“Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.” 02 GÉRARD DE NERVAL, FRENCH WRITER AND POET ACTIVITY FUN-ZONE
Imagine if you could enter a world of witches and My favourite book is ‘Magic Of The Lost Temple’ friendly demons, of magical rings and huge palaces - by Sudha Murthy. In these lockdown days, I wouldn’t we all love that right now? We can still do it! explored the book written by the author. The How? Through books we can travel to another world in novel had a vacation feel to it. It was almost as a jiffy. There are a lot of authors who have the poten- if I was travelling through those pages. The story tial to transport you but I think author CS Lewis had many real life lessons and explored the beau- does it best in his ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’. ty of relationships in a village set-up. My ANAYA JHA, class V, National public school, favourite character was Nooni. Kadugudi, Bengaluru NEERAD P, IV A, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pangode Trivandrum
CHOCO LAVA CAKE 1. Mix 2 bars of melted Dairy Milk with 1 tablespoon of milk in a bowl Refrigerate overnight and enjoy 2. Grind some Oreo biscuits with some milk. ICE CREAM STEP1: Take 600ml cream yummy chilled icecream 3. Pour the Oreo mixture in a cup. Put a spoon (chilled) in a bowl Note: you may add choco chips, of the Dairy Milk in the centre and cover it STEP 2: Whisk it with a sprinkles, and gems or tutty with the Oreo mixture. beater till fluffy for fruity as per your choice 4. Put the cup in a preheated oven at 180° atleast 8-9 mins. for 5 mins. The Choco Lava Cake is ready. STEP 3: Add 400g ANANYA GARG, Class VE, Bon Appétit. milkmaid and 2 tsp Rukmini Devi Public SHLLOK TAHILIANI, Class VIII, Trinity vanilla essence. School, Pitampura, International School, Sion, Mumbai - 22, STEP 4: Delhi Maharashtra
I love to read books of detectives and super ‘The Fault In Our Stars' is a fantastically My favourite book is ‘Unfriended’ by heroes. Sherlock Holmes. by Sir Arthur Conan brilliant novel which deals with dying and Rachel Vail. I received it as a gift Doyle is my all-time favourite. surviving the death of a loved one. The emo- because I relate to the protagonist who The stories are intriguing and the twists are tions are very strong and deep. It takes time to deals with popularity in her own special way very exciting. No one can ever guess who understand these complex emotions. There is a in high school. The book completely changed the murderer really is until the mystery is solved. I don’t deep message for everyone - that death is finality. my perspective. I deal with each problem head- That it is inevitable and one should deal with it. The think there can be a better writer than Doyle when it on to this day. book had many heart warming moments too. comes to mysteries. TWINKLE GUPTA, Going to class X, Ramjas Public School Hritik Kailash, class VI, Air Force School NEHA VARADHARAJAN, Class 9, The Orbis School (Day Boarding), New Delhi Keshavnagar
S.F. AND COMIC KIDS WUZZLES THEY SAID IT “The most successful men in the end are those whose suc- cess is the result of steady accretion.” Alexander Graham Bell
“The charm of history and its enig- matic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.” Aldous Huxley observed? Quiz time A. January 5 B. January 10 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE C. January 27 D. January 29 Q.1) Which guided rocket system Q.4) Which female cricketer was launched for Odisha coast? received the 2019 CK Nayudu FAMILY CIRCUS Lifetime Award A. Agni B. Pinaka of BCCI? C. Akash D. Naag A. Jhulan Goswami B. Anjum Q.2) Which IIT institute started Chopra IDENTIFY ‘Vastu Shastra’ C. Mithali Raj classes for architecture D. Harmandeep Kaur THE PERSONALITY students? Fans took Twitter by A. IIT Kharagpur B. IIT Delhi storm to back India's
C. IIT Mumbai D. IIT Madras ANSWERS
cricket world cup-winning
B) Anjum Chopra Anjum B) 27 January C) The German government and regional leaders 4.
Q.3) When is International captain ______recently. A) IIT Kharagpur Kharagpur IIT A) Pinaka B) 3. 2. have agreed on a plan to phase out coal-fired 1.
Holocaust Remembrance Day power stations by 2038. M S Dhoni S M Answer:
GURKEERAT KAUR, VIII, La Martiniere Girls College, Lucknow TheTestt My sister _____ play tennis C: be able to _____ you tell me what Q1: now. Q6: time it is, please? A: can to Will people ______live A: could B: can Q4: forever one day? B: can C: will can C: will A: could be B: be able to I _____ walk when I was C: could be able to Can you help me? I Q2: less than a year old. Q7: ______never under- LAVANYA, Class X, School: A: can B: could C: have can My grandfather ______stand this. The gurukul sector 20, pkl Q5: walk without any help A: can I’ll ______help you last night. B: cannot
JAYA AGARWAL, Class X-B, Sherwood Q3: later. A: can B: could C: was able to C: am able to
convent school, Gurgaon A: can B: could
7. A 7.
4. B 5. C 6. A 6. C 5. B 4.
1. B 2. B 3. C 3. B 2. B 1. ANSWERS
MADHAV KRISHNA, class VII, The Oxford School, SHIVANI, class X, AKSIPS School, Thiruvanathapuram Sector 65, Mohali