Malala Yousafzai - Advita Chauhan

Advita Chauhan, a 7-year-old girl, strongly believes that education is every child’s right. She is a follower of Ms Malala Yousafzai and considers her as her role model. She thinks that with courage, any battle can be won. On the birthday of Malala Yousafzai, she is presenting a short story in her words.

- Courtesy Nibbrati Rathore is an educator at the Gyanshree School, Noida. She is a Life Members and volunteer on the National Training Team of Learning Forward India.

Kindness and Happiness - Laxman Parmar

Within my 17 years of birthday celebrations, I felt like changing my usual way of celebrating this time. Instead of wasting money on cakes and cold drinks, I went to an ashram in Sheoganj, where I found many aged people with some mental issues. I felt pity for them, but I had the last idea about the reason for their mental issues.

Diverting my mind from the sadness, I decided to give them a short phase of joy. I did my cake cutting and served food to all of them, and was overwhelmed on seeing the joy on their faces as it was perhaps their first time they did the birthday cake cutting with someone.

After all the celebration, I received so many expensive gifts from them in the form of kind blessings, then I had to leave them with a goodbye and some beautiful lifetime memories.

Laxman Parmar

Class XI, The Fabindia School

Take Responsibility of Your Actions - Raviraj Singh Sonigara

The pandemic period has forced everyone to stay in their house. Due to this, there is the storage of food materials. So, the price of food materials is also increasing. The poor people cannot buy this expensive food material, their condition is terrible. 

I would like to share an incident that took place with me on 10th March. When I felt bored during the daytime, I came and sat near the window and gazed outside. Suddenly I caught sight of a beggar sitting in the shade. Expressions on his face showed that he was hungry, so I decided to give a food packet and a water bottle to the beggar. After some, sometimes I went outside to give the packet of food and water to the beggar. When the beggar saw me, he tried to cover his face with his clothes and asked me to stand away from him. This thought left me overwhelmed. I put the packet of food and water and watched from my house to see what he was doing. The beggar got up, cleaned the place, washed his hands, took the packet and thanked me. He sat down under the tree and had his food.

I was happy that even he was also showing his responsibility towards his country and maintaining social distancing. I would like to end by quoting, 'The real freedom of any individual can always be measured by the amount of responsibility he must assume for his welfare and security.’

Raviraj Singh Sonigara

Class IX B

The Fabindia School

Happiness and Me - Susan Marandi

 "All these kids are icebergs; we only see the tip." -a character in the show Castle.

We all are like icebergs; people only see some qualities and a part of us. But how many of us know our real us, our real side? Very few or none of us know 100% of ourselves, but there is nothing wrong with that. If you don't know what you are passionate about, it's ok. If you don't know what your talent is, it's ok. You at least have to give it a try to show the real you to the world and, most importantly, to yourself. Because that is what gives happiness to you. And that's what really matters.

Something I wonder about. . . . .

What if life is a dream and death is the end of that dream. When you wake up, you realize it was all a dream, and you have another chance to live and correct the mistakes you made in your dream. And have another chance to fulfil every dream of yours. It might be wonderful, right? But this won't happen in real life, so fulfil and achieve every dream of yours in this life and live every moment as if it's never gonna come back.

                                                                                                                       

Susan Marandi

Class 8

The Doon Girls' School, Dehradun

Courage - Rishabh Sheikh

I believe that one of the solutions to overcome fear is to develop courage. Courage is the mental and emotional preparedness and ability to deal with difficult, challenging, and sometimes seemingly impossible circumstances. 

Courage is a highly prized virtue, and many famous and respected people have spoken or written about it over the year. We probably all have an idea of what we mean by courage or bravery, as it is sometimes known.

I learned that courage is not the absence of fear but the triumph over it. The brave man is not one who does not feel afraid; he is ready to face it.  

Rishab Sheikh

Class III

The Fabindia School 

Don't Judge Me - Rahul Vaishnav

I don't need the army,

I have my sword,

Please don't judge me, 

You are not the lord,

One day I won't have a single but collection of ford,

Your thinking for me won't make me frown,

Your vibes won't let me down,

Beware, I'm coming for my crown.....

