School E magazine Middle School August - November- 2021-22

“There are no limits to what you can achieve. Dream big, aim high and never give
up! – Kaetlyn Osmond

Lotus Valley International School, Gurugram congratulates Tvesha Yadav of Grade VIII
Nile & Megha Bisht of Grade XII Wordsworth for their stupendous performance and
applaudable achievements at the RSFI District skating championship, Baliawas Roller
Skating Track, Gurugram (27th October 2021 to 29th October 2021).
Both, Tvesha and Megha will be participating in RSFI Haryana State Roller Skating
Championship scheduled from 10th November 2021 to 13th November 2021, at
Panchkula.

TVESHA YADAV MEGHA BISHT
VIII NILE XII WORDSWORTH

“It takes a lot of patience and a lot of time to create something worthwhile”

Tvesha Yadav yet again makes the school proud!! – Elvis Stojko

Lotus Valley International School, Gurugram, congratulates Tvesha Yadav of Grade

VIII Nile for winning 2 Gold Medals in the School Games Federation of India (SGFI)

District Skating Competition held from 11th November to 13th November 2021 at

Young Leaders Sports Club, Baliawas. She will be participating in the (SGFI) Haryana

State Speed Skating Competition on 17th and 18th November 2021. We wish her All the

Best!!

“There's just one way to succeed at Goethe-Institut Mumbai's DigikuM2021.
anything: give it everything you've got.” Hundreds of learners from five South Asian

nations competed in 20 preliminary rounds

Riyana Singh and Ivana Agarwal, learners of the Digital Kinderuni Championship, a
in Grades I Hummingbirds and III quiz based on some of Goeth-online
Cuckoos, respectively, have accomplished Institute's educational platform -
great things. Riyana, our bright star, has Kinderuni's very intriguing video lectures.
passed her Karate Blue-2 belt examination Out of these, the top 20 pupils contested for
with the 'Shotokan Union of Indian Karate the title of Kinderuni Champions. Ivana
Federation.' She received two promotions came in third place and received a Lenovo
(both Orange to Green belt and Green to tablet, a Kinderuni T-shirt, a Kinderuni
Blue-2 belt). She completed it in just 7 Goodie Bag, and an invitation to Kinderuni
months, compared to the average of 16 Iran's Digital Youth Camp.

months. Ivana Agarwal, yet another

Superstar performer, took part in the

Sports actively contributes to the mental and position in the Inter-school skating
physical development of children. Learning competition in under-5 category held at
a sport in their early years not only helps MPS World School. We congratulate
them in academics but also shapes them as a Sara for her success and efforts to bring
confident individual. Our young skater, Sara laurels to school and wish her luck for all
Narula of Grade Nursery Dahlias secured 1st her future endeavors. Keep it up!

"Motivation is what gets you started. Habit extraordinary story telling skills are a major

is what keeps you going" source of inspiration to her classmates and

It’s a matter of great pride that Kavya peers. Kavya also bagged a position in

Mohindroo of Grade V Oaks has published India’s Top 100 at a literary event powered

her first book merely at the age of 10. by JK Paper Ltd, which was not an easy
“Kavya’s Bag of Short Stories Vol.1” was feat. Scoolstars has also applauded Kavya

released in February 2020, and it was very various times as she is the proud recipient of
well received by the audience. She added yet a “Certificate of Excellence” for being rated
another feather to her cap by contributing as as “The ScoolStar of the Year (School
a participating Author in an Anthology Book Level)” in 2020 and 2019 consecutively for

of Stories and Tales titled as “Golden Apples Story Writing. We congratulate Kavya for
of God” in April 2021. Shortly after that she her success and efforts to bring laurels to

contributed to the Coffee Table Anthology school and wish her luck for future
Book of Stories and Tales titled as “Never endeavours. Keep it up!
Cease To Amaze” in May 2021. Her

CRESCENDO, the Western Music Society of Amity International School, Mayur

Vihar, Delhi, organized the 15th edition of its competition on 28th July, 2021. In this

online competition, 225 students from 43 schools across India participated.

