It was a cold night
With no one far at sight
Only one man was there, sitting on a lonely chair
Struggling to keep his shoulders warm under a bit of hair
He was criticizing god for his deeds .
That he did not fulfill the man’s need
There were stars sparkling in the sky
But he didn’t notice any as he wanted to cry
The man said that he wanted to die
Than this ugly life
At that moment there came a powerful stream of light
Blinding the man’s sight
Than he heard a voice from the sky
Asking you want to die but why ?
But the man questioned – “ Who are you”?
“Oh ! I am the guy criticized by you
I am the God, Oh ! my child
But I never thought you would so wild.”
“Oh ! God, you are not trustworthy,
As you gave me rags to deal with this dreary life
But to others you gave places with beautiful wife
My family died under your nose
And you still ask, why my voice is hoarse ?”
The god replied with a voice so calm
While he touched the mans head with hot palm
“ Oh child ! never misunderstand me
This life is just an exam for every he or she
You have faith on me and blindly follow my path
And one day you will surely call me trustworthy”

Adya Niraj
IX ‘B’

After the four periods of serious studies
I was feeling a little better.
Then a poem came
And handed me a letter.

Suspiciously, I opened the notice
And adding to my Horror
The letter was from School’s collar

Principal ma’am called me to her room
And I felt I was going to have a heart attack soon.
My blood pressure rose
With the fear of T.C. coming close.

I started remembering all my lies
And my mischief’s like the fight
And wondered of admission in next school
With a back poster as a fool

I founded myself as a prisoner
Half alive and half dead.
In front of the commissioner.

But suddenly some words stroke to my ear
It was something which changed my fear into a cheer.
And let me tell you my dear
It was me who was chosen, the student of the year

So don’t be afraid of going there
Because of course it is not the session court
But only the Principal’s Office
Full of news of cheer.

Apurwa Agrawal
IX ‘B’
 

Look around and you will see the whole world going ‘Beep!’ Cell phones are in! and Now, if you are not carrying one, your peers consider you a fossil. And its not enough to own one . . . do you have the latest model? Does it have the latest gadgets? Can it do this? Or even that?

In fact, going by the popularity and the influence of the cell phone today on the younger generation, it is difficult to believe that it was only fifteen years back that they were considered a rarity. Where did the phone’s journey begin? Well it seems that evolution of human beings from apes can be better compared to evolution of cell phones from the so called word Telephone.

Telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell. The universally accepted telephone greeting ‘Hello’; owes its origin to Edison, the famous inventor. Edison was working hard to develop a telephone but it was Bell who won the race. Once Edison was too rushed to speak out the common word, ‘Are you there’? and instead he said, ‘Hello’ into the receiver. Other present there took note of this and soon this word of greeting became a tradition to talk ,to send messages, to send and receive pictures, to send and receive mails. . . . . and what not! In fact, there are many ingenuous young people who even have shot video clips using the cell phone cameras.

Today’s cell phones have also evolved to suit the needs of the young generation and companies are vying with each other to offer the latest technology and features . . .

Soon all phones are tipped to become more than just that. May be they could be your e-managers, or even become your e-self.
What a fun it is! The thing that is contradictory is that ‘Those who haven’t got a phone, are desirous of having it. Those who already posses it, desire to be free from it. It has rather been difficult to decide whether it is a blessing or a nuisance.
Watch out. It’s a revolution on the move!
Beep! Beep!

 Sneha Balmuchu
XI A

India is at the cusp of a paradigm change in its growth and its position in the world. We need to think big and seed up rapidly in every area be it education, industry or equality of both genders. For around two centuries social reformers and missionaries in India have endeavoured to bring women out of confines in which mal traditions had kept them.

But we should not forget that the history is a witness of these women who have in the past demonstrated unique leadership capabilities. Razia Sultan, Rani of Jhansi, Sarojini Naidu are motivating examples of women empowerment. God has gifted women with compassion, caring for others which are all positive signs of a leader. To help women to be in the limelight, empowerment of women is needed and it is the prerequisite for a developing country to be a developed one.

