Thenk God I know the Pythagoras Theorem!

“I don’t know how to go about managing my money but I know the Pythagoras theorem! But where will H square = B square + perpendicular square help me?  In helping me decide my career? No. In helping me get a job? No! The validity of our education system is being questioned every day. Teach us something coherent is what the students demand.

Vikram from class XIth who wants to become a director says Chemistry is one subject which he thinks won’t prove useful to him. How is H2So4 and sodium sulphate related to casting actors in a movie is what he wonders!

Gunisha who wants to pursue Fashion designing says- “The fashion world is all about glamour, creativity and colours. How is Sanskrit going to help me in designing costumes? Pathti, Pathta, Pathanti why?”

Shrey who wishes to become a lawyer one day says Trigonometry won’t ever help in fighting a case.  

The Indian education system needs a change right now. The system should be based on practical teaching rather than rote learning. That is what the need of the hour is! 

The Evolution of Comic Books

·         In 1842, "The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck" became the first comic book published in the United States.  This was the beginning of a new era altogether.

·        Tintin (1907) I say that name and the image of the boy with the golden hair and the white dog flashes in your mind. Didn’t we all love Tintin for his exhilarating adventures? And the captain for his famous one-liner ‘Blistering Barnacles’? Or the two detectives Thomson and Thompson? Oh! I could go on and on!!

·         The common man (1951) R.K Laxman’s ‘The common man’ holds a very significant place in the history of Indian comics. The strip has very nicely showcased the fears, hopes, and troubles of the mango people in India.

·        Asterix (1959) The famous French cartoon follows the exploits of a French village as they oppose roman captives. The interesting part? The puns and the tongue-in-cheek humour.

·        Richie Rich (1960) Haven’t we all dreamt of becoming Richie Rich one day? The boy with the sprawling mansion, a redhead girlfriend, his butler Cadbury and his dog dollar everyone loved. Don’t you miss him already?

·        Chacha Choudhary (1971) The old man with a red turban, white moustache and that giant man at his foot. Ring a bell? Don’t say it doesn’t! Humour was the basis of this cartoon. Every family has its own wise man; chacha ji was the wise man of his village. Oh! How I loved reading his books in dim lights on the long train rides.  

Dream. Believe. Achieve.

All of us have a dream. A lousy day dream it might be, making it's way in your head during the sunny hours when all you want to do is shut your head to the world. But give that one thought the benefit of doubt. Give that one dream a chance to turn into reality. Give yourself one chance to live that dream. Sit up, believe-in yourself and the dream and fight, to follow it, to achieve it. Because if you do you'll be the happiest person on the planet. A person who imagines and dares. 

So make a wish. Dream it. Believe in it. Achieve it. And show it to the world what you’re capable of doing.  What you can achieve, and who you are.

Quote for the day

So you're six years old, you're reading 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarves,' and it becomes rapidly obvious that there are only two kinds of men in the world: dwarves and Prince Charmings. And the odds are seven to one against your finding the prince.

Emily Levinea