Visit www.theglobaltimes.in Food for thought New Year has ushered again Bringing spring, fall and rain Time to compose fresh resolutions Vol.3, Issue 1, January 2009 AN AMITY INITIATIVE Thinking about issues & solutions Happy New Year Saving earth from terrorism and pollution Is the greatest concern for the world and nation Eco-friendly green technology is our mission Scientific discoveries having aftereffect vision Toxicity of mind and environment Needs remediation & improvement Mankind and nature are blazing and crying They need help, care, protection and healing Time to rise, act and work together in the To fight terrorism & global disaster Out Before it gets futile and too late Spreading peace and love as mandate With every emerging New Year date! Tanu Jindal, Head, AIETSM, Amity University, UP CMaitreyi &o Mehal of AId S Sec- 46 Gurgaon, walk the streets INSIDE of Delhi on a New Year morn - ing to bring alive pictures of the India we live in. Lest we forget, join their resolution.

t’s that time of the year again when revelry knows no bounds and people rock the dance floor with wild abandon, welcoming the New Year with open arms! World at my feet , pg 2 IMore often than not, we eagerly await the wintry chill that gives us an opportunity to strut around in fancy jackets bought in Europe and America! We cannot imagine win - to a few people on the street one cold winter morning in twigs and leaves was harmful to the environment were ters without heaters and sweaters, jackets and shawls, the New Year. met with blank stares and indifferent shrugs. One can’t re - scarves and caps, hot soups and moisturizers, and of Terribly overdressed ! Snug in your warm wooly ally blame them- their own survival was far more impor - course, gajar ka halwa! Whew! What a long list! sweaters? Believe me! You are one of the luckiest people tant to them than saving the environment. While we enjoy the advent of a brand New Year with in India. We felt terribly overdressed while approaching a Little things : Moved by their plight, the Interact club of glee, how many of us spare a thought for the millions for cluster of tin shanties and sheds near village Chakkarpur in AIS-46, Gurgaon have made a commendable effort to whom the winter season is not a minor discomfort to be Gurgaon. The air was thick with smoke as women cooked improve their miserable conditions by donating woollen Cellular mania, pg 5 borne nor is it something to look forward to? their morning meals on earthen stoves out in the open. The clothes, shoes and blankets contributed by the students of Braving the chill: Do you know that over 1.4 lakh peo - atmosphere was filled with gloom and people were not the school. However, our efforts seemed to be just a drop ple live on the streets in Delhi and around 100 die in the willing to speak to us initially. We were told that the small in the ocean. killing cold wave almost every year? The Capital shivers community was mourning the death of an infant who What is it that we can do to help them? Maybe if each one at 1-2 degrees Centigrade when the most ruthless cold couldn’t survive the bitter cold the previous night. of us goes without our New Year parties or a couple of waves hit. Those on the street resort to burning paper, Basic instincts : Mansi Hasan, who claimed to be in her treats during the year, we could contribute that amount to dried leaves and wood to make bonfires to keep them - early twenties, married to a rickshaw-puller, lives in a an NGO actively involved in their upliftment and help selves warm. They even experiment with drugs and alco - crammed shed shared by three families. While her hus - save or improve someone’s life. hol to keep them warm! Smoking and drinking is one of band strives to eke out a decent wage of about Rs.100 a Isn’t it a resolution which should top our list of New  Super boy Garvit , pg 12 the most common ways used to avoid feeling too cold. It day, she works in two houses as a maid but earns very lit - Year’s resolutions? Give it a thought! was indeed an eye-opener for us when we decided to talk tle. Our efforts to point out to them that burning green For complete story, visit www.theglobaltimes.in “The secret of my energy is that I derive pleasure and satisfaction in whatever I do” E Sreedharan, CMD DMRC, synonymous as gling with traffic jams, despite huge flyovers, times. I lead a disciplined life both in the per - India’s Metro Man, recently honoured DND and BRT. To what extent, will the Metro sonal as well as the professional sphere and with the prestigious ICSI Life Time ease the situation? avoid stress. I lay special emphasis on keeping Achievement Award for Excellence and According to a study conducted by CRRI, since myself healthy and regularly rejuvenate and Corporate Governance, speaks to The DMRC began operations in December 2002, relax myself by doing yoga and meditation. Global Times via e-mail about the suc - people have progressively shifted to the Metro Reading the ‘Bhagawad Gita’ also motivates and cess of his Metro project, work ethics from road-based means of travel. According to inspires me. and constructing future India. estimates, the Metro has taken the load of 40,000 You are a role model for many of us. Who has vehicles by the end of 2007 and saved 57,858 been your role model? What is your success mantra be - tonnes of petrol, diesel and compressed natural My role model is the Late G P Warrier. He was hind the Metro project? gas (CNG). In this regard, DMRC has already the Chairman of the Railway Board and BHEL. The Delhi Metro is India’s largest started providing immense environmental and He was a man of character and courage and urban infrastructure project challenge social benefits to the city. These benefits have always wanted results and also knew how to since 1947. Reverse time clocks were resulted in passenger time saved, fuel cost saved, achieve them. set up at all Metro work sites to ensure reduction in capital and operating cost of vehi - You have been decorated with several honours timely completion. The unique work cul - cles, reduction in environmental damage, time for your contribution. Which award means the ture of DMRC which is a mix of practical saving and less maintenance cost on infrastruc - most to you and why? experience, professionalism and ethical ture, reduction in road accidents, improvement One award that I cherish immensely is the Rail - practices resulted in Phase I, covering 65.1 in road traffic conditions, etc. way Minister’s Award I received in 1963 for kms being completed in 7 years and 3 As compared to world standards, where does restoring the Pamban Railway bridge that was months, almost 2 years and 9 months India figure? destroyed by a tidal wave. It was initially esti - ahead of schedule, and within the bud - Out of the 135 metro systems in the world, Delhi mated that the restoration would take six months, geted cost. Transparency, efficiency, ac - Metro figures in the top 5 metros that are earning but we completed the work in just 45 days. countability, service-orientation an operational profit. What message would you like to give to the and participation of con - Unveil the secret energy of the ‘Metro Man of youth today? stituents are equally im - India’. There are many qualities in today’s youth that are portant ingredients The secret of my energy is that I derive pleasure admirable, especially their competitiveness, behind the success of the and satisfaction in whatever I do. I also combine tenacity and zeal to succeed. However, there has Delhi Metro. spirituality with my work. My energetic team been an all-round erosion of moral values that Today, Delhi is strug - around me makes me feel full of energy at all has extended to the youth as well. I believe that “I believe that there are four basic qualities for a there are four basic qualities for a successful life: successful life: Punctuality, Integrity and Good Punctuality, Integrity and Good Morals, Profes - Morals, Professional Competence and Good Health.” sional Competence and Good Health. 

