- R{�iee Raman

"R aju , why do you always get so dirty?" his mother demanded.

"Well," answered Raju, "I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are."

• • • The doctor was repeating

his instructions to the patient. "The red pills are for your heart, the blue ones are for your liver, and the white ones are for the swelling in your feet. Have you understood clearly?"

The patient answered, "It's all clear to me, doctor. I only hope the pills understand where they're supposed to go!"

• • • At dinner, N itin was

continually reaching out and helping himself to the dishes he wanted, instead of asking for

the dishes to be passed to him as he had been taught to do At last his mother, unable t control herself any longe snapped at him angrily, "Niti , stop reaching across the table! Haven' t you got a tongue?"

"Of course have, Mummy," answered the quick­witted boy, "but my arm is longer."

• • • The young lady confided

to her father, "Dad, I met a horrible, rude man this morning. Right away, I saw that he was a troublemaker. He insulted me, using bad language. He even threatened me!"

''That's terrible!" exclaimed her father, concerned. "How did you meet this fellow?"

"I hit him with the car," answered the daughter.

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Hodja Tale m Logimagic

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In Stories from World Mythologies

lID) Quiz of the Month

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-R. Holden

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Find the animal

Inside each of the popular idioms given below lurks an animal (in the blanks).

with WORDS

Use the clues given alongside �.., to fill in the blanks and identify the idioms. ___ _

1 ) A __ in the grass: One who injures furtively; a traitor 2) __ sense: Sound common sense 3) Keep the __ from the door: Keep away poverty or

hunger 4) A __ in a china shop: Clumsy person; one who lacks

delicacy 5) To get one's __ : To make one very angry 6) The __ 's share: The larger or greater share 7) __ 's years: A very long time.

Parlez-vous francaise?

So you think you're good in French? Put your knowledge to the test by checking the list of French phrases given below and matching each to its correct meaning (from the list of meanings given alongside).

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1 ) Faux pas Treason 2) Carte blanche Goodbye till we meet again 3) Lese-majeste A false step; a mistake 4) Maitre d'hotel Reason for existence 5) Au revoir Newly rich person; an upstart 6) Nouveau riche Freedom of action; complete authority 7) Raison d'etre Head waiter

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Do You Know? A litre of water weighs 1.01 1 kilograms.

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� Stories for Little Angels

A man bought a new pair of trousers for his school reunion dinner. When he tried it out at home, he found that the trousers were too long by 1 0 cm.

He asked his mother to help him shorten the pants. His mother said she could not do it as she was not feeling well and would like to rest early.

So the man approached his wife to shorten his pants. His wife said she was very tired and had a lot of work to do that night, so she could not help him to shorten the pants.

Then the man asked his daughter. His daughter apologized for not able to do it that night because she hadl

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agreed to go dancing with her boyfriend.

"Ah well!" The man thought and decided he could wear one of his old trousers to the reunion.

Later that night, his mother thought to herself, "My son has been very nice to me. I'll just help him to shorten his pants before going to rest . " So she shortened the pants by 1 0 cm.

Then his wife finished her work and thought," My husband knows I am always very busy and seldom asks me to help him. I should oblige him today." So she shortened the man's pants by another 1 0 cm.

His daughter came home from dancing, and thought, "Papa loves me very much and when I declined to shorten his pants, he was not angry at all! I should help him to shorten his pants." So she shortened her daddy's pants yet another 1 0 cm.

The next day, the three ladies told the man that his pants were shortened. He tried them on and found that his pants had become shorter

by 30 cm! His reaction: He laughed heartily, and

said, "I must wear this pair of pants to show my schoolmates that my mum, my wife and my daughter are such loving people."

At the dinner, his old classmates were very envious of his loving family. His mother, wife and daughter were very happy to learn about his classmates' reaction.

What would you do if it happened to you? Very often, many would have lost their temper. D

Did You Know?

In a 100-year period, a water molecule spends 98 years in the ocean, 20 months as ice, about 2 weeks in lakes and rivers, and less than a week in the atmosphere.

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�Feature -Santhini Govindan, Mumbai

M ost people enjoy hearing, or reading a good story. But have you ever wondered how the writer who wrote a story that captivated you, got his or her ideas? And what was the writer's style of working when he or she was actually creating a story? It's interesting that stories of how writers work are sometimes just as interesting as the yarns they spin!

Charles Dickens, the most famous novelist of the Victorian era, and the creator of some of English literature's most memorable and iconic characters , had a little notebook in which he used to jot down all the things that caught his acutely observant eye. Dickens had very beautiful handwriting, and in his book he noted plot ideas, character sketches, lists of

titles and names, and other intriguing things that amused or interested him. Dickens loved to walk, and he often did so for twenty to thirty miles a day, both within London city and in the countryside, observing people, places and ordinary things.

Dickens was an insomniac, and on nights when he just couldn't sleep at all, he walked around London, observing things and hunting for ideas for new story lines and plots.

One of Dickens's eccentricities when he was writing was to place objects on his desk in exactly the same position! He also always placed his bed to the north/south direction, and touched certain objects three times for luck. Charles Dickens had a very harsh and Roald D(Jhl unhappy childhood spent in poverty, and this is clearly seen in several of his books like 'David Copperfield', where he recreates brilliantly and realistically, the tragic atmosphere of his own childhood.

Dickens was passionate about his writing - when he wrote the famous story 'A Christmas Carol', he worked like a man possessed, and put all his other work aside. Dickens himself said that during this time, he was, "like a mad man, and wept and laughed, and wept again, " while composing the story.

In Dickens's book, 'The Old Curiosity Shop,' one of the characters, little Nell, dies. Dickens wept as he wrote this scene, and said that while he was writing it, he felt as though he were experiencing the death of one of his children. The Old Curio sity S h op was serialized in a magazine when it first appeared, and the story goes that tearful people awaited the arrival of ships carrying the magazine to New York, to know if Little Nell had died!

The well known British writer Roald Dahl

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wrote stories for both children and adults. Dahl, who was a fighter p·ilot , served in Britain's Royal Air Force during World War II. A tall man who towered 6'6" in height, Dahl wrote in a rather shabby and small shack that he affectionately called 'the writing hut', situated at the bottom of his garden. The main piece of furniture in the hut was an armchair in which Dahl sat when he wrote in long hand. He always wrote on special yellow (his favourite colour) paper, ordered from America.

Dahl went into his writing shed to write for four hours every day. Interestingly, when Dahl was a schoolboy, he excelled at sports, and was considered to be very poor at

Did You Know?

While reading a page of print the eyes do not move continually across the page. They move in a senes of jumps, called 'fixations', from one clump of words to the next.

expressing himself in words. One of his English teachers wrote in his school report, "I have never met anybody who so persistently writes words meaning the exact opposite of what is intended."

