On Makar Sankranti

      Happy Makar Sankranti

All of us know that on Sankranti, we all fly kites, clean our houses and some of us also perform poojas. But do you know why Sankranti is celebrated? If not, then let me tell you:   First of all Sankranti means transmigration (moving) of the Sun from one Rāshi (constellation of the zodiac in Indian astronomy) to the next. Hence, there are 12 Sankrantis in a year. A Sankranti is marked as the end of each month and the day following as the beginning of a new month. But we celebrate only the important ones like, Makar Sankranti: Marks the transition of the Sun into Makara rashi (Capricorn) on its celestial path, and the six   month Uttarayana period. Don’t get tensed if you don’t know the meaning of Utarayana, even I didn’t know at first, it means north moving period. I bet you’re getting bored by reading all of this informative stuff (but if you’re not, you are one of a kind person)!

Below is an image of the 12 rashi (constellations) with the earth, sun and moon.

Let me tell you how we celebrated it in our school: Our day started with God’s blessings (prayer), then the students of Vayu house performed an excellent assembly in which they enlightened us more about Sankranti (because of which I am able to write about this), and a few melodious songs. Throughout that day our ears and minds were filled with the echoes of their sweet voices! Later we made a rangoli (it was really beautiful) and we put a pot with pongal (rice grains), we also put toys (bommalu) around the pot. We had several activities too, like each class was allotted a period for kite flying. It was loads of fun watching the colorful and vibrant kites soaring in the air. Overall our day was filled with fun, happiness, and excitement (for the holidays)!!!

Written by:

Isha

Grade: 8, Reporter

Weekly Report:- What's up?

 Hello there ! once again this is Aayush and I am here today to write the weekly/monthly( depending on exams, projects and other such academics) reports Its been another month and we are happy to inform all of you about thesuccess for project Alpha or The Baby project. It will be released by

the 2nd Feb. So keep calm....It'll be there soon.

This week's events are:-

1. The March :- So as most of you know, We (the children of MCGS) are

going to see the rehersels or the actual March depending on which

class your ward is in.    on the 24th and 26th. The conditions are, the ward must wear proper uniform, they should arrive to school by 7:30 am as we'll be

leaving at 7:45am     -due to the traffic- we leave early. The parade is at Secunderabad (no transport will be provided) We will we dropped home by the regulartransport. Please sign the circular only if you will    drop your ward yourself at 7:30 am.

2. The Annual Function Preparations:- So with all the tight schedule,

I'd like to squeeze in a little tit-bit on how the preparations are

going well. There are more than 20 dances planned for classes Nursery

to 10th.

    The anchoring practice is too going well and I think everyone's

doing a good job. If you do not know the whole function is planned on

28th of January. We will not disclose who the chief guest is yet-We

wanna keep it a secret-

    However we will soon tell y'all about it.

3. The Pre-Board :- So now lets get back to academics! 10th class

boards have started. We-the reporters-Wish Good Luck to all of the

10th class and hope their pre-boards go well...

And as always thanks for reading

Aayush

The Visit to Radio Big Fm

Radio Big FM

So its been a good while since the last post by us but I'd say time has kept us busy, The reason that there were no to hardly 2 to 3 posts in the months of December was due to the fact that all of the six reporters including me were busy. Making the competitions on 'The Christmas Quiz' and completing our project 'Alfa' which will be published soon in hardcopy. For now, I have for all my fellow MCGns is what we did on the 23rd of December. 

10:25am 

We have packed our cartons in which there is Clothes, toiletries, books and other Items. So after packing it, all of us reporters with Kalyani Ma'am left on the bus to reach the station of Radio Big FM 92.7.

11:20am 

Well, it's been a good while since we left. The road definitely feels a little more shaky than what we perceived. Anyway we should probably reach there in an hour or so but the traffic of Hyderabad is a haphazard mess that I am not trusting.

12:40pm

So I do know I said we'd reach by 12:40 pm but Nah.... It's been more than 3 hours since we left but we still have not reached. I feel a little Nausea but the others are all enjoying the whole travel at least.

Let's just hope we reach by 12:50 maybe a couple of minutes more.

12:50pm 

We just passed the same mall for the third time due to these diversions we can't turn where we want to and hence this is the state. It's almost 1 and I am now waiting to take out my lunch which is ..... let's not talk about that eh?

1:25pm

So after crossing that same mall for the fifth time we have finally reached and man I feel better than ever. The Nausea is gone and now we will meet the RJs of 92.7 big FM. I am excited and so is everyone else, I'd say we were much more excited than nervous at least for me that was the case.

