THE GL BAL TIMESThe Global Times, July 1-15, 2010 www.theglobaltimes.in

Fashion your career, P3

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Book Bazaar, P5

Dubai-another Mumbai?P7

Distributed across: AIS Noida/Saket/Pushp Vihar/Vasundhra/East Delhi/ Gurgaon 43/ Gurgaon 46 • Amiown • AIMC Manesar •Amity University Noida/Jaipur/Bhubaneswar • Amitasha Noida/Saket

The First GT Awards function held on May12, 2010 in the jam packed C-Block audito-rium at Amity University Noida on a splen-did morning, marked the culmination of the‘Inter-Amity Making a Newspaper Con-

test’. The contest that commenced in September 2009with the first issue prepared by Amity InternationalSchool Noida, concluded with the seventh and last issueprepared by AIS Pushp Vihar in March 2010. The otherparticipating Amity International School branchesnamely Mayur Vihar, Vasundhara, Saket, Gurgaon Sect43 and 46 also prepared one issue of The Global Timeseach. Students enjoyed this creative, exciting and stim-ulating lesson in writing. Bursting with ideas, fresh andbold, children churned out newspapers on-the-spot.Judged by experts from the media viz Mr Bevash Barua,Design Director, Indian Express Group; Ms Nandita

Sengupta, Senior Assistant Editor, The Times of Indiaand Mr Zia Ul Salam, Metro Editor, The Hindu, around95 trophies and certificates were given away in differentcategories on the occasion. The gala function inter-

spersed with a band performance by AIS Saket a, wittyconversation between Vikram Seth and Shakespeare inthe form of a skit by AIS Vasundhara, a dance by VipulPathak of BFA, AUUP and an interactive origami ses-sion with master Varun Sen of AIS Noida, who taughthow to make a ‘jumping frog’,engaged the audience at-tention. The awards announced on-the-spot heightenedthe excitement level as winners walked away with theirtrophies amidst huge applause.In its endeavour to provide students with a platform tovoice their opinion, hone their writing skills, while de-veloping their world view, Amity pioneered the firstyouth newspaper ‘The Global Times’, exclusively for theyouth, by the youth and of the youth. A fortnightlytabloid newspaper, The Global Times takes the lead tobe the first school newspaper to be registered by the RNIAct with a circulation of 35,000 copies. Contd on pg 2...

AN AMITY NEWSPAPER

Junior journos shine at GT Awards1st GTAwards: AIS Gur-46 lifts the Best School Newspaper trophy

“Consistency is es-sential for success”The topper of Gurgaon, Delhi and

Haryana region, Rishav, when con-fronted with congratulatory messagesmodestly confesses, “I did not really ex-pect this.” Having scored 96.2% inClass X, missing the top positional mar-ginally (blames it on SST), he added yetanother feather to his list of achieve-ments, by scoring an All India Rankingof 92 in the IIT in his very first attempt.And how does he manage all this? Ex-plains Rishav, “Clearing IIT was my

first priority while maintaining good re-sults in boards as you are never sure ofthe first attempt and sometimes goodmarks fetches admission in good col-leges. I knew I had to work out a plan.I consistently put in 1 hour of work forschool boards and 3-4 hours for compe-titions every day.” Thanking the schoolfor the support extended, he shares,“Our school provided us with loads ofsample practice papers which are noteasily available. Regular assignmentswith deadlines and the presence ofteachers 24X7 made things simpler andeasier.”

“I want to bean economist”

Vasundhra’s instant reaction was toscream and jump and hug her fa-

ther when she saw her results on the in-

ternet- 96.75%. “I had done well in theexams, but did not want to have greatexpectations because then you feel verydisappointed. Therefore when I saw theresults, I could not control my excite-ment. I owe my success to my parentswho have always supported me andteachers who have been there everytime to clear my doubts and difficul-ties,” shares the topper. A student ofAISNoida since nursery, Vasundhara scoreda 90% in class X. “I have realised thatthe only way to score well is to be con-sistent. In class X, I began studying alittle late. However, in class XII, I

began my preparation from day one andthat made all the difference,” she con-fesses. Aiming for an Economic Hon-ours from SRCC, Vasundhara aspires tobe an economist, inspired by her rolemodel PM Manmohan Singh.

Amity students with aperfect CGPAcheer…

“Igive credit to systematic and con-sistent studying, sacrificing ofrecreational outings and TV timings bythe family and the support of school formy results. Kudos to the new CGPA

system that does not allow for any un-healthy competition.”

“Even though I saw my resultscoming, it doesn’t hurt to cele-

brate, now does it? I focused on study-ing smart than studying harder and gotthrough the entire syllabus with almosta month at hand. The CGPA system is awelcome move, what with average aca-demic performers achieving excellentgrade points. Guess in Sibal’s domin-ion, everyone’s a winner! ConqueringXth seemed like a monstrous hurdle ayear back, but the battle’s only begun,so gotta gear up!” .�

Rishav BinayakScore: 97.2%Stream: ScienceSchool: AIS, Gurgaon-43

Vasundhra PahujaScore: 96.75%Stream: CommerceSchool: AIS, Noida

Harshit Chaturvedi

CGPA: 10

School: AIS, Gurgaon-46

A1 for Amity. That is what defined Amity CBSE 2009-10 results. 729Amitians who appeared for the Class X Boards, which marked thebeginning of a new grading system were in for joy and celebra-tions. A cent percent pass percentage, 73 scored a perfect CGPA of10 and while 369 secure a CGPA of 9-9.8…Amity is at the top.

When it comes to scoring marks, Amity once again took the lead.In Class XII CBSE 2009-10, out of 803 students who appeared,

21% scored above 90 and 35% scored between 80-89.

Score Tally X-CBSE Score Tally XII-CBSE

A1 FOR AMITYNo of students appeared 729 No of students appeared 803

168278

357

█ CGPA 8-8.8 █ CGPA-10

█ CGPA 9-9.8 █ Others

73184103

369

█ >90% █ Bet 80-89%

█ <80%

A batch of 30 students fromdifferent branches of Amityjoined GT Summer Camp,to prepare this special edi-tion of The Global Timesthat we call ‘The GT Sum-mer Special.’Out in theheat, they interacted withfashion experts, Chief Jus-tice Leila Seth, tasted deli-cacies before giving arecommending review,hunted Delhi’s oldest bookbazaar, discovered the or-ganic fad, attended plays,followed FIFA fever whilethe foreign correspondentfiled-in an exclusive storyfrom Dubai. Read what thecampers report straightfrom the fields...

Chitra Jain

CGPA: 10

School: AIS, Vasundhra

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The Global Times, through its varied activitiesand programs, aims to empower the youth. Im-pressed by the creative ‘spark’ in Amity stu-

dents, Guest of Honour, Ms Priya Marwah, SouthAsianCoordinator for International Newspaper MarketingAssociation (INMA) remarked, “I’m overwhelmed bythe creative genius of Amity students and I would loveto associate with them for future global endeavours.”Guest for the occasion, Mr Mithun Chakravorty, ChiefVisualizer- Indian Express Group, shared nuggets ofwisdom, “Just as an automobile is incomplete withoutits design, a newspaper is incomplete without smart vi-suals and photographs. In this regard, The Global Timesis doing fabulous work by enhancing children’s cre-ativity.” Chairperson Dr Amita Chauhan encouragedthe winners and lauded their efforts, “I’m confident GTwill create a pool of conscientious journalists who willchange the world.” Other dignitaries who graced theoccasion included members of the Chauhan family,heads of institutions, teachers, students, parents andguests from the media.�

Around 95 trophies and certifi-cates were given away during thefirst GT Awards ceremony, withawards for both the school andindidvidual categories:

GT Best NewspaperAwardWinner: Amity Gurgaon, Sector 46;First Runner up: Amity NoidaSecond Runner up: Amity Saket.

GT Best Graphics Award: AgrimSachdeva & Raunaq Sood, AmitySaket;GT Best Collage: Sarthak Batra,Amity Mayur Vihar;GT Best PhotographyAward: Ke-shav Chandna of Amity NoidaGT Best IllustrationAward: PurvaSinha, Amity Gurgaon 43GT Best Headline: Shivangi Mittal

& Meghna Ganesh, Amity Gur 43GTOutstanding Story: Shubhangi,Amity Saket.GTCartoonist trophy: Chitra Jain,AIS Vasundhara

The occasion also marked the felici-tation of budding writers fromAmityUniversity:GT Special Awards for their out-standing contribution: Mehak Zubair(BAEnglish Hons), Ishika Bhagat (BTech Biotech), Shivank Bhatt(BTech Mech & Automation)-Amity University, UP and MohdZulfi (ASCO, Amity University Ra-jasthan).The other awards given away on theoccasion were GT Best Headline(School category), GT Best Editingand GT Best Design awards.

GT creates a pool of journalists

Award Gallore

The result for the CBSE class XII,declared on 21st May held few surprises.The two All India toppers from Chennaicontinued the trend but the NCR topperaward bagged by Radhika Gambhir ofUttam School For GIRLS, Ghaziabadbrought laurels to the city, with an over-whelming aggregate of 487. Securing acentury in Biology and Physical Educa-tion, the topper had a candid tete-a-tetewith Jai Raj Gambhir of class IX-A ofAIS Vasundhra Sec-6.

How are you feeling on attaining thissuccess?I cannot explain my happiness. I wasthere giving my CPMT exam when theresult was declared. I could not believemy ears when I heard about myselfbeing the NCR Topper. I thought of se-curing good marks in boards but beingan NCR topper, a dream come true!

To whom do you want to give the credit?Hard work is the key to success. More-over, teachers and my parents supportedme at every step. So they get the credit.What was your strategy?To study 8-10 hours with planning andfull concentration was my strategy. I fo-cused on NCERT. To look out for a lotof other study material is not essential.Stick to NCERT. It will help you both inBoards and Competitions.

What is your ambition?I want to become a doctor, pursue my

MBBS from AIIMs and then become acardiologist.

It’s said that “All work and no playmakes jack a dull boy”. What did youdo to relax yourself?Swimming and reading novels is mypartime hobbies. Swimming helps a lotto relax my tense mind and rejenueuvatemy energy.

Who are your favourite superstars?Sachin Tendulkar and ShahRukh Khanare my favourite superstars.

