eMAGAZINE, VOLUME - I MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL

"Young minds need to be inspired, told "The competition comprised of two
they can achieve anything they set their rounds; from submitting an
minds to.” audio/essay/power point on the above
Lotus Valley International School, topic to being interviewed by the editors
Gurugram heartily congratulates the of Hindustan Times to test the learners'
success of Saanvi Kukreja, a learner of skills and aptitude. It is with immense
Grade V Birches to be one of the 100 pride we share that Saanvi is one of the
National winners of the Lenovo two selected candidates from Gurugram to
SmartEd Scholarship Programme. It be awarded with a Lenovo tablet / laptop.
was an initiative of Hindustan Times, Saanvi's name featured in the Hindustan
organised across states that enabled the Times newspaper and on the Lenovo
young minds of Grades V-XII to share website. Keep up the good work, dear
their views on the ‘Current Online Saanvi!!
education system’.

The learners of Lotus Valley
International School, Gurugram, brought
laurels to the school by winning the Best
School Delegation Award for the GDG e-
MUN 2021 ‘Towards The New World
Order’, hosted by G D Goenka Public
School, Model Town, on 9th and 10th
July 2021.
Our learners stood tall as every member
of the delegation secured an award.
While two members triumphed in
achieving the Best Delegate Award for
their respective committees, the two
other members of the delegation won
Special Mention, and the final two
members won the Verbal Mention Award.

The rewards were well achieved as our delegates captivated all by their skilled
diplomacy and deliberations throughout the session.
A look at the prestigious winning spree of LVISG delegation in the GDG e-MUN 2021:

Utkarsh Singh X- Alps Best Delegate for UNGA

Parth Piyyush Prasad XII- Wordsworth Best Delegate for Group of Seven
(CCC)
Manya Dhull XI- Shakespeare
Special Mention for All India Political
Abhie Gupta X- Alps Parties Meet

Special Mention for UNHRC

Ekus Singh XI- Edison Verbal mention for AIPPM

Miheeka Bhasin XI- Shakespeare Verbal Mention for AIPPM

Heartiest Congratulations to each member! All the best for all future endeavours!

Imagine with all your mind, Rube Goldberg Machine
believe with all your heart, Aryav Mathur - VIII Nile
achieve with all your might.
Rock and Roll- Science through Dance
Heartiest Congratulations to all the • Team 3. (Category IX-XII)
Winners and participants of GEMS 1. Smira Chanan - XI Dalton
Stream Fest ‘21!!! 2. Shirin Misra- XI Dalton
3. Aanya Singh - XI Aristotle
The students of Lotus Valley • Team 1(Category III-V)
International School, Gurugram, came 1. Shreya Nagpal- III Pelicans.
up with stellar performance and 2. Amaira Garg- V Olives.
exhibited diverse creativity in the 3. Ishika Aggarwal - V Cedars.
varied events organised in GEMS
Stream Fest ‘21 (Science, Technology, Rap on Tech (Category IX-XII)
Reading, Engineering, Art, and 1. Naysa Billa (IX Everest)
Mathematics), which was hosted by 2. Aarnaa Batra (X Olympus)
Gems International School, Gurugram. 3. Arnav Gupta (IX Aravallis)
It rendered us with amusement to
witness how the learners pushed the Fact or Fiction (Category-IX-X)
limits by making us believe the fact 1. Keshava Prasad--IX Nilgiris
that the youth have the power to 2. Megha Anand--IX Nilgiris
conquer the world whatever it has 3. Sagar Aggarwal -- IX Kanchenjunga
within.
Our school received Special Mention Research Poster Presentation
recognition, making it to Top 4 (Category XI-XII)
amongst the participating schools in
the Fest. Our learners made their mark 1. Amitesh Anand Pandey (XII Archimedes)
in the following events. 2. Ananya Jain (XII Archimedes)
3. Inhaas Virmani (XII Archimedes)
4. Divanshie Sumit Setia (XII Galileo)



IBT ( International Benchmark Test) is a high quality skill based assessment test

conducted by Acer. Given the unprecedented circumstances this year, IBT was conducted

online. The test was conducted for three subjects: English , Science , Mathematics.

Each test was for one hour duration. The dates were as follows:
5th February 2021 - English
6th February 2021- Maths
7th February 2021 -Science
This test gives detailed analysis of learner’s performance in different areas as well as

helps them compare their performance nationally and internationally.