Women empowerment generally has various components – firstly women’s sense of self worth , secondly , their right to have the power tocontrol their own lives, both within and outside house and thirdly their readiness to influence the direction of social change to create a stable social and economic order nationally, internationally and universally.

Attainment of Educational and economic participation are the key requirements in ensuring the empowerment of women. The economic empowerment of women is a vital element of strong economic growth of any country.
In India the empowerment process has already begun. We are now witnessing steady improvement in the enrolment of women in schools etc. their health is better as compared to earlier decades. Dependent women are not empowered women. If modern women think that they are empowered without any economic independence, it’s a myth for them.

The best gift parents today can give to their daughters is education. If women choose to be ignorant then all the efforts taken by the government and women activists will go in vain. So, its a wake-up call for women to wake from their deep slumbers and understand the true meaning of their empowerment. In the end I would like to conclude with following words: “Women as the motherhood of the nation should be strong, aware and alert.”

Pallavi Ghosh
XI C

The Bridgefordians of Std. VII got a golden opportunity to pay a visit to Central Tasar Research and Training Institute located at Nagari. A two hours visit was enough for Bridgefordians to gain something about natural and post cocoon and ‘Tasar Technological Operations’. It stamped a good pile of information in our brain.

Tasar research and training institute was established in 1980. Thanks to its. Director Dr. B.C.Prasad and Assistant Directors A.K.Saha and G.Ravichandran who contributed in the mental growth at least a part of the country’s diamonds – children.

My gain

After entering a big gate, we started for a mulberry garden full of cocoons and silkworms. After enjoying for sometime, we learnt from the employees that caterpillars are sticky, so they must not be collected with bare hands. They also added that silkworms breathe through spiracles, some red and white pearl like things present on their back. We studied the types of plants silkworms feed on. Some of them are T.Arjuna, T. tomentosa, mulberry etc.

Then we headed for the silk processing plant. We were taught that the objective of sorting is to achieve the optimum results in reeling. The standard size of silk threads must be 1.5 meters in circumference. We also saw that filaments of cocoons are actually the thread of cocoon.

After finishing the visit to the processing plant, we were taken to a museum filled with different, unusual things. We saw that infected worms are cured by Sodium Hydrochloride, Ashiper and Formalin. We got to know the silk week was celebrated between 25^th to 28^th February every year. We also came to know more about Antheraea assama (Muga silkworm) and Antheraea proylie (oak Tasar).

After getting of the museum, we were quite contented. When we returned to our buses, we realized how knowledgeable our visit was.

Siddhant
(VII B)

Students of Std. IV visited the Lac Factory at Khunti in the month of July 2010. Students learnt about the processing of raw lac to furnished lac which is used to make decorative items, bangles etc. This trip gave the students a practical knowledge as well as left a remarkable impact on their minds

I would like to start my speech with the words of Swami Vivekanand on faith. He said ‘The ideal faith in ourselves’ is the greatest help to us. “If faith in us is extensively taught and practiced then I am sure that most of the evils and miseries in us will vanish”. These lines have deep meaning. But what is religion? Religion is the realization of great spiritual truth in our consciousness. This means the belief that holds or binds the society can be called religion. Religion is nothing but a path to reach or realize God. Though, it has been given different names like Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, Jainism, Sikhism and a many more but our aim is same i.e. God realization.

According to me faiths are varied not because they claim something different , but they interpret the ultimate destination of mankind in different ways in different religions . The aims and ideal of all the religions as even said by a great Yogi Paramhansa Yogananda is the same i.e. to overcome evil by good, sorrow by joy, cruelty by kindness s and ignorance by wisdom.

Religions are the rivers which originate from the same mountain of faith and ultimately aim to dissolve in the same ocean of realization of God. Realization of God is the supreme goal of all living beings. God resides in every thing, everywhere and so the best place to find him is inside ourselves .Great Saint, Kabir also said that God is neither in mosque, nor in temple, he is neither in Church, nor in Gurudwara He is inside us. The point here is to love God as the mother loves her child, a chaste wife her husband and a worldly man his wealth.

