Ajay had been promoted from grade seven to eight. He was, after all, a bright student. However, he had a secret fear gnawing at him. It was practical science. He had begun to loathe this class, simply because he was allergic to the human skeleton kept in the biology laboratory. Ajay loved science as a Read more…

Mother shook me gently. ‘Get up, Raju! It’s Ganesh Chaturthi today. We must go to the temple.’ ‘Oh! So, you’re going to make modaks, aren’t you, Mom? I love them!’ Even at twelve, I still loved Ganesh Chaturthi. Mom smiled. ‘Yes, yes. I’ll make plenty of them. You can eat as many as you want. Read more…

Rahul and John were close friends. In fact, they were next-door neighbors. One morning, Rahul sat in the garden, intently peering over something. ‘John, see what I got!’ said Rahul. John, who had been waiting for his friend’s call, crawled through the gap in the hedge. He looked at the tiny silver globules lying in Read more…

Babulal was the biggest bully in school. He was in grade ten, but even eleventh and twelfth-grade boys feared him. He swaggered about, pushing others aside, and sneered at them when they protested. Every morning when Babulal arrived at school, everyone tried to keep out of his way. If anyone strayed into his path, Babulal Read more…