When Dahl was studying at Repton School Derbyshire, Cadbury, the chocolate company, would occasionally send boxes of new chocolates to the school to be tested by

The word encyclopedia is derived from two Greek words meaning "a circle of learning." The oldest known encyclopedia was written ill Greece about 2,000 years ago. It's no longer in existence. The oldest encyclopedia in existence was written in the 1st century AD by Roman scholar Gaius Plinius Secundus (Pliny the Elder); called Natural History.

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the pupils. Dahl, like most schoolboys, was thrilled with this exercise, and dreamt of inventing a new chocolate bar that would win the praise of Mr. Cad bury himself! This inspired him to write his famous book, 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'.

Dahl filled up a red exercise book with ideas that he got for stories or characters. But if his exercise book wasn't handy, he would scribble a note on anything to remind himself - even if he had to write in crayon or lipstick! Dahl died in 1 990, and was buried with, among other things, some of his precious HB pencils!

Though Charles Lutwidge Dodgson did not set out to write for young people, it was his children's stories that immortalized him. You have never heard of him? Well, that's because he is known by his famous pen name Lewis Carroll!

Dodgson had a special affection for children, and since he had none of his own, he became very friendly with three little girls -the Liddell sisters - Lorina, Edith and Alice. He often made up and told these girls stories to amuse them, and one of the girls appeared as a character in his now famous book, 'Alice's Adventures

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in Wonderland'. Dodgson was a

brilliant mathematician and taught the subject at a college in Oxford. He wrote several papers on the subject as well, Interestingly, this famous author never publicly acknowledged that he was the writer of Alice in Wo nderla nd, and he rarely signed his books, and never gave away his

Charles Llltwidge Dodgson

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photograph! Dodgson had a severe stammer, but he had a sense of humour too - he caricatured himself as a 'dodo' who has difficulty pronouncing his name in A lice i n Wo nderla nd!

The famous French author Gustav Flaubert shut himself away in solitude when he worked. He was never satisfied with the words that he wrote -sometimes, he took one week to finish one page, and agonised for days over the phrasing of a single sentence.

Emily Dickinson the famous

American poet, dressed only in white , and spent most of her time in her room, writing! When visitors arrived, she refused to see them - she carried on her friendships through letters which she wrote enthusiastically. Dickinson was such a recluse that only a dozen or so of her eighteen hundred poems were published in her lifetime.

Alexander Dumas is known for his adventure filled historical novels like

George Bernard Shaw

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'The Three Musketeers.' But it's interesting that this great French writer never wrote a complete novel himself. He would usually think of the plot or main characters, and write some of the important scenes or dialogues, but the actual writing was done by his group of assistants! Dumas however started each day in exactly the same way - he ate an apple under the famous Parisian monument L'Arc de Triomphe.

The celebrated Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw never wrote more than five pages in one day. He was unconcerned ....... _�" even if the sentence at the end of the fifth page was incomplete. He would leave it unfinished, and complete it only the next

. day! Edgar Wallace, British playwright and

author of crime novels is best remembered as the co-creator of the immortal King-Kong. This famous writer would start work on a new book only on Fridays. On Friday night, he would have a hearty dinner and start writing. He would continue to write non-stop till around nine o'clock on Monday morning, by which time the novel would be completed! Wallace neither slept nor ate while he worked. He survived on countless cups of strong tea that he drank while he wrote feverishly.

Another celebrated poet, Shelley, had to continuously eat bread, his favourite food for inspiration when he wrote. The statesman writer Winston Churchill's writing day also revolved around food and drink! He woke up at 7:30 and stayed in bed until 1 1 :00 when he

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would eat breakfast, read several newspapers, and dictate to his secretaries. When he finally got out of bed , he would bathe, take a walk outside, then settle in to work with a weak whisky and soda. Lunch began at one o'clock, and lasted until half past three. Dinner at 6.30 pm was considered the highlight of his day, with much socializing, drinking, and smoking that sometimes went past midnight.

Truman Capote, author of 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' , claimed to be

Shelley

a 'horizontal writer'! He said he would start the day by writing, lying down in bed or on a couch, with a cigarette and coffee. The coffee would give way to tea, then to other drinks, as the day went on. Capote wrote his first and second drafts in longhand, in pencil. And even his third and final draft, done

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on a typewriter, would be done in bed - with the typewriter balanced on his knees!

The writer Ernest Hemmingway wrote at least five hundred words a day. He woke early, and started writing so that he would not be disturbed by the heat and noise of the morning. James Joyce, one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, did not believe in setting himself such word limits for each day. He prided himself on taking time with his sentences. There's a famous anecdote about this. A friend met Joyce

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in the street, and asked him if he'd had a good day writing.

'Yes,' Joyce replied. 'How much have you written?' the

friend asked. 'Three sentences , ' Joyce said

happily! The writing sensation of our age

has undoubtedly been J. K. Rowling, the creator of the magical Harry Po tter series . When she started writing the first Harry Po tter book, JK

J. K. Rowling

Rowling was so poor she could not afford a computer or even a typewriter - she lived in a cold flat which had no heating because she could not afford to pay for it.

Rowling wrote her first Harry Po tter book in longhand in her own writing, scribbling the story in restaurants, and even on trains. In fact, she got the idea for the first book on a train trip from Manchester to London in 1 990. Rowling has said that she did not have a pen with her on that trip, and was too shy to ask someone for one, so she just thought out the plot of her story in her head. As a child, Rowling was short, squat,

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with very thick spectacles that were like bottle bottoms -that's why her hero, Harry Potter wears spectacles. The first Harry Potter book was rejected by several publishers before it was accepted by B l o o m s b u r y Publishing. And the rest, as they say, is history. . . 0

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Harry Ape robbed a bank. Slylock Fox received a tip that Harry escaped by sea. Slylock found the ape's footprints leading to a boat, but Harry was not on the vessel. Slylock knows the trick Harry Ape is trying to pull . Do you? (See page 97)

� Places of Interest - Prof. George John Nidhiry

To protect the City of Jerusalem, walls and towers were built several times, each time after the destruction of the city by some enemy. The wall around the city, the citadel, has a

The Tower of David

-Jerusalem

history of more than two thousand years. The walls were first constructed d uring the 2nd century BC, by the Hasmonean (Maccabee) kings. When the western side of the city was expanded during this period, this side had no natural d efense facility. On the eastern sid e there was the Valley of Kidron which acted as a natural protection for the city. So a tower and wall were built to protect the western side. In due course this tower came to be known as the Tower of David , after the legendary King David. The Jaffa Gate was the main entrance to the city on this side and the tower was built near the gate for observation purposes.

Later Herod the Great, the King associated with the cruel 'massacre of innocents' built three

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towers here (37 - 34 BC). The towers were named Miriam, Phatsael and Hippicus. Miriam was the second wife of Herod, buried in a cave to the west of the towers. Phatsael (Phasaelus) was his brother and Hippicus his friend.

\�The Romans destoyed the city

in '(0 AD and used it as barracks for soldiers. In the 4th century Christianity became the official religion of Rome and a community of monks occupied the citadel. In 1948 the Arab Legion captured Jerusalem, but in 1967 after the Six Day War, Jerusalem came under the control of Israel.

