Shri Darpan 2022-23

301 |Shri Darpan Namaste Everyone!! I was very much excited to visit Mrugavani National Park as a part of my learning journey. I along with my friends and teachers had been to this place, and experience many things at the park. First we witnessed a snake show, where we saw different types of non- poisonous snakes and poisonous snakes like King Cobra, Python. Later we went to Safari in a white van and saw peacocks, deers. We also came across black and white rabbits, which were very cute. I saw a black rabbit for the first time. We also heard my birds chirping on the trees. Later I had lunch with my friends near a Banyan tree, we played and enjoyed a lot near the tree and finally returned back to my school. That’s all about my wonderful journey to Mrugavani National park. - Yashwanth Pinnamaneni, IIID We went to Mrugavani National Park. I went with my friends and teachers. We reached at 9:30 a.m. I saw many animals like Deer, peacocks, rabbits, birds and snakes. First, we went to see the rabbits. They were so cute and cuddly. Then we sat down to eat snacks. Then we went to the view point. We saw the mountains and the whole city. Then we went to the amphitheatre. We saw a few pictures of ancient animals and read how they lived. Then we had our lunch. After that we went to the safari and we saw deer and birds. Then we saw the snake show. And then we had to leave. - Ditya Pochampally, IIIE Unleashing the Magic of Favourite Book Characters I would like to be Harry Potter so that – 1. When anything bad happens, I can use my magic to fix it. 2. I can use my special powers to locate all the thieves in the world and catch them. 3. So that I can turn my enemies into fruit bats. An Adventure One day suddenly some aliens landed on Earth and were trying to take control of Earth by destroying everything. I used my magic powers and fought with them and drove them away from Earth. I was able to save the Earth using my special powers!! -- Devansh Khadria, IIID

302 |Shri Darpan My favourite book is Naruto which is written by a Japanese manga artist- Masashi Kishimoto. A manga artist/magaka is a comic artist who writes and/or illustrate manga. Manga are comics originating from Japan. I would like to be the main character from the comic which is Naruto. He worked very hard and learnt all the skills from his teacher to become a successful and capable Ninja, who was regarded as a hero both by his villagers and the rest of the world. When I will become Naruto, it will be my world tour using my jujtsu skills, I will teleport or go very fast in a blink of an eye to see all the seven wonders of the world which are very beautiful, manmade and natural buildings. The seven wonders of the world are Taj mahal which is in India, Machu pichu which is in Peru, the ancient city of Petra which is in Jordan, Great wall of China, Chichen Itza in Mexico, Christ the redeemer in Rio, Colosseum in Rome. The world tour will also include the visit to Disney land where I will enjoy the rides, games, shows of Disney characters and films. - Parikshit Mahanta, IIID If I was given a chance to be my favourite character in my most loved book Tara Nauts, I would be Zelda as she is prettiest, Einstein smart, loyal and has power of fire. In the imaginary universe of Mithya, begins my adventure along with my friend Aadhya who has power of wind. The first mission is to save the world of Shyn from the evil sorcerer who is the twin brother of the head emperor. We have to collect the sacred artefact of Shyn using a treasure map. I love solving puzzles and discover new things. We followed the map and found the artefacts ‘The mask of Sun god’, ‘Floating rock of water goddess’ and ‘The cloud of wind god’ using which we our world from the evil. - Tathvika, IIID My Special Person My special person is my teacher, Harika mam. She teaches us new things. She takes us for field trips. In the class, she takes a very good care of me. She always shares good ideas and guides me in the correct direction. We share our food. She is very good and kind person. I love her a lot. - Adwita Himanshu, IIIE My Favourite Person My favorite person is Harika ma’am. She is my class teacher and also teaches us English. She is my favourite because she teaches us very well. Even if she is tired or has some work to do, she handles us very well and explains us very nicely. We irritate Harika ma’am but still she cares about us. I never realized that teachers are so hard working. I am inspired by her and want to become a teacher like her. - Ananya Agrawal, IIIE

303 |Shri Darpan My Reflections of Our Learning Journey to Mrugavani National Park It was my first field trip after the break due to the pandemic. Our school took us to Mrugavani National Park. It took a lot of time to reach the park. When we were there, I was so excited with my friends to explore. I saw many rabbits. After seeing the rabbits, we sat on the grass for some minutes. Then I was playing with my friends on all the stones. Later my class went to the view point and saw many trees and plants. After seeing the view point, we went to a museum. After museum, we saw many types of snakes in a snake show. After snake show, I found a very beautiful feather which my EVS teacher asked to bring. We spent good amount of time in the field trip and it was a memorable trip. -Kabeer Mishra, IIIE One day we got a chance to go to Mrigavani National Park. So first when I went to school our ma’am told us to go to the cafeteria. After we finished our food, we went to the buses. There were two buses. Harika mam was not in my bus, Swathi mam was in my bus. Soon we reached the park. So first we saw rabbits. Then we walked and we saw a place with plenty of grass. Mam told us to sit and we sat down. After some time, we saw a sign of saying a tower. Then we climbed the stairs and we went so high that when we saw down it looked like we were on a cloud. After that we came back. We went to a garden where we rested for sometime. Later we went to snake park. There we saw non-poisonous snakes and poisonous snakes. Then we went back to our buses. - Paarth Saxena, IIIE Few weeks back, we went for a field trip to Mrugavani National Park. It is located in Hyderabad. It is situated at Chilukur. It is one of the major tourist attractions in the city. I saw so many deer, birds like peacocks and some rabbits in the park. It is a pleasant place to visit. I enjoyed a lot that day. At last we saw a snake show, which I liked a lot. We went to safari in a bus. I played with my friends. My teacher took some photographs with my classmates. We came back to home from Mrugavani National Park in the afternoon. - Rama Karatam, IIIE I went to Murugavani National Park for my field trip with my grade 3 friends and all teachers. We went in our school bus and reached there around 9:30. After that we took entry and saw so many animals. First, I saw different types of rabbits. Then we saw different types of birds like parrots and Macaw. We saw different type of deer and the smallest deer in the world. Our teacher explained us about all animals in detail. After finishing all this we went to the view point from there we saw a lot of greenery and the view was beautiful. We went to the museum also which was very informative. Then we saw a snake show in which we saw different type of snakes and I got so much important information about snakes. We had our lunch over there. After that we played there. This trip was amazing with so much information and fun. - Vyom Mihir, IIIE One day I went to a field trip and I saw lots of peacocks and peahens

