A Brush with Indian Olympian Rush
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THE GL BAL TIMES AIS MV MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2012 www.theglobaltimes.in Coming Soon AIS Noida Contest Edition Forward Rewind We don’t know how to begin this. But we’ll travel back in time before this is published and fix the introduction. And if we don’t,well... blame Higgs. Graphic & Imaging: Sarthak Batra, XII Illustration: Varnika Do it Yourself Gupta, X A, AIS Mayur Vihar If you can’t wait till the scientists figure out how to exactly time travel, here’s everything you’ll need to do it yourself. What are you waiting for? Get Sarthak Batra, XII & Ishita *Mad scientist recommends: It is Philosoraptor- the great thinker: started... Bedi, XI AIS MV easy to fall in a paradox, while time Does travelling from IST to GMT 1. A vast, energy hungry travelling. Try to prevent that.* make you a time traveller? A possi- machine and/or a worm- hat if you So till we get our time machine, you bility to ponder... hole actually can need to be ready with your list of Vatsala Singh, VIII, AIS Noida: A Wrevisit the must-visit-when-I-time-travel. Some trip to the prehistoric times to see Di- 2. A genius mad scientist past or venture into the people already are. Beware: there nosaurs and a little further to see the with out-of-the-world future? Where would will always be cynics around (Hint: Early Man sounds like a plan. knowledge of quantum you like to go? While Cynical Chacha/CC). CC: Dinosaurs were made up by the physics you decide, let’s give Apoorva Pandey, XI, AIS MV: I CIA to discourage time travel. Best you the authentications. It would prefer visiting the future and of luck with that! 3. Dora’s backpack (be- has been theorised that tem- seeing something that I haven’t be- Moviebuff recommends: Don’t cause you can find every- porarily “shutting off” a per- fore. waste your trip trying to chase Hitler, thing you need in there) son’s Higgs field could CC: When on one hand you can’t many have tried, many have failed. 4. A fat friend whom you enable them to travel at the even guess what’s going to be there Yuvraj, XII, AIS MV: I’d want to speed of light or teleport for dinner, we hope you’re ready to go back to my childhood where the can feed to the dinosaurs (if they figure out how to face the future. biggest letdown was not being able and make a quick escape if switch it back on again, to complete homework in time. you accidentally get trans- once they have reached CC: What it is and what it should be ported to the prehistoric their destination). is life… and a Led Zeppelin song. It is our assumption that all Astro guru: Wait for college, history ages scientists are now focused on repeats itself. 5. A thick never ending trying to achieve this, because While most are ready with their novel because you never everybody loves the idea of time plans, some may not believe in time know how long it’ll actu- travel and someone will crack travel at all…well for you, here’s a the problem by 2030, give or take little secret- each one of us is a time ally take… a few centuries. machine. G T Internet - the new talent A brush with Indian ground is... a) Short lived b) Overrated c) Earn Quick buck To vote, log on to Olympian rush www.theglobaltimes.in POLL RESULT Indian Olympic Champions share their euphoric feelings after a historic exploit at the for GT issue August 27, 2012 If given a time machine, I London Olympic Games and their preparations for the Rio Olympics. Join Siddhant Nair, would like to travel into... AIS Mayur Vihar, X as he brings to you an exclusive tête-à-tête with the stalwarts All pics: Pankhuri Agarwal, XI, AIS MV 90% 72% The Future Super Saina Magnificent Mary Glorious Gagan Nowhere 54% The Past You had a terrific 2012 Boxing is considered a An olympic medal was the only thing 36% and the bronze medal male dominated sport. missing from your stellar collection. 