Distributed across AIS Noida/Saket/Pushp Vihar/Vasundhra/East Delhi/Sec-43 Gurgaon/Sec-46 Gurgaon AIMC Manesar Amity University Noida/Jaipur/Bhubaneswar Amitasha Noida/Saket Amiown 2 World Mirror News with Views The Global Times Vol.3, Issue 1, January 2009 Is it really Obama’s SApkhil Bharldwaji, XI t wbody was discioverded lying oen the ter - 1o764 dacoipty and otheer heinonus crimes, Youth Envoy, Saket race. After months, the entire saga go unnoticed or remain unsolved. They comes back to page one – who killed came, ruled prime time slots and then re - victory? ive years in a row, Delhi has been Aarushi? Aarushi’s murder investiga - lapsed into convenient amnesia. When I he was duly elected. But, to what extent the uncrowned leader in tions have raised a lot of questions on the spoke to school mates, one student re - can we say, that it is Obama’s win? crime. The national capital occu - media. But media’s role has been signif - marked, “Media is a small child, left In fact, it is more of a win of the entire pFies the top slot for almost all violent alone in a room made of candy. It starts American race; their victory over the or - crimes including murder, rape, dowry licking the floor and soon has its feet thodox nature of the society; their con - death, molestation, kidnapping and ab - stuck in the very thing it craves for.” quest over the prejudice existing since duction. Delhi seems to be gripped in a However, in this dark underground centuries; their triumph over the policy crime wave. With the growing develop - bunker, there are shards of light too. The of apartheid. This is the most historic ment of the capital, even crime seems to conviction of Manu Sharma by the Delhi win anyone has ever achieved in the have increased at a similar rate. The pre - High Court in the Jessica Lal murder case world. Once again, America has set an vious year showed that Delhi is unsafe redresses a gross miscarriage of justice. It example for others to follow. for women, but this year is different, no will certainly reinforce public faith in the Although, we have many politicians one is safe in the Crime Capital!14-year- capacity of the criminal justice system for elected as Chief Ministers of states who old Aarushi was found dead with her self-correction. We, as citizens of India, are from not-so-established back - throat slit and multiple injuries on her icant, as it exposed loopholes of the in - revel in such successes of democracy. grounds, we are still very far from where face. The police immediately named the vestigation, otherwise the police had Yes, the Aarushi murder, Nithari scandal America has reached. Talwars’ missing Nepali servant Hemraj already declared it as an open and shut and kidney scam cases have disappeared “He is a true fighter, may more heroes as the prime suspect and dispatched a case. A whopping 53,244 criminal cases off stage, but don’t you see- you, I and the like him enlighten the world,” quips team to Nepal to look for him. But his – including 467 murders, 581 rapes, spotlight are following!  Shivangi Mittal, VIII-C Chirag Agarwal, VII C, AIS Sec-46 AIS Gurgaon 43 Gurgaon . Jyotsna Bhardwaj, Lecturer in Law Col - s America gears up for Obama’s lege observes, “Obama should succeed Aswearing in as US President on in what he is doing as it will lead to the The world at my feet January 20, 2009, let’s take stock of his removal of discrimination in USA and Shefali Roy are feeling too happy with too little. In - road to victory. Americans will get to know that it does - AIS Noida dian women have won the top crown in We have witnessed history being made. n’t matter that a person is American or this pageant before, and we could have A black man will control, modify, African-American, a person with quali - n the 4th of December, 2008, done it again!” change and hopefully, improve the lives ties can lead them.” Parvathi Omanakuttan had the “The decision of the jury is necessarily of billions of white people. We should If wealth could be measured in terms of world at her feet, literally, when the imposition of the perspective of a also not forget that he didn’t impose knowledge, well, Obama just earned a she was announced the 1st Runner’s Up few people and not the masses. What we himself as the most powerful man on fortune! Let’s all start now and be the O  at the Miss World 2008 pageant held in feel, and what the results are, they need earth - as President of the USA; rather next billionaires! Johannesburg, South Africa. From being not match”, says Imraan, XI-I, AIS one of the 15 semi-finalists, to the Top Noida. 5, was in itself a real challenge. “Winning this pageant only touches the “I was just seven when I saw Sushmita people directly involved, it does nothing Cricket for Mumbai Sen and Aishwarya Rai winning the pag - to finish the atrocities and social evils Navanshu Agarwal, VII-D eant. I decided then that one day I would faced by women in our country. It only AIS Sec-43, Gurgaon also be like them”, she was quoted as helps the sales, cosmetics, magazines, saying. not the actual progress of the society of number of people lost their fam - With their beauty, intelligence and ooz - outlook. We are finally shedding our the nation”, bemoans Vagisha Singh, XI- ily members, relatives, friends ing confidence, these Indian women prudery and understanding that morality I) of AIS Noida. and associates who were taken have made an international mark in fash - is not threatened by western wear. Despite what some people feel, it surely hAostages. Celebrities agonized over the ion and lifestyle. And I think that Indi - However, Shubhankar Singh, class IX, is the time of Indian beauties on the terror attacks in Mumbai. But the spirit ans are finally developing a global AIS Noida begs to differ, “I feel that we global ramp!  to fight terror is still alive. Due to the terror attacks the India-Eng - land series was postponed. The England AMIT-e-POLL Cricket Team Captain Kevin Peterson A political candidate’s minimum dedicated 50% of his match earnings to qualification should be the victims. After his recent century, Education doesn’t matter CM’s hat-trick 10% Alankrita Srivastava, IX-A Sachin Tendulkar hoped it will bring Literacy 23% AIS Vasundhra back the smiles on the faces of the In - dian people. Even though India won the lready into her third term as Delhi ODI series, it didn’t feel the same. Peo - CM, Sheila Dikshit has made his - ple have fear in their hearts. Will they be Graduation 67% tory, and not merely for being the able to overcome their fear? Electoral candidate can stand for lAongest serving women CM in the coun - Quips Amogh Gupta, VII D, AIS Gur- elections from try. Dikshit ‘reign’ of 10 years in Delhi is 43 , “Can cricket bring the smiles back Place resided in, for the fourth longest by a native in last 300 after the devastating Mumbai terror at - more than 5 years 45% Anywhere 35% years, since the death of Mughal Emperor tacks? Definitely not, but it can at least Aurangzeb in 1707 AD. Now 71, Dikshit try and compensate for the victims’ may not be able to persist longer than the losses. The England team’s generosity tacks. The Taj and Trident have opened Mughal King Muhammad Shah (29 has shown that they care for India. Mas - after bearing the brunt of the shocking The GT Crown for years), Muhammad Akbar II (31 years) ter blaster Tendulkar tried to bring the attacks. Marches and campaigns are Native Place 20% December goes to and Shah Alam II (47 years ), but if she smiles back by knocking a marvelous happening daily all over the country G r

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Cloned Baby: a simple task for scientists Sachit Tandon, IX-B AIS, East Delhi Rumia Chatterjee AIS, Vasundhara hen Dolly, the sheep was cloned, it was a step forward he arrival of Dolly, the much-cel - iWn science at the fact that science ebrated sheep aroused the can be used to create exact replicas world’s interest. Dolly, signified of animals! The question rises: Can aT major breakthrough, raising several in - humans be cloned? Scientists at the terests and concerns because of its sci - U S Biotech Company, Advanced entific and ethical implications. Cell Technology believe that a The success of Dolly brought to light the human baby can be cloned. concept of Cloning. In a lay man’s ter - An American team produced a minology, cloning is the process of cre - baby mouse from genetically al - ating an identical copy of a living being. tered skin cells of adult species. It may be an organism or cell (cell The team inserted reprogrammed cloning) or DNA fragments (molecular skin cells from an adult mouse into cloning). It is used by researchers in mice embryos to create off Human Genome projects, where scien - springs.Hence it is possible to take tists use technology to multiply a single a human cell, reprogram it back to common ancestor gene, cell or an or - its embryonic state and then insert ganism. it into an early human embryo to While Dolly signified only one aspect of produce 100% clones! cloning, there are different types of So, for us it’s a new beginning cloning technologies that have other pur - where we might see people sharing poses besides producing the genetic DNA Cloning: Refers to the transfer of same features and faces like us. twins of organisms. a DNA fragment of interest from one or - Therapeutic cloning: Also called ‘em - ganism to a self-replicating genetic ele - Reportedly Replicated bryo cloning’, it refers to a particular ment such as a bacterial plasmid. The Himanshi Upadhyay & as it seems, there are too many odds. is basically the same thing. Another ar - procedure which produces cells, specific DNA of interest can then be propagated Soumya Gupta, XI, AIS, Saket The opposition is mainly due to the gument is that Therapeutic Cloning body parts and organs to be utilized for in a foreign host cell. prospect of creating new human life should be opposed on the “grounds of medical purposes. The goal is to harvest Reproductive Cloning : This is a tech - loning flouts nature’s tried-and-true solely to be exploited and destroyed in risk of misuse”, such as selling of lab- stem cells that can be used to study nology used to generate an animal that ‘birds and bees’ techniques of re - this way has been condemned on moral created embryos without the approval of human development and treat diseases. has the same nuclear DNA as another Cproduction. While reproductive cloning grounds by many as displaying a pro - their biological parents. The potential for The extraction process however destroys currently or previously existing animal. is advocated by few, Therapeutic found disrespect for life. However, med - abuse is unimaginable. Also, if you get the embryo, which raises a variety of Dolly was created by this technology. Cloning, faces ethical questions. Thera - ical ethicists argue that, anyone who your own cells back in an attempt to re - ethical concerns. Scientists hope to gen - Some day, it may be used to produce peutic cloning does not strive to make says that the chance to save a life pair a disease with genetic roots, you erate an organ or tissue that is a genetic whole human organs from a single cell whole humans. Because embryonic stem through therapeutic cloning is wrong, would be only restoring the disease. match to the recipient. It would also that can replace damaged or degenerated cells can grow into any body cell, they would have to explain why they have not Health Organisations have demanded check the illegal organ trade in the med - cells and enabling humans to find a cure might be cultured into nerve cells, skin been upset by the practices that go on that cloning be banned until ethical and ical industry. for many incurable diseases.  cells, even hair follicles for the bald. But, under IVF (in-vitro fertilisation) which safety issues are resolved. 

