Melange 2021

Smart Indian School, Kuwait

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WE THANK THE LEADERS OF THE NATION

HIS HIGHNESS SHEIKH
NAWAF AL-AHMAD AL JABER AL SABAH
THE AMIR OF THE STATE OF KUWAIT

HIS HIGHNESS SHEIKH
MESHAL AL SABAH

THE CROWN PRINCE OF THE STATE OF KUWAIT

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Let me once more set forth the Bhavan’s faith for the beneit of new
students and members, for it is necessary that they should understand it
clearly and imbibe its spirit. The Bhavan stands for the reintegration of Indian
culture.
In a world falling to pieces under the impact of an amoral technological
avalanche, it tries to hold fast to the fundamental values for which our
culture stands-

RITA, SATYA , YAGNA, AND TAPAS.
FAITH in God, Who is in the form of the cosmic order:
TRUTH which is accord between mind, word and deed;
DEDICATION which offers all movements of life as an offering to God,
SUBLIMATION which puriies the body and mind and transmutes instincts,

passions and emotions into things of beauty.
This, regardless of forms and doctrines, is Dharma, the three fold aspects

of which are SATYAM, SIVAM, SUNDARAM Truth, Love and Beauty.
For these values our forefathers lived and died. So did Sri Ramakrishna
Paramahamsa, Swami Dayananda, Swami Vivekananda, Gandhiji and

Sri Aurobindo among moderns.
These values are embedded in our national outlook
We command the respect of the world because of them.
We can look forward to the future with conidence only because they have the
vitality which gives the power to vindicate their validity even in this fear-and-

avarice ridden age of ours.
We must make every effort in restoring an awareness of these values in personal

and collective life.

The Founder President of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

KULAPATHI Dr. K.M. MUNSHI

“From the perfect arises the perfect”

A great scholar, a practical idealist, a visionary and a messenger

of the oneness of human kind, of peace, creativity and mutually supportive action.

‘India will once again be acknowledged as the Vishwa Guru-a superpower

that embodies the ideals of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam - the Global Family.’

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Chief Editor : Ms. Sarita Umesh
Associative Editor : Ms. Thushara Sanjeev
Ms. Rekha Raveendran
Section Editors : Mr. Santhosh Chungath
Ms. Anjana Naveen
Cover Page, Layout & Design: Ms. Mridula Sujith
Ms. Sajini Prithviraj
Photos : Ms. Rekha Jaypal
Ms. Arunima
Reviews & Comments : Ms. Shreesiddhi
Ms. Anupama Jha
Ms. Meenulakshmi
Ms. Mini Nair
Ms. Reshmi Laiju
Mr. Antony Rupesh
Mr. Jogy George
mé[email protected]

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Governing Body

Mr. ALI JUDIYAN AL-RASHEEDI Mr. N. K. RAMACHANDRAN MENON
( SPONSOR) (CHAIRMAN)

Mr. SOORAJ RAMACHANDRAN MENON
( VICE CHAIRMAN)

Ms. DIVYA RAJESH Mr. AHMED ALI AL RAHSEEDI
RAMACHANDRAN MENON

( DIRECTOR)

Mr. SALEH ALI AL RASHEEDI

Ms. SHAIMAA ZAKI Mr. MOHAMMAD KHAMIS
(ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER) (MANAGER, OWNER’S OFFICE)

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Message from the President

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Worldwide

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Message from the Executive Secretary
&

Director General
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

Worldwide

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From the Sponsor

In the name of Allah, and peace be upon the noble

prophet and messenger of Allah Prophet Muhammad.

Success is a winding road full of challenges and

patience. Many are able to succeed, but few are

capable of excellence. Our goal was always to excel

and we have achieved what we hoped for. We thank

Allah for helping us excel in our goals and succeed in

reaching the summit.

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this success.

May Allah reward us for our loyal works. Mr. Ali Judiyan Al– Rasheedi
I advise all students to work hard because the fruit

of success comes from long patience. Let your will be Sponsor,
strong until you achieve greater results. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan,
Parents, we thank you for renewing your trust and
faith on us. Kuwait

Let the almighty grand us success always.

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From the Chairman

50, 40, 30, or even 20 years back – children were focused
on age appropriate matters – be it their education and
cultural activities in school, responsibilities at home or the
social community they lived in. Character building was the
essence in school and at home. Individual satisfaction and
personal needs were not given importance or priorities. The
change from then to now is visible at every home – The
attitude of parents and children at every home – then and
now is far different from the way it was back then.
Change is necessary and even mandated as generations pass. But we as a school
believe that culture and values should remain the same and be the solid foundation of
every home for generations.
During the last 15 years of my 24/7 involvement with children, parents and teachers,
I am really surprised or in fact more saddened to see the current level of attitude of
children from class 3 onwards. May be I belong to an older generation or still
continue with the old school of thoughts. But I believe many of the children are
diverting from their proper path, and chasing things that are not age appropriate, and
not at all necessary in these years of their career. This will ultimately lead to more
children being trapped in a whirlwind of activities and emotions that divert their
attentions and focus from matters most essential to set their future on track. Many
of the children are in the trap. I am very sure that as a parent you belong to one of
these parent groups – either the ‘trapped’, or the possibly ‘going to be trapped’.
During several interactions with parents it has come to my notice that there are a
number of instances where children lack respect, cases where they retort and answer
back, and yell at, when even the slightest or basic questions are asked at home, but
the very same child was obedient and mostly well behaved at school. Yesterday I
heard from my senior leadership team that grade 8 children have started answering
back to Principal and Vice Principals. In the last couple of months, I have seen lots of
such unhealthy incidents which warrant the parents’ immediate intervention.
I am sure many parents are experiencing the same, or similar situations at home, as
well. Our children grow physically and they may be aware of many more things than
necessary for their age because of increased social media presence – but their
emotional responsibility level is still that of a child and not of an adult. They need to
understand the impact of their words and actions, and take responsibility for the
effects of the same.
At Bhavans we believe in character building which is the foundation of any child for a
better tomorrow, better future. Education will follow automatically. Parents are
requested to communicate with the senior management team of the school as and
when necessary to discuss the progress of their children in all matters of their growth
or when you feel there is a visible change in child’s attitude and behavior. Let us
work together for a better tomorrow.
Trust us, we are with you.

Mr. N K Ramachandran
Chairman
Bhavans Middle East

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From the Vice Chairman

INFINITE POSSIBILITIES THROUGH DIALOGUE.

Basic values stem from the culture a child is exposed to. Values may
differ from generation to generation. A set of values suitable to one
generation may not be suitable to another. It all depends on individual

perception of values.
Educators, have infinite possibilities. Expectations should be modified.

Ideas should not be bull dozed on children. The communication
channels should be kept open and to be constantly in dialogue with the
children. Listen to them and try to understand them. All their demands

need not to be compiled with or all their concerns need not be
addressed. But once they feel their voice is heard, half the battle is won.

Mr. Sooraj Ramachandran Menon
Vice Chairman
Bhavans Middle East

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From the Director

In the name of Allah the Merciful and prayers and peace be upon the
noble prophet and messenger Prophet Muhammad. We always seek,

God’s willingness, to nurture a
generation that is aware of science and which upholds the values of a
true patriot. We are proud of our achievements at all levels.We extend
our sincere thanks and gratitude to everyone trusted us. Let the God

Almighty shower his blessings on us
to fulill our responsibilities and give us energy to continue the march
with high vigor and unrelenting determination. We always believe that
our parents’ cooperation is the prerequisite for our success in bringing
up this budding generation. We aspire to reach together to our desired

goal.
May God help us all to be good and righteous.

Mr. AHMED ALI AL RAHSEEDI
DIRECTOR

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From the Director

Dear Students, Teachers and Parents ,

Although this is the debut issue of the school magazine of SIS , I am very certain
that the passion and hardwork that is definitely shining through these pages has
been stirring up for a long time. And true to its name Melange I am sure the
magazine will be a magical medley of stories , a beautiful blend of ideas , an
admirable assortment of art, a curious collection of creativity and a marvelous
mixed bag of experience. Just as each one of us is – a unique patchwork of stories ,
experiences , ideas , talent and creativity. Being a student is perhaps one the most
important and impressionable phases of our life. It is also that age in time when we
can follow a hundred different dreams and walk many paths before we chose a final
destination. The excitement of being able to mould and train a young mind should
be carried by the teachers and the parents too. It is such a unique and wonderful
opportunity.

There is no doubt and I am sure all of you would agree that each one of us is
different. I personally prefer to use the term unique. Our tastes, our experiences,
our understanding , our skills are all unique. And then the most important truth
being that all of us have our own unique intelligences and skill sets. The pressures
of modern living are hard enough and we do not really need families , schools ,
society and any other social set up trying to fit us into a pre- casted mold. We do
not need to bend and fold ourselves to squeeze into a space that does not recognize
our true skills and rather forces us to develop accepted qualities. The need of the
times is definitely - acceptance of us as we are.

Which again brings me back to how the student life is such an important phase.
And school activities like sports and annual days and school publications like the
magazine become such an important tool to unleash the passion and creative
talents a child has. Every child should be encouraged to try their hands at sports ,
art , creative / free thinking. As teachers and as parents doing this is so important.
I wish the Smart Indian School the very best in moulding a generation of evolved
citizens. I pray that parents continue to be the backbone of their child’s strengths
– no matter if it does not match up with their own dreams – and the driving force
that pushes them to achieve their true potential. And last but not the least I wish
to encourage every child to dream – dream big , and be the inspiration that you
seek outside.

God Bless.

