल, V अ, प्राथमिक विद्यालय, विवेक विहार, दिल्ली कुछ बच्चे पार्क में खेल रहे थे। अचानक उन्हें एक स्पेसशिप आते हुए दिखा। जब वो स्पेसशिप नीचे आया, तो उसमें से कुछ एलियंस निकले। उनमें से एक बहुत अच्छा और समझदार एलियन था। फिर वो सारे एलियंस स्पेसशिप से निकल आये। और वे सारे बच्चों को पकड़ने लगे। मगर जो समझदार एलियन था, उसे यह अच्छा नहीं लगा। उसने उन सारे एलियंस को मार मार के गिरा दिया, और उन सब बच्चों को अगवा होने से बचा लिया। ————————–
Aliens’ Icy Cool Adventure Abida Ali Khan 9 years, V D Bal Bharati Public School Brij Vihar, Ghaziabad So, once upon a time, there was a park named Krishna Park. One day Varahee, Tweesha, Preeti, Sehaj and Kavya were playing cops and robbers. Suddenly there was a shocked expression on their faces because they had…
An Alien Spacecraft Varahee Nagpal 9 years, V D Bal Bharati Public School Brij Vihar, Ghaziabad Once upon a time, some children were playing in a park. They were very amazed when they saw that there was an alien spacecraft landing in the park. The spacecraft was blue in colour and had three lights. It…
Half of a Yellow SunChimamanda Ngozi Adichie2007 (first published 2006)Harper Perennialpp. 433Adichie writes about the forgotten civil war in Biafra and the making of ‘united’ Nigeria. The story revolves around the lives of twin sisters of upper middle class Igbo family. A life spent in realising and living the contrast between the haves of middle…
Sarangpani, P. M. 2009. Quality, Feasibility and Desirability of Low Cost Private Schooling. Economic and Political Weekly, XLIV (43):67-69. The discussion paper is a critical commentary on the paper by Jain and Dholakia (2009), “Feasibility of Implementation of Right to Education Act”. Jain and Dholakia argue for budget private schools that compromise on teachers’ salaries,…
(Guest Post by Deepak Nair*) I used to be indecisive.. But now, I am not quite sure… Back in school, I was taught about corporate strategies- Upsize, downsize or do nothing. Doing nothing, my learned teacher told me, is also an action. It reflects that by ignoring imminent adversities or opportunities, you have left things to chance and chosen to swim with the tide. Indecisiveness is a state of “not being able to make decisions quickly and effectively”. An indecisive person is a hung human, with inability to choose from available options. Indecisiveness is something we come across everyday with millennials. We find it hard to make decisions at something as simple as choosing food to what hobby to pursue. Everyone seems to be bombarded with options, finding it difficult to choose any one of the them and in fact, feeling sad about rejecting at all. Not only does this cause…
Talking to a fellow scholar today gave me the insight that one of the keys to writing your thesis quickly is to recognise the process that you follow for writing. It helps in not just setting a pace for writing but will also bring a qualitative change in what we write. By identifying the writing…
Rumi- The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and LongingColeman Barks2003Harper CollinsThe book is a collection of poems by Rumi, organised by themes that revolve around love and life. Some of the themes that were covered included Spontaneous Wandering, Sudden Wholeness, Madness, Absence, Romance and Friendship. The commentary by Barks is interesting and a good read…
