Colonialism is a questionable period in history for several nations in the world. For some, it represents an oppressive and exploitative reign of enforced power, an ugly stain in their pages of history, while for some it represents an important historical and cultural time of extensive development for the nation. When prompted with the word…
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Trump: Two Sides of the Same Coin
That’s right. The person everyone loves to hate, and the person who loves to love himself. The man, the myth, the “Donald”. The 45th President of the United States of America is unpopular amongst most, with an approval rating of around only 40% (according to Gallup news). Most of the world, or rather should I…
May Edition – Looking Forward
Photojournalists Note by Manya Srivastava and Tanisha Jhaveri There’s the past, that’s gone, and the future that’s yet to come. Both we have no control over. We can either choose to focus on what’s done or what is yet to come. In this edition of the Casual Observer, the photographers focused on this theme of…
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!…
The China Paradox
The consequences of COVID-19 are truly unimaginable. From the ever-mounting death toll to the surge in unemployment, nobody could imagine how a disease could bring the world to its knees. China, without doubt, is at enormous fault for this. Its lack of transparency left the world unaware of the dangers posed by the virus. It’s…
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…
Enlightening Creativity
One of the most important phases of your life is when you are bored. Boredom is active, unstable, and demanding. Boredom is good! It forces us to get uncomfortable in our comfort zone. It forces us to look the other way and explore. It forces us to wonder ‘what if?’. Boredom is not caused because…
Join The Club (The COVID-19 Interview)
We are facing an unprecedented disruption of life as we know it, with the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to plague our society. In these turbulent times, The Casual Observer has decided to interview the heads of clubs and societies here at NPSi to find out how they’re coping with the waves of uncertainty and anxiety that…
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…
Speed, Distance and Time
I believe that education is really important, and something that is unarguably beneficial in preparing us for the dreaded “real world”. We start our school lives young and naive, and indulge in simple activities like finger painting, cooking without fire, games, song, and dance. These experiences gradually change as we progress from preschool to high…
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