This section showcases kids’ creative efforts at drawing and painting, or writing poems, stories and articles. It is an open page that any child can send her/his contributions to.
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How the Donkey Came To Be
How the Donkey Came To Be [Illustration by Anup Singh] Long ago when the world was brand-new, the sun rose in the sky and brought the first day. Flowers jumped up and stared, astonished. Then from every side, from under leaves and from behind rocks, creatures began to appear. To begin with, all creatures were very alike – very different from what they are now. They had no idea what they were going to become....
Getting Bored – Read This
Getting Bored – Read This [Illustration by Anup Singh] Pooja Desai studies in Class IX at Jasudben M L School in Mumbai. Here she writes for all those who are getting bored and have nothing to do. If you have nothing to do at all, think what you would like to do, watch tv, drink water, go to see a movie, sleep, read or nothing of this sort. If you still have nothing to do read this....
Surprising Success
Surprising Success [Illustration by Shinod AP] I, John, a horse-trainer, still cannot make up my mind after a year whether one particular show was a failure or a success. I am tempted to say this, as the show from the point of view of skill, was a complete disaster but seemed like a tremendous success with our audience. We, now a world famous circus called ‘Rocketeers’, were putting up our maiden performance....
Elephants and Leopards
_Shatrunjay Hegde is eight years old. He is studying in the 4th standard in Valley School at Bangalore. _ Elephants and Leopards [Illustration by Anup Singh] We went to Bandipur National Park near Mysore for a three day jungle camp and safari. During this trip we went for many safaris. We went trekking in the jungle. We talked about elephants, tigers, leopards and many other animals. We went to the museum at Bandipur where we saw tiger jaws and elephant jaws and we also saw pictures of all the animals which are in the Bandipur National Park....
Samantha's Gymnastic Classes
Samantha’s Gymnastic Classes [] One cold day, in the month of December, Samantha was in school. It was the English period and Samantha could hardly wait for the period to get over. As soon as the bell rung, Samantha ran out of the class and went off to her locker. She put on her snowsuit, her boots and her woollen cap and went off to catch the bus. Once she got on the bus, she saw she was the first one....
300 Years of the Khalsa Community
“I would like to share with you something great. Have you heard of Sikhs. They are also called Khalsa,” writes Amtoj Singh Hi friends, I would like to share with you something great. Have you heard of Sikhs. They are also called Khalsa. The Khalsa community was created by Guru Gobind Singh to protect the rights of fellow human beings. On 13th April ‘99, the Khalsa community is celebrating 300 years of its existence. It is great event for all those who love equality of human beings....
The Mystery of the Old Cemetery
The Mystery of the Old Cemetery [Illustartion by Shinod AP] “I wish father were here”. These were the last words of two children when they were mourning their father’s death in a cemetery. They died a few minutes later because of a fire. This is how it happened. A burial ceremony was taking place close by and a man smoking a cigar dropped it onto the dry grass. Flames shot up in the air and all the people present at the burial escaped as they were aware of the fire....
Keep Hope Alive
First prize winner of Spin-A-Tale contest It was destiny that bound us. Jamie, the black kid whose mum worked for us and me, Kevin the kid, whose mother employed Jamie’s mum. When I saw him first he was just this skinny kid walking around with his head drooping down to his feet. I asked him if he went to school but I got no answer. Keep Hope Alive [Illustration by Shinod A.P.] I assumed that he was just shy, so I went about my own work while he just sort of kept staring at anything....
The Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef [Illustration by Shinod A.P.] The Great Barrier Reef, which lies off the coast of Australia, is the world’s largest coral reef. It stretches 2010 kilometres along the north-east coast of Australia. Many kinds of corals grow here. Some pink, some orange, some bright blue and some yellow. It is like a great underwater garden. Bright coloured fishes and plants live around the turquoise waters of the reef....
Richer or Poorer?
Second prize winner of Spin-A-Tale contest Hello! My name is John! I used to be rich but I became poor. Here’s the story. Richer or Poorer? [Illustration by Shinod A.P.] Mom and dad said they wanted to go to Africa to donate rupees 4.5 crores (1 million dollars.) So, we went there. Almost all the taxis were gone. We caught one taxi and went to a very poor village to stay there for five days and to feel how it is to be poor....