Kalpana's Musings

A thing of beauty is joy for ever~ John Keats

Teachers were also student once and continue to be a student forever in their hearts so here we are bringing out those moments alive……

The tranquility of the night sky, bright moon and serene cool water - a reflection of my mind

Added colour to the prehistoric dino world.....

A cool colorful country side that I long for....

Colours from my heart bounced onto the papers

Beauty of nature I tried to capture into the paper using acrylic colours

ART by
Mrs.Kalpana
English teacher
M.C.G.S

The Mysterious face at the castle window

"Have we reached the station?", asked Jenny, a fair girl to her brother Tim. "We've almost reached the station'', replied Tim. "Oh!, Thomas would be so happy to see us after so many years", said Tina, their cousin. "I bet so!" said Tim. They arrived at a small station with a board that said, "Carolinian station". They all rushed out of the train and saw a tall boy shouting to them, "Hey, over here!". They all ran at full speed to Thomas. "I thought your train was never going to come!'' said Thomas. "Our train was delayed by half an hour'', said the three tired children. "Well, you all look really tired, so lets eat some ice-cream before going home'', said Thomas. They sat in an ice-cream shop nearby and had ice-cream. After finishing, they headed to Thomas's house where uncle Joe and aunt Joanna welcomed them. They had dinner and went to sleep. Next morning, they got up early as uncle Joe and Aunt Joanna were going for a picnic out of station. "Take care of the house", said Aunt Joanna, "And take care of you", said Uncle Joe and they left in a taxi. "Well what shall we do?", asked Thomas. "I think we'll go to that ancient castle you were talking about", said Tim. "I think you should first see the castle with a binocular", said Thomas. "Why?" asked Tim. But before he could see anything else, Thomas brought a binocular and showed him the castle. "Whoa! That castle is really spooky! It looks as if a ghost lives in it!", said Tim.

 But just then Tim started shivering. He gave the binocular to Thomas and he looked through it. "Oh! My! God!" shouted Thomas. "What happened?" asked the girls. "There was a...a face at the window in one of the towers of the castle", replied the boys. "Really? Then we need to find who it is, he may be in trouble", said Tina. "Well Thomas, you are the biggest one here, so you tell, what should we do?", said Jenny. "I say we fall into adventure!"

CHAPTER 2 : GOING TO THE TOWER

     "Well Thomas, you are the biggest one here, so you tell, what should we do?", said Jenny. "I say we fall into adventure!", said Jenny. "You all are right, we need to find who that person was", said Thomas. "We'll start tomorrow at evening, so that we can reach there at night". "Right now me and Tim will go to the shop to buy food for the journey", said Thomas and he and Tim left hurriedly. Tina and Jenny played cards until it started raining and suddenly the boys came running out of the door, soaked with water. "Aaaacheee!! We brought the things", said Tim, sneezing.They ate dinner and went to sleep. It rained heavily until 10:00 in the morning when the window made a large 'Thump!' which woke up Tim. Not only Tim, but everyone in the house was awake then. They hurried and directly had lunch as it was lunch time and started to get ready for their journey. They packed the food for their trip and were ready very soon. "We actually forgot to buy torches and maps last night as it was raining", said Thomas,"So I'm going out to buy it now". "One question, why do we need maps?", asked Jenny. At night there will be no transportation", replied Thomas. He went out of the house and soon came in no time. They were all ready and started their journey. They reached the bus station and took a bus to the castle. They waited and waited and also ate some of the snacks they brought. Then, finally they reached their destination. The bus driver was pretty scared to see that place himself. They got out of the bus and ran towards the castle and saw a tall thin man. "10 dollars for all of you to go around the castle", he said. They paid the money and entered the castle. An odd smell hit their noses with a lot of strength. They didn't care going round the castle but that tower. They kept on searching and finally found it. There was a rusty staircase to enter, but they knew even

if a baby stepped on it it would brake. They went around the tower and found a loose rock. They pulled it out and to their surprise they saw.....

