ENIGMATIC HORIZON

ENIGMATIC HORIZON

IMAGINE:INNOVATE:INSPIRE

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City Montessori School,
Gomtinagar Extension

Campus
Senior Section

REVOLUTION
2020

Enigmatic Horizon showcases the effort and
hardwork of young millenials of our school.

EDITOR'S NOTE

Welcome to the very 1st edition of the quarterly magazine of City
Montessori School, Gomtinagar Extension Campus. We are really proud
and exuberant to acclaim that we are ready to bring out the August
issue, which is going to surely unfold the unraveled world of the most
unforgettable and precious moments of the senior section.

As the saying goes "mind like a parachute works best when opened".
The Humble initiative is to set the budding minds free allowing them to
roam free in the realm of imagination and experience to create a world
of beauty in words.

This souvenir is a Pious attempt to make our budding talent give
shape to their creativity and learn the art of being aware because I
believe that or success depends upon our power to perceive, the power
to observe and power to explore.

The reflection of students' creativity and achievements is the epitome
of the magazine. We hope when you flip through these pages, the
positive attitude, hard work and innovative ideas exhibited by the
millenials will surely stir your mind and take you to surreal world of
unalloyed joy and pleasure.

I am thankful to our Principal's for enthrusting us with the
responsibility of editing. I also take this opportunity to thank all the
dignatories for sparing their valuable time and sending in their views in
the form of ' Articles'. I wish all the readers my best wishes and hope this
E-MAGAZINE will enjoy your critical acclaim.

STAY HOME, STAY SAFE

MS.TULIKA CHATTERJEE

COUNSELLOR

MS. ADITI JALAN CHIEF EDITOR MR.VAIBHAV VERMA
STUDENT
STUDENT
ASSISTANT EDITOR
ASSISTANT EDITOR

BLESSINGS OF OUR MENTORS

DR. JAGDISH GANDHI
FOUNDER MANAGER

DR. BHARTI GANDHI
FOUNDER DIRECTOR

MS. SUSMITA BASU
SUPERIOR PRINCIPAL

PROFESSOR MR. ROSHAN GANDHI
GEETA GANDHI DIRECTOR OF
STRATEGY
PRESIDENT

Mentors'
Voice

"Education is not the learning of facts but the training of
the mind to think."

As the Senior Principal, I feel honoured and privileged to be part
of an educational institution where every stakeholder is a
learner and everyday an opportunity to learn and discover. We
are striving hard to root students in an enabling and
constructive work ethic for their meaningful blossoming even in
this pandemonium. Meeting this need, I am very happy to
present before you the first edition of our school e-magazine
'ENIGMATIC HORIZON'. It is the very first edition highlighting
the exceptional ideas, efforts and achievements of the students
and teachers virtual school. I appreciate and congratulate the
editorial team for their hardwork and dedication for bringing
together the first E-Magazine of our school.

Ms. MANJIT BATRA

SENIOR PRINCIPAL

Mentors'
Voice

"Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more
talented than you know and capable of more than you imagine."

Covid-19 hit us by storm but we need not limit our efforts
because of other's limitations. So CMS, Gomtinagar Extension
stood strong together, undeterred to do what was necessary to
survive. And today I stand proud, to share with you the first
edition of e-magazine 'ENIGMATIC HORIZON'. This is a
testimony of our determination to never give in. Yes we did
change our plans but never our goal to deliver world class
education to every child that came to our care. As you flick
through the pages, I hope you will discover that our teachers
students have worked enthusiastically to bring together an
insight of their virtual school.

Ms. SANGEETA BANERJEE
PRINCIPAL

CHANGING ROLE OF SCHOOL

Today, the role of a school is not only to work
towards academic excellence but also to motivate
the students to be lifelong learners, become
critical thinkers, provide them the skills to turn
out to be productive members of an ever-changing
global society and to empower them with the soft
skills to face all situations, whether positive or
negative, with equal ease.

Our world today is changing at such an accelerated rate.This make it imperative
that we as educators should pause and reflect on this entire system of Education and
start re building from the very foundation, in order create the required result.As per
today’s scenario, the aim of education should be to reach out and motivate the late
bloomers, to mold the mediocre and to challenge the gifted and talented”.

We all want to live in the society, where there is love, peace, joy, harmony, and
development, freedom from violence and from corruption. This dream of the society as
a whole will be realized only with a sound system of ‘Education’ with a firm foundation.
A school is not merely a building surrounded by four walls. It is a place that shapes the
personality of a child. If we want our society to prosper, then, the primary requirement
is quality education that is updated as per the need of the hour. This is so because it is
‘Education’ that helps to ignite the need to excel in the young mind and mold them to be
honest and make them the leaders of the society and the nation at large.

“SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE AND DEVELOP A PLAN

SOME PEOPLE DOUBT AND NEVER THINK THEY CAN

SOME PEOPLE FACE HURDLES BUT GIVE IT THEIR BEST

SOME PEOPLE BACK OUT WHEN FACED WITH THE TEST

WE ALL HAVE A CHOICE WE ALL HAVE A SAY

WE ARE SPECTATORS OF LIFE OR GET ON AND PLAY

WHICHEVER WE CHOOSE, HOW WE HANDLE LIFE’S GAME

THE CHOICES ARE OURS NO ONE ELSE IS TO BE BLAMED”
SUNITA DWIVEDI
INCHARGE
SENIOR SECTION

EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT-
IT HAS TO CONTINUE
INCESSANTLY

As Martin Luther King Jr rightly said,”the ultimate
measure of a man is not where he stands in the
moments of comfort and convenience,but where he
stands in times of challenge and controversy.”

The same goes true for all those associated with the
field of education in these trying times. The teaching
fraternity has always been looked up to in times of
crisis and need.the teachers and the educators have
always come to the rescue of the world and its people
in grave and distressing times.

The new pattern of education today varies vastly from that of the earlier times. The
definition of education has completely changed and has forged in an era of expeditiously
changing scenario. The teacher and the taught are now in a tandem ready to
learn,relearn and unlearn.

The theories of the past are swiftly changing leading to a massive modification of the
policies of education. This pandemic has taught all of us to be more conscious of our
efforts and our dealing with each other. With the teachers learning new methods of
teaching and expressing themselves,the student community too is undergoing an
immense alteration.

The physical school has now been converted into a virtual school and the teacher
and the taught are meeting each other on an online platform. There are always two
sides of a coin- so if you thought that these online classes were a fun, there were others
who thought that these were a means to create a nuisance and mayhem.the entire
system of teaching and learning would be beneficial if the students brought in more self
restraint and discipline in themselves - something without which actual education is
not possible. The major pillars of the education system today are the teacher, the taught
and the parents. Online classes for the students that are being conducted calls for a
little more restraint and control on the part of all these three components. The students
and the parents have to understand this new normal and a drastic change that the
education system has undergone in this pandemic. It's imperative that these elements
have to maintain a mutual respect and patience as this system is not at all easy to
follow and sustain. It takes a lot of courage to develop an understanding and above all
change the age old patterns of the existing educational system. Thus ,we can also say
that this untoward situation throughout the world has taught each one of us a hard
lesson- it has taught us peaceful co-existence and universal brotherhood.

INDRANI CHANDRA
CO-ORDINATOR
SENIOR SECTION

IT'S OKAY TO BE NOT OKAY

"Not until we are lost that we begin to understand ourselves.”

Have you been anxious, stressed, disoriented, confused and
depressed lately. The day’s have been feeling too long and
monotonous and you don’t have the strength to go through it.
The world seemed gloomy and you just want to curl in your bed
and deep dive in your thoughts and want no one to disturb you.
You are having extreme mood swings and clearly you don’t have
an explanation for it. There have been burst of emotions during
different times of day and you feel that something is wrong with
you but you are not able to put a finger on it exactly. If you have
been experiencing this all, then let me tell you we both are
sailing in the same boat and it’s pretty normal. We humans have
a tendency to consistently try to make ourselves or others “feel
better.” Which leads us to believe that whatever is happening is
just in our head and it’s better to avoid the feelings rather than
face it.

Life life doesn’t always go as planned, does it. Occasionally it throws a curveball just to test our
patience that in turn creates anxiety, panic and stress. The current pandemic has definitely done
that it has pulled the carpet from under our feet, the carpet we had become so comfortable with.
The uncertainty that dawns upon us now is taking a toll on our mental health. All of us our trying to
adapt to this new normal so to say. But are we really adapting to it.

‘ Are we accepting whatever is going on around. Are we acknowledging that these are difficult and
unprecedented times and it’s okay if sometimes we lose control. Are we actually comprehending the
changes that are happening is not only in the environment or the physical world? But it is us who
are being affected the most.

How often do we respond to the question “How are you?” with a simple, “I’m fine,” or even, “Not
great but I know this is just for a time being—so I’m fine.” But are you really?

This constant need to show the world that you are fine and nothing is wrong with you or rather
just presuming that no one will understand ‘how many times have we just shut ourselves, dug a
deep hole of emotional despair and have crawled deeper into it with no intention of coming out of it
as we have forced ourselves to believe that it’s better this way rather than being stigmatized by the
people around us.

We must start to shed the shame that surrounds not being okay. We must let go of the notion
that if we are feeling pain of any kind, we are weak or doing something wrong. We need to accept,
introspect and allow ourselves to feel then only we will be able to heal completely.

You are not alone in this dysfunctional way of thinking and feeling rather most of us go through
it from time to time. It’s how most of us have been raised, conditioned, and told is "normal." Normal
is fine, but healthy is a different story.

It is okay to shout. It is okay to cry. It is okay to feel pain. It is okay to feel scared. It is okay to feel
uncertain. It is okay to feel grief. It is okay to feel lonely. And It is definitely okay to not be okay.

Yes, it will pass. Yes, it is impermanent. Yes, it is just a phase of your life and it will get over soon.

But still it is required you to honor your emotional experience by being present for it, not by

distracting yourself or avoiding it with every fiber of your being. Just for today, show up for

whatever you're feeling and remember you are not alone in this. TULIKA CHATTERJEE

COUNSELLOR

ACHIEVEMENTS & AWARDS

BATCH 2019-20

KANAD PANDEY Our Toppers ANANYA
ISC

97.75%

Overall 73/146 scored >90%
(53%) students.

