Manga Review : Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood

So,

I read the amazing manga of Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood writen by Hiromu Arakawa.

And i must say that this is definately oe of the best manag's out there.

 Story : The story is basically the tale of 2 brothers, Edward Elric and Alphonse Elric, who after performing a forbidding type of Alchemy called Human Transmutation to bring their dead mother back to life. They end-up not only failing to bring their mother back to life but also sacrificing their bodies, Ed losing his arm and leg, whilst his brother Al is locked to a suit of armor.

 The story of Fullmetal Alchemist is rich, full of brilliant themes and ideas. The whole story is essentially a journey to reclaim what has been lost and a chance at redemption . Everything about the plot  is almost flawless, the ending is absolutely spectacular leaving absolutely no plot holes. 

Art : the art is simplistic, yet captivating. I absolutely loved the art style, i found it very re-refreshing and the character designs were amazing.

Character : With every character that is introduced, Arakawa has never failed to surprise me. Fullmetal's characters are some of the most well-developed characters I have ever come across. Their personalities are unique and effective to other characters and the plot, and their pasts are explored with such detail and emotion that the characters alone could keep me dedicated to this series.

Overall :  This series is definitely worth my time and money, and I highly recommend it to everyone!

Manga

I wanted to address the students and maybe educate them about "MANGA"
Well if you search google for "manga" the first thing u will see is
'manga's are Japanese comics or comics written in Japanese language.'
But i like to it is more than that
manga's arn't just comics or comics in Japanese language they are
 A BIG part of japans culture.
In Japan, people of all ages read manga.
The medium includes works in a broad range of genres: action-adventure, business/commerce, comedy, detective, historical drama, horror, mystery, romance, science fiction and fantasy, sports and games, and suspense, among others.
Although this form of entertainment originated in Japan, many manga are translated into other languages, mainly English.
Some popular ones being "Death Note" , "Full Metal Alcamest Brotherhood", "Naruto"
and some of our childhood favourites like "Shin Chan" or even "Dragon Ball Z" all originated from manga's.

The Scorch Trials

The Scorch trials is the second installment in the maze runner series ,as you can see I've started to become obsessed with this series.The story starts off right where the maze runner ended, now the Gladers have escaped the maze and have been dropped in the middle of a post apocalyptic dystopia where humanity is fighting a deadly virus called the "Flare" and most of the over-world is completely scorched by massive solar flares. The organization that put Thomas and the others in the maze reveal that the maze was only phase one of their plans and now phase two has begun.They all are infected with the Flare and the only way to save themselves is to take part in the scorch trials and get to the "Safe Haven" to find the cure.Thomas now realizes that he is to be part of a much grander scheme and will affect the entire world.

Book Review:The Maze Runner

I recently read the maze runner and i must say, it's been a while since i have enjoyed a book so much.The story is captivating and fast paced and never makes you feel like the pace of the progression has dropped even a bit.Story is set in a place the inhabitants only know as the maze.Our protagonist's name is Thomas and his story starts with him waking up in the middle of all the boys living in the maze.He has no memory of his past or where he came from, all he knows is his name and he has a feeling that he has been here before.
Now, Thomas and the rest of the gladers(people living there) have only one objective, to find a way out.But on the next day a mysterious girl suddenly appears who somehow knows only one name, Thomas who has no memory of her.
They must work together to find an escape while fending off the constant attacks from the monstrous creatures that dwell in the depths of the maze.



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All time famous books the children must read

These are the all time famous books that won’t  make you snore. We promise.

 Oliver Twist, written by Charles Dickens, is the story of an orphan who leads a miserable existence till he manages to escape to London where he unknowingly gets involved in unlawful activities.

A Christmas Carol, written by Charles Dickens, was written in 1843 and revolves around Ebenezer Scrooge’s ideology of Christmas and everything that makes people happy; he’s a cold hearted, tight-fisted and a greedy man.