CHAPTER 3: THE SECRET PASSAGE

 

They went around the tower and found a loose rock. They pulled it out and to their surprise they saw a secret passage! They looked at each other and decided to go in. They went straight for some time then found a stone staircase. It was surely stronger than the rusty one, even though the stone one was older. They switched their torches on as it was pitch black. All was going well until suddenly Jenny screamed. Aaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!", "What happened?", the others shouted. "There was a small spider on the wall", replied Jenny, frightened. Then the others shouted back at her,"You screamed for THAT!!". "What? You know I'm scared of spiders", said Jenny. Instead of fighting, they just continued their journey. "Hey guys, I feel we're going really deep underground", said Thomas. Indeed they were going deep underground. They felt as if they were walking for hours and finally reached the flat ground. Then they saw it was not a straight road but totally a confusing one. Because it had a left, a right in every direction you can think of. They walked slowly when they heard a song, like a ghost singing. "La..la.la........la..la.la......la..la.la.la..la..la". A shiver ran down everyone's spine. Then, Thomas shouted, "Tim! Stop it! You almost gave me a heart attack!". "Hee! Hee! Hee!",laughed Tim, as he loved playing pranks."Its more like a maze here", said Tina who is always very quiet."We need to split up into two groups, Jenny and me, you and Tim.", said Thomas and they split up and went in different directions. It was really dark and nobody could see where they were going. Thomas and Tina found a room with something like a huge box with switches and switched it on. The lights came on and Thomas and Tina smiled at each other and went to search for Tim and Tina. Just then they heard someone scream,AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

CHAPTER 4: EVERYBODY IS TRAPPED!

 

  "What was that?", asked Jenny to Thomas. "I don't know", replied Thomas. They continued searching until they see Tim an Tina running at full speed. "Run! Ruuuunnnn!!", shouted Tim. They saw something dark and big behind them. As they come closer, they saw it was some kind of a creature and they started running too. Soon all of them were running at  full speed. "Whoa! What on earth is that?", shouted Thomas. "I don't know, I think its some kind of a monster". They kept running until they lost it. They saw some kind of hiding place in a corner and hid there. "I don't think this is a hiding place, but if we speak here I'm pretty sure no one would hear us", said Tim. "Hey guys! Look here! You can block this place with this stone by pushing it", said Tina. They pushed it and finally gave a sigh of relief. They sat at a corner and waited. Then they start asking questions. "First of all, what did you do for those things to come behind you?", asked Thomas. "We didn't do anything! The moment the lights got switched on, those things came out of nowhere", replied Tim and Tina. "I think we'll name those monsters as 'The Crotons'", said Jenny with a giggle. "It is a nice name but I don't think it is a good time to laugh. Don't you all see? We're all TRAPPED!!!

CHAPTER 5: THE GAME STARTS

          "We've got to find a way out!", said Tim. "I don't want to split up this time.  We'll go together, please ", said Thomas. They set out into the maze and started to

 walk straight, then they took a right and then a left. Suddenly they came upon a very large door. They tiptoed slowly and opened the door.

And to their surprise, they saw different types of plants and trees and of different sizes."This place is amazing", said Tina as they were walking through the mind blowing place. Just then they saw a bridge.  They walked slowly on it. Cccccrrrrrraaaaaccccckkkkkk!!!!!!!! The bridge broke. Fortunately, Thomas caught Tim's hand or else he would have fallen down. "Everybody now be extra careful", cautioned Thomas. They started to walk straight and soon they were infront of a cascading

waterfall. "Tim, look there is no ground near the waterfall! How will we get to the other side?, asked Tina. "We're gonna jump to the other side", said Tim with anexcited look on his face. "I'll go first", said Thomas.He took a step back and ran at full speed and jumped. "He made it!",shouted Jenny. Next went Tim and made it to the other side. And pretty soon everybody were on the other side. Just then Jenny looked up and shouted, "Look out everybody, OMG. There is a Croton!!!

Rrrrrruuuunnnnnn!!!!!!!".

