In this issue

Petula Thomas: From Ordinary to Extraordinary, Surround Yourself With Winners, Chiara Luce Badano: A Teen Icon For Our Times, The Aces, Chuni Goswami: A Tribute, Discover The Elusive Peace Within You, True Corona Warriors, St Joseph's College, Jakhama: The No. 1 College In The North East, The Virus Of Prejudice, Virus Hunter: A Career As A Virologist, What's Your Recipe For Happiness?, 5 Young Adult Novels To Inspire & Motivate You, Film Review: Angrezi Medium, Poets & Poetry, Photo Pik, Sci-Tech, Reader's Blog and more!

Petula Thomas From ordinary to extraordinary

There are some people in the world who strike you as extraordinary, gifted and God-sent in your very first encounter with them. Petula Thomas, Director of the Indo-Australian Chamber of Commerce, is one such person.

5 mins

Discover the elusive peace within you!

We live in a competitive world where the most important person to be encouraged and promoted seems to be ‘ME’. We tend to lose our perspective of all around us, and focus only on this monster or idol. This ‘Me’ or ‘I’ occupies centre-stage and tries to push out everyone else, so that he/ she occupies the whole stage.

2 mins

Surround Yourself with Winners

Mount Lambak is situated in Johor state in Malaysia. In Malay, it is called Gunung Lambak. The summit is about 1400 metres high. On 25 March 2016, I accompanied a group of fellow runners from Simei Runners of Singapore for a day’s hike.

5 mins

Chiara Luce Badano: A teen icon for our times

Chiara means clear; Luce means light. Chiara Luce Badano was an Italian girl who, at the age of 18, died of a very painful bone cancer. She passed away on 7 October 1990. However, she left behind a trail of light which travels on, across all nations, urging young people everywhere to make a masterpiece of their lives the way she did.

6 mins

The Virus Of Prejudice

In the short story titled Misjudged by Cassie Jammie, three youngsters named Scarlett, Cash and Greyson are considered children of bad reputation. Parents advised their children not to have anything to do with them. In fact the whole town looked at them with suspicion and kept away from them.

6 mins

The Aces

The Aces are no strangers to doing what they want. Four young girls who want to do something in the music world and do it right.

7 mins

CHUNI GOSWAMI A tribute

At the time of this article going to press, the six previous weeks have been one of tragedy, tragedy and tragedy. One small virus seems to have shattered the pride of the generation; a generation that took pride in so many scientific advancements and worse still is the fact that the end of this tragic trail still seems to be illusive and beyond comprehension. While the loss of lives of nearly a million people around the world is a general tragedy, back home in India though not attributable to the wicked Coronavirus, we had two deaths in Bollywood and even the sports world was not spared when the heavens recalled two famous sports personalities of yesteryears — P. K. Banerjee and Sabimal Goswami; the latter better known to his fans as Chuni Goswami.

3 mins

Virus Hunter A career as a virologist

As COVID-19 continues its grip on the world, the need for a vaccine to defeat the virus is urgent. Developing a vaccine or a treatment is a painstakingly slow and detailed endeavour. Finding a compound that works, testing it in animals, and then rolling it out to clinical trials in humans can take years. But this pandemic is pushing the researchers, better known as virologists, to work around the clock and develop a vaccine as soon as possible.

3 mins

5 Young Adult Novels To Inspire & Motivate You

As the Corona virus situation keeps the country under lockdown, and homebound the whole day, many young people are turning to books to keep them profitably engaged. Nitya Agarwala brings you five novels that you will enjoy reading, and keep you and all at home, entertained, inspired and motivated. Do give them a try!

3 mins

FILM REVIEW: Angrezi Medium

Cast: Irrfan Khan, Radhika Madan, Deepak Dobriyal, Kareena Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Kiku Sharda, Ranvir Shorey and Pankaj Tripathi

3 mins

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