304 |Shri Darpan I went for a safari. I had lunch with my friends and went to the view house climbing lot of stairs. I saw a museum and also visited the snake show in which I had seen real snakes and got scared. Later I saw a deer baby and also other animals. It was a good experience. - Aadhya Agarwal, IIIF I went to field trip to Mrugavani National Park. I was excited in my class that I was telling jokes to my classmates. We went to cafeteria to eat our breakfast and then we boarded the bus at 9:30 am. We boarded bus no.42.When we reached Mrugavani National Park, we were roaming around the park seeing lots of rabbits and deer. We went to the top of the park climbing lots of stairs. We ate our lunch and playing game with mam. 9 children from our class went into a big car. Then we boarded the bus and all were singing songs. - Aarush Kumar, IIIF I went on a field trip. The date was 11/11/2022 and the day was Friday. After having our breakfast, we made our own pairs. I paired up with Nairit. After we paired up, we boarded the bus. The bus started in 3 minutes. It was a long journey. I saw many things passing by. Even Nairit saw the same. We also read a storybook in the bus. When we reached the National Park, we climbed down the bus. First, we saw different kinds of snakes. Afterwards we went on a safari. We had a good time there. I saw several peacocks. They were very beautiful. I ate my lunch at 1:00 pm. We saw statues of four animals. Our teacher clicked some photos too. We came back at 2:30 pm. While we were coming back, we sang some songs. In the class, our teacher told us to write some reflections. I wrote many reflections. It was the best day ever. - Atraayu Agarwal, IIIF The park was a nice park. It was so good to be there. The peacock and deer the cutest animal I found was mouse deer. And on my safari, I felt scared because it was wild. Trees here and there. And after the safari my classmates and I had lunch and after that I had a banana. We saw snakes like king cobra and many others. Some were poisonous and some nonpoisonous. After that I went on some steps which took us so high. After that we went to school and wrote a review. - Darahas Deevela, IIIF School Field trips!! I love school field trips. I’ve been to a couple of them. Most of them were very engaging. November 2022, one of the best months of 2022 for me, main reason being the field trip to Mrugavani National Park. Mrug stands for deer and vani for Jungle. It is situated at Chilkur in Moinabad mandal in Hyderabad, Telangana. The Park is home to around 350 spotted deer. Apart from many different types plants and trees, I was very happy to see colourful peacocks, a spotted deer and a cute little monkey. I had lunch with my friends and enjoyed a lot! I wish to go to many more field trips like this. -Harnoor Singh Wadhwa, IIIF One a sunny day, on Friday of 11/11/2022.We had a field trip to Mrugavani National Park. My friends and I went to the field trip in a bus. And then in the bus I saw a lot of trees, cars and buildings. Finally, after 30 minutes we reached. We went

305 |Shri Darpan inside and we saw the place where to buy tickets. Then we sat and we saw real snakes like little snakes, poisonous snakes, big snakes and king cobra snake. Then we went on a safari we saw 18 peacocks, 9 deer and 8 sambers. Then we saw cute baby calves. Then we got back on the bus and Ma’am gave us Maaza in the bus. Then we went and, on our way, we sang songs. We reached school. Then we wrote what we saw in small piece of paper. Ishan Jindham, IIIF Last month our class teacher took us to the Mrugavani National Park. We went to the National Park by bus. We were about twenty-nine students on the bus. We entered the National Park through a large gate. Our class teacher guided us. We saw rabbits in a cage. We also saw cow, small deer, and different types of snakes. Then we went to viewpoint, museum, and safari over there. we saw eighteen peacocks and three deers. The best experience was seeing the viewpoint. It was thrilling experience watching the snakes. we came back to school at 2:30 p.m. - Jasvitha Parimi, IIIF I went to a field trip to Mrugavani National Park which is located in Chilkur. We started from school to the park. Everyone had fun in the bus. After going to park, we saw poisonous snakes, peacocks, peahen, Sambhar deer, Mouse deer and rabbits. Then I saw a strange feather in black and white in color. Then we got back to the school bus. My ma’am gave us Maaza in the bus. We saw trees, buildings and vehicles while going back to school. We were very happy to see the birds and animals in the park. We had fun in the park. After reaching the school, we wrote field trip reflection on a piece of paper. -Jiya Jaz, IIIF It was a bright sunny morning on a Friday and we boarded the bus to go to our first field trip ever. I sat with my best friend and we were so excited. Once we entered the park the view was so beautiful. I could see deer, peacocks and few rabbits running around. I sat in the garden along with my friends and took out my packet of Nachos and everybody started asking for one. I didn’t want to share but still I did because sharing is caring. We went to a museum of birds, sat in the safari and even got to see a peacock flapping his feathers. Finally, we all had lunch and boarded the bus back to school. On our way back we sang songs and that made our trip even more memorable. -Kabir Pratap Singh, IIIF One day it was sunny on Friday of 11/11/2022. We had a field trip to Mrugavani National Park that day. Me and my friends went to the field trip in a bus and while on the bus I saw a lot of trees, cars and buildings. In the park I saw snakes. -Karthik Sai, IIIF My friends and I of class 3F went to a field trip and had fun seeing birds and animals in the forest. After we ate breakfast at school, we boarded the bus to Mrugavani National Park. Everyone had fun in the bus. After we reached, we explored the forest and went on a ride. We saw birds, snakes, peacocks, parrots, rabbits and hens. Some people were explaining about the snakes. After that, we had lunch and went to a museum. At the end, we boarded the bus to return to the school. We chatted about our field trip. -Kundana Yalamanchili, IIIF Namaste! I went to a field trip to Murugavani National Park on 11/11/2022. There we saw a museum, inside of it we saw artificial statues of animals, and facts about the

306 |Shri Darpan animals. We saw different types of Snakes the types were: underwater snakes, venomous snakes and poisonous snakes. We went on a road trip and it took like 36 minutes. We saw 5 peacocks 2 peahens and that's it. Thank you. -Nairit Sinha, IIIF Recently we went to a field trip to Mrugavani National Park. We had breakfast in school and went by bus to the park. We all had fun in the bus. After we reached, we saw some bunnies. Then we went to a viewpoint which was on a hill. The view was beautiful. There was a museum with statues of birds, deer, snakes. We saw different type of snakes - Aquatic Snakes, Poisonous Snakes. We went on a safari ride in open jeep and bus where we saw peacocks, deer. Then we had lunch and went back to the bus. In the bus we sang songs. After we reached school, we wrote a reflection of the trip and went home. It was a memorable trip and day. -Raisha Bahri, IIIF I had a lot of fun in my learning journey. We went to the trip by our bus, we were eating snacks and talking while going. After we went to the park we sat on the grass and my friend gave me juice to drink. We enjoyed a lot and we also saw many peacocks which were beautiful. We went on the top and the view was amazing. We were all having food while talking to our friends. We boarded back on our bus and we had some juice. We were singing in the bus while going back and we had a lot of fun. -Rishika Sadhuneni, IIIF Yay! All of us shouted in joy as our bus started moving. It was a sunny morning on 11- Nov-22 and we, the students of Grade 3, were going on a field trip to Mrugavani National Park. At the park, we first climbed to the viewpoint where we saw a beautiful carpet of green treetops. As we went around the park and observatory, we saw some baby deer, furry rabbits, peacocks, foxes, snakes and statues of other wild animals. After a yummy lunch of pizza and cake, we had fun playing hide-n-seek and drawing pictures of the park. At the end of this enjoyable day, we boarded our buses for the trip back to school. - Ritaja Dey, IIIF I recently went to Mrugavani National park with my friends as a part of field trip from school. It was a wonderful opportunity for me as I love wildlife. The National Park was very large and it was clean as well. I saw many beautiful peacocks, deer and snakes. I saw snake show with my friends. Snake show was very scary and full of excitement. After snake show we had lunch. Sharing lunch with my friends and teachers was a wonderful experience. After lunch we went to safari, there we saw more peacocks and some deer. After that we boarded the bus to come to school back. It was very amazing experience to see wild life with my friends and teachers. -Rudra Dave, IIIF