AVISHI SINGH Our Toppers SHASHWAT SINGH
ICSE

98.68%

Overall 149/238 scored >90%
(63% )students.

18 BEST TEACHERS

SESSION 2019-20

Ms. MUNMUN KAPOOR

ICSE
ENGLISH LITERATURE

Ms. NEETA SHAH

ICSE
ENGLISH LITERATURE

Mr. PARITOSH TIWARI

ISC
BIOTECHNOLOGY

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KISHORE VAIGYANIK PROTSAHAN YOJANA

KVPY 

KANAD PANDEY PIYUSH KUMAR

Awarded a
scholarship of
Rs.4,64,000/-
for 5 years each.

POETRY COMPETITION

Amna Khan of class XII-E, her poem
'Dinner Table' was published in the
di-verse-city Youth Edition 2020 of
the Austin Poets International Inc.

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INTERNATIONAL BENCHMARK TEST

IBT

ABHIDEEP AYUSH
SHIKHAR RAGHVENDRAM

100
PERCENTILE

IN
MATHEMATICS.

QUIZ COMPETITION

Shreya Chaudhary of class XI-D
won the Prelims of the Scholarly
Quiz and was awarded a cash prize

of $500/-

18 IIT JEE MAINS SELECTION
2019-20

KANAD PANDEY PIYUSH KUMAR JYOTIRADITYA MISHRA
99.55 99.24 99.22

ABHINAV SINGH YATHARTHA MANIK VIJAY RAKSHIT
98.92 98.86 98.64

SHASHANK KUMAR DIVYANSHI BORA SHREYANSH TRIPATHI
96.28 96.12 95.4

TANMAY TRIPATHI KRISHNA SINGH OJASWITA SINGH
94 91.83 93.2

STUDY ABROAD
2019-20

KANAD PANDEY JHANAVI PRIYA AKARSH KUMAR

SHAGUN SINGH DEEPANSH VERMA AAYUSHI SINGH

SALIM USMAN ANJALI SINGH VANSH BATAS

ISHITA NIWAS ISRA AMAN AZIZ SHREYA PANDEY

FAIZ AHMAD ARJUN SINGH CHAUHAN
2017-18 2016-17

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NATIONAL TALENT SEARCH
EXAMINATION
2019-20

SAMEER PATEL KAUSTUBH DWIVEDI

PRIYA RAY BALWANI SAMRIDHI MISHRA

JAHNVI SINGH PARITOSH TIWARI

KANISHK KUMAR
DEVESH DEV

18 COUNCIL MEMBERS

HEAD BOY

HOPE RUDRA PRATAP PEACE
SINGH

LOVE UNITY

CAPTAIN CAPTAIN
UJJWAL PATHAK ISHITA SHUKLA

CAPTAIN CAPTAIN
GARGI BHARADWAJ SAHIL SINGH

VICE HEAD GIRL

HOPE AYUSHI PEACE
RAGHVENDRAM

LOVE UNITY

VICE CAPTAIN VICE CAPTAIN
BHAVYA VERMA ALOK KRISHNA

VICE CAPTAIN VICE CAPTAIN
YASH AGARWAL AREEBA UMAR

18 DISCIPLINE INCHARGES

LOVE UNITY

HOPE PEACE

AKSHITA SINGH ADITI JALAN

SIMRAN SUKHAM KAUR

ASSEMBLY ENVIRONMENT
INCHARGE COORDINATOR

NAISHA KHAN PALAK

STUDENT WELFARE LITERARY
INCHARGE INCHARGE

ISC ICSE ISC ICSE
ESHITA MOHAN KHUSHI TRIPATHI AMNA KHAN SAUMYA TOMER

18 DISCIPLINE INCHARGES

LOVE UNITY

HOPE PEACE

AISHWARYA SHUBHANSHI
AGNIHOTRI GUPTA

SHAILJA GUPTA RIDA ARIF

STUDENT WELFARE VICE LITERARY
INCHARGE INCHARGE

SHREYA VERMA PRIYA RAY BALWANI SHAMBHAVI SAXENA

VICE SPORTS VICE ENVIRONMENT
CAPTAIN COORDINATOR

PARTH TIWARI SATVIKA SINGH

18 PREFECTS

HOPE HOPE UNITY UNITY

MOHD.AQUIB ARYA KAPOOR BHUMI SINGH ATHARV MOHAN
PEACE PEACE
LOVE LOVE

RACHIT ARORA ADITI SINGH VARCHESVEE AARYA DEV
YADUVANSHI MEHROTRA

STUDENT WELFARE
INCHARGE

ARPITA VERMA TANISHKA
SRIVASTAVA

LITERARY PREFECT ASSEMBLY INCHARGE SPORTS PREFECT

ANUVA NARAIN ARYA SHUKLA ARNAV JOSHI

ONLINE CLASSES: STRIVING FOR PROGRESS
AND CREATING OPPORTUNITIES

The only way to make sense out of
change is to plunge into it, move with it
and focus all of your energy, not on
fighting the old, but on building the new –
How seamless the idea appears to be!
True, it is the need of the hour but is it
that easy?

