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The Untold Story

Iti Kathed, Class XI B

As children we have grown up listening to so many stories – some with happy endings , some with sad, some from the story books and some which have been passed on from history, some magical and some illogical. There are some stories which inculcate good qualities in us and some which are so relatable.

Every element of life, teaches you something from their story of existence but ironically, we people are so inspired by these stories, so lost and so occupied with them that we forget that there’s one story which is still left untold. The one which has not been made by any person yet. The story is the story of your own life.

We limit our creativity and openness of our mind when it comes to us and that too because we are scared that our story, our lesson wouldn’t be something people would accept. To move on a path which is already trodden is easy but what makes a difference is the road less traveled by. No new innovations in the story of the rabbit and the tortoise is going to inspire and enlighten people in comparison to your perspective of life. For what attracts any person is perspective, a new perspective because it gives the world new dimension to think in but unfortunately copying and the fear of not being ‘liked’, fear of being criticized leaves the most important story of the writer untold.

I Shall See The Sunlight

Mansi Choudhary, Class X A

When everything seemed dark,

Felicity had no mark,

As if a hurricane,

Had made me insane.

But I was reminded,

That a day is always preceded by night,

And I shall see the sunlight.

I was left with no optimism,

I was all in trepidation

Even in a room brightened with lights,

I felt, I was blind.

Impossible it was to dislodge experiences,

I had sight, but I couldn’t see anything.

I was then reminded

If there is black and grey, there has to be white.

If there is dark, there has to be light.

Time is infinite, but situations aren’t

All blisters can be healed

And I was reminded

That a day is always preceded by night

And I shall one day see the sunlight.

The Meadow’s Crown

Adviteeya Khujneri, Class IX C

A day, a new start,

In the meadow’s crown,

A lass there lived,

In shatters and frowns.

All about a family it was

To flee and live

The world without, for

All day she spent dreaming

Of thrones, and princes

And palaces,

To have it all alone.

Her papa and mama

As long as they could

Made their girl a queen

In the meadow’s crown

As young she was

Amongst the lilacs of grief

And brushing and dancing

Making dolls for her team.

So happy in grief.

As morning went by

Did she realize

No prince, no palace,

No thrones were they

But all just a game

Of wood and clay.

All just a game

Of wood and clay.

हिंदी

Siddhant Athwale, IX D

Reflections on The English Literary Fest

Mrs. Latika Pandey, Educator

The air throbbed with creative energy and excitement as the literary geniuses from across the world came to life. Collages materialised out of the surfeit of information and learning found a pattern when the students of Class XI of the school decided to hold a three-day-long literary fest to showcase their researches on authors and poets from around the world. The fest housed the soul of literature in five Kiosks and showcased the life and works of very many literary geniuses across the world.

Translations were skimmed, interviews were browsed, the books were read to discover the joy of reading and to formulate learning experience into meaningful research.

The fest resurrected the artistic calibre and joy of indulgence in books and there was a lot to look forward to. Visitors did not expect what they got to watch.

An Ayn Randish objectivism lay admiring The Brother Karamzov. The Room on the Roof echoed with A Geography Lesson. The American Brat nestled close to Harry Potter and As you Like It. Primo Levi, Umberto Eco, Italo Calvino made quite a spectacle in the reading corner neighbouring Pearl S. Buck, Harper Lee, John Grisham. Water, Earth dissolved boundaries in Delhi is Not Far and The Namesake.

What really piqued interest was the number of authors and poets brought under umbrella in holidaying genre of life with folk music and reading stoppages and wisdom tree with books scattered under it.

Whether it was a deep reflection of divinely reclusive artistic sensibility of poetry and imagination triggering fiction or politicking humour or tongue in cheek satire/comedy, children from Classes VI to XII stood for long to take a good read in all.

Math in Art

Inter-House Board Decoration

Dream

Vaidehi Partani, Class X A

(This poem has featured in Kloud9 magazine in its December 2016 issue)

Moon out in the sky

Stars twinkling high

Your eyelashes are down

All left, is black and brown

Mind is at peace

Everything seems to freeze

Something special gets on

Dreams, now they are born.

Night-living buds

Totally different from us

Which can’t be directed

And are forever unlimited

They can’t be seen

But your heart can feel

The presence of a dream

Is like a small stream.

Your communication stops

But these dreams, they talk

They talk to whom?

To you, when they bloom.

Dream is a tiny plot

Which has various slots

But each part of it

Matters a lot

Matters a lot!

Career Guidance

Hridhima Tyagi, Class IX B

As soon as we enter class IX, planning our career becomes the buzz of the town. Though some career options are as common as the rising of the sun, some new or different career options are also available in our society. I would like to bring the attention to one such option available.

We may all not be good at science, math or commerce and our grades would say so. But there is nothing to get demoralized. If we are good at languages, we may have a bright future ahead.

Knowing foreign languages can help you build your career in the following ways:

1. GAME TRANSLATOR: Companies making games always hire ingame translators so that the game sells globally.

2. FLIGHT ATTENDANT: International airlines specially look for people who can speak different languages to communicate with passengers and make them comfortable.

3. BANKING AND FINANCE: A linguist is always an asset to a company as she can be posted anywhere without trouble.

4. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGER: He is responsible to hire people for the company. A foreign language expert can help the company in getting good officers from around the world.

5. JOURNALISM: Who can be more important for the media industry than a person who can speak many languages? Global coverage is the core of today’s journalism and it requires a linguist.

6. INTERPRETER: The world is becoming a large family. So translating one language to another instantly is the need of the hour. Though translating softwares are available, they can never beat the lively, spontaneous interpreter who can understand the feeling behind the sentence.

Exam Time

Lakshya Somani, Class VIII E

Exam time, exam time!

Lots of things on our mind.

All night, just reading books;

Brings down the glow from our looks.

So much stress, so much stress;

As, many books pile on our desk.

And, when the day comes;

On the paper, our pen runs.

Finally, the result is heard,

We all enjoy eating desserts.

A New Discovery, A New Revolution

Sahaj Totla, Class X G

Dan is a renowned researched in the year 2080. Five years earlier, humans exhausted all the resources and the pollution caused by man affected water, turning it into acid and leaving a huge cloud of gas all over the earth blocking the rays of the sun.

One day, Dan was on his way to his laboratory. He had heard about a huge meteor crashing near his laboratory. When he reached his laboratory, he saw a neon light and was amazed that a test tube containing Plutonium Carbonate was glowing without being connected to any power source.

He was curious about his finding so he started researching on it and came to the conclusion that the meteor must have some property that was charging the Plutonium ions present in the test tube. This was a source of hope in this dark and energy bereaved world.

After some days of work, he discovered that the nucleons of the metal found in the meteor were fusing with Plutonium to form the plasma state of Plutonium. This was a new discovery in the field of nuclear energy which was certain to bring a revolution. After two years, Dan managed to release the nuclear energy all over the world. The clouds disappeared and the acid turned to water again. The earth was a blue planet once again!

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