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A Big Boo

n The attack on school kids in Peshawar, Pakistan made me weep.

n School again! n The cold wave. Brr! n How many sweaters should we wear!

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Kids Idol finale was a grand event

Rewind to head-lines of 2014

‘What if’- all your queries answered

Tweeple SpeAk

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THiS iS cool!

n Smashing New Year Eve’s party!n My cousins came down from UK.

We had a good time!n A short visit to Konkan. n Lip-smacking Christmas cake

made by our neighbour.

@crphrlia: My New Year’s resolution is to exercise more and care less

@literatiBkstore My New Year Resolution is to finish that bedside stack of books that always mysteriously grows bigger

@MercyForAnimals Have you ever thought about going #vegan? Make it your New Year’s resolution!

@love2bgigi: Although writing a letter to Santa claus is a fun project for children, actually receiving a letter from Santa is even more enjoyable

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SAkSHi NAik

Std II, Little Penguins School, PanjimSHRiYA kAiSARe

Std II, Little Penguins School, Panjim

DevASHRee HAlARNekAR

Std II, Little Penguins School, Panjim

KartiK ChoudharyStd III, Cambridge International SchoolkARTik cHouDHARY

Std III, Cambridge International School

ADiTYA wARRieR

Std IV, SB Patil Public School

ApuRvA pHulARi

Std VI, SB Patil Public SchoolSRuSHTi BiHADe

Std III, Cambridge International School

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MY SAY

This incident took place when I was studying in St Stephen’s School of the United Kingdom, in a small

town called Preston. The year had start-ed off pretty well. Soon it was time for my SAT exam, and after we finished with them, it was time for frolic and fun.

A week later, it was my Graduation Day. I was to graduate from junior school to high school. During the ceremony I was called upon stage to receive a certif-icate for doing well academically. Along

with me, a couple of more students had received certificates for their good work. We also received a gift card as a goodbye present from the Principal. My gift card was special for it had a 5 pound note in it! I got the pound note signed as an autograph of the Principal. I treasure the note to this day. It reminds me of the most memorable day of my life!

SANikA kiNiStd VII, Mansukhbhai Kothari National

School, Kondhwa

a souvenir from school

Blue and black and white on the head,My Black Beauty is always ahead,He guards my house day and night,So I am fond of his might.

Of course, he is a small little dog,But he has the power to pick up a log!In mornings and evenings, when he comes for a walk,He is always in a mood to talk!

He gets delicious food every day,So he doesn’t behave like dogs of stray!He is a male dog with long black hair,I properly and carefully take his care.

AMAN BADAveStd VI, Vidya Pratishthan’s English Medium

School (CBSE), Vidyanagari

Best Four The poems and articles were printed earlier in Sakal Times. They have been selected to feature here

My black beauty

Whenever I go outside and see the sun,I feel very bright and have great fun!

I hop and dance in the light,And even fly my enormous kite!

At the end of the day, the sun goes down,Bringing darkness to our town!

Then I go to sleep waiting for the sun,He’s on the other side of earth,Blasting rays like a gun!

Everyday the sun comes out, Wake up! Wake up! It shouts.

When we hear the rooster’s callWe know the sun is there, shiny and tall!

Whenever I go outside and see the sun,I feel very bright and have great fun!

ANkiT BHADeStd VI, Millennium National School, Pune

The Sun

A woman is integral to our society. She plays the role of a dutiful daughter, a loving wife,

a devoted mother and is the pillar of her family. Yet, it is highly bewil-dering that everyone wants a bride for their son, but no daughters!

The contempt for girls is so deep-rooted that they are unwant-ed even in the wombs of their mothers. So, people abort the girl child. A majority of people don’t educate their daughters. Why? Because of the age-old, rotten thought: “The daughter doesn’t need to study. She just has to roll rotis in future”. Such people are uncivilised and think of their daugh-ters as a ‘burden’ to be borne. They don’t realise their daughter’s potential as human beings. If the girl is educated, she’ll support her parents and her country in times of need.