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Kaveri Modayil and Tvisha Goswami, Doesn’t the thought of living in such a VII-B, AIS Pushp Vihar country send shivers down your spine? Tamanna Dhawan accounts are catching dust. ‘You’re not We were even more surprised to hear EGT Repo-rter, AISm Gur 46 cool @if you’re not on Faicebookl ’ is the he students of Amity, Pushp that Delhi lies in seismic zone number 4, mantra of the Gen-X. Vihar attended a workshop based which is the high risk zone. n the past few years, everyone I From our perspective, we would never on Disaster Management by San - We learnt that it is not earthquakes that know has become an Internet con - send an e-mail to 200 friends saying, tTosh J Thomas. (District Project Man - kill people; it is the man in the role of a vert. Gone are the conventional “Exams have finished, Yay!” But with a ager). We earnestly listened to all what builder who kills people. We need to un - Iways of correspondence and letter writ - Myspace or a Facebook status update, he had to say and gained valuable derstand disasters and be smart enough ing has almost become extinct. I use the we can broadcast such a message to all knowledge that would come in handy to save ourselves from them. He shared term extinct, as literally there are just a of our buddies in an instant. It’s also when we most needed it. His talk in - the following earthquakes safety tips: bunch of people who still believe that a speedier to exchange IMs amongst cluded the projects that the DRM had • Cover your heads with arm to protect letter should be on a piece of paper. Peo - friends. If we then need to tell those As is well known, most teens are signed started in India. These projects com - from falling debris. ple older than 25 can’t imagine a life friends how awesome they are for join - in to IM or Facebook from the time they menced in 2001 and is now successfully • Avoid rushing out to avert stampede. without e-mail. For the new ‘Facebook’ ing us, we just post a message on our get home from school until they are told running in 175 districts and 17 states of •Switch off gas and electrical appliances. generation, it’s hard to imagine a life of Facebook or MySpace page so that the to turn off the computer. When every - India. We learnt that floods increase the • Park your vehicle on the left side give only e-mail, much less a life before it. world can see. one’s online, they never have to leave fertility of the soil when they deposit al - way to ambulances and rescue teams. But now, e-mail is also looking obsolete. E-mail writing is methodical and time- the company of their pals. luvial soil.We were astonished to hear •Avoid using elevators. Almost all Web-using teenagers prefer consuming, a closer relative to letter I think we all agree... that about 65% of the land in India is •Maintain emergency kits (water, food, to chat with friends via instant messag - writing than to conversation. Even the Email, prone to earthquakes, 13% is medicines, a small transistor radio, a ing rather than e-mail. As sites like delivery speed of e-mail ensure, it takes R.I.P. prone to floods and 8% is flashlight and extra batteries and a list of Orkut and Facebook have become more only a few seconds, is now considered And… vulnerable to cyclones. emergency numbers) ready.  popular, those old Yahoo and Hotmail frightfully slow. Long live IM!  “India should have responsible ministers. India should emerge as a world power”. -Saarthak Barathi (II-B) AIS Saket. Life Style 5 The Global Times Vol.3, Issue 1, January 2009 Whose life is it anyway? Martin Cooper invented the first mobile some 35 years ago. A day in a GCoinge cralzyl ovuer yolura cellr pho nMe whena youn’re noit ba ig teenager’s life enough to drive? Then you might be a mobile maniac Bhargavi Reddy, XI-B AIS Noida Chitra Jain can be shown off. The purpose of Mo - AIS Vasundhra bile phone is immaterial. studied my friend’s woebegone coun - We believe it to be uber cool to own mo - tenance as I walked through the ids are idols of inno - bile phones, that too expensive ones. But Ilabyrinthine roads of the Thursday mar - cence,” Jawahar Lal the ones who do not or cannot own one, ket on my way back from school. She Nehru had once said. Do how do they feel? If you own a phone, had been whimpering since morning for “you tKhink this stands true even today? keep it to yourself! Why are you taking it having failed in her examinations. I have Sadly, it doesn’t. Today’s kids or ‘teens’ out every five minutes and showing it come to the firm belief that exams leave are everything but innocent. And I feel off? “One popular girl in my class takes our teenage souls wretched. We tend to bad saying it since I am a teen too! And out her phone and pretends to take a call do “things which are either immoral or who is to blame for it? Name it and you just because it’s imported and it’s pink!” unconventional.” see it. Internet, television, movies, comments Saumya, a student of Class IX. I dumped my bag hastily on the table, friends and the mobile phone. There are countless features in a mobile my mind crammed with chemical equa - If you are rich enough to go to a reputed today and exploring them takes hours. tions and mathematical formulas. I sat school, then you must own a mobile Couldn’t that time be used for more down lazily to recite phone. Over the decade, families have fruitful purposes? Also mobile maniacs my marks probably become smaller and incomes larger than check every five minutes to see if some for the tenth time ever. This has resulted in more fun for other maniac is texting them. Weird! that day to my par - kids. That’s good, no objections. Own - True, mobiles do give us a break from ents and I waited for ing a mobile is perfectly fine, but going our supersonic lives. Plus, it’s a cool a satisfied look on all maniacal about it is certainly not. way of communicating wherever you their faces which I’ve seen people squandering away on are. Graham sure made an awesome in - never came. I am un - the latest N series or anything that’s vention. But the one who made it into a aware of their expec - tagged ‘cool’. Today cheap phones mobile phone surely deserves an Oscar! tations but whatever Teen Diary won’t work. We want cell phones that Three cheers to the inventor of mobile!  they might be, I am unmindful of them but I still feel that I carry the burden of the earth on my shoulders. I am focused about my goals and aims though I easily get disorien - Cookie love Dude! Wear your attitude tated. I do not know in which category I Easy-to-make banana choco-chip cookies Karan Gosain & Shagun Nayyar that just tell time and date are rather too fall in. Am I still a kid or have I grown Alankrita Srivastava, IX-A IX, AIS East Delhi simple for this date. For the metro-sex - up? Each and every day looks like an ob - AIS Vasundhra ual man, a watch must be multi-func - stacle for me. I feel I am challenged by atch out, wristwatches are not tional and complicated. Two of the most everyone . “Age carries everything, even Ingredients: Flour 21/2 cup, Vanilla just telling time these days. popular complications in a watch are the the mind away”. Ignoring all the “go and extracts 1 tsp, Mashed ripe bananas They are actually talking chronograph complication, which is the study” orders from my mom, I did what 1 cup, Semi-sweet chocolate chips 2 aWloud about you and your status! ability of the watch movement to work I loved doing, making those irresistible cups, Baking powder 2tsp, White Fastrack, Swatch, Tag Heur, Tommy as a stopwatch, and the moon phase com - phone calls to my friends and of course sugar 1 cup, Butter- softened 2/3cup, Hilfiger, Timex, etc. are some of the plication, which is a display of the lunar the essential daily dose of TV followed Eggs 2, Salt 1/2 tsp names seen commonly tied around a phase. Chronometer watches, which are and the birthday party I had to attend, the teenager’s wrist. Yes, we’re talking more accurate than others, are also most game of snooker I promised my friend, Method: Preheat oven to 400 degrees about the funky watches that we change popular amongst watch enthusiasts.There et al. Gosh! I had so much to do in one F. Grease cookie sheets. Sift the flour, with every new dress. Youth doesn’t was a time when people passed their life single day. baking powder, salt & baking soda to - wear their watches to look at time but to with one wristwatch; today one carries But in spite of my active and occupied gether and set aside. Cream the butter flaunt them around in school. Boys scores of them and yet keeps an eye on moments, my mind buzzes with all types with sugar until light & fluffy. Beat in choose watches according to the brand Teen fashion the upcoming models. Watches today of vague and unanswerable questions. the eggs & vanilla. Mix in the mashed and their cool-quotient; whereas girls have to gel with the spirit of the occasion, Why am I not conscious of my faults? bananas. Add flour mixture and stir. pick their watches according to the de - they are telling. Expensive and premium and the dressing of the day. Stylists be - Why do I crib and fuss for every small Add the chocolate chips. Drop by sign and color. Watches are now acces - quality watches like Rolex or Chopard lieve that wrist watches add to the per - thing? Is my age to be blamed? spoonfuls onto prepared cookies’ sories to show off. The actual are found on the wrists of the rich and fa - sona and people must take a lot of care As my head touched the pillow that sheets. Bake in preheated oven for 12 importance being lost in the wrist race! mous. Other classic brands that are in the while selecting one for an important oc - night, my eyes closed sinking into the to 15 minutes. When it comes to watches, brands matter most aspired list include Omega, Ar - casion. So, what’s your power statement? deep and impenetrable mysteries of more than the design and even the time mani, Titan, Seiko and Timex.Watches Looking at your wrist, aren’t you?  teenage melodrama.  Are you healthy, Counsel’s KorMy parnents, teacehers andr tutors wIn todeay’s afast llifet inh the fyast l inae, arne idng and lacwk of exerciise.s Add toe that, s?itting in are pushing me to work hard as front of the television, computer or studying for my senior school exams are ap - students compromising on their health? long hours. There is also an increase in the num - proaching. I feel terrible and ber of suicides which indicate that alongwith de - incapable at times and am Kartik Kaul & Shushant cline in physical health, there has been a P. Anjali Mehta scared what if I fail? Narang decline in mental health too, the main rea - Sr. Counsellor - Pawan AIS Saket son being the pressure of performing well AIS Noida It’s natural to feel like this, but I in exams. Exam stress preys on stu - am happy that you have at least n the space-age where everything is ad - dents’ mental health. In Delhi alone, realized the pressure and its outcome. Our well wish - vancing rapidly, the health of school students during the month of March 2008, 5 ers get more anxious than us at times and start put - is on the decline. In today’s life in the fast lane, suicides took place in the first fortnight ting extra pressure. The best way to handle this Istudents are compromising on their health. Stu - itself due to exam stress. situation would be to take charge of it. Be more re - dents are in the intermediate phase between child - In a strong body resides a strong mind. Here are a sponsible towards your studies and think positive. hood and adulthood. They are more prone to few plausible options to prevent health risks: Tell yourself that you are also capable of success. chronic ailments in this brief yet crucial phase. Maintain a proper balanced diet Think of students who are in better control over their The most common health risk faced by today’s It isn’t bad to have restaurant food but eating out - studies, how they are managing time and working school student is the lack of balanced diet leading side regularly can be unhealthy in the long run. hard. Think of situations when you have been suc - to malnutrition. Balanced diet has been substi - Exercising or doing yoga daily has dual benefits, cessful. Reflect on preparation style that gave you tuted by food from roadside vendors and restau - it keeps us fit, acts as a stress buster and not only best results. Analyze and find out when and under rants. For instance, we can take the example of adds years to life, but life to years. what conditions you are capable of studying better. our own school students. Every afternoon after Time management is the key to handle stress. Put forth your requisition to your parents. Solicit help the school is over one can see many school stu - We should remember that our physical, mental, so - and individual attentions from your teacher. Find a dents, in the J-block market near the school, cial, emotional, moral and spiritual well-being is classmate with whom you can study boring and dif - crowded near vendors and restaurants. Then is our top most priority and of course, not to forget, ficult subjects. Eat good nutritious food the issue of obesity. The cause for this is overeat - “Health is wealth”.  