Karman Rooprai of Grade X Andes Arjun Mittal of Grade VIII Nile

participated in the Event Solo Instrument participated in this pristine competition
Competition for the category ‘Acoustic under the ‘Unique Instruments’ category
Guitar’. Karman secured the First
and played the Violin. He secured
position, also earning certificates of Merit. ‘Second Runners Up’ position in the

competition also earning the Certificate

of Merit.

KARMAN ROOPRAI ARJUN MITTAL
X ANDES VIII NILE

Goonj 3.0, Inter-School competitions were organised by Grand Columbus School,
Faridabad, which involved various events across subjects. Learners from our school
participated in various events and brought laurels to the school with their outstanding
performances and presentations.

1. Shradha Miglani, Grade VIII Congo, won the 2nd position in Fusion Dance
competition.
2. Arnav Jain, Grade VII Yamuna, won the 2nd position in Exploring Science
Symposium.
3. Agastya Trikha, Grade VIII Rhine, won the 2nd position in Ticklers and Tumblers.
4. Shivangi Talwar, Grade VII Mahanadi, won the 3rd position in Hindi Hasya Kavita
competition.
5. Aakriti Dewan, Grade IX Kanchenjunga, won the 3rd position in the Hindi
competition named ‘Aa Ab Laut Chale’.
6. Snehal Singh, Grade X Alps, won the 3rd position in Coders-Decoders.
7. Anindya Mishra , Grade XII Archimedes and Avishi Monga , Grade XII Galileo won
the 4th position in Science Model Making Competition ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’.
8. Aaira Katoch, Grade IX Everest, won the 4th position in English Monologue.

AGASTYA TRIKHA AAIRA KATOCH
VIII RHINE IX EVEREST

Contd…

AVISHI MONGA
XII GALILEO

SHRADHA MIGLANI
VIII CONGO

SHIVANGI TALWAR
VII MAHANADI

ARNAV JAIN
VII YAMUNA

The students of Lotus Valley International School, Gurugram participated in
‘E- Comm Parv 2021’, organised by Delhi Public School, Sector-45. The learners

participated with enthusiasm and vigour and made our school proud by emerging as

winners in every event they took part in.

We are very proud of our young entrepreneurs. For its outstanding performance in the
event, Lotus Valley received a Letter of Honour to commemorate the learners’ efforts

and success.
1. Art Genie (1st position)- Adrija De and Yashita Agarwal
2. CommZine (1st position) - Arushi Banerjee, Preksha Bohra, Ira Vikram Kher and

Manas Jain
3. Ventura (1st position)- Anirudh Rathod, Tiya Gupta and Lord Lugani.

Lotus Valley International School, Gurugram is proud to be recognized as one of the
Top 14 schools in the country based on the Holistic Development Index by the Kid-ex
National All Rounder Championship "Summer NARC 2021". With the participation of
around 500 students of age-group 3-17 years, we warmly congratulate the success of
our young Merit holders in this event who not only achieved success in 30 different
activities, but also won certificates, medals, and cash prizes.



"Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better”- Pat Riley

Anahat Brar of Grade VIII-Nile secured a Gold Medal in ‘50-meter Backstroke' and a
Silver Medal in ‘100-meter Backstroke' in the 'Haryana State Swimming
Championship' on 21st August 2021 in the individual events. She secured two Gold
Medals in the Relays' too.
Big Congratulations to dear Anahat!

“Lock up your libraries if you like: but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can
set upon the freedom of mind…” -Virginia Woolf

LVIS congratulates our young writer, Ruheen Bajaj of Grade VI, Brahmaputra for
being declared a ‘published author’ with Scholastic Quill Club Writers under the
programme, ‘Write Now’, a platform for aspiring young writers. The National Level
Competition, organized by ‘Scholastic’, comprised two rounds and the 14 finalists
were further mentored for a period of 8 weeks. The story, ‘Toppled Boat’,
conceptualized by Ruheen Bajaj is the result of her hard-work, perseverance and an
invigorating writing journey!

