Shishukunj

My dream is to spend my vacations in Willi Wonka’s chocolate factory. I would row a boat in the river of the world’s finest chocolate, which flows through the factory. I’d eat as many chocolates and candies as I want and explore the factory further.

I’d drink hot chocolate in the freezing room and keep myself warm or eat the chocolates which make you feel cool on a beach made up of chocolates. I don’t think I would take any pictures because that would waste my precious time spent there. Obviously, who could ever forget such a trip with Mr. Wonka and this little workers.

I would play all day with Oompaloompas and would learn some recipes of making magical bubble gums.

This is the best vacation I could ever imagine.

My Dream Vacation 2

Adi Dantre, Class IX A

Out of the sixty to sixty five days I will get for my summer vacations, I would like to utilise the first day to send my parents for a long tour of the world. I am not selfish, it is just that I want my parents to experience new and fabulous things. Things that would blow their mind….(well not literally!).

On the second day I would like to go to the Tommorowland Music Festival in Belgium. Tommorowland is the biggest electronic music festival in the world, millions of people from around the world gather to have one of the best experiences of their lives. I am also going there for the same reason. When in Tommorowland, I would like to meet every single Disco Jockey and take pictures with him/her.

After this I would like to participate in the ‘Toma-Tina’ festival in Spain. This is the place where everyone and anyone who wants to play the international version of Holi goes. In this festival people fight with tomatoes, they first squash the tomatoes and then throw them at each other, this festival is a lot of fun.

For the rest of the time I will search for ‘Jack’s Magic Beans’. Almost everybody has heard the story of ‘Jack and The Beanstalk’. In the story a poor boy sells his cow in the market for a bag of magic beans. As soon as he gets home he sows the seeds and sees that the next day a huge tree has grown out of it. A tree so tall that it reached the clouds to a giant’s house, which had a golden goose. So, after finding the seeds I would sow them on top of the Mount Everest in the artificial garden that supports plant growth which was built by ‘UNESCO’. I will leave it to your imagination that if Jack sowed his seeds on sea level and the tree reached the clouds, then what will happen when I sow my bean seeds at eight thousand metres. The next morning I would find the tree and would climb it. As soon as I would climb it I would see a parallel world where all humans would have chocolate as their skin, caramel as their blood and their organs would be made of banana peels. If everything happens according to my dream then that time isn’t far away when I will be on the first page of almost all newspapers, magazines and even news channels!

My Dream Vacation 1

Ishika Mundhra, Class IX A

My dream vacation would be the most unique and fascinating vacation that anyone would have dreamt of. It would include going to all sorts of places like from the lonely islands of the Andaman to the lively city of Los Angeles; from the snowy Himalayas to the blazing Sahara; from the tropical rainforests of the Amazon to the beautiful beaches of Maldives.
I would like to be accompanied by my family and friends. I would visit the interesting museums, beautiful gardens, crowded markets and holy temples. I would eat all delicacies and participate in all the adventure sports the places have to offer.

I would try to learn about the different cultures and traditions of various people in different countries and learn about their experiences in life. Last but not the least, I would spend some time relaxing in my cozy little house!

Ujjwal Patidar, Class IX A

I want to go to Brazil, Spain, Dubai, New York and London with my family and cousins. This is my dream as I want to be free of summer assignments, hobby classes and even video games because summer is the only time when we can relax and pass time with your family members. Otherwise, rest of the year, we children go to school and our parents are also busy with their work.

The Rose’s Lesson

Mansi Choudhary, Class X A

Its either dusk or dawn,

I can see the shadow cast on.

It’s mesmerizing as it ‘dis-closes’

I stand amidst the feast of roses.

The pleasure of its aesthetic touch,

The fragrance so deep,

I’m bewitched.

I can hear its sigh

It says beseechingly,

“Let me live.”

Live aspiration lights up his life

Gives him happiness long, along the time.

Looking at the mere rose, I asked myself,

“Can’t we leave our avarice?”

Its either dusk or dawn,

I see the shadow cast on

The bloom mesmerizing as it ‘dis-closes’

I stand amidst the feast of roses.

The Story of My Life

Vaidehi Partani, Class X A

(Poem inspired by Chapter 1 of The Story of My Life by Helen Keller, Long Reading Text for Class X)

The moment of my life

When my eyesight flies

Everything is dark

Life without a spark

Heart heavy with fear

Eyes full of tears

Nothing to see

I can just feel

My life is colourless

I can only guess

I fly like a free bird

In this marvelous world

I can’t do this any more

My life is just a bore

Life like a blank paper

No summer, no winter

Why was I punished

My life so unnourished

Why did god become so bad

And make me so sad

Has it been a nightmare

Which I have to bear

The worst part of my life

When my eyesight flies

When my eyesight flies…

Suspense

Sanjali Bhandari, Class VIII F

Hoarding the truth of life

Every second has suspense as sharp as a knife.

Sometimes it brings laurels,

Sometimes reasons to quarrel.

Don’t be insecure,

You’ll definitely be cured.

You just have to have temerity,

And have to be full of sincerity.

Literary Geniuses from Around the World – A British Council Project

Students of Class XI organised an Exhibition on ‘Literary Geniuses From Around The World’ from April 18-20, 2016, in the school auditorium. Students, along with educators, researched about and also read the acclaimed writings of eminent authors from India, Pakistan, the US, the UK, Italy and Russia in accordance with their British Council Project. The exhibition was a colourful display of the research done by them. The artistic props, portraits and music added to the

vibrance as students from other classes and visitors moved from one kiosk to the next where Class XI students described the exhibits and shared information about the countries and the selected authors. The plethora of books and authors on display undoubtedly inspired everyone to devote at least some time to reading them.