Ms. Divya R. Ramachandran

Director

Bhavans Middle East

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From the Principal

Our Ability to Reach Unity in Diversity will be the Beauty of our Civilization even
after crossing all the hurdles of our life.

During Covid-19 pandemic we had faced many challenges and lost many lives how-
ever the imprints to be a human being with a humanitarian and supportive heart is
left forever.

We belong to a society where people think differently, speak differently and act
differently, however if we have the ability to think globally and feel the essence of
Unity in Diversity, that would be a real achievement for our future Gen. and the
Universe. With this in our mind we have compiled different cultures, different
feelings, different colors, different souls and different skills of different people to
portray the sense UNITY in Mélange - our school magazine.

It’s my supreme pleasure to proclaim the proceeding of our third edition of
Mélange. Due to Covid-19 pandemic, we had left behind with no other choice than
to publish our annual School Magazine online.

At this juncture I express my gratitude to the management of Bhavans Smart
Indian School for the indefatigable support given for the SIS TEAM, providing a
platform for the performances in various hues for the co-curricular, extra-curricular
and non-curricular activities in our school, which abetted us to reach many mile-
stones. My heartfelt gratitude goes to the much committed SIS TEAM for the
astonishing efforts taken by each team member for making the events happen
perfectly on time and on perfect professional way educating the students to
manage the event and learn from each event, even during the competitive Covid-19
pandemic.Special kudos to the Mélange TEAM for their astounding exertions to
document each milestone in a different way in the form Mélange – A Tangible
Unity in diversity. I wish the entire team of Bhavans Smart Indian School all the
success, peace, harmony and happiness as we believe in one world one family.

We belive that if we have a strong will to do anything in our life we shall achieve it
even during the period of challenges.

Let us all have a great hope that ……..

GAM ZEH YAAVOR……. Yes, this too shall pass…..Yes, this too shall pass…..

Mr. Mahesh P Iyer

Principal

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From the Vice Principal

Thank You Parents for Your Support during Remote Learning

In representing all in Smart Indian School, I would like to express our sincerest
appreciation to our parents, guardians and students for your incredible
patience and flexibility as we conclude the 2020-2021 school year. We
understand the enormous responsibility and challenges that Remote Learning
placed on parents, guardians, and students as you had to create time, space,
routine, and support for learning at home. We realize that all of our families are
experiencing a difficult time and that there are many other needs, in addition
to student learning, that are critical as we work through this crisis together.
We are so thankful to our families and students for all the amazing gestures of
kindness and generosity we keep reading about. Writing notes of gratitude to
teachers, staff, and management. Sending videos and slideshows of students
singing songs, creating art, performing projects, or just to cheer up those
around them. We honor all of you and your acts of generosity and kindness,
patience and resilience, and the fortitude and determination you have
demonstrated.
With sincere thanks,

Albin Daisy Arul
Vice Principal

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From the KG Supervisor

We are what we are inculcated into....
Once a Guru and his sishyas were on their daily biksha route. In
that route there was a house where a lady usually gave them biksha, so they knocked
at that door. After sometime a five year old girl with mud on her hands opened the
door. She said that her mother had gone out and she did not know what to give. The
Guru asked her what she was doing and she replied, "I am making mud pies". He
requested her to give him one of those and accepted it in his bowl. The sishyas were
upset and questioned the Guru about accepting the mud pie. The Guru replied that
he was just inculcating in her the habit of giving; after all we are what we are
inculcated into. All parents want to see their kids succeed, but it is just as important
to teach your children how to fail. If there is a rise in the number of suicides in
children these days, it is because we as parents have not inculcated into our kids
that it is OK to fail.
There is so much pressure on kids today to be the best and in this rat race we as
parents tend to miss out on the fact that children also need to know that failing will
happen sometimes and that it is totally ok. We’ve ended up teaching our kids to fear
failure – and, in doing so, we have blocked the surest path to their success. Out of
love and a desire to protect our child’s self-esteem, we swoop in and bulldoze every
uncomfortable bump and fish out every obstacle in their way. In the process we are
depriving our children of the most important lessons of childhood. Setbacks,
mistakes and failures are the very experiences that will teach them to be resourceful,
persistent and innovative.Failure teaches kids the skills they need like resilience
which is crucial to be successful adults,after all children are what they are inculcat-
ed into. All of us sometime or the other have caved into our child’s plead for a candy
or a toy, despite wanting to say ‘No’. Parents are busier than ever before, and a lot of
the time we feel guilty that we aren't spending as much time with our kids as we
would like to. When we are with our kids, we want them to be happy and have
positive feelings about the time they spend with us, so we end up doing things they
like, and we are reluctant to say no to them. We often do not realise that kids need
to hear ‘no’ in some form. Hearing ‘no’ helps them develop emotionally, physically
and mentally and it helps them build the grit they need to get through life's ups and
downs, after all children are what they are inculcated into.

Mrs. Rajni Menon
KG Supervisor

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From the Administrative Manager

Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the world, and peace and blessings be upon the
noblest messengers Muhammad bin Abdullah, the faithful Prophet. Our school
entered the realm of academics with the principle aim to develop and mould our
children to become good human beings with pure thoughts and conscience.
Thanks to God Almighty and to all the members who worked as a team to achieve
this unified goal. It’s really prideful for us that we are now listed among the
best Indian schools in Kuwait. As the Administrative Manager of Smart Indian
School, I had always made sure that the most experienced and highly qualified
members become the part of our institution.
We always kept our students updated with the latest developments to ensure that
our school graduates kept abreast of the latest educational developments and
career opportunities. With the grace of Almighty our graduates are placed in
distinguished universities around the world where they are trained academically
well. We work with the belief that all are created by Almighty to do their job
dutifully and passionately.

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this success and I pray to Allah Almighty
to perpetuate His grace on us always.

Mrs. Shaimaa Zaki
Admn. Manager

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From the Academic Coordinator

“When we get in the habit of telling small lies, it leads to a habit of
telling big ones.”

We can help our kids to be honest by upholding moral values in all the work they do.

I was actually shocked to see an eight-year-old child being untruthful while

conducting a virtual quiz. An external support whoever it is, was helping him by

giving correct answers. The quizzer noticed it and reprimanded the child but he was

unwilling to accept the mistake even though it was noticed by two other quizzers. We

cannot blame the child for being untruthful as it is clearly visible that the external

person was supporting the child to do this mistake. We have to help our kids develop

the right habits, and one of the best habits that they can have is being honest, and

this is developed from their home with the support of the family. A short-term

success will not last long. Let us all help our kids to be honest, authentic, responsible

and accountable for all their actions. Academic Coordinator - Primary

Mrs Thushara Sanjeev

From the Student Editor

“Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making of some-
thing out of it after it is found.”
~James Russell Lowell

After a whole year of perseverance and endeavours— both
academic as well as extracurricular, there’s one thing that we all
look forward to. Something that brings back memories by placing
us into a nostalgic trance.
As you’ve already guessed it right, it’s our school magazine MÉLANGE. We are grateful
and jovial to receive such innovative ideas and contributions from the SIS family. This
year was indeed one with lots of struggles and rigours. The pandemic forced us into
confinement. But nothing could confine our creative minds. We held events, exhibitions,
webinars, musical fests and other programs just as magnificent as before with undying
splendour.
This year was filled with new opportunities— allowing us to step out of the box
and explore the unfamiliar. And I would like to express my sincere gratitude to
the SIS family for giving me this prized privilege of being the Student Editor. I
thank the teachers and management for their support and guidance throughout.
We hope that you, our readers enjoy reading this masterpiece. For no one person is
too dull. They just have to be propelled to break through the underlying fear in
them, which henceforth would take them to a world so fascinating; a world so
creative; a world that’s theirs. I made that up. But who knows, might just be true.

Regards,
Irin Mariya Joby
Student Editor

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Melange - An Internal Reflection

SIS Gems
All Awardees

Creative corner

Student council
and prefects

Rainbow
All drawings

Class 10 Toppers

Metamorphosis-
KG segment

SIS sculptors

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School Annual Report 2020- 2021

“Embrace each challenge of your life as opportunity For Self-
realisation and Self-transformation”

A warm cheer-up aboard to walk into the aisle of spanking master
strokes created in the realm of Bhavan’s Smart Indian School and a
cheerful 2020 to effectuate much more wander of wonders in the days
of challenges amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.

I am profoundly privileged and reckoned once again to have led such a strong, vibrant
school community through a year of great achievements. The triumphs are of collateral
nature for both individual and combined with our students, staff and the school as a
whole. School achievements this year continued to be many a folds and speckled across
academic, sporting and cultural fields, reflecting our vows to the development of the
whole child. As the educators we always feel proud to be an integral part of Bharatiya
vidya Bhavan as the tradition of teaching the basics for all, the students, the staff and
the parent community. The family values that we teach our pupils will keep our
education upright and esteemed always in our life. We at SIS strive for inculcating the
project based concepts to the students along with the life skills. We believe in learning by
doing in all the subjects whether it is a child, a teacher or a parent. We try to invite the
parents too wherever and whenever possible to do the activities along with their wards.

Our school starts a day with a mélange of educative views in the school assembly. Each
class is assigned a day to conduct the assembly. The assembly protocol is School Prayer,
Word of the Day, Thought for the Day, Idiom of the Day, Significance of the Day, Wrong
Usage in English, A word in five languages English,Hindi,French,Arabic and Sanskrit,
News Headlines in five languages followed by Bhavans & SIS Anthem. During the
enrichment period all the students are made to write the word of the day, thought for the
day and the idiom of the day using in their own sentence on the enrichment note book.
This morning assembly really raised the bar for each student with a real enrichment of
the life along with the family values which is the basis for the success of each individual.
Every day the last period is used as review period where the students revise the portions
taken on the day and complete the homework that too under the supervision of the
teacher. The special assembly assigned to each class will make all the students of that
class to know more about the assembly protocol and each student would come on the
stage for conducting the assembly.