Now the Tower is known as 'Tower of David Museum of the History of Jerusalem.' It was opened in 1 989. The exhibits depict four thousand years of the history of Jerusalem. The 'permanent exhibition' illustrates the City's history divided into eleven sections starting from the Canaanite period (roughly 3200 BC) to the British mandate of 1 91 7 AD. The site also provides archaeological evidence of the various stages of the long history of Jerusalem.

The 'temporary exhibits' include the invention and development of alphabetic writings, contemporary Israeli art,

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Jerusalem after 100 years and an interesting light and sound show. From the heights of the Tower; one can see the Old City, the New City, the Mount of Olives, the Judean desert, the Dead Sea and finally a 360 degree aerial view of all these places. 0

------­"W hy do you

read so much?" a friend taunted Abraham Lincoln. "Education has been of no help to you in earning a hving."

"1 am not educating myself to earn a living," Lincoln made it clear. "1 am trying to fmd out what to do with a living if! ever earn it."

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Oh yeah, there is a cave where once a sorcerer

tiger used to live.

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Where's the cave? There are only stones

here.

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Crossword - K.S. Geethavani, Coimbalore

Across:

1 . Person employed to drive a car or limou­sine (9)

5. Screen for a window (7) 6. Still waters run _ (4) 7. ' -and-shut':

obvious, easily decided (4 )

10.Asia's longest river (7) 11.Lasting for or

happening every three years (9)

Down:

1. Every __ has a silver lining (5)

2. Red _ - largest monument in Old Delhi (4)

3. e.g. (7) 4. Dilapidated: __ - down,

neglected (3) 5. Capital of TamilNadu (7) 8. Relating to the organ of

smell (5) 9. Daze, shock, dumbfound,

astound (4)

(See page 97)

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� .Great Lives

Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur (1483 - 1530) is famous as the founder of the mighty Mughal empire, which controlled the destiny of India for more than three centuries. A military adventurer with vision and audacity, he clawed his way up from the position of king of a remote and small kingdom to that of the monarch of a mighty realm very far from his homeland. He was no mere soldier, but a man of imagination, a scholar, and a writer of no mean merit. His autobiography, Baburnama, is considered a literary

classic. Babur was a descendent

of two legendary conquerors - Timur-i-Iang and Ge�ghis Khan. His father, Omar Shaik, was the king of Farghana (in modern Turkey), a little mountain kingdom. He believed that he had a claim on Samarkhand, the famous city which had once been ruled by Timur. He passed on to Babur his dream of winning the lost city.

Babur was only twelve when he lost his father and was crowned the king. He had a difficult time, with many enemies waiting to snatch the kingdom from him. However, he managed to foil their attempts. Having strengthened his position, he thought of expanding his

The founder of the Mughal empire

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,kingdom by annexing Samarkhand. In 1497, Babur attacked and conquered Samarkhand,

realising his childhood dream. However, his victory was short­lived. During his absence, Farghana was seized by some of his own nobles in a rebellion. As he went to recover it, his troops deserted him, and he ended up losing both Samarkhand and Farghana.

Eventually, he managed to recover both the kingdoms. But once again, misfortune was around the corner. In 1501, his enemy, the Uzbek ruler Shaibani Khan, defeated him and drove him out of Samarkhand. For the next three years, he was a homeless wanderer.

At last, in 1504, Babur gathered some troops, and besieged and captured the strong city of Kabul. He thus gained a new and wealthy kingdom, and re-established his fortunes. Over the next few years, he made some attempts to recover his lost kingdoms, but failed.

Finally, he gave up all hopes of r e c o v e r i n g Samarkhand.

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� li",[ �ry this experiment: While sitting at your

desk, lift your right foot off t he f loor and make clockwise circles. Now, while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change direction and there's nothing you can do about it. Amazing!

He then turned his attention to the prosperous land of India, which was then ruled by the formidable

marched upon Delhi. The two armies met on the plains of Panipat. Here, on April 20, 1526 was fought the decisive battle that has gone down in history as the First Battle of Panipat. In theory, the two armies appeared ill-matched, as Lodi's army was considerably larger. However, Babur was an able commander; moreover, he possessed firearms that the Indians were unfamiliar with. Twenty thousand men of Ibrahim Lodi's army, including Lodi himself, were slain. It was a great victory for Babur, and he was now the unchallenged monarch of Delhi. On April

Sultan Ibrahim Lodi. His chance came when some of Ibrahim Lodi's kinsmen requested his help to overthrow the Sultan. He mobilised his forces and arrived in India

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with his eldest son, Humayun.

B a b u r conquered the Punjab without much difficulty. He then

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27, 1526, he was anointed the Padishah of Kabul and Delhi.

But Babur's troubles were not yet over; he had one more formidable enemy left in the valiant Rana Sanga of Mewar. In 1527, the forces of Babur met those of Rana Sanga in the battlefield of Khanwa near Agra. Although Rana Sanga initially had the upper hand, the tide turned in Babur's favour when the Rana's commander treacherously entered into a deal with him. The Rana's army was defeated, and Babur was now the master of northern India.

However, Babur did not have much time to enjoy the fruits of his victory or to set the affairs of state in order. He died in 1530, at the relatively young age of 47.

There is no doubt that Babur was a worthy ruler who laid the foundations of the Mughal empire in India. Though not as great as his grandson Akbar who consolidated the empire, he definitely qualifies as one of the greatest Mughal emperors, whose magnetic leadership spurred his succeeding generations on to greater heights. 0

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r� 1 A Leaf I , out of Literature

A madcap farce

Mrs. Horace Hignett, the famous British theosophical writer on a lecture tour in the USA, is an iron-willed woman . Fearing a rival to her supremacy, she is determined that her only son, Eustace, should not get married. So far she has accomplished this by keeping Eustace permanently under her eye and not giving him the opportunity to meet any eligible girl .

Consequently, Mrs . Hignett is shocked when an acquaintance named Bream Mortimer visits her one morning and in forms her that her son is going to get married within a few hours to Bream's father's friend's daughter, Wilhelmina Bennett.

In bringing her this in formation, Bream has his own axe to grind - he is in love with the girl himsel f, and hopes that Eustace's mother will somehow prevent the wedding. And she does not disappoint him!

Mrs. Hignett does not hesitate to stoop to foul means to achieve her end. She raids Eustace's wardrobe as he lies asleep, takes away all his trousers and sends them to the laundry, so that he cannot go out, having no clothes to wear! After waiting in vain, the furious bride cancels the wedding.

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A chain of hilarious events is thus set in motion. Shortly a fterwards, Wilhelmina ("Billie" ) Bennett, sailing to England on the Atlantic, finds herself in the company o f no less than three co­passengers who desire to marry her. The first is Bream Mortimer; the second, her ex­fiance Eustace Hignett, coincidentally sailing on the same ship, and the third, Eustace's cousin Sam Marlowe, who has fallen in love with her at first sight!

