(Written by Swati Anshu, Edited by Neha Gupta) This is a story about me: a part of me that hardly anyone knows…My name is Swati Anshu and I have been a victim of cyber, verbal and physical bullying. My early childhood days were the hardest emotionally. Getting enrolled into OFS, I got into the swim…
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…
Self-Growth & Adolescent Angst
(Written by: Srinjana Sriram, Edited by: Sahana Prabhu) As a patron of academia, I like to believe that at one point through the educational career of each student, a realization dawns upon all of us, and goes something like this: I don’t care about my grades. I don’t care about my extracurriculars. I don’t care…
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…
Hotshot Summer Transfers 19/20
[Written by: Roshan Samuel, Edited by: Samud Shetty, Advised by: Shubhang Srinivasan] It’s that time of the year where managers try to offload players who failed to make their mark and pursue other players with unique potentials, and it is also the time of the year where drama doesn’t stop in just 90 minutes. This…
Our Team : 2019-2020
Meet the team who brought you various exciting editions throughout 2019 – 2020!
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,…
Of frivolities, failures and friendships
(By Siddharth Janarthanan (sir) ) I was in grade 10 when I woke up in the middle of a night feeling anxious, bitter, small and guilty. It was perhaps a culmination of several weeks of feeling thoroughly conflicted about the issue at hand. It was most likely the first time when my abilities and potential…
Giving Out of the Goodness of our Brains
(Neha Gupta, IB Year 2) Say you’ve just gotten off the bus stop, and you’re on your way to school. In a shallow pond beside you, you see a child drowning. Do you jump in after her? Even if you didn’t push her in? Even if it’ll make you miss an important exam? Reading this…
The Casual Observer 