Most people don’t want daugh-

ters because they feel they’ll be com-pelled to give dowry in her marriage. Receiving, giving or demanding dowry is illegal. Marrying your son to a girl, in exchange for a dowry, is like selling him off for a certain amount of money and gifts. Think it over. It’s a disgrace.

Not to forget prostitution and child marriage, which are the two most ruthless evils of our society. What can be more disastrous than transforming a lively little girl into a depressed sex object? There has to be some stringent action against these malpractices.

It is we, who’ll bring the change. ‘Be the change you wish to see’, said Mahatma Gandhi. People have to stop, just stop passing loose comments on girls. Enough

of the subjugation game. And as far as education for girls is concerned, this point has to be underscored: Education is neither a favour, nor a privilege. It is a basic right to which all girls are entitled to.

Today, women are successful everywhere: you see them as doctors, engineers and teachers, entrepreneurs and even presidents of countries.

The pressure for women’s em-powerment is augmenting. And, a revolution has to be brought about.

A mother is the nurturer of her children. If girls are educated and emancipated, the progeny will surely be efficacious.

Empowerment, Emancipation, Efficacy.

ANuBHA SAgAR Std IX, Army Public School, Pune

the Voice of a Woman

One year, my New Year’s resolution was to study for 8 hours every day after school. I fell off the resolution wagon the very next day!

kRuSHiYA gAoNkeR

Std VIII, Fatima Convent Girls High School, Margao

Which New Year resolution you were not able to keep?

At the beginning of every New Year, I decide that I would spend some time with my friend’s dog, pet him and make him my friend. But when I see him, I panic and give up on the idea even before trying.

TejASwiNi puNAji

Std VIII, Dona Leonor Memorial High School, Porvorim

friday, January 2, 2015

More than 150 cute kids brim-ming with energy and grace, brought warmth to the chilly

Christmas evening at Pune Central, Amanora. They were there to per-form at Kids Idol, 2014 organised by Sakal Times Young Buzz and Young Republic of India (YRI) Club.

From fairy to Dracula, child labour to ‘Save Trees’ and farmer to PM Narendra Modi — all the themes were covered by children for the fancy dress competition.

Not only the audience, but even the participating kids enjoyed each other’s performance. They en-couraged, clapped and cheered for each act. The grand finale of the dance competition started after the fancy dress competi-tion. The participants had made their way to the finals, after a tough round of auditions.

On the D-day, the girl contestants performed to classical or foot-tapping Hindi film music. The boys grooved to hip-hop and showed off some cool free-style movies. The audience cheered for

each act, with five-year-old Satvik Singh raking in the most applause.

Satvik danced to popu-lar number, ‘jumme ki raat’, aping Salman Khan’s moves. Mrudang Desai, who judged the event, exclaimed, “Every year, the event scales a new height. It’s difficult to judge the young contestants because they score well on both cuteness and talent.”

It was 11 in the night when the Grand Finale came to a close amidst cheering by parents, audi-ence and the beaming kids.

MeeTA RAMNANi

5chit chat

Congratulations Winners! Fancy dress Competitiongroup a nursery to std in Winner: Dhanvi Patiln 1st Runner up: Diksha Shahn 2nd Runner Up: Zayaan Zaidigroup B std ii to Vn Winner: Aryan Shaikhn 1st Runner up: Tanaya Dixit n 2nd Runner Up: Rachit Bansalgroup Cstd Vi to X n Winner: Vinayak Madken 1st Runner up: Hritika Kulthen 2nd Runner Up: Muskan Sayyad

solo dance Competitiongroup anursery to std i n Winner: Nandini Pateln 1st Runner up: Dhanvi Patiln 2nd Runner Up: Satvik Singhgroup Bstd ii to V n Winner: Bhumika Haken 1st Runner up: Netrali Sonawanen 2nd Runner Up: Sayali Kalbhorn Consolation: Aryan Shelargroup Cstd Vi to X n Winner: Hritika Kulthen 1st Runner up: Juee Tanpuren 2nd Runner Up: Devika Pawarn Consolation: Nidhi Desai

Pair/partner dance Competitionn Ashwini Kolekar & Disha Kumbhakarnan Narayani Vaidya & Diksha Shahn Sanika Javdekar & Rashmi Kirange

My daughter, Nandini, loves to dance. She practised for a month for this evening’s performance.