Rama Krishna Paramhansa said that the bubbles & the water are same. The bubbles originate in water float on it and ultimately aim to dissolve in water. The bubbles here he is talking about is the faith which originate in the water, and ultimately attain God.

I would like to conclude my speech by saying that if faith is interpreted in different ways, then of course, there will be different paths but our aim is to reach God. Now, I would like to quote some lines said by Sri Ramakrishna to Swami Vivekananda: “Don’t quarrel for religion. Religious quarrels are always on husks. Don’t care for doctrines, do not care for dogmas or sects or temples or churches. They count for a little compared with the essence of existence in each man i.e. spirituality and the more this is developed in a man, the more powerful is he for good”.

Neha
X A
(Awarded speech in RKM Cultural Competition)

We are walking the 11^th year of the 21^st century with gadgets to seal every orifice of our lives that too, to such an extent that finding a vacant shelf for books has become an uphill task. With video games, computers, i-pods, cell-phones, books have taken a back seat. Vacant libraries are co-existing with packed-up cyber cafés. It’s a high time now, that we realize the importance of inculcating reading habit.

Primarily, it’s a universal, well known fact- ‘When in doubt, the best to trust is a book.’ Not only for doubt clarification, but also for developing good communication skills, effective interaction and for better understanding of others, books are of great help. For professionals of various fields also books are among the essentials, since they have to keep themselves updated with recent advancement in their respective areas.

So, it has now come up to the parents and teachers to introduce children to the rewards of focusing their interest in ‘reading’, which must not be misunderstood by merely mugging up textbooks. Children surely need encouragement in this direction. A measure like subscribing to the periodicals and journals can be a good start . Parents can also spare their quality time by reading fables and stories to their children so as to enhance their interest in books as well as imbibing in them our traditions and culture. They must ensure that their wards are not getting addicted to net surfing at the cost of giving up their reading habit.

Finally, ‘Reading to the mind what exercise is to the body’. So it is emphasized by CBSE also to promote reading habit among the students of all levels. Children mainly get inspired by ‘observational learning’ , instead of preaching and imposing compulsion upon them. Therefore, the teachers and parents have to join hands in the mission of introducing reading habit among new generation, by setting positive example initially in their daily schedule .

S. Chitlangia

Two mega events of life – that can be easily observed and identified – are entirely beyond human free will. They are when one is born and when one dies. There is no free will at these two pertinent points. Then how can free will exist in the intervening period of life. Some describe life a process of slow suicide in unawareness. None can stop ageing by free will. We remain unaware of this greatest cosmic phenomenon. But we still carry within ourselves aura of illusion of total freedom of self.

No man would have had any problem and had he been free to act in the manner he desired, Neither this world would have been chaotic had we been conferred with power of free will. We do not choose our parents, place and time of birth, brothers, sisters, society, country and world surrounding us, we have within this fundamental frame work. It is the concept of ‘I’- I was born, my parents, my brother, my country and so on are the brand names for existence on this plane.
Our learning inmost formative years is in unawareness and that transforms itself into our so called limited awareness. We walk because of gravity, our heart beats without our will. We breathe because of air. We see because of light. We need ‘conditions’ for every activity. In life conditions apply. We are not even free to love. Love is the gift of the beloved. Lover reacts to the beauty of the beloved, while emotional quotient of heart is the play of mind. We cannot hate unless the object of hate instigates us.

Due to five pressions that human mind harbours – Kam (lust), Krodh (anger), Lobh (greed), Moh (attachment) and Ahankar (ego), the cosmic design has ensured that man is devoid of free will. Otherwise man would have plundered nature and wrought destructions to others by greed of acquisition to nurture his infinite ego.