What happens next? To find out, read Three Men and a Maid, the rib-tickling comedy by the master humorist, P.G. Wodehouse . Written in 1921, it retains its freshness to this day.

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[ � 1 A Nasruddin oHodja Tale

F or once, Nasruddin

in his remote village, struggling to make ends� meet. But now and then, the Sultan would remember him and send for him, usually when he had distinguished guests whom he wanted to impress by showing off Hodja's erudition and wisdom. This was one such occasion, and he was a guest at the Sultan's palace.

As the Sultan's Hodja's lucky star was on the ascendant. For the greater part of his days, he lived in obscurity

honoured guest, Nasruddin Hodja spent his days in grand style. His faded, threadbare clothes had

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� � One Tick at a Time There was mice a clock penuulum waiting

to be fixed. It began to calculate how long it would be expected to tick day and night, so many times a minute, sixty times every hour, twenty-four times every day, and three bundred .

and sixty-five every year. It was awful! Enough to stagger the mind. Millions of ticks!

"I can never do it," said the poor pendulum. But the clock-master encouraged it.

"Do just one tick at a time," he said. "That is all that will be reqUlred of you."

So the pendulum went to work, one tick at a time, and it is ticking yet.

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the finest silk. He was provided an opulently furnished, ,luxurious chamber - a far cry from his decrepit village house - where servants waited upon him hand and foot all day long. At mealtimes, he got to partake of the choicest delicacies, sharing the table with the most eminent men of the kingdom. In court, the Sultan lost no opportunity to praise him for his accomplishments. Titles and honours were heaped on him. Seeing that he was favoured by the Sultan, the courtiers fawned upon him. They flocked to him, seeking his advice, and laughed heartily even at his feeblest jokes.

H o w e v e r , Nasruddin Hodja did not let all this attention go to his head. He was fully aware of the transient nature of his glory, and so remained his usual level-headed self.

A young prince - one of �-.. the Sultan's relatives - was observing all the fuss that was being made of Nasruddin Hodja. Was

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this man really as great a scholar as he was being made out to be, he wondered. He decided to find out.

He summoned Hodja and said, "0 Seeker of the Truth, I would like you to clarify a doubt for me. Tell me, why is the water of the ocean salty, while that of the lakes and rivers is not so?"

He looked eagerly at Nasruddin Hodja, awaiting his answer.

Nasruddin Hodja calmly

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PAINTING PUZZLE M r. Ravishankar, the

wealthy industrialist, has picked up four expensive paintings at an art auction. Each is by a different artist, has a different theme and is in different colours. Mr. l Ravishankar, who is in the

answered, "I am sorry, noble prince, but I do not know."

The prince now shot off another question. "All right. Then tell me this, holy man -why is it that when you look in the mirror, you can see your right and left eye and ear reversed in the reflection, but not your face upside down?"

For a moment, Nasruddin Hodja paused to take in the question. Then, he politely answered, "I do not know, gracious lord!"

process of furnishing his new bungalow, hangs up the paintings in four different rooms. From the clues given below, find out the artist, the room in which it hangs, the theme of the painting, and its colours.

1 . The painting depicting a flower hangs in the bedroom. The famous artist Deepankar's painting does not have blue and purple as its main colours.

2. The painting of a forest does not adorn the study. The ship is not the theme of upcoming artist Mayadevi's

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"Very well, sir," said the prince. "Let me ask you something else. Answer me this at least - why are we born only to die? What is the meaning of life?"

Nasruddin Hodja did not hesitate. With a smile, he replied, "I only know that I do not know, Your Highness!"

On hearing this, the prince lost his patience and burst out:

"Whatever I ask you, you say that you do not know!

Why then are you, an ignorant old man, feted and honoured and fed at the royal tables as if you were the wisest of all people?"

Nasruddin Hodja humbly answered:

"My noble master, I am dressed in silk and fed with good food only for the little that I know. For, if I were to be rewarded for what I do not know, all the wealth of the whole world put together would not be sufficient!" D

painting. I 3. The library has a painting in black and white. The painting in the bedroom was not done by artist Subhash.

4. Blue and purple were the colours used in the ship painting.

5. Deepankar has a fetish for horses and this painting of his, too, has a horse for its subject. Mayadevi's painting is not the one in the library. Subhash did not follow a colour scheme of green and yellow for his work.

6. Artist Vidyapati's painting is in brown and orange. The ship painting does not hang in the living room. Vidyapati never draws flowers.

(See page 97)

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· Young Talents

'donkey'?" snorted the horse. "We are not equal! I won't carry the load of merchandise." The merchant agreed with the horse.

"As the horse refused to carry the bag," he said to the donkey, "I shall carry the bag on my head, and sit on you. You carry me to the village."

The foolish donkey agreed happily. He was not aware that he was carrying the weight of both the master and the bag. - Georgekutty AloshillS, Std X. MOllnl Carmel High School. Jellipara, Palakkad.

On the N ing Nang Nong Where the cows go Bong! And the monkeys all say boo! There's a Nong Nang Ning Where the trees go Ping! And the tea pots gibber jabber joo On the Nong Ning Nang All the mice go clang And you just can't

catch 'em when they do! So it's Ning Nang Nong Cows go Bong! Nong Nang Ning Trees go ping Nong Ning Nang The mice go clang What a noisy place to belong Is the Ning Nang Nong! !

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Ning Nang Nang

-P. Gayathri Pooja, Sid lX D, Etasi Timpany

Senior Secondary School, Visakhapatnam.

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Navodaya Vidyalaya, Shivalik House, Periye P.O., Kasargode, Kerala -67131 6 . H&I: Re ading, surfing on Internet and playing football.

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3. Hansa C. Hameed(12), Std VII, Jai Rani Public School, Thodupuzha, Idukki, Kerala . H&I: Cycling, dancing and watching cartoons .

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5. Akshitha Mariam Varghese(11), Jithin Nivas, Convent Lane, CNRA-10 2, Anupama Nagar, Nalanchira P.O., Trivandrum, Kerala. H&I: Painting, colouring and reading.

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YOV N6 ARTiSTS

Sneha Suresh, VII I , Ithithanam HSS, Malakunnam P.O . , Changanachery.

R. Jayalakshmi, IV A, Elamkavu LPS,

Malakunnam P O. , Changanachery.

M. Mahesh, 282 Nagaraj Coil Cross Street, Nagercoil-629001 .

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Young Talents

Vaishnavi, VI, Kanyashala, Satara, Maharashtra .

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Public School, Angamaly.

M. Subhashini, I IA, Vedavall i Vidyalaya Sr.

Sec. School, Walajapet-632513.

How to Draw a goat

M.N.V. Gowrish, I I I B, Vedavalli Vidyalaya, Ran ipet, Tamilnadu-

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� Know Your Fruits

The breadfruit, a native of New Guinea, has been an important staple crop in the central and south Pacific islands for more than 3000 years. In the late 1 8th century, European plantation owners, seeking cheap and nutritious food for their slaves, sent expeditions to the South Pacific for breadfruit plants.

