EXCELSIOR AUGUST EDITION and rest the of year. the EXCELSIOR! paring for and them hope to score marks. for best the good All upcoming the events though our first examinations terminal are roundthe corner. We have started pre another individual. Everyone excited is very about upcoming the House plays even itwhether is about or country anew interests, the hobbies and of general views Interacting friends. making new people with new helps us to alot learn more selves for an exciting term.There new are alot facesin of classnew and fun it is too.the season, most exhilaratingsoccer Theseason the of sports enthusiasm among class the elevens as well as other inthe classes After returningfrom the summer vacation,there alotbeen has of After the BoardAfterthe results, we heaved sighs of relief and geared our stand that one must from learn one’s mistakes and move on. Jackie Tournament was disappointing for us, but we must under year arrived. has also Not able being to reach the semi-finals the of A message fromA message eleven-: class BY- Parangat Sharma (XI-S) - - - A Mathematical Challenge But you will have to rise again and once had make your dreams come true. To do so much more for my mom Try, try and try Every step you take will light your and dad The more I try way To give them more joy and a little The more I cry. It doesn’ t matter if one step gives less pain It’s like Chemistry and Physics you only a single ray A little more sunshine and a little As difficult as learning them For things will get better and less rain. It has never been as easy as Music better for sure Indeed, to numbers I am truly And you will get closer to the But the years roll on and we allergic! meaning of life more and more. cannot go back, I practise it with all my heart, So enlighten your mind like dark Whether we were born in a Yet, I am not able to do what my pathways are lit up by the stars mansion or a shack heart wants Spread your light in the darkness But we can start right now - in the I never get marks of the night hour that is here In spite of great endeavour Which will fill hope in hearts that To do something more for the Fate is never in my favour! are subdued by fright ones we hold dear. Cos, tan, sec, are all the same to Light your candle no matter how me… small And since time in its flight is What difference will it make Success will be yours – once and travelling so fast If I don’t know them at all? for all! Let us not spend it regretting that Numbers make me feel as if I am -Naveen (11S) which is in the past flying Instead, let us make tomorrow a In a sky that is filled with them Back Home happier day No matter how much I try If I had the power to turn back the But doing good to others I never seem to get friendly with clock TODAY!!! them! Go back to that house at the end -Vidisha Baranwal (11C) -Vidhi Jain (11C) of the block The house that was a home when I Colours of Life All Yours was a kid The trees of nature depict the I know that I’d love it more now colours of life, There is a goal for all than I once did. Every colour is a symbol of strife. There is a dream for which we In autumn, the leaves so dry become mean If I could be back there at my Depict the state of one who is We want others to lose and want mother’s knee about to cry them to be beneath our shoes And hear once again all the things In the snow, the flakes so bright But what matters the most is hard she told me Bring smiles which are so bright. work I’d listen as I had never listened In the spring, the cherry blossom Hard work is necessary and before tree should be our permanent For she knew so well just what life Sends out a message that is surely accessory had in store. deep. Help others to get food and shelter And all the advice my dad used to In the monsoon, the lush green and have win-win attitude give colour so bright The effect of this will be like a His voice I will remember as long Signifies that life is beautiful melodious flute as I live despite things that Make your aspirations so true that But it didn’t seem really important Give us cause to fear and give us a everyday they seem attractive and then fright. new What I’d give just to live it all over -Kartika Jhanjee (11H) On some days, you will fall and again!!! life will say, ‘Boo!’ And what I’d give for the chance I Friends My Land You have been there with me When you have no body left Nestled with rich green hills And I have supported you. They are always there The streams and rivers Often, not a word is uttered To tell you what is right and to tell Have a lot of thrills. between us you what is best Being a nation so small but rich in But each knows what the other is And to always treat you with diversity thinking immense care. My land is a big curiosity. As you always have been there for They will hit you and call you The Himalayan hills and plain me names land You are the best sister one could But that is all part of their funny Places rocky and filled with sand ever have and my best friend. games Vast differences in ethnicity I But to do this only they have the know And I always remember your right My land may not be a lot, but is words when you were leaving: Because if anyone tries to harm inviting for sure! you, on your behalf they will fight. The people of my land may seem ‘ There is no reason to be anything Friends are what you call them like strangers to you but free, no reason why you They are always there But they will treat you like friends should not believe.’ To lift you up when you fall you never knew Now close your eyes and forget the And treat you with immense care. This is the beauty my land holds time -Komal Prakash (11H) Visit my land and watch its beauty I promise that you will be unfold. alright...” Money, Money, Money -Rimsha Khan (11S) You know that you are smart You know that you are beautiful. I simply want to let you know Money, Money , Money My School You mean that world to me. The thought of it is as sweet at Wynberg-Allen gives us an Only a heart as dear as yours honey education Would give so unselfishly. Money is the newest addiction And restful summer and winter Which people regard with great vacations. - Vanshika Rawat (11C) dedication. Six periods in a day. Money can buy you a house Lots of games and fields in Nature It can attract many a spouse which to play The sunrise marks the arrival of a Money can make you dream One has to work hard new day Enough to make you jump and To get a good report card Which relaxes us by scream. One has to engage in different The chirping of the birds Money is kept safe in a purse exercises Which fly high up in the blue sky. When it is stolen, you swear and To get medals and prizes Nature heals our hearts curse Boys and girls here don’t scream. Gives us the spirit to work hard Money if brazenly displayed can We all work together as a And never does it betray be a dangerous sight team The ones who love it with its If robbers try to take it away, it can Students here don’t waste wonderful charm give you quite a fright. their time in idle gossip. The beauty of the sunset in the Money is the cause of all our strife But try their best to captivating sky For it is the necessity of every Keep their promises. Tells us that another day has single life -Aryan Semwal (11S) passed by If possessed in just the right Whispers from nature calm us amount, neither too much, nor My Sister, My Friend Soothe us and heal us. too little, Moonbeams and starlight Cast a soft, luminous glow Money, money, money, is certainly Everything under the sun , Which warms up our soul as sweet as honey. We have always talked about On a night that is tranquil and -Devesh Bubna (11H) For each other we have calm. Been there without a doubt As we lie in bed Everything under the sun Thinking about a better tomorrow We both have gone through With all blessings being showered moment with craziness. No need to get entangled on us For I love beaches and the silence In memories’ purple haze We realise that God’s creation is No more hearing the horns of Or caught up unravelling truly wonderful. traffic and sounds of violence Or hoping we could redo -Jyotika Bedi (11C) Wishing to be here forever, Things that didn’t go the way Night Never regretting to be here with That we wanted them to. It was the dead of night my grandmother and I together. The future is uncertain Being alone at night was certainly I just wish everyone could sit there No way for us to see not fun for hours The things tomorrow is holding I saw someone in the mist , Thinking how calm it is and regain For you or for me! As she was approaching me our powers Now is what is obtainable I cried to let me go as she came Everyday with calm nature and Just moments here to share near the peaceful wind The future comes so quickly I couldn’t hold back a single tear I wish the memories of the beach Unseen but waiting there I closed my eyes thinking she everyday I could rewind. Seize the present moment would disappear -Nanthinee Khanijou (11C) Grab all that we can contain When I opened my eyes, she was Our future is elusive even more near Rain Our past we