CHAPTER 6: THE UNKNOWN MAN

Everybody started to run and the Croton came behind them. "Arrrrrrrrrrrrrhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!", it mumbled. Then Thomas said, "Guys, we've gotta distract it somehow"."Hide in the bushes or trees!". They all hid in a large bush. Ccccccrrrrrcccccc! Ccccccrrrrrcccccc! Ccccccrrrrrcccccc! The sound was coming as the large legs of the croton hit the ground. When the Croton was not to be seen, they came out. "That bush was creepy!", Jenny said. "How are these plants and trees growing when nobody is watering them?", asked Tina. "Maybe someone is.", replied Thomas. "Ssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!! Someone is coming", said Tim. They hid into the bushes again. They heard footsteps coming closer to them. They slowly peeped out and saw. It was a man!!! He was tall and thin and had golden hair. They had never seen this man before. No one had!! They slowly moved from bush to bush, tree to tree, until the man was out of their sight. They came out and entered the room from which the man came out. And when they did, they saw steps at a distance. They started to climb it. And they felt like they were climbing for hours when they finally reached the last step. Right then they had a problem. There were 4 tunnels with a door at the end of each tunnel. They decided to go in all the 4 directions from left to right. They went into the first tunnel. It was a small room with a small chair and a table. Then they went to the second tunnel and inside the room. There was just a window, but when they looked out, they knew where they were. They were inside the tower! "So if we are in the tower, then the mysterious person whom we saw in one of the tower windows must be close!", said Thomas. They went into the third tunnel which was nothing but a dead end. The door opened to plain rocky wall. "Wierd" exclaimed Jenny. They went into the fourth tunnel and opened the door. And when they opened it they saw.......
CHAPTER 7: WE NEED CLUES AND ANSWER

Tina shouted, "We've found the mysterious boy......? Wait! It is a girl?..." "Since we were so far, we couldn't see clearly even with a binocular", interrupted Thomas. The girl was smaller than them. Then she asked, "Who are you all?". They told the girl the whole story. Then the girl squeaked, "We've gotta get out of here, and by the way, my name is Marina". "All we need is a plan", said Thomas. "Let us go to our hiding place first", said Tim. They had remembered the directions and got to their hiding spot. "Let's sit down!!!", gasped Tim who was very tired. Actually, not only him but everyone were tired. They sat  down on the smooth floor. "We need all the information we can get, so tell us what all you know, Marina", said Jenny. And Marina started to talk. "John Jordan is the name of the man who kept me here.

 The monsters here are his pets....." "We named them the Crotons", interrupted Jenny. Marina continued, "Okay, the Protons or whatever you call it.....", "CROTONS", Jenny interrupted again. "Oh! Whatever! John is the one who waters the plants and trees or you can say takes care of this place. And he is wanted. Every cop is trying to catch him, but no one can because he is hiding here. That's all I know", exclaimed Marina. "So, that gave us a few clues and answers", said Thomas. "And somehow, I feel he is very fast", said Marina. "What do you mean by fast?", asked Jenny. Marina replied, "Okay, let me give you an example. Uuummmm.... Let me think which one to tell. Okay, once he was speaking on the phone to someone and told he'll meet him near Elephant's tusk which is a place, and it is something like 95 km from here, I know that. But he went and came back within fifteen minutes. I still don't understand how he could do that. Oh, and there is proof he went there because whenever you goes to Elephant's tusk, they keep a tag in one of your luggage and there was one on his suitcase when he came back". "Hold on a minute, who are your parents?", asked Tina. "I'm an orphan", replied Marina. " Then why does John want you?", asked Tim. "I don't know", replied Marina.

To be continued......

~

K Mukunth Maithreyan

Grade 6

MCGS

The Mysterious face at the castle window

"Have we reached the station?", asked Jenny, a fair girl to her brother Tim. "We've almost reached the station'', replied Tim. "Oh!, Thomas would be so happy to see us after so many years", said Tina, their cousin. "I bet so!" said Tim. They arrived at a small station with a board that said, "Carolinian station". They all rushed out of the train and saw a tall boy shouting to them, "Hey, over here!". They all ran at full speed to Thomas. "I thought your train was never going to come!'' said Thomas. "Our train was delayed by half an hour'', said the three tired children. "Well, you all look really tired, so lets eat some ice-cream before going home'', said Thomas. They sat in an ice-cream shop nearby and had ice-cream. After finishing, they headed to Thomas's house where uncle Joe and aunt Joanna welcomed them. They had dinner and went to sleep. Next morning, they got up early as uncle Joe and Aunt Joanna were going for a picnic out of station. "Take care of the house", said Aunt Joanna, "And take care of you", said Uncle Joe and they left in a taxi. "Well what shall we do?", asked Thomas. "I think we'll go to that ancient castle you were talking about", said Tim. "I think you should first see the castle with a binocular", said Thomas. "Why?" asked Tim. But before he could see anything else, Thomas brought a binocular and showed him the castle. "Whoa! That castle is really spooky! It looks as if a ghost lives in it!", said Tim.