and last, but most important, stop worry - ing and start studying.  “A hope shines bright in my heart. That there will be a better tomorrow, that there will be joy in everybody’s lives and no room for sorrow”. - Udita Khanna, (II-B) AIS Saket 6 Muse Editorial The Global Times Vol.3, Issue 1, January 2009 The present “I believe that everything that men can do, I can do better. But I think it is “Here we are in a month named after the Roman god Janus, an appropriate personification of the Bunfarir toi hadve toe prove m&yself...Paboutr beieng thje suuperiodr genietic make e...” start of the new year. This particular Roman god had two faces so that he could look ahead to - Aanchal Chaturvedi, XII-C geriatric members of innumerable been considered the weaker sex since My parents have provided me with a ward the future and back at the past at the same AIS Noida seemingly progressive but fundamen - the dawn of civilization. Stereotypical canvas that stretches beyond the hori - time. As we get rid of an old year and look for - tally parochial Indian families have examples of this hoard virtually every zon and I can paint it any colour I ward to a new one, we all try to be a little like Chauvinism is extreme and unrea - supported and encouraged male chau - Hindi movie produced since technol - want. Janus. We know through experience what we did soning partisanship. A frequent con - vinism. Come home before dark. ogy made it possible to craft celluloid. It’s time we all wake up to the revolu - wrong and what we did right, and hope to do temporary use of the term in English Don’t talk to strangers. Don’t go here. Women couldn’t participate in war - tion that feminists and advocates of better this year. Some people make ambitious is male chauvinism, which refers to Don’t do that. Don’t wear this. Al - fare. Neither could they fend for their equal rights & gender equality have new year’s resolutions; others just take a deep the belief that males are superior to ways travel with your brother/father families by working outside the home. sparked in every corner of the world. breath and hope for the best.…" females. when you travel to such and such This used to be an unruly world (and Women, don’t need chauvinism. - Anonymous – Wikipedia.org place. The list is endless! probably still is, in more I am proud to belong to the gender that Agreed that some of ways than one) and has sired the likes of Indira Gandhi, As we look into the year m struck by the irony of it all. the above are actually chauvinism was born Kalpana Chawla, Orianna Falacci, gone by and welcome Male chauvinism is almost as relevant – given that in an attempt to pro - Sania Mirza, Golda Meir, Kiran Bedi, 2009, one thing is certain, bad a term as male bastion. Or we are surrounded by tect women from the Oprah Winfrey, Indira Nooyi, Mother God’s creation is supreme. tIhe ’ locker room, impregnable psychopathic anti-so - lascivious leering of Teresa, Barkha Dutt, Medha Patkar, He controls us in his man - fortresses of testosterone and sweat. cial elements that the Neanderthal man. Aung San Suu Kyi and so many more! ner, giving us opportunity An abundance of everything mascu - threaten the well So really, what it boils These women achievers have made a Dr. Amita Chauhan to learn and mend our line, these terms are the very embodi - being of most down to is brute difference in many ways. They have Chairperson ways, while continuing to ment of a gender divide that has lead to women living in force. challenged the prevailing wisdom, march ahead. gender inequality in every part of the my city, others Fortunately, I was ideas, tags and stereotypes that gov - This New Year is His biggest present, to cherish world. border on ar - born into a family erned the way the world looked at and live. It is His blessings showered on his pre - How does such prejudice affect me as chaic para - where there is no women. cious children. It is an occasion to learn from the an adolescent? I believe that anything noia and distinction between Women bring a much more humane year gone by and welcome the new one with men can do, I can do better. But I think have no my brother and me. touch, wisdom and practical solutions new resolutions. it is unfair to have to prove myself, thread of Indeed, I have the to problems of all fits and sizes. So At Amity, every year is a new beginning and time and again, about being the supe - logic running veto on decisions the next time you decide to deride me every year brings new opportunities. We Ami - rior genetic makeup in this heap of through them. that involve the fam - because of my gender, remember, tians have never hesitated to lead and set an ex - genomes that surround us. The female ily and a free hand to “The hand that rocks the cradle, rules  ample for others. Amity was not made on a For as far back as I can remember, species have Imaging : Pankaj Mallik pursue my dreams. the world.” single day or by a single person. We all together have made it. In over a decade, it has grown and prospered. As always, I shall to my utmost con - tinue to lead you, be your mentor and your part - ner. This new year, I promise that this pace shall 1% Inspiration continue unabated and will continue for many Lighting a candle long years. And so, let us move forward and make the best of our present.  99% PeMerdhsa Rpawiart ation is not enough AIS, Pushp Vihar Vasudha Singh, XI G don’t even know the meaning of AIS, Saket these two words. Territorial Army ts very simple to say that someone is rich or suc - is a training program which incor - cessful. Nobody sees the hard work behind that Spirited 2009 he Mumbai carnage evoked porates in the volunteers the cor - sIuccess. In our country people get inspired very Ring out the old, ring in the new, a unified response from one rect behaviour one should put soon. A girl sees P.T. Usha winning medals at Ring, happy bells, across the snow: and all. Even before any ac - forward at the time of crisis. The Olympics and decides to be like her someday. The The year is going, let him go; tTion was taken, people trickled to - volunteer is then required of his next day one lap of the ground makes her faint and Ring out the false, ring in the true. wards India Gate in silent services when needed like at the she gives it all up! -Lord Tennyson rebellion, occasionally dotted with time of the recent terror attack. But there are people posters demeaning the government But since it is voluntary, no one re - who not only get in - They say ‘All’s well that ends and its every official. People lined ally joins it. Criticize army as spired themselves well’. And as we prayed 2008 up in front of cameras and mikes much as you may but do you and become success - to conclude on a good note belonging to NDTV or CNN to know that presently there are efficiency of the police was fur - ful, they inspire oth - after a spate of tragic terrors, make full use of their liberty of 15000 vacancies, in which not ther proven. If at the India Gate, it ers too. There was a the Mumbai carnage rocked speech, openly criticizing every act even one post has our name. That was to be announced “All those man who worked in a the nation. Whether it was the of the government for lack of se - surely gives us a right to criticize wishing to join Territorial Army petrol pump, but his Vira Sharma 2000 plane hijack or the 2004 curity, lack of implementation of them, doesn’t it? Many of the please submit their names”, the ambitions were very Tsunami disaster, year ends laws and seldom referring to the readers may know people who got page would be as empty as ever high, which made have continued to shake us with their evil de - lack of cooperation on part of the injured in the Mumbai attack. But signifying the intensity of our pa - him work hard and signs, manmade or otherwise. Wounded, but not citizens. All from a safe distance. be sure of the fact that none of you triotism. People would crawl back achieve his goals to become a successful business defeated, we enter 2009. My question is, if people are so fu - knows anyone who went to the po - into their comfort zones lulling man. He said, “Our dreams have to be bigger, our But this time, we are prepared. With Mind and rious about the sad state of affairs, lice at the time of crisis providing themselves into a fake sleep in the ambitions higher, our commitment deeper and our Soul. I will not review the past. Bygones are by - have they ever wondered about the much needed help. wake of a terror attack which did efforts greater.” His hard work and efforts led him to gones. Let’s forgive the mischiefs of the evil their role in the scheme of things? When people heard of the terror not, at least, affect them. But yes, become one of the most successful entrepreneurs of mind. Forget, no way! The new generation does Is lighting a candle enough? Will attack, all they wanted was their again next time, if assured that no the world. He was none other than Dhiru Bhai Am - not have a fifteen minute memory span, a la such people ever join the Territo - neighbourhoods to be secured by such announcements would be bani. Today, his sons are counted among the world’s Amir Khan in Ghajini. For them, life is more rial Army? The answer is No! the police and when the protection made, they will come back to rich and powerful people. Someone rightly said, than 20-20 or a Ghajini memory space. They Funnily enough, many of us here couldn’t be provided, as if the in - light a candle.  “Success is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration!”  know that Santa Clause are not real and Fairies are only in stories. They have their own mind The Global Times is a remarkable quite particular our busy minds. Shreya Singhal , IX C, AIS Saket and watch adults with keenness. publication. Some of the articles writ - While performing any Raghavi Maheshwari , I can already see the New Year unleash a ten by school students are quite inspi - act or conduct, GT m@il IX B, AIS East Delhi I really like ‘Big Story’ and ‘Wassup’ fighter’s spirit in the young ones. rating for everyone in general and the Or making any speech the school page as we come to know The Global Times cartoonist Chitra Jain con - teachers in particular, who are their or expression, My favourite page is what’s happening in the other firms that The Attitude (pill) is in place. We can makers. They deserve congratulations Or showing inclination ‘Big Story’ as every branches of Amity. I look forward to do without gifts. But: “This year free us from for such a splendid grooming. or disinclination in the month, there is some - more short stories, poems, art and bad politics and punish terrorist,’’ demands A student of literature, I wish to share discharge of duties. thing new, interesting other articles that can be compre - Anagha of Class II. the following with the GT readers… Narhari Sharma (IAS) Retd. and educative! I’d welcome some hended by small children. No more debates. No more tears. What they Registrar, Amity University, more varieties of jokes, riddles, cross - Kopal Gupta , VI B, AIS East Delhi need is a trusting environment where they can Making or Spoiling of the Image or Rajasthan words and other fun activities for breathe the freedom. No material comfort doled Impression children. I’m fond of the ‘Sports’page as I’m out can compensate for their demands. It takes a long time (sometimes As a GT reporter, I have contributed Sonal Jain , X E, AIS Noida interested in various games and the Udita Khanna, (II B) of AIS Saket pens… Years) to the newspaper from time to time. In ‘Wassup’ page as I like to know “A hope shines bright in my heart/That there To make or leave a good impression, my opinion, the editorial page is the The lifestyle page is my favourite as it what’s happening in different compe - will be a better tomorrow/That there will be joy BUT best as it enriches my vocabulary be - has a good mixture of fashion, infor - titions. The USP of the newspaper is in everybody’s lives Image or impression may be lost or sides dealing with important issues. mation, facts, famous personalities that it encourages mass participation And no road for sorrow” Spoiled in the fraction of a second Though, I would like to see more hu - and counseling! I’d appreciate some of students. With this spirit, let’s welcome 2009  Be therefore morous articles which would tickle more science write-ups and cartoons. Ruhi Kumar , X D, AIS Noida India should be free from illness and there should be no room for corruption. -Shruti Bansal , II-A, AIS Saket Big story 7 The Global Times, Vol.3, Issue 1, January 2009 New Year Special