What is your message for the youngAmitians?Nothing is impossible. We can achieveany position with firm determination andhard work. Only we have to take the de-cision and decide our goal and make ef-forts to achieve it.�

For the complete list of winnerslogon to www.theglobaltimes.in

JaiRaj Gambhirwith NCR topperRadhika Gambhir

“Hardwork is thekey to success”believes Radhika Gambhir, The NCR Topper of CBSE Class XII

Reported: An HRD ministry panel hassuggested allotting 70% weightage toClass XII marks, and the rest 30% to theaptitude test; the aptitude test ((IIT-JEE)may be taken more than once a year andwill take the candidate’s best score intoconsideration; After a cutoff list is pre-pared on the basis of Class XII results,the top 40,000 students may take an ad-

ditional test for IITs.We Discuss!

“This is a good proposal. Students will atleast study for class XII Boards. It is inclass XI and XII that the concepts arecleared. Students are so focused on IITthat they do not study for Class XII. Con-sequently, if they don’t clear IIT, theycannot take admission in a good college.Skill testing should also be included inthe aptitude test; lab experimentationshould get some weightage too.”- Dr Mrs Madhu Phull, Science Ad-visor, Amity International School

“Having an aptitude test is a good ideaas it will test a candidate’s potential forsubjects, but 70% weightage to boards isnot justified. Board exams aren’t really ameasure of the true potential of a studentaiming at IIT.”

- Rishab Binayak, AIS Gurgaon 43;92nd rank in IIT-JEE

“I am personally not in favour of suchan idea. Firstly and most importantly,because it will be a temptation to adoptunfair means and practices to scoremore in Board exams, thereby leadingto an increase in corruption in educa-tion. Secondly, 70% allotment to 10+2marks is quite a sizeable chunk. On theother hand, it must be understood thatacademic and competitive exams areentirely different in nature and class XIImarks are not a true determinant ofone’s talent. Still, if Class XII marksmust be considered, it must be a muchslighter proportion, for instance, 10% isfine.”�- Prtaibha Shukla, Legal Counselor

for Amity

My favourite fruit is apple because it’s delicious and has vitamins and iron; no wonder, “an apple a day, keeps the doctor away!”Ravina Rastogi, Nur- B, AIS, Saket

Now, study harder in Class XIIto be an IITian?

GT Reporters Arrive

Archita Goyal AIS MV& Aastha Singh AISN

An interview withMs. Noor Sami, the owner of FashionHub, a boutique in Noida discloses how creative, inter-esting and artistic the work of a fashion designer is….

Do you enjoy your job? What’s the best part about it?Of course! It’s all about craft and creativity. I enjoy designing differentstylish apparels and creating new costumes every time a customercomes to me. Designing necklines, embroidering the suits and sarees,giving a “get up” and a “feel” to clothes is fun and satisfying.How true is the belief that a job in the fashion industry is hectic andrequires long hours?I completely disagree. Infact, it is cool and enjoyable. On an average Iput in 6-8 hours of work. Sometimes, when there are deadlines to meet,we work for longer hours, but that is true for every industry.

Who assists you in your boutique work?I design the clothes. For stitching, I have specialized tailors who I instructon the kind of embroidery or intricate designs that need to be made. Theystitch the apparels after which, I give them the final ‘touch-up’.

What, according to you are the advantages and disadvantages of this job?There are no such things as ad-vantages or disadvantages inthis line. It’s just that you needto be creative, artistic, brim-ming with new ideas and havea good knowledge of fabrics. �

Learning Curve 3Shimmer in StyleThe Global Times, July 1-15, 2010

Have a fad for fashion? Then explore careers in the

“There is a lot of scope for aspirantswith creative intellect seeking achallenging career option”

FFaasshhiioonn YYoouurr CCaarreeeerrArchita Goyal, X A, AIS MV

FFaasshhiioonn DDeessiiggnniinngg:: This is among the mostcommon streams, often opted for. Fashiondesigners are typically adept at creating de-

signs for clothing, apparels, footwear and ac-cessories. They examine and study fashiontrends and work closely with production, mar-keting, and sales departments to design, fabri-cate and endorse a finished, ready-to-wearproduct for the apparel manufacturers, retailstores and individual clients. Qualification: Astandard coursework of fashion design pro-grammes would include sewing, tailoring, pat-tern making, mixing and matching of colors,knowledge of the fashion history and CAD. Skills:An artisticfashion with a unique, creative disposition can earn a hand-some amount. PPrroodduucctt mmaannaaggeemmeenntt:: In this kind of a job, a person isresponsible for overseeing the conceptualization, design,construction, selling and distribution of a manufactureror a designer’s products. Qualification: 4-yr Bachelor’sdegree in Business Administration, Marketing, or Ap-parel Production. An MBA degree is an added advantage.Skills: Analytical with math skills and possess extensiveknowledge of the apparel industry. DDrreessssmmaakkiinngg oorr ccllootthhiinngg ppaatttteerrnn mmaakkiinngg:: This is a fastemerging field that deals with the development and creationof patterns for a variety of clothing apparels. Dressmakers con-ceptualize their patterns through the use of drawing andsketches. Pattern makers are responsible for grading, detailingand adjusting garments in various sizes. Qualification: Train-ing from technical and vocational schools through certificateor degree course programs. Knowledge of CAD is an addedadvantage. CCoossttuummee ddeessiiggnneerrss:: They are fashion professionals adept at

developing wardrobes, footwear, acces-sories and other fashion apparels to be usedin theatres, films or television. They workclosely with directors and producers, un-derstand the character and then devise astyle statement for the same. They play alead role in setting up trends in the society.Qualification:A2-year or 4-year degree inFashion or Costume Design.

FFaasshhiioonn pphhoottooggrraapphhyy:: This is a genre ofphotography that gives you a chance to workwith the finest models and celebrities in thefashion industry. Skills: This job requiresgood artistic capability, knowledge of photoediting applications, good communicationskills and a command over the camera.Fashion Journalism: This is an umbrella

term used collectively for all aspects of published fashionmedia. The typical work of a fashion journalist includes writ-ing or editing skills, helping to for-mulate and style a fashion shoot.To pursue such a career, it isvital to have good contactswithin the industry; FashionEditors supervise the process of

creating, developing and presentingcontent for fashion-specific maga-zines, photo shoots, newspapersections, or television shows. Qualification: A 4-yearbachelor’s degree inFashion Design orJournalism. Course-work in both is a plus.A Liberal Arts degreewith the necessary re-lated coursework is agood option. �

Mr Pradeep Joshi, Director, AmitySchool of Fashion Technology,AUUP, in conversation with GT Re-porter Archita Goyal, X A AISMayur Vihar, reveals, ‘The fashionindustry offers flexibility to operateas a freelancer depending upon thepriorities of the person.”

What is the scope of fashion andtechnology today?Fashion is an emerging area inthe field of professional edu-cation. With increasing in-come, the propensity to buylifestyle items like clothinghas increased substantially.Media has been influencingthe current generation to ex-periment and wear trendy outfits . Thereare many areas including design, tech-nology and management in the fashionindustry which offer a great scope of ca-reer to professionals besides the op-tion of becoming entrepreneurs asfashion designers.

What is the demand for thisfield vis-à-vis other career op-tions available for the youth?India is the second largest pro-ducer of textile and garments;besides, the industry is the sec-ond largest provider of employ-ment in the country, making itan important constituent of thegrowing Indian economy.Hence, there is a lot of scopefor aspirants with a creative in-tellect seeking a challenging ca-reer option.

What attracts the students to optfor this career?

The requirement to fulfill the in-creased demand of trained profession-als and clothing items along withchanging seasons and as per occasionscoupled with the emergence of retailand fashion luxury outlets; careers infashion retail management and fashionmanagement are becoming popularamongst students. The emergence of astrong middle income market in Indian

retail has become an at-tractive proposition for In-dian manufacturers andforeign retailers.

What are the advan-tages/disadvantages ofthis profession?This line offers a reward-

ing career for hard working profes-sionals who are creative and can offerdifferent products based upon under-standing of fashion trends etc. Fashionis ever evolving, so expectations ofdelivery in time is an important crite-rion for becoming a global supplier.This has lead to a demanding work en-vironment in the industry.

What is the biggest challenge foryouth aspiring to join this field?The biggest challenge India faces is tomake its mark as a trendsetter or afashion capital of the world as Paris orMilan. India is a leading clothing sup-plier to the world market; there is astrong need and immense scope of po-sitioning India as a fashion hub. India,with a strong base in traditional textile,economical labour cost, availability ofman power for working in industry,pool of creative minds and a strong do-mestic market India has the potentialto become the world’s fashion capital.

I love Amity because here, I am gifted knowledge and learn to respect elders and make friends. Ahnavi Bedi, KG-F, AIS, Pushp Vihar

What does a Fashion Journalist do?AFashion Journalist updates people on the lat-est and upcoming trends in the market. Wehave no liberty to specifically comment on afashion designer’s clothing or violate it. Anewspaper is read by a famous personality likeMr. Ambani’s wife and a common middleclass person, so we cannot comment on thework of a fashion designer or what a collegegirl wears. We are the link between a com-mon man and the fashion trendsetter.

What is an average pay scale of a Fash-ion Journalist?When a journalist joins the industry, he/sheis never paid Rs13lacs/year, it may evenstart from Rs 5000. Although the industrylooks glam, it takes an effort to gain name andfame here. As time passes, a person is pol-ished and the work betters.

Why did you choose Fashion Journalism?With me, it was chance, rather than a choiceafter graduation. I thought journalism wasa good field and found it very glamorous.Being involved with political or currentnews, was not me but Fashion Journalismsuited me a lot. I started my professionwith a small newspaper in Kolkata.

Does your career satisfy you?Definitely. It doesn’t apply only to me, one hasto be passionate about his/her profession; Ithink that I’m a very lucky person because Ilove what I do.What are the advantages of your profession?A Fashion Journalist provides one with theknowledge of how to dress. There is a mis-

conception that people in this industryare always partying, at least I’m notamong them! I never write false forbribe because one has to be truthful be-cause money spent on clothing dependson what a fashion journalist says.

Any message for our readers?Never go by the public interest. Though

the fashion field appearsvery glittery, it is a lot ofhard work and struggle.