Declaring one-week portion in advance will make the kids to read the chapters in
advance and come prepared with few questions from the new chapters. When the teacher
teaches the chapter, students can understand the concept better and faster.

Regular One to One PTM along with the presence of the wards and the class teacher will
give a perfect idea about the students’ progress and the areas of improvements. Each
parent is given enough time to discuss about the kid with the class teacher who knows
all about the kid.

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The Class room library helped the kids to understand the formalities of keeping the
records in a library and helps to inculcate the reading habits in the kids. The self-
appraisal practices by presentations, group discussions and surprise tests helped the
students to excel in their impromptu skills and the overall personality of each child.

Writing a sentence in all the forms of the tenses and using the same in framing
sentences everyday helped the students improve their language skills tremendously and
in grammatically right way.

The SIS FM gave a bizarre dais to each student to talk about a book review and express
their special talents to the whole school. The FM would be a platform to express the
talents of the wards like RJ, singing, public speaking or orator skills to the whole school.

Water bells in the form of a sound of flowing water tends all to drink water which shows
a community concern to have a healthy life. The soothing music of meditation
involuntarily make all to sit quietly for analyzing themselves in a meditation mood.

It is only because of the steadfast and stern TEAM of teachers who worked hard to fish
out the skills inherent within the child which helped for the progressive development of
the child to chisel him for a better personality.
Academically, our learning and teaching programs have ensured consistently strong
academic results in school based and standardized tests. Smart Indian School (SIS)
emphasizes on NCERT norms in all facets of the school curriculum. The pedagogical
methodology betrothed to the latest scientific advancements have kept the seekers and
students in more updated and advanced way. Eventhogh the Covid-19 pandemic has
changed the entire world’s normal functioning, we at SIS has not left any stone untouched
and any leaf unturned. All the activities for the year 2020-2021 were conducted virtually.

We the Smart Educators not only educated the MINDS but also the HEARTS of our first
batch of grade 10 students who had appeared for the CBSE examination and brought
laurels to the school. The indubitable first batch result was encrypted as the successful
100 % result by the exuberant first batch of 10 th grade, corroborating that if there is a
will there is a way to ALL the success leading to a brighter future ahead. We are proud to
proclaim that Ms.Irin Mariya Joby with 96.8%,Akshara Anilkumar with 94.4%,Jemimah
Ann George with 93.8% and Jonathan Zakhariya with 93.2% were positioned the school
toppers’ list on the WALL OF FAME.

April - with two famous Zodiac signs Aries and Taurus. Passion and determination.
Imbibing the same vigor and passion SIS kick started its new academic year 2020 -
2021 with a vigorous POP (Parent Orientation Programe) where-in the students
took their parents’ and teachers’ blessings by touching their feet.

The first activity held was Euphonic Strings A Band formed by the Parents of
Bhavans Kuwait in an online dedication to all the unsung heroes of the world and
those frontline workers of the Covid-19.Happy world Book Day,Yellow Day and the
Art Competition for Grades 1 to 11 and the World Earth Day were celebrated with
all the art and craft work done by the kids expressing their feelings on a virtual
platform. The kids delivered the speeches on the importance of the Ozone layer to
protect the EARTH.

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A Virtual Election Day was conducted which was held to make the students aware of the
voting system at an early age. The students enjoyed during canvasing campaigns and the
electronic voting practices and the result announcing on the same day thrilled all.The
student council is one such opportunity given to students to learn the skills of
leadership.Various Clubs were inaugurated and started functioning virtually on all the
Thursdays as the extracurricular activities for the active participation of students as per
their interest. To name the few Gavel Club, Nature Club,Anti bullying club,Home science
Club,Sports club etc …. ….

Vishu –a celebration of Kerala where elders give blessings and offer coins to the young
ones which commemorate the sign that we are here to support you. The young ones at
receiving the Kaineetam bow to the elders depicting that they respect and protect the
elders always remained a virtual celebration for all our students their parents and our
staff a sign of togetherness to show that all are treated equal in SIS. May, The month
of Taurus and Gemini recognized by their earthly and realistic way of living & of
course the first day of May gels with these adjectives –

On the International Labor’s Day, Bhavan’s Smart Indian School had a special
celebration honoring the workers for their relentless service to the students and the
school. The children made this day a memorable one with respect and love giving
speeches on the impact of the service rendered by the labours on our society. Even
though it was a virtual platform we could feel the inner feel of each child as they
miss their schools and the aunties, Bhaus and the drivers of our school.

Investiture ceremony - Students are given abundant opportunities to groom themselves
and learn about the world during their academic life.The student council is one
such opportunity given to students to learn the skills of leadership. The SIS Student
Council under the able guidance of the Stakeholders and Principal takes up
leadership roles and executes them with care.The day turned out to be the most
significant one for the new council members who took oath. The students were filled
with enthusiasm and excitement as the sashes shimmered across them and were
overwhelmed after getting the leadership roles of their school.The only thing they
missed was they couldn’t come to school for this event.

A very loving and compassionate day celebrated in SIS – Mother’s Day and Family Day.
The bubbling students of Bhavan’s Smart Indian School were given an opportunity
to show appreciation for their mother and all other family members by making
greeting cards and offering them. The impact of each family member was felt very
much as they all are forced to sit at home due to Covid-19 pandemic.

SWARASANDHYA -8 a musical treat by all the teaching and nonteaching staff of
Bhavans Middle East was conducted on a virtual platform. It was an eye-opener to
many who witnessed on the FB live too disseminating peace, harmony and
happiness to one and all from the Bhavans Parivar.

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After this responsible event we had the holy month of Ramadan celebrated in SIS with
various events. Students had participated actively in Quran recitation and lantern
making competitions. The lanterns made by the students later on were used to decorate
the whole school building ceremoniously. Even though it was celebrated virtually it was
done with all the fervor spreading joy and peace to everyone.

A Virtual No tobacco Day was celebrated with the oncologist Dr.Susovana Sujit and the
students with their parents to spread the awareness of the deleterious impacts of
tobacco in our life span.

June the month of Gemini and Cancer is associated with social and trendy gestures
and the month began with same social pledge by celebrating A Virtual Cartoon Day.
The kids dressed up as their favorite cartoon characters and spoke about the character
which gave them more confidence about public speaking.

SIS always made sure that they are trendy and updated in academic matters. And for
that we had a Rendezvous with all our senior teachers and students for a long
discussion about Covid Post Education. All the kids expressed their feelings towards
the covid -19 pandemic victims and how much they miss their friend, teachers and the
school during the pandemic, which was an eye opener to all teachers & parents.

But along with all these academic matters SIS didn’t forget to celebrate Father’s Day
with all its spirits. When the kids gave handmade greeting cards expressing their feel
towards the character building by their father, the family members could not control
their tears. This is the impact of the parents on the kids.

There was an interactive session on line by one of the SIS parents Mr.Praveen who gave
a motivational session which really had a positive impact on the kids, parents and the
teachers during the pandemic. How to prepare lemonade was the theme for the virtual
Lemonade Day celebration .Each student prepared a lemonade and served the same to
the people at home, saying ‘‘I prepared it and tell me how is it ?’’

The kids participated in the salad making competition and shown their skills of making
a nutritious salad depicting everyday salad eating would keep all of us very healthy
with more fibers in diet.

We had yet another important event in June the Environmental day. The cheerful and
bubbling students bustled the ZOOM campus with the tiny pots of vegetation in their
hands to honor and preserve the theme ‘Protecting the Environment’.

YOGA keeps our body and Soul healthy in all means. During the Covid-19 pandemic it
came as a reality to all. We celebrated the yoga day with a special lecture by the YOGA
expert Mr.Muthu from Qatar in a zoom platform.

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As a result of the Covid-19 impact the school could not wind up for a long summer
break. However the kids could manage to enjoy a few days as summer vacation
and we continued all the activity based studies afterword a short summer
break .During this small break we had conducted our various in-house Teachers’
Training to update all our subject teachers with all the latest trends of teaching
pedagogy for guiding the students and parents to make them more techno savvy.

The international French day was celebrated on the zoom platform, where the kids
delivered speeches in French Language which showcased the teaching skills of
our French Teachers. The month of August was the month of celebrations.
Coping with Corona was a session in zoom by a famous Doctor of Kuwait, where
in, we with the students and their parents were keenly listening to overcome the
fear of CORONA .We understood how to cop up with the pandemic with regular
exercises and with a healthy diet. August 15, the Indian Independence Day was
celebrated with all the colors and fervor and respect. The school Principal hoisted
the Indian Flag in the school premises obeying all the Covid-19 protocol and
provided the zoom platform to express the patriotism by all the Indians.

Onam is the festival of the people of Kerala. We had a virtual celebration of Onam
which commemorate the togetherness of the different types of people residing
over different parts of the world.Even in the virtual platform we all could feel
that we all are together. The September month welcomed children back to school
after their short summer break .We all know September is incorporated with two
zodiac signs Virgo and Libra representing compassion and care. Inculcating the
love and respect to different traditions of the world a Virtual Traditional Day was
conducted by our KG wing. The Kindergarteners were dresses up in different
traditional out fits and expressed their views about their tradition and culture in
that language. The parents took much efforts to make the kids dressed up and
they took proper practice at home for speaking in that language. The colorful
event was very much appreciated by many parents and the way the kids showed
their confidence in their speaking skills were well acknowledged by their
teachers too.