HCome 1st Jaanuary pand the pworld wyears a d ifferNent hue, peoeple acwross the glob e imYmersed ine merray makinrg to w! elcome the advent of a brand New Year. We Indians, too, look forward to parties and fun events to usher the New Year. But every region in India welcomes the traditional New Year on different days with symbolic festivities and special connotations... Imaging: Dinesh Kumar

Yajur Narang , XI-B they are led with their eyes closed to the tray. wealth and knowledge in the coming year. fillment of the year long hard work of the farmers. AIS Saket What amazes any visitor to Punjab at this time of Festival of lights Dance fest the year is the lush green bounty of nature. Added estivals in India, rich in its cultural inheri - to this, the bright colours of the traditional attire of tance, are an intrinsic part of Indian ethos. n Gujarat, New Year coincides with Diwali,an ohag Bihu, the Assamese national festival the people. Men and women perform ‘bhangra’ and Some festivals welcome the seasons of the Iimportant Hindu festival. Religious fervour par - Bmarks the beginning of a New Year. It is actu - ‘gidda’ the popular folk dances. yFear, the harvest, the rains or the full moon. Others alleled with ample fun and merry-making marks the ally a dance festival where special Bihu dances and The festival holds a special meaning for the Sikhs. celebrate religious occasions, the birthdays of divine festival. People light oil lamps around their houses songs are performed. Gudi Padwa is Maharash - It was on this day in 1699, that the tenth Guru Gob - beings, saints, and gurus, or the New Year. to welcome God, so do the people of Uttar trian New Year - Gudi that is Brahmdhwaj or Flag ind Singh organized the ‘Khalsa panth’. Guru Arjun One such occasion that calls for revelry and cele - Pradesh . Hindu new year is celebrated with the of Lord Brahma is hung at doors of each house. Das was martyred by the Muslim rulers on this day. brations is the New Year. Though Hinduism is fol - very first day of Kartik month following Diwali People clean & paint houses, perform prayers and Again, it was on this day in 1875, that Swami lowed by the largest percentage of people in India, Amaavasya and is popularly known as Vikram create beautiful rangoli . Dayanand Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj, a sect even within the Hindu community it is not cele - Samvat. It is believed that Goddess Laxmi comes Despite so many diversities, people in India are of the Hindus that discards idol worship and is de - brated at the same time of the year and in the same to bless each house. People pray to the Goddess to united and they feel proud of their culture and tra - voted to the Vedas for spiritual guidance. Gautam fashion. New Year dates of many religions coincide bring them good luck and fortune. dition. Festivals in India are mainly a symbol of Buddha also attained enlightenment on this day. with each other. peace & prosperity, good harvest and happiness. In the Golden Temple in Amritsar, water drawn Kashmiri Navreh Festivals of India are what keep the diversity of the from all the sacred rivers of India is poured in the Nabo Barsho culture integrated. In spite of all the hardship peo - pool surrounding the holy shrine on this day. Fur - avreh is the lunar new year celebrated in ple come together to greet each happiness thermore, the ‘Granth Sahib’ is taken in a proces - n West Bengal , Nabo Barsho (New Year) is cel - Kashmir and many other parts of the coun - and prosperity. This feeling of harmony sion, led by the ‘Panj Pyaras’ or five senior Sikhs ebrated during spring. The Brahmaputra valley is tNry. This coincides with the first day of the is what keeps this diverse nation intact. who are symbolic of the original leaders. Igreen and cuckoos sing in the woods. Fragrant Chaitra (spring) Navratras. It is ob - ‘You must visit the gurdwara in the evening when flowers and orchids bloom. People decorate their served as the New Year’s day in Baisakhi – the it is beautifully lit and decorated’, my grandmother, houses with colorful flowers. Women wear yellow Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka a Punjabi herself, never fails to remind me. Indeed, clothes as it is symbolic of spring. (as Ogadi), in Maharashtra and harvest new Sikh devotees throng the Gurdwara and listen to Goa as (Gaudi Parva), by year of ‘Kirtans’ and discourses. I particularly look forward Bitter ‘n’ sweet Ugadi Sindhis as Cheti-Chand and in to the ‘langar’ or the community lunch served by the northern parts of India as Punjab volunteers. As a child, I would often wonder why n Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh too, New Chaitra Shukla Di i.e. the first Bhuvan Ravindran , VIII C people would strain themselves to bend and serve. Year is celebrated in the spring. In Telgu New day of the lunar fortnight of Chaitra. AIS Noida ‘When you bend to serve, you also surrender your Iyear known as ‘Ugadi’, family members and friends In Kashmir, on the eve of Navreh the Kulguru ego to His worthy cause’, my grandmother, as al - sit together for the traditional sauce called Ugadi of a Pandit family gets a new almanac and an illus - y earliest memories of Baisakhi are ways, would have an answer for everything I asked. pachchadi. On this day, it is customary for people to trated scroll. Late in the evening, the housewife gets those of flying kites with my I did not quite understand it then. But I do, now. eat a small helping of a salad made of neem leaves, a big plate and fills it up with rice or paddy, the new cousin onM the terrace of my uncle’s house in Though most states celebrate it, to experience the jaggarey, raw mangoes and bananas. By eating this, almanac and scroll are placed on the rice. Early Chandigarh, eating the rich ‘kada prasad’ dripping gusto and exuberance with which Baisakhi is cele - the person is symbolically accepting everything bit - morning on the New Year day, a boy or a girl gets with pure ghee and dancing to the tune of Punjabi brated, Punjab is the place to be. The colourful fairs, ter and sweet that is likely to come his way through - up at dawn and, after taking the lid off the plate, folk songs. the procession of ‘Panj Pyaras’ and the unforget - out the year. In Kerala, on the night before New takes it to the head of the family and his wife and Celebrated on the13th of April, Baisakhi is essen - table taste of ‘kada prasad’ and many other exotic Year’s Day, mothers prepare a special tray consist - then to others in such a way that every member of tially a harvest festival and New Year rolled into dishes can be experienced only in Punjab. ing of special food, fruits, flowers and gifts. This the family gets a glimpse of the things kept in the one for the large farming community of Punjab . Kudos to India’s rich and glorious cul - tray is the first thing that one should see on New plate and looks into the mirror as the first thing in The grueling task of harvesting the rabi crop is ren - tural heritage mirrored in its myriad fes - Year’s Day. So, as soon as the children are awake, the morning. This signifies as prayer for food, dered light by merry community festivities in ful - tivals!  The year should be a milestone for fighting “Global Warming” - Vashudha Bajaj (II B) AIS Saket. 8 Sports Howzatt!?! The Global Times, Vol. 3, Issue 1, January 2009 Premier League: The show continues he multi-billion-dollar industry that is the as the FA Carling Premiership. In 2001 Barclaycard ball to tackle social exclusion, raise educational Barclays Premier League is in full swing. paid £48million, and renewed the same in 2007 standards and promote community involvement. Top Earners in English While last season was generally regarded as with £65.8million for three seasons of Barclays FAQs Thaving been the best for years, the 2008-09 prom - Premier League. Premier League ises to be grander and more entertaining than ever. Over 200 countries show Barclays Premier League Ticket to UEFA matches on television. Amlaan Kumar, V-F English Premier League The top two sides in the Premier League qualify au - 50 per cent of total money goes on an equal share AIS Noida Promoted as “The Greatest Show On Earth”, the tomatically for the UEFA Champions League, basis to the 20 Premier League clubs, while rele - Premier League is the world’s most popular and going straight through to the group stage. The gated clubs also receive some of this money in the 1. Frank Lamprd (Chelsea) -Tops the list with most watched sporting league, followed world - teams that finish third and fourth qualify for the form of a parachute payment. an earning of £ 140,000 a week. he is a great wide by over half a billion people in 202 countries. UEFA Champions League but must play in the 3rd 25% of the money is paid as facility fees, which are midfielder and penalty taker too. Regarded as the world’s best league football com - qualifying round - the winners of these matches are determined by the number of appearances on tele - 2. John Terry(Chelsea )- Gifted with a stron - petition, most watched and richest, it is contested then admitted to the group stage. The fifth- gense of defending hie earns £131,000 per by 20 member clubs that act as shareholders. The placed team qualifies for the UEFA Cup, as do week. Currently the Chelsea Captain, he also season runs from August to May, with the FA Cup winners and the Carling Cup win - Captains the England team. teams playing 38 games each. It ners . 4. Andriy Shevchenco (Chelsea) - Earns comes under the jurisdiction of the £121,000 a week. He did not have many expec - Football Association (the FA), a tations when he arrived in Chelsea. member of UEFA affiliated with Premier 3. Michael Ballack (Chelsea)) -Earns £ the world’s governing body - the League 121,000 per week. A German midfielder, he has Federation of International Foot - played in, he has always possessed the number ball Associations (FIFA). Clubs 13 shirt. 5. Steven Gerrard (Liv - History Arsenal erpool) - Makes £ The 1980s saw a nadir in Eng - Aston Villa 120,000 a week. He is lish football. Stadiums were Blackburn Rovers usually employed in the crumbling and hooliganism Bolton Wanderers box-to-box midfield role, al - was rife. English teams were Chelsea though he has often been de - banned from Europe following Everton ployed as a right-sided midfielder the death of 39 fans at Heysel Fulham and occasionally as a second Stadium in Belgium. In 1989 Hull City striker. over 100 fans died during the FA Liverpool Cup semi-final. Lord Justice Tay - Manchester United vision. 25 per cent is paid in merit lor recommended a complete over - Middlesbrough payments, determined by the posi - haul in the way football grounds were Newcastle United tion that a club finished in the run and structured. A radical restructuring Portsmouth league. was needed if English clubs and the game in general Stoke City There are currently over 337 foreign were to develop and flourish. In 1991, The Founder Sunderland players registered and eligible to play Members Agreement was signed for the setting up Tottenham Hotspur in the Barclays Premier League. 66 of the Premier League, independennt from the Foot - West Bromwich Albion countries are represented. ball League and FA, leaving it free to organise its West Ham United Club Membership own broadcast and sponsorship agreement. On 20th Wigan Athletic February 1992, it was established as a limited Manchester City Out of 42 clubs that have competed in the Pre - company. mier League, only four have won the title: Man - chester United, Blackburn Rovers, Arsenal and Commercial Calls Chelsea. The current champions Manchester Premier League for charity Television Rights assigned for the first time by the United, won their tenth Premier League title in the league saw the value of the Premier League soar. Five percent of the domestic broadcast revenue, £20 2007–08 season, the most of any Premier League From the initial deal of £191million, Sky and Se - million last season, fund grass roots football initia - team. Seven clubs namely Arsenal, Aston Villa, tanta have paid a staggering £1.7billion. Sponsor - tives. It is one of the leading contributors to good Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United, ship has played an enormous role. In 1993 Carling causes in the UK. Runs an extensive range of com - and Tottenham Hotspur have been members since paid £12million and the competition became known munity projects aimed at using the power of foot - its inception.  s