The Pandemic which seems to be eternal needs no introduction and it goes without
saying that it has sabotaged the so called normal. We are social beings and who knew
one day our socially developed sense of co-existence will be marred and ruptured.

In spite of the circumstances, our survival instinct is boundless. We believe in
“adopt, adapt and adept.” Education system is the microcosm for the macrocosm.
Providing education and imparting knowledge is a perpetual process. Schools across
nations have taken the onus on their shoulders for pursuing the transformation
positively which the entire world is going through. This transition, from brick-mortar
form to the virtual technological world, which the classrooms have undergone is truly
praiseworthy and is a sign of healthy growth.

Online classes, especially in Senior Section of our branch, are all about staying
connected with our students and being an everlasting catalyst in the process of their
growth. It is hard for the teachers but they have left no stone unturned in making this
process of e-learning free from all difficulties and make it swift as if, it is just a sheer
conversation between people, the real people and not robots. It has been extremely
challenging for teachers as well as students to forget the traditional, preconceived and
prepossessed tools of the learning process and be the tabula rasa for this unexpected
change. Only catering to positive side of the situation, its easy to say that online classes
are a boon as they are creating opportunities for everyone to think beyond the usual,
learn new techniques, enhance our knowledge, broaden our horizons and elevate the
standards of teaching- learning process. This is the new norm and we are happily
coordinating because we are not afraid of being a beginner. Progress without
preparation is futile and online classes are the parameter of progress in these testing
times.

PRERNA RAJ
ISC

ENGLISH TEACHER

FITNESS IS THE KEY

City Montessori school aims at the  all round development of a child with confident
leadership qualities.The education with a vision to create global citizens with a spiritual
perception. So, along with studies, sports are also held in high esteem. Participation in
sports helps the students develop a sense of teamwork, dedication, discipline and
punctuality.City Montessori School Gomti Nagar extension also gives a lot of
importance to sports  so that a healthy body can lead to a healthy and alert mind. Mr
Mahboob Khan the physical education teacher of the campus plays a very important
role in helping the campus achieve it. He is the guiding force behind the achievements
made by the children.Under his able guidance students have excelled in many sporting
events and brought laurels to the campus. Ayush  Magaseth has won  many medals in
district and state level and also has earned the distinction of participating in athletics in
the national level. Suhani Nagar won the Gold medal in State
championship,Taekwondo. Parth Tiwari  brought laurels to the school by winning gold
in state swimming championships. Now due to the ongoing covid lockdown, students
are being groomed by Mr Khan to participate in virtual chess championship.For the
well being and sound health of the entire campus, Aerobics classes are performed
online. International yoga day was celebrated with great zest by the school fraternity. 
Under the able guidance of Mr Khan the students are expected to go a long way and
make the presence felt in the sports as much as they do in studies.

NEETA SHAH
ICSE

ENGLISH TEACHER

The Brave New School: Learning on a Screen

To make the new normal of virtual-learning work, various
schools have laid down rules and etiquette from being
punctual and dressing neat to maintaining silence and order
in the classrooms at home. Apps like Zoom have upgraded
themselves to fit the current scenario and function through
this time. All in all, the world has started to conform to the
new normal. Though the children from economically-
challenged backgrounds found themselves without any
means to attend online classes, their number estimated to be
at least 16 hundred thousand, the fact remains that online
education is the future.

In the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak, The new age promises more autonomy in education. The
numerous schools and educational movement is towards a system that grants more freedom to
institutes have taken to online the learners, more roads and tools to educators and an
education. While some are using apps overall impetus to the knowledge economy. The rise of e-
like Microsoft Teams and Google Meet, learning should be viewed in that neon light. The start of any
others continue to use Zoom, despite the great journey is tumultuous, and thus, as a society, we all
safety concerns. Though, when schools need to plan not ban. Opening our minds to the changes that
reopen is still a big question mark, happen in the world at an exponentially fast pace and
schools have at least laid down some adapting, are the only ways we have survived as a species,
learning groundwork before they finally and the only ways we can thrive again
do.
GARGI BHARADWAJ
XII-D

THE NEW NORMAL

Do you remember the time when people bought accessories
matching to their outfits? Well now the entire trend of
changing trends has changed. Now it is those bright,
colourful and funky masks which have gained importance.
There was a time when we used to go to schools and offices,
interact with our friends and colleagues, etc but now all this
seems forbidden. Social distancing is the new fashion. Zoom,
Google Meet,Skype, etc are now the new and the only modes
of communication.

I never thought of and I think you There are no wars but the roads are empty because we are
wouldn’t have either that there would living in a fear, trying rather, trying to protect ourselves
be a time when the world would become from that invisible little monster which has the potential to
so vulnerable that we could not step out kill us. Sanitizers and handwashes are our weapons in this
of our homes without a MASK. The battle. Handwashing and sanitizing are the new norms. They
novel CORONA  virus has made us to are now not only confined to “ before and after every meal”
adopt so many new habits and routines but also to before and after touching anything.This is the
and do it like it is normal. So here we new life, the new routine and the NEW NORMAL. I don’t
are living the “ NEW NORMAL “ life. know when we are going to resume with our old schedules or
whether that is even going to happen or not but till then it is
WORK FROM HOME.

