Enhance Your Brain Power
by Dr. Anjana Maitra    
The human brain is one of the marvels of God’s creation which has not yet been fully unraveled by science. The human brain has billions of brain cells which work in tandem to control our body and do various functions. Not long ago it was estimated that the average person uses only 10% of their brain power. But modern neuroscientists now feel that the average person probably uses 1% or less of their actual mind potential. Read On

Mrs. Mulgavkar’s Brush With The Law
by Pesi Padshah
Rakhee was seven years old, and a liability to her parents in the village, so they got in touch with Surekha who worked as a maid servant, in nearby Mumbai, and asked her advice. Back came the answer, in a postcard. “Send her here”, it said, “I will get her a job in a nice home, and remit a hundred rupees to you, every month. All at once, Rakhee was transformed from a liability, to an asset. Read On  

Email Etiquette
by Dr. Anjana Maitra    
In today’s technologically advanced world email is definitely the fastest and most effective forms of communication. From official emails to e cards, from chat rooms to browsing, email is omnipresent in our lives. However there are a few tips which we should remember while sending emails as an email is often the first impression a person gets of us. Read On

Sahyadri Saga: Simply Unputdownable
by Aniket Kumar
The Sahyadri Adventure : Anirudh’s Dream has the same ingredients which make other books by Deepak Dalal so refreshingly different – adventure, mystery, research and a riveting plot. The book is set in the Bombay of the 18th century and the descriptions gives us an exact idea about that era. Read On

School Bags: Heavy Weight,
Neither Fun Nor Learning
by Ankita Panda
Today's school life has become very boring with students only made to study and learn different subjects, period after period. No games and no sharing. Projects are so difficult that the parents end up doing the project. A LKG child has to paste the pictures of mountain Alps which is in Switzerland when the child does not know about the name of a mountain in India! Read On

The Dead Tree
by Sanjana Ramachandran
Once upon a time lived a woodcutter named Martin. He was a very poor man. He lived alone in a small house. He loved cutting trees and making furniture out of the trees’ branches. One day Martin ate his lunch and went to a priest’s backyard and cut ...Read On

 
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The Fort Story:
The Red Fort is Ravaged Further
by Swapna Dutta
After the Persian invasion there came others. It was the same story of anarchy, bloodshed, loot and ravage repeated over and over again. There came the Afghans, Marathas, Jats and Rohillas, each of them ransacking the Seventh City of Delhi, grabbing whatever remained. As one of the historians puts it, “Plundering hordes swooped down like swarms of locusts until the once-glorious city of Shahjahanabad wore howling wilderness, the look of a no-man’s land.” Read On

A Date with Destiny!
by Ramendra Kumar
I have had the pleasure of interacting with the members of generation Next in many ways - conducting workshops, telling tales, indulging in mentoring and lots more. However, recently I experienced the delight of meeting citizens of generation ‘Ex’. And if you think my tryst with the senior citizens was dull and dreary, about preaching and prayers you couldn’t be more off the mark. Read On
► Wit & Wisdom 

In the Soup!
by Swapna Dutta
The English word "soup" comes from the Old English word "sop" which meant a slice of bread covered with roasted beef juices. The history of soup goes back to the beginning of time as it has always been considered an important part of man's diet. The first soup dates back to 6000 B.C., where the main ingredient used to be the bones of the hippopotamus and other animals! Read On

Poems
Be the Change You Want to See
Trees by Ananya S Guha 

Artwork
Rain by Swadha Mohanty 

Was it a Dream?
by Sneh Gupta
Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Megan. She was brave and was not afraid of anything. When Megan was about to sleep, a ghost appeared in front of her. She got horrified and started shivering. She tried to scream but her voice was gone, so she couldn’t. She ran to her father’s bedroom. Read On

Was it a Dream?
by Aashna Saxena
On the night of the 7th of November, I, Aashna, was feeling strange. I was supposed to be in bed but I just wasn’t getting sleep. I had read a book about ancient civilizations and I felt sure that something would happen. Then after about five minutes for the tenth time I told myself it was all rubbish and that nothing was going to happen and finally fell asleep. Read On

An Island of Chocolates
in an Ocean of Ice Cream
by Dhanush. P
When I was in fourth class I joined swimming classes. When I was standing with other learners like me, they pushed all of us in 7 feet water and made us learn swimming. Read On