Harry Potter is a series of seven books written by British author J K Rowling. The book narrates the story of a wizard Harry Potter and his friends at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Pride and Prejudice is Jane Austen’s most celebrated novel and remains to be down the yards! The plot revolves around the Bennett family, the daughters who are taught to deal issues like morality and marriage among others in 19^th century England.
Alice in Wonderland is one of our favourite reads : The books is about the people and experiance Alice encounters when she falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy land.
The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe is the original story of  'The Cronicles of Narnia' and is a fantasy novel published in 1950.For children by C.S Lewis, Most of the novel Narnia , a land of talking animals and mythical creatures that the White Whitch has ruled for 100 years of deep winter. In the frame story, four english children live in a big,old country house during their World War 2 evacuation from london.
Animal Farm authoured by George Orwekk revolves around the happenings during the stalin era before World War 2. Do you ever stop for a second and think what domestic animals thought of us, human beings? What hatred they had in their mind for us because we kept them and made them work in farms? This book isa fable all about how the animals of Manor Farm stir up a rebellion against humans and capture the farm.
The Hobbit is a fantasy novel and children's book by English author J.R.R. Tolkein. It is about a hobbit who travels with dwarves and a wizard, all going on a great adventure together. Their quest is to 'free the king under the mountains gold', because one of the dwarves, Thorin, (who is travelling with the hobbit) is a descendant of the old king under the mountain. The king was killed by a dragon named Smaug, who took over the mountain and all of the gold beneath it.
Pulitzer Prize winning book 'To kill a Mocking Bird' was written by Harper Lee. This book is one of the best books I've ever read. It is an excellent coming of age book that deals with the issues of racism, injustice and intolerance, so eloquently. This is the story of the motherless Finch Family of Macomb, Alabama.
The father is an attorney assigned by the local court to represent a black man alleged to have raped a white woman.It also shows the love between a father and his children, and the true meaning of courage.

What our library council is

A library- a room overflowing with boundless ideas and opportunities. Today, in 2015, in the age of distractions, it is very difficult to inculcate in a growing child the habit of reading. Competing with TVs, MP3 players, playstations and the vastness of the internet, the task of showing teenagers the merits of reading is not an easy one. This task has been undertaken by the library council of our school, the brainchild of our principal sir. Nowadays, we lead such high-stress lives that the concept of spending time with yourself has long been forgotten. All our library council is trying to do is to revive that. By visiting the library of the british embassy, library of the american embassy, the delhi public library and the library of the G D Goenka University, we have gained alot of exposure and now recognize the library as not only a room full of books, but as an adobe of knowledge. Our aim is to transport people from this real world to aworld of fantasy, by not only promoting fictional books but also biographies and autobiographies. We want to foster a lifelong interest in books and reading for all. We want to foster a bright future for all.
-by Maahi S. Kumar  

Excursion to GDGU and World Institute

    Students of the library council and other clubs were taken to GDGU and world institute. After arriving all the groups were assembled in the lecture hall.They were taken to  workshops related to their respective clubs.The library council visited the library of the university wing  as well as the world institute.The students took note of how they catalogue and arrange books. They were given a tutorial on the technical side of management of books. The tutorial was very informative.They also had a custom made search system for e-books. The council always appreciates these trips as they are enlightening and help us improve our own library and give ideas to get other students to start reading .Library is not just a store of books, it’s a centre of knowledge.It was a wonderful experience which helped the students gather a lot of knowledge and took their interest to a next level.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

The Great Uniform Debate

It feels that wearing a school uniform takes out the unique and individual factor from the students. We aren't able to express ourselves through our clothing. At the same time, school uniform promotes equality and a sense of belonging among us. It helps us all to unite as one and strengthen our school spirit. Also, if we were to not have school uniforms a lot of discrimination would take place. Students would bother more about the brand and spend a useless amount of time picking out their outfit for the next day instead of concentrating on their homework, books and grades. 

The idea of "fitting into" the social norms would occupy the students minds and take out their individuality, as they'd like to dress like their peers. The situation is quite ironic; I feel that we're privileged to have school uniforms as our time is never wasted in trying to impress other students by flaunting or bragging about new clothes etcetera.

I strongly recommend the students who oppose school uniforms to see it in a different way. The pros of uniforms are clearly more than the cons. The school facilitates us with these uniforms for the main reason being equality among students, which would not exist if we were to dress ourselves on our own. Expressing ourselves should not stop us from being unique and intelligent individuals.

A uniform that I would not mind wearing would be something not too expressive but not too plain at the same time. Something that collaborates with the professions of the world so it makes us look smart and feel confident. Our winter uniform is a perfect example for me as it is not too over the top or too out of the box and at the same time, neither is it in the 'plain-Jane' category. Also as a girl I feel that shorts or pants would be more comfortable for the students as it will not constrict them to one single and uncomfortable option. In conclusion I would say, that uniforms are a form of symbolism and help maintain the balance among students.     