MeenaXi PatelMother of Nandini

Patel

WiNNerS SPeaki am learning kathak for the last nine years. Today i performed ‘Shiv Tandav’ because it is a very energetic dance. i was quite confident about my win.

deViKa PaWarStd X, Abhinav Vidyalay

rashmi and i are neighbours and also best friends. We practised for only one day on ‘Punjabi Wedding Song’ and so it was an unexpected win. We are very happy.

that’s the way we celebrate!

saniKa JaVdeKarStd VI, St Joseph School

rashMi Kirange Std VII, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

Photographs by Mukkund Bhute & Meeta Ramnani


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6 time please!

jANuARY: oldest Roman Temple dating back to 6th century Bc is discovered by archaeologists at Sant’omobono, Rome

julY: Sim Bhullar became the first indian origin player to join basketball in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

AuguST: india’s first indian institute of engineering Science and Technology (iieST) is inaugurated by the president of india, pranab Mukherjee.

Here’s a quick rewind to the events in 2014 which made the headlines. A month-by-month compilation, by Pradnya Naik

FeBRuARY (and ongoing): over 18,000 people were infected with ebola virus since February and 7,000 killed in west Africa. ebola is most severe in terms of casualties

MARcH: india and the entire South-east Asia region is declared polio-free by wHo

ApRil: Supreme court of india recognises transgenders as a third gender

MAY: psy’s ‘gangnam Style’ becomes the first video to reach 2 billion views on You-Tube

juNe: A new state, Telangana is carved out of Andhra pradesh. Hyderabad will remain the joint capital for the next 10 years. india now has 29 States and 7 seven union Territories

SepTeMBeR: india’s Mars orbiter Mission of iSRo successfully enters Mars orbit

ocToBeR: The recipients of the ‘2014 Nobel peace prize’ are announced, and awarded to india’s kailash Satyarthi and pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai (in December)

NoveMBeR: Switzerland wins the Davis cup, tennis competition for the first time

2014 Rewind

DeceMBeR: The united Na-tions warns that the world is on course for the warmest year since records began


7a to z

MeeNAkARi Meenkari, the bold and bright design on silver and gold metals, is very pretty

jewellery. White is the first colour applied on the design and red is the last. Intro-duced in Rajasthan, by King Mansingh of Amber, Meenakari jewellery — including earrings, bangles, necklaces and boxes — is easily available in Jaipur.

Mfor...

MeRMAiD Mermaid tales are fantastic, aren’t they? The imaginary

sea creatures — they are girls who have fish tails for lower body — are said to have an amazing voice. In Europe, Asia and Africa, mermaid folktales and references in mythologies abound.

But their sightings are not just limited to seas and oceans, you know! In USA there is a ‘mermaid parade’, where thousands of people dress up like mermaids.

MARS The red colour planet has been discussed a lot amongst

us earthlings. There is constant discussion about ‘life’ and ‘inhabitants’ on the planet. And, therefore India’s success-ful launching of MOM — Mars Orbiter Mission — this year, had us all pepped up! Ranked fourth in the solar system, Mars is about half the size of earth and on an average it is 225 million kms away from our planet.

Milk ‘Drink milk’ is probably the first thing

that you hear when you are setting off for schools. We bet most of you glug it down unwillingly. Your protests are silenced with, ‘Milk has energy.’

