By the Casual Observer Team, Mr. Bhatt, Ms. Smitha, Mr. Mani and Mr. James Hi there! The Casual Observer is delighted to bring you the Casual Observations segment for February, which brings back the highly requested teacher interview segment! We chose to interview teachers who we expected to give us varying perspectives, and evidently, we…
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A Chat with a Professional Beatboxer
By the Casual Observer Team and Harry D Cruz Hailing from Bangalore, Harry D Cruz is one of India’s finest beatboxers, with an impressive catalogue of achievements to show for it. He has performed on hundreds of stages, become a certified TEDx performer, acquired numerous accolades, been recognized for his talent by various media firms…
The Impostor Syndrome
By Ananya Parambath Almost everyone has played, or at least heard about, the online game ‘Among Us’. On the off chance that you have been living under a rock for the past 4 months, here is a quick summary of the game. In the multiplayer game there can be up to three out of ten…
What If We’re All Impostors?
By Raghav Maindola So, picture this, there I was on my first day of school in a new country, staring at a cafeteria with bare decorations and beige white walls, and saw that everyone else was already sitting in their friend groups and chatting away. My heart was already beating as fast as it could,…
A Friendly Guide to Activism Done Right
Read this article & tag 10 people who won’t break the chain! As 2020 continually rears its behemoth loathsome head, we have seen so many atrocious facets of its personality. However, one thing we do have to thank it for is the incessant source of Instagram stories! From “Pray for Indonesia” and pictures of koalas…
The Future is Yours
Here we have an insightful article written by Vidhi Modi, a student who has founded her own jewellery business, XVXII. Explore her story with entrepreneurship and learn about how you can achieve success with it too. Starting a business has always been my childhood dream. Believe it or not, it actually runs in the family!…
From Secret to Not-So-Secret
5 May 2020, 12:00 PM “ 3… 2… 1…publish it!”That was the inauguration of OUR NOT-SO-SECRET DIARY just a few weeks ago. When our IGCSE board exams got cancelled, who would have thought that two months later we would be doing something other than binging Netflix? But you see, we soon realised, to move ahead…
What Next?
How did we get here? We had every single minute of every single day planned — making notes, studying, solving past papers, even “rest” periods! In short, it was GRIND SEASON and all of us were ready to get into a study lockdown. Little did we know, we were about to be thrust into a…
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