 But just then Tim started shivering. He gave the binocular to Thomas and he looked through it. "Oh! My! God!" shouted Thomas. "What happened?" asked the girls. "There was a...a face at the window in one of the towers of the castle", replied the boys. "Really? Then we need to find who it is, he may be in trouble", said Tina. "Well Thomas, you are the biggest one here, so you tell, what should we do?", said Jenny. "I say we fall into adventure!"

CHAPTER 2 : GOING TO THE TOWER

     "Well Thomas, you are the biggest one here, so you tell, what should we do?", said Jenny. "I say we fall into adventure!", said Jenny. "You all are right, we need to find who that person was", said Thomas. "We'll start tomorrow at evening, so that we can reach there at night". "Right now me and Tim will go to the shop to buy food for the journey", said Thomas and he and Tim left hurriedly. Tina and Jenny played cards until it started raining and suddenly the boys came running out of the door, soaked with water. "Aaaacheee!! We brought the things", said Tim, sneezing.They ate dinner and went to sleep. It rained heavily until 10:00 in the morning when the window made a large 'Thump!' which woke up Tim. Not only Tim, but everyone in the house was awake then. They hurried and directly had lunch as it was lunch time and started to get ready for their journey. They packed the food for their trip and were ready very soon. "We actually forgot to buy torches and maps last night as it was raining", said Thomas,"So I'm going out to buy it now". "One question, why do we need maps?", asked Jenny. At night there will be no transportation", replied Thomas. He went out of the house and soon came in no time. They were all ready and started their journey. They reached the bus station and took a bus to the castle. They waited and waited and also ate some of the snacks they brought. Then, finally they reached their destination. The bus driver was pretty scared to see that place himself. They got out of the bus and ran towards the castle and saw a tall thin man. "10 dollars for all of you to go around the castle", he said. They paid the money and entered the castle. An odd smell hit their noses with a lot of strength. They didn't care going round the castle but that tower. They kept on searching and finally found it. There was a rusty staircase to enter, but they knew even

if a baby stepped on it it would brake. They went around the tower and found a loose rock. They pulled it out and to their surprise they saw.....

CHAPTER 3: THE SECRET PASSAGE

 

They went around the tower and found a loose rock. They pulled it out and to their surprise they saw a secret passage! They looked at each other and decided to go in. They went straight for some time then found a stone staircase. It was surely stronger than the rusty one, even though the stone one was older. They switched their torches on as it was pitch black. All was going well until suddenly Jenny screamed. Aaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!", "What happened?", the others shouted. "There was a small spider on the wall", replied Jenny, frightened. Then the others shouted back at her,"You screamed for THAT!!". "What? You know I'm scared of spiders", said Jenny. Instead of fighting, they just continued their journey. "Hey guys, I feel we're going really deep underground", said Thomas. Indeed they were going deep underground. They felt as if they were walking for hours and finally reached the flat ground. Then they saw it was not a straight road but totally a confusing one. Because it had a left, a right in every direction you can think of. They walked slowly when they heard a song, like a ghost singing. "La..la.la........la..la.la......la..la.la.la..la..la". A shiver ran down everyone's spine. Then, Thomas shouted, "Tim! Stop it! You almost gave me a heart attack!". "Hee! Hee! Hee!",laughed Tim, as he loved playing pranks."Its more like a maze here", said Tina who is always very quiet."We need to split up into two groups, Jenny and me, you and Tim.", said Thomas and they split up and went in different directions. It was really dark and nobody could see where they were going. Thomas and Tina found a room with something like a huge box with switches and switched it on. The lights came on and Thomas and Tina smiled at each other and went to search for Tim and Tina. Just then they heard someone scream,AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

CHAPTER 4: EVERYBODY IS TRAPPED!

 

  "What was that?", asked Jenny to Thomas. "I don't know", replied Thomas. They continued searching until they see Tim an Tina running at full speed. "Run! Ruuuunnnn!!", shouted Tim. They saw something dark and big behind them. As they come closer, they saw it was some kind of a creature and they started running too. Soon all of them were running at  full speed. "Whoa! What on earth is that?", shouted Thomas. "I don't know, I think its some kind of a monster". They kept running until they lost it. They saw some kind of hiding place in a corner and hid there. "I don't think this is a hiding place, but if we speak here I'm pretty sure no one would hear us", said Tim. "Hey guys! Look here! You can block this place with this stone by pushing it", said Tina. They pushed it and finally gave a sigh of relief. They sat at a corner and waited. Then they start asking questions. "First of all, what did you do for those things to come behind you?", asked Thomas. "We didn't do anything! The moment the lights got switched on, those things came out of nowhere", replied Tim and Tina. "I think we'll name those monsters as 'The Crotons'", said Jenny with a giggle. "It is a nice name but I don't think it is a good time to laugh. Don't you all see? We're all TRAPPED!!!