It is true, you know, because milk con-tains nutrients like calcium, phosphorus, protein, potassium, iodine, vitamin B2 and vitamin B12. They all make us strong. If plain milk doesn’t appeal to you, then you should get your nutrients from buttermilk, lassi, cheese, paneer and curd.

coMpileD BY MeeTA RAMNANi


8 the big picture

How would the world be if there were no colours — no green in the trees, no blues in the skies, no dark black clouds and no pink

coloured dress to wear in the evening? Dull, boring and colourless.

Colours (even black and white) add charm to our world. Three basic co-lours — red, blue and yellow — when combined conjure several new shades. These shades inspire our thinking, mood and memories. Now you know why the red coloured building reminds you of your red toy car.

We all have our favourite colour and we associate our fondness for it in the objects around us. Take colour red for instance. The children, we spoke to, gave us different reasons why they liked the colour.

Says Karan Singh from Std VI, Cambridge International School, “Red is my favourite colour and so I like the Hot wheel’s cars, which usually come in red. Most of my clothes are also in hues of red.”

Liane Nunes likes red because it makes her bright and happy.

“Even my uniform has red in it and

all my friends own toy cars which are red in colour,” says Liane who studies in Std III, in St. Theresa’s Girls High School.

“I like red because it stands out amongst other colours,” says Raunak Chari, who studies in Std IX, Mother of Mercy English High School.

Sometimes hobbies and our interests also define our favourite shades.

“I swim in my village pond. The co-lour of water is blue which I like. When my father was thinking of buying a four-wheeler for the family, I badgered him to buy a car in the shade of blue,” grins Rishab Rai, Std IV, Cambridge International School.

The hues shape stereotypes and also break them. Who says pink is only for girls and blues for boys? Akshita Shah, who studies in Std IX, in Wisdom World School, likes everything blue. “Many things in my house are blue coloured. The colour relaxes and calms me down. My school’s house colour is also blue,” she said.

Be it any colour or any shade, the love for ones favourite colour shows around him or her.

...Red, blue and yellow. These three basic colours conjures up several shades, which make our world cheerful and bright. The colours define our mood, hobbies and thoughts. YB team talks to students, participating in Balmitra Drawing Competition, about their favourite colours

colour me...

“i love purple shade because i have a favourite teddy bear in the same colour.”

SiDHAli pARABStd II, Kendriya Vidyalaya No.1

“i love red colour. My uniform has red in it and all my friends own toy cars which are red in colour.”

liANe NuNeS Std III, St. Theresa’s Girls

High School

Do NoT DiSTuRB: A girl is a picture of concentration


9the big picture

leT’S START: Students at Mahesh Bal Bhavan centreSplASH, goeS MY BoAT: A child draws on the topic ‘Boat’

pSST...A boy offers advice to another participant

TRADiTioNAl MoTiFS: A boy draws on the topic of ‘warli’ design

liNeS & colouRS: children sketch and colouri FiNiSHeD! esha karpe holds up her completed painting

Blue iS THe SeA: krishna Amonkar

displays his drawing

Photographs by Parag Jadhav & Pramod Shelar


10 meet them

I love reading books. They are the quietest, most accessible and wisest of counselor and most pa-tient of teachers. I started reading novels, stories

and poems when I was in Std II. I like to read books of Sane Guruji and Harivanshrai Bach-chan. I like Bachchan’s Madhushala, Basere Se Dur and Meri Shreshtha Kavitaye. Sane Guru-ji’s Shyamchi Aai and Khara Mitra are other favourites.

I never feel alone when I am surrounded by books. Their con-tent is very absorbing. I have learnt so much about life and living through the pages.

One can learn about life, either through living or by reading. I chose to read until I ready myself for the experiences that would come my way.

viDHAN cHoRDiYA Std VIII, Priyadarshani English Medium School

coMiNg up!