The tree is a handsome one, reaching a height of 60 to 85 feet. Latex is present all over the tree. The leaves are ovate, bright green and glossy. The fruit is globose to oblong, about 1 2 cm long an,d 1 2 to 20 cm wide, with a thin, rough rind that is initially green and turns to yellow as the fruit matures. The flesh is white and starchy in the unripe stage and becomes light yellow and sweet on ripening. The

seeds are 1 to 2 cm thick, shiny, brown and thin-walled , and are embedded in the pulp. A single fruit weighs an average of 2 kg.

The breadfruit is rich in potassium, vitamin C, and vitamin 83 , which helps lower bad cholesterol. It is also high in fibre.

The breadfruit is a most versatile food that can be cooked and

Do You Know?

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eaten at all stages of its development. It is treated more as a vegetable than as a fruit, and forms the basis for numerous dishes. Mature breadfruit can be boiled and substituted for potatoes in many dishes. The ripe, sweet fruit is used to make pies, cakes and other desserts. I n the South Pacific islands, the breadfruit is devoured in various forms - boiled, baked on hot stones, fried with syrup and palm sugar, pickled, candied, fermented and as soup. It is pounded into flour, which is more nutritious than wheat flour, and used as a base for bread or porridge. The seeds are roasted, boiled or steamed, salted, and eaten as a popular snack. In Polynesia, the fruit is preserved by being wrapped in banana leaves and buried until it dries and ferments, after which it is cooked with coconut cream. This storage method provides a food reserve in times of emergency, and also enables excess fruit to be

prese:rved in a period of food glut.

Like the coconut tree, the breadfruit tree is also highly valued as all its parts are used in various ways. The wood is strong and termite-resistant, and is used in construction and furniture-making. It is also used to make boats and traditional Hawaiian drums. The leaves are used to feed cattle, and the latex is used for caulking boats. Further, the various parts of the tree have many medicinal uses. I n the Pacific islands, the crushed leaves are used as a folk remedy for mouth ulcers. In the Caribbean, the roasted flowers and the leaf juice are used to treat sore gums. The latex is also used as a remedy for skin infections.

Do You Know?

Water consists of three atoms; 2 o f Hydrogen and one of Oxygen, that are bound together due to electrical charges.

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QUICK. .. !NOT A MINUTE •

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YES, UNCLE

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DO YOU HAVE ANY NO S/R DON'T

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� PhilatelY - Prof. George John Nillhiry

Chinese Lunar

Calendar - Bhutan According to the Chinese

calendar the years are named after animals. It has a cycle of 60 years divided into five groups of twelve years each.

The five groups depend on the five universal elements in Chinese Philosophy; Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water. These five groups are also associated with the five planets of ancient times nam ely, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Venus and Mercury. Five colours are also associated with this group. They are Green, Red, Brown, White and Black respectively. The twelve animals associated with the twelve years in each group are the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabb i t , Dragon Snake, Horse, S heep,

Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Boar. This year 201 1 is the Year of the Rabbit. The year 1 993 was the Year of the Rooster. Bhutan issued a Souvenir S h eet to commemorate that year. All the twelve animal signs can be seen on the Sheet. The next year 201 2

NU 25 BHUTAN will be the Year of the Dragon.

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State Flags - United States In 1 869 the United States Postal

Service issued the first US Flag stamp. It depicted the Eagle, Shield and two flags. In 1 957 the USPS issued a stamp with 48 state flags. In 1 959 Hawaii joined the United States as the 50th member, and a fifty-star flag was issued on July 4, 1 960. In the US, June 1 4 is celebrated as the National Flag Day, and the week beginning June 1 4 as the National Flag Week, when American citizens are urged to fly the US flag. In 2008 the USPS started the issue of US State flags on US postage stamps. During 2008 - 1 1 the USPS were to issue 60 stamps under this series. The set will include 50 state flags, flags of District of Columbia and territories, and the US flag. The first set of ten stamps was issued on June 1 4 , 2008.

ludean Coms - Israel During the Nazi occupation of Germany,

the Government attempted a systematic extermination of the Jews. At the end of the 20th century thousands of Jews returned to Palestine and demanded their own nation. Thus the Israel Nation was born in 1 948. The first set of stamps issued by Israel were on the coins of ancient Judea. The nine stamps issued on May 1 6 , 1 948, depicted many ancient Judean coins including the half shekel of 67 AD. 0

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�--.. - Rajee Raman

For many years, Britain had been in anarchy after the death of the able monarch, Uther Pendragon. With the help of Merlin, the great enchanter, the Archbishop of Canterbury had devised a contest to find Uther Pend ragon's successor. He had announced that whoever could pull out a magnificent sword thrust deep inside a massive anvil (conjured up magically by Merlin) would be crowned the next king. All the nobles of the land were invited to try their luck. This caused great excitement all over the land, as kings, chieftains, knights and warriors flocked to London to participate in the contest.

To commemorate the occasion, a grand tournament was being held before the contest. Among the participants in the tournament was Sir Kay, a promising young knight and son of a renowned nobleman named Sir Ector of Bonmaison. His squire was his younger brother Arthur, a boy of eighteen.

The tournament began. It was watched by an immense crowd of distinguished spectators , including the Archbishop himself. There were two teams - one comprising 93 men (including Sir Kay) on the northern side, and the other comprising 96, on the southern side.

The first round of the tournament was a battle using lances and spears. All the knights fought valiantly, but it

was Sir Kay whose performance was the most splendid. The crowd cheered loudly for him.

The second round was a battle using only swords. Once more, Sir Kay was the cynosure of all eyes for his valour and marvellous dexterity with the sword. He fought and defeated five rivals in rapid succession, and s u c c e s s f u l l y kept at bay several others who tried to fell him. On seeing t his, Sir Balamorgineas - a giant of a man and the

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Water regulates the temperature of the human body. If you have caught a

fever, you should drink lots of water.

most dreaded combatant on the opponen ts' sid e -challenged him to a fight. Sir Kay read ily accepted the challenge.

In the fierce d uel that ensued, Sir Kay delivered a sword-thrust that would have beheaded his opponent, had it not been for the latter's helmet. Un fortun ately, his sword was broken in the impact. Sir Balamorgineas, who had been momentarily stunned by the blow, saw his opponent standing unarmed and defenceless, and took the opportunity to attack him savagely. But S ir Kay was saved by three of his friends, who threw themselves between the d uo. S ir Balamorgineas's atten tion was then d iverted to them, and Sir Kay could slip away to safety.

Sir Kay dragged himself to the barricade that separated the aud ience from the participants. His alert squire, young Arthur, who had been anxiously watching the scene, came run n i n g up with a goblet of wine.

Sir Kay gratefully accepted the wine. He was indeed in bad shape. Blood and sweat were trickling down his face in equal measure, and he was in an agony of thirst, so much so that he could not speak. But after draining the goblet, he recovered some of his strength and loudly ordered, "Brother, go quickly and get me another sword, so that I may do battle and bring glory to our house!"

