An Outdoor Festival In Winter In a Cold Climate

In Ayodhya, a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, as I was walking in a fair during Dussera, a festival commemorating the death of the demon Ravana, I could see a humongous model of the demon in the middle, ready to get burnt. Around it were hundreds of stalls selling sweets, savouries, wooden toys, cloths etc. The place was covered with a mild blanket of mist. I could hear people chattering like a mob of sparrows as they walked, along with the playing of devotional songs and the sizzling of edible oil. I could sense the damp smell of the mist mixed with the aroma of oil and sweets. The cold air was poking my skin as I walked and I shivered as if in a deadly chill. As I was feeling as cold as a dog's nose, I had a cup of hot milk which tasted delicious. Finally, a man dressed up as Lord Rama, the slayer of demon Ravana shot a glaring arrow at the model of the demon, which sizzled to the ground like a bundle of burning grass. I felt relieved as I smelled the smoke and felt the cozy warmth of the fire.

Finally, I experienced a boost of energy as the people around shouted, 'Jay Sri Ram'.

In The Theme Park

When I got my ticket for the fair punched, a wave of excitement went up my heart. As I entered the theme park, I could see so many rides and activities, which made me indecisive about what to engage in first. I could see a roller coaster whizzing on a track with people raising their hands and screaming with thrill. 

The smell of chaat sizzled my nose as I walked past a stall selling it. I was tempted to try something. So, I had a plate of sev puri; I never tasted anything like it before. The sev puri seemed to give me an adrenaline push, so I rushed to the roller coaster. I could hear myself and the other riders in the roller coaster scream to the top of lungs as the wheels on the roller coaster clattered with the tracks. 

Later, exhausted, I drank some sugarcane juice which tasted awesome and helped me regain my pulse. As I noticed around me, everyone was chitchatting and rushing past me, like it happens in the railway station. I felt like I was listening to music as the people chatted along. 

Next, I saw a board which said, 'The Alien Tunnel'. When I went inside, I tried to touch a rock, but my hand went through it, I got frightened. My friendly and humorous guide explained that it was virtual reality. Throughout the trip acorss the tunnel, I felt like I was lost in an entirely different planet outside the solar system. Different rock forms through which hands pass, gosh! 

As I got out from the tunnel, I decided to have my lunch, so I went to the foodcourt. I ordered a bowl of vegetarian fried rice with gobi machurian, cooked ans served joyfully by the chef, who understood my tastes. Finally, I got back home, exhausted. I will never forget this day in the fair, though I participated very little. 

What Was So Interesting About Playing With Tangrams!

Tangram is a Chinese Geometrical puzzle consisting of a square cut into seven pieces which can be arranged to make various other shapes. I love playing with Tangrams. 

It is very interesting to play with Tangram puzzle because I enjoy making beautiful shapes.

A Graph - Tickets Sold For a Play

The temple community ISKCON Coimbatore, that I visit very often sometimes organizes dramas/play. All of these plays are free of cost for all kinds of people to watch. I once watched a play on "Sudama Charitra'. It was a wonderfully played drama. The temple community is constructing a new big temple nearby and they are raising funds for the construction of the new temple.

When I was studying 'Data Handling' in Mathematics, I imagined that we all are organizing a play on "Balarama kills Denukasura" to raise funds for the new temple construction. I even imagined that different group of people in our temple community sold tickets for this play. My amma gave me some imaginary data related  to this and here is a BAR GRAPH I created. 

5 Software In My Laptop - A Mind Map

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My Questions Related To Computers, Software And Internet

I have been reading the books "Learning Computers For Smarter Life - Book 1 to Book 5", authored by Manuj Bajaj and Anil Ahlawat. I have these questions in my mind for which I would like to get answers. The questions are

1. When was Windows Vista released first?
2. Sometimes the keyboards, mouse has a Microsoft logo. Does that mean that they are manufactured by Microsoft? I thought Microsoft only manufactures software applications, not hardware or other products. 
3. Do some websites that has videos in it cause Virus in my computer?
4.  How do some computer security software like Kaspersky protect the computer from virus?
5. What kind of websites attack our computer and cause virus?

Do comment your answers. Thank you. 

Types Of Computer Screens

Today, I learnt about different types of computer screens. Here is a picture I created using MS Word.

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10 Types Of Computers

Exploring Flowers, Flower Rangoli And Flower Photography

It all started when last night, we were in the Radha Krishna Temple. Yesterday was the last day of the swing festival (Jhoola Utsav). After the festivities got over, we were cleaning up the decoration. While we were doing that, I collected loads of flowers that adorned Radha and Krishna and brought those flowers home. 

This morning, my mother had a brilliant idea. And the idea was to explore the flowers, do some sensory activities like smelling, touching and exploring each part of the flowers. While I was doing, she asked me if I am interested in practicing photography skills using these flowers. I started to capture pictures of the flowers. Slowly, I got other ideas. I started to arrange the flowers along with the tools from the mechanics kit that I was playing. Later, I also captured some flower designs along with some Lego blocks. Then I used some cloths as background for the flowers. 

Then, Amma got a very amazing idea. She thought of making a flower rangoli. I helped her in making this wonderful Krishna flower rangoli. 

Below are the pictures that I captured, take a look. I had to work on my thinking skills to come up with a caption/sentences for each picture.

Sri Krishna - MS Paint Art

Krishna And Trunavarta - Oil Pastel

Krishna, Bheema and Jarasanda - Oil Pastel

Krishna Steals Butter - Oil Pastel

Krishna And Putana - Oil Pastel

How Mathematics Triggered An Idea to Make Edu Products

I started to learn 'I Did It Mathematics - Book 5'. There was a play activity to make flash cards on large numbers, their number names and their expanded forms. The game was for a group of children and when the teacher would tell a number, the students who has the flash card for the number, number names and its expanded form, join together to form a group. And the game continues.

Since I am homeschooling and I didn't have friends around, Amma and myself came up with an idea to make flash cards and play a memory game which we will do later.

In the meanwhile, we integrated technology with our Mathematics lesson. 

Snowman - MS Paint Art

The Properties Of A Computer File

Have you ever seen a lot of icons on a desktop of your computer? Those icons are called as files. Files are stored everywhere in your computer. They are in the desktop, they are in the documents folder, picture folders etc. They are scattered all around in your computer. 

What I have learnt today is each file has its own properties. When I right clicked a file and looked into the properties of the file, what I saw is each file has its own name which we know already and it also has a file type. For example, a MS Word file where we type a lot of content is stored as a DOC file. A picture file is stored as a JPG file.

Hanuman Burns Lanka - A Water Color Painting

Lord Srinivasa - A Sketch Using Oil Pastels

Asia's Mountain Peaks - Map