Our senses, brain and mind are a pre-programmed hardware without our consent. Can we think or a thought drop, let alone act- without this hardware. Five elements of nature the sky, the sun, moon, stars and all that visibly of invisibly exist around us are the gifts from the unknown call it software of some sort. Our actions are reactions to cosmic paraphernalia. At best mystics say that there is a conditioned free will at human level. However, there is no free will from absolute point of view. That is why mystics comment, what is there to be proud of?

Contributed by
Lovely X – ‘B’

There are many ways of communicating with our friends, parents, grandparents and relative. The oldest one is sending letters. Now also, the letters are sent by our friends or relatives, but not much letters are being sent like the earlier times. E-mail is a new way of communicating with anyone. Internet is a world wide network which links together millions of computers.

Now-a-days almost seventy-five percent people have internet connection in their computers. Mostly they use it for sending e-mails and to keep in touch with their friends and relatives. For having internet you require a telephone connection, a personal computer with at least 8MB RAM and a fast modem.

Sometimes when you are bored of doing anything on your computer, you can play any game on your computer, if you have internet. I would also like to have a computer with internet when I pass tenth class.

 Ujjwal Kumar
(Awarded composition in English Essay Writing Competition)
V ‘F’

 

India is a land of various religions. Every person of every religion can be found here. Our culture is the most precious treasure of us for which we are known. It’s obvious that being a much populated country, there will be differences among us. We all have different cultures, different tastes, different style of dressing, different cultures, different languages caste, etc. But in spite of these differences we are united, we are one. India is a secular country so every citizen is free to follow his own faith. For example- my friend Grupreet is a Sikh, when he was celebrating Gurparv, he invited all his friends, whether they are Muslim, Hindu, Sikh or from other religion, We often see that all the festivals celebrated in India bring joy and happiness not only to one particular community but all people. All the citizens of India have their mother i.e. India(Bharat Mata) same, we all share the same land to live which is abundant is natural beauty resources. India is a land of Unity in Diversity as we all know that we are one.

But there are some people who think themselves to be on the highest point, their religion to be the best, they ignore and disrespect the other religions. Perhaps, they don’t know the meaning of Unity in Diversity, Such people are ignored by other people & have to suffer the hatred of people.

We often see that the countries which are not united, suffer as they are captured by the other countries. We were also under the British rule for such a long time just for this reason. But now we should try our best to live together not just in peace but also with happiness. Then we will be the most happiest and powerful country in the world, for sure.

India is our motherland, so many people sacrificed to preserve its independence. So now its our duty to not to turn down their noble sacrifice due to quarrel and walk together in the path of fraternity.

Shreya Surbhi
(Awarded Article in English Essay Writing Competition)
VII ‘C’

“The measure of a man’s character is what he would do, if he knew he would never be found out.”
The word “terrorism’ itself agonises people and compels them to grief over the misfortune of India. Terrorism would mean the terror created by the attack of foreigners in limited words, but the meaning of terrorism, in true sense, is widespread.

India has suffered innumerable terrorist attacks. The most dreadful attacks have occurred due to the Kashmir Valley issues. Presently, the terrorist attack in Mumbai i.e. the Taj Hotel incident has undergone a devastating loss. Terrorism results in loss of live, property, environment and so on, but the ultimate looser is the innocent common man.

The ruthless and heartless terrorists have no practical reason for their misdeeds. Sometimes a single attack results to the loss of millions. Neither do they have any consideration for the little children, nor for the women. Thousands of policemen and army officers have readily given up their present to secure our future.

Under each circumstances, we must realize that terrorism is not merely a subject to be pitied upon rather it is a challenge to be taken up.

We are expected to take initiative on our own part. It would be worthless to sit at home getting petrified of such attacks. Our Government is trying its best to bring out a solution. Therefore, we must act as its support system and save our Mother India.