Our learners across all Grades have proven their mettle by scoring a 100 percentile under
various streams. The data given below is from last year’s assessment:

NAME OF STUDENT GRADE (2020-21) SUBJECT PERCENTILE
Arshiya Garg IV English 100
Ayana Bhat IV English 100
Tamanna Anand IV English 100
Ambar Vashisth IV Mathematics 100
Ayaan Garg IV Mathematics 100
Mishka Menghani IV Mathematics 100
Shrishti Bansal V Mathematics 100
Vihaan Agrawal VI Mathematics 100
Vihaan Agrawal VI Science 100
Aarav Sinha VII English 100
Khushi Joshi VII English 100
Vidhi Vashisth VII Mathematics 100
Vidhi Vashisth VII Science 100
Agrim Gupta X Mathematics 100
Agrim Gupta X Science 100

Ananya Jain of Grade XII Archimedes Taking her passion forward, Ananya raised
has been a vocal champion of the cause funds for organizing an awareness and
of menstrual hygiene in women ever distribution drive for domestic helps at her
since her participation in Harvard Youth society, The Close North, on 13th April
Lead Change (YLC) 2019. As part of her 2021 which benefited over 60 women and
project One4Her, she visited slums in encouraged them to incorporate sustainable
Gurugram. Ananya was appalled by the and eco-friendly lifestyle. She plans to take
apathy towards the issue and started this awareness campaign forward by
working towards spreading awareness conducting similar drives in the future.
about the cause. As part of the NGO Ananya has also been continuously
Pure Hearts, she has been a part of engaged in other socially impactful projects
several drives across Gurugram over the years including tutoring of the
including the ones at Civil Hospital specially abled at Pallavanjali School and
Farrukhnagar and Pioneer Presidentia. the underprivileged at the NGO Baghiya,
recycling of 350 kgs of newspapers during
the Behtar India project, raising funds for
wildlife conservation and prevention as a
member of WWF India’s Young
Conservationist Program (YCP) 2020,
among others.

Lotus Valley International School, 1. Siddharth Mishra-(Grade-11) State Topper,
Gurugram heartily congratulates its The Critical Thinker Award, National Rank-6
learners for their impressive 2. Nipun Yadav- (Grade-11) District Topper,
performance in KAMP-NASTA Medal of Excellence, National Rank-13
Assessment 2021 by CSIR in the 3. Dhruv Mehta- (Grade-10) State Topper, The
second consecutive year. Following Critical Thinker Award, National Rank-44
learners made a mark with their 4. Vidhi Vashisth -(Grade-7) State Topper, The
incredible performance in KAMP- Critical Thinker Award, National Rank-19
NASTA 2021.
KAMP (Knowledge and Awareness Mapping
Platform)-NASTA (National Assessment for
Scientific Temperament and Aptitude) is an
Initiative of CSIR-National Institute of Science
Technology and Development Studies
(NISTADS), which aims to develop and map
the Scientific temperament of children and
helps nurture innovation and creativity from an
early age. The analyses of the mapping data is
used to create inputs for Science and
Technology policy so that new generation of
scientific leaders are produced in the country.



Mayank Kataria of Grade XII Leonardo The competition was held in 2 stages. The
secured 3rd position in the event first stage (Qualifying round) comprised of
Corporate Cracker held on 11th April 40 commerce related questions that were
2021 as part of Synergy '21-The Annual attempted by 512 students. Eight students
Management Fest organized by were shortlisted to proceed to the next
Department of Commerce, Delhi School round. The Final round comprised of a 20-
of Economics, Delhi University. minute interview by 2 jury members,
The event offered participants an wherein a case study was to be analysed.
opportunity to lead from the front and Mayank’s analytical skills and knowledge
showcase innovation, leadership, enabled him to secure the 3rd position in
problem-solving, decision-making and the event. In recognition of his impressive
managerial skills. performance, he was awarded a Certificate
of Achievement and cash prize worth Rs
3000/.

Lotus Valley International School,
Gurugram, is proud to share the
achievements of its learners, Tvesha
Yadav (Grade VIII-Nile) and Megha Bisht
(Grade XII-Wordsworth) who won
accolades in the National Roller Skating
Federation of India. Tvesha Yadav bagged
Gold Medal in the RSFI Nationals Skating
Championship, Under-14 category held at
Mohali, Chandigarh, from 31st March to
12th April 2021.