AKSHITA SINGH
XII-D

WISDOM OF THE HEAD AND THE HEART

Like yin and yang, wine and cheese, life The Heart is the emotional unit
and death, cold weather and hot tea – it’s a of our self, the fiery, hot headed
well known fact that opposites have a part which is extremely
tendency to attract. Much the same way, idealistic, and is quick to make
the head and the heart are not two judgments based on feelings
separate entities but rather are a rather than reasoning. The
complement to each other. Operating Heart has certain wisdom of its
without the other, they are far too intense, own, as it is intuitive and
like coffee brewed from strong to bitter, perceptive, and sometimes has
but when employed together; they are an uncanny ability to be able to
amaranthine, beautiful like a harmony. judge people or situations, with
shrewdness and perspicacity.

The Head is considered the logical unit of The Head and the Heart should not be separated by distinct
our self, the part which helps us to make boundaries; like body and soul, they are intertwined, each useless
cold, calculating decisions, the part lacking without the other. But we need to understand that life is not lived
in all emotion, devoid of any color, numb to in extremes, that moderation is key. Thus, I conclude that the
hot and cold, apathetic to misery and pain. Heart and the Head both have wisdom in their own right, but it
The Head is wise in its own right, as it takes a truly wise person to know when to follow either of the
solves problems without any bias or two. But, once in a while, in moments of hesitation, when you’re
partiality, but how miserable would full of doubts and what ifs, take a leap of faith and listen to your
someone be if they were to go through the heart. The mind has been conditioned to believe in what’s
world, only seeing it through the frigid lens ‘rational’, and often, gets too scared to believe in things as they
of numbers and facts; with no pleasure seem too good to be true. In moments like these, listen to your
coming from seeing the birds fly past them heart, it somehow already knows what is right. And as Pascal
in the evening sky, from the sun flickering himself said, “The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.”
through their room with its warm fingers of
sunshine illuminating each object. To go AMNA KHAN
through life existing but not living; a mere XII-E
robot. I shudder at the very thought of it.

SCIENCE & HUMAN WELFARE

Since the time the ticking of alarm clock But, as it is said, "We should
wakes us up to when we fall asleep listening always look at the positive side
to our favourite music. If we try to recall of the things." During this time
the activities of our day, we will find the of epidemic, nothing but
importance of Science in our lives. We often Science is helping us come out
do not realize what our lives would have of it. We can't even imagine the
been without the blessings of Science. It's disastrous situation without
quite difficult to believe that our ancestors doctors using science to cure
used to wander deep inside the forests to patients, civil servants keeping
find even the most basic things for survival. a record of such cases and even
But, now we enjoy the 'push-button' age. news channels or internet
keeping us updated always.

Even though we humans are still struggling What more can we ask for? Science is actually dragging out
to determine whether science is a bane or millions of people from the mouth of death. Science has blessed
boon, we cannot hide behind the truth i.e.  the humans so much that now it's not a wonder to watch robots
Science has paved way to Human Welfare. It serve us or flying from one corner of the world to another. It's
is said that "Necessity is the mother of not wrong to say that now, we humans rule over the world and
invention." Science has definitely made our Science rules over us.    It is in our hands how we want to make
lives easier, but isn't it making us lazy. Most use of this blessing named Science.
of us are so indulged in technology that we
don't have time to explore the world, ARISHA ALI
wandering in plains, hills and forests. X-B

IT'S HIGH TIME NOW

A recent study assessed of people’s attitudes towards mental
health and they were asked, how would you describe a person
with mental illness? 56% said someone who talks to
themselves; 9% said depressed; 15% called them retards; 20%
called them crazy/stupid/mad. Now, this shows the stigma
attached to mental health in Indian society.

Recently, while discussing the suicide with some of my

friends the views they had were like this -

" How can people even do so ? They don't even think about

the money and time their parents had invested in them. So

selfish this generation is ! " I was left completely aghast on

hearing this.
"Oh! Another crazy person. Just don't pay

any heed to that insane fellow." This is the Now let's break the statement down.

kind of remarks that we get to hear for a "How can people even do so? "

person who is going through an emotional Depression can make people feel great emotional pain and
breakdown or an ill psychological and loss of hope, making them unable to see another way to
mental health. As times have changed, we relieve the pain other than ending their own life.
have begun to consider mental health an • "So selfish this generation is !"
issue that needs to be addressed, but that Why to blame the generation here ? It's us, the members of
consideration comes from a minute portion the society, who are at fault. We never keep a check on the
of Indian Society. There can be many people around us. We never ask these people to reach out to
reasons for why ‘Mental Health is ‘Not a us.
Thing’ in India, such as lack of education, The undeniable feeling of loneliness that hijacks the mind,

awareness, ignorance, pressure, social and eats away the personality, and snuffs out our lives, depression

cultural beliefs. There are many is spreading its poisonous tentacles quite vigorously in
observations that show families, friends, modern times. All of us should pledge, to come forward, rub
and parents don’t want to listen. For our shoulders against each other's and fight our Battle
instance, if a child goes to his/her parents against mental illness. Together we shall overcome. It's high
talking about a mental health issue; it will time now, remember IT'S HIGH TIME NOW.
either be swept under the carpet, or they
will just create more panic. PALAK
XII-E