307 |Shri Darpan We went to a field trip to Mrugavani National park with my friends on 11/11/22. It took us 30 minutes to reach the National Park. We took tickets and entered the park. We saw 5 little rabbits in a cage. Then we went to a place where 2 volunteers were showing poisonous snakes like cobra and non-poisonous snakes like red boa and sand boa. After our lunch we went to a safari, we saw few deer, peacocks and sambar deers. Then we returned to school by singing songs in the bus. After we reached school ma’am gave us sheets to reflect on our trip. This was an amazing trip with my friends and teachers. -Shiven Kesireddy, IIIF One day my teacher announced that we were going on a field trip to Mrugavani National Park, on 12th November. I was so excited to go to the trip with all my friends and enjoy there. On the day of the trip, I woke up early to pack all my snacks and lunch for the trip. At the park we saw different types of snakes, deer, rabbits and birds. Then we went to the museum, where they played a movie about animals, bird and snakes. I really enjoyed the trip. -Tanvi Dande, IIIF I loved the field trip to Mrugavani National Park. I went with my friends and teachers in school bus. There were so many animals like deer, peacocks, snakes. We went to a safari ride and also snake show. The view from the watch tower is nice. Some of my friends sat on the rock and others on the grass for lunch. We also got some snacks. We all went to the museum and learnt all the features about birds and animal statues. While returning in the bus we all were singing and laughing. It was memorable field trip and I would love to visit more places like this. -Vinya Pattabhi, IIIF We went to Mrugavani National Park. We went on a safari. I saw peacocks, deer. We had lot of Fun in the bus too. I liked the field trip a lot. -Jishnavi, IIIG My name is Pavika Goel and I am in class 3G. My favourite character is the didi from the Hindi folktale “Ek Chidiya Anek Chidiya.” The story is about how a kind and loving sister recites a beautiful story about nature to her younger sibling. She tells them about a flock of birds who escape danger by working together. I admire her because she is caring and is loved by all the little children around her. She is smart, mature and a bright person. I would like to be intelligent, creative and nurturing like her. I have even had the practical experience of role playing her character in my school’s annual day programme. It was a wonderful experience for me. -Pavika Goel IIIG It was the day of the learning journey. We wre all waiting eagerly. Some children were late, then we went outside the cafeteria. We waited in line, then we were in the bus which would take us to the

308 |Shri Darpan The bus started moving it was a little boring then everyone started talking and having fun. After 20 minutes we reached the place. Everyone got out of the bus then we entered the zoo we had a tour and ate snacks the we went inside a building which had some books, then we had another tour then we ate our lunch. - Priyanshu Khataniar, IIIG I visited Mrugavani National Park which is located in Hyderabad, Telangana State, India. I went with my friends and teachers on 11 November 2022. It was a day full of fun-filled experience. We started our journey from our school in a bus. We were all wearing sun glasses and caps. I saw different types of deer and snakes. There were many peacocks and peahens too. I had my lunch under a tree with my friends and teachers which was totally a new experience for me. I enjoyed my trip. -Riaan Das, IIIG Happy that I along with my classmates went to the Mrugavani National Park field trip organized by the school. Mrugavani National Park is a wildlife sanctuary located on the outskirts of Hyderabad. We started from school by bus along with friends, teachers, and didis. It took around 30 mins to reach the destination. Mrugavani National park has large varieties of birds like peacocks and peahens, animals like deers, jungle cats, snakes, etc, and a lot of colorful butterflies. This trip helped me to watch all the animals and birds closely and had a lot of fun with my friends. I want more trips like these. -Ruthvik Atluri, IIIG My experience at Mrugavani National Park was amazing, I had a lot of fun with my friends. It was very scary watching the snake show! It was awesome to watch so many deer together, we also saw some peacocks, the safari ride in the bus was bumpy and fast. The food served by the teachers was delicious. I ate it under the trees sitting on the grass with all my friends. I loved my picnic day and wish to go on many more with all my friends. -Shiven Chowdary Garapati, IIIG The park is at a distance of 25 Km from Hyderabad. Spread over an area of 850 acres, the animals which are found here are Sambar Deer, Wild Boar, Jungle Cat, Indian Vipers, Foxes and many others… Some of the birds like Peacocks, Warblers, Flower peckers… -Vihaan Vijay, IIIG We went on a field trip to Mrugavani National Park with my school friends and teachers. We saw lots of animals like peacocks, rabbits and snakes. We went on a ride in a bus around the park. We had snacks like chips and juices. I went to a watch tower. I liked the snake show and the bus ride. I enjoyed the trip and had lots of fun. I enjoyed learning the different types of snakes. -Vihaan Yelamarti, IIIG

309 |Shri Darpan We went into Mrugavani National Park. We saw many animals such as deer, snakes, cows, birds, and bats. We had ourlunch and went for a jeep safari and saw more species of deer and birds. After that it is the most interesting part, the scary snake show!! When my teacher told, we are going to a snake show, some of us got scared and some of us were excited. I was not feeling any of the two. I was normal. When I sat it was not scary, but then it was the scary part, they showed the king Cobra! Phew! They didn’t bring it very close. And that was my best day ever! -Aadhish, IIIH Our school took us to Mrugavani National park. I loved the park because I was near something that I love, that is, nature. Since I have a habit of bird watching, sometimes in the trip I would stop and watch beautiful birds. I mostly saw magpies and pigeons. I was sad that my friend Avani did not come to the trip. So, I collected some rocks and gave to her the next day. there were so many plants, it amused me. For snacks I got my favourite food and enjoyed eating it. I saw a caterpillar. I loved the park. It was so much fun. Everyone loved it. There were so many leaves and trees. -Adwika, IIIH The day I went to the learning journey I was very happy. I was going with my class. We went to Murgavani National Park. We saw rabbits, deer, snakes and peacocks. We went to the highest point of the zoo. We also went to safari. Then we had lunch. We played many games like T&G, ice and water, ghost poison and knock knock. In the evening, we returned back to school. It was an amazing trip. - Ankit Tripathi, IIIH This is about my trip to Mrugavani National Park which is famous for animal spotting, bird watching, snake show, nature walk etc. We started from school in a bus and when we reached there, we all gathered and we watched a snake show. Later, we went to jeep safari, there I saw a big deer, a crane, a mother duck and a baby duck and some insects. After completing the jeep safari, we gathered again and had lunch together under the trees. After lunch we went to a museum and there, we saw some statues of animals and gathered information about those animals. After completing the museum visit, we went back to school in the same bus. I had a good time in the field trip with my friends and with nature. -Saaharsh Kothuru, IIIH Last year in the month of November our school arranged a field trip for class III to Mrigavani National Park. There are so many animals like peacock, crocodile, lion, tiger etc. We started around 9 AM in the school after having breakfast. All our friends spent a good time. Our teachers guided us in the park. They were very supportive and took

310 |Shri Darpan a good care of us. We felt very excited after seeing so many animals at one place. It was a wonderful experience. -Sai Vihaan, IIIH One day my school planned for a field trip to Mrugavani National Park. On that day after reaching school we had breakfast. Then we formed a queue and went to our buses. I sat with my friends and we saw many things while we were in the bus. When we reached the park, we saw rabbits, they were eating carrots. My friends told me about a snake hole. It was small and luckily there was no snake. Then we went to a tall tower it was pretty high. It was a fun day and I enjoyed a lot with my friends. -Samrath, IIIH In the month of November, school planned trip to Murgavani National Park. On the day of visit once all student reached, we boarded the school bus. Everybody in the bus was having lot of fun, some were talking, others were singing and some were eating their snacks. When we reached the national park we got down from the bus and we went inside the park. After walking for some time in the park, we took rest. After rest we went to see snake show of nonpoisonous and poisonous snakes. After the show, we were waiting for safari jeep and few of us were playing around the Banyan tree. When the jeep came few of us boarded the jeep and few went in bus. During the safari we saw lot of animals like peacock, tiger, deer and many more. After safari we had our lunch and went to the museum where we saw facts about different animals’ example rhino, panda, kangaroo snake and deer. One new fact I came to about snake is it doesn’t eat its prey it swallows its prey as it doesn’t have eyes teeth. After visiting museum, we came back to school. It was a lovely trip and I want more such trips. -Shaurya, IIIH Our school took us on a field trip to Mrugavani National Park. First we saw rabbits and their very cute. Secondly we saw a leopard and it looked dangerous. The leopard came out of the cage. I did not know what to do but suddenly I got spidy sense. I immediately changed my clothes and became the Spider-Man. I put the tiger back in its cage and everybody said that Spider-Man is our Hero. Teacher was thinking where I was but after 10 minutes I came and we had so much fun. -Vikrant Bhatewara, IIIH