MY SAY

TuHu ReviewS

This colourfully illustrated picture book, titled ‘No’ from Tulika publishers is meant for 3-year-olds. priced at ` 120, the book written by cheryl Rao is a bilingual. it’s written in english and regional languages like Bengali, Marathi, kannada, Tamil, gujarati, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi

gist of the storyPapa tries to wake up Annika, but all Annika says is “No!”. What does Papa do now? Playful and endearing pictures capture a spirited little girl in a familiar morning scene in many homes

Don’t disturb! I am thinking. So many questions crowded my brain to which I had no answer. Now, I know whom to ask! Randall

Munroe is my man. I finished reading his ‘what if?’ and I got all my answers. Most of them, I should say.

Have you thought of queries like, ‘How much physical space does Internet occupy? Is there enough energy to move the entire human population to another planet?’

Questions like these were uploaded on a website, which Munroe designed, by people all over the world. He answered them all in his book, ‘what if?’ by applying theories from phys-ics, chemistry, biology, prob-ability, astronomy, geography

and astrology (Did I leave any science out? Include it!).

The book not just adds up to your scientific knowledge, but is hilarious as well. Munroe does not answer the ques-tions in a straight-forward fashion. He

takes you through the whole world of science and other hypothesis and answers towards the end. For eg: If he has to answer a question on ‘what would happen to the earth if the Sun suddenly

switched off?’, Munroe would first explain the positives of the situation that would make you laugh. Mind you, they are logical, scientific explanations. But after two pages, he would say, “we all would freeze and die.” Boo-ya.

Famous for his funny line cartoons, Munroe used them all over in the book. For eg: To compare height, Randall used cartoons of giraffes over each

other in the shape of a pyramid. The top-most giraffe asks him, “Why are you doing this?”

Munroe cannot answer all the ques-tions. So he has made special pages in the book which he calls ‘Weird (and worrying) questions from the what if? Inbox’. Here he has put the questions and answered them through his funny drawings. I bet you are rushing to pick this book!

Do that. But don’t read it all in one go. You won’t survive the bombardment of facts. You can do one thing, though. Write to Munroe and ask if “over-thinking” because of ‘what if?’ would result in men-tal imbalance. I am sure he would answer it! Haha!

Do you have a question?NAME: what if? BY: Randall Munroe PuBliShED BY: Hachette India PRiCE: ` 499

This article on books was

earlier published in Sakal Times

Meet my teachers



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By Alok Nirantar


On December 11 for a few hours, the students of The Bishop’s School,

Camp, got a taste of rural life. A pottery making session was organised for students of Std IV-V by Sakal Times Young Buzz and Young Republic of India (YRI) Club, in association with

Sanskruti, the Cultural Garden Restaurant.

Many students, for the first time, got a chance to see the potter at work and were under-standably thrilled.

Says Darshan Biradar of Std V, “The clay was very soft and smooth. This activity should be

held again.”His classmate Aditya Ma-

dale, adds, “The potter is very talented. I loved the flower pot that he made.”

Potter Shivchandra Prajapati, who demonstrated the skill to the students, said, “The clay was brought from the banks of river Ganga in Uttar Pradesh.”

Appreciating the session, Valerie Freese, Headmistress, The Bishop’s School, Camp, said, “It was a well organised programme and a good expo-sure for our students.”

Mayura Barsay, class teacher for Std V, added, “I think Sakal Media Group has done a good job of introducing pottery to children.”

Hasnain Rupani, owner of Sanskruti said, “Markets today are flooded with plastic ware. It is important for children to handle pottery and earthenware products. YRI Club and Sakal Times have bridged the culture gap.”

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The students of New Grace English School, lived up to the school’s

motto of ‘faster, higher, stron-ger,’ with their best perfor-mances in the II Pune District Kurash Championship held at Sadashiv Peth.

Under the guidance of the school coach, Sayyed Sohail

Rijjauddin, Shanawaz Khan won gold medal. He studies in Std VII. Shanawaz’s class-mate, Mustafa Khan, won a silver medal. Ameen Shaikh, studying in Std V, finished third and won the bronze medal.

The trio has qualified for the State-level championship which will be held this month.