ANIRUDH RATHORE of Grade XII IFT is a platform for young adults to
Marshall participated in India's Future showcase their ideas that can bring
Tycoons-Season 3. The theme for this about changes in the world and convert
season was #RedefineEducation. Along them into sustainable ventures.
with his teammate, he achieved a Partnered with the United Nations
commendable feat of qualifying for the Global Compact (UN GCNI) and Atal
Top 24 teams and making it to the Semi- Innovation Mission (AIM), IFT gives a
Finale of the competition out of 7300+ lifetime opportunity to children to build
students, 252 cities and 596 schools. on ideas that enable the world to
Anirudh went through rigorous training in achieve Sustainable Development Goals
the form of boot camps, interaction with (SDGs).
mentors and presentation to expert juries.

ARNAV GARG of Grade XII Archimedes

performed exceptionally well in the

prestigious Fermat Contest, which had

diverse participants from across the globe. He has been awarded the Certificate of
Distinction and a medal, for ranking in
The contest provides an opportunity to the top twenty-five percent of contestants
in the 'Fermat contest' for the year 2021,
students to develop their mathematical organized by The Centre for Education in
Mathematics and Computing, University
problem solving ability. of Waterloo, Canada.



SHIVANGI TALWAR
VII MAHANADI

SIDHANSH GARG
VII MAHANADI

BHAVYA JAIN
XI EDISON

THEMES :
 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go (Billie Eilish)
 Meaning of Life (Kelly Clarkson)
 Illuminate (Shawn Mendes)
 X (Ed Sheeran)

ARSHIA SHARMA ADITI SEHGAL
VII-DAMODAR VII-YAMUNA

AGASTYA GOSWAMY ANANYA KAPOOR
IX-ARAVALLIS VI-BRAHMAPUTRA

ANUSHKA JAIN ARYAN VIR
X-ANDES X-FUJI

BIJAL RAWAT IRSA SHARMA
IX-KANCHENJUNGA VII-CHENAB

JASMEH SODHI KANIKA DEV
VII-DAMODAR IX-VINDHYAS

KESHAVA PRASAD MRINALINI CHITARA
IX- NILGIRIS X-ELBRUS

PRISHA KALRA SHIVANGI TALWAR
VII-TAPTI VII-MAHANADI

SOHANA SINGH SUHANA SINDHWANI
VII-MAHANADI VI-BRAHMAPUTRA

ADVIKA BANERJEE AISHIKA CHADHA
VI-GANGES VII-YAMUNA

ANANYA LAKARA
VII-JHELUM

ARNAV SINGH ASHMI MONGA
X-ANDES VIII-VOLGA

AVISHA GARG GARGI ROY
VII-YAMUNA IX-SHIVALIKS

HIYA JAIN IPSITA RAHEJA
XI-ARISTOTLE X-ELBRUS

KHUSHI JOSHI MAANSI SINGH
VIII-RHINE IX-VINDHYAS

MIHIKAA SINGH SHREYA MAMTANI
IX-VINDHYAS VI-GANGES

VANSHIKA MODI ISHITTA MADHYAN
VI-GANGES XI-KEYNES

VIVAAN BATTISH MIHIKA SHARMA
X-ELBRUS VII-MAHANADI

MANAS JAIN
XI-KEYNES

VIR NIJHAWAN
VI NARMADA

DITYA BHUTTAN
X OLYMPUS

TAVISHI SHARMA
VIII AMAZON

MIHIKAA SINGH
IX VINDHYAS

SIMONE KAUR
VIII CONGO

HITI YADAV IRSA SHARMA
VII CHENAB VII CHENAB

SHRISHTI BANSAL
VI GANGES

DIVYANE BANDUNI
VI GANGES

CONTD….

SIDHANSH GARG MAYAN BHASKAR
VII MAHANADI VII MAHANADI

TRISHA SADANA SAESHHA ADHANA
VII RAVI VII TAPTI

NAAVYA BHATIA AMANAT GIRDHAR
VI GODAVARI VI GODAVARI

ARYAN GUPTA SHIVANGI TALWAR
VII MAHANADI VII MAHANADI

CONTD..