cannot change! So near that her presence seemed When it rains, the sky is all black -Dhruv Tolani (11S) quite surreal and gray I screamed with fear The lightning strikes all the way The Edge of Things And realised that it was all a But believe me, it makes one’s day! I wait at the edge of things dream The sky looks so good! A dry spell spilling into drought I then went and applied some As if it is water under someone’s A shadow gradually starts to cast cream hood, itself And finally fell asleep Raining, raining all the way, Dusk changes to a darker shade No more was I disturbed by an We reach our school before the Which becomes even darker upsetting dream. end of the day. There: it is now night enough to -Muskaan Vaish (11C) School starts in its usual way call it a good night Unaffected by the rain in any way I wait for resurrection Paradise….Where I Can Be! Young children have fun and play I wake up in the morning to see I wish I could run away And mess up their clothes in many the mist lifting off the river To a place where no one knows a way. And ladders in the orchard al- me for a day Rain makes me so happy! though the picking’s done. To paradise where I belong near It is like a new beginning , -Padma Angmo (11S) the sea Full of laughter and joy, Where nobody knows where I Rain brings happiness to every girl The Howling of the Wind could be. and boy! The day started simple and breezy, The sound of the waves with the -Naaz Oshahan (11C) It was a wonderful morning perfect breeze But now when I think of it, Chilled in the evening in the sand, Seize the present It was all very hazy. my feet freeze Our past we can’t recapture That day was a day before my Thinking about nothing with a It is over and it is done birthday good feeling No way to recover time I was going to turn seven Gazing at the beach, the sunset, All those days that are gone. But the end took all my happiness the waves is appealing. No amount of colouring away. Next to the sea, one day, will be Or painting with a brighter hue People thought I was too young to my house Can change the way things hap- remember anything Only my grandma and me but not pened But would you forget if you lost yet my spouse No way to make your mistakes not your parents on such a day? Living next to the sea full of hap- true. That day, I had to accept my elder piness No use fretting over sister as my everything. Just the two of us cherishing each Regretting bygone days That day was April 14, 1912. Yes, I was on the Titanic when it sunk. FACTS AND GENERAL That day was the end and I knew it well. KNOWLEDGE Just at six, I bid my goodbyes My mother got me to safety But herself couldn’t survive. Archer’s Mark -McDonald’s opens a new restau- The day had started nice and breezy rant every 14.5 hours. But had ended with the howling of Jeffrey Howard Archer is a much -Justin Beiber has more followers the wind loved English author who was on than Spain has people. And had left me scarred for the rest a politician before starting his -Facebook, Twitter and the New of my life. career as an award-winning York Times have been blocked in China since 2009. -Aashna Pathak (11H) author. Archer was a Member of Parliament but he resigned due to -The retina display of the Apple a financial scandal which almost i-pad has actually been manufac- The Howling of the Wind left him bankrupt. His political tured by Samsung. career ended with his being -Apple’s brand is worth US $ The day started simple and breezy, convicted and sentenced to prison 118.9 billion. It is among the It was a wonderful morning for perjury. However, his books world’s most valuable brands But now when I think of it, have sold around 330 million along with Google. It was all very hazy. copies worldwide. -The battery of an Apple Macbook That day was a day before my birth- Archer’s first novel, ‘Not A Penny could save you from a gunshot as day More, Not A Penny Less’ was it is bulletproof. I was going to turn seven a great success. Archer wrote -If you search for the word But the end took all my happiness this book to save himself from ‘askew’ in Google, the content away. bankruptcy. It was with this novel will tilt slightly to the right. (Try People thought I was too young to that the career of this great writer it for yourself if you don’t believe remember anything began. ‘Kane and Abel’ proved this!!!) But would you forget if you lost to be his bestselling work, and -compiled by Manogya your parents on such a day? topped the New York Times That day, I had to accept my elder Chaudhry (11H) bestseller’s list. His works have sister as my everything. received several awards and his That day was April 14, 1912. Quiz yourself on new novel, ‘Heads You Win’ is set Yes, I was on the Titanic when it to be published in 2017. Jeffrey sunk. 1.How many overs are there in a Archer is the most celebrated That day was the end and I knew it ? author of this era. Reading his well. Answer: 50 books will enhance your general Just at six, I bid my goodbyes 2.What is the length of a cricket knowledge, language skills and My mother got me to safety pitch in yards? writing skills. But herself couldn’t survive. Answer: 22 The day had started nice and breezy -Hemendra Salve (11C) 3.Who is the first batsman to But had ended with the howling of score a double in a one the wind Facts we found out just for you!!! day international? And had left me scarred for the rest -Everyday, 16% of searches that Answer: Tendulkar of my life. are made on Goodle are on com- 4.Which team has won the 2016 pletely new subjects. -Aashna Pathak (11H) ICC World Cup Twenty 20? -When a Google employee dies, Answer: The West Indies his or her children receive US$ 5.What is the length of a cricket 1000 per month until they turn ? 19. Answer: 28 inches -When G-mail was first launched, 6.Who has scored most runs in many people mistook it for an the IPL 2016 and how many runs April Fool’s Day prank as it was did he score? launched on 1st April, 2004. Answer: , 973 runs 7.Who was the of the In- Quiz Yourself on Kohli dian Team before M.S. Dhoni? 1. When is Virat Kohli’s birthday? Answer: Nov 5, 1987 Dec 5, 1990 8. When and where will the next Sept 5, 1988 Nov 5, 1988 ICC World Cup be held ? Answer: 2019; 2. What is his highest score in an ODI? -Ayush Modi (11C) 185 178 183 165 Try to figure these out! - There was a green house. 3. What is his pet name? Inside the green house, there was VK Cheeku a white house. Inside the white Kohli Virat house, there was a red house. Inside the red house, there were a 4. When was his T201 debut? lot of babies. Who am I? Nov 18, 2012 June 29, 2011 Answer: A watermelon June 12, 2010 June 26, 2009 - I am there once in a min- ute, twice in a moment but never 5. Against which team did Kohli make a debut in test matches? in a thousand years. Who am I? Australia Answer: The letter ‘m’ South Africa West Indies - What can you catch but not throw? 6. Against which team was his T201 debut? Answer: A cold Sri Lanka New Zealand - I start nothing and end the Australia Zimbabwe sun. What am I ? Answer: The letter ‘n’. 7. What is Kohli’s height? 175cm 177 cm -compiled by Vaishnavi 179 cm 180 cm Gupta (11S) Answers: 1. Nov 5, 1988 2. 183 3. Cheeku 4. June 12, 2010 5. West Indies 6. Zimbabwe 7. 175 cm.

-Rithik Kukreja (11C) What’s In What’s Out Ibrahimovic who plays as a striker for Manchester Messi who has retired United Founders’ Day Marathon The Jackie Tournament Sultan starring Mohenjo daro starring Hritik Roshan Comedy Nights Bachao The Kapil Sharma Show Google Hangouts Quizup -Sameep (11S) STORIES AND ARTICLES : The New Face compromises in the field ” said of the BCCI to take up the job as Of Indian Cricket . the eagerly awaited head coach of Carrying with him an experience the Indian cricket team. “Anil is a fabulous player, a hard of almost 20 years, Mr. Anil Anil Kumble is a right-arm leg competitor who will not make any Kumble has emerged as the choice spinner (leg break ) with an unorthodox style, most famous for 2015, he was officially inducted and, are known his flippers. He started his career into the ICC Hall of Fame which to be the two other members of as a fast bowler, which gave him a features other Indian greats like this committee. faster-than-usual . and . By - Abhinav Baranwal,11S Born on 17th October, 1970, the One of his best achievements Bengaluru man debuted in a first- enthroned in every cricket heart Back for the rain class match for on 30th around the globe is his 10 It was during the monsoon that I October, 1989 , against Hyderabad in a test match in 1999 was walking along a path when I at the age of 19, taking 4 against ’s most controversial bumped into someone. I looked with a pair. rival, Pakistan. This feat has only up curiously to see a dark-haired Kumble, not a big turner of been achieved by one other bowler girl. She was as tall as me. Her the ball, rather relied much on in cricket history, who hails from voice was quite soft and I could pace and accuracy. His ability to England against Australia, in the barely make out the words, “I’m make the ball bounce with subtle