The advent of social me-dia like Twitter, Face-book and Whatsapp

has resulted in a new lingo adopted by youngsters to-day. The way students com-municate with one another through social media is creeping into schoolrooms across the globe.

It is affecting children’s vocabulary and is also af-fecting their spoken English skills. A steady dip in their English grammar grades has also been observed. However, as educators we must try to use this new technology in such a way that it is advantageous for our students.

Boys are thought to ben-efit most from the phonic style of teaching, which requires pupils to decode words by breaking them up. So, when children are playing with these creative representations of language they have to use and re-hearse their understanding of letter sound correspon-

dence — a skill which is taught formally as phonics in primary classrooms. So, texting can offer children the chance to practice their understanding of how sounds and print relate to each other.

If Whatsapp becomes a common tool for teachers and students in the class-room, there will be need for further research in order to identify user properties and the best way to integrate them into educational goals.

vAleRie FReeSeHeadmistress,The Bishop’s

School, Camp

pRiNcipAl’S SpeAk ScHool NewS

Social media language can be used as teaching aid

Making friends with the potter’s wheel

New Grace students win medals

The City Internation-al School, Kothrud recently held the annual

sports meet for the pre-pri-mary section at the school’s sports ground. Chief Guest, Ashlesha Bodas, who plays table tennis, and is recipient of ‘Shiv Chatrapati Puras-

kar,’ graced the occasion. Bodas urged parents to

encourage their children to play sports. Bodas men-tioned that she learnt life skills through her sport, much more than what she could have learnt by being only an academics person.

Founder of the school, Da-modar Kumbare welcomed the parents, while Principal, Nirmal Waddan hoisted the school flag. Waddan informed the parents of how the finalists were selected for the sports day.

On a synchronized beat the march past was show-cased which was the result of practice and discipline. A lot of races were conducted like the ‘bride groom’ race, ‘catching the last bus’, ‘frog and sack race’, ‘ball in the basket’ and the ‘ring race’.

A parent’s race and a Maushis’ (school helpers) race were also conducted. The winners of the parents race were Mr & Mrs Purohit, while Mangal tai won the Maushis’ race. Medals and certificates were given to the all the winners by Bodas.

Annual sports meet for pre-primary at CiSK

Photograph by Mukkund Bhute


what is the objective of your school?The objective of our school is to impart education for all round development of the child, to inculcate good values and to mould the students into becoming good citizens of our country.

what is your vision for your school in coming years? Our goal is to raise the standard of education by imparting good values, to facilitate development of students,

in academic as well as non-academic aspects.

How do you support your staff? what are the qualities you look for in them?As a Principal, I support them in various activities, workshops, various competitions which are held in school and outside it. I support and also guide them in scholastic and non-scholastic activities.

I seek in them qualities such as sincerity, dedication, punctuality, competency, humanity, creativity and confidence to handle any situation.

Message to YB readersMy message to every child is to prepare themselves well in school to face the challenges waiting outside in the competitive world.

puRNiMA NAiqueHeadmistress, People’s High School, Goa

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q & A

Dance, drama and music at hujurpaga

Hujurpaga Katraj High School and Junior College had their annual gathering on December 10. The

students performed folk dances — gid-da (Punjab), shetkari (Maharashtra) and Goanese (Goa). They also did a skit on Geet Ramayan and paid a musical tribute to Asha Bhosale.

The school’s orchestra played Bho-sale’s evergreen hits to celebrate her 80 years. An English play was also staged to commemorate Shakespeare’s 450th birth anniversary.

The students, who were practicing for over a month, were glad that their ef-forts paid off. Said Pradnya Kavathekar,

“I enjoyed participating in the gathering because I am in Std X and it was the last dance of my school life.”

Vaishnavi Sapkal, a Std IX student, added, “I chose to participate in folk dance because I could learn different types of expressions.”

Impressed with their performanc-es, actor Rahul Solapurkar, who was the chief guest at the gathering, said, “Besides conventional career choice, children could also take up arts and fine arts as a vocation choice.”