SHARANYA CHAUHAN AKSHAYNI MATHUR
VI BRAHMAPUTRA VI BRAHMAPUTRA

MIHIKAA SINGH
IX VINDHYAS

RADHIKA PURI
IX SHIVALIKS

KSHITIJ VERMA JIYA WALIA
X ELBERT X ALPS

AGASTYA TRIKHA
VIII RHINE

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

The Monster Within

The question was: did my creation possess the soul of a monster or of a human?
“I had admired the perfect forms of my cottagers,” he whispered, with a voice seeming
to grate against metal.
“Their grace, beauty, and delicate complexions; but how I was terrified when I viewed
myself in a transparent
pool!” He raised his yellow arms, bulging with arteries, glowing in the sunlight that
trickled through the window.
With a jolt, I stepped back, aware of how this monster could claw me into shreds.
“Don’t you see it fair that I, too, have a place in human society?” he said. “Then I
would be a harm to nobody.”
Since deserting my creation, memories of the beast had writhed in my mind, one part
of me pleading to help him, the other demanding his death. He couldn’t be a human,
could he? Not with his broken face and boulder hands.
“But you are not a human,” I said. My nails dug into my palms; the stinging pain
reminded me of what this
monster could do with his hands.
He pointed at me, eyes slitting. “You created me! I did not choose to be a monster.”
I rummaged for an argument, a comeback, even a cutting reply, but weren’t his words
true? I nodded slowly,
as if drunk. “You’re right . . . but even if I accept that you belong with humans, others
won’t. Your good
cottagers didn’t; they scarred you. You say all you want is a fair life . . . but with that
face—” My eyes flitted
over my creation’s features: the cheekbones carved like a hollow soul, the forehead
jutting like a used dagger,
the yellow of bloodlessness. “Nobody will accept you. You are feared, hated; on the
surface, you are a monster.”
“Then make me a human . . . on the surface. You are a creator who imitated God. You
couldn’t create a perfect human, but this is your chance to correct it. Recreate my
body, turn me into a human.”

CONTD….

I sat at my wooden desk and sighed. The monster wouldn’t have existed if not for my
plan; and isn’t this what I desired? To create a being the way God would?
“I shall try. I can’t promise it will succeed, however.”
He dove forward and clasped my hand, eyes shining. “You will try?” As the drumming

of my heart slowed, I nodded.

The monster twisted away to the window; his steps feverish with an excitement that

was almost electric. My stomach clenched like a fist tightening around a throat. Was I

giving a human face to a monster, forming the tool of destruction? This monster was

unpredictable, volatile, perhaps starving for revenge against those who

struck him out of disgust and terror.

Or was I wavering through this question wrongly? At the core, was there any

difference between monsters and humans?

TEJAL DOSHI KHUSHI JOSHI RITHIKA TALLURI
X FUJI VIII RHINE VIII MISSISSIPPI

2001: A Space Odyssey
Arthur C. Clarke

Bowman fell with a thud on the ground. Dizzy with blurry vision, he woke up and
looked around him. He had been transported to a mysterious place. Unknown of his
surroundings, he strolled around the peculiar place and asked a nearby person "What is
this place?”. Though he did not even look like a person at all! But he was not a lot like
a human! He looked more like a Cyborg.
“Excuse me, Mr...” said Bowman.
“Louis Carrol,” said the Cyborg. “What are you doing on the Titan moon?
“The Titan! This planet is Earth, right?” said Bowman confused.
“This place is a moon not a planet! The Titan Moon looks a lot like the planet Earth.
Don’t let your eyes fool you.” said Louis.
“I know that. I am from the space field. “He confessed. “So, I am aware that Titan
looks like Earth.
“Oh, well it is getting late. Would you like to come at my place and have dinner with
my family? “, said Louis.
“Sure, why not?” said Bowman.
As Bowman walked, he saw many more cyborgs. At to his surprise, he saw a flying
train in the sky! He walked awes trucked with Mr. Carrol at his side. A while later they
finally reached Carrol’s house. The house was inside a crystal white dome. The dome
was surrounded with shallow water on all sides. There was a voice-controlled draw
bridge also.
“Let me in HoloLens,” said Carrol.
“Voice recognized,” said HoloLens. “We need to take a face scan before allowing you
in. Thus, you are requested to show us your face”.
Carrol put his face in front of a camera scanner and HoloLens did a quick scan.
“Face recognized you may enter the house,” said HoloLens. The draw bridge unfolded
itself and allowed Carrol and Bowman to cross the water. The door automatically
opened and a voice called “welcome home” chorused for a few minutes until the sound
died out.
“Welcome home Louis,” said Mrs. Carrol. "I see you have bought a guest.”

CONTD….

“Yes Catherine, I have invited Mr. Bowman here to have dinner with us,” said Mr.

Carrol.
“Hope you do not mind.”
“No worry we have plenty of food.” said Mrs. Carrol. “Let me call the children down
stairs”

Mrs. Carrol called the children down stairs. They too were cyborgs.
“Daddy, did you know astronomers have discovered new planets like Lollipipigust,
and Glotopia in the andromeda galaxy.” said Carrol’s son. They had a lovely meal.