To be continued......

~

K Mukunth Maithreyan

Grade 6

MCGS

The Mysterious face at the castle window

CHAPTER 1:

"Have we reached the station?", asked Jenny, a fair girl to her brother Tim. "We've almost reached the station'', replied Tim. "Oh!, Thomas would be so happy to see us after so many years", said Tina, their cousin. "I bet so!" said Tim. They arrived at a small station with a board that said, "Carolinian station". They all rushed out of the train and saw a tall boy shouting to them, "Hey, over here!". They all ran at full speed to Thomas. "I thought your train was never going to come!'' said Thomas. "Our train was delayed by half an hour'', said the three tired children. "Well, you all look really tired, so lets eat some ice-cream before going home'', said Thomas. They sat in an ice-cream shop nearby and had ice-cream. After finishing, they headed to Thomas's house where uncle Joe and aunt Joanna welcomed them. They had dinner and went to sleep. Next morning, they got up early as uncle Joe and Aunt Joanna were going for a picnic out of station. "Take care of the house", said Aunt Joanna, "And take care of you", said Uncle Joe and they left in a taxi. "Well what shall we do?", asked Thomas. "I think we'll go to that ancient castle you were talking about", said Tim. "I think you should first see the castle with a binocular", said Thomas. "Why?" asked Tim. But before he could see anything else, Thomas brought a binocular and showed him the castle. "Whoa! That castle is really spooky! It looks as if a ghost lives in it!", said Tim.

 But just then Tim started shivering. He gave the binocular to Thomas and he looked through it. "Oh! My! God!" shouted Thomas. "What happened?" asked the girls. "There was a...a face at the window in one of the towers of the castle", replied the boys. "Really? Then we need to find who it is, he may be in trouble", said Tina. "Well Thomas, you are the biggest one here, so you tell, what should we do?", said Jenny. "I say we fall into adventure!"

CHAPTER 2 : GOING TO THE TOWER

     "Well Thomas, you are the biggest one here, so you tell, what should we do?", said Jenny. "I say we fall into adventure!", said Jenny. "You all are right, we need to find who that person was", said Thomas. "We'll start tomorrow at evening, so that we can reach there at night". "Right now me and Tim will go to the shop to buy food for the journey", said Thomas and he and Tim left hurriedly. Tina and Jenny played cards until it started raining and suddenly the boys came running out of the door, soaked with water. "Aaaacheee!! We brought the things", said Tim, sneezing.They ate dinner and went to sleep. It rained heavily until 10:00 in the morning when the window made a large 'Thump!' which woke up Tim. Not only Tim, but everyone in the house was awake then. They hurried and directly had lunch as it was lunch time and started to get ready for their journey. They packed the food for their trip and were ready very soon. "We actually forgot to buy torches and maps last night as it was raining", said Thomas,"So I'm going out to buy it now". "One question, why do we need maps?", asked Jenny. At night there will be no transportation", replied Thomas. He went out of the house and soon came in no time. They were all ready and started their journey. They reached the bus station and took a bus to the castle. They waited and waited and also ate some of the snacks they brought. Then, finally they reached their destination. The bus driver was pretty scared to see that place himself. They got out of the bus and ran towards the castle and saw a tall thin man. "10 dollars for all of you to go around the castle", he said. They paid the money and entered the castle. An odd smell hit their noses with a lot of strength. They didn't care going round the castle but that tower. They kept on searching and finally found it. There was a rusty staircase to enter, but they knew even

if a baby stepped on it it would brake. They went around the tower and found a loose rock. They pulled it out and to their surprise they saw.....