CBSE had initiated the FIT INDIA FREEDOM RUN for all the CBSE schools which
our PE teachers made possible in a Virtual way. The kids, Parents and the staff of
SIS took part in this novel event to observe A three days venture by running on
the nearby play ground to get freedom from Obesity, Laziness, Stress, Anxiety &
Diseases. The entire event was shown in the FB live where parents and kids
sparticipated and acknowledged the efforts taken by SIS TEAM from different
countries too. How to make different types of HATS and what is the importance of
the types of hats was depicted by the kids on the HATS DAY. A fruit a day
keeps your doctor away, was the slogan given by each kid to the public on the
Frits Salad Day. If we eat a salad of fruits every day we can get enough fibers
along with all the nutrition for a healthy life. The kids showed different ways of
cutting different fruits and having the fruit salad with unique way of decorating
it.

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The parents were astonished to see their ward’s skills which were taught in the school as an Art
Integrated Learning. HINDI DIWAS – All the languages are equally important in our life. The
implication of HINDI was done in the form of songs, skit and nukkad natak by the students on
the HINDI DIWAS. HINDI EXTEMPORE competition was conducted to encourage the kids to
speak in HINDI on the spot. Reliving the attributes of compassion and admiration, children
showed their respect and love to their Gurus on the teacher’s day. We had given chance to the
elder students to manage the school for one hour playing different roles in the school Virtually.
They had an elated feel when took up the position of the teachers and the other leaders of the
school. Teachers and Elder students showcased their talents in the form of songs and dances to
make the other kids happy.

Chocolate making is really a skill. How to make tasty chocolates with proper mixing of
ingredients and how to decorate the chocolates were taught by hand in action by our teachers as
the art integrated teaching and learning. The kids made chocolates at home and showed that
they also can make tasty tasty chocolates on the Virtual CHOCOLATE DAY celebration. You all
know that Bhavans is an oasis for quality education on educational landscape in Kuwait.A
throwback to the school’s incredible evolution over the years was showcased on Bhavans 15th
Founder’s Day Celebrations, held on 11th September 2020 on a Virtual Platform.We the entire
Bhavans middle east fraternity was very proud to celebrate the day with our chairman and his
family.

SIS was also keen to celebrate a day to remember the generation which molded them – The
grandparents Day. The program served as a special time in the lives of grandparents as they had
many memories to carry home with their grandchildren.The students were felicitated for their
achivements in NMO, academic Scholar badge and scholarship on a Virtual Platform. The
month crowned with Libra and Scorpio is the month of October. The month which talks about
security and harmony. And harmony comes from cleanliness. And there is no other day other
than Gandhi Jayanthi to speak on the same. Focusing this, the school conducted various
activities for the children on the ZOOM platform .The ambience of each house filled the minds
with sacrifice, peace and selfless care rendered by the greatest person Mahathma
Gandhji..Children showcased their dedication towards the Bapuji through several patriotic
songs, skits and speeches.Eventhough it was a virtual event the kids and their parents made it a
very much meaningful by their active participation. The entire students, parents and staff of SIS
paid a heartfelt homage to express the deep condolences for the sad demise of the world
humanitarian leader Kuwait's Emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah. The Virtual hommage
made everybody felt the humanitarian imprints left by the leader on each one of us. We are
proud to say that even on a virtual platform we could manage to conduct an orientation
programme for the upcoming G 11 students. We could explain to all the students and their
parents about the subject combinations and the future prospectus of the subjects, about the
tentative dates of the exams and all the future planning for the entire year. Show & Tell and
Poster making and the use of paper bags were dealt by the kids with their parents on the Paper
Bag Day. – How to make paper bags with the waste papers, usage of paper bags or cloth bags
instead of plastic bags, how plastic is polluting our environment and a talk on plastic, its impact
were the highlights of the Day.

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November attributed to the Zodiac Scorpio and Sagittarius…the people crowned with these
signs are identified as successful and resilient in nature. On the very cheerful and
innocent fiesta - Universal children’s day -the ambience of the Virtual school environment
turned exuberant when the happiest souls of the educational realm beamed with the
shades of eye-catching colours on the Virtual Stage. Even though the kids and the
teachers as well as the parents missed the last year’s stage shows on this same day, they
worked very hard this year to showcase their talents in a virtual zoom platform. The same
exuberance we all could feel on the Virtual Friendship Day celebration too. Our students
had brought laurels in varied Intra and Inter school competitions like Sasthra Prathibha,
KIF science exhibition, BMUN, Quiz competitions, Quran recitation, Islamic competition
Badminton, Volleyball, Basketball , art and Drawing competitions etc…Our students and
teachers participated in various webinars for the latest updates. Kudos to all the
students, parents and our teaching and nonteaching staff for devoting their time for the
education even in the Covid-19 pandemic.

Bhavans always aspires on productive results and pledging to materialize the discussions for
the betterment of the students keeping the session on career guidance, World Science
Day celebration, Awareness on the Ayurveda and natural remedies on Ayurveda Day, and
National Cancer Day.All these celebrations were conducted on a virtual platform. Diwali –
a celebration of light and prosperity was dispersed on a virtual Diwali Celebration this
year with all the students, parents and the teaching and non-teaching staff of SIS. Even
in a virtual platform we all could share our views on the impact of light on darkness
hoping that this pandemic also will have a light at the end of the tunnel. December is the
month of the signs Sagittarius and Capricorn with an optimistic, freedom loving, honest,
practical, humorous and successful people and the Successful & resilient session of any
school is of course the sports day. Amid gruelling athletics, drill displays & competitions -
The theme of FITNESS FOR ALL was properly executed on the 5th of December 2020 as
Virtual Annual Sports Meet. The active participation of the kids, parents and a few grand-
parents was the eye-opener for many. How to reduce wastes, how to recycle the wastes
and how to reduce waste pollution were the lessons taught to all by the Best out of
Wastes competition held virtually this year. Kids and parents really enthralled the
audience with their innovative ideas of reusing the waste materials for making decorative
items for enhancing the aesthetics of homes and other public places too. Cloud
computing, Augmented Reality and the novel implementation of Artificial Intelligence was
well discussed on the session Cloud Computing. Ocean day, Ramanujan Day, Role model
day, World AIDS Day, World Disability Day were celebrated and the real feel of helping
others was also inculcated in many young minds with the ethos by sharing the knowledge
with one another on a virtual platform.

SWARASANDHYA 9 –A musical talent show where musicality of all the Bhavanites from all
the schools of Bhavans Middle East was conducted Virtualy to spread peace, harmony
and happiness through Music to one and all which was very much required during the
pandemic days. The students, parents and the staff of SIS served a visual treat on the
Christmas Day Celebration on a Virtual Platform which disseminated brotherhood, peace
and happiness to all the viewers. The performances of the kids, their parents and the
teachers were exemplifying that we take all the challenges during the pandemic as
opportunities for our better lives ahead. The month of January having the signs
Capricorn and Aquarius shows practical, prudent, ambitious, disciplined, friendly and
humanitarian people around. The career counselling session was a lively virtual platform
where the students and their parents interacted very well to understand the various
arenas of opportunities for their wards in future.

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Clay modelling, National youth day and Penguin awareness day was conducted online
to spread the awareness of each day with specified theme with its fullest efforts by
the students, parents and the much innovative teachers of SIS. The Annual
Exhibition –Eureka was conducted on the zoom platform with much fervour,
vigour and charisma by all the kids and their parents with the proper guidance
from the effective teachers of SIS. The teachers of all the departments worked
tirelessly to make this annual exhibition a remarkable one to encrypt in the SIS
history as the most successful Virtual Exhibition of the department wise exhibits
done by the students. February a month of Aquarius and Pisces with original,
inventive, independent, intellectual, imaginative, compassionate, selfless and
intuitive attitudes filled the month with more positive vibes. Taking the same
attitudes we conducted Safety Day, World Cancer Day, Spring Day, National Day
and Science Day for our students on Zoom Platform. Kids with their parents
participated from their homes and took these events to another level and made is
more remarkable occasions to encrypt in our school calendar.

The kids showed their special skills of collecting and organising the things on collage
competition. The students shown their affinity towards Mathematics in Math
wizard competition which was held virtualy.We have not left any stone untouched
even during the pandemic. The entire Bhavans fraternity believes in inculcating
human values in each one whenever and wherever possible. The Covid-19
pandemic made all of us to rely upon the technology so as we had to plan for a
Virtual Annual Day this year.Our annual day had various hues of colors
portraying the values of a global family with the theme GAM ZEH YAAVOR…..Yes,
this too shall pass….. for the grades 3-11 and Pie in the sky for our kidoos of
Grades 1&2 to spread the message that if we respect each other we shall be
successful in our life because the feel of one world one family will make all of us
work together always to face any of the challenges coming across our life. GAM
ZEH YAAVOR……. Yes, this too shall pass…..Yes, this too shall pass…..

I express my sincere gratitude to the management for providing us a platform to work on. My
earnest gratitude to all the parent fraternity to bestow their blessing and support entrusting
us to work on their children for their brighter future. My extended Thankfulness to all the
teaching and non-teaching staff of SIS for their untiring and unlimited work extended to
prove that working together is just a beginning but being together always is the strength of
any organization. We all pray to the almighty that whatever mistakes we had done
knowingly or otherwise to pardon us and looking forward for a stronger TEAM in the years
to come. During the Covid-19 pandemic, that too among all the restrictions we once again
proved that if there is a WILL there is a WAY always. Let us all have a great hope that ……..