NEW INDIA: NEW EDUCATION SYSTEM

On July 29, the Indian cabinet approved the The most notable feature of the new high school system will
National Education Policy 2020 which aims be more flexibility allowed to students’ choice of subjects.
to pave way for individuals by providing a Basically, students will be allowed to make their own bouquet
holistic way of learning. The new policy has of unique combinations. Board exams too will be diluted, that
made transformational reforms in both is they will test only core competencies and will be offered
school and higher education sectors; this twice a year.Report card will now be a comprehensive report
paradigm shift in the education policy that of skills and capabilities rather than just the grade sheet of
has existed in India since decades will tests.School students will also have ten bagless days in a year
enable today’s youth them in becoming a that leaves them exposed to the choice of an informal
productive, a multi-dimensional personality internship.The national testing agency will conduct common
that cements the foundation of a society university entrance exams twice a year.India is surely
that’s plural and egalitarian. gearing up for becoming a global power with the powerhouse
of talented youth that will now have impeccable
opportunities. This change was long due and is welcomed by
the people of the generation Z and previous generations alike.
It is sure to transform millions of lives in the times to come.

PRIYANSHI SINGH
XII-D

PHOTOGRAPHY : POETRY WITH LIGHT

"Photography is an art of observation. It has little to do with
the things you see and everything to do with the way you see
them"~Elliott Erwitt

According to me photography is about making sense of the
world. Photography is all about finding appreciation in small
things in life. Photography is about walking slower,looking at
things,and finding beauty in the ordinary and mundane.
Photographs where time has been taken to get the correct
lighting,whereby possibly hours have been spent getting the
set upright,a relationship with the subject has been
established and is evident in the final result-these images are
aTrht.ere is a skill involved in taking images that speak to the viewer and provoke a reaction in them that's no
different to the reaction evoked by art. Photographs are just images-just like paintings,sculptures,or
anything that exists in the world.

Photography is ethereal- there are images that hit our eyes,and our brains process meaning. Images affect

us emotionally, it forces us to see the world differently. Since its invention, photography has affected how

the world views and consumes history,as well as everyday life. A photograph is capable of not only

capturing a brief moment in time but also can represent an entire social movement or be a catalyst for

change.

ADITI JALAN

THE IMPACT OF KOREAN WAVE ON MY LIFE XII-C

"“Does anyone know anything about South Korea?” Serotonin
rushes through my blood; I feel my hand shoot up almost
involuntarily. This is my forte. History class had never been
more interesting.

The Naisha of January, 2019 and the Naisha of today are two
very different people. Initially, like a lot of people, I too was
biased against Korean music and dramas. But things changed
when after a huge fight with my best friend regarding this, I
finally decided to give K-pop a try. As the winter of ’19 melted
away, one listen to “Spring Day” brought spring into my life
and thawed the prejudice in my heart.

At first it was BTS (obviously) that sucked me into the Korean wave. Days that didn’t seem to end without self-
loathing, now hurt a little less. The comforting lyrics of ‘Epiphany’, ‘2!3!’ and ‘Magic shop’ healed the wounds
that bled ever so frequently. The nights when I tossed and turned sleeplessly, fighting my demons, were now
spent binge-watching ‘RUN! BTS’, laughing till my stomach ached. BTS’s message of “LOVE YOURSELF” and
“SPEAK YOURSELF” resonated so strongly with me that before I knew it, somewhere in the process of loving 7
extremely talented boys, I had started falling in love with myself. Soon, I made many like-minded friends,
which is a huge feat for an introverted, socially awkward person like me. The burden of feeling like a misfit
finally shed as I found acceptance in the BTS fanbase, the ARMY.

I taught myself Hangeul (Korean script). I am still learning Korean, striving for fluency in the language.
Exposure to the Korean wave has opened up to me different perspectives, lifestyles, and cuisines- broadened
my horizons. The success stories and hard work of  K-pop idols inspire me to improve myself.

Society’s tag of ‘obsession’ won’t change the fact that the Korean wave has impacted not just me, but millions
of people positively. ‘Parasite’ director, Bong Joonho rightly said in his Oscar acceptance speech, “When you
cross that one-inch high barrier of subtitles, you will discover many amazing things.” The Korean wave is one
exciting ride, and I don’t plan on getting off anytime soon.

NAISHA KHAN
XII-E

“ASPIRATIONS TO INSPIRATIONS STAY STRONG
IN OUR NATION”
In light of trouble , we have today, 
We aspire to inspire, There's just a few things,
to fulfill our desires,to prove to the world we I'd like to say, 

are not less than a Although these days feel to be long,
burning fire. Together as a nation we can stand strong.