Pallavi Roy
(awarded Article in English Essay Writing Competition)
XII ‘A’

I wish to fly, high in the sky,
And glow – like the moon up so high,
I wish to take the whole world under single stride,
Giving my parents a reason to take pride.
Oh Lord ! give me power and provide me resource,
But never at the cost of my values of course.
Let the delicacies come in my arms,
Crops of success grow in my farms.
When the circumstances give me fear,
I always wish you to stay by near.
Oh Lord ! give me power and provide me resource,
But never at the cost of my values of course.
Never at the cost of my values of course.

Contributed by
Harsha Rani
V ‘E’

Science has come to be regarded as one of the most powerful instruments of growth and development, especially for an emerging economy like ours. But with itself, it has brought one of the major and hazardous problems of this existing world – carbon footprint is the total set of greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions caused by an organization, event or product. It is often expressed in terms of the amount of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere.

But our concern includes the various methods and ways by which organizations, societies or individuals can help to reduce the amount of carbon in the atmosphere – in other words “cutting carbon Footprint” Carbon is an essential element which is responsible for the origin of the entire organic world on the earth. But the inhabitants of the earth particularly the “Homo sapiens” are giving it a bad name. The actions of individuals, companies and nations as a whole are all generating carbon emission, which are unequivocally linked to the climate change the planet is facing. Have we ever thought that around 40 years ago, there was nothing like pollution, global warming, climate crisis, etc.? Then from where has this sudden devastating explosion arrived? Do we have an answer to it?

Every day our population increases, our society develops and our consumption of power multiplies, thus increasing our basic needs and limiting our resources. Science and technology every now & then presents us with the next generation of machines, devices and gadgets, which required more power & resources and as a result the carbon footprint is increased. Conventionally, we spend more energy in buying, using and discarding these new gadgets & devices

We hardly realize it, that the consequences of carbon footprint, as noticed, are terrible and breathtaking which is gradually increasing day by day. Today, the polar ice caps are melting, the Himalayan glaciers are receding, and large shelves of ice in the Antarctic are falling into the ocean. As they melt, coastal areas will be reclaimed by the rising oceans and millions of people who live on India’s 7,500 Kilometer of coastline will one day become homeless.
Certain facts show that our every activity in some way or the other results in the emission of carbon. In the developed world, the average person’s CO2 emissions are almost 10 metric tones per year. A person’s lifetime carbon emission is estimated to be approximately 387 tonnes. It is surprising to know, as per a local newspaper, that in the near future Ranchi will be extended beyond Ormanjhi.

But what can we do for it ? Well, the solution to all these problems lies within every individual, the only problem is that we either fail to realize it or we ignore it. As rightly said, “Charity Begins at Home” this is the motto that every family has to take up and implement, because the earth is crying and pleading for help.
The Government of India has realized the urgency of the intense problem to some extent. The ministry of science & Technology has joined hands with the National Geographic channel and has declared a mandatory 15 – fold task for every family & individual, in order to cut short their carbon footprint.

They are mainly:

• Leave your car at home, do something like car-pull, walk or use cycle, take public transport etc.

• Turn up your AC temperature – 26 0C is a good inside temperature for an average warm city.

• Unplug stereos, radios, TVs & all other electronic appliances from the mains, when not in use.

•  Turn up your refrigerator temperature to 2 – 4 0C.

• Run your washing machine and dish washer only when they are full.

• Switch to CFL (Compact Fluorescent Light) CFL bulbs – they are long lasting & less energy consuming.

• Encourage & support “REDUCE – REUSE – RECYCLE”.
  
  The latest technology devised to this cause is the ‘Carbon Capture’. The CO2 gas from the atmosphere is captured in large amounts and is converted into solid ice in the shape of missiles. The solid structures are then submerged into the oceans and drilled deep inside the ocean floor. It is supported to be the first ever scientific to the environment.
  We as global citizens have the power to positively impact the future of our planet, and educating people on the environment is therefore critical in building a better future for us all. Also as responsible individuals, we need to generously cut down our carbon footprint and make a small contribution toward the large cause of Global Warming.

Contributed by
Rahul Kumar
XII ‘A’