GAM ZEH YAAVOR……. Yes, this too shall pass…..Yes, this too shall pass…..

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Supreme council (2020 - 21)

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Class Prefects (2020 - 21)

ISHAAN AMEER SHIHAM ALI KHAN ADITHYA S NAIR
6 ARIES 6 TAURUS 6 GEMINI

EVELYN SARA SUNLEY RAYNA LIZA SRI RENGASRI GOBINATH
7 ARIES 7 TAURUS 7 GEMNI

ASHVANTH RENGAN ESTHER SUSAN SUBI LIAM KOVOOR SHREY DHAND
8 ARIES 8 TAURUS 9 ARIES 9 TAURUS

IRENE SARA BIJU JOSHUA THOMAS ATHENA RONEY ABRAHAM
10 ARIES 10 TAURUS 11 ARIES

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Dear Readers,
This academic year was quite different from the rest. Having to move with the world, while
at a jammed position in our own lives, seemed very difficult for all of us. Thinking about it
now, the pain was almost ‘nostalgic’, because it wasn’t a struggle that was felt quite often
around the world. Although the pandemic suffocated us from all sides, the heart of the
Smart Indian School family never quavered. Be it programs, webinars, sports or classes,
the management and teachers of our school truly defined the motto, ‘Education First!’,
with their support and efforts which helped all of us students feel almost as if we were on
campus; As a student representative, I deem it my utmost duty to thank the management
and ALL the teachers, for their heroism, which did not make us students feel left out in
our education in any manner. Now and forever more, may we all embody and glorify the
motto that has kept our school running for years, Let noble thoughts come to us, from
every side.

Head Boy 2020 - 21
Jonathan Cherian Zachariah

"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building
the new.” ~ Socrates

Change- a word that does justice to everything that befell the past year. And being the
head girl on a virtual platform was definitely a change for the better or worse. This year
we encountered multiple obstacles and challenges in fulfilling our responsibilities on a
completely new platform but we definitely ran rings around with a change.
Working together as the council, we were able to conduct multifarious events- pushing
boundaries, thinking innovatively, utilising all the resources at our disposal to its
maximum potential and focusing all of our energy on building the new. And looking
back, I’m confident that we succeeded in building the new, where the students of our
school were able to express their talents, spread awareness and educate young minds
on various fronts.
All in all we were definitely able to prove that nothing is out of reach and nothing can
stop us if we work together as a team. And I count it an honor to be able to lead the
journey on the front lines, working alongside creative and innovative minds. Seeing
change manifest in novel ways while creating a difference. Despite everything we’ve
encountered on our journey, we’ve worked in unison to keep Smart Indian School’s
banner flying high up in the sky, mounted with love, hoisted with dignity, and fluttering
with grace.

Head Girl 2020-21
Jemimah Ann George

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Future Leaders from SIS

Royal Investiture Ceremony at Bhavans SIS: A Journey to Aim Stars

The wondrous roles that students aspired which was made possible through their mesmeric talents and
accomplishment were conferred on this day in Investiture Ceremony at Bhavans Smart Indian School.
The first virtual power investing ceremony took a turn of experiencing deep beauty through the eyes
that witnessed it and the privilege to drench in the celestial aura of the dignitary’s speech. Though the
occasion turned bitterly distant to cherish the ceremony in conventional way but the moments like
these in virtual mode where the children understanding the need of the hour coupled with meticulous
precision amassed awe and wonder by the viewers. The day’s special program was made stellar by the
presence of the dignified Chief Guest – Brigadier Hareesh Pankan, Chairman of Bhavans Middle East –
Mr. N.K. Ramachandran Menon, Principal of Smart Indian School – Mr. Mahesh Iyer, Principal of IES –
Mr. T. Premkumar, Vice Principal of SIS – Ms. Albin Daisy, KG Supervisor – Ms. Rajni Menon, teachers
and students.
The ceremonious time started off at 9a.m to fill the virtual platform with overflowing participants to
witness the marvellous position of each student. With the beginning of this new academic year, the
proud moments of virtual ceremony had rightly settled the spirit of inculcating responsibilities and
shouldering up tasks for the betterment of the self and school. The event kicked off with the recital of
the verses from Holy Quran followed by the Kuwait National Anthem. A minute’s silent prayer was raised
to the departed souls of COVID-19 pandemic. Then the choir led the gathering through prayer song
followed by SIS anthem. The warm welcome was extended to the assembled by Devika of grade 8. The
crucial time of reminiscing the services and roles rendered by the Head Boy and Head Girl of yesteryear
moved the audience to realize the level of passion and involvement that these students had invested to
their conferred titles. Some of the titles which children were stepped into included Head Boy, Head Girl,
Junior Head Boy and Head Girl, Deputy Head Boy, Deputy Head Girl, Cultural Secretary, Deputy Cultural
Secretary Girl, Deputy Cultural Secretary Boy, Student Editor, Deputy Student Editor, Public Relation
Officer, Deputy Public Relation Officer, Sports Captain, Deputy Sports Captain Boy and Deputy Sports
Captain Girl, House Captains, Vice House Captains, Junior House Captains of four houses – Seva, Satya,
Sanskriti and Tapas and the prefects of the year 2020-21 for the classes 6 – 11.
This year turned unforgettable as the conferral was executed by the parents who felt immensely proud in
honouring and blessing the children for their new roles which was followed by the oath taking moment
carried out by the school Principal. The year’s promises and the decision to keep up the sincerity in
their just begotten position were read out by the new Head Boy and Girl. The day had turned
entertaining by supplementing the most needed form of art which is the dance by the amazing students.
The most revered time glided to the speeches heard from the dignitary and chairman. The chief Guest,
who is the personality of great valor emphasized the need to accept challenges and to face them with
courage just like the way his spiraling words inspired the viewers. The chairman of Bhavans Middle East
also shared his thoughts on how the great things could happen through hard work and dedication and
congratulated the students on their future endeavors.

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SIS Gems

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SIS Gems

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Class 10 Toppers

Results of CBSE Board Examination (2019—2020)
100% Success
Maiden Batch

School Toppers

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Onam Celebration
Bhavans Smart Indian School, Kuwait organized its
first virtual Onam celebration in a grand and
traditional manner. It remains to be a time to
remember the vast cultural heritage of the state and it
is celebrated by the Keralites to mark the day with the
traditional extravaganza starting from cultural
performances to sumptuous fest.

Teacher’s Day

Bhavans Smart Indian School celebrated Teacher’s
Day on 6th September 2020 in the virtual mode. The
amazing program really turned to be an impactful
time for the teachers. The students who organized a
surprise celebration for teachers hosted the show
with passion and zeal.

Marvellous Virtual Universal Children's Day
Loads of joy, tons of fun, and heaps of entertaining
activities had taken the air whilst teachers at Smart
Indian School conducted a virtual celebration of
Universal Children’s Day to promote international
togetherness and awareness among children worldwide
on Thursday 19 November since the original day of
commemoration falls on Friday.

Virtual Annual Sports Meet

Threats can be taken as Challenges and Challenges
can be TRANSFORMED into Opportunities, if there is a
will to do anything which seems to be Impossible to
Others. Absolutely, P.E Department had decided to
conduct a virtual annual sports meet themed ‘Fitness
for All’ through zoom auditorium, and they executed
the meet on December 5, 2020 magnificently. Chief

Guest for the day was SKY Sr. Professor Balachandran,
director for WCSC-OSFC, who graced the virtual sport
Christmas celebration meet by his presence, the guest of honour Ms.

Apeksha Fernandes who holds the India’s best timings

“Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way,” it is for women in the 200-breaststroke swimming.
Christmas time once again. The day is celebrated on

the 25 December to honor the birth of Jesus Christ
every year. Christmas is an exciting festival, winter,
snowfalls, Soups, eggnogs, cakes, gifts, decorations,
the color red and green, the trees, the lighting, and
jingles make this perfect cozy holiday to spend time
with family, time to have fun vacations, and for kids,
it is all about exciting gifts, decorations, and games.

It is Christmas with a virtual online Santa Claus.
Bhavans Smart Indian school celebrated Christmas

on the 22 December 2020 virtually.

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World Earth Day World Environment Day

On the occasion of World Earth day, the This year, the theme is biodiversity – a
Kindergarten, Primary, Middle and Senior concern that is both urgent and
wing students were persuaded to celebrate existential. With this most significant and
and contribute their best through online inevitable thought in the minds, under the
mode. The vibrant contribution channeled leadership of the newly elected student
through the Department of Science was a council and department of science, the
brilliant sight to see and served as an students of Smart Indian School came
appealing act of reception. The day turned together with informative virtual
fruitful by allotting and indulging in class presentations to educate their friends and
wise activities. The Kindergarteners were parents on the importance of biodiversity
helped to perform the activity of growing and our responsibility as a true human
microgreens at their homes. Teachers towards nature. Each and every shrub is
explained to them the importance of taking important on this earth surface. Such
care of our planet earth, loving it and keeping contemplative thoughts communicated by
it green. The activity on the topic ‘Sweet the children from the smaller grades and
Earth’ was explored by the students of grade kindergarten through their role plays were
8. The inexplicable destruction and its enough to make anyone of us think about
perilous aftermath done towards this earth our responsibility as a being on this
elaborated a massive message through the planet.
activity called ‘Weeping earth’ by the
students of grade 7. The beautiful and
voluminous shells that were painted with the
designs of varied shades coupled with the act
of growing microgreens in them were done by
grade 6 students. The prefects of classes 8-11
delivered a speech in the morning assembly
about the importance of protecting our
mother earth.