311 |Shri Darpan My Favourite Book Character My favorite character is Harry Potter from Philosopher's stone. I like Harry Potter because he loves adventures and he's so magical. If I was a character, I would be Harry Potter because I can go to Hogwarts magic school and learn how to cast magic spells. It would be an amazing adventure with my friends, it will be magical and fun in the land of Chamber of secrets and fighting with the giant dragon. And learning with Dobby the magical creature who can also predict the future and make anything fly. - Aadya Shrivastava, IIIE Arjuna is my favourite character from the Book “Unusual Tales from the Mahabharataby Sudha Murthy. He is brave, courageous and a skilled archer. He has four brothers Yudhishthira, Bhima, Nakula and Sahadeva, together called as “Pandavas”. He did many good deeds like obeying Yudhishthira to save Duryodhana from Gandharvas, though they are enemies. This shows Arjuna’s righteousness. Before starting the battle Duryodhana and Arjuna went to Lord Krishna for help, and Krishna offered to choose between him and his army (Narayana Sena). Arjuna chose Krishna while Duryodhana chose the army. This shows Arjuna’s intelligence and wisdom. -Gudimetla Krishna Srivatsa, IIIE My favourite character is Jerry. I like him because, he is not only quick physically, but also mentally. He sets nice traps to teach Tom a lesson. He keeps us entertained with his funny gimmicks all through the show. Jerry keeps beating Tom all the time but also helps him when needed. This shows that he is a naughty but true friend of Tom. That’s why we say Tom and Jerry are best friends. Jerry is full of merriment and laughter. I enjoy watching his shows. - Kamakshi Acharya, IIIE My favourite character is Birbal, because he is witty, smart and very intelligent. If I could be Birbal I would be smart enough to solve any problems. - Lakshith Narayanan, IIIE My favourite book is the great Indian epic “THE RAMAYAN”. The hero of the epic is Lord Rama. I like the Lord as he is brave, strong, and stands for what is correct. If I would have been Lord Rama, I will teach Sita all martial arts for self-defence so that Ravana cannot kidnap Sita. I will travel with Sita all over the world and eliminate all the demons who are troubling people and establish peace and order. - Rohan Siddharth Manukonda, IIIE

312 |Shri Darpan My favourite character from my favourite book is Harry Potter. The book name is also Harry Potter. He is a wizard. He can make things fly using a wand and magic spells. He has two good friends called Hermoine and Ron they are Harry’s best friends. I want to be him because he knows so much magic and he can do everything in the world. He overcomes the fear in anything. His favourite sport is wizard’s chess. It’s like normal chess but uses magic soldiers, ministers and queens and you can control them by voice. - Saahil Tripathy, IIIE My favourite book is ‘Gerinomo on Ice’. The story is about Geronimo learning to ice skate for saving the silver ice skates from thieves. The characters in this story are Geronimo - a mouse, Shane – an ice skater, Lobelia – an ice skater and Creepella – Geronimo’s friend. and my favourite part was when Creepella and Geronimo were ice skating together. I learned that we should try to learn new things. If I were Geronimo, I will teach children how to skate. - Tanvi Sai Boga, IIIE Peppa pig is a 4-year-old piglet. Her best friend is Suzie sheep. Her favourite toy is Teddy. She has a little brother George. And his favourite toy is dinosaur. I like Peppa because she likes going on adventures with her family and friends. She gets excited easily. She is also curious and playful. She goes to playgroup and has lots of fun with her friends there. She enjoys jumping in muddy puddles. She loves to play with her little brother George. She goes to visit her grandparents and cousins. - Taswika Gujjari, IIIE My favourite character is Rakesh from the story ‘’ The Cherry Tree ‘’ by Ruskin Bond. Rakesh had so many adventures to grow the cherry tree. Once a goat ate leaves and the branches of the plant, a woman from the hill cut the plant in two but he never gave up. The moral of this story is not to give up till we don’t reach our destination. I would like to be Rakesh in the story “The Cherry Tree” by Ruskin Bond. - Ujjwal Garg, IIIE I love Pokémon adventures Volume.14 and my favourite character is Gold, he is brave, daring and more. - Aadvik Agarwal, IIIF My favourite character is Akriti from The Mystery of the School on Fire. The author of this book is Ravi Subramanian. She has two friends-Aditya (her 9-year-old twin) and Kabir. They solve the mystery of the school on fire. I like Akriti because she is smart, strong, and intelligent. - Anahat Mishra, IIIF

313 |Shri Darpan My favourite character is Birbal from Akbar Birbal stories. I like Birbal because he is very witty, funny, and intelligent. I have read many stories about how Birbal helps Akbar in solving many of the problems in his kingdom with his wisdom and wit. My favourite stories among those that I have read is The Priest’s Native Language. In this story, Birbal found out priest’s mother tongue with his quick thinking. I enjoy reading these stores because they are very entertaining and always layout an existing problem in front of us to think about. - Arnav Deo, IIIF I like my Little Ponies and my favourite character is Scootaloo because she always tries new things with her friends because she wants her cute marks and also her friends want their cute mark. Once they gather cute marks they will help other little ponies to get their cute marks. Thank you! -Chetna Gupta, IIIF I want to be Harry Potter because he uses magic, he has his own broom, he knows almost all the magic spells and he fights the bad people with courage. One day I saw that Hogwarts school is being attacked by some evil creatures, I went along with other fellow students, teachers and the principal to fight these creatures. The principal leads the way first, followed by the teachers and the students. The battle began, everyone started to fight the evil creatures with magic. In the end we won and we went back to studying. - Havish Reddy Valluri, IIIF An Insight into Thanjavur Paintings A Thanjavur painting was generally made on a canvas pasted plank of wood with Arabic gum. The canvas was then evenly coated with paste of French chalk or powdered limestone and a binding medium called Sukkan or Makku, was used for creating Gesso work. Gold leaves and gems were selected on pillers, arches, thrones and dresses etc. Here are some colours they used for godsLord Vishnu- blue Lord Nataraj- chalk white Goddess Sivakami-green - Ashira Reddy, IIIF

314 |Shri Darpan The Jungle Book-My Adventure I like Mowgli because, though he was small, he defeated Sher Khan. Once upon a time, I (as Mowgli) got kidnapped by king Jashik. He was imprisoned. Phh……………, Oh No! Mowgli doesn’t know the way to home. Mowgli became sad. Suddenly, a hero named Kashik came to save Mowgli. Mowgli came out with the help of Kashik. Then he accidently reached Himalayas and got stuck while climbling and fell down and broke his nose. When Kashik got to know this, he immediately saved Mowgli. Kashik killed the evil King Jashik! - Hari KrishnaKumar, IIIF All About Nancy Drew Nancy Drew is a mystery character who was famous for solving mysteries. I like Nancy Drew because she was curious about everything. She was a detective at a young age and she is full of mysteries and curiosity. I will become one just like her. If I were Nancy Drew, I will also have mystical adventures with my friends George and Bess because it is fun to be with them and I am just like her. Most of the times, my friends and I create clubs and I created a detective club as well. I was also the leader of the club like how Nancy was to George and Bess. There is also a book series of Nancy Drew. I keep reading them as they are interesting and to keep myself updated. I will grow up to be just like her. -Krithi Javvadi, IIIF Matilda My favourite character is Matilda from the book Matilda, by Roald Dahl. I like Matilda because she is intelligent, brave, and yet kind. I feel she is intelligent and wise because she read books from a very young age. When she is sent to school, she meets a kind teacher Miss Honey, and the school Headmistress Mrs Trunchbull who is an evil character. Matilda uses her magical powers to scare Mrs. Trunchbull and help Miss Honey. If I had Matilda brains and powers, I would read all the books in the world and solve traffic issues in Hyderabad. -Radhika Tripathi, IIIF My favourite character is Tenali Raman because he is smart with a heart of gold. He never broke his promises. He could solve the most difficult problems with his wit and

