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I hereby resolve...

RACHNA CHHABRIA What can you do to make the New Year a better one for everyone? Here are some suggestions...

Glitter and glow

Bhavya Venkatesh Do you know how these iconic ornaments came to adorn the Christmas tree? Read on...

The heat builds up slowly, so the food retains all the nutrients and the ingredients’ their original taste

It’s Sun cooked

Peeyush Sekhsaria Cooking has traditionally been associated with fire. But did you know that you can cook using the sun’s rays alone?

Welcome, sunshine

Bhavya Venkatesh India’s harvest festivals are as vibrant, diverse and cheerful as its people.

In School

This image is of the Crab Nebula in visible light photographed by the Hale Observatory optical telescope in 1959. The faint object at the centre had been identified as a pulsar and is thought to be the remains of the original star. It has been observed as a pulsar in visible light, radio wave, x-rays, and gamma-rays.

An eye for an i #469 The fascinating discovery of an optical pulsar

An eye for an i #468 The last of the Surveyor series

An eye for an i #467 The first of the Luna missions

Marie and Pierre Curie at work in their laboratory.

An eye for an i #466 Marie and Pierre discover radium

In the drawings accompanying his patent, Jones showed how corrugated paper could be used for different packaging needs.

An eye for an i #465 Revolution in a box

A model of OSCAR 1 on display in a museum.

An eye for an i #464 OSCAR 1’s winning performance

Dressed more like surgeons, these technicians wearing clean room attire inspect the Pioneer 3 probe before shipping it for its launch.

An eye for an i #463 Pioneer 3, a failure with some success

Skywriting over the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture 2008 Fly-In in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the U.S. The EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is an annual air show and gathering of aviation enthusiasts.

An eye for an i #462 Writing in the skies

While Gillott’s work features in The Pen Museum at Birmingham, not enough is known about Williamson.

An eye for an i #461 Williamson wields a pen

A Packard model on display as part of a vintage car rally in Mumbai in 2019.

An eye for an i #460 Packard packs a punch

An eye for an i #459 The birth of the miners’ safety lamp

An eye for an i #458 A bricklayer lays the future’s foundation

Short Stories

Who gets to pull Santa’s sleight?

Nimi Kurian As the contests between the two teams of reindeer hot up, everyone is agog to know who will win...

Illustration: Satheesh Vellinezhi

Talespin The lost lamb

SURYAKUMARI DENNISON Tara and Tarun lose something very small, but still precious. Where could it have gone?

Illustrations: Satheesh Vellinezhi

The football star

Vibha Batra Playing in the backyard was one thing, but playing in public? Will Fatima be able to get on the school team?

Children's Books

The founder, Lalhruaitluanga Chawngte shares a photo of the Little Library outside his house Mizoram taken by Jeryy Vanchhawng

Children of Mizoram are now revelling in the page-turning Little Library initiative

Prabalika M. Borah

A child reads a book from a curated collection by Bengaluru based, Funky Rainbow

children’s day 2021 | These reading initiatives across India draw children into the evolving world of books

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Khyrunnisa A with her new book ‘Smash It, Butterfingers!’

children’s book ‘Smash It, Butterfingers,’ written by Khyrunnisa A, has Amar and Co. in the thick of the action

Saraswathy Nagarajan

The tale of the Tiruchi Sisters running a community home for the homeless

Book club Food for thought

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Aruna S.K, UKG, Greenwood High, Bengaluru, Karnataka

Drawings from India: January 8, 2022

Serene B Habeeb, VIII A, St. Joseph's Convent, Wayanad, Kerala

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K. Jaswanth Sai, IV, Fathima Central Senior Secondary School, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Drawings from India: December 30, 2021

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Welcome, sunshine

An eye for an i #469 Children

The fascinating discovery of an optical pulsar

Talespin Children

A truly happy ending

A match with a differenceWho jumps the highest?

Wild Ride Children

Feathered performers

Daily Quiz | The Adventures of Tintin

The last of the Surveyor series

Launched on January 7, 1968, the Surveyor 7 was a lunar unmanned lander that successfully landed on the lunar surface on January 10. The last of the original series of Surveyor moon landers of the 1960s. Surveyor 7 was the only spacecraft of the series that landed in the lunar highland region. A.S.Ganesh takes a look at Surveyor 7 – the only purely scientific mission in the series…

Drawings from India: January 8, 2022

Drawings from India: January 8, 2022

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The first of the Luna missions

Launched on January 2, 1959, Luna 1 was the first human-made object to escape the grip of the Earth’s gravity. Even though it didn’t meet its primary objective of impact with the moon’s surface, it achieved a lunar flyby before going on to become an artificial planet around the sun. A.S.Ganesh takes a look at the Luna 1 mission, the first of a highly successful space programme…

The joy of giving

A story about a dejected old man on the cold streets, a group of children, and a New Year miracle.