Wishing her all the best!

It’s a matter of great pride that Avishi
Monga of XII Galileo has been
awarded “Winner” in a “National
Level Essay Writing Competition –
2021” under Senior Category which
was organised by ‘Experience Japan’.
She wrote an essay on the topic,
“Language: Reflection Of Our
Culture” and described how as children
we are exposed to a language which
becomes our mother tongue, and how
when we grow older, it evolves to what
is spoken at home. She also described
how everyday life is dependent on
language, while taking examples from
her own life from when she interacts
with people who come from different
backgrounds, and speak languages
different to hers. She truly believes that
language has been, and will continue to
remain one of the most integral
expressions of our cultures, and
although it may appear to divide us, it
brings us all closer than ever before.
The judgement was done on the basis of
relevance of the theme,
comprehensiveness, originality and
insight of a fresh way of looking at
things and critical view of the subject.

Kavya Sondhi of XII Galileo also
participated for the same and was
acknowledged for her efforts.

We congratulate Avishi and Kavya for
their success and efforts to bring laurels
to school and wish them luck for their
future endeavours. Keep it up!

Transformative changes have taken place in the world during the last decade due to the
explosion of interconnectivity. To cater to knowledge construction using ICT skills, LVIS
encourages its learners to participate in plethora of events across schools.

Tithi Sarkar, Grade XII - Galileo participated in the online event “Alphanode 2021-
What’s on your Mind” held on 21st August 2021, organized by DPS sector-45, Gurugram
and secured 1st position.

‘What’s on your Mind’ was on the spot individual event where the participants were
required to give a caption to the photograph. Each participant got 15 minutes to complete
this activity. The competition was open for the students of grades IX-XII.
Entries were judged on the criteria of originality, creativity of the caption, relevance to
the photograph and catchy caption.

Ishaan Gupta of Grade XII- Marshall has been selected in the Haryana Team to play the
BCCI National Under-19 cricket tournament for the prestigious Vinoo Mankad Trophy.
He has earlier represented Haryana in Under-14.
Ishaan is a left-handed Opening Batsman, and the only player from Gurugram to be
selected in the State Team. He commands respect in the game of cricket for not only his
batting prowess, but also for his unique skillset that has magnificently helped him to
graduate to the higher level, with the admiration of his coach and selectors alike!
The Indian Team for Under-19 World Cup will be selected from this tournament.
We, the family of LVIS, wish Ishaan Gupta the best in his upcoming matches, and look
forward to see him bat with newer glories and records!

Lotus Valley International School, Gurugram bagged the ‘Letter of Honour’ for being
the Overall Winner of Mathletics -2021.





“Work hard in silence.. Let your success make noise !”

















“Music gives a soul to universe, wings to the mind,
flight to the imagination and life to everything…!”

- Plato

“Winning means you are willing to go longer, work harder and give more than anyone
else” – Vince Lombardi

Megha Bisht, Grade XII- Wordsworth , won a Silver medal in Under-18 age group in 20
kms Individual Time trial and Bronze medal in 40 kms Mass Start Race organized by
Haryana Cycling Association from 25th – 28th September 2021 at Kurukshetra, Haryana.