year 1956, James “Jim” Charles sorry!” I told her that it was variations in pace made him a Laker. perfectly fine. She introduced tougher bowler to face for the Some of Kumble’s other accolades herself as Shannon. I shook hands batsman, thus earning him the includes a prominent intersection with her and she told me that she nickname “Jumbo”. in M.G. Road, Bengaluru being was from somewhere close by. She After a glorious span of 18 years named as Anil Kumble Circle, a asked me why I was walking alone of playing active cricket, Anil “Best Breakthrough Performance in the rain. “Jumbo” Kumble announced his in IPL” in 2009 for his 5 for 5 The irony of the situation was retirement from all forms cricket against , and an that I had had a very bad fight in the month of November, 2008. induction into the “ICC Cricket and so it was really hard to smile Hall of Fame” in the year 2015. although I really wanted to. As Honours & Achievements :- though she had read my thoughts, Jumbo ended his glorious career Teams Played For :- she asked me why I did not smile. with 619 wickets in India, Karnataka, Surrey County I explained part of my situation and remains the 3rd highest Cricket Club, Leicestershire to her. She turned out to be a very wicket-taker trailing Muttiah County Cricket Club, good listener and gave me some Muralitharan and “The King of Northampton County Cricket very good advice on how to deal Spin”, . Club, Royal Challengers with my situation. The “Indian Cricketer of the Year” Later, she and I became quite good awardee was given this honour in Current News :- friends. We sat under a shed until 1993 after which he was honoured Soon after taking charge of his the rain stopped and watched by the Arjuna Award in 1995. Just duties as the new head coach the beauty of the sunset. While in the next year, in 1996, he was of the Indian Cricket Team, we were walking back, she just recognised as one of the Wisden Anil Kumble is known to have disappeared. I wondered where Cricketers of the Year along conducted a 1-hour she had gone. When I reached with (England), challenge (where a batsman has home, I saw an unknown lady (Sri Lanka), to play continuously for one hour standing there with Shannon’s (England), Dermot without being out) to train the picture in her hand. She told me Reeve (England). Indian batsmen for the upcoming that Shannon had passed away In the year 2002, he was tour of the West Indies. just that morning. She also said shortlisted among 16 cricketers One of his latest “Kumble-rule” that Shannon loved walking in the for the Wisden Indian Cricketer known as the “no-nonsense rain. of the Year which saw Kapil Dev approach” is known to be the -Shania O’Connor (11C) emerging as the winner. making of a committee for the He was awarded India’s 4th collection of a penalty of 50$ from The Twenty-first Century: A highest civilian honour in 2005, any player who turns up late for Period of Amazing Developments the Padma Shri. Later in October the team bus and he has made the Huge developments are taking 2012, he was appointed the Indian ace swinger Bhuvaneshwar place in the twenty-first century Chairman of the International Kumar, as its Chairman. in every area – industrial, Cricket Council. In February The left-handed environmental and technological engineer and Maye(Mother) change humanity are too many to which are undoubtedly helping a model from Canada. He is a be stated in words. I would like to make the world a better place. South ¬African born Canadian- to end my article by quoting the These developments have made American business magnate, man himself :¬¬ “If something is the lives of human beings easier engineer and inventor. He is also important enough, you should do by and more comfortable. For the founder of Solar City. Elon it even if the odds are not in your example, a washing machine that Musk has stated that the goals of favour” ¬Elon Musk washes clothes and dries them is SpaceX, Tesla Motors and Solar -Manuviraj Godara (11S) very helpful and saves a lot of time City revolve around his vision to for busy professionals. change the world and humanity. Friendship On the flip side, these His goals include setting up a “Friendship isn’t about who you’ve developments are making people permanent colony on Mars and known the longest. lazy. They can now perform he believes that all the energy that It’s about who walked into your any task by pressing a button. humans need can be provided by life, said, ‘I’m here for you!’ and For example, they no longer the Sun i.e Solar