Career in fashion

Vogue

FFaasshhiioonnInstitutesAmity School of FashionTechnologyNational Institute forFashion TechnologyNational Institute of De-signingPearl Academy of Fash-ionJD Institute of FashionTechnologyApeejay, Army instituteof Fashion design

“We are the link between the commonman and the fashion trendsetter”

Tells HT City Fashion Journalist Aroma Sah to Archita Goyal

Science & Technology The Global Times, July 1-15, 20104 Gyan Vigyan

Entering the National ScienceBuilding at Pragati Maidan is likefinding a paradise. A constituent

unit of the National Council of ScienceMuseums (NCSM), autonomous bodyunder the Ministry of Culture of theGovernment of India, it was inauguratedon January 1992, rendering yeomanservice to the cause of science populari-sation.The huge entrance hall displaysamazing tricks like a keylesspiano that plays when youhover your fingers over it. Be-hind the piano is a screen thatdisplays India’s updated pop-ulation every second.Furthur inside is a toweringthree-storey, tall maze-likestructure made out of iron rods,through which 5 balls pass everyhalf an hour. The ‘Ancient Science’ sec-tion, uses life-size robots and statues toexplain everything besides the interactivemodels.The complicated Human Science be-comes easy as one learns with the helpof a variety of interactive games andmodels. The scariest, but exciting expe-rience is the walk through a cave-likestructure, dimly lit and a spooky ambi-ence displaying life-size statues of di-nosaurs and prehistoric mammals

moving and making creepy noises.The best part of NSC is the ‘Fun Sci-ence’ that presents terrific models ex-plaining different principles of science.Some of the popular ones are...Transfer of Momentum: This modelhas a set of balls hanging side by side,touching each other.As soon as you pullthe last one from either end, it bangs intoits adjacent ball, but surprisingly movesonly the last ball at the other end.The Floating Ball: Press a button tostart the fan. Set the angle of theblower and put the ball on top ofit. Voila! The ball starts float-ing, even at tricky angles of45 degrees.Cone Running Uphill:

Usually, when not pushed,things go down a ramp, not the

other way around. But here, youleave two joined metallic funnels at thebase of the ramp, and interestingly, theymove up the ramp!Message from Depth: Three cycle handpumps set with nozzles inserted in 3cylinders filled with liquid. Even thoughyou apply equal force on each of them,the bubbles formed are of different sizes.Dancing Discs: Four discs joined to-gether and floating with only the help ofa small blower!Awestruck? Know more at NSC�.

Ritika Sharma, X-A& Ishita Bedi, IX B, AIS MV

Most of us cannot even imagine the amount of chem-icals and toxins that go into the processing of thingsthat all of us use almost daily. But now, no

worries, because the ever-growing 21st century hasprovided a solution to this problem too and that isthe concept of ‘organic living’.This term may sound familiar to many of you, asthere is a wide range of organic products floodingthe markets nowadays. Organic living is an upcomingtrend that involves the usage of products made organically,i.e. without using any sort of chemicals but only natural in-gredients. Organic products are grown under a system of agri-culture without the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticideswith an environmentally and socially responsible approach.

Some of the wide variety of organic productsavailable in the market are:

Organic clothes: Organic cotton clothes are made of cotton,which is grown in the absence of fertilizers, insecticides, pes-ticides, etc and is processed into clothes without using anychemical, it is unbleached and undyed. It is specially a superbproduct for people having skin allergies and infants.Organic skin care: Ranging from facial scrubs, cleansers andmoisturizers to shampoos, nail polishes and soaps, all the or-ganically manufactured skin care products arise from naturalingredients.

Organic chocolate:Now , this one may tempt most of you. Or-ganic chocolates are made with organically grown cocoa beans;you can eat these chocolates without being guilty!Organic Tea: This is the most popular among the organicproducts, probably because India serves as one of thelargest tea consumers. Organic tea is considered to bevery healthy and make the body disease resistant. Or-ganic clothes, skin care products, chocolates, tea, fer-tilizers, food…who says organic isn’t in? The benefitof the usage of these organic products is not only lim-

ited to the environment or the users, but also to the peo-ple involved in the manufacturing of these products. Thepeople who manufacture the non-organic products have tooften work in hazardous conditions, but it is not so with theorganic manufacturers. Moreover, these organic products giveyou an essence of nature every time you use them.And why not? Today, when the earth’s condition is gettingworse second by second, we can at least help her by using or-ganic stuff, right? Cuts cost to recycle, eco-friendly, fulfilling,what more has man wished for? So, the next time you go shop-ping, you know which store to enter, because after all everyone needs to be organically correct! Though one would findmany manufactures supplying organic products, it is for us to

make sure that we don’t getourselves fooled. Beforebuying any organic prod-uct, look for ‘India Or-ganic Logo’.�

Be organically correct

Rsashika Sood, X, AIS MV

Imagine a calm river brimming nextto you and a cool tranquil breezeflowing through your hair and tick-

ling your eyelids. You hear a soothingmelody of chirping birds in the back-ground when you inhale deeply whilethe sun is just rising and you are sur-rounded by greenery and bloomingflowers. You feel relaxed and composed,away from the hustle bustle of the cityin a land of harmony.Please guys, don’t confuse the abovelines with a vacation destination from‘make-my-trip’ but it is one of my yogalessons! Reluctantly, I joined the summeryoga camp on mymother’s constant pes-tering which required me to get up at 4:00am when rest of the world sleeps (at leastmy friends during holidays do!) in myneighboring “Sanjay Lake Park”. Indeedthe above lines weren’t hard toimagine because the scene wasright in front of me when Icourageously got up early onmy very first holiday.The Sanjay Lake Park thatstretches from Mayur Vihar to

Trilokpuri in East Delhi is one of thegreen landmarks in Delhi and known foran abundance of fine indigenous trees.Developed by the DDA, it has 2 nurserieswhich also practice the eco-friendly

method- composting.While reducing water problemseven in slum areas (due to higherwater level), the area is known toattract migratory birds. “Spottingone or two migratory bird nests(during the season) whileboating in the smooth and

still lake is a child’s task,” says Sanchita,a keen bird watcher.The park interests everyone. You caneasily find fitness freaks and walking en-thusiasts, to gossiping ladies and oldpeople walking rigorously on the well-laid-out fitness track or teenage boysplaying vigorous football matches ortoddlers feeding the ducks on the banksof the lake. “I love to hang out with mykitty party group.We play tambola whilebasking in the sun,” adds Mrs Bindiya, asocialite.�

Delhi’s Green Grid

Walking in the(Sanjay) lake

Park PlusReduced waterproblems includingslumsAttract migratorybirdsIndigenous trees.Two nurseriesComposting througheco-friendly method

Botanical Description: Perennial aro-matic growing herb, very hardy and itflowers from May to July and the seedsripen from July to August. The flowershave both male and female organs. andare pale green, fragrant, sessile, cylin-dric and short.Propagation: Raise mostly by rhizomescuttings in rainy reason. The plantprefers sandy, loamy & clay soil and re-quires wet soil.Uses: It is an aromatic stimulant andmild tonic. It is valued as a rejuvenatorfor the brain and nervous system and asa remedy for digestive disorders.Courtesy: Amity Institute for Herbal

Research & Studies (AIHRS)

+ Medicinal Plants

Botanical Name Acorus calamusFamily Name AraceaeEnglish Name Sweet flagCommon Name BachUsed Part RhizomesActive Principle Asarone & Asarone

Acoruscalamus

Prashant Rao, IX, Gur-43 reports on how National ScienceCentre, built to inculcate the scientific temperament contin-ues to be a favourite destination for young scientists.

Fun withScienceFun withScience

My favourite fruit is orange because it is very yummy. It keeps me strong and protects us from diseases. Aditi Saxena, Nur-4, AIS Gur 46

U, Me & Hum 5Whose life is it anyway?The Global Times, July 1-15, 2010

Apurva Talluri, AIS Mayur Vihar & RuchiAvtar, VIII C, AIS Vasundhara-6

Acobbled street, musty smell and seeminglyinterminable rows of books greet us as wepull into the side lane by the Delhi Gate and

enter the famed Daryaganj Book Bazaar whichboasts a collection of books that can rival that ofmany a posh, upscale book stores in Delhi.Aweeklyaffair that has been occurring for each Sunday since40 years, this bazaar commences when the first raysof the sun hit the pavement and concludes at sun-down. The bazaar stretches for 1.5 km starting atDelhi Gate continuing all the way to Red Fort. Youcan find all types of book here from fiction, med-ical, engineering and management magazines tokids’ ‘Draw & Colour’, but it will take a lot of pa-tience to find any particular book. And if you knowhow to bargain, you may find some great deals!Although this may not be your typical spotless-with-soothing-music-playing Oxford or Odyssey,the reason it draws booklovers to it like a moth toa flame is the great price range. You would be sur-prised to know that the cheapest book here costs ameager Rs 5! However, the costliest book here canleave your pocket a good thousand bucks lighter.Roshan, a vendor who has been setting up his

business here since 15 years says, “All kinds ofbooks are available here- fromcomics to Agatha Christies forthriller aficionados to heavyweight

engineering and medical books for stu-dents. There’s something for every one.”Comic books are the cheapest here, whilemedical and engineering guides occupy

the costliest slots. Manoj, another vendor ex-claims, “Most of the books are second hand thatare sold to us by customers. In fact, I buy morebooks than I sell!”And what about the excessive bargaining that iscarried out in vociferous tones? “Even if a book ispriced at Re.1, the customer will always demanda lesser price. But unfortunately they do not noticethe quality of the books we have. Mostly, we havebooks that pricey stores acquire many monthslater!” Pravin, who has been here for 20 years,quips as he smiles good-naturedly. Throngs ofpeople line this street, the common panoramabeing: a child happily jumping at the sight of avintageWonderWoman comic or intellectuals al-ready buried in a thesis that they might have beensearching for. Devendra, a resident of Chennaiwho is a regular, says, “Coming to Daryaganj islike a treasure hunt for me. But it would be nicerif shopkeepers had signboards and people here re-ally need to develop a civic sense.” Chetna, a firsttimer discovered to her glee that new books soldhere were cheaper than the ones in Crossword orOdyssey! Some regulars likeApurna set aside oneSunday each month only for the book bazaar.So all book lovers out there, an interesting es-capade is awaiting you this Sunday!�

Prashant Rao, IX-DAIS Gurgaon-46

Outhere in Gurgaon, a month of swel-tering heat ensured a boom in busi-ness for ice cream vendors. I did a

market research and found out some ratherpeculiar things about consumers here. Mostof the consumers here eat ice cream twice aweek…nothing exceptional, keeping in mindthe scorching heat. But the amazing fact wasthat around 67% of the people here don’tmind ditching the new frenzied flavours forthe old classics! The poll to find out the mostpopular ice-cream vendor had a clear win-ners- Kwality Walls, with over 87% votesgoing in its favour.Many even claimed that they do not makeany extra effort to purchase a particular icecream—they just grab anything from thenearest store to cool themselves down. Over90% of people feel that they get value formoney from ice-cream vendors, and that ice-cream parlours overprice everything. Yetagain, I was bewildered to know that peoplethink ice-cream vendors take more care ofquality and new flavours rather than biggieslike Nirula’s and Baskin Robbins!Well, all I can say is that it depends upon you,about what you like, right? So go on, and grabsome thanda-thanda cool-cool stuff!