 Being mindful, and Share your kindness and love, It’s not the
deeply in touch with present time to be shove, 

We concentrate, focus Hold on your loved ones,
and learn every moment. hold them tight, 

 Perseverance and Follow the guidelines and
growing mindset represent our character, don’t take it light.
embracing challenges and learning from
Spend the precious time with your
failure elevates us higher. family, Read, discuss ,

We are the stars in play games and be silly, 
the universe shining bright, Watch your favourites, snuggle upon the sofa, 

Inspiring the whole Take time to do everything’s and enjoy the
world with our shining light. pleasure it brings.

 We aspire to inspire, Be protected from the outside evil that is
to fulfill our desires, to prove the world we are furious, It wants to make mankind serious, 

not less than a burning fire. Hold your loved ones tight, 
Follow the guidelines and
JUHI SAXENA
X-A don’t take it light.
KRITIKA GARG
LIFE OF A SCIENCE STUDENT IX-A

Life of a science student is full of care, "LAND OF LAMP
He meets only books and books everywhere
I see here,The land of eyesome ,
He has no time to stand and stare, Covered once with forest,
Gases revolve in his mind everywhere,
There is no place for leisure in his life, Which is Home of hundreds of life
The chirping of birds he has never heard, That one could never leave,
This soul never heard what nature does say, Hooly grass,Clean water,
He thinks only about marks night and day.
In his heart there is no room for sentiments, Which enhance the beauty of night,
He has become too busy a man of experiments. Which reflects the solasta moon,
From a distance the book of chemistry shines. The Air is pure than any soul,
Numericals of physics have stolen his smile. But this is past,
Still his dad thinks he is the happiest , Which is long gone,

Person in his life.    And the present lay beyond,
Toska land,
VIPRANSHU
X-C Which lay lifeless,
Which cannot be renewed,

They lost it,
They never cherished it,

They killed it,
And now they regret it.

AMISHI PURI
XI - E

“CURSE TO BE BLACK” FADED POLAROID

They called me black, I lay still on the silky thread that parts
For me it was an awful attack . love from hate, That which led to
They figured my complexion
the warmth of my  heart is now a shut gate,
as my abnormality, But the seal melts on days when I burn in
but it was their verbal brutality. the flame of emotions, And with drops of woe my

They  wanted to make fun of me,as they eyes create bottomless gloomy oceans,
believed themselves to be bourgeoisie. You could just be the unfinished love letter 

I wasn't their helot but tucked away under the memory sack
they treated me like that, 
they thought i was like a tongue - tied gnat. When I wanted to weave you with my
love into a poetry paperback.The charm of a
But now its time for me to rise up, its time for
building up my intensities and to rise from beautiful face has now enticed your mind.
this hyssop. I want my rights and Extrinsic beauty is all that you treasure not
this is a cheer of my pride, a soul that's kind. But my benignity and selfless
I'm making this heartfull allure worldwide.
love will be indelible for your head.
Being black is not a curse, none of you can The serene road that leads to my house of
return my regality in reimburse. solace is a path that you'll once again tread.
You are deriding of me because
of my dark skin, But I won't be lingering forever for your
sham love and care. Long before you wish
this is an ignominy and a infelicious sin. to come back, I'll be breathing in the mountain air

They call me black, as they have no locutions Too busy satisfying my soul with
to collate me with a slack, but they are happiness, peace and art.

unaware that a small slack has a hefty heat When you'll just be a few memories
inside,which is so sturdy that it can break this lying in the dainty corners of my heart
A faded polaroid living in my psyche,
curse of racism worldwide. a bitter sweet reminiscence on a cold night
AYUSH SINGH The sleepless dark spent in a misty recollection
XI- E
with coffee, music and stars in sight.
KARTIKI
XII-B

MOTHER EARTH ”Puts every mouth forth.

“Once I was green and blue,

But now I am full of brown in different hues. We don’t realize what we can do,because

Once I was full of tranquility, no one has tried,and that is true.

But now I am full of pollution. There are a million ways to make pollution

You cut my lungs without mercy, a fool, By using less transport, By doing

Don’t you realize that once they are over, carpool. Save coal, a non-renewable

You won’t find any? I was once on fire, resource,By deriving nuclear energy, From

But all you did was post pictures and flyers. an unexpected sourceDon’t let the soil be

You Can’t perceive the fact, free, By planting at least one tree.

That you will die because of your acts. “Don’t let the three fourths reduce to a

Oh, human, quarter,By saving a plenty of water.

When will you registerthat what you are Don’t let garbage fly, be it plastic or tin,

doing, is hurting me, By throwing alln sorts of litter in a dustbin.

killing me,torturing me. “Well, what can we not do?

I am now crying for help,HELP ME. ”Should utter every town,

I am begging you, If we want a happy and safe, 

Begging you to let me live longer. MOTHER EARTH.

Let YOU live longer.”Pleads mother earth. ARYA KAPOOR

“Well, what can we do? XI-A

PROUD MOMENTS

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Independence Day Celebration
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"Freedom in the Mind, Faith in our Words, Pride in our Souls"

THE CHOICE IS YOURS – SAVE IT OR WASTE IT

Plans to protect air and water, wilderness
and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man.”
says Stewart Udall.