2:10pm

We have entered the Radio station with the two huge boxes filled with stuff. So we are going to be the secret Santa of someone. I feel pleased.We just met the two RJs. RJ Shekhar Basha and RJ Krish both seemed happy to see us here and first of all they interviewed us. You can hear the recordings which went on Air on last Saturday:- https://soundcloud.com/mount-carmel-hyd 

2:40pm 

The two RJs talked with us about how they ended up with being an RJ, we then cut the cakes we brought and the whole staff of the Radio station enjoyed it. RJ Shekhar even asked all of us what we'd like to become once we grew up. Everyone said different from other and so. Time passed quickly I'd say it just flew away while we stirred into talks about countless of things whether it was the past and future of Radio stations or the fact that we all of the school children with us helped us to become a Santa for someone, someone who is not privileged enough to get these things. As time waved clear we bid goodbye to two RJs and the whole staff of The studio. I felt amazing and happy about this little Secret Santa event. 

3:00pm 

Though we did have some fun in there we totally forgot the time. Uh! its 3 on my watch over here and we should have been in school by now, but we could not have neglected or stopped the RJs from talking to us and sharing their feelings so it was worth it. We decided that because we won't we able to reach there in a few 30 minutes so we just said we'll drop all the reporters home and luckily it worked well. We dropped Shreya then Hanok and then Varsha, we then caught up with 5 number bus which was Isha's regular bus, we stopped that bus and Isha went in. Now we were heading home because my home is close to the school and Virinchi's mother will be in the school.

3:45pm

So now everyone is dropped and we are heading towards school

4:00pm 

We told Principal Ma'am about our little adventure and then i headed home-by walking-which is close. I walked home soaking in the whole atmosphere and reached within minutes. Hasn't this been a great adventure? eh?

Thanks for joining me on the Diary-Article thing and As always thanks for reading 

Reporter- Aayush 

In the future

     

In the future, I think we will have flying cars,  super-fast bikes.So ,we will not only look sideways but also all around us to cross the roads ,as there will be flying cars super-fast bikes lightning fast Trains and also private plane cars .  People will have houses On mars or any other planet or it can be any other galaxy.The new technologies will open up more walls for the people to move from place to place. There will appear faster trains even then the bullet trains. The airports will use different kinds of planes. They will be smaller, but faster. You will be able to cross all over the world just for couple of hours.I have some pictures of some futuristic vehicles for you to see and enjoy.

                     A future bike     ..   

     A future car ..
















The INU’s 40 km (25 mi) range, 25 km/h 15.5 mph top speed and polished, user-friendly design make for a nicely packaged commuting option

~~K.Virinchi 
Reporter 
M.C.G.S

INKING ON INK...

When was the last time you wrote a letter to a loved one or friend?

In the days of cell phones, email, and text messages, letter writing can seem hopelessly outdated. But it’s an art worth bringing back,

Writing with ink on papers was started by the ancient Chinese and Egypt 4500 years ago.

For making ink they either mixed soot or used lampblack with gum to made a hard stick This stick of ink was first dipped

in water to make Impressions. In order to obtain ink of various colors they used minerals ,berries and plant juices.The Chinese used brushes to write in ink , they were also first in using ink on wooden blocks for printing.

 The writing and reception of letters will always offer an experience that modern technology cannot touch. Technology MAY BE fantastic for quick exchanges on the most pertinent pieces of information. But when it comes toempathy , sharing one’s true thoughts, sincere sympathies, ardent love, and deepest gratitude, words traveling along an invisible superhighway will never suffice. Why?  Because sending a letter is the next best thing to showing up personally at someone’s door.

Start Writing…

Traditional letters tend to be more thoughtful and original than email correspondence and twitter updates. Email, Facebook, and Twitter and are great ways to send quick updates to people.But getting a letter in the mail is almost like having a good friend stop by AT YOUR  house for coffee.

All you need to get started is regular paper, a few envelopes, a pen, stamps, and you’ll be good to go.

Letter writing is a lost art and we should bring it back into style. It’s one way to show gratitude and love in a very busy world.
~Shreyanjana
Reporter
M.C.G.S

FACETIOUS COMICAL STRIPS BY OUR ENERGETIC EIGHTH GRADERS

FOOTBALL MATCH IN THE RAIN

Tup.... Tup..... Tup..... The raindrops fell from the sky as I am playing football. I run at full speed and suddenly slip and fall down. Splash! I'm all wet! Still I don't stop playing, and continue th match. It started raining really heavily then, and I was soon soaked with water. Still, I was having fun. This was one of my favourite things to do. The grass was so slippery that I was falling hundreds of times and was becoming dirty. But I didn't care, and was still playing. Soon everybody left. But I was not done playing in the rain. I didn't want to miss this rare oppurtunity as it doesn't rain too much in Hyderabad. I started to kick the ball into the goal from a distance. I missed but I didn't stop trying. I kicked again and again and was falling down in almost every shot. But in some time, I got the right aim. Just then it stopped raining. I was going home when my friends came back again. So, we continued our match.

Mukunth Maithreyan
GRADE VI B