18% 5% 11% 11% was the icing on the What made you take up How do you feel having finally added 84% 0% cake. Describe your ex- this unconventional the same? Results as on August 23, 2012 perience. sport? It feels great to have finally got it but its Yes, it has been a ter- When I first started lustre is not as bright as that of a gold rific year for me, hav- boxing, my friends did medal. I need to work harder if I want to INSIDE ing won the Indonesian and Thailand not like the idea of me joining a sport continue the winning spree at the up- open. A few months ago, I never considered a male bastion. But I did not coming Rio Olympics. Hopefully, my thought that I could win the first let such comments deter me from my effort and dedication will pay off in the Olympic medal in badminton for India. path, rather I took it as a challenge and form of a gold this time. This victory has given me the motiva- decided to prove to them that women tion to perform better. too can box and do their country proud. Can you tell us how you handled the pressure, when you were about to fire Personality check, P 5 Was it tough handling the pressure A five time world champion, now an the last shot? ahead of London Olympics. Olympic medalist and a mother of Yes, I was under immense pressure as Last time when I went for the Olympics, two… how do you balance sports and the entire stadium was rooting for me. I lost the medal by a whisker. I’ve had family? However, what sets you apart from oth- sleepless nights since then. So, I was Striking a balance between the two is ers is your ability to give your best shot under a lot of pressure, when I was quite a difficult task, but if you have a and not crumble under pressure. preparing for this Olympics. However, supportive husband and a cooperative Moreover, I had a point to prove to the Siddhant with this time I was ranked 4th in the world family then nobody can stop you from world since the time I had narrowly Olympic champion and had the entire nation’s hope pinned pursuing your goals. Without their sup- missed a medal at Beijing Olympics and Gagan Narang Math-a-magic, P 7 on me. I am glad that I could live up to port I would not have been able to come I was not willing to let this opportunity the expectations of my countrymen. so far and win laurels for the country. pass by. G T Contest Edition Working for GT and being the page editor was a perfect 2 THE GLOBAL TIMES | MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2012 getaway from my hectic study schedule. Writing, editing World Mirror and re-editing brought out the journalist in me. News and Views Aakanksha Reddy, AIS MV, X A An Olympic NE EXODUS Aakanksha Reddy, AIS MV, XA members of minority community de- stroyed the Amar Jawan Jyoti Memo- How it all began rial. On August 17, the mob went on a Assam has been an exemplary melting rampage in Lucknow. pot of various groups- Bodos, Rendezvous Muslims, Gorkhas in an exemplary The Pakistan link way. However, on July 19, 2012, two Following the government ban on bulk Bangladeshi immigrants were killed in SMSes, the MMSes that led to the ex- GT reporters, take you on an exclusive Olympic ride with the the state. Reports claim that the odus of people from North East were Indian Olympians who kept the Indian flag flying high in London migrants tried to traced to Islamabad. assert themselves The MMSes report- on the local Bodo NORTHEAST edly morphed images inhabitants, of the victims of Cy- resulting in the BURNING clone Nargis into killing of four North Easterners af- Bodo Liberation Tigers group fected by the clash. Nearly 30,000 peo- members in Kokrajhar, Assam. The ple of NE origin fled from Bangalore Bodos retaliated by attacking the after the MMSes created panic. members of the minority community that led to exodus of North Easterners. Unity for progress Clashes of these kind are a big threat Saina with GT reporter Pankhuri Wildfire spreads to India’s secular fabric and unity. As a repercussion the violence spread Kanupriya, AIS MV, X says, “India vanished after I won the medal for my to the other parts of India including must dissolve all divides and unite if country.” Mumbai where the mob consisting of they want to progress. ”G T Now it was the turn of super Saina to dazzle the crowd with her smile and A Bodo refugee amidst chaos India’s Olympic glory speak about her successful hiatus at Lon- don. “Bronze feels great but I want to Pankhuri Agrawal, AIS MV, XI B tion and were felicitated at Taj Man change the colour of my medal,” she Singh Palace on August 17, 2012 by said. Taking a potshot, boxer Mary Kom lthough Olympics 2012 has just electronic giant Samsung in a said that not only women but concluded, its fervour rages on glittering ceremony. men also have a successful Ain India with two silvers and The event began with the ad- stint after marriage if they four bronze in its proud kitty.