The Ice-Cream Family,where Age Is No Bar!

Archita Goyal, X A, AIS MV

Ice-cream is one thing which sates thedemand of every person- kiddos, con-scious and zealous teens, adults and

olds. It is sheer bliss to wait outside the gatefor the ice-cream vendor to visit. Or per-suading Dad to take us for a drive and eatjuicy candies in the night. One such icecream crazy family is that of the Guptas.

A problem for the washer man: 6 year oldHimnish has his own favourites. “I love toeat lic-lollies, mango, orange, cola and also

the ‘chuskis’! “Melted chocolate ice-creamis what I love the most,” says Govind, whohas a little different taste. “It is a joy, usingthe spoon and churning the smoothie for along time until it melts to form a thick liq-uid,” he quips, who makes sure to spill someon his shirt which is quite a problem for thewasherman!The grand ‘feast’: The teens are a bit choco-laty. Cornettos and Choco-chips along withFeasts and Chocobars are their preferences.“Waffle cones are just too good,” addsKanika.

Why should we remain behind? Theadults are not far too. They also adorechocolates, candies, feasts and butter-scotches. That’s a bit unjust. They them-selves like to eat these candies but stop usfrom consuming them thinking we’re vul-nerable to sore throats!Golden oldies: Coming on to the elder peo-ple, they savour cup ice-creams. ‘Kaju kish-mish’ flavour tops the list. According toHimnish’s grandma, “It’s a bliss to remi-nisce our childhood when we used to haveice-creams daily.”�

Ice Cream vendorIf there’s one thing that can be the undisputed summer cooler, it has to be ice cream…Astha Singh

AIS Noida

Long summer vacations,lots of free time, thescorching heat, and long

boring days. Sounds familiar?So what interesting thing didyou do this summer? Well, I forone, enrolled into LIFE SET –aprogramme in Life Skills Edu-cation through Theatre. Nowwhat is this strange and serioussounding programme allabout? And why do I recom-mend it to anyone whois in the age group of 7-20?Well, here’s a littlebackground.What is life? I believethat life is an experi-encing of a series ofexperiences. Whatis a skill? A skill isdefined as the ability to dosomething well-an expertise.Now, what do you think theatreis? It’s both a learning experi-ence and a learnt experience. Soit’s not only acting or reacting toany given situation in a drama,it is a ‘rehearsed’ response.So this programme is based onone core understanding- ‘Lifeis like theatre, but with onemajor difference! In life, unlikethe theatre, you don’t get to re-hearse. Thus, for life one mustbe prepared for any situationwith a skill-set that ensures thatactions are always the best inany given situation.’In LIFE SET, through differentactivities, games and theatre ex-ercises we learn in a fun mannerto see life in a brighter light.This programme is a prepara-tory ground for the rollercoasterthat lies ahead of you.

And trust me when I say that,because I have not only becomea much more positive personafter attending the sessions butam also equipped to make theright value based productive de-cisions in any situation that lifemight present me with in the fu-ture. The environment and atti-tude is like being part of one bigfamily that stays in touch muchafter the programme is over.Reinforcing the fact that we arethe masters of our own destiny,

and imparting skills tochannelize and vector thathuge amount of energythat’s always bursting out

of us, this programmemakes one under-stand in a fun mannerthe connection be-tween responsibilityand happiness. Thus

this workshop is a beautifulblend of life skills through the-atre, because the organisers un-derstand that there is no betterway to prepare for life than byrehearsing life-skills in a fun en-vironment that parallels life al-beit on ‘stage’.Well, I made lots of new friendsfor life, I no longer get bored inany situation, my self esteem isat a high and I know the mathe-matical formula to keep it highalways, my comfort in and con-fidence on my values and myfamily is rock solid and I under-stand how that will ensure thatin the long run I will always besuccessful. I can better under-stand my parents, my friends,my teachers and everyonearound me. I can see who is inmy team in the drama calledlife. And all this, because I canunderstand myself!

Bored in summer?Learn ‘life skills’

Book Bazaar…Books Hazaar

Karan Nag of AIS Noida visits ice-cream vendors to discover the popularity ofIce-Cream brands within the reach of aam Delhities.

Ice creamCharges [in RS] KWALITY WALLS VADILAL MOTHER DAIRY CREAM BELL

5-10 Fun Orange - 5 Orange – 5 Cup 5 – Choco Chocobar - 10

Mango Bar - 5 Mango - 5 VanillaChoco bar 10, Strawberry, Choco 10,

>10 Twister 15 Choco bar ,15 Choco bar 15 Litchi bar - 15Kesar kulfi 10

15 – 20 Choco fudge 20 Feast – 20 Choco cup 20 Cup – kesarCornetto – 20 Cone 20, - litchi, Cone – 20

>20 Mango zap – 20 Cornetto – 25 Cone 25– choco Cone – 25 – choco,- butter scotch - butterscotch

25 + Double choco – 30 Brick – Vanilla – 118 Casatta – 25 Crick – choco 135Brick Vanilla 120

Most preferred Mango - 5 Chocobar – 10, 15 Sundae cup – 30 Orange - 5Orange - 5

Least preferred Brick Brick Brick Brick

First Person

If I were a peacock, I’d soar all over the world and fly so high that I could touch the sky with my wings. Ravina Rastogi, Nur- B, AIS Saket

Apurva (L) and Ruchi explorethe weekly Book Bazaar

Karn Nag surveysice-cream vendors

Editorial6

“Teachers can be paid to make students dowork and acquire average grades, but it iswhen that student leaves a course with greatpassion and understanding for what was taughtto them that a teacher has worked to theirfullest potential.”

Unknown

When the new CGPAsystemof evaluation was intro-duced, Amity welcomed themove making all necessarychanges and accommoda-tions to ensure that the teach-ers and students smoothly fitinto the new system of eval-uation, without any neces-

sary burden. Educating the teachers, and therebythe students bore fruit withAmitians once againshining with a brilliant academic result.With over 10 percent students scoring a perfectCGPA,Amity can proudly claim the best resultsare at par and even better than most of the wellestablished educational institutions.My students are my biggest strength. Celebrat-ing this moment with every student, I extend myheartfelt wishes to all my students whose effortshave been rewarded with a good CGPA and ad-missions in their preferred schools/colleges, asuccessful future. I want my Amitians to travelfar and wide, reaching out to different nationsspreading the message of love and peace, con-tributing to the world’s progress and makingtheir country proud. And I know I will not resttill then. May God bless you all. �

Dr. Amita ChauhanChairperson

Muse

We arethe best

The Global Times, July 1-15, 2010

“Journalism can never be silent: that is itsgreatest virtue and its greatest fault. It mustspeak, and speak immediately, while the echoesof wonder, the claims of triumph and the signsof horror are still in the air.”

Henry Anatole Grunwald

Among the biggest thrills ofjournalism is being in themidst of action everyday. Thetables turn. Instead of readingabout the event, you experi-ence it. Sharing the same ‘ob-jectively’ with the readers,informing and sensitizing

them positively remains the biggest challenge.Be it the ‘Making a newspaper contest’ initi-ated by The Global Times where each Amityschool prepared one issue of the newspaper orGT Summer Camp Special Issue that you holdin your hands, students experienced all this andmuch more.Well, there are many reasons behind involvingthe young in the process of making a newspa-per.Through this unique opportunity, I can al-ready foresee the next generation of journalists,pro-active to take on the responsibility of build-ing a healthy society. The exposure to preparea complete newspaper, develops their languageskills, critical thinking along with the sense ofresponsibility and caring. The articles pre-sented explored the way the new generationthinks, experiences, discusses and behaves intheir pursuit for a meaningful life. The ‘highs’of interacting and brain-storming with likeminded groups, interacting with mentors of di-verse fields and masses, reporting on trendsand their impact, reading their bylines in‘print’, forms the process of socialization inpreparing responsible journalists for today andtomorrow.�

Vira Sharma

Journalism ‘highs’

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I would like to congratulateThe Global Times for theabsolutely stupendous GTAward ceremony held atAmity University, Noida onMay 12. The function startedwith an awesome performance bythe “Heroes of Failure” from AISSaket. Apart from the lovelycrescendo, the other cultural pro-grammes as the classical dance byVipul, a craft session with Varun thattaught the audience the amazing artof origami by making a jumpingfrog, a funny conversation betweenShakespeare and Vikram Seth etcwere spell bounding. The nomineeswere called upon the stage as thewinners were announced on-the-spot, keeping the suspense and sur-prise alive. While I was on stage,cold jitters ran all through my spine.I was really nervous. I was nomi-nated for the ‘outstanding story’ and

fortunately, I, along with myteam bagged the third prizefor our story, ‘Youngistaan KaAilaan’. The beautifully craftedtrophy that we received ap-peared like the “Filmfare lady”

with a different appearance holding

a globe in both her hands. The awardceremony itself resembled the oneswe see on TV- dances, music, fun,zeal and enthusiasm- it was a pleas-ure to attend such an event.

Archita Goyal, X-AAIS Mayur Vihar

The awards this year were very beauti-ful! I had never seen such a good com-bination of exuberance, enthusiasm,thrill and fun in a newspaper function!put together!Who says newspapers are boring? TheGlobal Times has totally changed myview about them!All of us cherished every moment ofthe award function!All of us can’t waitfor the next year’s function!My friends, too, would like to give tonsof thanks to you!This was a truly a completely beautifulfunction. I felt very good after receiv-ing this award! Great work! Thank you!

-Sarthak Batra, AIS MV“When our hard work was paid, we feltreally good! Thanks to GT for giving usthis wonderful exposure!”

-Rashika Sood, AIS MV

Ishita Bedi, IX BAIS Mayur Vihar

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Apurva Talluri & ShambhaviSharma X, AIS MV

The air is thick with anticipationas we ushered ourselves intothe living room of Ms Leila

Seth, the first woman to top the Lon-don Bar exams, the first womanjudge in the Delhi High Court andthe first woman to become Chief Jus-tice of a state High Court. The womanwith her never-ending list of achieve-ments sits down in a comfy chair andsmiles at us, evaporating our fears inan instant. The conversation startsflowing immediately….