Headmistress Seema Jhodge was proud of her students. “Our girls are very versatile. They did a nice job.”

The Epiphany School recently celebrated its 14th Annual Day. Dr Sam Newton was the chief guest. In his speech, he advised the students to be socially-responsible individuals who strive to give

back to the society. His speech was followed by the prize distribution ceremony in which meritorious students were awarded.

The spectacular cultural event comprised a one-act performance of Rabindranath Tagore’s Kabuliwallah by the students. Kabuliwallah is the story of an Afghan vendor who leaves his family behind in Kabul and comes to Kolkata for business. The play was intertwined with several entertaining dances performed by students from Kindergarten to Std X. The event proved to be a major success with an audience of more than 800 people.

pRiYANkA pATil Std X, The Epiphany School

Dance and drama at The Epiphany

A fancy dress competition for the pre-primary students of Bharati vidyapeeth english Medium School, Dhankawadi, was held. The competition intended to spread the message of ‘let’s make our india healthy’. The pupils’ costumes and props highlighted issues like ‘save water’, ‘save environment’ and ‘dengue awareness’


14 craft carnival

Decked up pot

Material required one earthen pot, one thick colourful rope/lace and fevicol

Photographs by Meeta Ramnani

ASSiA MolooArt Teacher, The Bishop’s School, Camp

Apply a thin coat of fevicol to the rim of the pot

Repeat the step from the rim to the base of the pot. The thicker the rope, the less time it takes

wind the rope around the rim of the pot and hold for 10 seconds

You can also stick some decorations like quilled leaves and flowers

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15time please!

Winter word searchSnow, Cold, Frozen, Blanket, Ice hockey,

Pullover, Wool, Snowboard, Dew, Holidays

1. THeRMoMeTeR

2. cool Box

3. kNiFe

4. MoBile pHoNe

5. iRoN

6. peeleR

7. SeiSMoMeTeR

Ans: 1. Measures temperature; 2. To keep food/drinks cool; 3. To cut; 4. To talk; 5. To remove wrinkles from fabric; 6. To remove outer skin; 7. Measures intensity of earthquake

GADGEt GuRuWhat are these items used for?

1. _ _ D

2. iNiT_ _ Te

3. ABST _ _ N

4. D_ _ BeTic

5. p_ _ R

6. RAD _ _ TioN

7. g _ _ NT

8. H _ _ R

9. Ag _ _ N

10. _ _ Sle Ans: AI- 1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10; IA-2, 4, 6, 7.

Ai or iAodd one out!

Ans: 1. Ketchup (it is a food item and others are not) 2. Chennai (it is in the South of India and the rest are in North) 3. Umbrella (others are stationery items) 4. Glass (others are made of wood) 5. Nest (others are sources of light) 6.4 (it is an even number and others are odd numbers) 7.17 (Others are multiples of 9, while 17 is not)


1. BOOT, POlISh, STOOl, KETChUP

2. GURGAON, AGRA, ChANDIGARh, ChENNAI

3. BOOK, PEN, PENCIl, UMBREllA

4. TABlE, DOOR, ChOPSTICKS, GlASS

5. lAMP, CANDlE, SUN, NEST

6. 1, 4, 7, 5

7. 9, 17, 45, 63

1. BOOT, POlISh, STOOl, KETChUP

2. GURGAON, AGRA, ChANDIGARh, ChENNAI

3. BOOK, PEN, PENCIl, UMBREllA

4. TABlE, DOOR, ChOPSTICKS, GlASS

5. lAMP, CANDlE, SUN, NEST

6. 1, 4, 7, 5

7. 9, 17, 45, 63

16 what’s wrong


Ans: 1) Sun is green 2) Elephant swimming 3) Goldfish upside down 4) Castle has eyes 5) Glue bottle on the beach 6) Broom on the beach 7) Dolphins out of water 8) Torch 9) Octopus swimming


young buzz january 2, 2015

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