The Butterfly in a Bottle
Poltu was wide awake in his bed. He had had a marvellous dream in which he had won the football match in the inter-school …
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Why do Flies have Compound Eyes?
Just like a man woos the woman he loves, takes her to nice restaurants, buys her presents, and courts her to impress her before …
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Tree Rings tell many Tales
Examining ancient trees helps scientists get an amazing picture of Earth’s life, for trees are a record of their life time. …
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How do Animals Communicate?
Humans have invented new and advanced ways of communicating with each other. Television, radio, telephones and of course email. …
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Sitting in Rows is Better for Primary School Kids
October 21: Are you studying in primary school? How does your teacher make you sit – in rows or in groups? How would you like to …
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Birds Sing in their Sleep
Just like humans, birds too rely on sound to communicate. However, they do not have a ’language’ in the true sense of …
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Do Computer Games Make You Violent?
August 12: Four children aged four and five were suspended from their nursery school in New Jersey, US, for using their fingers …
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The Making of a Prodigy
When Siva Kalyan was born, his spine or backbone was deformed resulting in a lifelong difficulty in walking. But that hasn’t …
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Gaseous twist to the Delphic legend
August 26: In ancient Greece, like a magnet, the shrine at Mount Parnassus, in Delphi, attracted people from all over Europe. They …
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Too Much Information
October 28: Over 1400 years ago, Chinese scholar Hiuan Tsang travelled thousands of miles from his home to reach the city of …
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Illiterate Americans
October 6: Last week we had written about Ganga, a teenaged girl who taught the women in her slum how to read and write. These …
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'Your dam is our death'
August 26: Last week, 70 children from the Narmada Valley were in the Capital, meeting with other children, journalists, activists …
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