Being the only woman in the court-room must have been among thebiggest challenges. What were theyand how did you face them?I became a lawyer after marriage. Itwas definitely not an easy path. I re-member once when I gave an opinionon a client’s case through my solicitor,I received no payment for it and won-dered if I should follow it. Finally,when I met the solicitor at a party, heconfronted that the client had rejectedher opinion saying, “I want a propermale opinion.” It was only later whena senior lawyer gave in writing that hecompletely endorsed my opinion thatthe client was convinced and agreed toadhere to my opinion. It took me 15-20 years to become a judge. Awomannot only had to be equal to a man butmore than that, to be taken seriously.

You have shown a new direction towomen in India. What are yourthoughts on theWomen’s ReservationBill which seeks to do the same?When I was younger, I was againstreservation because I thought it was anunnecessary crutch. However, over theyears, I have realized that it’s difficultto empower women without reserva-tion. So yes, I do feel reservation isvery necessary.

You have been a successful profes-sional and mother with all your chil-dren pursuing thriving careers. Howtough was it juggling both?I always had to strike a balance andmy family has been very supportive.Once I promised my son Vikram for a

movie. Just 30 minutes before thescheduled time, a client who was beingevicted arrived. Just as parents like toresolve children’s problems, they liketo help their parents too. So I asked myson whether going for a moviewas more important or sav-ing this man’s house. Hechose the latter.

Children mostly mug-upvarious constitutionallaws in textbooks with-

out comprehending their true mean-ing. What do you think should bedone by schools to ensure that chil-dren acquire an interest in laws thatnurture society?There are a lot of things that schoolscan do. Teachers can intone lessons ina story-mode so that political scienceand history are more interesting to stu-dents. Schools can also take children

to places like the Parliament House li-brary, where students can actually hearNehru’s Independence speech or seehow old voting machines worked

which would certainly cultivateinterest in them.

Do you read your son Vikram’snovels? Which one is your

favourite?Yes, I do. My personal favourite is

The Golden Gate which isabout life in California.

When I first saw it, I was very appre-hensive. I didn’t think I would like it.But I was pleasantly surprised. It’s avery quick, light read.

What advice would you give to thestudents interested in pursuing law?Fight for people’s rights. (Smiles)Most people opt for corporate law formoney. But that’s not all that matters.

The satisfaction that one gets whenhe/she secures the rights of a person isincomparable. It’s a wonderful feel-ing. Whether it’s corporate law or any-thing else, its important to do one’sbest.

What is your say on the RTE Act?I do think RTE will have a great ef-fect. I believe education is the great-est tool that can bring happiness andfulfilment. So yes, it will have an im-pact.

Your book ‘We the Children of India:The Preamble to Our Constitution’ isaimed at children. Why do you feelthat children should have a clear un-derstanding of law?It isn’t so much about law. It’s aboutour surroundings. Children requirefocus. They should understand themeaning of Secularism, Equality andother big words in the Constitutionthat are bandied about in their textbooks. I thought it would be easy, butit wasn’t. When I talked to my grand-daughter, I said I was writing this forgood citizens and she asked me whata citizen was. So, I really had to un-derstand it from a child’s point ofview and make it transparent enoughfor them to understand.

What inspired you to write such abook? Do you think your book couldmake law and political science moreinteresting to children?Well, the book has a lot of eye-catch-ing illustrations that will attract chil-dren’s attention. I have tried tosimplify constitutional language sothat children can understand it. Read-ing about the Constitutional frame-work from a young age will ensurethat all constitutional ideals seep intochildren’s minds.

How would you want your book tochallenge the perceptions childrenhave of the law?I believe law is all around us. Even ifsome children have to share a cake,the question of who gets how mucharises. So there, the issue of equalitycomes in. I would like children to bemore aware of what they are doingand how they’re affecting society.�

“Awoman not only had to beequal to a man but more thanthat, to be taken seriously”

Shambhavi Sharma &Apurva Tallur (L to R) with Ms Leila Seth

Pic: Namrata Gulati

7Breaking NewsBig story

The Global Times, July 1-15, 2010

DubaiDubaiAnother Mumbai Story?

A labour's quarter building in Deira, DubaiPicture Courtesy : Harshit Singh

Harshit Singh, IX-A AISV-6Delhi, India & Dubai, UAE

As you enter the Delhi toDubai Indian Airlinesflight, you face an enor-mous crowd. For some-one who is boarding the

flight for the first time, it could possiblybe an uncomfortable scene, but thenonce you see many Indian faces, therecan be a sign of relief, which was actu-ally the case with me. Every day, hun-dreds of human work force, mainly fromBihar and Jharkhand fly to the EconomicCapital of the Emirates aka Dubai. Thecrowd, unaware of the anonymousworld, go with a head-on approach to it.This can be called a foreign Mumbairush – if it must, with the exception thatit’s only not that big a hit for socialgrowth, but works out in the name ofmoney.

Flight takes-off...

The scenario at the airport before theflight takes off to the shores of dreamsand riches is one of complete chaos. Onecan see the lot rushing around with theirimmigration forms for someone to fill forthem. The anxiety of leaving their familyand going to a foreign land writ large onthe face; for most, it is the first time.Once they board the flight, they relaxtheir mood and muscles, enjoying thebest of those drinks, that without doubtwould have been the finest ever in theirlives. Unlike any other polite person,they won’t give you the aircraft’s win-dow seat – after all, they know its goingto be the best they would ever get in life.

Ground reality

The glitter and glamour of Dubai, espe-cially in the night when even the BurjKhalifa sparkles like a diamond and BurjDubai’s walls keep changing theircolours, it seems to be a perfect dreamdestination. The inside story of Dubai, aglobal city and a business hub, full ofdifferences, tells a different tale, knock-ing the truth out from the city itself.Every morning one can see ‘companybusses’ pulling up at the corner, picking

the Human Capital and dropping it backin the evening.And, if you start trackingthese buses, you would come to thoseseveral large labour camps on the cityoutskirts, completely devoured by thecity’s glamorous looks. While somewould be cemented and would resemblesturdy flats; the remaining are simplytents even without the basic amenities.

A sordid story

According to Article 25 of the Constitu-tion of the UAE, every person living inDubai is considered equal irrespective oftheir race, nationality, religious beliefs orsocial status, yet over 25,000 labourerslured to this city live in conditions de-scribed by Human Rights Watch as ‘lessthan human’. It’s not only the talk of In-

dians, but the suffering increases beyondthe bonds of nationalities. Duringmy stayin Dubai, I came across Mr GautamKumar Nath, a commerce Graduate fromBangladesh in the City Park, ( just a ‘bit’

more well off than the other labourers inthe city), who works as a storekeeper inthe Al Ghurair Retail company on amonthly salary of 2200 Dhirams ( aroundRs 27, 000) which seems like a bigamount, but isn’t enough in a city likeDubai. Lured by agents, Mr Nath, cameto Dubai on a three year contract with thepromise of an increment every year. Butthe city could not keep the promise.Shares Mr Nath, “It’s a very expensivecity. Inspite of my company paying forthe rent, I only manage to send Rs 15,000every month and with the remaining,barely manage to sustain myself. The in-crease in prices back in Bangladesh ismaking life tougher. Every time I ask forthe promised hike in my salary, there aredifferent reasons cited as low sales, globaleconomic crisis, etc.”

The allegations against labour injusticesin Dubai have attracted the attention ofvarious Human Rights groups amidst de-nial by the government that the watch-dog’s accusations were misguided.When asked about other people andlaoburers working in Dubai, Mr Nath re-veals, “Hamare saath aur bhi log aayatha, aath-sau (800) Dhirams per monthki employment par, aaj unki haalat dekhkar lagta hai ki hum bahut accha rehraha hai, par jab kisi aur ko dekhte hain,hamse bade car mein tab lagta hai –s***! Apni bhi kya life kar rakhi haibhagvan ne.”With a dream to work in the finance sec-tor of a big company, Mr Nath foundhimself enmeshed in a three-year con-tractual job, through which he barelymanages to struggle a decent living forhimself and his family. Away fromhome, he eagerly awaits like many oth-ers to return to his own country: “Oncemy contract gets over, I’ll go back toBangladesh and find work in a multina-tional. Dubai only offers money. The dif-ficult living conditions and loneliness donot compensate for the distance betweenyour own people. It’s not the place youwould like to settle down in.”If you shrug away the neglect of themany workers, and overlook their insidestories, the city of Dubai presents a rosypicture. The many glitches of a city canalso by neglected by the factor that it isan outsider’s view. Humans are measuredjust in terms of Capital here, but mindyou- Dubai, though similar, is not just an-other Mumbai story, it’s much more, interms of both the good and the bad.Dubai, primarily known as an economichub, has recently built its image as a hottourist destination attracting the worldthrough its many innovative, large con-struction projects and sport events.However, one thing is crystal clear, it ishope that keeps them going everyday asit continues to reside in their hearts, verymuch like Mr. Gautam’s aspiration to re-turn to his native land someday…�

Harshit (R) with Gautam Kumar

If I were a peacock, I’d meet my old friend, Lord Karthik’s “Sawari”; I’d move around the globe to see everything Anadi Kaura, KG 8, AIS-46, Gurgaon

Sports8Howzatt!?! The Global Times, July 1-15, 2010

Commonwealth 2010Countdown

Delhi 2010 will promote greaterparticipation of women in sports

Ritika Sharma (X) &Ishita Bedi (IX) AIS MV

When the first winners of T20World Cup, the Indiancricket team, came home

empty handed, without winning a singlesuper eight match, all their cricket fanswanted a reason.The reason of losing T20 was tracedback to IPL by many, somewhat even bythe Indian cricket team’s captain. So,let’s go on along with some of ourAmit-

ian friends and scrutinize the factorswhich led to this massive loss.The first to be blamed are the IPLNights. The players, including captainDhoni, after a late night T20 match hadto go for the IPL Nights and then travelin the morning. This could have led toboth fatigue and a lack of concentration.Once a wise man said that excess ofeverything is bad, and this has been verywell demonstrated by our Indian cricketteam. Their over hectic schedules werethe second reason of the loss. Having

j u s tf i n i s h e d

with the tiringIPL series, the In-

dian team was there yetagain, playing morecricket. Amitian SakaarKhurana of AIS MV says,“More than blaming the IPL, I

believe that the players are to beblamed; if they cannot handle the hecticschedules, then they shouldn’t follow it,no one forced them to go for IPLNightsor play the IPL itself.”The third super eight match, which wasmore a match of prestige than winning,was lost by the Indian cricket team. Notonly did they lose it, but they lost it verybadly, as if there wasn’t any desire towin the game and rescue national pres-tige. Was it because of loss of interest ormore interest in money and glamour?