CHAPTER 3: THE SECRET PASSAGE

 

They went around the tower and found a loose rock. They pulled it out and to their surprise they saw a secret passage! They looked at each other and decided to go in. They went straight for some time then found a stone staircase. It was surely stronger than the rusty one, even though the stone one was older. They switched their torches on as it was pitch black. All was going well until suddenly Jenny screamed. Aaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!", "What happened?", the others shouted. "There was a small spider on the wall", replied Jenny, frightened. Then the others shouted back at her,"You screamed for THAT!!". "What? You know I'm scared of spiders", said Jenny. Instead of fighting, they just continued their journey. "Hey guys, I feel we're going really deep underground", said Thomas. Indeed they were going deep underground. They felt as if they were walking for hours and finally reached the flat ground. Then they saw it was not a straight road but totally a confusing one. Because it had a left, a right in every direction you can think of. They walked slowly when they heard a song, like a ghost singing. "La..la.la........la..la.la......la..la.la.la..la..la". A shiver ran down everyone's spine. Then, Thomas shouted, "Tim! Stop it! You almost gave me a heart attack!". "Hee! Hee! Hee!",laughed Tim, as he loved playing pranks."Its more like a maze here", said Tina who is always very quiet."We need to split up into two groups, Jenny and me, you and Tim.", said Thomas and they split up and went in different directions. It was really dark and nobody could see where they were going. Thomas and Tina found a room with something like a huge box with switches and switched it on. The lights came on and Thomas and Tina smiled at each other and went to search for Tim and Tina. Just then they heard someone scream,AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

CHAPTER 4: EVERYBODY IS TRAPPED!

 

  "What was that?", asked Jenny to Thomas. "I don't know", replied Thomas. They continued searching until they see Tim an Tina running at full speed. "Run! Ruuuunnnn!!", shouted Tim. They saw something dark and big behind them. As they come closer, they saw it was some kind of a creature and they started running too. Soon all of them were running at  full speed. "Whoa! What on earth is that?", shouted Thomas. "I don't know, I think its some kind of a monster". They kept running until they lost it. They saw some kind of hiding place in a corner and hid there. "I don't think this is a hiding place, but if we speak here I'm pretty sure no one would hear us", said Tim. "Hey guys! Look here! You can block this place with this stone by pushing it", said Tina. They pushed it and finally gave a sigh of relief. They sat at a corner and waited. Then they start asking questions. "First of all, what did you do for those things to come behind you?", asked Thomas. "We didn't do anything! The moment the lights got switched on, those things came out of nowhere", replied Tim and Tina. "I think we'll name those monsters as 'The Crotons'", said Jenny with a giggle. "It is a nice name but I don't think it is a good time to laugh. Don't you all see? We're all TRAPPED!!!

To be continued......

~

K Mukunth Maithreyan

Grade 6

MCGS

YOGA AT MY SCHOOL

INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY

21^st JUNE 2016

Happy International Yoga Day friends

We all know that June 21 was declared as the International Yoga day by the U.N. General Assembly. On that day, record number of people practised Yoga in Delhi under the leadership of our Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi. It was a world record for the highest participation in one single Yoga session. Why is Yoga so popular? People misunderstand it to be just exercise. The fact is that Yoga is a way of life.  While all the other exercises take care of our physical conditions, Yoga helps us to control our mind as well body. There are various yoga postures or ‘asanas,’ that help us to keep our body fit and healthy.

‘Pranayama’ or breathing exercise helps us to rejuvenate our mind and soul. It is said we should begin our day with pranayama and it helps us to think better and stay calm and peaceful. Our sedentary lifestyles, unhealthy diet and stress…. all these lead to various diseases. Yoga teaches us to control all this through exercises and to rejuvenate body and mind. In this way we can avoid many diseases and reduce stress 

.

 Meditation or ‘dhyana’ teaches us how to discipline our mind. Through a systematic practice of yoga, people can overcome their negative thinking which in turn give them confidence and enhances their mental power. This increases self awareness and helps us to increase our attention and concentration; hence yoga is suitable for children also.

 

The Bhagvad Gita says, “A person is said to have achieved yoga – union with the self – when the perfectly disciplined mind gets freedom from all desires and becomes absorbed in the self alone.” Through continued practice of yoga we can drive out evils like depression, ego, unhappiness, sickness etc; thus keep our mind and body free and live a healthy and happy life. 

Now we can proudly tell the world that, Yoga is India’s gift for you.Yoga gives us relief from countless ailments at the physical level. The practice of the postures (asans) strengthens the body and creates a feeling of well being. From the psychological view point, yoga sharpens the intellect and aid in concentration; it steadies the emotions and encourages a caring for others.

