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Empowerment

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 Made by Vagisha Shrivastava 

A Glimpse of Kerala

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Made by Advaita Shukla 

Min Yoon-gi

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  Made by Koshika Jhavar You were born to be real, not to be perfect. ~ Suga Min Yoon-gi, better known by his stage names Suga and Agust D, is a South Korean rapper, songwriter, and record producer of BTS.

स्वतंत्रता दिवस

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Drawing by Aaditya Shukla Article by Koshika Jhavar 15 अगस्त 1947 भारत के इतिहास में स्वर्णिम अक्षरों में अंकित है। वर्षों के संघर्ष के पश्चात भारत परतंत्रता की बेड़ियों से मुक्त हो पाया और स्वाधीनता के अनमोल पंखों की प्राप्ति का असाधारण व अद्वितीय अनुभव कर पाया। यह दिन असंख्य स्वतंत्रता संग्राम सेनानियों के अदम्य साहस, बलिदान एवं त्याग को परिलक्षित करता है । साधारणतः हम इस दिन को गुलामी से आज़ादी में परिवर्तित होने के रूप में मनाते हैं परंतु वास्तव में यह दिन स्वतंत्रता का पर्यायवाची व प्रतीक है । यदि हम अंग्रेज़ों के शासन से मुक्त हो जाने को आज़ादी मानते हैं तो यह हमारी ग़लतफहमी होगी। स्वाधीनता को जन्म से मिले उपहार के रूप में स्वीकार कर संतुष्ट हो जाना हमारी भूल होगी। स्वतंत्रता की यात्रा अभी समाप्त नहीं हुई है, अभी- भी हमारे मुल्क को तमाम बंधनों से मुक्त होना है। तो आइए 74वें स्वतंत्रता दिवस पर हम एक ऐसे वतन की स्थापना की अभिलाषा रखें जो अज्ञानता, रूढ़ि तथा जातिवाद, बेरोज़गारी, गरीबी, अपराध, भेदभाव एवं भ्रष्टाचार से उन्मुक्त हो, तभी हमारा देश सच्चे मायनों में स्वतंत्र कहला पाएगा। अपन...

When The Band-Aid Gives You Cuts

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Written and made by Stuti Rawat Here we are, celebrating the 73 rd year of Independence. Independence day is one, that is marked as the day, after which everyone was free to live as they wanted to. But this Independence Day, I ask myself a question: Are we actually free, as we claim we are? Some might consider it to be funny, as to why I am asking this  question in the first place. I am asking this question because I am compelled to do so! On August 4, 2020, as I was reading the newspaper, I came across a news which read “Three cousins booked for raping an 8-year-old girl on Raksha Bandhan day”. Ironically, the incident occurred on the day of Raksha Bandhan, when brothers vow to protect their sisters from evil. The news disturbed me greatly, and still does so.  The girl could have never thought that people around whom she used to consider herself to be the safest, would do something like this to her. A few days back, I chanced upon another piece of news, which read, that a g...

Prepping for Independence Day

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 Clicked by Likhit Sethi

Kim Seokjin

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Made by Koshika Jhavar -T hose who want to look more youthful should live life with a young heart. Known by his stage name Jin, Kim Seokjin is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and eldest member of the South Korean boy band BTS.

The Sun Will Always Shine Through

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Clicked by Hitanshi Jain "We all have bad days, but one thing is true; no cloud is so dark that the sun can't shine through."

Veganism Is Bliss - 2

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By Advaita Shukla (vegetarianism is cruelty free, deficiencies, stroke risk) Namaste! Dear readers, welcome to the second post in the series on Veganism. This post is going to primarily address the topics mentioned above which I have taken from the comments received on the last post. Since these topics will need quite a lot of explaining, I am aware that this post is probably going to be quite elaborate, but to try to keep it as succinct as possible I will get straight to it. Since Veganism is a philosophy primarily professing the truth about the ineffable cruelty animals are put through by the billion every single day, I would like to start by addressing the misconception that, ‘vegetarianism is cruelty free’ first. I am from a primarily vegetarian background and remember being utterly confused as a child at how some of my non-vegetarian friends at school could eat animals. I occasionally discussed this topic with my friends and asked them if they didn’t feel bad about taking someone’...

Cornucopia Club Quiz - 1

Namaste! Congratulations to all those who participated in today's Cornucopia Club Quiz. Goes without saying, this was just a fun activity and it will NOT AFFECT/INFLUENCE your school marks in any manner. 😎 The only thing that matters is that we're constantly learning and growing. Even if all my answers were wrong but I've learnt at least one new thing, then I'm definitely a winner. If I got 10/10 but I think I haven't learnt anything new, well, it was still good practice! Compete with yourself, not with the people around you! Here are the top scorers: (names are in the sequence in which their responses were received) Bhoomi and Koshika have a full 10/10. Tarang, Neel, Vinamra, Manvi and Pranav have 9/10. Divya, Atharv, Aaditya, Likhit and Ishaan scored 8/10 Thank you Advaita and Vagisha for preparing and testing the quiz. Thank you Likhit for the picture used in the banner. For those who would like to attempt the quiz (again?), CLICK HERE . It is now open to anyon...

Try New Things

By Priyansh Jain Trying new things can be very daunting for some people. Some don’t seem to appreciate the idea of stepping out of their comfort zones, and trying their hand at different activities and experiences. A few reasons might include lack of time, fear of failure, nervousness about their ability of achieving even near- perfection at it, or just not feeling that it is entertaining enough! However, the advantages of trying, or learning new things makes it worth invalidating these reasons, and channeling our energy into these tasks. I myself have attempted many things, like sketching, coding, baking, journaling, reading, meditation, yoga, digital artwork, percussion, playing the guitar, running marathons, music-making, waterfall rappelling, scuba diving, and many more. For a short while, I even tried to learn Spanish, though unsuccessfully, but still, I earned a new experience!  The present time is particularly the best, to explore new skills, and to polish the old ones... A ...

Lockdown Rootdown

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By Advaita Shukla I had grown 25 Amaltas saplings and 1 mango sapling during the lockdown. We have now donated the saplings to a family friend who is going to plant them in a school that he runs.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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Clicked by Likhit Sethi There is no wifi in a forest but I can guarantee you that you will find a better connection. This photograph is of Howrah Bridge at Neil Island in Andaman groups of islands. The unique thing about it is that it looks like an elephant with a cute, little trunk. Adopt the pace of nature; Her secret is Patience. Whatever your mood, You'll always feel calm and nice near nature!!! The SKY is the daily bread for the eyes!!!

A View from the Sky

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Clicked by Likhit Sethi No caption needed! Life is like an aeroplane, If you want to fly in the sky of success, then you have to accelerate yourself on the runway of challenges... When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the aeroplane takes off against the wind; not with it !!!