The players are getting into too muchglamour business, this has even beenrecogonised by the BCCI, which has re-cently banned the participation of someIndian cricket team players in the realityshow, “Khataron ke Khiladi.”Another interesting theory struck us; werealised that playing IPLmight’ve ham-pered the team unity. The team playerswho play with each other in t20, playagainst each other in the IPL, whichoften inculcates a rivalry kind of feelingbetween them, detrimental to the teamspirit when the team appears as a na-tional team in T20. Nikita Maheshwari,class X, says “if IPL matches are meantonly for practice, so why do cases likethe Harbhajan – Sreesanth fight comeup, aren’t we taking IPL more seriouslythan required?”Sahil Bharagava, a student of class VIII,has a different point though, “We can-not always blame IPL. When India wonthe first T20, the credit went to IPL; itjust depends on the way we think. BCCInever objected to the fact that T20started just a week after IPL and LalitModi’s greedy approach and using pro-fessional cricketers to mint money toobackfired. It was basically India’s timidapproach and vague decisions.”Prabhani, Tanvi and Rishabh, students ofAISMV, all agree that it was a repercus-sion of the high level of corruption inIndia and the overconfidence developedin the players over the years.To conclude, we ponder upon the ques-tion we had begun with:Did we lose T20 at IPL’s cost? Well,what we gather now is that IPLmight’vebeen one of the reasons, but it’s surelynot the sole one.�cost

IPL

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Manasvi MalikAIS, Pushp Vihar

Just as Shakira crooned ‘WakaWaka’, at the inagural ceremony of2010 FIFA World Cup, the excite-

ment and euphoria bound the footballenthusiasts of Amity this summer. FIFAfever abuzz, passionate fans with FIFAlogos painted was definitely not a rarespectacle in the University campus atthis point of time! Sampada Sansarafrom the Media Cell, Amity Universityshares, “The excitement and exhilarationof FIFAhas engulfed everyone atAmity.The Hostel lounge has an LCD screeninstalled, where students watch the play-

ers displaying their magical skills with ahalf a kilo of ball during the matches.One can see students glued to the LCD,intermittently shouting and cheering fortheir favourite players and teams.”Amlaan Kumar (VI-C) Amity Noida,went for a vacation to Bhutan and wassurprised to see football fever amongstpeople there. Says Amlaan, “I went toBhutan keeping in mind that the nationalsport of the country isArchery, but I wasvery surprised to find FIFA spectatorsthere. They had the matches telecastingon the billboards along the roads.”And if you thought football is a sportonly for boys, you stand corrected;Pavni Kapoor, (VII) and Himanshi

Malik (VIII), Amity Pushp Vihar saythat whenever they get time betweentheir holiday homework, they enjoywatching the soccer matches and whenthey miss any, they eagerly check out thematch updates. Himanshi never forgetsto check out match updates in the news.Nikita Kapoor (IX-A, Amity PushpVihar) comments, “Boys and girls, aredesigning jerseys of their favourite foot-ball team on Facebook. And of course,you can hear my brother screamingthrough the match when his favouriteteam either hits or misses a goal.”One thing we all would agree, that theFIFA fever has, undoubtedly cooled thesummer heat!�

Amity goes “WAKAWAKA”

FIFA Fever

Amity Media Cell colleaguesexpress their love for Football

In its endeavour to achieve greaterparticipation, gender equality, andaddress all women-related matters

during the Games’, the OrganisingCommittee Commonwealth Games2010 Delhi (OC CWG Delhi 2010) heldits first Women Sub-committee meeting,headed by its Chairperson Ms. Sara Pilotand Ms. Laura Prabhu, Convener onMay 11, 2010. Speaking on the occa-sion, Mr. Kalmadi said 40 percent of theworkforce in the OC CWG Delhi 2010are women which shows our commit-ment to equal participation. “Half of the8000 athletes coming to participate inthe Games are women and they will beaccommodated in the Games Village. Ipropose to have a woman as the DeputyMayor of the Village, so that women is-sues can be taken care of in a betterway,” he added. Thereafter, the Sub-

committee proposed Air Marshall(Retd.) Ms. Padma Bandhopadhyay tobe the Deputy Mayor of the Games Vil-lage. Ms. Sara Pilot, in her presentationchose the slogan of “voice, choice, free-dom and rights for women.” She also re-iterated that a national level impetusneeds to be created for women -relatedissues.All members were of the view thatsports are an important tool to empowerwomen; Commonwealth Games are aplatform giving the country an opportu-nity to enhance the visibility of sportsand women.Mr. Kalmadi gave supported the sugges-tions made by the members on setting upa women helpdesk in the Games Village,training the volunteers and the workforcein a gender-sensitive way and enhancingfemale viewership of the Games.

England’s cycling star refers Delhi2010 to World championship:TripleOlympic gold medallist Bradley Wig-gins, who also has five world champi-onship titles against his name, has saidhe will miss the Road World Champi-onships in Melbourne, Australia to cocentrate on the Commonwealth Games2010 Delhi to be held a fortnight later.The 30-year-old Wiggins, who suffereda bike failure while on course for a worldchampionship medal last year, has wonthree silver medals in the Common-wealth Games in 1998 and 2002.British Cycling has been assured by theEuropean Cycling Union (the UEC) thata clash between the Commonwealthsand the European Championships wouldbe avoided. The possible conflict was aresult of the Commonwealth Games notappearing on the UCI’s global competi-

tion calendar because it is an eventwhich takes place under their rules butoutside of their control.

Australia names Delhi teenager 2010lawn bowls squad: Natasha van Eldikwas named to represent Australia atthe Commonwealth Games lawnbowls pairs competition in Delhi inOctober. At 19, she will becomethe youngest lawn bowler to wearAustralian colours in a CommonwealthGames competition.The Delhi girl lines up alongside reign-ing gold medallist, 26-year-old LynseyArmitage. The pair won the silver medalat the eight-nation tournament at theJawaharlal Nehru Stadium lawn bowlsfacility here in April which convincedAustralian coach Rex Johnston that VanEldik was ready.�

My favorite fruit is the king of all fruits- Mango. It is very yummy. I like to eat it as a fruit, ice-cream and as shake. Gaurikka Abrol, KG –A, AIS PV

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Aditi Batra III AAIS, Saket

Jerry Mouse, the fictional animatedcharacter, in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’sseries of Tom and Jerry theatrical car-toon short film, is my favourite cartooncharacter. The cute charac-ter, created by WilliamHanna and Joseph Bar-bera, Jerry is abrown anthropo-morphic mouse,who first ap-peared as an un-named mouse inthe 1940 MGM animatedshort film “Puss Gets theBoot”. Though Jerry re-mains mute in most car-toons, he has his viewersrolling on their belly withhis cute antics.Tiny, but full of naughtyideas, Jerry is ever engaged

in putting Tom the cat in trouble. Heruns all around the house, eats cheeseand also loves fruits. When Tom puts thecheese in a mouse trap, Jerry is quick toeat the cheese and also escape from thetrap. I love to watch when Jerry ischased by Tom and how they cause total

chaos in the house.The show becomesfunnier whenTom, who isbigger andstronger has to

face defeat at thehands of Jerry who merrily en-joys his victory. Jerry inspires

me with an impor-tant lesson that

even small andtiny peoplecan over-power the

big bulliesthrough mind

and wit.�

ACTIVITY 1You would need a funnel, a Bisleri bot-tle, a ruler, sticking tape, an umbrella ora raincoat and friends to accompany.Take the bottle and fix a funnel on it.Next, take a ruler and mark it with‘0’ facing down, towards the bottomof the bottle and strap it with a tape.Place the bottle, in an open area.Now, you can relax and have hot choco-late and cookies, while you wait for therain water to collect in the bottle. After24 hours, contact your friends andask them how their experiment wentand upto how many centimetres thewater rose. Whosoever had the largestquantity of water in the bottle, wins.Keep it in mind that the bottlesshould be of the same size, otherwiseyour experiment will not be compa-rable. Have fun!

ACTIVITY 2:For this activity, you require recy-cled paper/newspaper, a few friends, apair of water proof shoes, a raincoator an umbrella.To begin with, make as many paperboats as possible. Take a bucket andput all the paper boats in it. Wear

your shoes andraincoat and take yourfriends along with you inyour garden or streetwhere you can find a longpuddle. Using a stick, mark astarting line. Put your boats on thestarting line and try to move themby creating waves with a stick with-out touching the boats. Which everboat reaches the finishing line first,will win the race!

ACTIVITY 3:Invite your friends ona rainy Sunday. Getdown on your kneesand pull out the

weeds from the gar-den that loose soil due to rain. Seewho gets the maximum! It’s a helpfulactivity - never mind the mess. Mumswill excuse you when they seeyour hard-work. Finish off with ashower and hot soup! �

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going to finishMmmmmmmm

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Arni shares why she wants to feature in GT, “this will help my friends know me better and will help me know them better. Also, it’s a cool thing to do!”

H e y !Can Be Fun!

ALLABOUTME

Arni Prakash Bhatnagar I,AIS Noida

BIRTH DAY : 20th January,2006

I LIKE : To see places andbake goodiesI HATE : Doing nothingHOBBY : To do a cat-walk...and danceROLE MODEL : Of course,my Mom

BEST FRIEND : NikitaFAV BOOK : SnowWhiteand Seven DwarfsFAV GAME : Go FishFAVMALL : South centerMall, SeattleFAV FOOD: Chowmein

FAV TEACHER : ShrutiMadamFAV POEM : Twinkle Twin-kle Little Star…FAV SUBJECT :MathsI WANT TO BECOME :Doctor

Nishit Chadha, V-D,AIS Vasundhra

Let’s Laugh!English teacher: Shyam tell meyour father’s name in english.Shyam: My father’s name is ‘BUT-TER RED’English teacher: what?Shyam: Yes, ma’am his name is‘Makkhan Lal’--------------------------------------Son: Why does grandpa have nohair on his head?Father: It is a sign of intelligenceSon: Now I know why your hair arelong.--------------------------------------Doctor removes the plaster onRamu’s handDoctor: Now your hand is fine!Ramu : Sir, will I be able to com-plete my exam in 30 minutes?Doctor: Yes, of courseRamu : Oh, great! I have neverbeen able to do it before!

Contributed by:Sanjeevani Singhal, VII A, AISV-6

Desire cherishedJegyasa Gupta, AIS Gurgaon-46

You're the one I most admire, withgreat intentions and loving desires.Passion and trust and knowing that youcare, brings a lifetime ofHappiness for us to share...Being so gentle, understanding, andkind, brings comfort, faith, and aJoy that shines.Tears and laughter are feelings that'srare, but a true heart shallNever despair...Love is unique in it's very own way,taking risks, and challengesDay by day.But when a heart is made of gold, thereis so much to share.Like joy, laughter, and a friendshipthat's there...So I give you my heart as a token oflove, from one friend to another,And the heaven's above.So take my heart and cherish it too,cause there is no Us without You!