SECTION AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER

ACACIAS AARAV ARORA AANYA GOYAL ADYAN RIZVI IRA AWASTHI

ASHOKAS KHADIJA SAIF TANISHKA VRISHANK SEN VIHAAN VERMA
ASPENS BANSAL
BANYANS
CHINARS CHAHEL GUPTA NIKITA MEMANI PRAKRITI GAYATRI
KANWAR
GULMOHARS
MAHOGANY SHAURYA MUGDHA WALIA ADVAY GUPTA ARJUN SINGH
PALIWAL

AADVIK GUPTA PRACHITA AARADHYA MIHIRA DAS
MAHAJAN VOHRA

ANTARA AMAIRA GHAI ANUSHA SEERAT JETLEY
INDRAYAN SRIVASTAVA

AANYA ARYA AANYA PRITIKA GUPTA RONAV PANDEY
SHARMA

SECTION AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER
BIRCHES
BURANS MANIT BHASIN SAANVI ATHARV GUPTA YUKT VATS
CEDARS KUKREJA
MAPLES YUVRAJ AYANA BHAT SIDDHARTH
NEEMS CHAUDHARY ANANYA BANSAL
AGARWAL
OAKS
OLIVES ISHIKA AGGARWAL AVIRAT CHOPRA DEVYANI VIHAN ARORA

SUMANYU NAVIKA ARORA SAKSHAM AANYA
SHARMA MITTAL SHARMA

VIHAAN BANSAL SVANIK GHAI VIVAAN KUNAL RAGHAV
RANGOLE PALARIA
DIVIJ ARORA
EKAANSH AMBAR ARNAV
AKARSHI AGARWAL VASHISTH CHOPRA
BHATTACHARYA
AMAIRA GARG AUSTIN RAJU RACHIT
PULLAN RUSTAGI

SECTION AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER

BEAS IRA SINGH DEVYANSH AASHVI MEHAK JINDAL
MALIK THAKUR

BRAHMAPUTRA ANANYA YASHITA RAJVEER SINGH SANA BUGALIA
KAPOOR MAHESHWARI

GANGES HIBAH IMTIAZ ADVIKA HARSHITA PRIYAL SIROHI
ALI BANERJEE BHALLA

GODAVARI AARAV MODI ANAY GARG KAVNEER KAUR CHAITANYAA
KANODIA

KAVERI REET IYER ANYA MUNDRA ARNAV VIJ DHWANI
MADAN

NARMADA SAANVI SINGH VIR NIJHAWAN KAAVYA JOSHI SHANVI
SRIVASTAVA

SUTLEJ AARSH SINGH AMAIRA VOHRA SHANAYA SURI VEDANT
GILL GROVER

SECTION AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER
CHENAB
DAMODAR ABHYUDITA HITI YADAV SAMAERA AVNI TETERVE
VERMA CHAWLA
INDUS
AARAV GUPTA ARSHIA TANVI PAWAR KAYAAN
JHELUM AADYA SHARMA SHARMA PRAKASH

MAHANADI SHYLA TYAGI SHAURYA ANA AGRAWAL KRISHANG
RAVI ARORA GROVER
TAPTI VRINDA MITTAL
ATISHAY JAIN ANANYA UTKARSHIKA ANUSHKA
YAMUNA LAKARA RAJPUT MUKHOPADHY
KALPANA YADAV
ISHIT RASTOGI AY

SHIVANGI ARYAN GUPTA MIHIKA
TALWAR SHARMA

TISNOOR KAUR TANYA DAS PRISHA SATIJA
GULIANI

MYRA SHARMA ARSHIA AHUJA CHARVI
YAADAV

NAISHA ARNAV JAIN ADYA ARYA
KHANNA

SECTION AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER
AMAZON
COLORADO SAANVI ADITYA KUMAR DHANYA TAVISHI
CONGO RANJAN SRIVASTAVA SHARMA
DANUBE SMAHI VIJAY
MISSISSIPPI NAVYA GARG AVNI SINGH VIDHI
MALHOTRA AAIRIYA JAIN
NILE SIMONE KAUR TANVI WASON SHRADHA SHOBIT
RHINE MAKKUR
VOLGA MIGLANI GALHOTRA
SIDH HARLEEN KAUR VIVAAN AANYA MITTAL
KHATTAR BANERJEE
RITHIKA ANAV SHAH
PRATEEK JIYA SAXENA TALLURI AGASTYA
SINHA TRIKHA
ADVIK MEHTA DIYA GERA
PALAK ARJUN MITTAL
BHANDARI