315 |Shri Darpan intelligence. He was a kind hearted man who helped everyone in need. I listen to or read his stories every day. They always have some or the other interesting twist. My favourite one was Tenali Raman and The Power of Magic. You should read his stories they are genuinely nice stories. -Suhaan Kumar, IIIF My Favourite Character is Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa Deva. I admire him as he was a worshipper of Goddess Kali and was believed to be a modern-day rebirth of Lord Vishnu. Shri Ramkrishna would always say that be kind to all humans. His devotion to God is incomparable and for hours on end he would sit and meditate. He was born in Kamarpukur a small village situated seventy miles from Kolkata. His favourite disciple was Swami Vivekananda. As a tribute to his master, Swami Vivekananda erected a gorgeous temple of Shri Ramakrishna in Belur near Kolkata called the Ramakrishna Math. -Ryan Ghosh, IIIF My favourite character is Manu because she is brave and smart. One day when I was her I would climb up trees and always ride on horses. -Juhitha Varanasi, IIIG My favourite character is Harry Potter. I would like to try his magic wand. I will do some magic tricks with my magic wand. I would take out books and give it to the poor. I would take out food and give it to the poor. I would take out clothes and give it to the poor. I would take out sweaters and give it to the poor because it is winter season now, and, I will give magic broom to everyone. With the magic broom I will fly to Disney land. - Sai Rithwik, IIIG I love reading the Wimpy Kid books. My favourite character is Greg. His full name is Gregory Heffly. I would love to be him and experience his adventures. The fun adventures I would like to do are mentioned below. Trek on the mountains that are very steep, winding, and rocky and go home on a straight road. Then we will do star gazing in the evening. Then do some barbeque and bonfire at night. At night when we go to our house, we find a leopard was sitting in front of our house. It becomes our friend and lives with us forever. -Maayra Singh, IIIG

316 |Shri Darpan One day in the night when Harry was just a baby, a scary guy named Voldemort came and killed Harry’s parents. When he killed them, he gave Harry a scar on his face. This scar made Harry famous in the town. Harry used to live with his aunt and uncle. Harry had a cousin Greg, who used to bully Harry about his scar. One day Greg teased Harry which made Harry very angry and his scar got activated. Greg was pushed to portal which led him into a garbage. Harry was surprised to see what just happened to Greg and realized he had magical powers from his scar. He then turned invisible using his scar to not get scolded by his aunt. Henceforth, Harry used his magical scar whenever he was in trouble. I love reading this book called The Demon Slayer. The main character is called Tanjiro Kamado. Tanjiro was a young boy who sold charcoal for a living. One day while he was selling coal he grew tired and went to some house to sleep but when he woke up he saw the man dead. He went back to his house to find that even his family was dead except Nezoko. Nezoko turned into a demon. After that he started attacking Tanjiro but he was saved. He fought and became the demon killer. -Oerik Ghosh, IIIH I love reading books. My favourite book is Dog Man and my favourite character also is Dog Man. If I was a Dog Man I want to be a cop like him. I would play with my best friend and his robot 80 HD. I would like to do Cup stuff such as crime fighting, arresting the thieves and waiting for any emergency. I would also be a superhero because dog man sometimes acts like one. His favourite food is Kiddles but I can't eat those because that is dog food and I am not a dog. I like Dog Man because he is funny. -Ruhik Singh, IIIH My favourite character is “Tenali Ramakrishna”. I like him for his amazing wit, humour, and extraordinary intelligence. I would like to share an incident that happened where I used my intelligence to solve the problem. We were on a road trip to Nellore in our car along with my father, sister, and grandparents. We had got down in the middle of the trip looking at a beautiful flower field and spent some time taking pictures. We then started for our destination and after 10mins or so realized that my sister had lost her watch. We weren’t sure where the watch was lost. I then used my intelligence to look at the photos that were taken since we started the journey. I realized that the watch was there in the pics that we took before getting down to spend time in the flower field, so we concluded that the watch was lost when we got down earlier. Back tracking the photos that were taken in the flower field, I was able to spot a smaller area where the watch was lost. Rest was taken care by my father, and we finally found the watch. Everyone appreciated me for my intelligence, and I felt so happy. -Srihitha, IIIG

317 |Shri Darpan My favourite book is Akbar and Birbal. My favourite character from the book is Birbal because he is smart and patriotic. One day Akbar and Birbal were taking a stroll in the royal gardens when Akbar happened to see some crows on a tree. Wonder how many crows are there in the kingdom, Birbal?” “There are ninety-five thousand, four hundred and sixty-three crows in our kingdom, sir.” Akbar looks at Birbal with amazement. “How do you know that?” “I am pretty sure your majesty. You can get the crows counted,” says Birbal confidently. “What if there are fewer crows?” asks Akbar sceptically. Jahanpanah, it means that crows have gone to meet their relatives in neighbouring kingdoms.” “Hmm… But Birbal what if there are more crows than the number you said?” “Well, in that case, crows from other kingdoms have come to visit their relatives in our kingdom.” Birbal’s reply left Akbar smiling. -Shivya Sahu, IIIG There are a lot of fictional books I would love to throw myself into a character. But I can't get over the odd, spectacular and a completely original imagination of J.K. Rowling. Well, no secret to friends that Harry Potter Series is my favourite book. Who would I like to be? To be honest, I like almost all the characters in the series but if I have to choose one. Well, It's the hero of the story, Harry Potter. Harry Potter, who seems to have everything you would want in a personloyalty, curiosity, fearlessness, determination, humility, wonder, love contentment. His character indeed leaves a lasting impression on my mind. Extraordinary thing about him is that he is a magician. He is a good quidditch player. Quidditch is a game for wizards, played while flying on broomsticks. The mere thought of being in his shoes is heady enough. The witchcraft, the wizardry! It would definitely get amazing friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley. So, when I am Harry Potter, I will travel on Hogwarts express, see the mirror of Erised, I will take my invisible cloak and my beloved nimbus 2000 broomstick to go and see all the places I love all around the world. I’d ride brooms instead of school buses! What a refreshing change! The thing about Harry Potter is that he can’t use magic in the muggle world. That’s one thing that I’d do, use magic in the muggle world. Just for fun! Magic should be use for good and Harry does a super job of it! I’d

318 |Shri Darpan obviously keep that up. Yes, if I were Harry Potter for a day, I’d have fun and adventure and do good service. -Ayaan Sai Gedela, IIIH My name is Geronimo Stilton. I went on many adventures to the Kingdom of Fantasy. I have to rescue Blossom, the queen of fairies. I have to go when Blossom needs my help. To go there I have to go to the bright empire, the land of witches, the land of mermaids, The Land of dragons, the land of gnomes, the land of elves and giants. I have to fight dragons, witches and etc. I have to protect blossom at all costs. -Charith.R, IIIH Sita And Gita Once upon a time, in a village, there lived two girls named, Sita and Gita. Sita was a kind and generous girl, she was clever and obedient. She had a dark complexion, and everyone used to make fun of her, and call her names, especially Gita. One day, Sita cried in front of god, saying, “God! What did I do? Everyone is making fun of me and calling me names because I am dark!”. The same night when everyone slept, including Sita, God changed the body colours of Sita and Gita. Now, Gita’s body colour is dark while Sita’s became fair. The next day, when Sita woke up, she was surprised that she was fair. While Sita was excited, Gita was shocked by her appearance, she was dark. When Gita came into the class, everyone started laughing, making fun of her, and even calling names. While everyone was laughing and doing other things, Sita didn’t, because she was very kind and generous. Sita consoled Gita, drew up the attention of the whole class, and said “It is not about the colour of the skin, but it is about how kind and good you are to others”. Everyone lived happily ever after and never made fun of anyone’s body colour. Moral of The Story: - “Never Insult a Person’s Heart!” -Aaradhya Alla, IIIG Me as a Day Dreamer I like to day dream as it allows me to fulfil all my wishes at least in my dreams. I always dream to be an astronaut and to go to space and explore new things about space. I want to see the things that exist in space. My day dream might motivate me one day to really go to space. -Anaisha Chaplot, IIIG