"But where can I get one?" asked Arthur in confusion.

'!Hasten to our father's pavilion ; you'll surely find one there," instructed his brother.

Arthur swiftly leapt over the barricade and into the meadow beyond . He raced towards the pavilion set up by his father. But when he reached there, he found it empty, for, his father and all the attendants were by the aren a, watchin g the�

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tournament. Undeterred, Arthur rushed

inside and began rummaging among the weapons stocked there. However, he could not find any sword.

Now Arthur was in a real dilemma. His brother was waiting for him to return with a sword; what should he do now?

Suddenly, a picture of the sword that stood thrust into the anvi l in front of the cathedral rose to his mind.

"Why not?" he said to himself excitedly. "If my brother could get to wield such a fine sword, he could certainly win a decisive victory over his opponent! Let me go and see if I am able to pul l it out."

Without a moment's delay, he turned and sprinted towards the cathedral. On reaching there, he found the place deserted. The attendants who had been posted on guard duty had forsaken their posts and gone

Try It ... Which scene is slightly different from the other three?

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[mJ Points to Ponder

Conscience is _he Mirror

Steve Jobs is a great inventor. He was a college dropout. His adoptive parents sent him to college, but when he found that they were spending all their savings for his college studies, he discontinued. Follo wing the voice of his

conscience, he took a few courses in some special subjects. He did a lot of original

research work and went on to found Apple Computers , which soon made history. It became a multi million dollar company, with thousands of employees. But through a quirk of fate, his hired manager dismissed Jobs from his own company!

But Jobs' conscience was a mine of courage and determination. He

took the dismissal as a challenge to start anew. Within

to watch the grand tournament. The anvil and the s word within stood unguarded, within his reach. There was no one to question or stop him.

clutched the hilt of the sword with both hands . Then, he bent and pulled with all his might.

Lo and behold! The next moment, the sword slid out of the anvil smoothly and easily, and came into his hands . Thus was a great miracle

Young Arthur did not hesitate. He jumped up on to the block of marble and

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a short time he developed a new and more ad vanced computer called NeXT.

Meantime, he was diagnosed as suffering from pancreatic cancer, and given three to six months to live. Later tests showed that the cancer was curable. Jobs survived to prove to his own conscience that life is a precious gift, and it should not be wasted. In short, all the d ifficulties and struggles he had to go through made him not only a great scientist but also a man of values, more precious than all his scientific inventions.

To prove this, when he was add ressing the graduating students of the prestigious Stanford University in America, he recalled his experience of being

performed , with no one to witness it.

As Arthur looked at the sword, his eyes were dazzled by its flashing brightness. But he had no time to admire its splendor or to reflect over the feat he had performed; duty awaited him. Swiftly, he

dismissed from the company he had founded , and said , "That was the best thing that happened to me." And Jobs gave his parting message to the students, "Now you are young, and you may think you will remain that way. But soon, others will take your place. So when you look into the mirror, ask your self: If today were the last day of my life, am I doing what I really want to do with my life? If, for a few days, the answer is 'No', you'd better do something about it."

We all know that the mirror Jobs is inviting us to look into is our own conscience. Our conscience is 'the seat of the Supreme '. And therefore, its voice is the voice of God, the Supreme. And to follow it will be the best thing we can do. Perhaps, this is how Jobs became what he was.

wrapped it in his cloak, so that no one might see it and reprimand him for having taken it without permission.

Then, he leapt down from the block of marble and ran towards the arena, carrying the prized sword thus concealed. - To continue

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[ � 1 Stories from .World Mythologies

- A tale/rom the Jatakas

Concluding part

Story so far: A young man is trying to unearth a treasure that had been hidden in a wood many years ago by his late father. The location of the treasure is known only to their faithful old servant, Nanda, who promises all cooperation. However, when they reach the wood, the youn g man is b affled by Nanda :S bizarre behaviour.

T he young man was stupefied. Was this the same respectful , soft-spoken

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Nanda he had known since his childhood? He would never have thought that servile man to be capable of ranting and shouting abuses like this. What had come over the old man? Had he suddenly gone mad?

The young man had no option but to return home without retrieving the treasure. After a moment's hesitation, Nanda followed him. Back home, his behaviour was absolutely normal, much to his master's bewilderment. Over the next few days, he was once more his usual quiet, deferential self. It was as if that day's events had never happened!

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have been a temporary aberration. He decided to ask him about the treasure again.

It was with trepidation that the young man reopened the topic, a few days later. However, Nanda's response was as encouraging as it had been earlier. Eagerly, he said, "Let's go and dig out the treasure right away, young master! It's unwise to delay any further. After all I'm an old man, and if something happens to me, your l ate father's wealth will be lost to

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you forever. That shouldn't happen. He cared so much for you!"

Cheered by this positive response, the young man set out for the wood again, accompanied by Nanda. But what followed was a repetition of the events of the previous occasion. Nanda's behaviour suddenly became aggressive; at one point he stopped, and when questioned, he glared at his master and shouted, "Shut up, you insolent knave! What do you think of yourself? Who are you to order meT

The crestfallen young man quietly returned home. As before, the old servant

followed him. Now the master was really

worried. Without Nanda's cooperation, he could never retrieve his ancestral wealth. Why was the old man behaving in such a bizarre manner? Had it been anyone else in his place, one could have concluded that he was greedy and wanted the treasure for himself. But that was not the case with Nanda, who had a reputation for scrupulous honesty. Indeed, that was the reason his father had entrusted the secret of the treasure to him in the first place. So, what was he to do now?

For many days, the young man worried over the problem. Then, he had an idea. In the same town, there lived a landlord who was famous for his wisdom and who, as he had learnt from his mother, had been his father's friend. Why not ask him for

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his advice? The young man called

upon the landlord and told him the whole story. He concluded by asking, " Uncle, you were my father's friend, and only you can help me now. Tell me, what should I do? All my attempts to retrieve my father's treasure have failed. Is my ancestral wealth lost to me forever?"

The landlord, who had been listening intently to the story, smiled and answered, "Not at all, my boy! On the contrary, I believe you've almost found it."

He paused, looked earnestly at the anxious young man, and went on, "Just do as I say. Ask Nanda to take you to the wood once again. This time, when he starts shouting at you, firmly push him away and start digging at the spot where he was standing. He will come back to normal, and you will find the treasure!"

The young man decided to follow the advice. He returned home and

immediately took Nanda to the wood. As before, on reaching a particular spot, Nanda stopped.

"Why have you stopped, Uncle Nanda?" asked the young man politely.

With an ugly scowl on his face, Nanda exploded, "You rascal! How dare you ... "

But this time, the master was prepared for this kind of reaction. He roughly shoved the old man aside. Then, grabbing his spade, he swiftly began digging on the spot where he had stood.

For a moment, the old servant stood as if in a daze, watching him. Then he slowly picked up the other

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spade and helped him to dig. Under their combined efforts, two trunks' soon came into view. The young man opened them, and found them to be full of gold coins.

expressing his gratitude, he asked, "Uncle, why did Uncle Nanda behave in such an odd manner? And how did you know the treasure was there?"

