“I finally got what I wanted,” that’s exactly what Ayushi said in the very beginning.
Ayushi was an exchange 7th grader in Bandra. From the very start of school, she was labelled as an average dork. No matter how hard she tried, she would always become the unfitted piece of the fancy puzzle. She was nothing but a shadow in the corridors of the prison she never imagined.
Imagine waking up every morning to a storm you cannot escape. Or carrying a backpack that gets heavier every day. Well, the backpack is your brain, and its load is your mental health.
But what is mental health? Mental health is our psychological, emotional and social well-being. It is a crucial part of our development as it influences every aspect of your life, from decision-making to stress management.
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The day I turned thirteen, I didn’t wake up feeling different. No magical transformation, no sudden clarity. Just the same messy room, the same anxiety about an upcoming exam, and the same feeling of being stuck between wanting independence and needing help. That’s the thing about being a teenager: you’re expected to have it all figured out, but most days, you’re just trying to figure out who you are between one breath and the next.
Fire, chaos, angst, happiness, anger: a teen’s got it all swirling inside at once. But more than anyone else, a teenager often doesn’t know how to handle it.
Title: Kanmani and Co.
Author: Lalitha Ramanathan
Illustrations: Rahil Mohsin
Genre: Children’s Fiction
Age Recommendation: 7–13 years
So, which city do you usually imagine when I say the name Tamil Nadu? Chennai, right? Well, beyond the bustling city of Chennai, there are many small yet wondrous villages where people help one another and live joyful lives.
Continue reading Book Review – Kanmani And Co.: Five Friends (And A Cat) Tackle The World
Kuhu Learns to Deal with Life is a fun and relatable story to read. I liked how the book shows that even younger children face many struggles in life, such as joining a new school, getting bullied, feeling left out because of siblings, and even dealing with an evil PE teacher. The story is about Kuhu experiencing all these situations and learning and growing from them.
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by Aarav Trivedi, 15 years old
Thoughts in my brain,
and a pen in my hand.
A bright day
turning my dark night
into a band of light.
Creativity — it’s such a tumultuous concept, right? It morphs into numerous forms and shines through artworks, novels, music, dance, and so much more. It’s all around us, and yet no one truly knows its source. It seems to originate from the depths of a marvellous mind, almost like a superpower of the subconscious. It often begins with a single idea, one that slowly plants a seed and grows into a pulchritudinous field of flowers.
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Today, I was going through an interesting book by Sudha Murthy. The book’s name was ‘The Gopi Diaries’. It is actually a series that comes as a box set, and in all the books, Gopi the dog is the main protagonist. The story I read was about how a dog came into a stranger’s house and how they treated him.
“Insaan ko dibbe mein sirf tab hona chahiye jab woh mar chuka ho.”
When Imran says this, he isn’t talking about coffins. He’s talking about how we shrink our lives into routines and fears. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara asks us: Are we truly alive, or just… boxed in?
Certain movies shine through visual grandeur in the kaleidoscopic world of Indian cinema. Taare Zameen Par is a simple yet beautiful film, occupying a warm corner in this world. Released in 2007 and directed by Amole Gupte and Aamir Khan, it is a tear-jerking story conveying a profound message.
Continue reading Dyslexic Dreams : The True Message of Taare Zameen Par