SummersSanskriti Agrawal V-B/Wing B

AIS Noida

The season of summer is wonderful,To play out in summer is joyful.The vacations of summer are more than

a month,We can enjoy unlimited but, oh! theSun.With the weather so hot,

Sweat comes a lotBut ya, we can eat ice creams

And take long and nice napsWith the AC on,

Singing a songJust enjoy the season of summer!

PoemsSanjana Singh, V B, AIS Saketshares some exciting Rain Acitvities

College CampusUniversity Buzz10

I like Amity because I have many friends, loving teachers with whom learning is fun. Harbani Kaur, KG - B, AIS, Pushp Vihar

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On May 25, 2010, AMITY, theofficial academic partner for‘Innovation Experience’, pro-

vided the AGBS students of AMITY,Mumbai with the golden opportunity tointeract one-to-one with Frans, the man-agement guru at The Leela, Mumbai.The programme on public innovationwas attended by a wide group of expertsfrom all over the industry, who sharedtheir own views and experiences.‘Innovation Experience’, founded by

Frans Johansson, the author of ‘TheMedici Effect’, named one of the 10 bestbestsellers provides a unique learningexperience for those ready to embracethe lessons imparted through this book.Recognized as a thought leader on thetopics of innovation, his book has beentranslated into 17 different languages.The Innovation Experience drives themessage to improve business by bravelyexploring the limits of one’s own cre-ativity and talent. �

As a part of the MoU signed be-tween AITTM and Ericsson

India, EXCEL- Ericsson Profes-sional Certification Program for theyear 2009, saw its culmination in agrand ceremony, whereby 19 stu-dents who had successfully com-pleted the course were awardedcertificates. The EXCEL Program,organized during September- No-vember 2009 included web basedtraining, instructor led training, sitevisit and a certification exam.

Mr. Asif Khair, GM – GSDC, Erics-son India and Mr.Amit Sharma, Pro-gramManager , EXCEL - UniversityRelationship Program, EricssonIndia were present from EricssonIndia to award certificates. Mr. Khairshared his thoughts on the expansionof the telecom industry. Mr. Sharmatalked of the expansion of theEXCEL program across the nationfor the year 2010, after the positiveresponse that ‘Pilot Program’ hadgenerated. He applauded theAITTMstudents for their admirable perform-ances among all the 12 universitieswhere the program was conducted.He expressed his eagerness for the 28students selected for the final place-ment, to join the organization.

Despite the summer break,Amitycampus became vibrant when15 finalists of Miss Hong Kong

Beauty Pageant 2010 visited AmityUniversity, Noida.The entourage of the contestants in-cluded the media from Hongkong whichrecorded every important moment of thevisit and Mr. Erictsang -the great Star ofHongkong accompanied the girls duringthe tour. The contestants were wel-comed and garlanded by Ms. B Shukla-

Pro Vice Chancellor (Academics) andDr. Manohar Sajnani- Director, AmityInstitute of Travel and Tourism.The contestants were shown the sprawl-ing Amity campus and the state of theart infrastructure and facilities. The con-testants walked the ramp exuding confi-dence, grace, and gaiety. Theyinteracted with Amity students, whothronged the plaza to catch a glimpse ofthe beauties.Felicitating the finalists with memen-

toes, Dr. Manohar Sajnani said it was aproud moment for Amity and the coun-try for being host to the finalists of thereputed contest. It would boost tourismand bonhomie between the two coun-tries. This year, Miss Hong KongBeauty Pageant, among the biggest an-nual events of Hong Kong includes atravelogue on India from June 14 – June20, 2010, wherein the finalists were ap-prised with the age-old-traditions ofIndia.�

Brig. ChitranjanSawant, VSM(Retd.) deliv-

ered a lecture on thetopic “Social Cohe-sion and Leadership”at Amity UniversityCampus Sector-125Noida. This was the 127th lecture underthe Amity International Centre (AIC)Lecture Series.In his lecture Brig. Chi-tranjan Sawant, famous as a commen-tator during Republic Day,Independence Day and other such days

of National Importancediscussed the relation-ship between SocialCohesion and leader-ship. He touched upondifferent areas of lead-ership in India after in-dependence and its

impact on social cohesion. Maj. Gen K.Jai Singh, Vice Chancellor, Amity Uni-versity commended the informative lec-ture. The lecture was attended by theFaculty Members and the senior offi-cials of Amity University.�

Dr.Ashok K Chauhan - FounderPresident,Amity Group inaugu-rated a photo exhibition titled

“Elements and Colours” by Dr. KanwarManjeet Singh, a world renowned med-ical professional and a senior consultantwith IndraprasthaApollo Hospitals heldat Lalit Kala Academy.The occasion was attended by eminentpersonalities including Ms. SuneetaReddy- MD, Apollo Hospitals Group,Mr. Keshav Malik- Art Critic, Mr.Raghu Rai- Photojournalist, Mr. VijayChopra- Chairman, Punjab KesariGroup and Chairman, PTI and Dr. P

Lal- Chairman, Metro Group of Hospi-tals. While applauding the creativity ofDr. Singh, Dr. Ashok K Chauhan-Founder, Amity Group said that Dr.Singh handles the camera lens with thesame precision as he diagnoses andtreats the patients. His awe- inspiringmasterpieces are therapeutic and notonly give unparalleled joy to the view-ers but also soothe their mind, body andsoul. Through the combination of hismedical competence with the excep-tional photographic finesse, he hasgiven birth to a new revolution whichis beyond any comparison.�

MissHongKongBeautyPageantwalk theAmity ramps

Nature through the lens of aMedico- Photography

Exhibition

AITTMEXCELs…

Amity University Summer Schoolorganized a ten day Summer Camp

2010 inAmity University Campus, Sec-tor-125, Noida. Attended by 25 studentsfrom various schools and colleges andfirst year college students, the objectiveof the camp was to help students choosea right career and apprise them with thefeel of a corporate world.Sharing the experience, Prof.Alka Mun-jal, Director, Amity Business School

said, “Students learnt aspects of man-agement like IT, Research Methodologyetc.” Participant Taneja Gupta whofound the camp interactive, says, “Ex-perienced and qualified teachers gave usreal life, motivating examples. ”Satisfied with the camp, Chirag, feltconvinced in taking a decision regardinghis career choice..The camp concludedwith certificates of appreciation beingawarded to all participants.�

Guiding a career

Amity Mumbai interact withmanagement guru

High level delegation fromCameroon, University of

Yaounde I and Representative fromTCIL visited Amity University onMay 25, 2010. The visit was aimed inconnection with Pan African e-Net-work Projec. The 5 member delega-tion led by Prof. Tsala Ndzomo Guy,Deputy Rector included Mr. TonyeEEmmanuel, Coordinator LearningCentre, Prof. Onguene Essono LouisMartin, Prof. Foupouagnigni Mamaand representatives from TCIL.

The delegation was heartily wel-comed by Maj Gen R.K. Dhawan,Senior Vice President, IAD and Mr.Manoj Sharma, Director, AmitySchool of E-Learning.The delegation members also visitedthe Amity Innovation incubator.Cmde. Rajinder Bhandari, Mr. O.P.Sangwan, Mr. Adarsh Arora, Dr. Ja-nardan Jha, Wg. Cdr. S.K. Goel haddiscussions with delegation. Dr. Bal-winder Shukla, Pro VC (A), AUUPmet the delegation.

Delegates visit

127th AIC Lecture series

Social Cohesionand Leadership

Summer Camp 2010

Dr. Ashok K Chauhanappreciating the work ofart at the photo exhibition

Lt. Gen. P D Bhargavawelcomes Asif Khair

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My favorite fruit is the king of all fruits- Mango. It is very yummy. I like to eat it as a fruit, ice-cream and as shake. Gaurikka Abrol, KG – A, AIS PV

AIS Pushp Vihar: The schoolorgainsed a parents’ orientationprogram for class I onApril 20,

2010. The program commenced byevoking the blessings of the Almighty,followed by a short speech by schoolPrincipal MrsAmeeta Mohan. The sub-

ject co-ordinators apprised the parentswith all the subjects. This was followedby an interactive session where the pan-ellists comprising the school principal,Headmistress Ikwinder Singh and theclass teachers attended to the queries ofthe parents. �

Winningthe debateAIS Noida: Kanchan Juneja

and Vallari Suharsh, class Xstudents of AIS Noida, par-

ticipated in an inter-school debatecompetition, titled ‘Blitzkreig- ABattle of Wits’. The two Amitiansdid the school proud by bagging thewinning trophy. The competition washeld at Vivekananda School, AnandVihar on May 6, 2010. KanchanJuneja was also awarded the BestSpeaker prize. Over 18 schools de-bated on the topic, “It is difficult toconceive an incredible India, whenthe incidents of lawlessness and filthare so credible.”

Theatre in educationSudhi Bhatia

AIS Vasundhara, sector VI: Theatreartists from Sanskar Rancholi, NSD,staged ‘Kitabon mein hulchul’ di-rected byAbdul Latif Khatana, for stu-dents of classes 8-12. The playhighlighted the need to assimilateknowledge gained from books ratherthanmerely being bookworms. Aper-fect blend of colourful costumes,meaningful props and a team of en-thusiastic performers, the play por-trayed the theme through curtainedprops in the shape of 8 books repre-senting subjects as ‘Advanced Scienceand Technology, Veergatha, Itihass,Ankganit etc. The play concluded withan informal interaction between thestudents and the characters.