World AIDS Day

“Ending the HIV/AIDS Epidemic:
Resilience and Impact”

The department of science and the
young and energetic students, Bhavans
Smart Indian School (SIS) produced a
movie titled as “No Longer Afraid”. The
team had chosen the mode of YouTube
social media to spread the awareness
and eventually it organized a movie
show for the students of SIS, teachers,
and parent community on 1 December
2020, Tuesday. It was a short movie
spanning about half an hour, the
meeting started at 10.00 am and ended
10.30 am.

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World Science Day for Peace and Development

World Science Day for peace and development
was conducted at SIS on 10th November. Themed

as “Scientific Innovation – a way of life” was

the focal point of discussion with Dr. S.
Neelamani, a Senior Research Scientist, Coastal

Management Program Environment and Life

Sciences Research Centre in Kuwait Institute for
Scientific Research (KISR). Ocean Energy and

marine environmental issues, Reduction of Wave

Pressures on Vertical Seawall/Caissons due to
an Offshore Breakwater, Floating breakwaters

which can be used cost effectively for protecting

coastal area from wave induced erosion. Having

National Cancer Awareness listened to the aforesaid, children could not
resist their curiosity to raise brainstorming

Despite the most advanced techniques in cancer questions regarding invention and
treatment, the disease exists in one’s body when innovation.

no longer patience and confidence persist. On this
note, the resource person for the day,

Dr. Shashikala, an eminent Yoga Acharya with a

rich experience of 30 years of yoga teaching started

her session at 11:00 a.m. for the teachers and
students of grades 8 to 11 on the virtual platform.

Department of Science, Bhavans Smart Indian

School, Kuwait organized this awareness
programme on National Cancer Awareness Day on

November 8, 2020.She had raised the awareness of Ayurveda Day
cancer and encouraged its prevention through her
battle against breast cancer.
Ayurveda Day was celebrated at SIS on 16

World No Tobacco Day November 2020 at 9.00 a.m. and the
session was themed as ‘The Natural Way,
As an initiative taken by the Science Ayurvedic Way’ about which Mr. James C
Department, Bhavans Smart Indian Joseph Chief Pediatric Clinical Perfusionist
School conducted a virtual session & ECMO Coordinator, Ministry of Health,
for the students of grades 8 – 11 to Kuwait, and CEO & Healthcare counsellor,
commemorate ‘World No Tobacco Ayurveda Health Centre Kuwait directed a
Day’. The renowned oncologist and discussion with the students of SIS. This
the motivational speaker from
Kuwait Cancer Control Center event started at 9.00 a.m. How to
(KCCC), Ms. Susovana Nair presided choose a healthy lifestyle in this world
and provided an eye-opening session of chaotic information was the primary
for the students on the address for the young learners of high
precariousness of the venomous
school.

usage of tobacco and nicotine.

The speaker pointed out the
high risk that the children

cultivate by normalizing the use

of these perilous products.

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मेरा भरत महान
सबसे प्यारा सबसे न्यारा मेरा भारत महान; गंगा यमुना
सरस्वती भी गाती जिसके गान;
िहमालय है ताज इसके िसर का, खडा है सीना तान; सागर धो
रहा कदम इसके , बढाकर अपनी शान;
शूरवीरोकी है यह भूमी, शौयय की यहाााँ नही ंहैं कमी;
मेरा देश करे प्रगित अपार, प्रगित से प्रेररत हो संसार; देश का

हर व्यक्ति, हर वगय बने महान;
यही प्रायनय ा हैं मेरी तुमसे, ओ मेरे भगवान।

स्वरा श्रीरंग गडकरी
कक्षा- ३ Libra

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Une recette délicieuse
La salade de fruits

Cette recette est pour 4 à 5
personnes

Les ingrédients :

Il faut:
Une pomme
Deux bananes
Une barquette de fraises
Une orange
Une boite d'ananas au sirop
300 grammes de raisin

Les ustensiles :

Il faut:

Un saladier
Un couteau
4 fourchettes
Une cuill ère
Une planche à découper
4 ou 5 petits bols

D’où vient le drapeau français? Les instructions

Les trois bandes Prenez un saladier
Nettoyez la pomme, les fraises,
Le drapeau français est compose de trois
bandes verticales, une bleue, une blanche le raisin
et une rouge. Ces bandes ont toutes la Pelez l'orange, la banana
même largeur. C’est toujours la bleue qui es Ouvrez la boite d'ananas
trouve le long du mat. Coupez en petits morceaux la

Le bleu et le rouge pomme, les bananes, les

Le 14 juillet 1789, le peuple de Paris s’empare de la prison fraises, le raisin, l'orange
de la Bastille. C’est le début de la Révolution française!Les Mettez les fruits dans le sala-
révolutionnaires portent un emblème aux cou-
leurs de leur ville: bleu et rouge, Cinq ans plus dier
tard, en 1794, le gouvernement s’inspire de cet Versez les morceaux d'ananas
emblème pour choisir les couleurs du drapeau
français! et le sirop
Mélangez les fruits
Le blanc Servez dans des petits bols
Décorez...
A cette époque, le blanc était la couleur des rois de France.
Trois jours après la prise de la Bastille, le roi Louis XVI Bon appétit !!!!!

rend visite aux révolutionnaires. Il porte leur emblème,

auquel est ajoutée sa couleur, en signe d’union avec son

peuple! Depuis, le blanc est resté, même s’il n’y a plus de

roi en France… Par: Lakshmi Grebennikova Alifa Azad
Classe:6 Aries 6 Aries

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Melange - An Internal Reflection

Le Règne le Plus Court d'un Roi de l'Histoire

Par: Nygel Praveen G9Aries

Les rois sont connus pour leur puissance, leur sagesse, les sacrifices qu'ils font et
la durée de leur règne. C'est ce qui définissait un monarque dans les temps anciens,
peu importe le lieu, la culture, la race, la couleur, la croyance, etc. En juillet 1830,
Louis-Antoine ou héritier présumé - monta sur le trône de France en tant que roi
Louis XIX, succédant à son père, Charles X, qui avait abdiqué. En moins de 20
minutes, cependant, Louis-Antoine avait également abdiqué, faisant de lui le
monarque régnant le plus court de l'histoire. Il partage le record avec le malheu-
reux prince héritier Luís Filipe du Portugal, qui devint techniquement roi du
Portugal pendant la même brève période après l'assassinat de son père, Dom Carlos
I, le 1er février 1908. Luís Filipe fut lui-même mortellement blessé dans l'attaque.
Mais, il a survécu à son père de 20 minutes, remportant lui-même un record du
monde Guinness du temps le plus court jamais régné en France

J’aime la couleur jaune! Virtual Musical Treat–“Swarasandhya 8 & 9”

Jaune comme le soleil Bhavans Smart Indian School, Kuwait
Jaune comme le citron organized online staging “Swarasandhya – 8&
Jaune comme la fleur 9” lead by Mr. Mahesh Iyer, The Principal of
Et le gros autobus! the School.

Jewal Tresa Joby
Class 3 Aries

National Mathematics Day

The Department of mathematics conducted many activities about mathematic
concepts through which Ramanujan Day was commemorated excellently on 22
December 2020. Students of grade 6-11 attended this spectacular event at 9 a.m. to
honour and marked the 125th birth anniversary of the Indian legendary
mathematician SRINIVASA RAMANUJAN.

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Melange - An Internal Reflection

Cloud Computing - A session with Mr. Jeeju Sreenivas, IBM

Mr. Jeeju Sreenivas, delivery project executive at IBM, 23 years of IT
experience in Software development, Solution, Consulting in the areas of
Cloud modernisation, API/Microservice enablement, Data Management &
Security-lectured on a topic Cloud Computing.
Department of Computer Science conducted a session on the subject ‘Cloud
Computing’. Students of grade 8-11 attended this session at 11 a.m. on 17
December 2020. The session started with a welcome address presented by
Ms. Thaarugeshwari, a student from grade 11.
Mr. Mahesh Iyer, Principal of Smart Indian School thanked the resource
person and appreciated the department Computer Science for conducting
this session and all the students for their participation. The
meeting ended at 12:30 p.m. with a quote “The AI does not hate
you, nor does it love you, but you are made out of atoms which
it can use for something else.” The vote of thanks was extended
to the resource person and the organising school by Master
Sambhav from grade 11.

National Youth Day
“Arise, awake, stop not until your goal is achieved.”
– Swami Vivekananda

The National Youth Day 2021 themed as ‘Channelizing Youth Power for Nation Building’
was celebrated by the students of grade 6-11 at Bhavans SIS on Tuesday, 12 January
2021 during the first period. This day aims to highlight ways in which the participation
of youngsters at the local, national, and global levels is playing a crucial role in
enhancing national and multilateral institutions and processes. January 12 marks the
birthday of Swami Vivekananda the one who rejoiced in knowledge, to honour his many
contributions to the country, the government of India, in the year 1984, declared his
birthday as National Youth Day. In the light of this, Department of English organized this
event with the main objective of promoting rational thinking among the youth, believed to
be the future of the country and to pledge to build an India where our young generation
will play an influential role in shaping future of the country!Soon after the regular
morning assembly in MS Teams classrooms, class teachers of all the grades 6-11
conducted the National Youth Day 2021 during the first period. The session of 50
minutes started with introduction of the theme of National Youth Day 2021 followed by
many activities: PPT on his teachings and philosophy, Video on The Life Story of Swami
Vivekananda, Yuva Quiz based on both the PPT and Video. Consequently, the session
made all the students aware of Swami Vivekananda’s lifestyle and his sacrifices.
The students who scored highest points were felicitated by the class teacher immediately.
Another well-disciplined beauty of this event was that all the students and teachers had
kept the same event-based background image for the entire day and continued their
regular classes in MS Teams.