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ShKaran Guosain IX-Bt tlcueju , a game simsilar to fohotball thato was used wof the bod y, bout not thef handfs, arse used to AIS East Delhi as military training. Over the next 1000 keep the shuttlecock from touching the years, this shuttlecock game spread through - ground. It is primarily balanced and pro - IANZI!What is the first thing which out Asia, acquiring a variety of names along pelled upwards using parts of the leg, espe - strikes your mind on hearing this the way. Jianzi came to Europe in 1936, cially the feet. Skilled players may employ word? A dish? Maybe from China or when a Chinese athlete from the province of powerful and spectacular overhead kicks. Japan? That’s the thing, which I thought. Jiangsu performed a demonstration at the The sport builds hand-eye coordination and But when I went deep into this sport, I got 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. In Ger - is also good for brain. Besides, it’s conven - to know that it is a traditional Asian game in many and other countries people began to ient to play, requiring only a very small area, which players aim to keep a heavily and can be practised anywhere and any time weighted shuttlecock in the air using their Sport Spotted feet and other parts of the body (but not The formal game hands). The game, which goes by many dif - learn and play the sport, now called ‘shuttle - Competitively, the game is played on a rec - ferent names, may be rules, based on a cock’. The sport continues to receive greater tangular court 6.10 by 11.88 metres, divided court similar to badminton, or played artis - recognition, and was included as a sport in by a net (much like badminton) at a height of tically, among a circle of players in a street the 2003 Southeast Asian Games and in the 1.60 metres (1.50 metres for women). or park, with the objective to keep the shut - Chinese Games. Vietnam and China are gen - tle ‘up’ and show off skills. In Vietnam, it is erally considered best, while in Europe, Hun - Official jianzi competitions known as da cau and is the national sport, gary and Germany are the strongest. The official featherball used in the sport of played especially in Hanoi. shuttlecock consists of four equal-length The Game goose or duck feathers conjoint at a plastic History The shuttlecock, called a ‘jianzi’ in the Chi - base. It weighs approximately 15 grams. The The first known version of Jianzi was in the nese game and ‘Chinese hacky sack’ in Eng - total length is 15 to 18 cm. The feathers vary 5th century BC in China. The name ti jian lish, typically has four feathers fixed into in colour, usually dyed red, yellow, blue zi, means simply ‘kick shuttlecock’ (‘ti’ = rubber sole or plastic discs. Some handmade and/or green. However, in the Official Jianzi kick, ‘jian zi’ = little shuttlecock). The jianzis make use of a washer or a coin with a Competitions, a white featherball is game is believed to have evolved from hole in the centre. During play, various parts preferred. 

“This year emphasis should be given to clean environment and measures to be taken to keep it green”. -Tannishtha , (II-B) AIS Saket Mosaic 9 The Global Times Vol.3, Issue 1, January 2009 Potpourri

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4. Name the New Year celebrated in a Kashmir? s g 5. Who created the popular characters of i Archies digest? J Five early bird entries will win special prizes. Winners of Know the GT Contest (December): Amlaan Kumar Class 5-F, AIS Noida  Kirti Bansal, III C, AIS Sect 47, Gurgaon  Raghavi Maheshwari, IX, AIS East Delhi Samaksh Gupta, VIII C, AIS ED Mehak Bakshi, VI C, AIS ED The prizes will be delivered to the school Send your answers for Know Your GT - 6 to: Jig Saw Puzzle Contest: Cut the picture along the white lines, paste them on a sheet of paper to make a com - plte picture and post it at - Jig Saw Puzzle, The Global Times, AKC House, E-27, Defence Colony, ND - 24 The Global Times, AKC House, E-27, Defence Colony, ND - 24 Arushi Gulati III-A, AIS Saket Christmas Gift Merry Christmas Daksh Shah, IV-A Sarthak Rajpal III-A AIS Sec-46, Gurgaon and that was to be the world’s savior. AIS Sec-46, Gurgaon sweets and gifts. The children love the He asked me to eradicate poverty, roly-poly white bearded friend who Christmas is the birthday of Jesus and punish guilty. hristmas is a festival of laughter, laughs loud, distributes sweets and dis - Christ He asked me to bring the God of gaiety, giving, sharing and celebra - appears with a promise to show up again He is very wise, happiness, Ction. Everybody celebrates Christmas next year. He is also very nice. and kill the monster of sadness. with songs, dances, fun and frolic. The The little tree On Christmas he came in my dream, display boards are decorated beautifully I decorate for Christmas and asked which is your favorite ice- I need your help to fulfill what God with small trees, stars, bells, streamers, It gives all joy and no fuss. cream? said, balloons and pictures of Santa Claus. It bears stars, fruits, Which is your favorite cricket-team? you have to promise me to fulfill Everybody dances cheerfully with the sweets and lots more God’s, wish before you go to bed. chimes of jingle bells. It is a big surprise Santa Claus is to come He fulfilled all my wishes for which Wish you a merry Christmas for the children when their favourite and bring gifts galore. I pleased, and I hope you will follow the path Santa Claus arrives with a bag full of I LOVE CHRISTMAS  but he asked me for a small favor, of Jesus.  Theme party on animal kingdom Dec. 5, 2008

VAs a child we couâld easiÜly ideÜntify a |vâHÄigâhlightÅ s: cobbler in the book featuring people of other professions, but perhaps failed to Imbibing of Values and Character Building spot them on the roadside. The cur - Physical And Physiological Development riculum at Amiown bridges this differ - Social and Emotional Development ence in the minds of the children as Language Development they interact with cobblers in live or Mathematics follow a sweeper to see what he does Montessori Activities with the waste picked-up from the bas - Various other activities as Art and craft, ket. The curriculum is a series of stim - Dance and drama, Visits and excursions etc. ulating experiences designed by experts that enable the child to assimi - soms. The child absorbs and learns at late and imbibe learning with thor - his own pace, without any pressure of oughness and keen interest Says Vice performance. By conscious awareness, Chairperson Sapna Chauhan; “Our cur - Amiown’s environment and curriculum riculum addresses the developmental is designed to nurture the child, keeping needs of each child, providing flexibil - in view the natural developmental miown, Sec. 27, Gurgaon, organized a theme party on animal kingdom on Dec 5, 2008. Children took up the roles of ity to cater to distinct individual poten - milestones. It caters to the holistic de - different animals in their performances, dressed bright and colorful in their animal costumes. The campus was trans - tialities. We also aim to provide a rich velopment of the child vis-à-vis physi - Aformed into an ‘Animal Kingdom’ with trees, creepers, vines and life size animal cut-outs everywhere. Through stories, environment wherein every child cal, intellectual, social and rhymes, puppet shows and skits, Amiown children spread the message of love, harmony and how to care for and share the with his unique personality blos - emotional.” planet with animals. Vice Chairperson Ms. Sapna Chauhan graced the occasion and motivated the children and staff.  Winter Carnival Children Presentation miown, Sec. 27 organized a winter carni - resentations are part of ready learnt. val on Dec.23, 2008. The carnival was in - Amiown’s Preschool-Parent- Children Presentations were Aaugurated by the Chairperson Dr. (Mrs.) Amita Partnership Programme. Parents held in all centers of Amiown in Chauhan. Children of Amiown Pushp Vihar are frequently invited to the month of December. Par - also joined the fun and frolic. All children boo - Amiown classrooms where they ents enjoyed seeing the children Dec. 19, 2008 gied with the live band singing Christmas Car - can see in a structured way what present with confidence and ols and spreading holiday cheer. The many their children are learning in motivated the little ones with stand Amiown’s teaching rides and games, tattoo artists, yummy good - school. Children do not rehearse their applause. All parents ap - practices and are then ies, magic show and Santa with his gifts made what is to be presented, but preciate these presentations as able to reinforce the it a truly magical day for all.  Dec 23, 2008 showcase what they have al - they are better able to under - same at home.  “Let’s encourage more and criticize less, give more and need less. Let’s turn on a new leaf of love harmony and peace”. - Nimisha Gupta (II-B) AIS Saket 10 College Campus University Buzz The Global Times Vol.3, Issue 1, January 2009 Attacking Terrorism