-Meher Dev X-C

BOOK REVIEW

BOOK: For God's Sake
AUTHOR: Ambi Parameswaran
WRITTEN BY: Maahi S. Kumar

Why do most indians in office have a ganeshji screensaver? Why are most actresses in the saas-bahu hindi shows wearing jeans and a tank top rather than a sari and a bindi? Why is the concept of the big fat indian wedding deteriorating? Is it just that we are evolving and simply learning from the west or is it that we are losing our culture? Ambi Parameswaran explains all this in a tongue-in-cheek manner in his book 'for god's sake'. He tries to explain to the young generation of today how along with being influenced by the west in a healthy manner, we are ,infact, losing what was ours. We are losing the reasons our country was among the top 5 most visited countries in the world. This book is writen in very simple language and is meant not to be theoretical book but actually a book you would love to read at the dead of night. 

A Young Writer

A student of class 11 A is quite the avid reader, however he has also started writing his own novels.

This is his first work of writing.

BOOK DETAILS

Title - The Haunted Park
Author - E.S.Arora (Eknoor Singh Arora)

Brief Description
This novel is a horror story, but has many different characteristics as well. It will take you beyond the mortal world. It contains ghosts, spells, curses, magic and many more things which will enthrall the reader.

Plot Line

A family have shifted to their new house in the city of Bristol, England. Before even arriving to their new house, Jason(The protagonist) encounters an old man who tells him that some evil is going to destroy his family.Jason ignores this warning. When he reaches his new house, the first thing he notices is that the neighborhood is deserted. After few strange incidents, and meeting some strange people, Jason is given the idea that the park is haunted. Jason, unable to hold his curiosity, goes inside the park with his brother, Jack, and they both have a very dreadful experience. 

The brothers constantly tell their parents that something is wrong with the park, but they don't believe them. Peculiar things start happening in the house. Cold winds start blowing from nowhere. Hissing voices seem to come from the park. Jason gets up every early morning and starts doing bizarre things like breaking stuff, trying to kill himself, etc.Jason is taken to a doctor for help but he is convinced that the doctor cannot do anything about it. Jason's strange behaviour gets worse and his father is perplexed and now understands that something is very wrong. The next morning, Jason's parents and their friends try to go inside the park and disappear.

Jason and Jack then go find out the truth. They have to meet several people and do superstitious things like magic in order to save their parents and their friends- but will it work? And even if they do, what will happen when they find out that something horrible has happened to Jason? Or will they rue the decision to go inside the park forever?

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The book has been published.

READING

                                          
These days if you go up to people who don't read books and ask them to, they'd be less inclined to do so. However, if one ever does start reading, it is almost impossible to stop. Once you find the right book for yourself, and get into it, you cannot stop.

When I was eleven, I started reading Harry Potter and my life changed. Once I opened the book, the real world didn't exist anymore. All that mattered was magic, spells and everything of the sort. I didn't need anyone or anything to keep me occupied anymore. The feeling I get when I read any book is inexplicable. I can forget about all my worries and problems and just read.

Reading is not only extremely captivating, but also improves your grammar and vocabulary, which is extremely essential these days.

Reading non-fictional books like biographies increase our knowledge and keep us well informed.
Reading is not like studying; you don't need to mug up or learn anything. Reading is like watching a movie, except it is playing in your head.

Whilst reading fictional books, you get transported to another world. The characters become your friends and honestly, who needs real people anyway?

Also, the world books create is honestly better than the one we live in.

-Sara Bahl

BOOK REVIEW by Sara Bahl of class 10-D
Title of the book : A Thousand Splendid Suns
Author : Khaled Hossieni
Genre : Fiction

The book was about a 15 year old girl called Miriam who is an illegitimate child of a rich businessman in Afghanistan. He had a affair with his housemaid and then, put her out of work so she could raise Miriam. Miriam's mother later kills herself and Miriam is taken to her father. Her father gets her married to a forty-year-old man who treats her very badly. This book is about the life of Miriam, the kinds of people she meets and the events that lead upto her demise.

BOOK REVIEW by Akanksha Sadh of class 10-C
Title of the book : Divergent
Author : Veronica Roth
Genre : fiction

The book was about a sixteen year old girl, Beatrice Prior. She belongs to a society which is divided into 5 factions - Abnegation, Dauntless, Erudite, Candor and Amity. Beatrice is an Abnegation born who has to choose one faction at the choosing ceremony. She choose Dauntless and we learn about the experiences, interactions and challenges that come her way in this faction of the fearless. During the initiation she has to keep her divergence a secret. In this book we learn more about her divergence and how she doesn't belong to a single faction. The book further takes a twist an it is revealed that the evl dauntless leaders are conspiring against Abnegation. What will Tris do? Will she choose faction over blood?