A Birthday Surprise
When you live in one place for as long as I have, you get to know everyone in the locality. I have lived in one house for 25 years …
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Childhood memories
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Go For It, Bablu!
It happened on the day school started after a heavenly two months of summer holidays. Shankar refused to wake up at 6 am. He …
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An Unforgetful Trip
The Thunderbirds – This was the name that Namrata, Pooja, Kajari, Latika, Ayesha, Moni, Geetika, Ritu, Parul and Priyanka had …
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Toys For a Big Boy
Ronit Subramanian was seven years old and he was the tallest student in his class. It made him feel very proud. But when he …
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The Boy with a Catapult
Our class at school has an odd assortment of boys. There was Harbans Lal who, when asked a difficult question, would take a sip …
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What's in a Name?
There were two things in the world that Ghagra Geeta Bali hated. The first was the way Rani, the domestic help, combed her hair. …
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Kaku and Lal Hawa
Kaku lived in a small village called Chhoti Dadi. The small village had a small school. Everyday Kaku had to walk from his little …
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The Boy Who Could Do Nothing Right!
Do you know of anyone who stumbles on a flat stretch of road, or walks into chairs and tables all the time? I knew one such boy. …
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Letter from a Daughter to a Mother
Twelve-year-old Soumya thinks that mothers can make difficult things simple. In this letter to her mother, she tells us why she …
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The Silent Passer-by
When I was a child, I didn’t have hair on my head, just some stubs. I liked to watch my friends play. I would join them now …
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Passing by My School Garden
How I wish I could step into this garden Just a temptation as I pass by I wanted to know what the flowers said And the gentle …
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