Rahul Vaishnav

Class XII

The Fabindia School

कोरोना काल में सेवा - भावेश चौधरी

कोरोना काल में सेवा

मेरा नाम भावेश चौधरी है। 21 मार्च 2020 सम्पूर्ण भारत में लॉकडाउन हो चुका था। धीरे - धीरे कोरोनावायरस देश दुनिया में अपने पैर पसार चुका था।स्काउट गाइड में होने के नाते मैंने अपने गांव में दो महीने ड्यूटी की। सब के घर घर जाकर पैसे इकट्ठे किए और उन पैसों से कपड़े के मास्क बनाए। फिर हमने 5500 मास्क बनाए और घर - घर जाकर मास्क वितरित किए। साथ ही सबको कहा कि जब भी आप घर से बाहर निकलेंगे तो मास्क पहनकर निकलेंगे। हमने कुत्तों के लिए बिस्किट और गायों के लिए चारा की व्यवस्था की। उसके बाद मैंने बैंक में भी ड्यूटी की थी। बैंक में 2 मीटर की दूरी बनवाना, एक-एक करके अंदर जाने देना आदि निर्देश देते थे। हम सुबह 7:00 बजे से लेकर शाम को 5:00 बजे तक ड्यूटी करते थे। मैंने लुणावा ग्राम पंचायत में भी ड्यूटी की और वहां पर भी हमने कोरोना के गाइडलाइन का पालन करवाया। हमने हमारे गांव में सैनिटाइजर का उपयोग करना बताया।

लुणावा में कांटेश्वर महादेव मंदिर के पास एक घर था, वहां पर एक व्यक्ति पॉजिटिव आया था। उनके घर वालों को हमने खाने का सामान, पानी का टैंकर आदि की व्यवस्था करवाई थी। उसके बाद हमने बाली में ' नो मास्क नो एंट्री' की रैली में भाग लिया और सब दुकानों पर कोरोना जागरूकता के पोस्टर लगाए जिससे लोग जागरूक हो सके। हमने आलू और पूरी भोजन की व्यवस्था करवाई और पैकेट बंद करके गरीबों तक पहुंचाया और इस तरह से हमने इस मुश्किल घड़ी में जरूरतमंदों की सेवा की।

Bhavesh Sirvi

Class - X

The Fabindia School

Friendship - Dakshita Sirvi

I have a friend who tells jokes.

I have a friend who mocks.

I have a friend who shares. 

I have a friend who cares.

I have a friend who understands.

I have a friend who guides.

I have a friend who is wise and funny.

I have a friend who is always stunning.

I have a friend who corrects my mistakes.

I have a friend who reads my face.

I have a friend who is sometimes irritating.

I have a friend who is always celebrating

I have a friend who is more than a friend

I have a friend whose friendship itself is a brand...

You all may think I have many friends but to be honest, all these friends are just one person.

Dakshita Sirvi

Class IX B

The Fabindia School 

International Yoga Day - Ritu Parihar

International Yoga Day

Today our school celebrated 7th International Yoga Day. Everyone participated with great zeal and enthusiasm. The session was conducted by Rahul Sir and Abhay Sir. It was started with our Principal Ma'am's message to practice yoga in our daily lives. Then, we performed several asanas virtually, and the benefits were explained. 

Yoga is the only process in which you can exercise without any equipment. The light that yoga sheds on life are something special. Yoga is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines originating in ancient India. It is an art and science of healthy living.

There are lots of benefits to practising yoga. It increases your flexibility and helps you to build strength. It improves your posture and helps to keep your joints healthy. 

Yoga is a powerful mindfulness practice. It reduces stress and lowers blood pressure. In addition, yoga's incorporation of meditation and breathing can improve a person's mental well-being. Regular yoga practice creates mental clarity and calmness, increases body awareness, relieves stress, relaxes the mind, centres attention, and sharpens concentration. Therefore, yoga should be part of our daily routine to live a happy and healthy life.

Ritu Parihar

Class  IX A

The Fabindia School

Happiness - Chahna Gandhi

What does happiness mean to me?

Happiness to me is an important part of life, as it brings in positive vibes and makes one’s day better.  

What makes me happy?

I would say there's nothing that makes me happy, nor I can’t list all of them. Here are a few:

 1. Being with friends: This always brings joy and cool vibes as the fun n frolic makes me happy.

 2. Music: Listening to music always helps me forget things and lifts up my mood, which obviously makes me happy “... and if it’s my genre, then it’s much fun.” 

3. Being with family: Well! Who doesn’t like to be with family, share good and embarrassing memories, and laugh at them together?  

4: Dance: Dance is one thing where my mind is totally on the beats and music. It takes over my body, refreshes it and helps me open up my mind to new ideas.

 How to pass on happiness? 

There are a lot of ways by which you can either share or pass your happiness to others.  You can suggest ways of being happy. This can help them go through their hard times by creating their own happy zones. Another way of passing on happiness is to care for them. Help them in things they can’t do or need help. This will make them happy as they know that they can believe in you during their rough times.

Chahna Gandhi
Class VIII
The Doon Girls' School