Without making any fuss, Nanda voluntarily carried the trunks home for his young master. Freed of his financial worries, the young man began a dministering his property with a relieved mind.

Later, he called on the old landlord to thank him for his useful a dvice. After

The landlord explained, "From your description, I could guess what had happened. Nanda is a good man, but basically weak­minded. He was not tempted to steal the money, but the awareness that only he knew its location gave him a feeling of power. When he actually

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stood over the buried treasure, the treasure sent nega tive vibes that turned his head and made arrogant.

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a r r o g a n c e disappea red the moment he moved away from the spot. Such is the power of wealth! So, my son, use it wisely a nd cautiously."

The young man followed the advice. He took care not to hoard or misuse the money, but to use it in works that benefited many. 0

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[�l.Story - Ahana Lakshmi, Chennai

"H ey Bhagwa n, Rome ko E ng/a nd ki raajdha ni ba na de. "

"Hey Arjun, what happened?" asked Chaya as sh e walked into the classroom. The class was trickling back after the lunch break. She went to her place and pulled out her pencil box and a book.

"What else do you think? I don' t understand w h y we need to study history at all. It is all mugging of dates and names of people and places."

"Oh, this morning's history

test! Don't tell me! I am sure my fill-in-the-blanks are all' wrong. But how did you manage to write that Rome is the capital of England?"

"Blame it on Maya if you want. It is all because of her that I got confused."

Maya was Arjun's sister in the fifth. But how and why could she h ave confused Arjun?

"Maya? What has she done?"

"Just a sec, I'll tell you. Meanwhile, can you lend me your lab manual please?"

Chaya pulled out a book from her bag and gave it to Arjun. She began to draw a hydra in her biology record. Why did they have to learn about all sorts of strange creatures anyway? And their even stranger, unpronounceable names?

As Arjun took out h is chemistry record book, he continued, "Well, Papa was watching some Asterix movie last night. And of course Maya watched with h im because she is a big fan of Obelix, you know. I had to complete my maths assignment - I just wasn't able to get this problem

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in trigonometry and was trying all sorts of combos to get it . And then in the morning, before breakfast, I tried to study for the history test. Maya was chattering away at breakfast about the Asterix movie. And I was trying to recall what I had just been studying in history. I must have unconsciously been listening to her and . .. "

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"Ha ha. Now I understand. It must have been A st erix in Britain, " laughed Chaya. She too was an Asterix fan. "Anyway I am sure I have mixed up Iran and Iraq as usual."

As she cycled home that evening with her classmates, she saw that the m aidan on the way to the school was full of colourful tents.

"Ah! The annual fair. Auntie Mona told me that she is baking a fab cake for her stall. Let's all go together, " said Neeti.

There was a chorus of yeses and they agreed to meet at four next evening.

The next day being a second Saturday, Chaya finished her homework, polishing her shoes and

ironing her clothes by three. At four, she was outside her house when Neeti and Vidya came down the block they lived in.

There was music playing at the entrance and a line of stalls. The girls headed straight to Mona auntie's stall hoping to get some cake and cookies. They were in luck and the cake was yumm! Neeti decided to stay back and help Auntie Mona while the other two with lollipops in hand, wandered around the other stalls, looking

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at some handwork done by some of their seniors. There were games too - the usual 'burst the balloon and win a prize' and 'throw the ring and win a prize'. It was getting to be quite crowded and Chaya and Vidya decided to head towards the far end where there were some stalls but not many people.

"Ah, here is the surprise tent," said Vidya. "Every year they have one and last year, they had an " Exchange Anything" stall.

"Oh, that would have been good. I would have exchanged my nose for one that does not sneeze when it is chill weather," said Chaya who had moved to that town only in summer.

They entered the tent. It was a l ittle dark inside but they could make out some booths. Three or four boys from their class were clustered around a sort of exhibit inside a glass. A plane was coming down a wire and a ship was moving on the floor below. The press of a button would release the bombs being carried by the plane. Try as they might, no

one was able to hit the ship! "A matter of hand-eye

coordination and an understanding of trajectories, not as easy as you think. You have to take into account the fact that both the plane and the ship are moving, and things like drag and gravity as well. Sorry, only two chances per person!" said the person in charge.

When Saint Augustine was asked, ' What does love look l ike?' his answer was simple:

"Love has hands to help others. It has feet to hasten to the poor and the needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of others. That's what love looks like."

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As they moved to the next booth, Chaya thought she heard Neeti say, "Shellfish? You mean some fish have shells? I thought they only had bones."

"Shh. Sit down, sit down. Why are you all standing?" said a voice behind them and since it sounded like the principal, their reaction was an automatic scramble for seats.

There could hear laughter and singing in the background:

Do You Know? Snails produce a colorless, sticky discharge that forms a protective carpet under them as they travel along. The discharge is so effective that they can crawl along the edge of a razor without cutting themselves.

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Sh ellfish on a chin a dish A n am e us ed for m any A n outer s kel eto n th ey poss ess Is n 't th at absolutely z any?

"Shellfish. It is just a word used to describe a variety of animals that are not fish. You know crabs, prawns, cuttlefish ... " hissed Arjun who always topped biology.

" I am sure that cuttlefish is a fish. " That sounded like Arvind.

More singing from the background:

Cuttl efish is not a fish Th eir bo n e is no tru e bo n e Very much m arin e, n ever in b etween Like s n ails and slugs not sto n e.

"Certainly not. It is like an octopus. Like Paul you know, " Chaya could not help remarking.

"Paul who?" said Arvind. "Shh. Boys, don't be so loud." "I am not loud. It's just that my pitch is

high," said Arvind plaintively. And in' the background:

P aul th e octo pus was a sh ellfish too But no relative of a crab w as h e O nly to slugs and s n ails

and oyst ers in a p ail Too b ad h e is RIP!

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"How can you forget Paul? Of �ourse he is dead now but he was the octopus who forecast all those football wins," said Arjun, who, as you can guess, was a football fan.

"Nuts! Who cares for football! Now, if you start talking about hockey - India's national game ... "

"You are digressing as usual," said Arjun. "Ladaai, ladaai. Ham esha ladaai. Maaf karo, Ga ndhiji ki

yaad karo ... " As usual Chaya found herself trying to break an unnecessary argument while simultaneously trying to understand what those crazy rhymes in the background were. She was sure they made sense.

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What were snails and slugs and octopus? "Molluscs," said Arjun helpfully. And then -

In fresh water but more at sea Slender of form and branching Fan s and spin es and pattern ed like brain s What loo ks like a seal entering?

Chaya heard herself joining and saying the last line loudly. "What looks like a seal entering?"

What in heaven's name was happening now?

A group of kids dressed in browns and greens could be seen. Where was the seal? That surely was Maya leading the group - and they surely did not look like seals entering! They were doing cartwheels in slow motion and Chaya almost shouted out 1-2-3-4 just like PT Sir. They wore tubular suits and on their head sprouted tentacles like ...