Drawings from India: December 30, 2021

Drawings from India: December 30, 2021

Children of Mizoram are now revelling in the page-turning Little Library initiative

The concept of the Little Library was started to encourage the neighbourhood kids to read. Now, these little free libraries are a hit among children all over Mizoram

The football star

Playing in the backyard was one thing, but playing in public? Will Fatima be able to get on the school team?

Who gets to pull Santa’s sleight?

As the contests between the two teams of reindeer hot up, everyone is agog to know who will win...

I hereby resolve...

What can you do to make the New Year a better one for everyone? Here are some suggestions...

Marie and Pierre discover radium

On December 26, 1898, French engineer Henri Becquerel informed the French Academy of Sciences of the discovery of a new element. The element in question, radium, was discovered a few days earlier by the Curies, Marie and Pierre. A.S.Ganesh takes a look at the discovery of radium…

Glitter and glow

Do you know how these iconic ornaments came to adorn the Christmas tree? Read on...

Drawings from India

Revolution in a box

Exactly 150 years ago, on December 19, 1871, New Yorker Albert L. Jones’ patent titled “Improvement in paper for packing” was granted. By inventing a new and improved corrugated packing paper, Jones was about to revolutionise the world of packaging. A.S.Ganesh takes a look at this patent that paved the way for packing boxes as we know them today…

The lost lamb

Tara and Tarun lose something very small, but still precious. Where could it have gone?

Will they pull my sleigh?

One day, well before Christmas, one of the male reindeer woke up to the fact that they had never pulled Santa’s sleigh. So, he decided to do something about it.

It’s Sun cooked

Cooking has traditionally been associated with fire. But did you know that you can cook using the sun’s rays alone?

Drawings from India

Across space and time

Meghnath learns how sages used to communicate and meet with ethereal beings...

OSCAR 1’s winning performance

OSCAR 1 (Orbiting Satellites Carrying Amateur Radio) was not only the world’s first non-governmental satellite, but it was also the first satellite built by a collection of private individuals. Designed and constructed using limited resources, OSCAR 1 operated for nearly 20 days, testing radio reception from space. A.S.Ganesh takes a look at OSCAR 1, which was launched successfully on December 12, 1961...

This Christmas, spread the jolly festive spirit with handcrafted decorations

With Christmas kits and decor this year taking a turn towards sustainability, startups are bringing festive cheer to shoppers with handcrafted toys made by local artisans from across the country

Stand up for your rights

In the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, there are 30 Articles that take care of every aspect of our life.

Vineet’s magic mantra: Locking his charm

The paper needed to be saved from being lost or destroyed. Does Vineet find a way?

Chronicles in stone

The three Great Living Chola temples are testimony to “the brilliant achievements of the Chola in architecture, sculpture, painting and bronze casting”, says the UNESCO.

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Great expectations

The youngest country in the world, South Sudan is rich in culture and diversity but mired in conflict.

Pioneer 3, a failure with some success

Launched on December 6, 1958, the Pioneer 3 mission was one of the first attempts by the U.S. to send a spacecraft to the moon. Even though it didn’t achieve its primary objective, it provided valuable data that helped in a discovery. A.S.Ganeshtakes a look at a failed mission that had some success...

Magdu and her mirror

Was she beautiful enough to be the princess in the school play? Magdu finds out what beauty is all about.

A midnight stroll

Who was this strange man walking around town so late in the night?

A substitute is found

Would the charm work on his sister and her friends, wondered Vineet...

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Writing in the skies

The duo of Major J. C. Savage and Captain C. Cyril Turner came up with what is considered as the first skywriting advertisement in the U.S. on November 28, 1922. Skywriting developed as a novel marketing method from then onwards, creating billboards of the air in the decades that followed. With skywriting experiencing a comeback in the age of social media, A.S.Ganesh looks back at one of the first instances when it was used for advertising...

Vineet’s Magic MantraEverything’s perfect!

The mantra seems to work on just about everyone and everywhere, making Vineet the luckiest boy ever!

Contrary noble interests

Alfred Nobel, inventor of some of the most destructive explosives, is ironically, remembered for his prizes to “those who have conferred the greatest benefit to Mankind.”

Drawings from India

Williamson wields a pen

On November 22, 1809, American inventor and businessman Peregrine Williamson was issued a U.S. patent for a metallic writing pen. Even though the original patent has now been lost, Williamson’s patent title occurs in lists that appear in published books. A.S.Ganesh tries to unearth what little is known about this pioneer pen maker…

Trying it on dad

When the chant works on his cook and grandmother, Vineet wonders if it will make his father melt too.

Alien Paratha and Vampire Curry

When normal vegetables did not get Chikki to eat them, her mother decided to take another route!

Drawings from India

Come rain or shine

Did you know that the umbrella was first used to protect from the sun? Read on...

These reading initiatives across India draw children into the evolving world of books

Be it an audiobook for kids by kids or children’s books curators, innovative reading initiatives for children nudged along by the pandemic continue to create a young community of bibliophiles

Captain capable

Freedom fighter, leader, statesman, thinker, author, visionary... I donned many hats with ease.

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