KHUSHI JOSHI MYRAH JAIN DIVA JOHN

AHAAN AANYA SHAHNI ARHAN ATTRI
PORWAL



AYANNA VAIDYA
VIII- VOLGA

ALISHA CHAUDHRY NAVNOOR KAUR
IV- GULMOHARS VIII- MISSISSIPPI

AASHVI THAKUR
VI- BEAS

SAMYAK YASH JAIN
XII- WORDSWORTH

REMEMBERING DANISH SIDDIQUI

There are times, when words seem to fail to convey the vast magnitude of pain
and suffering. When the sides are divided in black and white, it is the capturing
of shadow and light that makes you relieve the moment you never visited for a
split second. Danish Siddiqui was a Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist. He
worked with many news agencies most prominently with Reuters. He has been
published in several magazines and newspapers such as National Geographic
Magazine, New York Times, The Guardian, The Washington Post etc.
His work took him far and wide from covering North Korea to coming home
and clicking away the brutalities in Kashmir and students at Jamia. He
covered the riots and communal violence in Delhi and covered the farmers
protest as well. It was his drone shots of funeral pyres and COVID-19 patients
that shook the nation to its core.
In the age where “trauma porn” is used to attract one’s gaze, Siddiqui’s rigid
morals made sure that his subjects were treated with dignity and respect, often
missing from other journalists work. While others captured tears, agony and
beaten-up bodies, Siddiqui covered lives, presence and the subject’s essence.
This can be seen in his coverage of migrant workers. It was the simple
technique of shooting at the subject’s eye level that reflected the respect he
held for them. He went far and wide. He went where his camera went.
On a project covering the armed conflict between the Afghan army and the
Taliban, he met his untimely demise on July 16,2021 where he was shot to
death, doing what he loved- covering the truth. One can hear people
remembering him, mourning him from journalists all around the world to the
US Government, but the silence that brews in our own backyard speaks a
different tune. Danish Siddiqui was a hero to me. Rest in power sir.

SIMAR GEHANI
VIII- COLORADO

MEHER SETIA
VIII- RHINE

VIVAAN CHOPRA
VI- SUTLEJ

RITWICK AGARWAL TEJAL DOSHI
V- OAKS X- FUJI

SAANVI RANJAN UNIQUE
VIII- AMAZON She fled from the disco, heart throbbing
against the drone of other kids.
OH, HOW I LOVE CAKE! Still, they all pulsed in sync: Same hoarse
Now, every time I eat cake, voices pumping out sentimental songs,
I always feel that shake. same egotistical smiles.
When you ate something YUMMY! Stumbling into the bathroom, she inhaled
That was pleasing for your tummy, unperfumed oxygen. Mirrors displayed
You feel that shake her face: Glistening with sweat. Pretty, on
Like, for it you are made. squinting, like everyone’s faces when
That’s how I feel when I eat some she’d spun through the disco earlier,
cake, feeling as if she swayed at the universe’s
It makes me feel like I am going to centre. Her throng of giggling friends
the peaceful lake! called her unique. Everyone called
That delicious Choco chip, everyone unique.
That is lovely for your soft lip. “I hate you,” she hissed to her reflection,
That yummy cream, melodramatic, typical. Tears stung her
That you want to scream! eyes.
How, just how, “But I love you,” the reflection whispered.
My love for cake is…
But I am pretty sure the situation for This piece was a finalist in Write the
you isn’t like this!!! World Flash Fiction Competition 2021 for
young writers around the globe.

SAANVI RANJAN
VIII- AMAZON

THE SOLAR ECLIPSE
Here it’s a wonderful sunny day,
For it will go far away.
As there is a solar eclipse,
And a sight out the window, not to be
slipped.
If you give a sight…
You might go blind.
It all goes dark,
And there would be no mark.
Of anybody;
As its rays are too strong.