Swami Vivekananda believed that education is the only source to build a better society
and a better nation, and so is Bhavans SIS philosophy in giving real education instilling
discipline and right values that play a significant role in character building.

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Creative corner Life Without Colour

Colour is what makes our life as beautiful as
it is. Without the distinction of colour, the
Life without colours is like a tree world will not have creativity and life
without flowers. without creativity, nothing but a mundane
Colours bring new wonders. life. Colour can sometimes affect our
Red gives flowers new emotions to emotions like we are happy on a clear sunny
cover. day, whereas we are gloomy on a rainy day.
Orange gives inspirations to all Colour is something that I take advantage
butterflies in nature. of every day. It is imperative to me because
Yellow gives a new bright time in it helps me pick out something that I like.
the summer line. Without it, I don't know what sense I would
Green brings new life in the use to bring out the best in this beautiful
springtime. world.
Blue gives new light to the early

sky. AFLAH SHAIK
Indigo brings darkness to the late- 4 Gemini
night sky.

Violet is calming, refreshing and
charming.

So if the colours were not there,

no happiness would be felt. No In my opinion, life without colors is only black
surprises and emotions would be and white. Everything would be in mono-
covered in there. chrome. There would not be any variation in
Devi Sujuevna life. Everything would be same shades that is,
4 Taurus black and white. The feeling would be equiva-

lent to living in a world of black and white cine-

ma. Without colors nature would not be appre-

ciated as much as it is colored. A peach and
apricot would look almost identical. Without

the distinction of color in the world,variety

would not be Possible. In fact, everything in our
life would be full of gray, sad and gloomy.

Therefore I would strongly believe that the life

without color is indeed be a boring place to live

in this world.

Chilly chilly Bhagyashree Chakrabarty
4 Aries

Chilly chilly my not best chilly
It's getting too hot of you chilly
I don't want to see you chilly
I don't want to eat you chilly
Chilly chilly my not best chilly
You make me drink more water chilly
You make me cry too loud chilly
you are not my best friend chilly

Mathew Vazhappilly
1 Aquarius

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Creative corner Exquisite Memories

We all know the fact that Nov 14th is In the morning, my grandfather and
celebrated as Children’s Day in India in I watered the plants in the garden, fed the
association with the birth date of India’s first fish, and fed the bunny. Then my cousin
prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Even came over, and we played games and had
though we all are trapped inside the home lunch prepared by my grandmother. After
due to pandemic, my parents ensured that I that, we went out to the park with my
am entirely engaged. bunny. We had lots of fun. Then we went
shopping for some clothes. My cousin,
I participated in the Children’s Day grandmother, and I bought so many
competition conducted by Balavedi Kuwait clothes like shirts, pants, headbands and
and KALA (Art) Kuwait. I was experiencing for many more. We went back home, and we
the solo song event and painting did papercrafts. It was hard, but so much
competition, respectively. My preparations fun. Then we baked cookies. They were
started a week before the event. There were delicious. After that my grandmother
events on both Nov 13th and Nov 14th. My cooked dinner and then we went to bed.
event was on Nov 13th, and it was a busy
day. The event was organised for Balavedi Aradhana Pratish
Kuwait (Abbasiya) from 10.00 am to 11.30 4 Taurus
am on a virtual platform. As you all know,
due to the pandemic, Zoom is our new I have a little brother,
normal mode of communication. I saw and His name is Gabriel.
got inspired by some quality events and
performances from my age group He wakes up in the morning,
participants. My solo song performance also By listening to my voice.
went well by the grace of God.
He always shares silly things,
By 02.00 pm the painting competition And we had a lot of fun.
started. The subject given for our group was We have a lot of toys.
“Butterfly”. I was able to draw some beautiful
butterflies, and I am happy to inform you With which we play all day long.
that I won a merit prize for the event. In the We fight, We laugh, We also get
evening, from 04.00 pm to 05.30 pm, I was
attending the Balavedi Kuwait (Salmiya) scolded,
event. I got an opportunity to sing a song in But we still have fun.
that event too. Few media and TV channels However big you will be,
also reported these events. You will still be my little brother,

Abhirami Nithin CHRISTEL ELSA JIJO
1 Aquarius 1 Mercury

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Creative corner My Pride

Being an Indian, the country which I like the most is India. India lies in South
Asia. It is the land of hundred crore people. We speak many different languages and
worship many gods, yet we have the same spirit.India is also knowns as Bharat and
Hindustan. Oceans from three sides surround it. India is also rich in monuments,
tombs, churches, historical buildings, temples, museums, scenic beauty, wildlife
sanctuaries, places of architecture and many more. The great leaders and freedom
fighters are from India. India is the land of my dreams, and I love my country very
much.

India is known for its heritage, spices, and of course, for people who live here. That’s
the reasons India is famous for the common saying of “unity in diversity”. India is
also well known as the land of spirituality, philosophy, science, and technology.

Johan John Mathew

5 Aries

Every citizen of India will dream of their country in an excellent stage. My dream
India should be well developed with many other factors. The first factor is
education, every citizen should be educated and has many employment
opportunities. The laws should be for the benefit of innocent people. There should
be electric cars with electric fuel in my dream India, which does not cause any air
pollution. India that I dream should treat every citizen equally as written in the
constitution. All in all, my dream India should be non-violent.

Darsan Krishna
5 Taurus

In India, we have over 170 million people employed in blue-collar jobs, including
drivers, logistics and delivery staff. These are mostly migrant workers, i.e., they
come from villages to work in big cities. These people work long hours but barely
make enough money to survive. Some of the ways to improve their lives would be: -
Fixed minimum wages
Have mandatory benefits like sick leave, health insurance etc. Create good
manufacturing/service jobs and thereby reducing unemployment Strengthen the
unions. Give them proper housing, food, clothing, clean sanitation facilities etc.
Workers are the backbone of any society, and we must take good care of them.

Aryaman Rastogi
5 Gemini

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Creative corner Lockdown Stories

One day, My parents told me that my In the lockdown situation, I experienced
holidays were extended. I felt very many things. Our trip to Bahrain was
happy for the holidays, after that my cancelled. And my parents almost lost their
parents added that It was a lockdown. I jobs, but suddenly everything was back to
was not allowed to go even out of the normal. Today and right now, I’m writing
doorsteps.I felt bored and also scared of about how a 10-year-old experienced lock-
the new virus. I washed my hands down. On February 2020 my grandparents
frequently. Then I decided to spend the came to Kuwait we had a lot of fun. We went
time in a useful way in the lockdown. to see many places and tried many dishes.
After some days we turned on the TV, and
My day started with yoga steps the news channel popped up telling that
and Surya namaskar. In my free time, I there will be lockdown after one week. My
started my 2 minutes of drawing. It’s grandparents said that they want to go back
like a cartoonist. The topics for the home to India. I was despondent, but I knew
picture was any incidents or stories it was the right decision they made because
which I came across. Sometimes I like my parents almost lost their jobs when lock-
to colour my drawing, and sometimes I down started. It was correctly ten years in
don’t, but I enjoy all the illustrations. Kuwait for us, and my dad told me his boss is
asking us to move to Bahrain. I was
By the time my online classes also unfortunate, and I told all my friends about
started. I was promoted to Grade3. I felt it. When it was the end of February, we went
delighted. I have actively participated and took TC for me. After a few days of
in all the activities which the school school closed, the number of virus cases
has conducted. I joined in singing class increased. Children had to sit at home
to improve my singing talent. My near- without meeting their friends. My birthday
by friends wondered how I was engaged
all the time. At present, I am enjoying
the courses without any fear. I hope
nothing can stop my enjoyment and was coming close, and we had a small party

learning. with only three friends, but I still enjoyed a

lot. On April online classes started and we

P.P.Harrish Vibhu studied through our computers. I missed the
3 Virgo first two days of my online session because
we took TC then we applied it back so I could

attend classes. In June, my parents got their

Miss my school … Miss you all job back, and now there is only one problem
left to solve, which is to make COVID leave
miss the way to go my school the world.
miss the company of all my pal Veda Vimal Parol
miss the ones taught me skill 5 Gemini
miss the walls of my study hall
miss my school … miss you all…. Srivatsan
miss the pledge of my assembly 2 Gemini
miss the favorite lunch box smell
miss the playground fights and fall
miss the fondness of the last bell
miss my school … miss you all….
miss the lines at my drill
miss the friends in my school
miss the fun of jokes and howl
miss the way days how color full
miss my school … miss you all…

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Creative corner Favourite land like to visit

My favourite destination is Visakhapatnam, AP, India, also known as Vizag. Many
hills and beautiful beaches surround this city. We visited 2 Museums at RK Beach,
and one was INS Kurusura, the Submarine Museum and the 2nd was TU-142 Aircraft
Museum, which was overall a great lifetime experience. Next, we visited Kailasgiri,
a hilltop park where Cable Car reached. There are many fun activities, and one can
observe the whole city from the skyline. I also enjoyed Go-Karting for the first
time. Vizag has a lot to explore in & around, and I would love to revisit this place
with my family and friends.

