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A magical way to ensure healthy hands in school children
I still remember the road slowly metamorphose from concrete to mud, the dust my car disturbed from the ground into the air, the little children running barefoot after my car and inquisitive glances that greeted me as I pulled up in front of the village school. It was some years ago but the memory is etched in my mind as if it were just yesterday that I was in rural service and went to visit village schools for camps and awareness talks. It was an overwhelming experience every time I visited a village school. Childhood had a different face there. The innocence, the smiles were the same but the twinkle…
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Book review- ‘The Story of a Suicide’- Storytelling, a unique way!
Book title: The Story of a Suicide Author: Sriram Ayer Book blurb:Â “The Story of a Suicide” by Sriram Ayer is a young, stay-up-all-night and tell-all-your-friends novel, which grippingly tells the stories of Hari, Charu, Sam and Mani, whose lives are interconnected in a web of love, passion, revenge and deceit. Today’s youngsters are expressive, self-absorbed, independent, afraid, hurried, fearless, fame hungry, but surprisingly resilient. In a world that makes unreasonable demands on them, many are disillusioned about their education, relationships, jobs, sexuality, bullying, and abuse. In the backdrop of a powerful story and visuals, this project aims to reach out to young people, by verbalising their struggles through the…
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Ready to experience redi-Go!
Travel is the true way to experience life and road trips are the best mode of travel, at least according to me. First of all, let me tell you that I am extremely fond of driving and secondly, I love big cars! So it might appear strange as to why I am posting anything about a car in the small hatchback segment. It is for the simple reason that the price tag on this one makes you want to explore further. With Rs. 2.5 lakhs as the starting price and the looks as you can see them, it is worth a test drive. Considering Datsun’s reputation, it might not be…
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Book Review- False Ceilings
 Book title: False Ceilings  Author: Amit Sharma  Genre: Fiction  No. of pages: 256  Price: Rs. 295  Publisher: LiFi Publications  Book blurb: Born in the lush mountains of Dalhousie in 1930,  Shakuntala is a pampered child of a wealthy builder. On her  wedding night she is gifted a secret to use wisely when the  time comes. From the green valleys of Dalhousie to a village in Punjab reeling under the communal violence of 1947; from the Delhi of 1950s with its intoxicating smell of freedom to the Delhi of 1970s soaked in the hippie culture; from the Delhi of 1984 smelling of burnt tyres to the Delhi of 90s raising its Frankenstein of…
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5 Reasons Why You Should Be The One To Decide Your College!
source The first teachers we encounter in our lives are our parents. They teach us how to speak our first words, walk the first steps, to eat…basically everything about life and living. Soon, we begin to emulate them, in the way we dress, our mannerisms and our behaviour. When we grow up, it feels but natural to follow in our parents’ footsteps and study in the college our mother or father went to. If you feel so, stop! There are more reasons than one to not do so. Reason #1- #ThinkBig! You have far more choices than your parents ever had. Do not limit yourself to one. Explore all options…
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Engaging kids in summer- Flintobox is the answer!
Summers are here and schools are going to be off soon for the summer vacations. As always, the question that looms large at this time,in the parents’ minds is- How to keep the kids busy in vacations? No one wants children to remain glued to the idiot box or play games on their mobiles. Older children can still remain occupied with good books to read but it is extremely difficult to engage those below 8 years of age. You can’t even let them go out to play before evenings due to the scorching heat. An indoor game that engages children and also teaches them while playing would be too good…
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Book review-The Bestseller She Wrote
Book title: The Bestseller She Wrote Author: Ravi Subramanian Genre: Romance No.of pages: 391 Price: Rs.295 Publisher: Westland Book blurb Paperback king Aditya Kapoor’s life is straight out of a modern man’s fantasy. His literary stardom is perfectly balanced by a loving wife and a spectacular career. With everything he touches turning to gold, Aditya is on a winning streak. Shreya Kaushik is a student with a heart full of ambition. Young, beautiful and reckless, Shreya speaks her mind and obsessively chases after what she wants. And what she wants is to be a bestselling author. What happens when their worlds collide? Is it possible to love two people at…
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Book review-When our worlds collide
Book title: When Our Worlds Collide Author: Aniesha Brahma Genre: Fiction Number of pages: 114 Format: Kindle Publisher: General Press Book blurb Akriti has led a pretty much sheltered life. Zayn has been shuttled from city to city when he was growing up. She is comfortable watching her life from the sidelines. He wants to feel rooted to a place he can call ‘home’. They meet each other quite by chance. And both seize the chance to be someone they both need in their lives: For Zayn, it is a ‘Partner-in-Crime’. For Akriti, someone who just knows how to be there for her… When their worlds collide, it’s not what…
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Airtel 4G-Nothing can be faster!
The world of communications has been undergoing revolution in a big way. From the advent of land line phones to mobiles and social media, the journey has been eventful and not very long. First, phones became smart and now networks have become smarter. Airtel recently launched 4G services and has become the first player to offer it to the public across 296 cities. It is keeping up its image of being a customer-focused brand as the offers that come along are truly customer friendly. What is 4G? It is fourth generation of telecommunication technology and the successor of 3G . It is also known as LTE i.e. Long Term Evolution…
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4G is the way to be!
Just when you start thinking that technology could not be better, comes an innovation that makes you eat your own words. No it is true! When we were young, land-lines were perceived as nothing less than a magician’s contraptions and people would line up outside phone booths to make calls. Then arrived mobiles that literally took over our world. Can you imagine a life without your mobile? Well, I can’t! Internet connection, especially 3G, transformed a mobile from phone to smartphone. The world shrunk on to a device in our hands, giving us the freedom to access almost anything and everything. Right when we thought this is it, Airtel launched 4G! By doing so, it has become…
