Fundamatics

Category: 2020

  • Story Of A Story

    Story Of A Story

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Some stories stay with you. They live in your imagination and become a part of you. One such story was Goopi Gayne Bagha Bayne, a delightful tale I first heard from my aunt, Prabha Atya. 

    She would read to me from Marathi storybooks we would buy from the local stationery shop, slim offset printed books with two-colour illustrations. The book-buying was a ritual I looked forward to, we would go to the tiny shop on the busy road opposite my grandfather’s old four-storied Wada. One couldn’t enter the shop but had to stand on the street and ask for whatever one wanted. Dhumne Master’s store was painted blue and he had many jars of sweets and candy, pencils, erasers, notebooks, small diaries, schoolbooks, storybooks, sharpeners and little plastic toys.

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  • The Duck in the Desk

    The Duck in the Desk

    One day, a boy called Diptarko was going to his school. To get to school, he had to cross ‘the river of quacks’ which got its name by the hundreds of ducks living in it.

    He was late for school, so he ran across the bridge. But when he reached the other side, he tripped over a small rock. “Ow, lucky that was a small rock,” he said, going red in the face. While he was getting up, a duck hopped into his school bag pocket, without his notice.

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  • The ABCs of Art

    The ABCs of Art

    I believe, introducing ‘Art’ has been one of the most challenging tasks of our education, as it involves exploring one’s ‘creativity’ and while doing this, one has to be utmost cautious about not harming the very purpose of this exercise.

    As such, I was never formally trained in sketching/drawing. Whatever happened during my school days under the garb of art classes, can, at best, be termed as ‘learning on your own’ without getting even the rudimentary introduction/guidance, which I wish to provide here.

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  • Books Are Windows

    Books are the windows to fantastic and magical worlds! Keep the windows open!” Children who read grow up to become adults who think.

  • Janaki

    Janaki

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    Kavita was upset. She had just found out that her best friend Riya had been born from her mama’s tummy in a hospital, just like all her other friends and cousins. Kavita wondered why she wasn’t born from her mama’s tummy like them. Kavita had come from a Children’s Home.

    Nani could read her granddaughter’s mind.

    “Kavita come and have some besan ladoos!” Nani said to cheer her up. “No!” Kavita pushed the plate away. She was not in the mood.

    “Alright then,” said Nani. “Come, let me tell you a story.” “No Nani,” Kavita refused again. But Nani insisted and drew Kavita near.

    A story could do magic. And Nani had just the right story to make Kavita smile again.

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  • A Comprehensive Guide to Rebranding

    A Comprehensive Guide to Rebranding

    The cracking sound of a gavel falling is never pleasant, and when the gavel in question is forged of the thunder, flame and fury of heaven, it sounds beyond grating on the ears. Particularly since said gavel was used to sentence mortals to hell – definitely not a good omen during my trial.

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  • Asterix and the Curse of Covid

    Asterix and the Curse of Covid

    [vc_row full_width=”stretch_row”][vc_column][penci_fancy_heading _text_align=”left” subtitle_pos=”below” p_title=”” _title_typo=”font_family:Comic%20Sans%20MS%3Acursive” _subtitle_typo=”font_family:%3A” _desc_typo=”font_family:%3A”] The year is 2020. The entire world is occupied by a deadly virus. Well not entirely! One small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against the invaders.[/penci_fancy_heading][vc_column_text] (more…)

  • A Betrayal Of Love

    A Betrayal Of Love

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  • Sunrise Landscape

  • Not for the Bird-Brained!

    Not for the Bird-Brained!

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Our lovely campus with its tree-lined vistas, multiple water bodies and a forest next door, is a biodiversity hotspot and home to a large number of birds! This crossword features many of the residents and visitors of the winged variety that are commonly seen on campus. Test your skills and find out how many you know. (more…)