Nikhil Krishna
3 Venus

We all hate lockdown because it is boring, as we say. We can't go to our home
country. COVID - 19 or Coronavirus is attacking us for one whole year. Due to the
Corona outbreak, we are landlocked here in Kuwait since October 2019. As a result, I
miss visiting my country's favourite places too much. I also miss my lovely family
members, brothers and sisters.
My favourite place in the world is - Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh. Cox's Bazar is the
Longest Beach in the world. I love to collect snails and shells in Cox's Bazar Beach
and swim in the sea near the shore. Cox's Bazar beach is the world's famous beach
crowded with people. It is becoming a lonely beach. I am also missing the delicious
food, outdoor sports and fresh coconut water of Cox's Bazar. I wish to visit Cox's
Bazar time and again. I do not know when I shall see my favourite Cox's Bazar.

Tamisa Chokder
3 Taurus

The place I like to visit most is my grandparents’ home. This place is filled with nature.
It is a very big area. My grandmother makes different kinds of dishes. I love to visit
this place, I play with my dogs, feed my turtles, see monkeys and find scorpions. I play
with my grandfather and see the reindeers that come in winter. I go to the beach and
play in the mud. I visit the beautiful dam and throw rocks. My grandfather has many
mango trees, banyan trees, coconut and betel nut trees. I can also visit my cousins and
I can go with them to pick the cashews and coconuts. I can see different animals which
come to my grandfather’s farm. Every morning I watch beautiful peacocks dancing in
the farm. So Noojady is my favorite place to visit. Every vacation I would love to visit
my grandparents’ home.

Smayan Shetty
4 Taurus

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Creative corner

My hobby

My favourite hobby is to sing sing sing, Growing a plant at

Especially on the days of spring spring spring, home and describe the

When I see flowers swing swing swing, experience

The birds and bees open their wings wings wings, In India, I had Basil and Money
plant. Every day in the morning I
It’s time to go out and ride a swing swing swing, used to water them with my
father. It used to be great fun.
On the beautiful grass all green green green, But when I shifted to Kuwait, I
did not even have single plant. I
I fly my kite unrolling the string string string, did not even have a pot and soil
for growing a plant. During the
And away to glory, I sing sing sing. month of July, one day my
mother gave me an idea. She told
Krisha Chowdhury me to use an ice–cream box as a
pot and in place of soil put a
1 mercury tissue paper and moong dal seeds.
Then I gave water for next two to
Problems and difficulties are a three days, and the plant grew
part of life into a herb. It was an amazing
experience. But suddenly my
A lion is not the tallest animal of the jungle. A beautiful plant blew away in the
lion is not the heaviest animal of the jungle. A air during a stormy day. When the
lion is not the smartest animal of the jungle. lockdown eased, my father bought
Still, the lion is the king. The lion is not as tall as pots and soil from the market.
a giraffe, not as intelligent as the fox still; he Now I have grown coriander,
rules the jungle. Lion has impressive and unique mint, fenugreek and money plant.
confidence and attitude that make every animal I water them daily in the morning
afraid. What makes all these massive animals and sometimes play and talk to
respect such a small cat? It is its confidence and them. It is a great experience.
attitude. When an elephant looks at the lion, the
elephant thinks that the lion will eat him, but he Prisha Kalani
can eat the elephant when the lion looks at the
elephant. The elephant is so mighty that only one
hit is enough for the lion to give up, but the
elephant lacks self-confidence, making him weak
during difficult times. Like the lion, we can also
face any difficulties if we have confidence in
ourselves. An army of Sheep led by Lion is better
than an army of Lion led by Sheep. It's all about
confidence.

Ubaid

10 Aries

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Creative corner

Self esteem during difficulties

So let me start with the first question, What is Self Esteem?
Self-esteem is how a person feels about his/her worth. "The self-concept is what we
think about the self; self-esteem is the positive/ negative evaluations of the self, as in
how we feel about it."
Now, how does self-esteem help us during difficulties?
All of us have ups and downs in our life. Positive
self-esteem during difficulties helps us feel better and, do
better. Hence, we must improve our positive self-esteem
by growing our confidence and self-belief. It is all about
your belief that you can rise instead of feeling depressed.
We mustn't sulk upon our problems because it's all about
rising up and conquering ourselves at the end of the day.
On the other hand, negative or self-esteem negatively impacts oneself. He/she starts
feeling depressed and is accompanied by fears. Such people have a negative attitude
and pessimistic view towards life. As the lack of confidence doesn't help us grow into
healthier human beings, let's just leave low esteem behind and grow to our fullest
with conviction, passion, and wit.
I'd like to finally say that it's just you who can change you.
Difficulties in your life don't come to destroy you, but to help you realise your
potential. And to find this potential, carry your self-esteem with confidence and a
little bit of that jazz!

Shambhavi Dhargalkar
9 Taurus

Mental health and Goals - two sides of the same coin

If Essence describes one facet of the coin, Aspiration describes the second face of
the same coin. Mental health is essential as physical health at every stage of life,
from childhood and adolescence through adulthood. Mental health influences the
way individuals look at themselves, their lives and others in their lives. When it
comes to our mental health, it is crucial to set goals for ourselves. By striving to
improve our mental well-being, we come closer and closer to self-fulfilment,
allowing us to flourish in our relationships, school, careers, and hobbies. Mental
health and Goals are two sides of the same coin. We should encourage everyone to
set specific Mental Health goals.

K.S.Thaarugeshwari
11Aries

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Creative corner

The Roswell Incident; Do Aliens Really Exist?

Days after something shiny crashed in the New Mexico desert in 1947, and the
Roswell Army Air Field issued a press release that said that the military had just
recovered the remains of a 'flying disc'. Although quickly discounted as erroneous,
the announcement lays the groundwork for one of the most enduring UFO stories of

all time. The military's initial press release was straightforward
in its handling of wreckage discovery by rancher W.W. "Mac"
Brazel.

"The many rumours regarding the flying disc became a reality
when the intelligence office of the 509th Bomb Group of the
Eighth Air Force, Roswell Army Air Field, was fortunate enough
to gain possession of a disc through the cooperation of one of the
local ranchers and the sheriff's office of Chaves County," the
press release read.
The Americans still strongly feel that the Whitehouse is still
covering up this matter. In one of Trump's speeches with his son,
he was about to expose something that the Whitehouse had kept for years, but he
was asked not to do so, as the rest of the Whitehouse thinks that "the world was not
ready to know about it". The U.S. Government, being one of the most powerful
governments in the world, has the authority to put anyone who spreads the
information, far away…maybe never to be heard of again.
Everyone suddenly sprouting up, some in excitement, some in shock and some in
utter distress. But rumours of recovered extra-terrestrial bodies and a government
cover-up gained such a foothold in popular culture that the U.S. government took
the unusual step of producing two reports in the 1990s that set out to put the
matter to rest.
But, there are still people out there, who strongly feel that they can get the truth. I
support these people 100%, but maybe humanity isn't ready to know…in such a
crisis that we are in now, getting to know that aliens have marked our planet for
their inhabitation in a couple of years in insane! So, do aliens exist? I don't know,
and it is just a matter of time.

Nygel Praveen
9 Aries

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Creative corner

J.K.Rowling - My Favourite Author

Joanne (born July 31st, 1965), better known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a
British author, film producer, television producer, screenwriter, and philanthropist.
She is best known for writing the Harry Potter fantasy series, which has won multiple
awards and sold more than 500 million copies, becoming the best-selling book series
in history. The books are the basis of a popular film series, over which Rowling had
overall approval on the scripts and was a producer on the final films. She also writes
crime fiction under the name Robert Galbraith.

Born in Yate, Gloucestershire, Rowling worked as a researcher and bilingual secretary
for Amnesty International when she conceived the idea for the Harry Potter series
while on a delayed train from Manchester to London in 1990. The seven-year period
that followed saw her mother's death, birth of her first child, divorce from her first
husband, and relative poverty until the first novel in the series, Harry Potter and the
Philosopher's Stone, was published in 1997. There were six sequels, of which the last,
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was released in 2007. Since then, Rowling has
written five books for adult readers: The Casual Vacancy (2012) and—under the
pseudonym Robert Galbraith—the crime fiction Cormoran Strike series, which
consists of The Cuckoo's Calling (2013), The Silkworm (2014), Career of Evil (2015),
and Lethal White (2018).

Rowling has lived a 'rags to riches' life in which she progressed from living on
benefits to being the world's first billionaire author. She lost her billionaire status
after giving away much of her earnings to charity but remains one of the world's
wealthiest people. She is the U.K.'s best-selling living author, with sales above £238
million. The 2016 Sunday Times Rich List estimated Rowling's fortune at £600
million, ranking her as the joint 197th richest person in the U.K. Time named her a
runner-up for its 2007 Person of the Year, noting the social, moral, and political
inspiration she has given her fans. In October 2010, Rowling was named the 'Most
Influential Woman in Britain' by leading magazine editors. She has supported
multiple charities, including Comic Relief, One Parent Families, and Multiple
Sclerosis Society of Great Britain, and launched her charity, 'Lumos'.

Although she writes under the pen name J. K. Rowling, her name was Joanne Rowling
before her remarriage. Her publishers asked that she use two initials rather than her
full name, anticipating that the target audience of young boys might not want to read
a book written by a woman. As she had no middle name, she chose K (for Kathleen) as
the second initial of her pen name, from her paternal grandmother. She calls herself
Jo. Following her remarriage, she has sometimes used Joanne Murray when
conducting personal business. During the Leveson Inquiry, she gave evidence under
Joanne Kathleen Rowling's name and her entry in Who's Who lists her name also as
Joanne Kathleen Rowling.

Pranav Menon

7 Aries

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