Energy. Some of proved it.” need to make the effort of going information about Elon Musk’s Everyone living on this earth to the market to finish their early life include¬ reading books. has a friend whom they can shopping. All they need to do is Musk was an avid reader and ran trust and share their most to shop online without exerting out of books to read in his library memorable moments with. Many themselves. Hence, there are pros when he was 8. He is also said times, people make friends with and cons of development and one to have faced a lot of bullying in someone and use them to meet must be wise enough to pick what school and his mother told the their own selfish ends. When is good and keep oneself away Esquire Magazine in 2012 that he their purpose has been served, from what is bad. was always picked on in school they do not hesitate to say unkind because he was the youngest. -Nandini Sabharwal (11S) things about them behind their Elon also made a video game at back. This makes it hard to for the age of 12 named BLASTAR Emulating Elon Musk some people to trust others and which he sold for $500. Elon they tend to run away from new Musk’s revolutionary ideas include “I want to die on Mars.Just not on people that they meet. However, sending mice and plants to Mars impact.”- Elon Musk one should never lose faith in the in order to find out how can life ¬Elon Musk Elon Musk is my fact that true friends can be found. forms survive on that planet. role model and I think that there One just has to look for them Elon Musk is an atheist and said is no better way to ‘unleash’ my and when we find them, we must that he doesn’t pray or worship creativity than to write about cherish the moments we spend any being. One thing that he him and learn more in the with them!!! believes in is that when he was process. All those who want to -Aalia Mohan (11H) be entrepreneurs MUST research asked if we(humans) are living about this man. What is common in a computer simulation, he between Tesla, SpaceX and said “Probably yes”. He has Kashmir : can we still PayPal? Their founder is the same: also devised a concept known restore its identity? ¬Elon Musk.He is also known as as The Hyperloop¬ - a high the next Steve Jobs and the real¬ speed transportation system Let me start by making it clear life Tony Stark(Iron Man) and is incorporating reduced pressure that this is not a political piece,this currently considered one of the tubes in which pressurized is the outcome of deep personal brightest minds in the world. He capsules ride on an air cushion concern. When reading the was also featured on the Time list driven by linear induction motors newspapers from recent days it of 100 Most Influential People In and air compressors. Elon Musk makes me upset as well as sad to the World. His net worth is US$ is also the chairman of the Musk see the situation of uncertainty 12.7 billion making him the 83rd Foundation which focuses its has come up again when tens richest man in the world. philanthropic efforts on providing and thousands of young people, Elon Reeve Musk was born on 28 solar energy systems in disaster spontaneously and simultaneously, June 1971 to Errol Musk(Father) prone areas. All in all I think start to protest, requiring who was an electrochemical his achievements and efforts to virtually the entire Valley to be placed under curfew whilst the Taking the example of Northern correct leaders for such a task?” authorities are forced to shoot and Ireland when the Westminster -Amartya Mishra (11S) kill to enforce control, you can’t realized that response with the escape the conclusion something army was never going to help Korean customs has gone horribly wrong. “Burhan bring out a peaceful solution Wani’s killing is just the occasion John Major and, after him, -Koreans bow their heads in order or excuse, it’s not the explanation”. Tony Blair started to tackle the to show respect to someone. From the Pashtun Durrani problem politically, confronting -The traditional dress of Korea is Empire to Article 370 the valley rather than circumventing the t h e ‘ H a n b o k’. has been crushed under political issue of separation, a resolution -Koreans give and take things with heavyweights, confused rulers, seemed possible. Today, the Irish both hands. and two nuclear powers. Is it Republican Army no longer exists -Koreans believe the number 4 to simply the reflection of anguish and its political front, Sinn Fein, be unlucky because they associate and, perhaps, anxiety and fear is part of the Northern Ireland