The earth is called the ‘blue planet’ and it is
the only one which sustains life but given
the rate of anthropogenic exploitation, how
long can we get on with our selfish attitude
towards the environment?

The kind of damage that has been inflicted is
palpable and the need has been felt to save
environment sooner rather than later. Until
and unless we know how to save
environment and take remedial measure,
our future is in grave hands

. “Save Environment” is a mantra that has developed to represent several acts
aimed at preserving the sanctity of our environment. The role of schools and the
school going children in this “Save Environment “drive is the most crucial one, I
feel.

City Montessori School, Gomti Nagar Extension has never failed to take up its
responsibility in training the leaders of tomorrow for making our ’Mother Earth’ a
better to live in. From taking up plantation drive to reminding students to turn off
the lights and fans when they leave the classroom, this school does it all. The Solar
Panels installed at the rooftop add to the grace of the school. The students also get
involved in these initiatives with zeal and fervor. They have been taking part in
each and every activity which adds to the betterment of the environment. These
children have also worked in their localities and homes for the cause of the
environment.

While staying back at their homes for months during the lockdown owing to the
COVID-19 Pandemic, they have worked for the environment under the guidance of
their teachers and the Environment Club. A bird nest out of plastic bottle, an art
piece out of newspaper mash to feed stray animals, planting saplings in a
newspaper cover instead of a plastic cover, they have made every possible effort to
safeguard the environment.

PALAK
EBVIRONMENT

COORDINATOR

ALL THAT MATTERS MOST

"Saving from plastic by plastic."

Nature sounds so aesthetic , doesn’t it ? But not many days are left when we
see our seas weary of suffocation from plastics , our soil torn apart from plastics ,
our environment completely devoid of trees because of plastics. We already are
fools to consider that Earth is a self healing machine and that we can use it to its
brim. A very common statement that we often hear is “Let it be” rather we don’t
hear , we see people completely ignoring it inside out. Someone has to start and we
on an odd day of this pandemic keeping in mind the blues came up with the idea of
PLASTIC BOTTLE REVOLUTION.The main aim behind this initiative is to utilize
more and more plastic waste as plastic is a non-biodegradable substance.We took
this initiative because of the realizations which dawned on us during this
lockdown.

We realized that nature have been taking care of us since we were born and it
has provided us with everything which we need for our survival. Nature not just
fulfill our physical needs but also gives us mental peace and hope in difficult
times.So we being close to nature have started this little movement which would
bring about a huge change.We are highly indebted to nature. We can’t pay it back
ever but our little efforts would definitely add on to its charm.We took it to
Instagram to start a page called plastic.bottle.revolution.pbr where we connect
lives through plastic bottles . We aim at spreading this initiative just like Wildfire.
We already have some volunteers who actively took part in this movement.In our
initiative the volunteer first plants a sapling in a plastic bottle and then tag five
other people to do so and take surety of them and then these five people inspire 5
other people and the chain starts working.Our long term goal is to have plastic
bottle gardens in every schools and colleges of every city and every state and we
hope that someday we will be able to achieve our goal.

AGRIMA, KASHISH, VYOMIKA
YOUNG LEADERS
OF CHANGE

ARTISTIC CREATIONS

ESHITA MOHAN - XII B SANG MISHRA - IX G

KSHITIJ RAI - XII C

SANIYA AHMED- XII E
ALINA AHMED- XII E

ABHIVYAKTI- XII D
NAVYA SINGH- IX B

VALINI DWIVEDI IX B

ADITI SRIVASTAVA IX C
SANCHANA

BHATTACHARYA X-E

KRITIKA GARG IX-A

The Anchorite

“In photography there is a reality so subtle that it
becomes more real than reality.”

Our club,
The Anchorite,
aims to provide a
platform to students
to showcase their talent,
potential as well as their zeal for
PHOTOGRAPHY!
The mission of the club is to provide
a supportive environment to the
young enthusiasts to share their
ideas, creativity and passion
and narrate a story through

their lens.

Talented young photographers

AYUSH ATHARVA VAIBHAV
MAHASETH XII C BISEN XII E VERMA 12 D

VAIBHAV VERMA
XII D

ADITI
JALAN 12 C

SARVAPRIYA JHANAVI
ADARSH 10 D GUPTA 12 C

JAHNAVI GUPTA 12 C

ADYA
TRIPATHI 10 E

VIDHUSHI
SRIVASTAVA
11 C

LAKSHAY SUBHANSHI
SINGH 11 C PRIYA 11 B



Photography Club Members..

VAIBHAV  ADITI LAKSHAY

ATHARVA JAHNAVI AYUSH

SUBHANSHI SARVAPRIYA ADYA 

VIDUSHI  AYUSHI 

"School is a building that has four walls with
Tomorrow inside." Lon Watters

CONTACT DETAILS
[email protected]

City Montessori School,
Gomtinagar Extension Campus
1/07, Vardan Khand, Gomti Nagar Extension.

Lucknow, 226010.