The 2020s are upon us. At the time of writing this (30 December 2019), there is just over a day left before the new year, and the new decade. I started this decade as a five-year-old kid, and now I am a fifteen-year-old teenager. And boy oh boy, five year old me could have never imagined how much I…
Category: Editions
The Face of Evil
(Written By: Neha Gupta) Actors from a horror movie set? Youtube stars showing off their looks for Halloween this year? Nope, the people in these images are just ordinary individuals, who also happen to have scarred faces. From the Joker to Darth Vader, Hannibal Lecter to Dr. Poison, even the beloved Lion King’s antagonist, who…
The Smell of Moon Dust
[By Samud Shetty, Edited by Roshan Samuel] We (humans) landed on the Moon 50 years ago. Specifically, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC, as part of Apollo 11, which also involved Michael Collins, who flew the command module Columbia in lunar orbit. But…
CHANGE AS A CONSTANT
(Written by: Tarunya Sivakumar, Edited by : Smriti Prakash) “Sometimes, do you feel like the most double-sided person that you have ever met?” Yesterday’s you, today’s you and tomorrow’s you are all still you. This is a truism that has irrevocably ingrained itself onto the fabric of human existence. We assume that ‘the self’ is…
Real Empathy
(~ M) “Real empathy is sometimes not insisting that it will be okay, but acknowledging that is is not” Sheryl Sandberg Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. More often than not, this is confused with sympathy, which is feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else’s misfortune. Seeing a…
Say Anything (that I agree with): A world of trigger warnings and censorship
(Smriti Prakash, IB Year 2 + Edited by Samyukta Sounderraman) I’m about to reveal a somewhat embarrassing truth about myself. Promise not to judge. I barely survived sixth grade English Literature. The highest grade I got that year was a B5 (which, to my parents, meant I had spent the year failing). In my defense,…
What’s the deal with FOMO?
(Aarthi Krishnan, IB Year 2) Ever been bothered by seeing your friends hang out without you on social media? Ever felt inadequate upon seeing pictures of someone doing great things while you’re just sitting on your couch? Ever felt resentful towards people who are happy without you? If your answer is yes to one or…
Stretched and Unstressed
(Sharvani Sivakumar, IB Year 2 ) Stepping out of their regular Saturday morning routines, about 40 students gathered at our school auditorium to do something unusual- feet stomping, pretending to be forest animals, and paying attention to breathing in and out. They had come down for a school event ‘NIRVANA- From Warrior to Warrior’ organised…
Erlebnisse
(M) (n.) the experiences, positive or negative, that we feel most deeply, and through which we truly live; not mere experiences, but Experiences. I recall my first day. It was pretty much just another average day for an average girl joining a new school. Nothing out of the ordinary. I also vaguely recall the day…
The Casual Observer 