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Ferret this Out!
Animals have their peculiar traits. No wonder many phrases in the English language are derived from them – even our headline.
Magic Johnson
Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson was born in Lansing, Michigan on August 14, 1959 and is one of professional basketball’s premier guard. Magic Johnson is famous for his brilliant passing skills, all-round sublime talent and engaging personality. At 6ft 9 inches he was the tallest point guard in League history and his illuminating smile made him the most admired as well. He became an instant legend and left people in awe of his skills even as a 15-yr-old high school player....
The Flies and the Honey Pot
A jar of honey chanced to spill Its contents on the windowsill In many a viscous pool and rill The flies, attracted by the sweet, Began so greedily to eat, They smeared their fragile wings and feet. With many a twitch and pull in vain They gasped to get away again, And died in aromatic pain. The Flies and the Honey Pot [Illustration by Sudheer Nath]
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong was chairman of the Communist Party of China and the principal founder of the People’s Republic of China. Along with Karl Marx and V. I. Lenin, he is regarded as one of the three great theorists of Marxian communism. Mao’s greatest achievements were the unification of China through the destruction of Nationalist power, the creation of a unified People’s Republic, and the leadership of the greatest social revolution in human history. This revolution involved collectivisation of most land and property, the destruction of the landlord class, the weakening of the urban bourgeoisie, and the elevation of the status of peasants and industrial workers....
Health Food
Stem, bulb, fruit, flower…what part of the plant do you eat? Simple, yet confusing. Activate your cells and take a guess.
Water Transportation Coloring Pages
Click on any image you like to enlarge it. You can download this image and print it for colouring! < Click on any image to view an enlarged version. Print it and color it.
Cameras – A Visual Matching Puzzle
Identify where the missing pieces will fit. You can solve the visual matching puzzle online or if you wish to do it later, it can also be printed. This is a visual discrimination/matching activity helps children learn and develop color-matching, pattern and shape recognition, spatial relationships, critical thinking and logic.
Vladimir Ilich Lenin
Vladimir Ilich Lenin, founder of the Russian Communist party, leader of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, and first head of state of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was also a masterly political thinker whose theories shaped Communist thought and influenced all factions of the Marxist movement. Lenin was born Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov on April 22, 1870, in the provincial city of Simbirsk on the Volga River. By all accounts, Lenin’s middle-class family was warm and loving....
Natural Wonders
Yes, these are terms that we all use frequently, but when someone asks us the exact meaning we go…oh..oh..!
A Harvest of Festivals
The Punjabis celebrate this festival as Baisakhi. The Assamese call this festival Bohag Bihu. In Kerala they usher in the new year with Vishu. For Tamilians it is Varasha Porupu, while Gudi Padva is important for Maharashtrians. But what are they celebrating in the first half of April? The start of a new year according to the indigenous calendar system, and the start of a new agricultural season. The harvesting is over and the old agricultural cycle has ended....