rom Universities of Eritrea, Africa: Delegation from Universi - Delegation Fties of vEritrea, Aifricas visited Aimity tUni - versity on December 12, 2008. The delegation comprising Zakeria Abdulk - erim (PHD) Dean, College of Marine Science & Technology; Azieb Ogbaghe - briel, (PHD), Dean, College of Health Sciences , Asmara, Eritrea; Semere Am - lesom, Dean, Hamelmalo Agricultural College and Gaurav Minda, Local Rep - Dr Ashok K Chauhan resentative, Matrix Global Pvt. Ltd. was presenting memento welcomed by Dr. Sunil Saran, Prof. S K to Lt Gen SK Sinha Roy, Dr. V P Sandlas, Dr. Nitesh Bansal, Dr. Deepshikha Pande Katare, Prof. A K Gen. S K Sinha PVSM (Retd.), ace had to be ended either through polit - Srivastava and Wg. Cdr. S K Goel. former Governor of Assam and ical approach or international pressure. The delegations went around the cam - Lformter. Governor of Jammu & Kashmir He emphasised that war with neighbour - pus and were briefed about the infra - delivered lecture on the topic “Menace ing country was not a solution. While structure of Amity University. They also of Terrorism” at Amity University Cam - thanking the guest speakers for the in - sought advice from Amity Scientists and pus Sector-125 Noida. The lecture vigorating lecture, Founder President faculties in developing their course pro - marked the 107th lecture under the Dr. Ashok K Chauhan said, “Terrorism grams and research centers. Amity International Centre (AIC) Lec - has indeed affected the image of our Dr.Nitesh Bansal Briefing about Amity to the member of the African delegation ture Series. Gen. S K Sinha touched peaceful country. This menace has to be upon the real threat to the emerging ended and for this co-operation of every rom Budapest, Hungary: A dele - India i.e terrorism. He said that this men - individual is needed.”  gation from Budapest Business SFchool (BBS), Hungary comprising Dr. Éva Sándorné Kriszt, Rector; Dr. Judit Hidasi, Dean (BBS); Dr. Imre Lázár, APC wins laurels at national seminar Director (Hungarian Information & mity Physiotherapy College (APC) Cultural Center) visited Amity Univer - partcipated in the one day National Awards sity on December 15. The delegation ASeminar organised by Institute of Ap - II Prize: Fitness in Cerebral was welcomed by Dr. Balvinder plied Medicine & Research to review the Palsy Patients: A Recent Con - Shukla, Pro Vice Chancellor(A); Dr. recent trends in Wellbeing & Fitness on cern By Roohi Kapoor, Sonali Guinder Singh, Pro Vice Chancellor (I); Nov 13 and won laurels. More than 250 Bhardwaj, Hemlata Gupta; Maj. Gen. R K Dhawan, Senior Vice delegates presented the recent happen - Guide: Dr.Shaily Razdan President; Dr. Sanjay Srivastava, Addi - ings & trends in Fitness by means of III Prize: Effect of Sports tional Director General, Amity Business Poster. APC bagged the second & third Shoes on Heart Rate of School; Prof. Alka Munjal, Director, prize for the best poster presentation. The CABG Patient – A case Study Amity School of Business and Dr. M award was presented by the former Phys - By Seema Kapoor, Megha Sajnani, Director, Amity Institute of iotherapists of Indian Cricket Team & Arora, Mansi Taneja Travel & Tourism. Maj Gen KJ Singh giving mementoes to the members of delegation President of Indian Association of Phys - iotherapists (IAP) Dr. Ali Irani. Guide: Dr. Shaily Razdan (PT)

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Plea to stop environment abuse Students of Amitasha participated in the annual festival of street theatre on social issues at Gandhi Darshan and Gandhi Smriti on December 5. The occasion that marked the celebration of the International Volunteers day. The street play on ‘environment abuse’ presented was highly appreciated. The team was awarded with a trophy and participation certificate.

mity Centre for Extension Topic Discussed Service (ACES) organized one • Agriculture scenario of Gautam day awareness-cum-training Budh Nagar pArogramme on “Production and Protec - • Production technology of wheat Brand ‘Amity’ shomity wInstitutce of aTelecosm Technodlogy & tion Technologies- Rabi Crop” for the • Plant protection measure for wheat Management participated in International farmers at Amity University, Sector- • Maximising pulse production CAonference & Exhibition ‘India Telecom 2008-Con - 125, Noida inaugurated by Dhurender • Role of potash in wheat necting Rural India’ from December 11-13, 2008 at Kumar, Deputy Director (Agriculture • Importance of organic farming Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The event organized by Ext.), Gautam Budh Nagar. • Role of Bio- pesticide to control FICCI in association with Department of Telecom - N P Singh, Director, Amity Centre for pest and disease munications, Ministry of Communications and IT, Extension Service presented a brief • Live Stock Management Government of India was inaugurated by Prime overview of the training programme. Mr • Tips for vegetab1e production Minister Manmohan Singh. AITTM put up a stall , Singh urged the farmers to use new for Brand ‘Amity’ and ‘AITTM’ in particular and seeds every season to increase the yield Manjeet Singh Chauhan, Member, Ad - network with the Telecom Industry to generate and opined that quantity as well as qual - visory Committee sensitized the farmers placement opportunities as well as boost Industry- ity of the yield has also to be upgraded. about the technologies which can be Academia interface for IIC activities. Students got a He also advised the farmers to substitute used to enhance the productivity of the Lt Gen PD Bhargava, DG chance to interact with Telecom Industry profes - harmful chemical fertilizers and pesti - fields. Over 70 farmers from nearby AITTM with the IIC Team sionals and learn about the new products being cides with organic manure areas participated in the workshop.  showcased and developments in the Industry.  “The best way to make children good is to make them happy.” - Oscar Wilde Wassup 11 The Global Times Vol.3, Issue 1, January 2009 School lounge

World disability day Annual day celebration Amity International School Sector 46, Eight special awards for the year Gurgaon held a special assembly on De - 2008 were also announced cember 3 to commemorate ‘World Dis - ability Day’. The assembly, conducted The Chairperson’s Appreciation by the students of Class VII D, under the Award: Ashima Khanna. guidance of their class teacher, Anjali  The Betty Malkani Award (XII) Narang was highly appreciated. The Topper: Swetha Balachandran. highlight of this assembly was the skit  The Vedavati Vidyalankar Award presented with the objective of spreading for Indian Heritage and Values: Ina awareness amongst Amitians and sensi - Singh. tising people to the special needs of a dis - The Late Baljeet Shastri Award abled child. It depicted the hardships for Best All Rounder: Aishwarya faced by a disabled child and his parents, Singhal. and the lack of knowledge about disabil - The Dhananjay Mohan Cup for ities in the common man. It concluded Innovation in Science and Creativ - with a hopeful note on sensitising the ity: Aditya Singha. able towards the disabled and accepting The Europa India Foundation them irrespective of their disability.  Cup for Distinction in Sports: Tushnik Thakur. The Supriya Sabharwal Award for A date with excellence in Creative Art: Devyani

