Nandan Nair

Even though Christmas is over, I can still hear the “Ho, Ho, Ho” of the joly old St. Nick (otherwise known as Santa Claus). But I’m not talking about the Santa that lives in the North Pole. I’m talking about the Santa Claus that lives in my latest painting, “Santa in his sleigh”! I wanted […]

Wishing all of you a Happy New Year, 2016!!!!!! Last year I made a New Year’s card using Wordle.net. This year, I learnt to use the Paper app on the iPad and so did my 4 year old brother Nikhil. So together, we made this new year’s card. The Boston Common’s fireworks were one of […]

Peacock is India’s National Bird and my second painting of an animal after the Cobra and by far, one of the hardest paintings that I have done. It took me more than 2 months to finish this majestic bird. I had to overcome my laziness more than any other technical challenge to complete this work. Now […]

Last week, we had “Sounds of the Season – Holiday Concert”, my first concert at Central Middle School. I was one of the band members playing the Clarinet. We started practicing since the end of September and performed the following songs: *  “Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer” *  “Bells, Bells, Bells” *  “Frosty the Snowman” *  “A Christmas Classic” *  […]

In Reading class, I had an assignment to read a 250 or more page book and then choose one of the four assignments: Scrapbook, Newspaper Article, Create a Test or Rewrite the Ending. The book that I selected was “Soccer in Sun and Shadow” by Eduardo Galeano (ISBN 978-1-56858-494-2). I created a scrapbook titled “Soccer in Sun and Shadow”. The only obstacle […]

Today was the 2015 First Lego League (FLL) Lego Robotics competition at the Newton North High School. The top 6 teams advanced to the State Level Championships to be held in late December. The journey to this competition started 2 months ago. There were various teams competing to represent our school. However, my team, the […]

Although Halloween is over, I’m still enjoying it’s wonders (and by wonders, I mean candy)… I carved a pumpkin, went trick or treating, and got lots of candy. My favorite part was performing surgery on a small orange vegetable (aka – carving a pumpkin). The surgery began when I drew the design and had the […]

“Hello, and welcome to the UEFA Champions League final. It’s finally here; it’s El Classico, one of the great rivalries in soccer (football) history. It’s Barcelona VS Real Madrid. Let’s head to the Camp Nou stadium, with the flood lights beaming down, in the heart of Barcelona.” Says the commentator Martin Tyler. The lineups are […]

Supermoon only occur when the moon reaches the full moon stage when it is closest to the earth. So they are unusually bright and also rare. Hence, supermoon eclipses are rare. Total supermoon lunar eclipse is extremely rare. Hence, the Supermoon eclipse on the clear night of September 27, 2015 was very special. The last […]