it with death. So, hospitals and of the people as a result of the government.Northern Ireland office buildings in Korea have no 200 years of the conflict that has proves that politicians can make a fourth floor. turned the heaven into a pit full of difference when they want to and -Schools in Korea get breaks after militant aggression and uprising truly try. That’s where ours have every lesson. of the separatists. fallen short.A true democracy -Koreans eat ‘kimchi’ everyday. Being the part of a Nation out should confront its problems, not -High schools in Korea get over at of uncertain circumstances, ignore them or leave them to the around 8.00 p.m. and students are allowed to stay till 10.30 p.m. for self-study. -The Korean National Anthem is ‘Aegukga’. -Woojung An (11S)

Let your inner light shine!!! Love grows the most when clouds block the light. The next time the clouds of gloom cover the sunshine above, don’t despair. Turn to the light that always shines. The light of God’s love is within us. Let your own love and faith grow stronger. Use Democratic development was police to handle. Unfortunately, what you learn to be better and limited in Kashmir until the late that’s what we have done in the to help others as well. Life is full 1970s, and by 1988, many of the Kashmir Valley. For all their other of both sunshine and clouds but democratic reforms introduced by skills they’ve lacked the vision the light within us can never be the Indian Government had been and generosity to reach out and overshadowed unless we allow it reversed. Non-violent channels embrace Kashmiri citizens who to. for expressing discontent were feel alien and unwanted. We may -Saumyadeep Ranghar (11S) thereafter limited and caused a call them brothers but they feel dramatic increase in support for they’re treated like stepchildren. The Quaint Town of Mcleod insurgents advocating violent The paterfamilias with the heart Ganj secession from India and mind to bring the quarrelling Mcleod Ganj is a quaint little But it is still not too late. If we brood together is missing. town located in Dharamsala in start thinking about rectifying our the Kangra district of Himachal mistakes rather than displaying There should be proper political Pradesh. It is known as ‘Little the military or national superiority will to resolve the issue. Its not Lhasa’ or ‘Dhasa’ because of its History is always there to make beyond us but it wont be easy. large population of Tibetans. The the changes possible even today. “But do we presently have the Tibetan government –in – exile has its headquarters here. The Unsolved Mystery We decided to our classroom. This town has been named after Suddenly, blood began dripping Sir Donald Friell Mcleod, a When I was in class five, my on us from above and we noticed lieutenant governor of Punjab friends told me that there was a dense smoke. We screamed loudly during the British rule. The most ghost in our school because they but realised that it was in fact important Buddist site here is had heard strange sounds coming red paint. We still found no one Tsuglag Khang, the Dalai Lama’s from school at night. They had around, though. temple which has statues of also seen a skeleton moving in the On entering the classroom, we Padmasambhava, Avalokitesvara corridor. So, the four of us decided saw that the lights were on and and a statue of Padmasambhava. to solve this mystery and entered our class teacher was hiding under Other places worth visiting the school building one night. the table. On asking her what are Triund Hill, St. John in the We found that the staffroom was she was doing, she replied that Wilderness, the Dal Lake and open and that the lights were on. she was preparing herself for the Bhagsu Nath. The latter is very On entering it, we found that upcoming parent-teacher meeting popular with Israeli tourists. If you no one was there. Then, all of a which made her very nervous. like eating pizza, you will be able sudden, we spotted a skeleton On asking her about the dripping to enjoy ones baked in wooden moving along the school corridor. paint, she said that she knew ovens here. On investigating further, we nothing about it. We returned In case you are wondering found nothing. On reaching the home wondering if the dripping which place to visit in the winter staircase, however, we found a box paint had indeed been paint. vacation, I highly recommend full of dolls. -Amrendra Pratap Singh Mcleod Ganj!!! Those dolls had the names of (11S) -Tenzin Kunchok (11H) all the students of our class.