"Hydra," she heard herself say.

'The Lernean Hydra you know, in Greek mythology, was an ancient serpent-like creature . . . " That voice was definitely Arvind. Mythology was his favourite subject and he loved lecturing about it. At least he had got off arguing with Arjun.

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"Ugh. I know, I have seen it in The Tw elve Ta s ks of A sterix. But what connection has a hydra with a seal entering?"

Albert Einstein used to say, "A hundred times a day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labours of other men, hving and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am receiving."

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I n fre sh wa te r but mo re a t sea Sle nde r of fo rm a nd b ra nching Fa n s a nd spine s

a nd pa tterned like b rain s Wha t loo ks like a seal e n te ring ? Say it aloud, say it again Till you ge t a n u nde rsta nding Hydra is no seal but ha s a coelom Ca n you gue ss a seal e nte ring?

Seal entering, seal entering . .. " Oh c o e l e n t e rata - that's the

N o te : " H y d r a , Jelly fish, corals, Sea anemones -all belong to the s a m e ' p h y l u m ' o r large group of r e l a t e d l i v i n g a n i m a l s c a l l e d C nidaria, earlier k n o w n a s Coelenterata".

phylum that hydra belongs to!" said Chaya loudly. "And of course fans and spines and patterned like brains in the sea are the corals!"

"The phylum is called Cnidaria now, but that's ok. for you cracked the riddle and won a prize! Here is a voucher for a cake from the cake stall. Go and enjoy."

That was Bio ma'am who came out from the shadows and handed her a slip of paper. And before she could say 'see you later coelenterata' , the whole gang was in front of Mona auntie's stall munching away at the special cake. 0

Ba You Know? Elephant tusks grow throughout an elephant's life and can weigh more than 200 pounds. Among Asian elephants, only the males have tusks. Both sexes of African elephants have tusks.

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UIZ of the Month - Prof. NGJ

1 . Name the person who said: "Joy and sorrow are inseparable; together they come and when one sits alone with you, remember that the other is asleep upon your bed."

2. Give the full title of the book: "May You be the Mother of a Hundred Sons: ... " Name the author of the book.

3. 'Archie Comics' will soon be published in Malayalam. Who founded Archie Comics and when?

4 . Katchatheeva island was a part of India. When was this property transferred to Sri Lanka?

5. What is Gibson Les Paul? 6. Give the full form of GAGAN, a joint effort of ISRO (Indian

Space Research Organization) and AAI (Airports Authority of India).

7. What is the common name of the eight-day Jewish holiday Hanukkah?

8. In Hindu mythology who died from an arrow in the heel? 9. Name the famous political leader associated with the dictum:

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'Let Hundred Flowers Bloom." 1 0 . Name the Greek runner who ran

26 miles and 385 yards to Athens with the news of the Greek victory at Marathon in 490 BC.

1 1 . Why are the Rare Earth elements Y.ttrium and Ytterbium so called?

1 2 . Name the Egyptian King who established the worship of the Sun god.

1 3. Identify the painting and its painter.

(See page 97)

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[�l ThiS � and That Who or �'

what is a Man Friday?

The dictionary defines 'Man Friday' as 'an efficient and devoted aide or employee; a right-hand man/woman.' The female equivalent of the term is 'Girl Friday'. The term has its origin in Daniel Defoe's classic novel, The Life and Str a nge S u r p ri si ng A dve nture s o f Robi n so n Cru soe, of Yor k, M ari ner, published in 1 719.

In the story, a young seaman named Robinson Crusoe finds himself shipwrecked on a small island, where he is the lone human being. He begins a new life on the island, keeping himself busy in agriculture and in raising a menagerie. After twenty-

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. four years of solitude, he comes across a gang of visiting cannibals about to kill a prisoner. He

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Crusoe and his man Friday.

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rescues the prisoner and calls him Friday, after the day on which they first met. Friday proves to be a most loyal and efficient servant to Crusoe. In due course, Crusoe and Friday are rescued by a ship and taken to England.

From this book came the term 'Man Friday' , standing for a devoted, reliable assistant. 'G irl Friday ' , representing a resourceful female assistant, is of a somewhat later origin and was popularised by the 1 94 0 American comedy, 'His Girl Friday', starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell.

What is al l iteration? Alliteration is a literary

device involving the repetition of the initial consonant or vowel sounds in neighbouring words. For instance, if you say that someone 'told a tragic tale of torment' , you are using alliteration.

The function of alliteration, like rhyme, might be to accentuate the beauty of language in a given context, or to unite words or concepts

through a kind of repetition.

Alliteration, like rhyme, can follow specific patterns. Sometimes the consonants are not always the initial ones, but they are generally the stressed syllables. Alliteration is used to call our attention to a word or line in a poem that might not have the same emphasis otherwise. Famous alliterative lines in poetry include Full fathom s five thy father lies, from Ariel's song in Th e Tem p e st and O v er t h e cobbl es h e clatt ered a nd cla shed i n t h e dar k i n n­yard in the poem, Th e Hig hwaym a n by Alfred Noyes.

Alliteration is widely used in clicMs. 1t is the alliteration which makes us remember such phrases as 'sink or swim', 'do or die', 'as good as gold', 'as dead as a doornail', 'the more the merrier', 'wait and watch', 'hale and hearty', and 'fit as a fiddle'.

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FUN WITH WORDS

Find the animal

1 ) Snake; 2) Horse; 3) Wolf; 4) Bull ; 5) Goat; 6) Lion; 7) Donkey

Parlez-vous francaise?

1) A false step; a mistake; 2) Freedom of act i o n ; comp lete authority; 3) Treason; 4) Head waiter; 5) Good-bye til l we meet again ; 6) Newly rich person; an upstart; 7) Reason for existence

SLYLOCK FOX

Sol ution: Harry beached t h e boat and walked away fro m i t backwards!

CROSSWORD

Across: 1. Chauffeur 5. Curtain 6 . Deep 7. Open 10. Yang�e 11 . Triennial

Down : 1 . Cloud 2. Fort 3 . Example 4 . Run 5. Chennai 8 . Nasal 9 . Stun

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Page 69 The last scene. Page 85 Bubble, dog's mouth, drop, ear, soap and boy's hair.

QUIZ OF THE MONTH

1. Kahl i l Gibran 2. 'May You be the Mother of a

Hundred Sons: A Journey Among the Women of India' by Elisabeth Bumil ler.

3. John L. Goldwater, 1939. 4. 1974

5. One of the most well known electric guitars.

6. GPS (Global Positional System) Aided Geo Augmented Navigation.

7. Festival of Lights/Feast of Dedication.

8. Lord Krishna 9. Mao-Tse-Tung 10. Pheid ippides 11 . They were first discovered in

the vil lage Ytterby, Sweden 12. Amenhotep IV (Akhenaton) 13. ' I ndian Vil lage Fami ly' by

Sailoz Mukherjee

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