319 |Shri Darpan Quiz Whizz 1. If = ,and = , and =16, and = , then what is + + ? 2. If the time is now, then what time is 1 and half hour later? 3. Which is the coldest planet in the solar system? 4. If I weigh 24 kg on Earth, then how much do I weigh on moon? (Hint: It’s lesser than 15) 5. How much time does sunlight take to reach the Earth? 6. How much percent of Mars’s air is oxygen? (Hint: It’s between 0 and 10) 7. What are photons? -Advait Jain, IIIG Jokes 1. Why did everyone in the haunted house go to the living room where a chef died? 2. When it was night Annie decided to prank her brother. She shot him, kept him in water for 5 minutes and then hung him on the wall. But then the next day they both were eating breakfast. How? 3. John coach said to take 1 round around the pool. While everyone swam John just walked all the way to the other side and came back. Why? Answers Since it is the living room the chef is still alive so now they all can have a lovely dinner! By the word shot I meant took a picture. She kept the picture in water and hung it on the wall! His coach never said they had to swim all the way there. -Aura Gupta, IIIG 1. 56 2. 8pm 3. Uranus 4. 4 Kg 5. 8 minutes 6. 5% 7. Light Particles Answers: Can you solve it?

320 |Shri Darpan Math Quiz Answers- -Ayush Chandra, IIIG How Did Bhavin Get Brave? When I was a small baby, I was very brave. When I was 1-year-old and just started walking, I was gifted a Ladybug toy. I was scared of that toy because it used to make a loud sound whenever it moved and flap its wings. I used to have a centipede toy which crawled and it was ferocious. I used to run from both of them and used to hide under the table. One day, both the toys fell on their back and stopped working. After I turned five, I came to know that I was scared of the insects for no reason and after that I became brave. I am now able to touch real insects without getting scared. - Bhavin Abhinav Nadava, IIIG

321 |Shri Darpan The Crab and The Lion Once upon a time, there lived a crab on the seashore. The crab was sick of living in the sea, so it was moving out of the sea. A lion was looking at the crab the whole time. The lion jumped right in front of the crab to eat it. The crab hid behind the bush. The crab got an idea. The crab told the lion “give me some time, I will get you a big dolphin to eat. If I don’t bring it in one day, then you can eat me.” The lion agreed. The crab went back to the sea and never came back. MORAL: When you explore new things you should be brave and mindful. You should never panic in trouble instead always think of a solution to solve the problem. -Manvitha Reddy, IIIG I wish I wish I wish that I was a bird, so that I could fly. I wish I wish that I was a fish so that I could swim But then I saw a cat that wished it was me! -Naisha Dhoot, IIIG దంగ చావు అనగనగా ఒక ఊరిల్ల ఒక దొంగ ఉండేాడు. ఆ దొంగ ఆ ఊరిల్ల దొంగత్న్నలు చేసూా ఉండేాడు. ఒకరోజు ఆ దొంగ కొంత్ నగదును దొంగిలించుక్తని వెళ్ళతున్నన డు. ఒక పోలీసు ఆ దొంగను గమనించ్చడు. పోలీసు దొంగను త్రుమ్మక్తంటూ వెళ్ళళ డు. పోలీసు నుండి త్ప్పప ంచుక్తనే త్పయత్న ంల్ల దొంగ అడవల్లకి ారిపోయాడు. దొంగ దారిత్ప్పప పోయాడు. దొంగ దారి కోసం వెతికే సమయంల్ల బాగా ఆకలితో ఉనన సంహంచూసంది. సంహం దొంగపైదూకి చంప్ప తినేసంది. న్నతి:- చెడు పనులు చేస్న ారికి చెడే జరుగ్గతుంది.

322 |Shri Darpan Mishika ‘s Puzzle Time!!!!!!!! I have movable teeth but I don’t eat. What am I? I am a fruit, with red coat and yellow seeds. What am I? Make the hungry rabbit reach the carrot. -Mishika, IIIG The Clever Fox and The Foolish Goat Once there was a cunning fox who lived in a desert. One day while he was walking along the sand, he saw a well. He ran towards the well and looked inside it, it was filled with cold water. “Oh yes! Finally, some water I should jump in and drink some water” said the fox to himself. He climbed on the edge of the well and jumped inside the well. After he finished drinking, he thought to himself “how should I get out” that’s when he heard a noise. He looked up and saw a goat. Who was looking down at him. The fox got an idea as the goat asked him “What are you doing down there?” “Oh! I am enjoying the goodness of the lovely water, come on join in.” said the fox. The foolish goat was very thirsty so he agreed. The goat then jumped in. as soon as they finished drinking, the fox spoke to the goat “okay to get out of this well, you can stand steep on your 4 legs against the wall and I will get up, then I will pull you up”. The goat trusted the cunning fox. As the fox went climbed up, he didn’t pull the goat. Then the goat said “you have broken your promise” “oh my foolish friend,” said the fox.” You should have been brain full”. The fox then left. The goat was stuck in the well. -Reya Razdan, IIIG

323 |Shri Darpan The Jalebi Shop There was a girl named Meenakshi. She lived in a small village located in Kerala. There was a small jalebi shop next to her house. She always takes four jalebis on her way back from school. One day after coming from school she went to the jalebi shop and told the shopkeeper that “Uncle today I will have six jalebis’”. The shopkeeper asked Meenakshi “why dear?”. Then Meenakshi answered, “Uncle today my grandparents have come. So, I would require six jalebis.” After few minutes another customer came and that was Binu uncle. Binu uncle was Meenakshi’s neighbour. Binu uncle asked for 2 jalebis. The shopkeeper said “ok”. The shopkeeper gave 2 jalebis to Binu uncle. While Binu uncle was taking out money the shopkeeper said “Sir please, I don’t need money do let me know the feedback after you eat it”. Binu uncle told “how sweet of you”. After that Meenakshi asked the shopkeeper, “Uncle why didn’t you accept money”. The shopkeeper told, “Dear I make these jalebis fresh each day”. “Ohh”. Meenakshi said. One day when Meenakshi returned from school she saw the jalebi shop closed. She started to search for the shopkeeper everywhere. At last, she found him sobbing. Meenakshi asked the shopkeeper that, “Why are you crying uncle”. The shop keeper said “my dear a foreigner had come she took two jalebi’s and she ate one over here she found a cardamom and told me why have you put an insect in my jalebi. Before going she told bad things about my jalebi. Meenakshi thought for a moment and said “hmm I think you should find that customer and explain the customer how you make the jalebis and make it in front of her”. The shopkeeper paused for a moment and said “I think that is a good idea”. The next day the shopkeeper found the customer and at the same time Meenakshi happened to be there. She was seeing how the shopkeeper was explaining what cardamom is and its benefits. The customer felt very sorry. After the foreigner went the shopkeeper came outside and said, “thank you Meenakshi you have been of a great help to me. You deserve a treat”. “Why don’t I make you some special jalebis? Meenakshi said “yes uncle I would love it and don’t forget to add some cardamom too”. Meenakshi got some special jalebis just like she wanted and she couldn’t stop praising the shopkeeper uncle. After years the jalebi shop got bigger and famous and our little Meenakshi continued to be a frequent visitor. Moral: “Think before you act”. Glossary: Cardamom – the aromatic seeds of a plant of the ginger family, used as a spice and also medicinally. In India it is called as Elaichi. -Rutvi Manoj Menon, IIIG