TEJAL DOSHI

X- FUJI

IT’S OKAY TO BE SCARED

The future is a strange creature. Sometimes it wraps a finger around your tightening

throat, like steel that soaks warmth. Then you feel its lips by your ear, and its breath
makes you shiver. It whispers in a curt echo, I’m waiting for you.
And sometimes it’s the lover we dream to meet on hazy sunny mornings, the moment
we wake up. It’s like waiting for the sun’s warmth to melt on our skin and for ice
cream to melt in our mouths after a long run. It’s a boulevard of pulsing dreams.

I fear the future, and maybe you do too, because big decisions are daunting, growing

up is intimidating, watching days blurring into photographs and memories and journal

entries is way too sudden.
Questions like “what am I meant to do in life?” are hard to answer—and uncertain.
Questions like “who am I?” are scarier, with ever-changing and not always nice

answers.

Getting into college, going for higher studies maybe, then after that a career. And all
the things in between. Life. What if I fail? What if I don’t fulfil my dreams? What if I
make big mistakes and do nothing worthwhile? What if I’m not unique and what if I
don’t stand out? What if I haven’t and will never achieve enough? What if?
I fear not living a meaningful life. I fear tomorrow. And I fear my fear. It’s stupid, isn’t

it? To be scared?
No, not really. That’s what I’ve begun to realize. To be scared is to be human. It’s
normal and it’s okay. In fact, it’s good to have the right amount of fear, sometimes. It

helps us grow, it gives us opportunities to be brave; it helps us learn about ourselves.

There is a difference between fearlessness and courage.

Today is for us to make dumb mistakes and learn from them, to ask what seem like

stupid questions and get answers. Today is for us to accept and embrace our fear.
Yeah, I’m scared. Terrified, actually, because things can be pretty confusing. And
that’s okay. That’s how it’s meant to be—imperfect, full of obstacles, and seemingly

impossible.

Bravery means to move forward even if your knees buckle and your mouth tastes bad.
It’s to keep moving towards our goals despite our fear. It’s to fail, fail and fail and still

try to succeed despite how hard it is, despite how hopeless it seems, despite how

cliché this article is.
However it may seem, I believe in you. I believe in all of us—the youth of the world.

This piece was selected as Editors’ Choice Piece on an international platform called

Teen Ink.

LITTLE MISS ABIGAIL

Let me tell you a tale from far away, SAANVI RANJAN
About a girl named Abigail! VIII- AMAZON

With her blonde silky and soft strawberry locks,

She used to be always on the clock.

Oh, how she hated to be late!

Thinking, she would miss her close mates!

However, one day, miss Abigail woke up at 8.00 am,

Forgetting to feed the lambs,

Getting to school was delayed,

Oh, how she was full of hate!

Yet, On the quick impatient walk to the school,

She met a strong and dangerous looking wolf!

Here, our little miss punctuality,

Was faced by the cruelty

She tried to run,

Yet something happened a sudden,

She tripped over the stones

And she was all alone,

With that hideous creature!

She shrieked and she screamed,

Yet, the wolf calmly leaned,

Towards Her,

Said-
“I might be hideous looking, and I know I am fairly deceiving.”
“ yet trust me little miss, my heart is as soft as those locks, and I
have never caused anyone’s loss!”
“let me help you get up!”

As the little pudgy little lady got up,

Looked at her deep cuts!

Yet, felt guilty for judging the kind wolf

By his looks!

The wolf helped her stand on her feet

And miss Abigail pleaded for an apology,

And the wolf being as kind as could be,

Accepted her sorry!

And miss Abigail went on her way, along the rugged forest street!

So, we understand little Abigail love,

To never understand a person or an animal by their cover!

The end!