Through this art everyone can experience the Divine and enjoy the ecstasy of freedom from pain and ignorance apart from other gracious rewards like longevity and happiness. It has taken time for us to wind ourselves up in a knot. Naturally it takes time to unravel. If we are still breathing, it is never too soon or late to start yoga.

B.SRI VARSHA

REPORTER (EVENTS AND GENERAL AWARENESS)

GRADE 8

At the Library

Once I was in a public library,

I picked the book named My Berry,

I asked my teacher to give the book,

She gave me a smiling look,

I asked her an interesting fable,

She angrily said to sit at the table.

I sat in a chair colored yellow,

There sat a fat boy-fellow,

The bell had gone Ding! Ding! Ding!

The students moved slowly Ting! Ting! Ting!

The teacher called me back.

She gave me a fable sack,

I smiled at her,

She smiled at me.

The day went smiling you see.

- Bhavya Shree

Grade 8 A

DEAR DIARY.......

1/09/1850

Hi diary,

I am Shreya , today I got you as my present. I am so happy to meet you. I am so excited my friends are going to come to my house tomorrow. So I started to clean up my house . All of a sudden I saw a little  door and my grandpa which I have never seen before.  I asked him about the door, being a sailor in his time he replied that whatever things he collected around the world he stored them there. He asked me to take one from them I liked everything but the one I loved is a sea  green carpet when I asked him about it he just gave me a big huge smile. I took it to my room and put it beside my bed. My mother called me for my dinner . I switched off the room light and saw that one of the side of the carpet just glowed for a second , I did not understand so I asked my grandfather he said that I would come to know about it later.  Now it's time for me to sleep because I have to get up tomorrow early in the morning as my friends Isha , Varsha,  Akshitha ,Crystal are going to come to my home. They promised me that they would come to stay in my house this whole holidays .

Bye, see you tomorrow my dear diary.

2 /01/1850
   Diary!
   I have to share many things with you, today my friends are at home along with their luggage. We started to play on the carpet . By mistake Varsha poured some water on the carpet and a tiny little creature with a pretty blue frock popped out of the carpet. It was looking like a girl of Lilliput size along with two tiny wings. It also had a small stick of golden colour along with a star attached in its end. All us were amazed . Crystal broke the she asked the fairy about herself . The fairy just looked at for some time . As if she was checking us  were safe or not. She introduced herself as Tina a pet fairy of princess Ruby . As soon as she introduced herself we gave our introduction to her .  Tina asked us to  join  to her kingdom which was very different from ours  . We agreed her happily.  Tina asked us to hold our hands and  close our eyes and stood on the carpet. She chanted a mantra and when we opened our eyes we found ourselves in a truly magical place. As far as my eyes could see it was all green with fields . The air of the world was very fresh , as there were no vehicles and people in that world travelled with magical carpet. The trees were so different from that of ours , they had brown leaves and green stem. Tina led us to her home , the royal palace . She introduced us to the royal family, they were the King , the Queen and their daughter princess Ruby . Princess liked us a lot and welcome us with pleasure. She gifted us with five golden tiaras, each one topped with by a large pearl. Princess also gifted us with a larger musical instrument through which we could enter into the world of magic without anyone's help. When I looked at my watch it was 9:00pm. We decided to go back, as my parents would be worried. We spent almost 10 hours in that world. Tina asked us to hold our eyes and hold our hands , again when we opened our eye we found ourselves in my room . My sister entered my room but she did not seemed to be worried about us . She came to take her clock which she forgot in my room . Then Akshitha's eyes fell on the clock. She seemed to be amazed. The Crystal understood and explained us that the times of both the world was different .We played many games and slept together in my  room. 

So see you again tomorrow .

03/01/1850

Today we decided to go to the magical land once again . We put on the magic tiaras and I took out the shell. Akshita blew the shell. All of our hearts became light and we entered into the magical world. We found ourselves in princess Ruby's room . She welcomed us with pleasure, she was happy to see us back. But she looked so sad. This time we could not even see the King and Queen, when we asked why Tina was about say something, Princess Ruby stopped her . We all enjoyed a lot . But it seems that we were not permitted to go out of the castle. We were fed with nice food, we came back home. Then we all decided to go to a movie. We enjoyed a lot and spent the day well.
Good bye diary that's all for today

By Shreyanjana
Grade 8