Until Bowman checked the time and saw that he had been transported to the future!

(2121) He wanted to go back to 2021 so asked Carrol: Are there any time machines?
“Yes of course, I have one at my home in the attic.” said Carrol. “Follow me.” They

went to the attic and then Carrol asked: Do you want to travel to the future or the past?
“I would like to go back to 2021,” said Bowman.
“Ok, I have made the settings,” said Carrol. You will vanish in 5, 4, 3, 2,1!

Bowman found himself on Earth. He got up and thought to himself he had had an

adventure of a lifetime.

ARSHIYA GARG NIMISHA SINGH SAANVI KUKREJA
V MAPLES V CEDARS V BIRCHES

Spun around maternity my mother CONTD….
In a island where her thoughts had driven,
a hallucination, apprehend or an err
Agitation, be it the tightness to swift a
paw in his postiche or one of her familiar
glares anything but pure despair
Commencing with the rustic hinge
visualized fast and fore that door
Spider web in the dark room
His sentience risked the rain again
Through the swarm of flies
Reciting God’s name a hundred times
The festival of ghosts had haunted her
enough of times
With candle flicking to find his shadows
Throwing The junk for the light in their
eyes
The bloody rainfall nothing but opaque
lies
They searched for him with the diming of
lights
A spark felt with the blinding of eyes oh
dear his soul set aboil
With every moment of the fire closing in
on his petite framework, in the mother’s
blood, a great turmoil
May he thrive
With the only thought in her mind pranced
into the fire pushing him aside
It will be only my ashes burned away
tonight, survive
Eyes shut down with the drop of a pearl as
her suffering
decreased
Onion of their heart shred, amen that is all
they said
Not even a melamine could save that
mother my mother
One life saved one lost balanced in this
unreal word

Dashed in the dirt the sum of good And today we standing tall and right for
She only said unleash your pain her fight
This rain of the red and even unsaid our And I still get reminded many times her
ears could hear purify your brain last lines whose
Unbridle your spirit of ambition meaning I didn’t find
In a circle they sat around My mother only said
In a coffin on the day of the dead they Thank God I am paying this price
sat around And spared his life you spared his life
In an ocean of tears, the centre my
mother
The peace of understanding god one on
one
Falling in a pitch black the hot flame
with a swift of a hand turning into a
angelic voice
The world has seen many martyrs but
every tilled the world
The cocoon broken through and through
To reveal the inner butterfly disintegrate
itself, that’s a mother for you
Vulnerable but shows herself hard so we
can be protected by her lustrous
An opus of every curse and blessing
In the paint god poured a little
benevolent
The concoction of who she was, black
on which no colour would put a match
to it
I watched the flame upon what I still
remember
Her mettle to tame the poison and
mingle the ambrosia
in her children’s life

AVNI SINGH
VIII COLORADO

Pain crippled my mother Oh, but my brother how could you have
That Time felt like no other ever lost your spirit of ambition
The uncertainty had driven her To understand him they sat around
To a point where she ached for my I glanced at my mother in the center
brother The peace of understanding almost
swept her
She looked everywhere We were ready to leave the past behind
Even in the dark room Whose shadow had engulfed our life
She risked the rain again and mind
Her inner doubts followed her like And now serenity spread through and
swarms of flies through

She repeated the name of God a hundred Slowly he started recounting his tale
times Which brought back memories like a
Hoping against hope to get a glimpse of violent gale
the other He remembered every curse and
With candles lit everywhere blessing
Throwing light on the face of my Which had made him question
mother in despair everything
My brother’s grief poured a little bit
The pain in her eyes was beyond The pain of his mind put a match to it
compare I watched the flame of pain engulf him
They searched for him all night long While he desperately tried to tame the
My mother could no longer be strong poison of past sorrows
With every moment fear and agony His eyes filled to the brim
flowed in Mother’s blood, painfully so As he bitterly realized that they were a
part of him
May he be safe she said
As she hoped her worrisome thoughts My mother only said
would Thank God my son was brought back at
Be burned away tonight, finally last
God made her suffering decrease And spared a future tormented by the
past
We have found him they said
In the end, at peace, at last KHUSHI JOSHI
Balanced in this unreal world VIII RHINE

They told her his return was the sum of
good
“God has finally eased your pain”
“Now seek to purify your heart and let
peace take reins”