324 |Shri Darpan The Beast and His Garden Once upon a time there was a beast. The beast had a very big garden where he did not allow anyone to enter. After some years he went missing. One day the children were playing in the garden then they heard big footsteps. All the children ran out of the garden and the children were never seen again. The Beast is back all the adults shouted. So, they went on to battle with the beast. They went to the garden to battle with the beast. The beast was furious and angry. Suddenly the adults heard some loud noises. They said the kids are back. They had an intense battle with the beast and at the end the winner were the adults. After the Intense battle, the adults had with the beast they went back home very happily. They were all discussing about how the battle was before kids came. At their home they had a lovely dinner and the people of the town were happy. - Shriyaan, IIIG JOY There lived a boy called Joy. He was precious child for his parents. his mother always used to say “Joy do not run too fast you might get sick”. But Joy liked to run and play. One day in his school there was soccer game at 3pm whole class was going. Joy waited until there was 5 minutes till soccer game. Joy immediately took his snacks Joy immediately went to the soccer ground before anybody could come. He reached to the soccer ground nobody except the players who were participating in the match so Joy said I can be in the match. The other players said no. Then Joy said challenge me if you kick the ball to the opponent goal and I am unable to catch it, you win if I catch it then I win then players said OKAY. Challenge begun and Joy won the challenge. -Shri Ram, IIIG Greg on The Roof Top Greg is my Favourite character from ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’. One day Greg and his mom went to a mall for shopping. Greg saw a delicious chocolate and begged his mom to buy it. His mom told him to work hard to earn it. After they got back from the mall, Greg did the whole family’s work. The very next day Greg’s mom bought the chocolate and kept it on the kitchen counter. Manny grabbed the chocolate and ran away, Greg started chasing him. Manny stopped at the dead end, where there was window. Manny threw the chocolate out of the window; it ended up on the roof. Greg climbed on to the roof top, took the chocolate, and ate it. But Greg could not find the way to come down and was stuck on the roof top for a long time. -Vrishank Gangala, IIIG

325 |Shri Darpan Trip to Sid Farm Our school took us to a dairy farm called Sid farm. I was so excited to go to the farm. It was a two-hour drive. My buddy was Krisha. It was a good day over there. We learnt so many things. We learnt about one type of special water that was used in farming. We also learnt about how milk and paneer are made. We also went to a cold and hot room. My best friend Krisha was also there with me. We milked a cow and named them Kitty and Peter. I loved the names. One cow had a baby in the tummy. I was so excited to see it. Then we went on a tractor ride. It was so much fun. -Aaradhya Jain, IIIH One day there was a field trip to Sid’s farm. It was a dairy farm and our school took us there. First we went to school, had our breakfast, boarded the bus and started going to the farm. When we reached the farm I sat on the soft grass. Then, we went to feed the cows. We also saw cows and ox, bulls, ducks and hens. After that we had a lunch and went for a tractor ride. We saw so many things on the tractor ride. Finally, we went to the milk processing unit and saw how milk, butter and ghee is made. I enjoyed my field trip and had a good time with my friends. -Lavya P, IIIH I went to the Sid Farm from my school. It was a dairy farm. It was a two-hour drive from school and I was very bored in the journey. So I slept but as soon as we reached we had a blast. My buddy was Tureeya and she is also my first friend in The Shri Ram Universal School. We met the cows and named some of them. We even pet one cow with a baby in the tummy. Some names that we kept for the cows were Ishya junior, Rosé, Lisa, Jennie, Jisoo and Yashas. Then we went on a tractor ride and had some fresh butter milk. Then we saw how paneer was made. When we entered the cold storage room, I felt that I really needed it because outside the processing unit it was very hot. And finally they gave us some nice colouring books and certificates. -Ishya, IIIH Last week we went to a field trip to Sid’s dairy farm. First when we reached the school we ate our breakfast. After that we started going towards our buses and started our journey to the farm. It took us almost 1 hour to reach there. After we reached the farm we saw the cows and ate some snacks. For snacks I took some chips from home. My friend Nayonika even fed the fiercest cow. After that we ate our lunch and went to milk a cow. Then we went to the milk processing unit to see how milk, paneer and ghee is made. I had so much fun on the field trip. -Meher, IIIH

326 |Shri Darpan My school took us on a learning journey to a dairy farm called Sid’s Farm. The bus ride was very long and it took us two hours to reach the farm. When we reached there we learnt about farming and went on a ride on a tractor. We also met a cow and it was fun. Set the cow and my friend Meher even touched an ox. We saw the milk processing unit and the store room was so cold. Before entering those rooms, we were made to wear cooking caps. While returning from the farm we received gifts from Sid’s Farm, like colours and colouring book. We had butter milk there. We went to school and left for home after that. It was fun. -Nayonika, IIIH Last week our school took us to a dairy farm called the Sid’s Farm. First we had our breakfast in school cafeteria and then we started moving towards our bus at 9 o'clock in the morning. Me and my friends went the bus number 25. Me and Trisha sat behind Ishya and Tureeya. We ate hour snacks together. We reached the farm at 10:30. First we saw vermi compost which is very important in farming. After that we fed the cows and saw many calves. They were so cute. After that I had my lunch. I got chapati for lunch. We went to the tractor ride and it took us 15 minutes. Then we went to see milk processing unit where we saw how milk, butter and paneer is made. The cold room was very cold. I enjoyed my field trip. -Taswitha, IIIH My Dream Adventure My favourite character is ‘Collete’ from the book ‘Thea Stilton and the Hollywood Hoax’.Collete is a very good fashion designer and loves travelling. I have always wished to go on an adventurous mission like Collete, and I have dreamt of going on a mission that no one can even imagine because in that mission there is a lot of fun and mystery, I will now be telling you about my adventure… Once, there was an amazing and popular song, ‘Heat Waves’ and its CDs were completely sold out. A girl named Krisha bought the CD from a shop. Little did she know that was the last CD in town. In the town, there was a very small and cozy cottage, and there in the cozy cottage lived 3 Vikings who also loved that song and were looking for the CD but saw on the news that there are no CDs in town. Oh! I didn’t know that they reported that on the news! But anyway, back to the mission. Then the Vikings saw the girl on the news and they went out to search for her and luckily they found her. Oh! not so lucky for the girl because they were getting hungry so they bought 3 dozen hot dogs. Well, can you blame them? When you gotta eat, you gotta eat. They thought they lost the girl after that, she was hungry too so she also was going to buy a hot dog, then, suddenly, the Vikings turned around and they stole the girl’s bag, she started running as fast as she could, while the Vikings started throwing hot dogs at her, but she ran too fast and the Vikings lost her. They then realized why they wasted their hot dogs on that and burned so many calories on that, most importantly, why did they run if they had her bag with the CD in it in the first place? That was the first time they ever ran and hated it at the end. Did you enjoy my dream mission???? -Krisha Shroff, IIIH

327 |Shri Darpan He is the Vehicle of Lord Vishnu One morning, my mother got ill and wished to drink the nectar that is found in the upper realm. I felt sad and wanted to help my mother. So I planned to get the nectar. I spoke to a few people about this. They told me that it is a great adventure to find the nectar. I made up my mind and went there with my mighty wings. I walked up to the big Banyan tree and saw a small, dark cave. The cave was filled with fierce bats, sticky spider webs, red and black ants. I crawled deep into the cave and found a big ant hill. I then hit the ant hill to find a golden pot of nectar. I took it to my mother and she drank it. Nectar worked its magic and she recovered immediately. - V Nayan Karthikey, IIIH Worli Art