mity International School, Chauhan, Chairperson, Amity Schools, Khanna. The dance drama focused on tbition etco. The inoteractiokn with psopular Noida held its senior wing (VI- members of the Chauhan family, heads visionaries like Spartacus, Swami children author, Devika Rangachari XI) annual day on December 6. of Amity Institutions and other distin - Dayanand, Marie Curie, Panna Dai, pa - during the “Meet The Author” pro - TAhe cultural extravaganza titled ‘Amity guished guests graced the occasion with triots of 1857 who dared to be different, gramme enlightened them with exciting Umang’ was a unique blend of song, their presence. In her welcome address, the men and women of firm conviction world of books and its various aspects. dazzling dance, orchestra and a dance principal Mohina Dar referred to the and indomitable courage who inspired a The week concluded with a career plan - drama (ballet) that had over 1600 stu - ‘collective consciousness’ of individuals large following. The Grand Finale that mity International School, Va - ning talk by school counsellor and sen - dents participating in it. which leads them to make a positive depicted India’s unity in diversity, also sundhara organized Library Week ior teachers. School principal, Shashi The Chief Guest for the occasion was contribution to society. The Prefectorial included a magnificent display of show - fArom December 10 to16, 2008 with a Ranjan, highlighted the need to develop H.E. Mookhesswur Choonee, High Council presented the Annual Report. manship by the gymnasts, skaters and focus on inculcating and promoting good reading habit and co-related the Commissioner, Mauritius, while the The highlight of the evening was the karate children. The narrators also paid a reading habit among children. same with other popular media such as Guests of Honour were S K Roongta, spectacular dance drama entitled, ‘Those glowing tribute to the brave commandos A number of scintillating events organ - film etc. The programme organised by chairman, Steel Authority of India Ltd. Who Dare,’ directed by eminent theatre of the NSG, the armed forces and the po - ised during the week including story librarian Shashi Bhushan Prasad under and Lalit Bhasin, advocate, Supreme personality, Faisal Alkazi, assisted by lice force. Aseem Chauhan, Vice Chan - telling session, poetry writing competi - the gracious guidance of chairperson Court. Dr. Ashok K Chauhan, Founder Mona Chawla. The dances were choreo - cellor, Amity University, Rajasthan, tion, story writing competition, quiz on Dr. (Mrs.) Amita Chauhan was a grand President, RBEF, and Dr.( Mrs.)Amita graphed by Vishwakant and Namita delivered the vote of Thanks.  books & authors, book-review compe - success.  Practical Bal Mela agerly awaited with bated breath science and animated faces is the ‘Bal Mela’ IS Pushp Vihar hosted a workshop oErganised every year on 14th November on Practical Skills in Science or - for ‘Children’s Day’ by AIS, Mayur Aganized by Amity Educational Resource Vihar. This year too, the Mela offered a Centre on December 10, 2008. plethora of exciting activities ranging Resource person Dr. Anil Vashisht, Dr. from the Giant Wheel to the Bouncy and Aruna Mohan and Dr. V K Sodhi ad - from Knocking Down the Cans to Tail - dressed class IX & X Science teachers. ing the Donkey blindfolded! There was Important information received included food for all palettes- ‘chatpata’ bhelpuri MCQs in science and technology for and aloo tikki, mouth watering chole 2009 based on 30 experiments done in bhature, the delicious dahi vadas and PCB. They also learnt that the weightage pav bhaji. The Request Stall added all for class IX and X syllabus will be 50% the music and zing to this much awaited each (approximately). The teachers were fun filled celebration of childhood!  advised to discuss new experiments in - cluded in class IX (2008 - 09) with the students appearing for the boards. The workshop concluded with an open house The Core Committee members of the Educator’s Conference Organized by TERI during a special meet with Dr Pachauri. Amity at discussion.  Aqua congress hruv Aggarwal (VIII, AIS sect 46), Results Sanya Taneja (VII, AIS MV), Geomaty PDarul Aggarwal (IX, AIS P.V) and Med - Tribal Presentation (IV & V) UNEJySoti ACrora O clugrabmmes also geracedn the olcciasison. t havi Arora (IX, AIS Noida) participated AIS Noida bags first and second prize Writ - The programme was attended by emi - in the 2nd World Aqua Congress held on ten Quiz & Map Presentation (VI VII) mity Educational Resource nent personalities from varied fields, stu - November 26,2008. The young Ami - 2008 AIS, Saket bags first prize follwed by Centre formally registered the dents and teacher Incharges of the tians addressed various environment AIS Vasundhara and AIS, Sec 43, Gurgaon at UNESCO clubs with National UNESCO Clubs. concerns as Ground Water Depletion in second and third position respectively. CAommission for Cooperation with the The host school presented a motivational Poster Making (VI-VII) UNESCO at Amity International Schools song and street play showcasing ex - AIS, Noida stood first. DPS, RK Puram stood on December 10, 2008. The Chief Guest, ploitation of human labour and enforce - second followed by AIS, Sec 43 Gurgaon Manisha Verma, Director UNESCO & ment of dignity and justice for all. Oral Quiz (VIII & IX) ICC cell, HRD Ministry inaugu - As a part of the club activities, vari - AIS, Noida, DPS, RK Puram rated the launch of the clubs at a ous competitions were organised. and AIS, Pushp Vihar secure first, second special function held at AIS, Isha Jain (VII, AIS Vasundhra) and and third position resoectively. Pushp Vihar. The occasion Hansika Aggarwal (VI E, AIS total of 275 students from 23 Map Interpretation (VIII -IX) coincided with the 60th an - Sec 46) bagged the first and schools participated GEO - VBPS Noida stood first followed by niversary of Human Rights second prize respectively in MATY 2008 held at Amity AIS, Vasundhara and DPS, Ghaziabad re - Day. The club aims at sen - the poster making competi - NAoida on November 15 for classes IV spectively. sitising members on the tion. Aarti Aggarwal (IX A, to X. This innovative contest was PowerPoint Presentation (Class X) ideals of UNESCO. The AIS Saket) secured first Gurgaon, The Blue Alert, Streams of aimed at generating interest in Geogra - AIS, Sec 46, Gurgaon bagged the first prize. special guest of honour, Ra - prize in Emblem Design blood or stream of peace and Save the phy and the skills of map reading and jeev Chandran, National In - with the Motto. Pranay National Bird—Peacock respectively on interpretation. This year, the GEO - tations of the Andaman tribes and In - formation Officer for UN for Singhvi (XI-A, AIS Sec 43) the occasion. The deliberations were MATY challenge consisted of an oral dian culture were screened. Eminent India and Bhutan addressed was awarded the first prize highly appreciated by eminent educa - presentation of Indian Tribes and scin - judges, Dr. Sudhanshu Singha, Ipmin - the students on Human in Pledge writing. tionists, scientists and senior UNICEF tillating questions from Astronomy, Ge - der Bedi, Neeru Rao, Princey Kaul and Rights and leadership. Chairperson Dr.(Mrs.) dignitaries. The participants omorphology, Climatology and Suparna Soond judged the event. AIS Divya Arora, Director AFS, Amita Chauhan motivated received a certificate and a Hydrology. Two 15 mts movie presen - Saket bagged the rolling trophy.  for School Exchange Pro - the students.  token of appreciation.  “2009 should bring joy, happiness and fulfillment of all dreams. Problem of global warming should be resolved.” Chirag Sethi (II-A) AIS Saket 12 Bag Pack Variety The Global Times Vol.3, Issue 1, January 2009

arvit Jain of AIS East Delhi is understood by most. India organizes not only the king of the skating Medal Round up skating tournaments quite frequently ring having won more than 100 with all kinds of provisions ranging 100 an2008 - Gold, Aero spe ed isnter - till counting… Gmedals in skating, but also the recipient from food to transport. Skaters are also of 100% attendance award for the past school skating championship encouraged by scholarships. ten years! He was honoured with the 2008 - Gold, East Delhi Roller In what way have your parents been Times NIE Student of the Year Award Skating Championship instrumental in your success? too. Anantdeep Singh and Ina Singh of 2008 - Gold, 2nd Ryan Inter-School My parents play a vital role in provid - AIS Noida decode his success Roller Skating Championship ing moral support to me. They are al - mantras… 2007 - Gold, 1st national Skate ways with me in my competitions and Ball championship 2007 were the ones who encouraged me to How did you develop an interest in 2007 - Gold, DDA. Roller Skat - take up the sport. skating? When you fail to win in any event, ing Championship As a kid I was watching TV one day. are you disheartened? While surfing through the channels I Whatever be the result I take it posi - saw skating for the very first time. I lap or so. tively rather than losing hope and get - was fascinated to see how a person How do you juggle your time between ting disheartened. I believe failure is could simply move on wheels without academics and sports, excelling in the stepping stone to success. any motor or machine, and I instantly both? What are your future plans? developed an interest in this sport. I give my 100% to whatever I do. Though many have told me that in our Which is your most treasured prize? While skating, I think of nothing else nation individuals don’t have much For me, all competitions are equally and while studying, I concentrate only scope to perform, especially in sports important and similarly treasured. on studies. Though, I do regret being like skating, I wish to pursue it as a Even if the competition is easy i.e unable to give time to my friends. profession since I love it very much. competitions when I have taken a long Do you think that the support ex - What is your success mantra? lead, I skate as fast as possible to tended by national authorities to this Never undermine anyone. Remember, demonstrate my skating skills. At the sport is enough? the basic ingredients of achieving any same time there have even been in - They may not be as good as cricket fa - thing is hard work &dedication.  From L to R: Anantdeep Singh, Garvit Jain and Ina Singh stances when I led my opponents by a cilities, but are not bad either, as mis - Inputs: Digant Pandey , AIS Noida

Anugya Gupta Dance-brew song ‘Oop Cha Cha’ were praised by one AIS Pushp Vihar and all. So’ it’s way to go for all Indian their feet to its beats just because it had film-makers because if they have a ome quick and fast western dance fancy lyrics, rocking music beats and a praise-worthy story and have included moves, a few Indian ‘latkas and way too ‘Kool choreography’ done by indo-western dance styles with foreign The coolest jhatkas’ and a good number of mixing the Indian ‘thumkas’ with west - dancers, then their film would be a block - wSestern and Indian dancers is all that it ern dancing style. The fusion of Indian buster with the songs topping the charts. takes to make a song in a Bollywood flick dance with western moves is a very So, watch out for more links in this new Arch(i)etype! a top chartbuster. And that is something, prominent way of making a song a chart - trend of B-town in some forthcoming which the audience of any age group buster, if not the film a blockbuster. Take Bollywood Flix. would love to see in a typical Bollywood the case of ‘Drona’. Though it barely It’s show time!!!  ‘masala’ movie. While adults enjoy the made to the box-office, ‘Piggy Chop’s’ music and lyrics, adolescents and (Priyanka Chopra’s) dance moves in the teenagers try and successfully de - velop the dance steps in their day- to day dances. In these days of fast globalization, our directors and producers are roping in a lot Aaja naachle of American and Carribean dancers from overseas. And the end result is, even if the movie is a flop at the multiplexes, the songs in that movie gets people of Ruchismita Bhattacharjee, VIII and kind one. Veronica all kinds dancing and swaying to AIS Vasundhara attracts boys with her its beats. 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Loose!’ first, they soon be - fairly good (when tested on Nvidia Riverdale, replete with an overtly Archie, a perfect example of an or - I recently played the game, come repetitive. GeForce 8800 GT), but are not next strict principal, clever geeks and dinary boy, has his different sides. ‘Harry Potter and the Order’ A case in point is generation by any earthly standards dimwits, woven around a cool gang Sometimes he’s so irritating that of the Phoenix (HPOP). and are especially poor during the in- of friends who hang out together, one feels like boxing his ears and Being a wizard, Potter has game cut scenes. The sound and voice makes for interesting school goers sometimes he’s such a fool to date some basic spells at his dis - are much better, thanks mostly to the fare. ‘horrible’ Veronica and leave Betty posal. These, are for the most fact that the original actors have lent Archie may be the central charac - all by herself, upset and hurt. But of the part, introduced to their voices in the game. ter but sometimes he acts like the in the end he turns out to be a you over the course of the All in all, this is a game for diehard biggest fool in the world. He has sweet, cute boy with freckles and game and involve mov - Harry Potter fans who have read the two girlfriends- Veronica, the rich red hair, trying hard not to mess up ing the mouse in certain book, seen the movie and now want spoilt brat and Betty, the innocent his teen life.l simple patterns to cast to play it at home.  For complete story them. The basic spells login www.theglobaltimes.in The Global Times Team: Managing Editor-Vira Sharma, Assistant Editor- Tulika Banerji, Chief Designer- Dinesh Kumar, Designer- Pankaj Kumar Mallik