A Girl's Smile Or A Mile?

A Girl's Smile Or A Mile?

How do we recognise a happy girl? does a cheerful smile on a girl's face signify happiness? in reality "no". Girls are those creations of god who know how to give happiness to others even when grief kills them inside out. A smile on a girl's face maybe fake, her heart might want to burst in tears but her face shows a strong emotionless character. Sometimes a girl might smile in situations you are phenomenally angry on her, you are howling and you get even more annoyed thinking she is laughing at you, in reality she is consoling her heart to react as her face. Fights and confusions between a girl and people who matter the most to her makes her weep but she pretends to be strong and selfless. A smile doesn't mean she has no problems,no heartbreaks, no tensions, no regrets , all it means is she wants to prove to the world and to herself how mature she is. The truth is a girl is not selfless when she loves someone, she cannot afford to lose that person and thus she tolerates and forgets every pain the person and people surrounding that the person gives her. A smile has a mile long meaning in a girl's life and this meaning only a girl can realize.

This beautiful piece is written by a girl resembling my same initial name, and i am just a mediator to make it reach to all of you, please do comment below if you can really connect to this!

By 

Ankita Mukherjee

A Trip To The HT Press

A Trip To The HT Press

More than a Mass Media field trip, it should be called a general science field trip because i could connect to a lot of science which is involved in printing those heaps of paper. As we all 1^st entered we were served with tea and biscuits because they seemed to notice that we came to their press after a tiring school hours, that was really sweet of them. After the short interval we headed to see the roots of printing a newspaper. The person who was presenting all the information to us was Mr.Amit Patra , he told us that the paper in which the news is printed are all imported from countries like Russia,Indonesia,Canada and that these papers are not eco-friendly and these countries are slowly abandoning it to save trees! A good step indeed. The paper roll is of some 100+ kgs and to move it from one place to another they’ve made special tracks so that everyone there are safe, there are even specialized machines to pick those paper rolls. The 2^nd level of the press does the printing work and all of us could see the top level of the press from which the final print of the paper comes from. They also showed us the CTP room i.e the computer to plate room, in this the 4 primary colours  Cyan,Magenta,Yellow,Black are printed on 4 different metal plates for the same page of the newspaper which is later merged and we get the colourful images in the newspaper, quite interesting to know. There is a separate room where a 1000kg ink box of these 4 colours are stored and used, just like water ink flows from those pipes. Mr.Amit also mentioned that when printing is done on the top floor , the noise of machine is so loud that a person can go deaf easily and that’s why all of them have been provided special devices so that no one turns deaf there. After seeing all the machinery we waited to see the printing to be done, which usually happens in the evening, so after a hour long wait we finally were able to see how the paper prints and then distributed, the machine printing speed is about 85,000 papers per hour, quite a huge no. it is. The printing press had different signs put all over the walls and windows regarding Safety and Hazardous things because there were a lot of things which can be harmful. When they were discussing about printing , he said, “you’ll play holi once in a year, and we play holi everyday!” as they deal with those 4 colours everyday and get coloured with them!

Overall it was a wonderful experience in the HT press, we got to know so many unknown facts about how a paper comes to our home... its main roots.

A visit to Hindustan Times press!

On 13 April 2017, we ( Mass media students) went to Hindustan Times's printing press. It was a nice learning experience for us and got a clear cut idea regarding how the newspapers are printed on the daily basis in these huge printing press.
The Hindustan Times's printing press is located at Airoli, Navi Mumbai. This unit serves the entire Mumbai region and also to the near by areas. The press comprises of huge machines which are made in Germany, put to work by the Labour working here. In our visit to the press we got to know that the newspapers are made with help of recycled paper and the pictures which are seen on the newspapers comprise of a few primary colors which are cyan, magenta, yellow and black. These four colors are applied on four different metal plates/ sheets for the same page of the newspaper which is later merged and we get the beautiful images on the newspaper. Talking about the colors one the employee in the press also said that "the common man plays holi only once a year but they play on a regular basis." HT cares a lot about their employees safety and with regards to this the press had different signs put up all around.
With that said, it was a great experience being their in the Hindustan Times's printing press and hope the school organises more such fun and learning field trips more often.

Thank you for reading! See you again....

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The Glorious Defeat - Aadhya Harikrishnan

The Glorious Defeat 

I’m told I hold my own faith, as I stand on the no man’s land,

The future topples on the edge;   my history in this war is written with my own hand.

Yesterday I was a child; tomorrow I’m a warrior to be,

Today decides what tomorrow my life will see.         