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332 |Shri Darpan Students Personal Acheivement S. N O NAME OF THE STUDENT / TEAM CLA SS NAME OF THE GAME/EV ENT AGE GROUP / CATEG ORY ACAD EMIC YEAR LEVEL OF PARTICIP ATION VENUE & DATE RES ULT 01 Shrey Gupta VI Swimming U12 2022-23 Nationals in Banglore, Rajkot and Goa Rajkot from 24th June to 26th June Partic ipatio n 02 Prethika Reddy .B IX Athelatics U14 2022-23 National in Andra Pradesh , Varanasi Guntur AP Partic ipatio n 03 Lakshya Reddy IX Basketball U14 2022-23 National and South Zone in Delhi and Indore Delhi (NBA) Partic ipatio n 04 Rakesh Reddy X Shooting U 17 2022-23 South Zone and also Selected for Indian Team Trails Tamil Nadu Do 05 UVSP Aditya VI Roller Skating and Karate U 12 2022-23 Nationals in chandigarh and Banglore ,Goa Bangalor e from 9th Dec to 22nd Karate Jan 27th to 29 Do 06 Grade 6 TO 10 Girls LAKSHYA LASYA NANDHINI AARADHYA LIKITHA NANDITHA ANVITHA NIVRITHI PANANI 6 to I0 Basket Ball U14 2022-23 Inter school Meridian school Kukatpal ly Bronz e Meda l

333 |Shri Darpan BHRAMINI DHRUVIKA YUVIKA 07 Merutsav NIMALAN .B ANAY GUPTA ABHIMANYU SHREYAS KOTAGIRI HARSHITH DAS PRANAV SINGH ISHAAN GAUR CHETAN KODALI TANISH SARSWAT REYANSH NISHANT PADMA SAMBHAVA Grad e VI Boys Basket Ball U 12 2022-23 Inter school Meru Internati onal Gold 08 SFA , Sharvani Shenoy Sahithi Mandadi Navya Singla Tushithasri Sury adevara Mayurika Srivast ava Aeerabolli Laxmi Samvida Sidhya Pulagam Bhavika Kallepall i Grad e VI Girls Throwball U 12 2022-23 Inter school Sports For all Gold 09 Grade vi TO x girls Dhruvika Saini brahmini namala Vigilapuram Nai na Yuvika Rachakon da Hasini Dandu Lakshya Mandad i Laasya Puskur Nivriti Basani SRAVYA SRI SAI NANDITHA KUMILI Girls Basket ball U 17 2022-23 Inter school Sports For all Bronz e

334 |Shri Darpan 10 Samiksha . IV Skating U 10 2022-23 Inter school Sports For all Silver 11 Aaryana Hazarika IV Yoga U 14 2022-23 Inter school Sports For all Silver 12 Dhriti Pavan V Teakwondo U 10 2022-23 Inter school Sports For all Silver 13 Tapasya Meka VII Teakwondo U 14 2022-23 Inter school and South zone CBSE 5th Telagana State cadet Taekwondo Chamionshi p from 25th and 26th Feb 2023 Sports For all And Won Telagana Taekwon do Assosiati n Silver and Gold 14 Preethika reddy B IX Athelatics U 14 2022-23 Inter school Sports For all Gold 15 UVSP Adithya VI Karate U 12 2022-23 Inter school Sports For all Silver 16 Nithya of Konduri I Chess U 8 2022-23 Iner School And also taken part in MPL 11th National Chess Championsh ip Sports For all Gold

335 |Shri Darpan 17 Yuval Sharma IV Karate U 10 2022-23 Iner School Sports For all Silver 18 Samiksha IV Skating U 10 2022-23 Dist Level RR Dist Skating Assosicat ion 3 Gold ,One Silver 19 M.Vikhyat VI Skating U 12 2022-23 Dist Level RR Dist Skating Assosicat ion One Gold and One Silver 20 M.Sidyanth IV Skating U 10 2022-23 Dist Level RR Dist Skating Assosicat ion Bronz e 21 Preethika Reddy. B IX Athelatics U 14 2022-23 CBSE Clusters Oasis School Gold 22 Tapasya. M VII Taekwondo U 14 2022-23 CBSE Southzone Kurinji Senior school TN Bronz e 23 Maitri Ramantahn IX Taekwondo U 16 2022-23 CBSE Southzone Kurinji Senior school TN Bronz e

336 |Shri Darpan 24 Naga Mahi Srija Akula VI Karate and Kung fu U-12 2022-23 2 nd Shotokan National Karate and Kung fu Hyderab ad 25 Saanchi Mehta VI Karate U -12 2022-23 All India open Karate champions hip Gachibo wli Stadium Hyderab ad 26 Vedansh Chikatimarla III Chess U-7 2022-23 State level LB Stadium Hyderab ad Inter School Achievements Sr. No. Event Activity Student Class & Section Subject Positi on 1 Glandale Satrang "Drawing and paintng SDG - 15 - Life On Land SDG - 3 Good health and wellbeing, SDG - 14 Life Below Water " Collage Aashrita Padi IV-C ART 1st 2 Meru Utsav Speaking with Origami Kiyaan Goyal BK-A ART 1st Rock with Prop-Let’s dance with a Magical Prop Prisha Gupta BK-A DANCE 2nd This is a clay modeling activity Taashvi Deshmukh BK-C ART 3rd Science Munchkins Veeksha II E Science 1st Master Teakwondo KUNDANA YALAMAN CHILI 3F Teakwon do 2nd Lights, Camera and Action Divanshi Singh VI - B English 2nd Imagine, Invent and Inspire Saketh Ivaturi and Eeshan Tiwari 6D ,6C Science 1st U11 Basketball PE 1st

337 |Shri Darpan Basket ball (boys) Pranav Singh 6F PE 1st B.Shri Nimalan 6B PE 1st Ishaan Gaur 6A PE 1st Tanish Saraswat 6E PE 1st Anay Gupta 6D PE 1st Abhimanyu .T 6D PE 1st Chetan Krishna .Kodali 6B PE 1st Padma Sambava 6C PE 1st Reyansh Nishant 6F PE 1st Shreyas Kotagiri 6F PE 1st Harshit Das 6E PE 1st Curio -Nation Daiwik Dommati 8C Social 1st Aakashavani(Radio) Bhavesh 7B Telugu 1st JUHITHA 7B 1st 3 Shri Paryavarn Shades of Soil Textures with soil, sand art Nivika Pareek IV - E ART 1st 4 Shri Utsav Taal Se Taal Mila Akansha Alapati, Sai Sreshta, Myra Malhotra II DANCE 1st Wah, Kya Baat Hai 3. Haanvi Gogineni II Show and Tell 3rd 3. Urishi Chaudhary Nritya Ananda Gitisha Singh, Devishi Agarwal, Shanaya Verma, Yuven Khasyap, Niharika Chandra III DANCE 1st

338 |Shri Darpan Shabd Humaare Rang Tumahare Shanaya Verma III English 1st Kalakshetra Mahanya K IV Art 1st Kabaad se Jugaad Anvi Dalal V ART 1st Unke Shaba Hamari Zubani Rhea Racharla V Hindi 2nd Anvi Dalal V English 3rd Thirakte Kadam V DANCE 1st Hindustan ki Rasoi se Saanchi Mehta VI Food Science 1st Atulya Bharat Sanghamit ra VI Art 1st Saketh Ivaturi VI Art 3rd Atulniya Bharat Neetal T VI English 2nd Shri Samvaad Sai Ananya P, Abhisekh T, Tanuj G VII English 1st Speakers: Sai Ananya SBest Interjector: Abhishek T – Dhrishtikon Ayansh Singhal, Slavik Manthena, Shivansh Senapati VII ICT 1st Taaza Khabar Chaavi Mundhra VII English 3rd School Sports Team Basket Ball Girls Team

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