My iPod Dad gifted me an iPod on my birthday this year. I couldn’t have been more pleased. What I love most about my iPod is that along with being portable its really sleek. I have the choice of a thousand songs at my fingertips and...
SMS SMS stands for ‘Short Message Service’, technology we use to send one another text messages through mobile phones. With the advent of SMS, pagers became redundant. The SMS is very convenient and has many different features that make it attractive. First they are sent...
Surfing the Internet Ever since Dad got the Internet connection our lives have changed. First we used to quarrel over the television channels, now we quarrel over who is going to use the Internet. There are many reasons I love the Internet but the first...
I bumped in to Laloo Prasad Yadav We were travelling to Mangalore first class. Mom wanted me to buy some water from the railway platform so I moved to the door. Suddenly, two muscular men armed with guns entered the compartment and they pushed past...
The angry pressure cooker One evening we were watching ‘Dance India, dance.’ morn was in the kitchen cooking. When it was Jay’s turn to dance we called out to Mom. Mom came out and after sometime all of us got engrossed in Jay’s performance. Next...
How I won the gold medal My twin Daniel is a star athlete. He fell ill before the relay finals, and we decided that I would trade places with him. I am no athlete and as I took the baton in the last lap, I...
I witnessed a robbery Uncle Sam runs a sundry shop. One day, I went to his shop to buy some comics. It was five past eight. Suddenly, two men entered. They were wearing dark glasses and hooded shirts which seemed weird as it was eight...
Lightening struck my window It was a dark and cold evening. Dark burdened clouds hovered around. Claps of thunder were followed by streaks of lightening. I stared at the sky. I did not like the sounds of thunder; they filled me with a feeling of...
An amusing incident Last summer my cousin Suyog came to visit us on the farmhouse. We have two big dogs Leo and Maya and three puppies. Leo and Maya are busy herding the sheep during the day and their puppies just loiter around the farmhouse....
Only a miracle could save him Our class had gone for an excursion to Shamira Hill. Our teacher Mr. Francis warned us not to wander. The task that day was rock climbing and some of us who had already finished our turn decided to take...