The battles I lose, tell me what I’m here for,

The battles I lose oddly bring me closer to winning the war.

All these scars but not a single bridge burnt,

Each victory reflects what I’ve learnt.

In the end, I’d rather write tale of defeat but in all its glory,

Than to win it all and have my tale be ordinary.

 I see a vision far or near, where my flag waves at heights that sees no ground from where it stands,

But today, I choose no sides; I stay here in the middle on the no man’s land.

- Aadhya Harikrishnan 

Teenage

The life goes through many kind of circumstances, the ages decide how we take these in our life there are three main ages childhood, adolescence and old.
Childhood and old has one similarity both needs care and wants attention of loved one,s but dissimilarity is that old has got its experienced certification but childhood is beginning of this course.
All these ages have their importance in life .among all there is one age which comes in between of childhood and adolescence i.e teenage.
Its very critical and energetic age , it can break all records of prosperity and destruction as well.
Actually a person in this age can hardly decide whether he is still a child or he is mature, that is why he thoughts his decisions are right and what he does is right.
The sudden departure from childhood and feet proceeding towards adolescence develops restlessness in him.
This restlessness can lead him to good as well as bad things depending upon type of friends he has and his breeding which comes only from family. Breeding never goes waste, it shows its reflections one day or other. The abrupt change in body creates chaos in one,s mind
The blood flows very fast so there is less tire seen in a person. If one handles it in best way no one in his life can stop him from being successful. But in addition to this the family right care and support works a lot, family must understand their psychological condition and must handle affairs in that way.
Then this teen age will lead a person to successful adolescence and this will in turn lead to good experienced old age.

Sayanthani Mitra
XII-Aster

MUMBAI - the mayanagari!

Mumbai 

Mumbai (formerly Bombay) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million. Along with the neighboring urban areas, including the cities of Navi Mumbai and Thane, Maharashtra,India it is one of the most populous urban regions in the world. Mumbai lies on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbor. In 2009, Mumbai was named an Alpha world city. It is also the wealthiest city in India, and has the highest GDP of any city in South, West or Central Asia.

The name Mumbai is derived from Mumbā or Mahā-Ambā—the name of the patron goddess (Kuladevi) Mumbadevi of the native Agri, Koli and Somvanshi Kshatriya communities and ā'ī meaning "mother" in the Marathi language, which is the mother tongue of the kolis and the official language of Maharashtra.The seven islands that came to constitute Mumbai were home to communities of fishing colonies. For centuries, the islands were under the control of successive indigenous empires before being ceded to the Portuguese and subsequently to the British East India Company when in 1661 King Charles II married the Portuguese Catherine of Braganza, and as part of her dowry Charles received the ports of Tangier and seven islands of Bombay. During the mid-18th century, Bombay was reshaped by the Hornby Vellard project, which undertook reclamation of the area between the seven islands from the sea. Along with construction of major roads and railways, the reclamation project, completed in 1845, transformed Bombay into a major seaport on the Arabian Sea.

Bombay in the 19th century was characterized by economic and educational development. During the early 20th century it became a strong base for the Indian independence movement. Upon India's independence in 1947 the city was incorporated into Bombay State. In 1960, following the Samyukta Maharashtra movement, a new state of Maharashtra was created with Bombay as the capital.

Mumbai is the financial, commercial and entertainment capital of India. It is also one of the world's top ten centres of commerce in terms of global financial flow,generating 6.16% of India's GDP and accounting for 25% of industrial output, 70% of maritime trade in India (Mumbai Port Trust and JNPT),and 70% of capital transactions to India's economy. The city houses important financial institutions such as the Reserve Bank of India, the Bombay Stock Exchange, the National Stock Exchange of India, the SEBI and the corporate headquarters of numerous Indian companies and multinational corporations. It is also home to some of India's premier scientific and nuclear institutes like BARC, NPCL, IREL, TIFR, AERB, AECI, and the Department of Atomic Energy. The city also houses India's Hindi (Bollywood) and Marathi film and television industry. Mumbai's business opportunities, as well as its potential to offer a higher standard of living,attract migrants from all over India, making the city a melting pot of many communities and cultures. Mumbai has the highest number of billionaires and millionaires among all cities in India.

The Bombay Local

The local, strides through the rotten rails,
Metal to metal, rust to rust
The boggy sways and along with it, the hangers who 
Hang in there, not by choice but by the might
Of time, distance, and bills to pay
The feeling is mutual as we stand, sway
Push, pull, and grab on to anything just to balance
Yet the journey never ends
It only begins

                                     -Anand Raj

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