Prapti Alok, IXAIS Vasundhara- Sect VI

Seven students of Amity Interna-tional Schools, under the guid-ance of Ms Renu Singh,

Principal, Amity International School,Noida had the privilege to participate inthe third International Conference,YRoNS (Young Researchers of NaturalSciences) held at Grammar School,Nicosia fromApril 24- 27, 2010.Projects from India as ANEMOI—Newgeneration Wind Turbine, Hospital

Waste Management with Special Refer-ence to Value Recovery and Harnessingenergy from gas stove, presented by theparticipating students were highly ap-preciated by the international audience.Students had the wonderful opportunityto interact with delegates from Slovenia,France, Cyprus and Hungary, attend lec-ture on Microelectronics by Dr SteliosIoannou. Besides, they enjoyed visitingthe European University, an Archaelog-ical Museum, tasting the delicacies,sightseeing at Kakopetria, Omodos,Kourion and enjoying at the beach.�

AIS Gurgaon-46:Aschool givesa person 14 years of mad fun,happiness, sometimes sadness

and most importantly, a sense of be-longing.An event wherein you bid adieuto your second home is bound to be fullof emotions and tears. Amity Sec-46farewell, to the passing out batch of2009-10, named “Bonne Chance” wasno exception. The event was heldas per the Amity rituals; “BonneChance” began with the chanting of the

Gayatri Mantra and the lighting of thelamp and remembering the contributionof our Chairperson, Dr. Amita Chauhanand Founder President, Dr. AshokChauhan in the life of an Amitian.As no event can be called off withoutsome Punjabi tadka, the end of “BonneChance” was marked by a Bhangra per-formance, the crowning of Mr Amity,Vikas Chahal andMsAmity Prkriti Sethiand giving prizes to the best dressedgirl/boy followed by supper.�

Deepanshu Singh, X-B, AIS Pushp Vihar

Deepanshu Singh, Vishisht Mani Tiwari andKunal Batra of class X, AIS Pushp Viharalong with teacher escort Jyoti Arora, had the

privilege of visiting Japan from May 11 to 16, 2010.At the trip centre Tokyo, students traveled on theMetro and Monorai, visited a Science Museum wherethey enjoyed a robotic show and met ASIMO- a hu-manoid robot created by Honda, besides exploring

the Tokyo Tower (second highest structure in Japan,having a height of 332.5 mts. Amongst the otherthings visited were the Zojoji temple, Imperial Palace(residence of the Emperor of Japan), Asakusa temple(Tokyo’s oldest temple) and the lanes of NakamiseDori where a credible range of soveniers for tourists,Japanese arts and crafts can be found. Children alsohad the opportunity to visit the electric city calledAkhibara that displayed every imaginable electricaldevice, Mt. Fuji (highest mountain in Japan at 3,776m) and the Tokyo Disneyland.The highlight of the trip was the visit to the TsukubaSchool, one of the best schools in Tokyo, with facilitiesranging from baseball to solar panels. The cultural ex-change program helped them orient with the Japaneseway of teaching, syllabus and classes. They attendedMaths and English classes along with the Japanese stu-dents and interacted with the famous mathematician MrSavada, the head of mathematics at the school.�

AmitiansParticipatein YRoNSat Cyprus

Mathematical initiative

Waking in the land of rising sun

Parents’orientation

ParticipatingStudents

Raghav Chauhan, XII, AIS SaketShraman Kadapa, XI, AIS SaketPrapti Alok, VIII, AIS VasundhraShruti Mahajan, VIII, AISVAnviksha Agarwal, VIII, AISVShrey Malik, IX, AIS Gur-43,Abhinav Bansal, VIII, AIS PV

BonneChance

AICE

Eighty five students from classesVII to XII attended the Mathe-matics Olympiad that aimed at

encouraging young students to strive forexcellence in Mathematics and promotefriendship among students, teachers andscientists from different parts of Indiaand the world. Renowned scholars in thefield of mathematics, namely Prof. Dr. K

Kanan, Dean and Prof. Dr. R Srikanth,Associate Dean, Sastra University, Than-javur, Tamil Nadu trained the studentsduring the workshop.Eminent guests who shared their viewsduring the Valedictory function includedProf P B Sharma, Vice Chancellor,Delhi Technological University and ProfBani Singh, Ex Prof & Head, Depart-ment of Mathematics, IIT Roorkee.Major Gen K Jai Singh, Vice Chancel-lor, Amity University Uttar Pradesh wasalso present on the occasion. The occa-sion also marked the felicitation of theGlobal Talent Search Award AyushAgarwal,Apeejay Noida; Harshit Yadav,Lady of Fatima School, Gurgaon; Twin-kle Parekh and Aishwarya Rathod, TheGalaxy Educational System Gujarat andManisha Goel of Ramjas School, AnandParvat, New Delhi.�

Student receivingaward during the event

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Ishita Bedi, IX BAIS Mayur Vihar

We are kids. We go to school, study, andplay, watch TV and sleep. How aboutthis - we go to school, play, work, watchTV, but more importantly, we live life tothe fullest, fulfilling our desires, achiev-ing something at every step.Ojaswini, (AIS Mayur Vihar) who tookher Board examinations recently, livesthe second thought. During summer va-cations, she directed a play performedby children aged 7-16 years at ‘TheRussian Center.’The play, titled ‘Voyagers’ was inspiredby a book authored by Brahma KumarisWorld Spiritual University. It tells thetrue story of a mighty race of beings, farmore superior than humans. Ittalks about the journey of asoul from it’s original worldof light to paradise, andlater, it’s downfall be-cause of vices like anger,

lust, extremematerialism,etc.As the playprogresses, it talks about the future andthe realization that the body is not just abody, but the tiny point of light, the im-mortal Shaligram, seated in the middleof the forehead. The journey of theShaligrams from their world of light toearth in the bodies, going through thedark ages, followed by the realizationand then back to their world of paradise,all under Lord Shiva was not only beau-tifully depicted by director Ojaswini, butequally brilliantly enacted. Ojaswinishares the message underlying the play,“I have attempted to portray the lifecycle of the world, the humankind’s lifeon earth from the time it began to the

stage of ‘kalyug’ it has reachedtoday. The play aspires for atransformation from ‘kalyug’,back to the golden era of‘satyug’ for it is the need of thehour; the message in the playis for everyone, but spe-cially for the kids.”�

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Apurva Talluri & Rashika Sood, X,AIS Mayur Vihar

Entering Crazy Noodles, the ex-travaganza of pink and green,overwhelmed us. A small outlet,

the hustle-bustle of crazy noodles is hardto ignore and harder to dislike. The wait-ers buzz around with super-cool sloganslike, “Are your taste buds ready for aroller coaster?” emblazoned across theirT-shirts. The whole atmosphere is one ofinformality and do-whatever-you-wantcasualness. Our host, PR Manager RitikaChona informs that it’s mostly families,kids and teens who haunt this joint.

Unlike other restaurants, where the waitfor our order seems like eons, here wewere completely occupied by “crazy”stuff like the rotating glasses, which wethought would topple over and break butdidn’t! Our personal favourite was awhite, oval tablet that could be confusedfor Crocin, but when dipped in water, itmagically forms wet tissues. “Peoplewant to wash their hands before eating;we wanted something that would enablethem to do so without going to the mallwashrooms. Some people were so mys-tified, that we had to tell them not to eatit!” says Ritika. The caterpillar-shapedmenu bemused us as to how to open it.

Engrossed as we were in it,we were served a puzzle,solving which meant afree drink! It was like car-dio for our brain cellsand we solved it! Notlong after, our order ar-rived and we tucked into a

crispy salad, garnished with peanuts andcrispy, fried noodles that we tried eatingwith chopsticks; we tried StrawberryKiss and Pineapple juice, which weren’texactly a rollercoaster for our taste buds!

Chicken dim sums and chillipotatoes were next, and we

must say that both were ex-tremely yummy! Soya Ramen, akind of soupy noodles, left usquite satiated. The main course

included Chowmein, Yaki-udon (Japanese flat noo-dles) and General Tso’ssweet ‘n’ sour gravy withfried veggies (the latter’s

sweet n tangy taste lingered on forsometime). So parents, have no fear as the veggiesget a great makeover at Crazy Noodles.The most mouth-watering and lip-smacking part of the whole meal how-ever, is the dessert- Chocolate moneybags. A concoction of melted chocolateenclosed in wonton sheets, arrangedaround dollops of vanilla ice cream withcocoa sprinkled on it, this delicacy canmake anyone swoon with delight. Crazy Noodles is destined to become thenext party destination; are you ready forthe craziest food experience of yourlife?�

Voyagers, a Child’s Play

Apurva Talluri & Rashika Sood X,AIS Mayur Vihar

Have you guys ever wonderedhow cool it would be, if weteenagers ran the country and

presided over the parliament! For onething, our political brass wouldn’t seemstraight out of an ICU ward! Let us dwellon that heavenly proposition andimagine ourselves attend-ing the parliament. Appy_Xtrasalty enters thehallowed and vulnerablehalls of the parliament,well aware that she is latefor yet another session.She hurriedly takes herseat as the oppositionleaders especiallyR@$#$mash gives her anexasperated side longglance. The speaker bangsthe gavel, cracking the tabletop as he successfully tries to si-lence the assembled MPs. One MP looksparticularly affronted for interruptinghis-sabziwala-runningaway-with-thepresswali-story.R@$#$mash self-importantly gets up,and clears her throat, ready to launch atirade against the ruling party, only to be

interrupted by Imran Khan crooning“Woofer tu meri meri...main teraamplifier” Everyone startssnickering as R@$#$mashshouts “who’s this insolentperson who disrupts us?”Her assistant coughs andsays “You ma’am.” R@$#$mash turns tomato

red and switches off herphone. “So as I was saying, the govern-ment has not at all thought about the im-plications of the Women’s Bill. Do youreally think real women will be able toget the benefits seeing that the chiffonwearing daughters, sisters, mothers, blahblah would just replace male relatives?There needs to be quota within quota sothat women who are not part of the po-litical elite and the upper caste get achance to represent their chunk of thepopulation. “Toh bhaiyo, bhehno, OBC

quota ke liye haath uthao, auraton kesapno ko mat jhutlao!!” R@$#$mashfinishes triumphantly, expecting around of applause but gets an egg

smashed in her face instead.She falls back on her assis-tant who hurriedly wipes thetoota hua anda! “Life is arace, if you don’t run, youwill be a broken anda,”shouts a backbencher.

Appy_Xtrasalty grins sadisti-cally, basking inR@$#$mash’s embarrass-ment. She straightens her pa-pers, and intones,“Obviously, the oppositionisn’t very good at researchwork, or why would theymake such baseless claims.Even with Wikipedia around,

they’re unable to get their factsstraight. Demanding quota withinquota is unreasonable.”R@$#$mash gets up indignantly

and starts shrieking which cracks thewindow panes and the glasses. Everyonestarts diving under the desks, whilesome MPs update their Facebook sta-tuses about r@$#$mash’s rampage.Appy_Xtrasalty grins, while dodging thespeaker’s gavel which narrowly missesher head, congratulating herself foravoiding the Opposition’s agenda. Shehums and walks out. Thus ends anothernormal day in the parliament. Oops! its not esay to run a parliamnet.Don’t you agree? �

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‘Spoof’ Parliament

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Class X student directs play for childrenduring summer at The Russian Centre