SAANVI RANJAN SIMAR GEHANI
VIII- AMAZON VIII- COLORADO

ACHIEVEMENTS
When you see people who want help,
Run as fast to help as you could.
No one would yell,
As that will be something good.
When you see people crying,
Go and give them a shoulder to cry
on.
But don’t you dare start lying,
And don’t moan.
When you see people in trouble,
Go and make them less guilty.
When you play a game,
Play with all the techniques and rules.
Win or lose is far, try as much as
could
When you see your opponents win
and achieve,
Give it a smile and live it.
You know that you are the winner,
Cause the biggest achievement in
life,
Is when you help the people till you
are alive.

SIMAR GEHANI MAHAK DUTTA
VIII- COLORADO XI- SHAKESPEARE

FROM THE ARMS OF AN IMMIGRANT
MOTHER
The warm blanket lay softly over my baby face
Or so she tells me
The life we were escaping told a different story
One about empty stomachs and tattered clothes
The truth is
It was poverty that wrapped and tugged at me
Not the soft cotton my mother talks about

We ate food on fine dinner plates and silver
cutlery
Or so she tells me
Her meagre salary at the gas station told a
different story
One about salted peanuts and cashews that tasted
like bleach
It was the crinkling tinfoil and our bare hands that
we ate food off of
Not the fine dishes she speaks of

But when she tells me pretty lies about the past
I let her
I let her be the dentures that help me chew our
past
I let her be the soft cloth that wrapped me tightly
I let her be everything she hopes I will become

Because
It wasn’t foreign soil my mother planted her feet
on when we landed
It was all the tearful begging
It was all the rolls of prayer wheels at the
monastery
It was all the stashing of modest banknotes in a
shoebox
It was hope
And it made the concrete of the landing strip
gleam like gold

VIR NIJHAWAN
VI- NARMADA

EVAH BHASIN TVISHA GUPTA
V- MAPLES VI- GANGES

AVNI JAIN
VI- BRAHMAPUTRA

AANYA SHARMA TVARITA GAUR
VII- MAHANADI XI- KEYNES

I PROMISE TO MYSELF AM I DEAD OR AM I ALIVE?
To be so strong that nothing can disturb the
peace of my mind, Am I dead, or am I alive?
To talk health, happiness and prosperity to Living life, as if it’s paradise
every person I meet, Or merely existing through hell
To make all my friends feel that there is With such cold replies
something worthwhile in them, Not a single heartfelt embrace
To look at the sunny side of everything and With hands so rough
make my optimism come true, You make me bleed.
To think only of the best, to work only for the
best and to expect only the best. Over and over
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of You kill my innocence
the others as I am about my own, Take it for granted
To forget the mistakes of the past and press Because you know me so well
onto the greater achievements of the future, Touch me lightly
To wear a cheerful expression at all times and But feels like agony
give a smile to every living creature that I
meet, How discourteous of you
To give so much time to improving myself that To make me feel this way
I have no time to criticize each other For loving you
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger,
too strong for fear and too happy to permit the Miles and miles, I run away
presence of trouble, And my hope to get away
To think well of myself and to proclaim this Is shattered when I see your face
fact to the world, not in loud words, but in With such cold replies
great deeds, Not a single heartfelt embrace
To live in the faith that the world is on my side, With hands so rough
so long as I am true to the best that is in me. You make me bleed.

SHOHAM KANJILAL What have you made of me?
VII- MAHANADI A monster I'm never gonna be proud of?
A murderous weapon?
To get the high
Of your egocentric self
So, you think to yourself,
Am I dead or am I alive?
Living life, as if it’s paradise
Or merely surviving through hell.

ANAV SHAH
VIII- NILE

SIMONE KAUR MAKKUR DIYA SANDHIR
VIII- CONGO XI- SHAKESPEARE

LOVE YOURSELF
some people hate you
some want you to change
do thing that are out of your range.
You feel you are alone
but you are the queen of your own throne.
They will try to break you to pieces
try to correct your creases
but no matter what they say
you should do the things your way.
No matter what your height is,
Or How much you weigh
just don’t let your happiness fly away
Speak yourself love yourself
(Written by inspiration from a UN speech)

YUVRAJ KALIA
V- MAPLES